Chapter 269 : Audience: All the ninjas are younger brothers*
After receiving a flick to the forehead from Tsunade, Naraku emerged from the tent, rubbing the small bump that had risen on his forehead before using Medical Ninjutsu to make it disappear.
"It really hurts, boo hoo hoo…" Naraku cried silently in his heart, completely unaware that Tsunade had already held back most of her strength.
If Jiraiya and Maito Dai, who had once taken a five-tenths strength hit, were here, they would probably be crying with envy.
"Naraku? What's wrong?"
By the time Kakashi pulled him over, the bump on his forehead had long vanished, leaving only smooth skin.
"Nothing."
Naraku shook his head, looking at the sun already setting in the sky, and said with a sigh of relief, "It's fine now."
...Late at night.
Naraku lay in a spacious single tent room that Tsunade had temporarily arranged for him, sensing that the anime update would likely appear tonight.
With the "Three-Tails Incident" over, there hadn't been any major battles in the Ninja World for a while. If this important event wasn't broadcast now, when would it be?
As expected, less than half an hour later, the system's voice chimed, notifying him that the naruto anime had updated many episodes at once.
The last episode he had watched was the "Scarlet Hunter"'s famous battle. Naraku scrolled through the episodes and clicked on the next one.
——
After the brand-new opening song, the first to appear on screen were Kakashi and Rin.
Their dusty and tired appearance told the audience how urgent their journey had been, likely compressing their rest time to the limit.
Even with all their efforts to save time, they only managed to save less than 20 hours.
They arrived at night and would have to leave around noon the next day.
But when they reached Uchiha Fugaku, they heard that Naraku was out on a mission and not in the camp at the moment.
Kakashi and Rin were greatly disheartened, their entire character models from head to toe looking a few shades grayer.
[What? Naraku isn't here?]
[The Old Thief, die!]
[How is this different from me secretly going to a friend's city to surprise them, only to find out she just left for a trip?!]
[Kakashi's world has collapsed]
[Rin's world has also collapsed]
[Kakashi & Rin: All this arduous journey~ what was it all for~]
Fūyō was responsible for taking Kakashi and Rin to an empty tent to rest. Fugaku hesitated repeatedly before finally summoning a Ninja Cat to send a message to Naraku, informing him that Kakashi was currently at the main camp of the Eastern Front.
When he received Naraku's reply, Fūyō also returned from outside, reporting with a wry smile.
Upon learning that Kakashi couldn't move once he saw Naraku's doorplate, Fugaku's reaction wasn't very strong; he merely crushed a pen.
But when he found out that Kakashi had actually gone straight to sleep in Naraku's room, he completely lost it.
—Hatake Kakashi, have some boundaries, you bastard!
As Fugaku's inner roar echoed, the bullet comments were filled with laughter.
[I feel like Fugaku didn't really want to tell Naraku?]
[If Naraku knew Kakashi was here, he would definitely rush back without stopping. Fugaku doesn't want him to work too hard.]
[But passing by would be even more regrettable? ...Well, Fugaku probably thought so too.]
[Kakashi, you kid, you just assume you can rest in Naraku's room, huh?]
[Hahahahaha Fugaku, why are you getting defensive? Are you jealous?]
[Fūyō: Save me, save me, the Clan Head seems to be about to go berserk!]
[Fugaku: From now on, in all Uchiha territory, Kakashi and dogs are forbidden!]
[Vigilant and sharp old father, hahahahahahaha]
[Pen: Is no one going to feel sorry for me?]
The scene shifted to the Yunbai Mountain area.
By evening, the battle was a one-sided affair, with Hidden Mist holding a decisive advantage, while Konoha was steadily retreating, losing one battlefield after another.
When that massive, sky-obscuring water dragon slowly circled in the sky, annihilation was almost the fate of the remaining Konoha Ninja.
But a scorching pure white line of fire shot from a distance, like a sharp long blade, changing angles several times to sever the water dragon's body.
The water dragon broke into several pieces, helplessly shattering into a torrential downpour that fell on everyone.
In the dense, hazy curtain of rain, a figure appeared on the rock pillar spanning above everyone's heads, standing firm like a pine tree.
His Sharingan glowed faintly red, flickering in the dim world, like two scorching and captivating flames.
The iconic Mangekyo and terrifyingly powerful Fire Release quickly made the Kirigakure identify the newcomer—Scarlet Hunter!
On the battlefield, as long as his Chakra wasn't depleted, he was the most unresolvable killing machine in the entire Ninja World.
And to this day, Hidden Mist still had no record of "Scarlet Hunter" reaching his Chakra limit.
—There is no chance of winning!
The Kirigakure captain immediately ordered: "Mission failed! Disperse and retreat!"
[This powerful Fire Release: Line Slash Jutsu must be Naraku!]
[Such a cool entrance, I love it]
[Sure enough, every one of Naraku's saves is explosively cool]
[Who is frantically taking screenshots, I'm not saying]
[This composition is so imposing, the ultimate oppressive feeling of the Mangekyo is fully displayed]
[The enemy fleeing at the sight of him, this is simply the highest praise for a Ninja!]
The screen flashed back. It turned out that as soon as Naraku appeared, every enemy within his sight had been marked with a Death Line by [Ama no Kaguhiko].
Even if they escaped his field of vision, the line would not disappear; it would remain on each of them.
Naraku pointed his sword finger upwards, and countless lightning arrows instantly transformed into numerous meteors, scattering in the direction the enemies fled.
No specific aiming was needed; [Tenmei Gyokumei] would ensure they all hit their targets.
The next second, the animator continuously showed the locations where several Kirigakure Ninja met their end.
The enemies who had just been pressing hard against Konoha were now just shriveled, withered bones.
[No matter how many times I watch, I have to marvel at how incredible Naraku's Mangekyo is. Both its mechanics and values are too overpowered...]
[The lightning arrows scattering are so beautiful, like a grand fireworks display of death.]
[Hidden Mist: Is it beautiful? It cost me my life (╥_╥)]
[What's the most desperate way to die? That would be [Death Sentence]... It never misses, and hitting it means certain death.]
[No matter how much they struggle, escape, or resist, [Tenmei Gyokumei] has already probabilistically erased the possibility of escape. This is 'fate'!]
[As long as Naraku's Mangekyo isn't nerfed, the entire Ninja World will be his juniors.]
After the battle, Naraku summoned his Ninja Cat, "Koyuki," and asked her to help deliver a message to Fugaku.
As soon as Koyuki appeared, the anime's art style suddenly shifted from cool and solemn to soft and cute, and even the filter took on a warm hue.
[Wow! It's a cow cat! So cute!]
[Who understands the feeling of salvation when a cat makes purring sounds at you?]
[May all gods and buddhas bless me, this humble believer is willing to make her ex-boyfriend a vegetarian for life, in exchange for one day to transmigrate as Koyuki.]
[I'll offer two ex-boyfriends to be vegetarians for life, let me go first!]
[Hey, you in front, don't inflate the prices!]
After this, Naraku waited on Yunbai Mountain until late at night, until the supporting Konoha Ninja teams arrived one after another and successfully completed the handover with him.
Just then, Koyuki also delivered intelligence back—the news that Kakashi had arrived at the Eastern Front.
Upon learning this, Naraku clearly became somewhat anxious and expectant.
He hastily wrote a reply to Fugaku, entrusted Koyuki to deliver it, and then immediately set off from the Yunbai Mountain outpost.
[Naraku is about to find out Kakashi came to the East! He must be especially happy, right?]
[Oh my god! The kitten is just too cute, it's criminal!]
[And Koyuki can't even speak human language, which makes her even cuter!]
[Heaven knows how many times I've watched the cat shaking the message tube.]
[Knowing he'll see Kakashi, Naraku visibly brightened up.]
[Naraku: Non-stop.jpg]
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