Chapter 166:
"System, so how did Danzō get from here to my house?"
"Ding~ Please explore on your own, host."
"Holy crap… System, do you seriously not know either?"
"Ding~ To uncover the truth about Danzō requires 1000 system points. Proceed with query?"
Naruto: "…"
"Damn it, if you just wanted to rob me, you could've said so—I'd have understood. Query!"
"Ding~ Host consumed 1000 system points. Query successful."
"Ding~ Reminder: The worlds within Amenominaka are relatively close to one another. Therefore, Shimura Danzō was able to rely on his remaining ocular power to traverse from the edge of one world to another."
Naruto: "Emm…"
He had been careless. Originally, Naruto thought that as long as he didn't allow it, no one could travel freely between the worlds.
But now he realized he was wrong—this was a xianxia-style world. Anything beyond common sense could happen.
After all, chakra itself was a supernatural energy.
"Looks like I need to find a chance to set up some preventive measures."
He mentally noted the issue—Naruto planned to handle it tonight.
Otherwise, if anyone could just enter his house, that would be unacceptable.
What if he and Sakyo were in the middle of something intimate and someone walked in? How embarrassing would that be?
Embarrassment aside—Naruto would be the one taking the loss!
…
After leaving the Wood Realm, the three of them found a nearby restaurant with a lot of foot traffic and walked in.
As soon as they entered, Naruto spotted a white hedgehog-head guy lifting a sake cup to his mouth.
Sitting across from him was… a massive, fat sheep that made Naruto's eyes light up!
"Yo~ Brat, staring at people like that is rude!"
Jiraiya quickly noticed Naruto's gaze and waved him over: "Wanna join us for a drink?"
Naruto thought to himself: I really am the protagonist—how else could this be such perfect timing?
Without hesitation, Naruto brought Little Black and Sakyo over.
Tsunade was already mostly drunk. She looked blearily at Naruto and complained to Jiraiya: "You're really getting worse, Jiraiya—calling this kind of kid your brother?"
Jiraiya burst into loud laughter, completely unbothered.
Once Naruto and the others sat down, Jiraiya suddenly spat out his drink, staring wide-eyed at the person beside Naruto, stammering: "D-d-doubles?? Twins???"
"Unbelievable! You're out shopping with Naruto, you lucky bastard!"
"Why didn't I get this kind of luck when I was young?"
Shizune, ever the good-natured one, hurriedly explained to Naruto for fear he would misunderstand Jiraiya: "Please don't take it to heart—Jiraiya-sama means no harm."
Tsunade: "Shizune! Mind your own business!"
"Jiraiya has huge malicious intent! Why don't you let them fight it out?"
Shizune: "…"
Naruto shook his head: "Don't worry, I'm not going to argue with a drunk LSP."
"What do you want to eat? Let's order first."
Naruto casually discussed the menu with Sakyo and Little Black, completely ignoring Jiraiya.
To put it simply, Jiraiya gave Naruto the feeling of someone extremely familiar and overly friendly.
After all, Naruto had only met Jiraiya once, and the result hadn't been great.
Yet here Jiraiya was, seeing Naruto outside and immediately inviting him to share a table…
After Sakyo and Little Black finished ordering, Jiraiya suddenly spoke to Naruto: "I heard you guys killed the daimyō's grandson?"
Naruto was slightly surprised: "The daimyō's grandson?"
"Mizunaka?"
Jiraiya nodded seriously: "That's right. Sensei already sent me the message."
Jiraiya had received notification from Sarutobi Hiruzen. Then, based on Naruto and the others' travel route, he deduced they were just sightseeing. Judging by the direction, he figured they would pass through Short Book Street next—so he came here ahead of time.
Unexpectedly, Jiraiya ran into Tsunade here by chance.
For Jiraiya, this was truly great fortune… even if Tsunade didn't feel the same.
Little Black nervously looked at Naruto. Naruto smiled at her reassuringly: "It's fine, don't worry."
Little Black knew what a daimyō was, so she was very panicked right now.
Legend said daimyō were even more powerful than Kage—one word from them could force a Kage to step down…
Little Black's memories came from Sakyo—this thought and idea probably originated from her as well.
And if even Sakyo thought this way, it showed just how ridiculously exaggerated the ninja villages' public maintenance of the daimyō mansion's prestige really was.
Naruto nodded: "Yes, we killed him."
"But we didn't know he was the daimyō's grandson."
Jiraiya took a gloomy sip of sake and said: "You guys were too impulsive."
No matter what, this kind of thing was better handled privately.
Naruto and the others impulsively killed Mizunaka, and Sarutobi Hiruzen impulsively ordered the daimyō to apologize to Sakyo.
This kind of thing would have a significant impact on the daimyō mansion's reputation.
Right now, Konoha and the daimyō mansion were facing a dilemma.
Should the daimyō mansion swallow its pride to preserve the ninja village's deterrence?
Or should the ninja village lower its head to protect the daimyō mansion's authority?
If Konoha could preserve its deterrence, it would—without exaggeration—affect the entire ninja world's power dynamics.
If the daimyō mansion's authority was preserved, it would stabilize the economic development speed within the Land of Fire.
This was a difficult choice.
Naruto curled his lip and said to Jiraiya: "Sometimes your choices affect some people, but in certain situations, you don't need to care that much."
Was Naruto supposed to suddenly appear and stop Little Black back then?
Was he supposed to endure like a turtle—for the so-called rights and deterrence of the Land of Fire and Konoha—and let Mizunaka go?
What a joke.
Naruto wasn't that kind of person.
Whether I wrong the world or the world wrongs me—Naruto's choice was crystal clear.
He wasn't a saint, nor a demon. When something was within his power to help, he helped. When he felt wronged, he didn't hold back.
Just like in the Training System when he helped that little Sasuke.
From the moment Mizunaka set his sights on Little Black, whether he died by Little Black's hand or Naruto's, his ending was already decided.
"So that's how it is… Saying something like that really doesn't sound like his descendant."
Jiraiya fell silent for a long while, unable to understand Konoha's actions.
Jiraiya had confidence in Naruto's previous generation—their child couldn't possibly be like this.
Unless there was external influence, and that influence was clearly Konoha.
But at this point, there was no need to say more. They could only look forward and find a better solution.
"Phew~"
In this short time, Tsunade had already collapsed onto the table, asleep.
And Shizune was looking after Tsunade like a nanny…
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