Naruto: The Information Broker from the Uchiha Clan

The shouts from afar finally put Shikamaru at ease, but didn't he think to launch a sneak attack first?

Shadow Clone Technique!

Dozens of Narutos appeared at the same time. Half of them faced the water droplets of Muya fearlessly, while the other half carried Choji and Kiba and ran away.

Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!

A gust of wind swept straight towards Zhitu, plunging the turbulent land into calm.

Then Sasuke suddenly drew his sword, and with the burst of lightning chakra, a bright light shot straight towards Wuye.

"boom!!!"

The suddenly rising earthen wall blocked the attack. Zhi Tu looked solemnly at the opposite side, and everyone returned to his back.

"Roar!!!"

"You brats, how dare you run away?!"

"And you Uchiha brat, how dare you use genjutsu on me?"

"You brat from the Uzumaki family, I'm going to eat you!"

With a roar, a red figure suddenly leaped down.

"Walk!!!"

At Shikamaru's roar, Sai, who was already prepared, suddenly pulled open the scroll, and five giant birds took everyone into the air.

The little nine-tailed fox grinned: "So what if you can fly? You think I can't beat you up like this?"

The next moment, chakra instantly gathered in the mouth of the Nine-Tails.

A Tailed Beast Ball, about half the size of a grain, formed in less than a second and was about to be ejected the next moment.

"Sasuke!!"

The three-tomoe Sharingan suddenly turned, and in the next moment, the Nine-Tails' vertical pupils directly transformed into three-tomoe eyes, and the direction of the attack was aimed at Iwagakure and Kirigakure.

"What?!"

"asshole!!"

Zhi Tu swiftly formed hand seals, and walls of earth suddenly rose up.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

Fortunately, the power of the chakra particles, which were only the size of grains, was impressive. Although they were very strong, they managed to block them.

It's easy to see that Uchiha Yun would never allow Kurama to launch a large-scale Tailed Beast Ball attack, after all, this is Konoha, and it would be difficult to explain if too many people died.

"It's Sharingan again, you brat Uchiha!!"

The enraged Nine-Tails had recovered and was about to continue the chase, but then it stopped.

It was all because Shikamaru said something high in the sky.

"Little Nine-Tailed Lord, there's nothing but money in front of you right now!!"

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Chapter 345: Black Soil

money?

What money?

It's all money?

The little nine-tailed fox, who was about to leap up, froze. In its mind, money meant being able to eat delicious food and drink alcohol!

In that moment of hesitation, the giant ink-wash birds in mid-air had already flown far away, carrying everyone with them.

In this situation, if we chase after them, what if that Uchiha brat uses another genjutsu, and then the Uzumaki girl uses the Adamantine Sealing Technique...?

Although his pupil power was average and his Vajra Lock couldn't hold him for long, the blond brat's eager look just now seemed a little off.

Thinking of this, the Nine-Tails' vertical pupils looked at the genin from Kirigakure and Iwagakure.

Although the Nara family brats are all heartless, there's one thing he wasn't lying to himself: these guys in front of him are all money!

Although Uchiha Yun had instructed that Konoha's genin should be given higher priority, haven't those kids already run far away?

I tried my best to chase after it, but it can fly! What can I do?

The large Tailed Beast Balls are unusable, and the smaller ones were simply eaten by the opponent's insects. What can we do? There's nothing we can do!

Yes, that's it.

Thinking of this, the Nine-Tails' gaze towards the Hidden Mist Village and the Hidden Iwa Village genin gradually turned ferocious.

"Lord Nine-Tailed Fox! We'll pay!"

Eh?

So easy to talk to?

"Ahem! That's still nine hundred thousand taels, you need the corpses of the dead, so that also needs to be paid."

Indeed, although the Chunin Exams are just an exam, the signed agreement is not just for show.

Death is a normal thing. I had just had physical contact with Aburame Torune, and now I have lost all vital signs.

For ninjas, death is a normal occurrence.

The villagers might be angry, but they also understood that this was the fate of ninjas, a fate they had learned from the very beginning of their training.

……

"Karin, you can relax now, but you still need to sense the location of Kurama and those guys every now and then."

Shikamaru gave the order, then looked at Neji and the other two who had just been rescued: "Could you tell me the details?"

Neji nodded and immediately recounted all his experiences. Lee, standing to the side, was weeping bitterly, while Tian Tian looked at him with utter disdain.

After Neji finished speaking, Shikamaru nodded and said, "It seems that's how it is... Although the existence of the Nine-Tails will cause trouble for both sides, we are naturally at a disadvantage compared to them being able to solve the problem with money."

Karin, who was standing nearby, said, "In that case, it is indeed necessary to keep an eye on Kurama. Letting in the strongest tailed beast to target our own village, I really don't know what Brother Yun was thinking."

Shino frowned: "In that case, the key to the scroll battle in this survival exercise lies in which side can best utilize the Nine-Tails' power..."

Sasuke looked at Shikamaru: "But we're naturally at a disadvantage because of the rules set by Brother Yun, the Nine-Tails can't even take our money..."

Sasuke paused for a moment at this point.

The next second, his eyes met Shikamaru's, and the two of them gave a wry smile at the same time.

Shikamaru sighed: "What kind of confidence makes Brother Yun think that our group has the power to fight against the Nine-Tails?"

???

These words stunned everyone.

Kiba comforted Akamaru, who was still trembling: "How could that be? If that power were unleashed, we would all be finished. Shikamaru, I don't believe you didn't see it. Kurama wasn't even using its full strength just now."

Ino, who was resting against Sakura, looked a little pale.

"The power of the miniature Tailed Beast Ball has been reduced to its lowest level, but even so, the defenses of Iwagakure were still riddled with holes."

As she spoke, Ino ate the soldier pill that Sakura handed her: "And that guy from Kirigakure just now, he's definitely not an ordinary genin. When I entered his body, the power I felt was not much weaker than Izumi-sensei's."

Shikamaru glanced at Ino: "He clashed with Izumi-sensei five years ago during the Chunin Exams. Apart from not having the Nine-Tails, the situation wasn't too different from now."

"A three-tomoe Sharingan and a Hyuga clan Byakugan, in addition, Kiba's older sister has excellent medical ninjutsu and that... monstrous strength."

At this point, Shikamaru let out a breath: "Based on Kurama's reaction just now, some of my guesses have been verified."

Shikamaru looked at everyone.

"First: In the rules that Brother Yun set for Kurama, our priority must be higher than that of the genin from other villages, because at that time Kurama actually wanted to abandon them and chase after us."

"Second: This set of rules is not without loopholes, the biggest of which is probably the personality of the Nine-Tails. Money... that is the loophole, but also the most fatal one."

After saying that, Naruto scratched his head, puzzled, and said, "If we can get money by capturing them, then this loophole is our biggest advantage, right? Why do you say it's fatal?"

Shikamaru shook his head slightly: "The arrival of the Nine-Tails was an accident for us. In missions and wars, the unexpected appearance of a powerful force means that whichever side can utilize it will gain the real advantage."

"The reason we were able to escape just now was because we took advantage of Kurama's love of money with that last sentence. But it's also the same thing that will prevent us from continuing if the other side realizes it."

???

so serious?

Shikamaru frowned; there were still some things he hadn't figured out.

If it were that simple, none of us would have a chance to play. So why would Brother Yun have made such a rule?

Will all the genin in this generation of Konoha be eliminated?

The Hokage will not allow such a thing to happen during the Chunin Exams.

But if that's not the case, then does our side have the power to seize the turning point?

Break the seal?

No, it shouldn't be this point.

Although the seal on Team 7 was set up by Brother Yun, if the reason for the eventual reversal is breaking the seal, then it will be a joke for the other four major ninja villages.

The main reason they held onto hope was that most of Team 7's power had been sealed away.

If the seal is left open, and the bald man eventually breaks through, it would be a joke and would be meaningless.

So... what exactly is it?

Sasuke and Karin's combined efforts could indeed trap Kurama for a while, but that time was far from enough to turn the tide...

"Sai, let's find a place to land first. Staying in mid-air makes us an easy target for concentrated fire."

After landing, everyone began to rest and recuperate.

Shikamaru remained in a daze for a long while before making his next move.

"Karin's perception range is very long, so Karin will continue to keep track of the location of Kurama and the Iwagakure and Kirigakure genin."

"In addition, Sai's secret technique, in conjunction with Hinata, Kiba, and Shino, helped them find traces of those small ninja villages and Kumogakure."