Chapter 33: Extremely Frustrated Kurama – Too Much Bullying of Foxes
After eating and drinking his fill,
Naruto suddenly remembered the bruised and swollen Konohamaru.
Konohamaru was still pretty loyal.
He'd sworn to death not to sell him out.
This wave wasn't a loss.
But after this group of little friends happily took their "guidance books" home,
if they were unlucky and got caught by their parents…
tomorrow's outcome…
he could more or less predict it.
The only uncertainty was…
whether they'd rat him out midway.
That was hard to say.
To prevent trouble before it started,
Naruto felt it was absolutely necessary to give them a preventive shot first.
Ahem…
Naruto gave a light cough.
His expression suddenly turned serious.
Everyone's eyes shifted from the books in their hands
and landed on him.
"These training books were extremely hard for me to get."
"You can flip to the table of contents and introduction—this is a personal biography from one of Konoha's Legendary Sannin, Jiraiya."
"It records his insights and mastery of ninjutsu."
"I hope that if your parents discover them after you go home, you won't say I was the one who gave them to you."
Everyone was stunned.
Why?
What's going on?
Isn't this just a simple instructional book?
Choji raised his chubby little hand curiously:
"Naruto, does this book really can't be read with parents around?"
"I was thinking—if I run into something I don't understand midway, I could ask them."
Good grief…
I love kids who ask questions.
Kids who ask questions tend to have good luck.
Choji's question
was the same doubt in the minds of the other little friends present.
Naruto inwardly admired him.
Theoretically speaking,
this kind of book really should be read with parental supervision.
In the next instant, he said directly:
"That's right—it really should be read with parents present. The training effect would double."
Everyone's eyes lit up.
Then Naruto changed the subject:
"But… if you do that, you'll probably suffer some physical pain."
"Although this book is a top-tier public training method, you're still young and might not be able to handle it."
"After all, the content in the book is very deep—lots of virtual, misleading wording. I'm afraid you won't be able to grasp it all at once!"
Still young???
Can't handle it???
The group looked at each other,
then looked at Naruto.
Big bro—we're the same age, okay?
Why can you perfectly control it, but we can't??
Do we look like idiots to you?
Our comprehension isn't as good as yours?
I refuse to accept this!
Kiba asked defiantly:
"What if we accidentally get caught by our parents?"
"Or if we read it with parents present—what happens?"
Naruto shrugged.
"I already said earlier—you'll suffer a bit of physical pain, that's all."
"Believe it or not—it's up to you. I've got things to do, so I'll head out first."
...
After Naruto left,
Choji rubbed his round belly.
"Is what Naruto said true?"
Kiba flipped through the book casually and replied:
"We'll know once we try it at home, right?"
Lee was seriously reading the book. His thick eyebrows furrowed slightly in surprise.
"So ninja mental training can be done like this?!"
Shikamaru gave the book a light glance.
Though he suspected there was something fishy inside,
he still couldn't resist opening it to take a look.
"No need to overthink it. We just have to listen to Naruto."
"If our parents find out—should we rat Naruto out?"
Kiba's words immediately drew disdain from the others.
"I didn't expect you to be that kind of person—selling out a friend?"
"I'm disappointed in you."
"I'm not, I didn't—listen to me explain!"
"No need to panic. If we get caught, just take the blame ourselves."
"I don't know if I can handle it. My dad hits really hard. He's already gone through several ninja belts just beating me."
"…You're seriously tough. My mom's feather duster is almost broken from hitting me. Last time she went shopping she bought more than ten at once."
"…Why buy so many?"
"So she doesn't run out mid-beating…"
"…"
The group shivered collectively.
Thinking about the domestic violence scene where you can't fight back—
it was all blood and tears.
"Eh… my wife is off class too?"
"Looks like it's time for me to head out."
The remaining few books
Naruto had his other puppet clones casually distribute to random classmates.
As long as the task was completed, it was fine.
He had real business to attend to now.
One of his clones had just spotted little Hinata shopping on the street.
No guards following her.
Perfect timing!
The plush-sized Nine-Tails lifted its eyelids slightly, a bit surprised.
"Huh… Master, you're going out?"
"Yeah. You stay home and watch the house properly."
Naruto smiled.
Why bring a light bulb on a date?
The Nine-Tails looked helpless, internally raging:
You're not afraid I'll run away?
You're the first Jinchūriki in history crazy enough to use a tailed beast as a guard dog.
Guarding important places is one thing.
But this bird-shit-forsaken place?
Forget other elite ninjas coming here.
There's nothing worth them making a big move for.
The only things worth searching for
are daily necessities—nothing else.
A thief would probably cry and leave, swearing to take a detour forever!
In short—
I, Kurama, can't even be bothered to look at this place.
There's nothing important to protect anyway.
Right?
Putting a super-strong tailed beast at home to collect dust?!
I—Kurama—the top combat power among tailed beasts!
I absolutely refuse to guard the house!
This is bullying foxes too much.
Even though I call you Master out loud,
you actually treat me like a watchdog?
This is just too much bullying of foxes!
Dream on if you think I'll guard your house.
Even if I jump off from here and die,
I will never help you watch the house!
Give up that idea completely!
The Nine-Tails thought furiously in its heart.
If this ever got out,
would it still have any fox face left?
Especially if other tailed beasts heard about it.
The legendary Nine-Tailed Demon Fox—the near-ceiling of tailed beast combat power—
reduced to a guard fox for a genin in Konoha.
How humiliating!!!
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