Witty Naruto Life

Chapter 267 Are you trying to trick Shuiyue by mistaking her for Japanese? (4K)

Suigetsu's hair practically stood on end; he sensed an aura similar to Sasuke's.

"No way... I just escaped to try and make a living..." Shuiyue swallowed the saliva stuck in her throat, her face turning somewhat pale.

He suddenly had a déjà vu feeling, as if he had accidentally gotten lost and stumbled into a paradise.

Mizuki lowered her voice and leaned closer to the man in front of her: "Sasuke, am I going to live like this from now on?"

If you encounter a Rinnegan-level powerhouse every few steps, you might as well be locked up back in Orochimaru's lab!

Sasuke remained silent, simply gazing calmly ahead.

He already had a good idea of ​​who it was.

Then,

Shuiyue felt a chill run down her spine. Suddenly, she sprang up, raised her hands in a gun gesture, and shouted, "Water Iron Cannon - Double Dagger!"

"boom!!"

The next moment, he suddenly felt dizzy, and half a second later he realized that he had been hit by a whip kick and his body flew backward!

There wasn't even time to unleash the Water Gun Technique.

"boom!!"

Shuiyue was slammed straight to the ground, her head burying into the soft, wet soil like an ostrich.

He braced himself with his hands on the ground, pulled his head out, and then...

"Ptooey! Ugh..."

Shuiyue spat out mouthfuls of damp, foul-smelling mud, and then heard the figure in front of her say to Sasuke:

"Are your men so reckless?"

Then Suigetsu heard Sasuke laugh: "He just went through a fierce battle and is still shaken. You should be more accommodating to him."

"Give me a break, a fierce battle... I bet he'll just be hiding behind you the whole time."

Shuiyue struggled to her feet and saw a tall, thin, and sunny-looking boy with blond hair and horizontal pupils wearing a fairy mask, exuding a powerful aura.

This is definitely the strength of an immortal!

But seeing Sasuke's relaxed expression, he hesitated before asking, "You are... Sasuke's friend?"

Because of his long period of detention, Suigetsu knew very little about the outside world, only having heard Orochimaru mention him.

"Uzumaki Naruto."

"Oh...hmm?!"

Shuiyue's eyes widened, and then she suddenly understood everything.

That makes sense... Sasuke's teammates can only be strong individuals on the same level as him.

Mizuki recalled Orochimaru's extremely high praise of Naruto that day, her words filled with regret.

Sasuke and Naruto whispered a few more words to each other, and the latter walked over to Suigetsu with a half-smile.

"I heard you really want to collect all seven ninja swords?"

"Ah? Ah, yes..." Suigetsu seemed a little reserved, and the pressure from the person in front of him was no less than that from Orochimaru.

"No problem." Naruto's tone was straightforward.

Shuiyue was taken aback: "Huh?"

“I said no problem… You’re Sasuke’s friend, right?” Naruto said calmly, “I like making friends. Of course, you can choose to join Konoha directly.”

This nonchalant attitude and carefree demeanor stunned Shuiyue for a moment, and he suddenly felt an impulse to join Konoha immediately.

There's no other reason than that someone who can so generously give away a valuable ninja sword with just a few words—there shouldn't be any harm in following him, right?

"Wait, wait..." Suddenly, Shuiyue snapped back to reality, remembering Orochimaru's other assessment of Naruto:
[Even more persuasive than me]

I almost fell for his trick... Shuiyue coughed to make her tone sound calm: "Well, let's go to Konoha first."

"Let's go then."

Naruto retrieved Yahiko's body, carried Gaara on his back, and decisively led the three of them towards Konoha.

beep, beep...

The three traveled in silence. At this moment, Shuiyue came to her senses and began to wonder about Pain's fate.

"By the way... that guy named Pain from earlier?" He looked at Naruto tentatively.

"Oh, he has surrendered to Konoha."

"?"

Shuiyue picked at her ears, wondering if she had misheard.

“Sasuke…?” His expression was somewhat stiff, but Sasuke only glanced at him without saying a word.

The subtext seems to be: What a stupid reaction...

"Naruto... Naruto-kun, I'm not questioning you, but could you let me see Pain's true face? It's not for anything else, I just want to broaden my horizons."

Suigetsu sneered at Naruto, instinctively believing he had fallen into a trap. Naruto hadn't managed to get past him; instead, he and Sasuke were conspiring to deceive him.

Naruto turned and looked at him for a few seconds, then suddenly said, "Do you think you have any value in being fooled?"

Shuiyue was suddenly taken aback.

Naruto turned his head and looked ahead: "It's okay. If you don't believe me, I can refuse to join Konoha. You can even give up Zabuza's greatsword."

"No, no, no, I want it!"

"Yes, but you can't see Pain's true form. He's currently a key person Konoha is protecting."

What he didn't say was that Nagato and Konan had already flown back to Konoha through his shadow clones.

Shuiyue fell silent.

He concealed his inner suspicions and decided to leave Konoha and Sasuke as soon as he got the big sword.

beep, beep...

They soon saw Shino.

"It's Naruto... How is he?"

Shino followed Naruto's gaze to Sasuke and Suigetsu, his brow furrowing. "I didn't expect it to be Sasuke. Long time no see. And who is this...?"

"His name is Suigetsu, and he's here to retrieve the greatsword," Naruto explained.

Shino remained silent, examined the situation for a moment, nodded to Naruto, and turned to leave.

The three continued on their journey, encountering Jiraiya, Kakashi, Sakura, Haku, and others along the way.

The more Shuiyue interacted with them, the more subtle her expression became.

They seemed to have great respect for Naruto Uzumaki, and their words implied that they had really killed that powerful Rinnegan user.
As she was pondering, Suigetsu heard Kakashi say from ahead:

"Well... I didn't expect Naruto to be able to persuade him so easily, which saved us a lot of manpower and resources."

persuade?

Suigetsu was stunned. Naruto had convinced that madman?

He couldn't help but recall the short-haired Pain's garbled chatter. How could someone like that possibly have anything in common with Naruto?

It must be admitted that Suigetsu developed a strong curiosity about Naruto.

Continue on your way.

As they walked back, they exchanged information, their mood relaxed, and the conversation began to turn to things unrelated to the mission.

"...Oh right, Suigetsu, Sasuke told me you're a strong member of the Hozuki clan?"

Naruto's sudden greeting startled Suigetsu, whose gaze turned wary: "...Yes."

"Then your Water Release technique must be pretty powerful, right?" Naruto pointed to Sakura beside him: "Even more powerful than her?"

Shuiyue frowned slightly, glanced at the woman with a pretty face beside her, and muttered softly, "Is she very strong?"

Naruto ignored Suigetsu's mutterings and said casually, "By the way, could you teach her the Hozuki clan's secret techniques? I can pay you more." Suigetsu immediately waved her hand, "Sorry, that's a secret of our Hozuki clan."

"Even if I pay you with other ninja swords?"

Suigetsu choked, her voice broken as she asked, "Uh... does Konoha have any other ninja swords?"

Naruto rolled his eyes: "I can help you find it."

Upon hearing this, those around couldn't help but look over.

Suigetsu felt a chill run down her spine from their gazes and was about to question them when she heard Shino speak to Naruto:

"Are the Hozuki clan's secret techniques powerful enough to warrant your personal intervention?"

Kakashi sighed from the side, "It's for Sakura, isn't it... Can you two please stay away from me when you're showing off your love?"

It's preventing him from watching "Make-Out Paradise".

"I really envy you, Suigetsu, to have Naruto personally help you," Bai Yan said enviously from the side.

"Wait, wait, wait..." Suigetsu was a little incredulous. Why was Naruto Uzumaki being elevated so much?
Is this the prevailing trend in Konoha now?

Unbeknownst to her, Mizuki had forgotten the oppressive feeling she had experienced when she first met Naruto.

This is not surprising. Naruto has completely suppressed his aura and now exudes a sunny and warm-hearted charm in every gesture.

He values ​​Suigetsu quite a bit, and he feels that having Suigetsu submit to Konoha gives him the same satisfying feeling as playing a Three Kingdoms game and recruiting generals.

After all, Konoha belongs to Naruto.

It also allows me to do Sakura a favor, so I can flirt with her more freely in the future—a win-win situation.

“I’m sorry, what I’m about to say might be a bit offensive, but how can you make sure you can help me obtain other ninja swords?” Suigetsu asked carefully, choosing her words carefully.

Naruto scratched his chin and said, "How about we have a spar?"

"No, no! No need!"

“It’s alright, I won’t use Sage Mode. I’ll just spar with you in my current state,” Naruto smiled. “I swear, I won’t hurt you in the slightest.”

Shuiyue remained stationary.

Everyone stopped and watched with great interest as Naruto beat up... and sparred with Suigetsu.

"Let me make this clear first, the Hozuki clan's secret techniques are not to be trifled with." Suigetsu looked at Naruto with a slightly more excited gaze.

Naruto nodded: "No problem, don't worry..."

Before he could finish speaking, Naruto suddenly felt a chilly sensation near his ear.

Immediately, a pair of fingers pointed to his temple.

"Sorry," the water-formed figure behind him chuckled softly, "it seems I've misjudged you..."

"Checkmate?"

Suddenly, Shuiyue turned around and found a Flying Thunder God kunai pressed against the back of her neck.

A nested assassination operation.

Although Naruto had retracted Sage Mode, it didn't mean his senses had completely disappeared. He had noticed something amiss the moment Suigetsu stopped in place.

He can now release his shadow clones in an instant.

The enemy couldn't even see his hand seals.

At that moment, Suigetsu felt Naruto's kunai pressed against his neck, and grinned, revealing sharp teeth: "You can continue."

"interesting."

Naruto suddenly slit his throat, but the next moment no one saw any blood. Instead, a stream of water flowed from his neck!

The Water Transformation Technique, a signature secret technique passed down through generations of the Hozuki clan, allows one to liquefy their body at any time and become immune to physical attacks.

Only Lightning Release can counter this technique.

The next moment, Suigetsu suddenly sprang up, transforming into flowing water that enveloped Naruto's face behind her, attempting to suffocate him! At the same time, a stream of flowing water pierced sharply towards the Flying Thunder God Kunai in front of her!
"Click!!"

The runes on the kunai hilt were destroyed, and the kunai itself was split in two by the flowing water!
He knew that Naruto would use the Flying Thunder God Technique to jump onto the kunai in the next moment, so he took action in advance to sever the runes.

This was information he had heard about Naruto a long time ago, and it was one of the reasons he dared to launch a surprise attack on Naruto.

however,
next moment,
He saw Naruto, whose face was completely covered by running water, smiling and blowing bubbles as he slowly pulled open his clothes.

Inside was a scroll that was half-open.

The part of the scroll that was pulled open was covered with complex runes, and right in the center was a square character for 'thunder'.

"Oh no!" Suigetsu suddenly released Naruto, but it was too late.

This scroll was specially made by Naruto at the request of the white-robed man. It requires almost no pre-cast animation and can be released instantly!

Just like in the original work, Shikamaru could unleash a Water Release technique on Kakuzu simply by unfolding a scroll and stepping on it.

"Zizzi-"

The electric current instantly reversed and enveloped Suigetsu's body, paralyzing Naruto's body as well!
"Damn it! You actually..." Shuiyue wanted to say that Naruto actually used himself as bait to lure him into the trap, but he himself would also be electrocuted!

Are all the people from Konoha this ruthless?
But the next moment, he saw Naruto in front of him smile at him, and the Naruto he was holding also smiled.

"Bang!!"

Shadow clones are now dispelled!

From the very beginning, Suigetsu's target was Naruto's real body, while the one behind Suigetsu holding a Flying Thunder God kunai to his neck was actually a shadow clone.

It's a mix of reality and illusion, and a repetitive nesting of concepts.

Naruto believed that victory in this battle was inevitable, because it was essentially about using information asymmetry to launch a precise attack on Suigetsu.

They just used some petty tricks.

"Zizi-"

Shuiyue completely lost her temper, and her body became a semi-liquefied state, which was both solid and liquid, similar to a machine short circuit, and she could not move.

"I understand your abilities," Shuiyue said, giving Naruto a wry smile.

There are no overpowered ninjutsu techniques; it's just a combination of simple methods based on understanding one's own weaknesses.

If it were an overwhelming advantage based on bloodline or other abilities, that would be understandable, but an overwhelming advantage in combat skills is really hard to explain.

He's completely subdued; he's definitely very strong.

Naruto retrieved the Lightning Release scroll. Suigetsu took a while to recover, looked around, and found that his Konoha 'friends' were all trying not to laugh.

Alright, alright... Shuiyue understands.

This is clearly a traditional Konoha event!
In fact, those around him had been paying attention to Suigetsu's reaction and had also realized that Naruto wanted to subdue him.

When they discovered that Suigetsu was skeptical of Naruto's abilities, everyone realized they were in for a good show.

After all, none of the people present here are not intelligent.

"I believe in your abilities now. You could definitely do it too..." Shuiyue said concedely, but immediately added:

"But that doesn't mean I'll join Konoha!"

Naruto and Sasuke exchanged a glance, and the former said, "Okay."

"I hope you will do what you say."

At this moment, Sakura spoke up: "Your water jutsu fundamentals are quite solid, but your combat awareness is too poor. You probably haven't had any real combat experience in a long time, right?"

Her tone was calm, as if she were simply making an objective assessment.

Shuiyue immediately perked up again: "I can't beat Naruto, but I can beat you!"

How ridiculous! How ridiculous! An ordinary water-style ninja dares to shit on the head of my Hozuki clan?
Hozuki Suigetsu was somewhat confident in his clan's abilities, and he realized that if he continued to show weakness in front of Konoha, he would only appear more and more pathetic.

It's like giving Zabuza's greatsword to him, buffing him up, and balancing his combat power.

Can't stand it!
Just as Mizuki was about to retort, he saw Naruto pat him on the shoulder with a warm smile.

"Don't mess with her."

(End of this chapter)