Chapter 42: The local tyrant asks for help
No way... Kizaru's heart was filled with pleasant surprise at this moment.
After saying goodbye to Lee and the others, the three of them—Kizaru, Benn, and Roux—started heading towards the Central Tower.
Along the way, Kizaru discovered... he could now use some Haki even without using the Transformation Technique.
Although the Observation Haki's range wasn't as vast as when he transformed, and the Armament Haki could only cover parts of his body.
Specifically, the Observation Haki could cover several hundred meters, and the Armament Hakicould cover both arms, roughly.
But even this was enough to surprise him!
What could be the reason?
Kizaru fell into deep thought.
He could clearly feel that the change in his current physical strength wasn't very significant.
This slight change in physical strength wasn't enough for him to produce Haki without specific training.
Huh... Kizaru thought of a possibility... Could it be that,
when he transformed into his original body, he coincidentally used Haki, which caused... his current body to gradually adapt to Haki, and even become 'infected' by it!
Kizaru felt that the word 'infected' was quite appropriate; perhaps... this Haki was like a virus.
Of course, Kizaru still didn't understand the specific internal mechanism.
However, this didn't stop Kizaru from experimenting.
His Chakra had already recovered, so he could try it out.
No sooner said than done!
Kizaru formed hand seals and transformed.
Armament Haki - Activate!
Observation Haki - Activate!
His whole body - became pitch black!
Perception - covered the entire Death Forest!
Kizaru looked at his body, clenching his fists. This feeling of immense power was truly intoxicating!
However... no matter how intoxicating, Kizaruunderstood that temporary power was merely a flower in a mirror, the moon in the water. Only by truly and completely restoring his own power was the right path.
The purpose of this transformation was to experiment.
Therefore, he controlled the exertion of his power and the consumption of Chakra.
When half of his Chakra was consumed, he immediately released the Transformation Technique.
Unless absolutely necessary, Kizaru would never dare to deplete his Chakra again.
Allowing his Chakra to slowly recover, Kizaru once again used this youthful body to activate Haki.
Sure enough... the intensity and range of the Hakihad increased significantly.
This indicated that his guess was not wrong.
It's just... he still hadn't figured out the mechanism of action.
But, even so, he had found a way to quickly improve his Haki cultivation.
The 'infection method'... quite interesting.
However, to use this method, he would need to quickly restore his Chakra... "soldier pills... right?" Kizaru muttered, troubled.
The biggest problem he couldn't solve right now was money!
Back then... the fortune he had accumulated after working in the Marine for so many years had all gone to... that scoundrel!
Now, he didn't even have a single hair!
Huh... no, he actually had six hairs on him,
but they were on his face!
No need to think; it must be due to the influence of that stinky fox.
Huh... no!
This is...?
Kizaru glanced left and right.
He saw Sakura and Sasuke looking at him as if he were an idiot.
"Naruto, are you an idiot? Why do you keep transforming into a decrepit old man?" Sakurasighed, looking quite helpless.
Sasuke, on the other hand, gave him a disdainful glance, then tsundere-ly turned his head, "Hmph!"
Kizaru looked at the two of them, his heart blossoming with joy!
It was truly like someone offering a pillow when he was sleepy; the soldier pills needed for his cultivation... they had arrived!
Kizaru laughed, "Gaygaygay," overjoyed.
He looked at Sakura and Sasuke with the eyes of a weasel about to successfully steal a chicken.
Sakura and Sasuke were both disgusted by his gaze and laughter, feeling completely uncomfortable.
Sasuke's brows furrowed tightly, "What do you want to do now?"
Even now, after spending so much time together, Sasuke still couldn't quite understand his teammate's thought process.
The No.1 unpredictable Ninja, truly lived up to his reputation!
Only by truly being his teammate could one feel how reliable this guy was, and yet... how exasperating!
Truly, he made people love and hate him!
Now, this guy was showing such an expression again; he wondered what inexplicable, mischievous idea he had come up with.
Kizaru was quite direct. He hunched his back, rubbing his thumb, index, and middle fingers together repeatedly, "Sakura, how many soldier pills do you have left? Besides the amount absolutely necessary for this exam, give the rest to me. Sasuke, you too..."
???
Sasuke and Sakura were utterly bewildered: What was wrong with this guy? Making such a strange expression just to borrow soldier pills?
They had thought... this idiot was going to play another prank.
Sakura took out three more egg-sized soldier pills and tossed them directly to Kizaru, "This is all I can give you..."
Kizaru's face was full of pleasant surprise.
Three... sure enough, there were still so many!
"soldier pills?" Sasuke's brows relaxed. "I didn't bring many this time. I'll give you half..."
Saying that, he took out a small pouch from his Ninja tool bag and threw it to Kizaru.
Kizaru caught it, untied the opening, and looked inside.
Whoa~
Good heavens, two thousand pills!
Kizaru was instantly stunned. Two thousand pills... how much money would that be?!
And he called that 'not many'?
What would it be like if he brought a lot?
This Er Zhu Zi... always so humblebragging!
Wait!
Kizaru suddenly remembered something. This Er Zhu Zi seemed to be the sole survivor of the Uchiha Clan, right?
From what he understood, the Uchiha Clan seemed to be Konoha's strongest clan before their extermination, right? And they seemed to be the village's police force?
In other words... the Uchiha Clan was a wealthy family?
Now, even after their extermination, what was left for Er Zhu Zi... should be quite a lot, right?
If that's the case, then the Er Zhu Zi in front of him... isn't he a rich guy?
At this moment, in Kizaru's eyes, the Er Zhu Zi in front of him was clearly flashing with golden light.
For a moment, it was so dazzling that Kizaru had the illusion he couldn't open his eyes.
Truly... so brilliant!
No wonder this guy never cared about money, only thinking about power, revenge, and other irrelevant things.
It turned out it was just because this guy simply wasn't short on money!
Seeing the guy in front of him stunned, Sasukethought the soldier pills weren't to his liking. "You think it's too little? I don't have any more for now, but when we go back, I'll give you two big bags..."
Two big bags?
Kizaru immediately knelt down. He hugged Er Zhu Zi's leg with both hands, "Rich guy, please be my friend!"
"What are you doing?!" Sasuke immediately became anxious. This guy had no shame; who hugs someone's leg like that? He was literally hugging his leg!
As for the soldier pills... Sasuke didn't care about them at all. He had found many in his clan's secret place, hundreds of bags. He didn't know why the clan had stored so many soldier pills at the time.
Could it be... that the clan really intended to rebel at that time?
Were these soldier pills strategic supplies?
Seeing this idiot still clinging to his leg, Sasuke was helpless. "If you don't let go, you won't get any soldier pills!"
Whoosh~
Kizaru instantly let go, stood up, and brushed the dirt off his suit, elegant and gentlemanly.
It was as if... the person who had just hugged his leg wasn't him.
Sasuke and Sakura were stunned.