Naruto: Becoming Stronger by Pampering Your Sister

Orochimaru's expression was more solemn than ever before, and he said gravely, "No, you can't do it alone. This mission is very important, and there can be absolutely no mistakes."

Then, he looked at Neji; only Neji could give him complete peace of mind.

"This doesn't seem to concern me at all." Neji sat to the side, showing no intention of intervening; such a simple task held no appeal for him whatsoever.

"Neji, I told you, this mission will interest you," Orochimaru said confidently. His arm suddenly transformed into a giant snake, flicking its tongue as it handed a scroll to Neji.

……

In the dense forest, the leaves rustled, and Neji, Sasuke, and Tayu ran through the forest, soon arriving at the border of the Land of Rice Fields.

“The Land of Hot Springs is just ahead. Once we cross that, we can reach the Land of the Moon,” Tayuya said. “What Lord Orochimaru needs is there.”

"Hmm." Sasuke replied calmly, "None of you are allowed to make a move against this target."

"What, you think you're so great again?" Neji said with an extremely calm face, saying something that would make Sasuke ashamed for the rest of his life. Neji had said the same thing last time, and then he got a good beating.

"Hmph! Why did you agree to Orochimaru's request?" Sasuke sneered and questioned.

"This has nothing to do with you."

As they spoke, they arrived at the territory of the Land of Hot Water. This region seemed to have never suffered from war; everything was very close to nature, with very few man-made things, and it was full of a primitive flavor.

Upon arriving in town, the people were even more harmonious and peaceful, and their every action was very polite. There were no disputes, and even the fights that are often seen elsewhere could not be found here.

"What a peace-loving country."

"Hmph, that's why this country is so weak." Tayu also strongly disagreed with the local customs, her tone full of belittling, and she didn't lower her voice at all, so everyone here could hear her.

In an instant, everyone turned to look at them with hostile eyes, but... they still held back and did not make a move.

Seeing this, Tayuya felt even more contempt for the country and continued to shout, "See? I've said all this, and they still haven't reacted at all. It's only in this country that they're safe. Outside, they would have been bones long ago."

"A country that has abundant resources but has forgotten about war is nothing special," Sasuke remarked.

"Let's go, don't forget our purpose," Neji reminded them. He was genuinely afraid that if these two continued like this, these people who had forgotten war would lose their temper and give them a beating.

Although he possesses immense power, he is not the kind of person who acts without principle when it comes to attacking ordinary people.

This was just a minor incident and didn't significantly affect Neji and his group's itinerary. However, after Neji and his group left, a person dressed in a blood-red robe peeked out from a rooftop not far away.

“New forces.” The man murmured, his face obscured by his large robes, but a hint of excitement could still be heard in his voice.

"I must guide them onto the right path."

Then, his robes fluttered in the wind, and he gradually disappeared from sight. Little did he know that a small snake had been watching his every move.

As dusk settled, Neji and his companions walked through a dense forest. The trees around them were tall and thick, and moonlight filtered through the leaves, casting dappled patterns on the ground.

Just then, Neji suddenly stopped and used the trees as cover to create a wood clone. His main body slowly sank into the ground, while the clone continued walking with Sasuke and Tayuya as if nothing had happened.

"Where are they going? We're quite far from the outpost now."

A figure slowly emerged from the bushes; it was the red-robed man who had been spying on Neji and his companions earlier, and he had been following them the whole time.

It's terrifying that Sasuke and his companions were being watched by someone without them even noticing. This is a major taboo for ninjas. However, the man in red was unfortunate because Neji had already discovered him.

Silently, a vortex appeared out of nowhere behind that person...

Chapter 108 The Cult of Evil Gods, the Power of Evil Gods

The dappled moonlight made the already silent forest even more tranquil. A vortex appeared from behind the man in red robes, and then a strong hand instantly gripped his shoulder.

The man in the red robe felt a chill run down his spine, and cold sweat instantly poured down his back. Before he could even cry out, he was firmly bound to a tree by a series of thick, giant snakes.

Neji stood still, looking the guy in the red robe up and down.

"I've long heard that there's an evil religious organization hiding in the Land of Hot Springs, spreading ideas that are incompatible with this country. It must be you."

Neji spoke calmly, and then a bright green orb suddenly appeared in his hand and he placed it in front of his eyes.

"Don't worry, this thing may be small, but it can make me control your will and get the information I want in an instant."

The man in the red robe was panicked, his eyes filled with fear, but he could only make "uh uh uh..." sounds.

Then, to his horror, the emerald green orb slowly entered his body, along with Neji's hand, and his consciousness became hazy until it disappeared.

Neji placed his hand inside the red-robed man for a moment, then pulled it out, and the Psychic Orb followed.

The moment the psychic orb was pulled out, Neji's mind was flooded with images, flashing rapidly like a slideshow. Those were none other than the memories of the red-robed man.

"So that's how it is. They've been targeting us because Tayuya made some war-like remarks," Neji muttered to himself. He knew this would happen; he would definitely teach Tayuya a lesson when they got back.

“But before that, let’s take care of this person first.” Neji dropped a kunai from his sleeve, pointing it at the man in red.

At this moment, the man in the red robe had regained consciousness. When he saw the kunai so close to him, his eyes widened as if they were about to pop out, and he struggled to break free from the giant snakes.

At this moment, wisps of black and red energy suddenly appeared on his body. Although they were faint, they gave people an extremely strong sense of blood and oppression, which immediately caused the snakes to fall off.

"Hmm? The power of an evil god?" Neji looked at this scene with some surprise, slowly putting away his kunai, wanting to test just how powerful this force was.

In the series, the Jashin Cult only appeared once, with Hidan, and didn't have much screen time. It seems that this cult was just a passerby in Naruto. However, Neji wouldn't think that way. This world is too complicated, and many aspects were not shown in the series.

Since an evil god can grant immortality, its power must be terrifyingly absurd, perhaps not much weaker than that of the Otsutsuki clan.

And then there's the Grim Reaper, who hasn't appeared much, and whose origins are shrouded in mystery. Neji doesn't dare to be careless, and right now, there's just such an opportunity—an opportunity to assess the power of the evil god.

boom!

The dark red aura emanating from the red-robed man shattered and disintegrated his robes, revealing his true face.

He was a dark-skinned, short-haired middle-aged man, very ordinary, but at this moment his eyes were bloodshot, not from thick blood, but more like the color of his pupils had been changed by radiation.

He was breathing heavily, and blood-red stripes were spreading from his eye sockets to all parts of his body. He seemed to have lost control, and his consciousness no longer belonged to him, but overall, there was no major change.

Whoosh!

Without a word, he attacked in an instant, a terrifying shockwave rushing towards his fist. Neji dared not underestimate his opponent, and immediately used the Reincarnation skill to completely block his attack.

Not only that, his fist became a bloody mess the moment it touched the chakra shield, its direction shifted, and it slammed into his own chest, leaving a deep fist mark in the blink of an eye. Blood dripped from his fingertips and the corners of his mouth.

However, the man was like a wild beast, completely disregarding his injuries and seemingly unaware of them. He kicked off with his hind legs and crashed down, instantly knocking down large swathes of trees. At the same time, the black and red aura emanating from his body swirled around his fists, giving him an eerie and unsettling appearance.

However, the destructive power was enormous. With this punch, he actually left deep pits in the ground, almost causing the area to collapse.

However, Neji froze on the spot, feeling completely bewildered.

"So...weak?!" He was slightly surprised, feeling it was all very unreal. There was no challenge at all. He looked fierce and domineering, but was he just a pretty face?

He felt that he could be ten, no, a thousand times bigger than that person!

If anyone heard this, they'd curse him to death. This kind of punch that sends the ground tumbling out of the chest—is that weak? It's simply incomparable... between people.

That's indeed the case. This person's power was not weak, otherwise he wouldn't have caused such terrifying damage. However, it depends on who he encountered. Neji already had the strength of a Kage and was a genius in taijutsu. So, it's clear that this person chose the wrong opponent.

To defeat Neji using physical skills, unless Might Guy opens all eight gates, Neji fears no one.

"Graceful Steps and Double Lion Fists!"

Neji stopped dodging, revealing his lion heads with both hands, and directly clashed with him. Their fists collided, and the energy rippled and fluctuated. With a bang, the man's arms were smashed to pieces, and he fell into the mud pit.

"I'll send you back to your old home in the Western Paradise." Neji said fiercely, quickly approaching and unleashing a series of Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms strikes to seal the man's pressure points and render him unable to retaliate.

However, the black and red auras seemed to have sensed this, and after a dazzling entanglement, they actually merged again into a huge fist and smashed down towards Neji.

"Eight Trigrams Empty Palm!"

Neji slapped the man across the face, sending a shockwave through the air that finally dispersed the dark red aura. Not wanting any further accidents to happen, Neji decisively and swiftly severed the man's neck.

"These people aren't particularly strong, especially after losing consciousness, they're not much different from ordinary ferocious birds and beasts. However, we need to be careful of those black and red auras." Neji murmured. If he wasn't mistaken, not everyone had this ability, otherwise the Jashin Cult would have already become the dominant force.

"It now seems that the power of the evil god far exceeds that of the Kage level. It is still uncertain whether he is at the Six Paths level, but he certainly cannot descend upon the ninja world."

Neji's eyes shone brightly. This was an opportunity to infiltrate the Jashin Cult and investigate its true nature. After all, he had the ability to become intangible, so no one could catch him.

Neji thought the idea was feasible. A vortex appeared, and the next moment, he arrived in the town he had been in before.

Chapter 109 Bizarre and Terrifying

In the quiet of the night, something unknown is happening.

Following the memory of the red-robed man, Neji quickly located the Jashin Cult's base. It must be said that they were quite clever, actually building the church beneath an abandoned mine.

No wonder the evil cult has not been eradicated for so many years; very few people would think of such a place.

Neji stood at the edge of the mine, activating his Byakugan to carefully observe the area below. Under his Byakugan, he quickly saw everything. The area above was perfectly normal, but the area below the mine was covered with countless tiny markings.

"What is that? A summoning array? Or some kind of ninjutsu?" Neji murmured, "We'll only know once we go down there."

Neji then leaped down. It was pitch black below, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. Even though Neji's Byakugan could clearly see everything around him, he couldn't help but feel a little scared.

"Do these fanatics usually hang out in places like this? They're even worse than Orochimaru."

Neji squatted down, stroking the seals on his feet. They were sticky and viscous. Curious, he put them to his nose and smelled them, and was shocked to discover that these seals were actually carved with blood.

"It seems the person who set up these seals is of high status; even that person doesn't know that these seals were carved with blood," Neji murmured.

He frowned, got up and searched along the well wall. From the man's memory, he knew that there was a mechanism inside the well.

It would be difficult for an ordinary person to find it in the dark, but for him it was no problem. Soon after, he found a seemingly soft stone slab, pressed it gently, and instantly the imprints emitted bursts of dark red blood light.

At the point where they intersected, a dense ball of dark red light quickly disappeared into the well wall beside them. With a series of tremors, a pitch-black passage suddenly appeared in front of Neji.

"Damn it, there's not a single light in the passageway. A bunch of parasites hiding in the shadows," Neji cursed under his breath, but still obediently walked in.

He can't exactly unleash a blazing fire to illuminate the world and loudly proclaim to these cult members living in the shadows that he's invading.

That would be very unwise.

In the narrow, dark, and deep passage, Neji kept moving forward with his Byakugan open, trying to avoid being ambushed. Gradually, a glimmer of light appeared in the distance, and Neji knew that he was almost at the end.

After advancing a little further, Neji was suddenly struck by the scene outside the passage and became momentarily stunned.

What did he see?

The flickering candlelight cast a faint glow. Outside, a sea of ​​people, densely packed together, had gathered in front of them. A large group of people dressed in blood-red robes filled the entire area.

Neji stopped in his tracks, not daring to go any further. There were too many people here, and he would easily be discovered. But if he just stopped here... he couldn't just go back after all the trouble he had gone to.

"Let's take a gamble!"

Neji hardened his heart and tried his best to calm himself down. He walked towards the exit of the passage. When he was close to the cave entrance, Neji suddenly used the Transformation Jutsu to transform into the person he had been before and swaggered in.

In such a dimly lit place, as long as one is not too conspicuous, one will basically not be noticed. Therefore, no one noticed Neji's arrival, which made Neji secretly breathe a sigh of relief.