Naruto: Nara's skill set is incredibly sneaky.

Chapter 179 A thoroughly enjoyable social death

Inside the room.

Old Zi sat in the chair, utterly dejected.

Lu Shi smiled and looked at Lao Zi: "Lao Zi, shall I share my guess, or will you tell me what happened?"

"Go ahead and tell me, I'm listening."

Lao Zi still wanted to try and figure it out, just in case Lu Shi guessed wrong.

"My guess is that you were scammed by a woman, and she also swindled out of all your money."

Shikatoki's words relieved Old Purple. "Hahaha, Nara Shikatoki, it seems you're not omnipotent after all. I wasn't fooled."

These words startled Lu Shi, who looked at Nine Lama.

Nine-Tailed Buddha nodded. "This kid didn't say anything; he genuinely believes he wasn't deceived."

"Okay! Let's go through it from the beginning."

Lu Shi looked calmly at Lao Zi, "You met a woman at the cultivation place, didn't you?"

"Yes!" From the fact that Shikamaru and the others were able to find the Land of Lightning, Old Purple knew that they must know this.

"That woman's identity is the daughter of the daimyo of the Land of Earth," Shikatoki continued to ask.

"right!"

Huang Tu was about to explain when he heard this, but Lu Shi stopped him, saying, "Huang Tu, you can explain later."

"Alright." Huang Tu nodded and said nothing more.

Lu Shi looked at Lao Zi with pity in his eyes.

This child, surely he hasn't realized yet that the woman wasn't the famous man's daughter at all!

"Then, you ran all the way to the Land of Lightning. You wanted to find a quiet little village to live in, but she wouldn't allow it. She took you to all the luxurious places in the Land of Lightning and bought you a lot of things."

"You love her very much and don't want her to suffer, so you listen to everything she says."

"Until you arrived in the capital of the Land of Thunder, you ran out of money, and that woman just dumped you, right?"

Lu Shi's words made Lao Zi's face turn ugly, but she still stubbornly shouted, "We broke up peacefully, and there really is a difference in our social status! I'm the one who wronged her!"

As the saying goes, those involved are often confused, while bystanders see things clearly.

Even the loess soil, which had been listening for so long, finally came to its senses.

No wonder they couldn't find Lao Zi in the small village.

No wonder Old Purple went to those big cities and even to the Ikesha shrine near Kumogakure.

It's not true that the most dangerous place is the safest place.

He's just driven by lust!

If that woman were truly the daughter of the daimyo of the Land of Earth, then all these actions would be irrelevant. But the problem is that the woman is not the daughter of the daimyo of the Land of Earth!

Isn't this just a scam?!

And Lao Zi still hasn't discovered it!

Lao Zi felt utterly humiliated and slumped listlessly on the table. "Alright, now you all know I got dumped. I've already said I don't want to talk about it anymore, but you insist on reopening old wounds."

"Huang Tu, it's your turn now. Tell him the truth." Lu Shi said, patting Lao Zi on the shoulder to comfort him. "It's okay, what happened just now wasn't so embarrassing. Something even more embarrassing is coming soon."

For some reason, Lao Zi suddenly felt a bad feeling welling up inside him.

Their gaze turned to the loess soil.

At this moment, Huang Tu suddenly felt a little reluctant to tell Lao Zi, "How about we just let it go and consider it a beautiful misunderstanding?"

Shika wasn't about to miss this opportunity to watch the drama unfold. "You might let him off the hook, but what about Onoki? Do you think Onoki is easy to talk to?"

"What are you two talking about? What's going on? Hurry up!" Old Zi asked, frowning.

"I told you, you have to hold on!" Huang Tu gave him a heads-up.

"Hurry up!"

"The woman you eloped with wasn't the daimyo's daughter at all."

Huang Tu's words left Lao Zi frozen in place. After a long while, Lao Zi stared intently at Huang Tu, "Impossible!"

Huang Tu sighed as he looked at Lao Zi, who didn't believe him, and handed him the information that Da Yeqi had given him.

After reading the intelligence, Lao Zi was completely distraught.

To be honest, if Shikatoki hadn't sealed his chakra, the Four-Tails would probably be going berserk by now.

Lao Zi thought about the events of the past few days.

Those sweet moments were nothing but self-indulgence for him; the woman's real goal was simply his money.

This was unacceptable to Lao Zi.

A surge of anger and disappointment welled up inside him. Looking at the deer with its ambiguous smile, Lao Zi felt like a clown.

My condolences!

Huang Tu patted Lao Zi on the shoulder to express his sympathy.

Three days later.

The office of the Earth Shadow in Iwagakure Village.

Ōnoki looked at the task summary in his hand, glancing up at Rōshi every time he looked at it.

Old Zi couldn't stand being stared at any longer and yelled in annoyance, "What are you looking at?!"

Onoki was equally blunt, slamming his hand on the table and standing up. "Why can't I look?! Is it wrong for me to look at idiots?! Do you want to see what you've written?"

"What does it mean that the daughter of the Daimyo of the Land of Earth, dissatisfied with an arranged marriage, fled the capital and unexpectedly ended up in a small village where she met you!"

"Can't you even look at yourself in the mirror? Even if Princess Yue really did run away from her wedding, do you think she'd be interested in you?!"

Onoki is really unleashing a crazy amount of damage.

I almost scared him to death during this period.

First, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki mysteriously disappeared, and Onoki thought that Rōshi had been killed.

Further investigation revealed that this young man may have eloped with the daughter of the daimyo of the Land of Earth.

At that time, Onoki was already considering candidates for the Fourth Tsuchikage.

In the end, it turned out that Old Purple was deceived by the woman. In fact, if Shikatoki hadn't made things clear, he probably would still think that he and the daughter of the Land of Earth's daimyo had broken up peacefully.

What angered him the most was that he had given up his Dust Release technique in order to get Nara Shikatoki to help him!

It's all because of that idiot Lao Zi!

Onoki truly lives up to his reputation as the oldest Kage among the Five Great Ninja Villages; he's incredibly knowledgeable. Half an hour has passed, and he hasn't repeated a single curse word.

Old Zi was so scolded that he couldn't even lift his head.

Normally, Lao Zi would have turned around and left; he couldn't stand being treated like this.

But this time he really had no point, or rather, he was just like a clown in the whole thing.

At this moment, all we can do is listen to Onoki's output.

"Ahem!"

After typing for so long, Onoki was thirsty. He picked up the teacup on the table and took a big gulp. "I really don't want to scold you anymore."

"You've been cursing for so long," Old Zi muttered under his breath.

However, everyone here was a master, so Onoki naturally heard it and his face immediately darkened. "From today onwards, you are not allowed to leave the village."

"Why should I?!"

"Do you know how much money I spent to post a mission in Konoha? Do you know what reward I gave Nara Shika?"

When Onoki said this, his veins bulged.

"Starting today, you'd better take on missions. You'll only be free when you've earned back this money!"

Old Zi knew it was all his fault, so he nodded, which was considered an agreement.

"Get to work now! This is your mission!" Onoki slammed the mission scroll at Omurs. "Now take this mission scroll and get out of here!"

Old Zi hurriedly caught the reel, then left without looking back, saying, "Fine, I'll leave!"

Seeing that Old Purple had left, Onoki took a deep breath to compose himself, and then forced a smile at Shikatoki, "I'm sorry for making you laugh, Shikatoki-kun."

Lu Shi shook his head. "No, I quite enjoy watching the drama unfold. Besides, I really enjoyed this mission. I practically traveled all over the Land of Lightning just to find Old Purple. If you want to do another mission like this, come to me! I'll do it for free!"

Upon hearing this, Onoki's lips twitched slightly. "Shikatoki-kun! Look, in this investigation, you misunderstood the daughter of the Land of Earth's daimyo. How about the reward for this mission—"

Upon hearing this, Shika knew that Onoki was trying to find fault.

"No, didn't you Iwagakure only ask me to come because you couldn't find anything? Besides, I'm just a ninja on a mission. Please discuss this with the Fourth Hokage. If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now."

After saying that, Lu Shi turned around and left.

That shameless Ōnoki can't stay here any longer.

Upon returning to Konoha, Minato looked at the mission report with a somewhat strange expression.

However, he didn't say much, only that Minato has become more composed since becoming Hokage!

However, just because the water gate held firm doesn't mean others can hold firm.

That's right, it's Kumogakure (Hidden Cloud Village).

After learning what had happened, Ai immediately sent people to spread the word about Lao Zi's outstanding deeds.

If nothing unexpected happens.

At this point, Old Purple was completely dead, and even the ninjas from his own village were pointing fingers at him.