This Naruto is a player.

Chapter 211 This clone is different

Here you go.

Seeing that Sasuke's face was about to break down, Naruto decisively took out a gift he had prepared beforehand to interrupt his spellcasting.

Sure enough, Sasuke, who was about to explode, was immediately distracted.

"what is this?"

Sasuke stared at the wooden box and asked curiously.

Sakura, who had been watching the scene with a smile, also came over.

“A precious sword!” Naruto maintained a mysterious smile.

"A precious sword?"

Sasuke looked at the box, which was shorter than a kunai, with disbelief on his face, but he accepted it anyway because it was a gift from Naruto.

Seeing that Sasuke's complexion had improved, Naruto was planning to do another show-off routine, but then he saw Sakura winking at him.

Sakura's winking and gesturing were practically sending out Morse code.

Naruto understood instantly.

"that,"

He scratched the back of his head, looking as if he had suddenly remembered something. "I think I forgot to turn off the gas at home. I'll be going now."

"Oh, see you tonight~" Naruto added as he turned back before leaving.

Before he could finish speaking, he jumped onto the roof and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The sound was carried by the wind.

Of course, this disappearance is only a fake disappearance.

swoosh~
After getting out of their sight, Naruto, who had been leaping between the two houses and was in mid-air, disappeared with a Flying Thunder God Technique and returned to the vicinity in the blink of an eye.

He hid on the rooftop closest to the two, observing their situation, ready to watch the drama unfold.

I thought Sakura was going to put on some big show, prepare to make a big splash, and fulfill Sasuke's long-cherished wish to revive the clan.

结果
Naruto had been watching the scenes of the "passionate female supporting character" and the "cold male second character" for several months.

The children were so sleepy from watching it that they kept yawning.

"Boring, I'm never watching this kind of silent film again."

With a bored sigh, Naruto looked up at the sky; it was almost noon.

He planned to first make a trip to the root of the family to show his face, to justify his daily salary of 50 taels, before going to eat.

swoosh~
In the blink of an eye, Naruto used Flying Thunder God Technique to arrive at the Root base, which he was so loyal to.

Naruto lay comfortably on the soft, comfortable sofa, his legs casually propped up on his desk, feeling quite at ease.

Noticing the red button on the table, he reached out and slapped it.

Bang bang bang~~~
Soon, the sound of high heels creaked in the hallway outside the door.
Karin, with her bright red hair, pushed open a crack and peeked out from outside.

"Naruto-kun!"

Upon seeing that Naruto was indeed there, a smile instantly bloomed on her previously cold face.

Then she opened the door and came in.

She was holding a bottle of cola and a wine glass.

Arriving at the table, Karin deftly set down the wine glass and began pouring herself a glass of cola.

Once the bubbles filled the cup, she gestured for it to be filled.

"Please~"

Naruto glanced at him casually before reaching out and picking it up.

As soon as Naruto touched the cup, he sensed the temperature of the cola.

6 degrees.

Just the right temperature, not too much, not too little – the perfect temperature for an iced cola.

After taking a satisfying gulp, Naruto finally showed an appreciative look.

"Not bad!"

I just gave a compliment, and then...

bang~
With a loud thud, a mountain of documents, almost taller than Naruto, suddenly slammed onto the table, leaving Naruto dumbfounded.

"what is this?"

"Naruto-kun, this is the organization's work for half a day. Please review it." Karin Uzumaki smiled, but Naruto always felt that her smile hid a knife.

Let's take another look at this mountain of documents.

Yes, it's confirmed, this is indeed a hidden knife.

So many documents, they're going to kill him!

"Only half a day? And that's all?"

"Yes, you see,"

As Karin spoke, she divided the large stack of documents in front of her into several piles of varying heights. "These are finance-related, these are personnel-related, and these are from each of the four major departments."

As Karin gave her a methodical presentation, Naruto suddenly felt a wave of dizziness.

He was about to faint.

I didn't see so many when I was working at the root office a few days ago, how come there are so many today?

He picked up a copy without believing in superstition.

Indeed, these are all root-related documents. As the root system gets on track, the number of documents to be reviewed increases exponentially.

Naruto felt a little guilty after glancing at so many documents.

After approving so many, won't it be evening by then?
And according to Karin, this is only half a day?
Naruto suddenly doesn't want to do it anymore!

He began to miss his school days, when he could skip classes whenever he wanted, had tons of free time, and could do whatever he wanted!
What an idyllic life!
Look at now?
No!

Naruto felt he had to find a solution!

Even a small piece of information covering the entire Root organization of the ninja world has so much to keep him busy. What will happen when he becomes Hokage? Or the 'Daimyo' of the Land of Fire, or something else?

What if we eventually unify the ninja world?

Wouldn't that exhaust him to death?
Even with Shikamaru's help, the workload was still terrifying!
Not to mention, Naruto wouldn't trust anyone else with this kind of task, so...
"Looks like I'll have to use a clone after all!"

Hearing Naruto muttering to himself, Karin asked curiously, "What's wrong, Naruto-kun?"

"nothing,"

Naruto glanced at her and casually replied, "Put these tasks aside for now, wait for me to come back."

Naruto has made up his mind. He originally planned to slowly find a suitable clone, but now he can't wait a moment longer!

"where are you going?"

Naruto didn't have time to answer Karin's question, *whoosh*
He vanished in a flash, the golden light eventually turning into a singularity and disappearing from the spot.

Deep within a mountain in the Land of Fire.

This is Naruto's base and safe house; only he knows it.

The base is located inside a massive, rocky mountain. It was a space that Naruto created out of thin air using Dust Release. The entire space is sealed off and has no connection to the outside.

Even Naruto initially only managed to get here using Rock Release.

The safe house is very spacious and serves as Naruto's secret base, complete with everything he needs for eating, drinking, and entertainment.

However, Naruto's purpose today is not to escape the world and enjoy a vacation alone, but to prepare for seclusion here.

swoosh~
As soon as he flashed over, Naruto's gaze skipped over the small bridges and flowing water, the water park and other amusement facilities, and instead leaped into a huge arena made of a single rock.

Let's begin!

Naruto muttered a phrase, clapped his hands, and orange eyeshadow appeared. Then...

BOOM~~~~~~
More than a dozen plumes of smoke appeared in succession, and one 'Naruto' after another appeared on the platform.

Seeing these figures, Naruto smiled.

The purpose of my visit today is to find a good ox or horse to help me perform my current duties, including the future management of Konoha, the Land of Fire, and even the ninja world.

Otherwise, he could work himself to death and still not finish!
Oh, it seems he's not going to die.

In short, the purpose of this operation is to find a substitute to take over the main body's duties and handle all the miscellaneous tasks.

Naruto smiled as he looked at the lively clones that had just appeared.

Great! Very energetic.

"Report your numbers!" Naruto shouted, drawing everyone's attention.

However, what he saw next made his face turn dark.

"Hello~ Naruto-kun!" The first clone raised his arm in salute.

The second clone started jumping and crouching, behaving strangely, like it was playing some kind of FPS game.

The third clone roared, "The Fourth Calamity has descended upon this other world! We will be the masters of this world!"

The fourth clone actually stripped off on the spot, revealing Naruto's elephant.

After that, Naruto couldn't bear to watch anymore.

'What the hell is all this junk?'

With a curse under his breath, Naruto immediately dispelled all his clones.

I thought that activating Sage Mode would provide some boost to my clones, but it turns out there was absolutely no change.

It's exactly as it was supposed to be!

Naruto was quite puzzled. Had he been cursed by something? Otherwise, how could he be producing these schizophrenic beings?
but.

We can't stop! We won't rest until we find it today!

slap~
Naruto clapped his hands together, "Again!" *Thud!*
More than a dozen plumes of smoke appeared in succession, and one 'Naruto' after another reappeared on the platform.

No, get a different batch!
One batch, two batches, three batches...
A total of more than a dozen batches have passed, and Naruto still hasn't found any clones worth using.

For a moment, he was questioning his life. The probability of encountering a usable one before was not this low, so why was it even less likely that he could enter the immortal mode?
Why is this magic technique doing more harm than good?
With this thought in mind, Naruto immediately exited Sage Mode.

Come again!

After two more groups passed by, Naruto realized that he was really unlucky today, encountering one oddball after another, none of whom were usable.

Naruto sighed inwardly at his bad luck.

Everyone has their bad moments.

Moreover, clones are just like completely random items; there's no guaranteed reward.

Seeing that continuing to draw blood would not yield any results, Naruto suddenly thought of something—the unfamiliar chakra that still remained in his body!

Previously, Naruto had three streams of chakra within him.

The father is Minato Namikaze, the mother is Kushina Uzumaki, and the other is an unknown chakra.

The other two chakra problems have been solved, but the last one remains a mystery, so the situation has been stalled and the status quo has been maintained.

Naruto knew nothing about this extra chakra energy, so why not?

Moreover, Naruto had sensed the presence of this 'unknown chakra' in his previous clones out of curiosity, but he had not found it within them.

Therefore, this unknown chakra is not involved in Naruto's Shadow Clone Technique.

He was curious about what would happen if this thing were distributed.

Naruto is a man of action; he does what he says he will do.

He clapped his hands.

"Immortal Technique: Clone!"

When separating his chakra, Naruto carefully separated that chakra and injected it into his clone.

bang~
Smoke appeared, and Naruto, who looked exactly like him, appeared.

Unlike the clones that caused chaos as soon as they appeared, this Naruto was unusually quiet, and even had his eyes closed.

Looking at him, a thought suddenly popped into Naruto's mind.

This clone is very different!
Perhaps, this child can save the 'ninja world'.

Naruto just stared at him, and seeing that he kept his eyes closed, Naruto couldn't hold back any longer.

"Hey!"

He whispered a name, and the two were so close that Naruto could breathe directly onto the clone's face.

Finally, the clone opened its eyes.

Upon opening his eyes, Naruto noticed the difference in this clone.

Because the clone's eyes were very calm; those blue eyes were like a calm lake, without any ripples.

Oh no, Naruto felt something was wrong.

Doesn't he understand his own personality?
That's the kind of person who can't sit still at all!

When he was a child, no, when he was in school, he did those pranks. Although he had the system's mission as an excuse, Naruto really, really wanted to do them!

But why has this guy's genes mutated?
In a split second, Naruto realized that the clone's chakra was perfectly linked to his own, and he could control the clone's existence and disappearance at any time.

With just a thought, this unusual clone in front of me can disappear instantly.

Seeing this, Naruto finally felt relieved and began to probe.

"Hey, give me your numbers."

The clone pointed at itself, a look of confusion flashing in its beautiful eyes, and said, "Me?"

"right,"

Naruto nodded at him, indicating, "Let me introduce myself."

The clone froze for a moment, as if it had crashed. A moment later, Naruto, who had been watching it closely, clearly saw that a new light suddenly appeared in the clone's eyes.

It was as if it had been activated.

Then, the clone spoke.

"Lord, I feel like something's not right."

The moment I opened my mouth, that familiar taste came through.

It's confirmed, it really is my clone.

just.

Naruto stared into his eyes and realized that the familiar scent did not seem to completely occupy this clone, but only dominated it.

"What's wrong?" Naruto replied.

"I feel unclean!"

The clone tried to act silly with a crying tone, but seemed to be pulled back on track by some force, so that the tone sounded very strange.

"Why isn't it clean?"

The clone seemed to sense the abnormality as well, and its blue eyes pleaded with Naruto, "Naruto, help me! I feel another consciousness inside me! It's trying to control me!"

That look
Naruto had always thought that the description in novels of a domineering CEO's eyes revealing three parts indifference, three parts mockery, and four parts nonchalance was an absurd figure of speech, but now he had seen it for real.

His eyes revealed seven parts longing and three parts peace.

Naruto replied that he would wait and see.

"Manipulate you?"

Naruto asked curiously, "What do you want to do? What does he want to control you to do?"

"Of course I wanted to first raise my hand to pay my respects to Lao Da, then do a street dance and maybe check out Niu Zi or something. You know Lao Da, I have an art background and love to dance, but this guy won't let me do anything."

A hand salute? A dance? Look at Niu Zi?

Naruto: Go to hell!

So you're exactly the same kind of person as those others, able to remain so quiet only because of that unknown chakra pulling you along?
Naruto was speechless.

These clones are always trying to make a big splash!
Seeing that he was about to complain again, Naruto interrupted him directly, "Stop talking, that's enough."

"Are you even a normal person? Besides wanting to do those bizarre things?"

"Of course, boss! Can't you help me?"

help you?

I wish I could replace you!
Judging from the clone's varied expressions and its lively little eyes, Naruto knew that this was definitely another troublemaker!

Seeing this, Naruto immediately reached out and forcefully extracted a large portion of the clone's chakra.

The 'self' that originally occupied seven parts has now been reduced to only five parts.

Naruto withdrew his hand.

Instantly, his once lively eyes became less agile, but more peaceful and composed.

"Report the numbers," Naruto asked again.

"The prison is big,"

A calm voice rang out, "I am your clone number one."

"Ah."

Naruto nodded slightly; it seemed to have worked.

Unexpectedly, that unknown chakra was able to neutralize my lively self.

It's good as long as it works; as for the specifics, we need to look into it further.

"Your name is Whirlpool Bamboo Shoots".

"Dried bamboo shoots?"

The clone was puzzled.

The name is indeed a bit arbitrary. I originally wanted to call it Grilled Fish, but wouldn't that sound a bit awful?
Dried bamboo shoots are a good choice.

Naruto explained without changing his expression, "Yes, I love dried bamboo shoots. From now on, that's your codename. You'll also have to introduce yourself to everyone as my clone, codenamed Dried Bamboo Shoots. Understand?"

As soon as he said it, Naruto realized something was wrong.

This clone inherited some of its own memories and knew that what it liked to eat was not dried bamboo shoots.

Is the lie about to be exposed?
However, this clone was exceptionally sensible, simply nodding in affirmation, "Understood!"

Naruto frowned and glanced at him. "Do you know your mission?"

"know."

Sun Gan nodded and said, word by word, "I will become your political assistant, helping you handle all sorts of administrative matters, fully fulfilling the mission you have given me, and carrying out your will! Loyalty!"

Ah, very good.

Naruto smiled; this clone was far too sensible.

Moreover, although this clone doesn't have much chakra, only about 100 million chakra, it still has all of its passive abilities, such as the SSSSSS talent.

With this talent, you can achieve twice the result with half the effort in anything you do.

"Alright, let's go back to work now." Naruto waved his hand and led them back.

Under Karin's strange gaze, Naruto spent two hours supervising the bamboo shoots as they completed all the work.

This ox/horse is so useful!
So Naruto told the dried bamboo shoots to go ahead and do it.

However, unlike other clones, Naruto chose to synchronize the bamboo shoot's memories every 8 hours because of the bamboo shoot's important work, so as to facilitate supervision.

After a quick meal, Naruto headed to the beach.

There, the two work teams at the root are still carrying out the "fishing for turtles in the ocean" operation.

Naruto was going there to see for himself what kind of turtle it was that had kept more than a dozen Jonin searching for days without success!
(End of this chapter)