At this very moment, Natsu looked at the Charizard before him and was instantly filled with confusion. This was practically identical to the Fire Dragon King, his foster father, whom he had seen many years ago.
However, in the face of Natsu's question, Charizard showed no intention of responding at all. Then, a voice that was impossible to tell as male or female sounded beside Natsu's ear.
"Charizard, use Flamethrower!"
As the voice rang out, Charizard immediately swayed its tail. Then, an orange-yellow flame suddenly gathered in its mouth. The temperature was so high that even Natsu, standing several meters away, could feel it.
Boom!
A deafening sound erupted. Immediately afterward, a thick stream of flames surged directly from Charizard's mouth, rushing toward Natsu at terrifying speed. Combined with Charizard's astonishing reserves, the surging flames directly formed a pillar of fire capable of burning all things.
"Hahahaha! Bring it on!"
Looking at the overwhelming flames before him, Natsu not only did not panic, but instead laughed excitedly. Then he opened his mouth and swallowed every flame within his sight into his stomach.
After that, Natsu's expression changed.
The continuous devouring was already approaching his limit, but the Charizard opposite him was still endlessly releasing flames.
This instantly made Natsu, who had originally been full of confidence, panic and become flustered.
Boom!
Afterward, Natsu suddenly gritted his teeth and quickly jumped aside.
The place where he had originally been standing turned into scorched earth after a violent explosion. Only a few tiny flames were still swaying in the wind.
Natsu, standing off to the side, looked at the scene before him, then lowered his head and touched his round, bulging belly.
Immediately afterward, a burp escaped from his mouth.
At this moment, he no longer dared to act arrogant. His gaze sharpened as he stared at the Charizard across from him.
"Charizard, use Blast Burn!"
That voice of unknown gender rang out once more, commanding Charizard.
Afterward, Charizard roared and raised its head high. In an instant, a visible sphere formed from flames appeared in Natsu's eyes. The size of that sphere was so enormous that even the corners of Natsu's mouth twitched slightly.
The fireball continued expanding until it became a massive sphere with a diameter of ten meters. The high temperature contained within it directly scorched the ground. It was difficult to imagine just how astonishing its reserves had to be to achieve this.
Then, Charizard suddenly exerted force and directly hurled the flame sphere it had condensed for so long toward Natsu not far away.
This caused Natsu's expression to suddenly change, as though he were facing a great enemy.
Looking at the fireball growing larger and larger in his eyes, he knew it was too late to dodge. Right now, there was only one method left.
Use his Dragon Slayer Magic and directly meet it head-on.
Perhaps that way, there might still be a sliver of opportunity.
Thus, Natsu clenched both fists tightly and let out a roar. Instead of retreating, he advanced, charging directly toward the slowly approaching fireball.
Very soon, after roughly a few seconds, Natsu collided with the fireball.
Then, Natsu, who was roaring as he swung his fist, saw only an endless ocean of flames.
And after that—
There was no after that.
No one knew how much time had passed before Natsu opened his eyes again.
What appeared before him was a bright blue sky, along with Gray's shouts not far away.
Clearly, in that final clash, he had lost.
That was why his consciousness had returned to his body in the original world.
At this moment, he lowered his head and said nothing, blankly staring at the river beneath his feet and the fish playing inside it.
Afterward, he silently clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, turned around, and walked straight toward the guild.
This video had allowed him, who had originally thought himself very strong, to once again recognize his own strength.
So he decided that in the days to come, he would train hard.
Then, the next time he had the chance, he would fight Charizard again. Even if he could not defeat it, at the very least, he could not end up in such a miserable state again.
Naruto World.
Hidden Leaf Village, on top of the Hokage Rock.
Naruto sat there cross-legged, overlooking the entire Hidden Leaf Village. His cheek rested in his palm as he stared into space, no one knowing what he was thinking.
Suddenly, a chat box popped up before Naruto's eyes as he was admiring the scenery.
It was a private message from Rin Aokawa.
Rin Aokawa: "First of all, congratulations on obtaining a slot. Secondly, which Pokémon would you like to learn about in depth?"
Pokémon?
Naruto froze for a moment, then quickly understood.
Pokémon were those incredible creatures in the videos that looked ridiculously powerful, right?
In principle, they should be similar to the Nine-Tails.
After figuring this out, Naruto's indecisiveness acted up again.
Although the Pokémon in the videos each possessed all kinds of amazing techniques, and every kind of element looked extremely impressive, no matter how powerful or cool they were, they were useless to Naruto.
As everyone knew, he, Naruto, was the dead last at school.
So when it came to all kinds of flashy-looking Ninjutsu, he knew absolutely nothing.
Forget it.
Rather than worrying by himself here, he might as well ask the uploader. Maybe the well-informed uploader would have some good solution.
Naruto scratched his head honestly, then replied to Rin Aokawa.
"Um, sorry. I don't really understand this stuff, so is there anything suitable for me?"
Looking at Naruto's reply on the virtual screen before him, Rin Aokawa found it quite interesting.
But interesting was interesting.
He was not too surprised.
Because Rin Aokawa had watched Naruto before, too. After all, in his previous life, it could be said to be known by everyone. At that time, Rin Aokawa had even fantasized about becoming a ninja.
So, when it came to something suitable for a talentless dead last like Naruto, it had to be that one.
Thinking of this, Rin Aokawa's eyes could not help but light up, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
"There is. Please wait a moment. First, please choose one of the following two payment methods."
Equivalent exchange and paying Dimensional Coins?
Naruto looked at the two choices before him. Then, without even thinking, he chose the former.
He, Naruto, might be a little slow, but that did not mean he was stupid.
Think about it.
What did he even have right now?
Half a bottle of milk that was about to expire?
Or an overnight sandwich?
So Naruto was completely indifferent to it.
Exchange if you want. He could already be considered so poor that he had nothing at all.
Wait!
Naruto suddenly thought of something.
He still had his wallet!
Inside was the money he had painstakingly saved from doing missions. If all of it was taken away, how was he supposed to eat ramen every now and then?
However, just as Naruto nervously pulled out the wallet he carried with him and prepared to open it to check, a sudden suction force came from his stomach.
Then, through the sealing formula on his abdomen, streams of orange-yellow Chakra carrying a faintly ominous aura flowed out of Naruto's body, rushing one after another into a pitch-black vortex.
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