Astonishment
[Effect: Forcibly grabs an enemy, and after grabbing them, forcibly restricts their ability to move. Jumps high and then slams them to the ground, causing a large area of ground to shatter (power increases with proficiency).]
[The grabbed unit will be disrupted by chakra for the next 3 seconds (not forced before Mastery), and their movement speed will be reduced (increases with proficiency), and their casting speed will be reduced (increases with proficiency).]
It seems that to make Astonishment awesome, I need to keep using it. But this thing is too powerful; Naraku has always used non-living things to practice it.
But when a skill reaches the Mastery level, this method is basically useless. Thinking about it now is pointless; I'll worry about it after leaving the village.
Naraku happily put on the newly bought White Silk Stockings; they really feel good. Before the transmigration, he especially liked watching the girls on a certain video platform wear them.
Unfortunately, the tables have turned. This year, it's my turn.
I really didn't expect it to be my turn to wear them for others to see.
Ah, whatever. Five years at most.
I'll make some arrangements today, then buy some essential items and Soldier Pills. I'd best be ready to head to the Land of Wind tomorrow.
Looking in the mirror again, I turned around, and Naraku thought he looked absolutely stunning today.
I'm only seven! What will I be like when I'm older?
Should I...? When I get the next character card, I'll pick a handsome guy and marry him directly. That shouldn't be considered perverted, right?
Wahahaha, this is truly a shortcut to the peak of life.
However, Naraku didn't know that life is usually full of disappointments. Is this character card truly what he imagined?
Ignoring how Naraku was happily running out the door while fantasizing about his future happiness...
Let's talk about it. Seven or eight teenagers, all in their early teens, walked down the streets of Konoha, their arms slung over each other's shoulders, swaggering.
These kids were all sixth-graders at the Ninja Academy, just a short time away from graduation.
"Damn it, that Uchiha Itachi guy is so arrogant! Naraku isn't his wife! I just confessed to her, and what gives him the right to grind me into the dirt?!"
A sixth-grader, built like a small mountain, rubbed his right wrist, speaking with indignation.
Actually, you really couldn't blame Itachi for being impulsive. This guy's physique could easily handle three Narakus.
It's fine that you're so big, but you start nosebleeding the moment you see Naraku. Fine, Itachi could put up with your nosebleed.
But you still come and confess? Okay, although Itachi's eyebrows were twitching, he, Uchiha Itachi, could endure what others couldn't.
So, up until this point, Itachi was still wearing a somewhat impolite smile.
But, Naraku-chan already rejected you, and you still reached out to grab Naraku's wrist? Isn't that a bit much!
Could Uchiha Itachi stand for that?
Did he really think anyone could just hold Naraku's hand whenever they wanted?
The rest of the story was simple.
Before the boy's outstretched hand could even get close to Naraku...
Itachi slammed him to the ground with a suplex. Then, Itachi grabbed his wrist. If Itachi wasn't such a naturally polite person, he probably would have broken the kid's arm.
At the time, the boy was just crying and screaming, not really thinking about much.
But later, the more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, the angrier he got. He, a sixth-grader, had been beaten by a first-grader. How could he possibly let that go?
So this morning, he gathered a group of his buddies, ready to teach Uchiha Itachi a lesson.
"Yeah, yeah, I've had it with that Uchiha Itachi. He acts like he's the best in the world all the time, so arrogant. Today, we're going to give him a good talking to!"
Another sixth-grader with a slicked-back hairstyle loudly agreed with Koyama.
"Right, we need to make him understand that Naraku-chan belongs to everyone, not just him!"
Another skinny sixth-grader quickly voiced his feelings.
"You're talking crap! Naraku-chan is mine, what do you mean everyone's?"
Koyama was furious, and he smacked the skinny kid on the head.
The skinny kid rubbed his head, tears of grievance welling up in his eyes.
...
The scene shifted, and the author had brought the vast readership to a massive, dimly lit room.
Yellow candlelight flickered within the room, casting a meager illumination.
In the firelight, a man wearing a gas mask was curled up against a cracked wall.
He wore a forehead protector with four vertical lines, and his expression of terror was frozen, clearly indicating he was dead.
Across from him, seven figures clad in black robes adorned with red clouds stood eerily at the edge of the light source.
It was apparent that they had killed the man in the gas mask.
"Finally, we've fulfilled our long-held wish. You can rest in peace now."
The black-robed man standing at the front spoke first.
He had spiky orange hair and his face was pierced with black rods, which, though unconventional, actually looked rather cool.
The other figures in black robes remained silent. Suddenly, the space behind them twisted, and a man wearing a yellow, single-eyed mask appeared.
"Our efforts have finally paid off. The civil war in Amegakure can finally end. Peace will at last return."
All the figures in the black robes with red clouds turned their heads. The leading figure stepped forward.
"What's the next step? You must have a plan, right?"
"Yes. First, we recruit comrades. Besides myself, we need ten powerful ninjas to accomplish our grand ambition and contribute to the peace of the ninja world."
The black-robed man continued slowly.
"Now that we have three members – you, Pain, Konan, and Zetsu – that means we still need to find seven more partners to join the Akatsuki."
"Why aren't you counting yourself? "
The man with orange hair and a black robe, known as Pain, asked in confusion.
"It's better for me to stay in the shadows. You will be the leader of the Akatsuki from now on,"
The black-robed man's voice was cold, devoid of any emotion.
"Understood. Assisting you is no problem, as this was our wish to begin with."
Pain nodded, agreeing to take on the role of leader.
"So, what's next? Do we have any leads on the partners we're looking for?"
The beautiful woman beside him, Konan, asked, "Who have you chosen?"
"For now, I've selected two people. One is Kakuzu, the Undying Ninja, a rogue ninja from Takigakure. The other is Sasori of the Red Sands, a genius puppeteer and a rogue ninja from Suna."
The black-robed man considered this and continued, "In that case, Zetsu probably knows Kakuzu's location. Pain and Zetsu will go recruit Kakuzu. As for Sasori, Konan, you should go find him. He's likely somewhere near the border of the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire."
"Let's begin, for the sake of our grand ambition."
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