Chapter 185: I'll Write 'Miserable' Across Your Body
Naruto led Ino and Choji to the dilapidated ruins.
Along the way, the two of them happened to get into a few fights and successfully obtained an Earth Scroll.
Since they had achieved their goal, they were in no hurry.
The ruins were desolate, filled with broken walls and debris.
Yet, one could still see glimpses of its original appearance from long ago.
"It looks like a temple."
Ino remarked after observing for a moment.
Choji was eating roasted meat and didn't say anything.
He had handled all the previous battles head-on by himself, and his consumption was particularly high.
Naruto expanded his Kagura Minds Eye.
Deep within the ruins, about seven or eight meters down, there really was a mass of Kurama's Chakra.
"Have you been here before?"
Kurama was created by the Six Paths Sage.
Ashura was the Six Paths Sage's son.
It was only natural for Kurama to know Ashura.
This was Ashura's temple; perhaps Kurama had visited before.
"No."
Kurama flatly denied it.
It wasn't very close to Ashura or Indra.
It only acted like a good baby in front of the Six Paths Sage; the rest of the time, it was frolicking in the wild.
That's really strange.
Naruto shook his head.
Kurama wasn't some kind of dragon species, and a pure collection of Chakra shouldn't be able to have offspring.
Otherwise, he would have to wonder if this was some romantic debt of Kurama's.
"Eh. Is that Tenten?"
Naruto quickly sensed two smaller masses of Chakra; one was very unfamiliar, and the other was Tenten.
He remembered from the original plot that Tentendid indeed fall into these ruins.
"Tenten? She's inside?"
Hearing Naruto's words, Ino couldn't help but ask, "Is she alone?"
"Yeah, she most likely got separated from her teammates during a battle."
Naruto walked forward a few steps, located their position, and a Great Ball Rasengan appeared in his hand.
The massive Chakra caused the surrounding dust to swirl.
Ino and Choji instinctively backed away.
Naruto pressed it directly against the ground.
Even more dust spiraled outward frantically along with the Rasengan.
Soon, layer upon layer of sand and soil accumulated around him.
"Is he digging a tunnel?"
Ino understood Naruto's operation but didn't know how to comment on it.
To actually use such a Ninjutsu for this kind of thing.
Having a lot of Chakra really allows one to do whatever they want.
In the passage beneath the ruins.
"Did you hear a sound?"
Tenten suddenly stopped in her tracks.
The little loli beside her, Shiyohana, listened intently.
Because they were in danger, she and Tenten had temporarily called a truce.
Even if they were to fight, they would wait until they left this place.
"The sound is coming from above our heads."
Shiyohana took out a card-like piece of paper and said warily, "I don't know what it is? But the sound seems very bad, like some large Summoned Beast."
Tenten nodded.
They had encountered a giant poisonous scorpion earlier in the Desert of Illusions.
"It's coming!"
Shiyohana backed away as dust from the top of the passage trickled down.
She raised the paper in her hand and shouted: "Unsealing Technique: shuriken!"
A dense swarm of shuriken flew out from the paper.
Naruto raised an eyebrow and smiled: "Luoyang Technique: Luoyang Shovel!"
He took out a Frying Pan and blocked the shurikenone after another.
"Wait, Shiyohana, it's Naruto!"
Tenten quickly pulled the little loli, stopping her next Ninjutsu.
Shiyohana frowned slightly.
With another Konoha Ninja added to the mix, her situation wasn't great.
But the name Naruto.
She thought of the mission given by Lady Angel, Konan.
The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
It wasn't to capture the Jinchuriki, but to find out who the Jinchuriki was as much as possible.
She hadn't expected the first one she met to be the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
"Naruto, how did you find this place?"
Tenten was instantly relieved to see him.
She and Shiyohana had been walking in the passage for a long time without seeing an exit.
"Sensed it."
Naruto answered casually.
He surveyed the surrounding passages; there was nothing special, just some murals.
They were similar to the ancient rock murals he had seen in his past life—very crude, faintly showing a scene of a group of people gathering.
"Tenten, are you okay?"
Ino, who arrived soon after, asked with concern.
"I'm fine."
Tenten shook her head and introduced her to them, "This is Shiyohana from Amegakure."
Shiyohana remained silent.
"She's very similar to me; we both specialize in Summoning Jutsu."
Tenten felt a sense of mutual appreciation.
It was rare to meet someone of the same kind.
Mainly because in her own team, Neji was a super genius and Rock Lee was a Taijutsu genius.
According to numerical performance, the former's combat power exceeded ten thousand, and the latter's was at least six thousand.
Only she might be a 'battle power of five' weakling.
Treated as a tool for summoning.
However, she had always wanted to change this situation.
"Do you want to go out, or keep going forward?"
Naruto pointed down the passage and said, "From the looks of these ruins, it seems like something extraordinary. I feel like there might be some treasure inside."
"Treasure?"
Tenten's eyes lit up, but then she asked, "If there were any treasure, wouldn't it have been found by the Hidden Sand Ninjas a long time ago?"
"Not necessarily."
Naruto shook his head. "They might have searched the surface of the ruins, but they definitely haven't been down here. Even we only stumbled in by accident."
He wanted to bring Tenten along.
Mainly because she was a 'Gacha Emperor'.
He planned to soak up some of her luck and pull some cards.
"I have no problem with that."
Tenten thought for a moment; she couldn't miss out on something so interesting.
If they found some treasure, it could also increase her strength.
"What about you, Shiyohana?"
"Sure," Shiyohana replied.
Her mission was to find the Jinchuriki, and now there was one right in front of her. She would follow him for a while to observe.
Naruto sensed a faint trace of malice from her.
It wasn't surprising.
Shiyohana could be considered Konan's disciple.
Inheriting the same desire for Kurama's body.
The five of them continued forward.
Naruto soon realized something was wrong.
The passage disappeared, and they reached an underground hall.
Everywhere they looked was damp soil.
At the same time, there was an aura of death.
Because Naruto had the Fire God Kagura, he was exceptionally sensitive to the aura of death.
He stopped, rubbed his chin, a look of confusion on his face.
What, you're going to summon a bunch of undead?
"Naruto, wha—"
Ino's words were cut short by the sudden change before her.
The soil was churning continuously, as if something was about to emerge.
"Careful!"
Tenten took out a Kunai, looking alert.
Shiyohana raised her paper card again.
The commotion grew louder and louder.
A few seconds later, black objects poked out.
It looked like... hair?
Naruto was stunned for a moment, finding that they were actually heads.
The heads rose higher and higher, revealing their complete bodies.
Soil stained their clothes and faces.
Their features were somewhat unclear.
But they were just like real humans.
Crap!
They really were undead!
No, wait, calling them undead wasn't quite right. After all, there were no skeletons or rotting flesh; they were more like living puppets.
Naruto immediately thought of Edo Tensei.
But then he felt it wasn't right.
The people in front of them were too stiff, not flexible enough.
The ridiculous part of Edo Tensei was that it could basically display the strength and wisdom the Ninjas had when they were alive.
Except for Naruto, the other four were a bit dazed.
They hadn't seen such a scene before.
"Resurrection of the dead?"
Tenten couldn't help but ask, "Why are there so many dead people? And they're reviving just as we arrive? This makes no sense."
Naruto didn't speak.
Because this didn't happen in the original work.
Analyzing it scientifically, this was the Narutoworld. Chakra was the foundation, with maybe some Natural Energy added in.
These lively fellows in front of them were definitely summoned by someone.
"Watch out! They're coming!"
Choji warned, his hands instantly enlarging as he slapped out twice.
The three closest people were immediately crushed to pieces.
He was stunned. They seemed quite weak.
"Summoning Jutsu: Panda!"
Seeing this, Shiyohana immediately summoned a huge black-and-white panda, which charged through the crowd.
Ino tried the Mind Transfer Jutsu and found it useless, so she simply pulled out a Kunai and went in for close combat.
Naruto's eyes lit up.
He looked at the panda, feeling very tempted.
As someone from China, and from Sichuan at that, how could he be without a panda?
He had to find a way to get it from her.
Without resorting to force, it would be a bit difficult.
Naruto remembered that Shiyohana had a hobby of collecting Summoned Beasts. Maybe trade her for a more powerful one?
Perhaps that was a way.
Anyway, no matter how powerful a Summoned Beast was, they were just meat shields in front of truly strong people.
Naruto didn't really care about Summoned Beasts.
And this trade had to be done sooner rather than later.
Because after Shiyohana passed the Chunin Exams, she would be given an S-rank mission by Konan as soon as she returned.
If there wasn't something fishy about that, Narutowould write his name backwards.
Even for their Team 7, with three protagonist halos, they wouldn't dare play like that.
Tsk.
Thinking about her final fate.
It was clearly Nagato who wanted her body, and Konan was actually an accomplice.
Sure enough, love is a light.
He needed to write the word 'miserable' on Shiyohana.
Well, carve one on Konan's leg too.
"Hey, hurry up and help!"
Shiyohana shouted at Naruto.
The four of them were locked in a hard battle.
The previous opponents were relatively simple, but the remaining eight Jonin-level enemies were making it hard for them to hold on.
"My name isn't 'Hey'."
Naruto shook his head and took out Enma.
"Now is not the time to study names!"
Large drops of cold sweat appeared on Tenten's forehead, but in such a critical moment, she still didn't forget to complain.
If anyone was the 'complaint officer' in the original work, it was naturally Tenten.
She could complain no matter the situation.
Naruto shrugged, and Enma trembled slightly in his hand.
He had originally wanted to use Fire God Kagura, but then he suddenly remembered Chidori.
When he was acting with Obito, he had used Chidori.
He had learned it temporarily from Sasuke.
Because he had the Mangekyo Sharingan, he learned it very quickly.
But he wasn't very proficient.
So, in front of Obito, his slow execution wasn't intentional—it was his first time!
Of course he couldn't be fast.
Naruto swung Enma, converting his Chakra into the Lightning attribute.
His innate attribute was Wind.
But theoretically, with practice, one could use other attributes.
The downside was the waste of Chakra.
So ordinary Ninjas only learned two attributes of Ninjutsu.
This allowed them to save Chakra and specialize to become stronger.
But Naruto had plenty of everything, especially Chakra.
Facing Earth Release Ninjutsu, he naturally had to use its counter attribute, Lightning.
lightning flash immediately illuminated the hall.
With a slight effort from Naruto, the raised Enma cut off the head of the enemy in front of him.
After death, the remaining body continued to tremble due to the paralysis inherent in the electricity.
A few seconds later, it turned into soil.
"Isn't that Sasuke's Chidori?"
Seeing this, Ino couldn't help but ask, "How do you know it?"
"He taught me."
Naruto answered casually.
The Enma in his hand was like cutting melons and vegetables, one head per strike.
"..."
Ino pouted.
So annoying!
I also want Sasuke to give me hand-to-hand lessons.
"You're his teammate. Do you know when Sasukeis coming back?"
Ino jumped back and stopped attacking.
Because it was no longer necessary.
Naruto was almost done cutting them all down.
This was truly ridiculous.
They were at least at the level of a Jonin.
"Soon, soon."
Naruto stabbed out five times in succession.
A 'Five-Hit Lightning Whip' appeared before him.
One strike after another.
It was like five electric chains being flung out.
The next moment, five bolts of lightning shot through the enemy's body, instantly blowing it to pieces.
Shiyohana was somewhat dazed.
The Jinchuriki in front of her was excessively strong.
It seemed only Lady Angel could handle him.
Ino wasn't satisfied with that answer.
What do you mean'soon'?
It's been almost a year, and there's no sign of Sasuke coming back.
Year after year, if this continues, Ino felt she wouldn't even be surprised if he brought a child back next time.
Naruto finished off the last enemy.
A faint blue light rose from the soil.
He was slightly taken aback.
"It's still not over."
Tenten couldn't help but complain, "Is this a video game? One level after another."
"..."
Naruto's mouth twitched.
Looking at the light screen in front of him, it really was a freaking video game.
Evaluation Points: 88888.
Clear Time: 2 minutes 33 seconds.
Best Record: 1 minute 14 seconds.
Rating: SSS.
Where's the classic card-flipping stage?
Where are the dropped treasure chests?
You profiteer, how can you be so stingy?
"What's the situation now?"
Choji rubbed his bamboo-shoot head, completely baffled.
"I don't know."
Naruto sighed.
He was basically certain that a Shadow Clone was behind this.
He just didn't know which one?
It was just a ruin.
Why tamper with it?
At that moment, the light screen distorted and turned into points of light that vanished.
Then it condensed into a treasure chest.
"Tenten, you go open it."
Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"Oh."
Tenten instinctively reached out, but her hand passed right through the chest.
She was stunned and said, "Hey, hey, hey, this is just a projection! We fought for nothing!"
"Did you really think it was a video game?"
Hearing this, Ino smiled. "This is something from who-knows-how-many years ago. How could there be a reward?"
As her voice fell, the chest opened.
The ground churned, and five horses of different colors actually emerged.
Names were written on their heads.
Purple Flame Harley, Dream Spirit Steed, Little Sheep, Shadow Chariot, Lightning Leopard.
Naruto almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
Isn't this from 'Tiantian Kupao'?
A passage opened in front of them.
It was different from before.
This passage glowed with a golden light and looked very magnificent.
"Do any of you know how to ride a horse?"
Naruto asked after a moment of silence.
He had a Riding Card, so he naturally knew how.
"No."
Ino and Choji shook their heads.
"Yes."
Tenten and Shiyohana nodded.
At that moment, a booming sound came from behind them.
A mass of black ants was surging toward them.
Ordinary ants wouldn't be a problem, but these were super large ants over two meters tall.
"Run!"
Tenten flipped onto a horse and took off like an arrow from a bow.
What a fast horse!
The others couldn't help but marvel.
Shiyohana was even considering whether she could take it as a Summoned Beast.
Meanwhile, Naruto heard the system's prompt in his ear.
[Congratulations to the host for achieving the 'Tiantian Kupao' achievement. You have gained one normal card draw.]
This was really forced.
Naruto was speechless for a while.
I was forced to drink with my boss yesterday and drank too much, so I didn't update yesterday. I'm making it up today. It seems I need to save up some drafts to avoid another unexpected event.