AI Model: gemini-3.0-flashChapter 176: The content is too violent to be displayed
This sentence seemed familiar.
Naruto felt it sounded very familiar.
After thinking for a moment, he remembered it was a famous line from an anime he had watched in his previous life, "Back Street Girls."
The plot was simple: it told the story of three girls becoming idols.
Except these three girls used to be in the yakuza.
And they were originally men.
Their boss was the producer, and his favorite thing to say was, "After all, I'm no demon."
But everything he did was more demonic than the last.
So, which Shadow Clone caused this mess?
"I want the pork loin."
Naruto sat in front of the grill, the flames radiating high heat.
"What are you drinking?"
Ino laid the pork loin on the grill and asked.
"Cola!"
Choji raised his hand and clenched his fist tightly. "I want to drink Cola!"
"Same for me," Naruto said.
Shikamaru didn't speak; he just nodded.
"Alright, then I'll have the Magma."
Ino stood up and waved her hand.
"What magma?"
Naruto, who was just about to draw from the gacha, was stunned for a moment.
"Don't you know? It's a new product from the Konoha Cola Shop, Magma pearl milk tea. It's very popular with girls."
Ino explained.
Naruto looked thoughtful.
It's probably a Fire-attribute pearl milk tea, right?
Which genius came up with that name?
Although Naruto was the owner of the Konoha Cola Shop, he was only responsible for transporting Kurama's output.
The specific operations were left to the Hyuga Clan.
Ino took the colas brought by the waiter and handed them to the other three.
She took a sip of the pearl milk tea and sighed, "I really don't know how this kind of milk tea is made. Drinking it feels warm, as if a fire is burning inside."
Kurama had something to say about that.
It had cultivated that with great effort.
But unfortunately, there were currently only two attributes: Wind and Fire.
Naruto snapped back and started his system's big roulette, commonly known as drawing cards.
[Drawing card... Congratulations to the host for obtaining one item card.]
[item card: Walking CD.]
[Description: Permanent item. Your singing is just too good; it's practically heavenly!]
A bronze item card?
Using it for singing is okay.
If schools in his previous life had this thing, getting some kind of priority in choosing a partner would have been very simple.
Naruto thought of some songs in his memory.
Previously, hindered by being tone-deaf, he hadn't dared to sing.
Now, he could actually sing a few for Hinata.
The barbecue meal was quite enjoyable.
Mainly because Choji was there.
Watching him eat really gave one an appetite.
"Are you guys continuing training this afternoon?"
Shikamaru picked up a piece of watermelon with a toothpick and asked.
Naruto could certainly make it very easy for them to pass the Chunin Exams.
But they couldn't rely on him for everything.
Besides, there's more to life than just one exam.
Since there was an opportunity, he would take advantage of the month to help improve Ino and Choji.
"Master Jiraiya has something for me to do this afternoon."
Naruto thought for a bit and said, "I'll leave a Shadow Clone here to train with you."
"Then if we defeat your Shadow Clone, you won't be angry, right?"
Choji's eyes lit up as he asked.
"Of course not."
Naruto shook his head.
But you're a bit too optimistic.
Although my Shadow Clone is weaker than me, he's got a screw loose.
I hope the three of you can hold out.
Naruto left a Shadow Clone and bid them farewell.
The Flying Thunder God Technique was activated.
He appeared in an Izakaya.
Jiraiya was holding two young ladies and drinking. As soon as he saw him, he said, "Yo, Naruto, you're here!"
His eyes were hazy, and his cheeks were flushed with drunkenness.
"Make way, you two ladies."
Naruto stuffed two thousand Ryo into each of their hands.
"Handsome little guy, remember to come play with us next time."
The two of them, their eyes lighting up, stood up one after another and looked at Naruto like Chojilooking at barbecue.
He was handsome and incredibly approachable with his wealth.
Naruto took out a Sakura-special soldier pill and threw it in while Jiraiya was opening his mouth to drink.
"What's this?"
Jiraiya subconsciously swallowed it.
Immediately, his whole being snapped awake, transforming into a jet warrior.
Naruto retreated to the corner of the room in fright.
Too terrifying!
That girl must absolutely not be allowed to harm anyone else.
Half an hour later, Jiraiya was bowing to apologize to the owner while looking up to shoot a glare at Naruto.
Naruto was reminded of a meme.
The-look-of-wanting-to-kill-someone-cannot-be-hidden.jpg.
"You were the one who said we were going to Rootthis afternoon."
Naruto took the initiative and said righteously, "But you were dead drunk. I did it to sober you up. If you really want to hit me, then let's go to Hokage-sama to settle this!"
"???"
Jiraiya's raised hand was trembling.
Usually you call her Big Sister Tsunade, but now you call her Hokage-sama.
You've really figured out how to play the game in Konoha.
"Let's go, to Root."
With a dark face, Jiraiya pulled back his right hand.
He couldn't win anyway, so he couldn't be bothered to raise it.
Root had a formal office building in Konoha.
But there were many informal ones.
They contained all sorts of Danzo's secrets.
What Jiraiya received was only this formal Root.
The rest would depend on his own ability to find them.
Otherwise, he'd have to ask Danzo.
"There are 17 registered personnel in Root, divided into four squads, equivalent to a platoon of the Anbu."
Standing in front of Root's entrance, Jiraiyaintroduced, "Of course, that's how it is on the surface. How many people there actually are, probably only Danzo knows."
Naruto nodded.
Given Danzo's personality and the things he wanted to do, seventeen people could never possibly satisfy him.
There must be more hidden in the shadows.
"Wait a moment."
Jiraiya looked around and said, "We're still missing one person."
"Who?"
Naruto asked casually.
"It's Yamato. He used to be a member of Root and later joined the Anbu."
Jiraiya explained, "He is very familiar with Root and can help us take it over."
Oh, the Konoha afforestation expert.
Naruto raised an eyebrow.
Yamato was the infant who survived Orochimaru's Senju Hashirama cell experiment, possessing the Bloodline Limit Wood Release.
But because his own Chakra was too poor, his Wood Release was quite average.
His peak moment was none other than when he was controlled by White Zetsu.
Only then did his Wood Release somewhat resemble that of Senju Hashirama.
If things followed the normal progress, Yamatoshould have replaced Kakashi and temporarily become the team's Jonin leader.
But now, Naruto had no interaction with him.
The reason was that the fox spirit inside him was too well-behaved and hadn't caused any trouble so far.
If it had rioted a few times, perhaps Yamato would have come to monitor him.
After all, he had a way to temporarily suppress Kurama.
A few minutes later, Yamato appeared. He glanced at Naruto, then turned to Jiraiya and took out a set of documents.
"This is the list of registered personnel in Root and their current locations."
"Yamato, thank you for your hard work."
Jiraiya took it and introduced him, "This is Uzumaki Naruto."
Speaking of which, he had been quite surprised when he learned about Yamato.
He hadn't expected his teacher, Hiruzen Sarutobi, to be hiding a Wood Release Ninja.
However, once he learned the background, his feelings became extremely complicated.
But fortunately, the Hashirama cell experiments would no longer be restarted.
"Hello, Yamato-senpai."
Naruto greeted him.
He had no issues with Yamato.
The guy was pretty nice.
"Let's go inside first."
Jiraiya pushed open the main door.
Since Danzo had already given notice beforehand, no rebellion occurred.
But it was full of killing intent.
Naruto thought of Jiraiya's meme again.
It was even more appropriate to use here.
Jiraiya didn't care at all.
He scanned the documents.
Of the seventeen people, only three were absent.
Fu Yamanaka, Aburame Torune, and Shinra Raccoon.
He was very familiar with the first two; they were the elite of Root and also Danzo's bodyguards.
But the last one was very unfamiliar.
According to the records, he was an excellent researcher and the person in charge of Danzo's various experiments.
Including that inhumane Hashirama cell experiment.
"These three people applied to leave Rootyesterday."
Yamato provided the information, saying, "According to the Anbu's investigation, they are with Danzo at the Shimura Clan compound."
"Mm."
Jiraiya responded indifferently.
It wasn't surprising that Danzo would do such things.
"Take off all your masks."
Jiraiya said to the remaining fourteen people.
Without any hesitation, they removed their masks.
Naruto's gaze rested on a youth in the back row.
He had no expression.
Sai.
In the original work, he replaced Sasuke in Team 7and was eventually moved by Naruto.
His signature Ninjutsu was Super Beast Pseudodrawing.
A Ninjutsu that materializes objects drawn on scrolls.
Ahem, to be honest, Naruto also wanted to learn this.
"I'm sorry to tell you that out of the seventeen people, only three were valued by Danzo, and you are the abandoned ones."
Jiraiya said with a grim face, "You should be very clear about Danzo's personality. Now is your chance to change..."
Naruto shook his head.
It's useless.
They could hardly be called complete human beings.
Because they had no emotions.
It could be seen from Sai.
He completely didn't understand emotions; his life only consisted of Danzo's missions.
But it wasn't impossible to save them.
One had to strike hard.
Naruto thought of Merlin's illusion.
He had to fill them with another kind of knowledge and then help them find their lost emotions.
"They have the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal on them," Yamato reminded. "Unless Danzo dies, they cannot speak anything about him."
Jiraiya stopped immediately.
He could see that the fourteen people in front of him had absolutely no emotional fluctuations.
The first wave of testing failed.
"I'll find a way to break it."
Jiraiya knew it wouldn't be easy.
A Ninjutsu used by Danzo to bind his subordinates would naturally not be easy for others to crack.
But Konoha could.
Because they had the strongest Sealing Jutsu in the Ninja World.
The Sealing Jutsu of the Uzumaki Clan.
Besides that, Konoha also had a dedicated Sealing Squad.
It was originally used to deal with the Nine-Tailed, but it could be repurposed.
And Jiraiya had insiders.
Kakashi and Yamato.
The two of them had joined Root, been under the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal, and had it removed upon leaving.
Especially Kakashi, who possessed the Sharingan; maybe he had memorized something.
Thinking of this, Jiraiya said, "Naruto, go and bring Kakashi here."
"Okay."
Naruto vanished instantly.
"Flying Thunder God Technique?"
Yamato exclaimed in surprise.
He knew Naruto's identity; he had even monitored him once.
Back when Hiruzen Sarutobi was still the Hokage, he had received orders to always keep an eye on the Nine-Tailed.
"Mm."
Jiraiya smiled and said, "He is Minato's son; it's normal for him to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique."
Yamato's body shook.
He was actually the Fourth Hokage's son?
He hadn't been aware of this identity.
In Konoha, many people knew Naruto was the so-called Demon Fox, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, but few knew he was Minato's son.
Land of Hot Springs.
Kakashi was resting his head on Hana Rin's lap.
Naruto appeared.
The three of them were silent for a few seconds.
Kakashi quickly stood up, straightened his clothes, and asked, "Naruto, is something wrong?"
Hana Rin put away the grapes in her hand and smiled, but didn't speak.
She perfectly played the role of a capable girlfriend.
"Yeah, Master Jiraiya wants you to go over."
After Naruto finished speaking, he asked, "Did I come at a bad time?"
"Not really."
Kakashi coughed. "Let's go."
The scene shifted.
"Jiraiya-sama, oh, Yamato, you're here too?"
Kakashi first greeted Jiraiya, then saw Yamato and couldn't help but be a little surprised.
"Kakashi-senpai."
Yamato responded.
They had fought side by side in the Anbu.
"Less small talk, let's get down to business."
Jiraiya interrupted the two and said, "We need to crack Root's Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal."
Hearing this, Kakashi was a bit confused and asked, "What happened to Root?"
Jiraiya explained the whole story.
The several of them began their work.
Naruto seemed to have nothing to do.
Although he had learned Sealing Jutsu, he hadn't fully mastered it yet and couldn't compare to Jiraiya, so he couldn't help.
"I'll give you a mission."
Jiraiya obviously noticed this problem; he pulled Naruto over and said in a low voice, "Do you still remember the things I taught you?"
So mysterious.
Naruto asked, "You've taught me so much, how would I know which one you're talking about?"
Jiraiya glared at him and said, "Peace."
"Oh, so?"
"I want you to draft a new set of guidelines for Root, or rather, rules."
"???"
Naruto had a question-mark face.
Are you serious?
The White Lotus Sect's teachings and Root's style are completely different, okay?
Adapting isn't just making things up.
"For Root, besides breaking the physical shackles, we must also break the mental shackles."
Jiraiya said earnestly, "It will naturally be difficult in a short time, but one day they will change. And it should apply not only to Root but also to the Anbu. Draft a first version; consider it your homework for this period."
"..."
Naruto really wanted to complain.
I, the grand White Lotus Sect Leader, have to do homework?
That's just ridiculous!
Fine.
Fortunately, it wasn't some story about a thirteen-year-old boy suffering from 8 male teachers taking turns giving him homework.
Naruto sat at the table with pen and paper, deep in thought.
He didn't have any clues.
A week passed.
Jiraiya and the others had been studying the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal and were very close to success.
And Naruto's head was aching from writing.
Though he had some ideas.
He planned to refer to the Ninja guidelines to fundamentally define the Anbu and Root.
Setting up something like three major tasks, four disciplines, and six points of attention.
It felt like a throwback to the days in his previous life when he copied political answers... While Naruto was writing furiously, he unknowingly stood certain people up.
Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji stared at his Shadow Clone in disbelief.
Karin was waiting expectantly in Konoha Village.
Sasuke was hesitating whether to leave Otogakure; he suspected something had happened to Naruto.
Obito stood outside the Hidden Cloud Village and cursed loudly: "The Fool, you bastard!!"
The content is too violent to be displayed.
Thanks to Lingfeng boy and Wu Silu, the two bosses, for their tips.