Chapter 122 The Nth Ninja World Speed Race
"In this battle, the contestants are divided into five tracks, and the first person to reach the destination wins."
"Given that there are two new members this time, I, Lord Nine-Tailed Fox, will reiterate the specific rules here."
Little Nine-Tails wagged his tail, looked at the four people sitting obediently in front of him, and nodded in satisfaction.
"First of all, the mounts for this competition were jointly provided by Kurama and Hashirama.
Due to some unfortunate incidents in previous competitions, we have standardized the initial form of the mounts."
A mount, about the size of a regular horse, slowly emerged, encased in a wooden shell sponsored by Hashirama.
"As you can see, this new mount is the culmination of my and Hashirama's hard work; it's a groundbreaking product."
"Its appearance means that in the upcoming races, there won't be situations where a thorn appears on your butt while you're running, or the power source inside the wooden shell disappears halfway through the race."
"Here we must give credit to Lord Kurama's powerful power source, which is the core technology supporting the Ninja World Race."
The Nine-Tails proudly introduced his masterpiece to the several dumbfounded people.
Putting aside the wooden outer shell, the essence of this race is actually just riding the Nine-Tails and having fun.
However, what is actually inside is just a ball of Nine-Tails chakra, which doesn't have much consciousness of its own.
Under Kurama's deliberate control, it can accept certain commands.
But you still have to practice the coordination yourself.
Ignoring Hashirama's disapproving look, Kurama continued explaining the rules.
"During the competition, participants are allowed to use their own ninjutsu to accelerate, but space-time ninjutsu is not allowed to be used to directly reach the finish line."
Kurama glanced at a middle-aged man with blond hair.
Clearly, this rule was aimed at Minato.
After all, if everyone is running on the ground, and you can teleport to the finish line in an instant using Flying Thunder God Technique, then what's the point of playing?
It wasn't explicitly forbidden, but the person in charge of the water gate had to keep a close watch on things and prevent the others from gathering together and beating them up.
"Um... okay."
Minato nodded somewhat awkwardly, realizing he hadn't thought that way either!
It's just that when I went for a walk earlier, I happened to leave a Flying Thunder God mark at the end of the walk.
Actually, his real idea was to use the Thunder God technique to get there when they were about to lose, in order to avoid coming in last place.
Well, then Kurama, who was checking whether Hashirama was secretly doing his own work while the road was being repaired, discovered it.
Kurama: Hmm?
The length of the track in Hashirama is the same this time, so why is the width so different?
The track in Hashirama is a full five meters wider than the other tracks.
By using his position as a temporary inspector to stand on the moral high ground, he thoroughly exposed Hashirama's evil deeds to everyone's eyes, and then used sharp words to fiercely condemn his wicked thoughts.
Ah, that's really something.
Then, the Nine-Tails was "accidentally" given a full-body massage by a "rampant and out-of-control" wooden figure.
Yes, the kind of massage that goes right up to the bones.
Then, as he rolled over, Kurama discovered a Flying Thunder God kunai hiding its sharpness in the dirt he had rolled over.
Um?
What is this! What is this!
Kurama was heartbroken (literally).
He never expected that besides Hashirama, there would be other powerful figures—or rather, petty thieves—who dared to exploit the loopholes!
As a result, the somewhat shy Minato was once again subjected to verbal abuse from Kurama.
However, because Minato's behavior was so disgusting, everyone agreed that Kurama's punishment was very reasonable.
Kushina watched as Minato was being berated like a rookie by Kurama, and she couldn't help but want to laugh.
LOL, Nine-Tailed Fox is incredibly brave, okay?
However, because the language contained some profanity, Naruto was unaware of this content.
I just feel like there's something dirty in my head when I wake up.
"Any more questions?"
Kurama, with light and agile steps, jumped onto Naruto's head.
"Yes, that's all."
Kushina nodded, her eyes filled with excitement.
Kushina was curious after hearing Naruto mention the horse race between him, Hashirama, and Kurama.
Why didn't I have such a fun sealed space back then?
If there were such a thing, I would definitely beg to become a Jinchūriki.
Nine-Tails recalled the chains he had once been bound by, turned his head away, and indicated that he did not want to speak.
Then, finally, after Hashirama Minato and the others worked on the road every day, the new five-person track was completed.
Actually, although it's a five-person track, as everyone knows, the only truly human being in it is Naruto.
Hashirama is currently in a state similar to a Heroic Spirit, Kurama is a Tailed Beast with great power, and Minato and Kushina are just chakra with spiritual imprints.
But when it comes to having fun, the most important thing is to have a good time.
"Alright, then get on the mounts assigned to you."
As an aside, why did the original horse race turn into a ninja world racing war?
Because Kurama believed that the word "horse racing" was very bad, and since he was not the Five-Tailed, how could he talk about horse racing?
Therefore, at the strong suggestion of the Nine-Tails, the name was changed to Race.
Minato leaped lightly and boarded Unit 4, whose outer shell was painted with golden kunai patterns and the markings of the Flying Thunder God.
Hashirama boarded Unit-02, whose outer shell was even more distinctive, with a small, menacing wooden dragon swimming around it.
Hashirama, looking heroic and spirited, held his head high, as if the number one spot was already his.
"Tch, why are you making it all so fancy?"
Kushina glanced at the two men's flashy mounts, a hint of speechlessness flashing in her eyes, before she plopped down on her own brightly colored, vividly red Unit-3.
Kurama looked at Kushina, who was far more conspicuous than Hashirama and Minato, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
"Great, I'm boarding now."
Naruto raised his head and climbed onto his orange-yellow fighter jet—Unit 5.
Since Naruto is still young, everyone stuffed something into Naruto's mount.
For example, Hashirama's hidden wooden dragon catapult missile, Kushina's sealing technique shield, Minato's timely Flying Thunder God evasion, and Kurama's super acceleration device.
In a sense, Unit 5 could be sent out to fight a white-haired guy who's gradually becoming lazy and inactive.
Kurama also boarded his Evangelion Unit-01. The ordinary mount that was originally unremarkable began to emanate golden chakra from its core as Kurama jumped on.
At that moment, Unit-01 began to ascend to godhood!
Hehehe! I, Lord Nine-Tailed Fox, am the most handsome and the fastest!!!
A gust of wind blew by, and the golden chakra swayed in the wind. Kurama couldn't suppress the smile that was on his face.
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