Chapter 168:
Tsunade: "Milk Cow??!!!"
Sakyo: "Hmph, with those evil-sized things, what else could you be but a milk cow?"
Originally, Tsunade had already planned to pull her punch, but after hearing Sakyo's words—plus seeing that Sakyo had already activated that strange defensive ninjutsu—Tsunade held nothing back.
Bang~~
Crack~
Under everyone's gaze, the initial-stage Susanoo was almost instantly shattered by Tsunade's hammer blow.
"Ah!!"
Tsunade's anger still wasn't vented. She increased the force in her hand again.
BOOM~
Susanoo shattered completely. Naruto and Sakyo were sent flying backward, the street directly plowed into a deep trench as if parted down the middle.
Fortunately, this section of road wasn't very long, so there weren't many pedestrians. Only roadside vendors were affected.
In midair, Sakyo's Susanoo reformed once more. Its size kept growing until it successfully dissipated Tsunade's force.
As the dust settled, Jiraiya's furious roar rang out: "Tsunade! You've gone too far!"
Bang~
Jiraiya: "Aaaah!"
Whoosh~
Watching Jiraiya fly straight toward him, Naruto reached out and slapped him skyward.
Just like that, Jiraiya's body spun wildly, spiraling into the sky.
Mm, a perfect Spiral Heavenly Ascension.
In the direction Naruto came from, another Susanoo rose rapidly from the ground. Its massive size caused no small chaos on Short Book Street.
Knowing Little Black's personality all too well, Naruto instantly panicked—Little Black was going to kill Tsunade!
Normally, against regular enemies, Little Black would at most use Amaterasu.
But Tsunade had already attacked Naruto and Sakyo—Little Black would definitely classify Tsunade as the number-one arch-enemy…
Naruto used Body Flicker to appear above the Susanoo and shouted downward: "Little Black! Stop!"
Whoosh~
The enormous descending arm of Susanoo halted right above Tsunade's head. The wind pressure it generated made Shizune's brows twitch wildly.
…
Five minutes later.
Susanoo vanished. Short Book Street returned to calm.
The only difference was that one section of the street was destroyed—and someone had already found Tsunade, presenting her with a massive compensation bill with both hands.
After the group reunited, Naruto said to Little Black: "Little Black, this old lady isn't an enemy."
Naruto pointed at Tsunade, who was holding the compensation bill and doubting her life, as he explained to Little Black.
Little Black looked confused. She was very puzzled: "But… Naruto-kun, this milk cow attacked you and the main body!"
Anyone who attacks her or those around her was an enemy.
Naruto couldn't explain it in a short time, so he simply said to Little Black: "It was just playing around."
Seeing the amount she had to pay, Tsunade had zero mood left—even being called "old lady" by Naruto didn't elicit any reaction.
She turned and walked toward the inn with Shizune, planning to sleep first.
Naruto and the others had no choice but to follow.
Only Jiraiya looked extremely miserable. He asked Naruto: "Naruto, what was that ninjutsu just now?"
Jiraiya had personally experienced Tsunade's fist—he knew exactly how terrifying her strength was.
Without exaggeration, in the entire ninja world—aside from the Raikage—no one dared tank Tsunade's attack with their body.
Naruto: "That? The blue giant? I'm not telling you."
Jiraiya: "…"
…
At the inn, to prevent his fat sheep from running away, Naruto also booked two rooms—right next door to and across from Tsunade's.
Now that Tsunade had gone to sleep, Naruto finally got a moment of free time.
Afterward, he instructed Sakyo: if Tsunade made any moves, immediately use Summoning Body Flicker to call him back.
Sakyo nodded very seriously: "Got it."
Naruto nodded back, then used Amenominaka to enter My World.
…
The Amenominaka world existed somewhere in the cosmos as an enormous egg-shaped space.
This space could be freely configured by Naruto—here, he was essentially a god.
And My World—Naruto's configuration wasn't that complex.
Although the area was vast, it was only simulated as a small planet: gravity set at the center, ocean surrounding land.
Naruto's body slowly floated toward the sky. This was possible because he could freely set gravity and attraction in this place.
It didn't take long before Naruto reached the edge of the world.
This place was very strange. Outside the Amenominaka world was pitch-black nothingness, like eternal darkness.
As for how to prevent anyone from freely entering his house, Naruto had no ideas yet. He could only circle along the world's edge, observing everything around him, trying to find some useful information.
Not long after, Naruto noticed a very small egg-like object above his head…
After careful observation, Naruto frowned and asked the system: "System, this wouldn't be my Wood Realm, would it?"
"Ding~ Correct."
Looking at mountains can kill a horse—let alone in cosmic space. Naruto didn't even need to think to know the Wood Realm was extremely, extremely far from here.
But compared to cosmic units, this "extremely far" distance was almost right next door.
To fully protect the entire world and prevent outsiders from entering, he would need hundreds of super-large barrier seals—or enclose the whole world in steel…
But steel probably wouldn't work. Any decent ninja could break through it.
Then barriers… hundreds of them…
Naruto's eye twitched: "Then what's the point? It'd take forever to cover something this big."
A single super-large barrier seal was equivalent to one that could protect a major ninja village.
Barriers of that level were already extremely rare. The resources and materials consumed were endless—just the daily maintenance cost alone was something Naruto couldn't afford.
And that was just one. He needed hundreds…
"System, is there any solution?"
"Ding~ Reminder: The worlds within Amenominaka can be freely resized by the host, but the number of spaces cannot exceed three."
Naruto was silent for a moment, carefully recalling everything about Amenominaka in his mind.
"Uh…"
Scratching his head, Naruto said nothing more. His figure vanished and went to the third Amenominaka space.
This third Amenominaka space hadn't been developed by Naruto yet.
All around was pitch darkness—nothing at all.
Naruto used chakra to condense light orbs, illuminating the entire space.
Then he discovered something very interesting.
Above this space was also a small light point. Looking at its state, it seemed just like his own house, and below… was the Wood Realm…
"So the Amenominaka worlds are all right next to each other."
After confirming the third Amenominaka space, Naruto returned to My World and removed everything except a 1-kilometer radius around the land.
Naruto didn't have high requirements for My World—just enough for living.
After removal, Naruto used Amenominaka to shrink My World until its edges were right up against the land's boundary.
Now My World had become a compact circular space with a 1-kilometer diameter.
Meanwhile, Naruto's undeveloped third world had expanded nearly twofold in size.
Full story is already complete and
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