Chapter 30
Naruto heard the system's prompt and silently complained in his mind: "System, your mission release speed is even slower than that author's update speed from the novels I read in my previous life."
"He was a total flop writer I knew from reading online. For some reason his updates were insanely slow—like slower than a snail. Later I heard someone tracked him down and chopped him with dozens of slashes…"
"System, I'm telling you this with no other meaning. Don't overthink it."
"Ding~…"
"System, stop dinging and say something already."
Seeing the system ignore him, Naruto stopped teasing it.
After all, it was the system. Who knew what terrifying things might happen if he pushed it too far.
Just as Sakura was hesitating between following Sakyo or Naruto, Naruto suddenly raised his arm and declared: "I've decided!"
"I'm going for first place!"
Sakura: "???"
Hinata stared at the confident Naruto, her mind going a little dizzy. In a voice only she could hear, she murmured: "N-Naruto-kun…"
Sakyo looked at him in surprise. "Huh? What's with you all of a sudden?"
Naruto nodded toward Sakyo. "As you can see, I've decided to take first place."
"Really?" Sakyo's heart gave a small tremble.
Could it be… Naruto was giving up his lazy life because of her?
The always trouble-avoiding Naruto, changing his mind for her sake.
Imagining that possibility, Sakyo couldn't deny she felt moved.
Luckily Sakura and Hinata were still here, or she might have shown some excitement…
"Ahem… In that case, let's get going."
Sakyo pressed a hand to her lips and faked a couple of coughs to hide any loss of composure.
Naruto said excitedly: "Great!"
"Step one: find a really good feng shui spot, set up a shelter, gather food, make a fire, find some dry grass for a mattress~"
Sakyo: "???"
Faced with Naruto's plan, Sakyo was completely baffled. "What? Didn't you just say you're going for first place? Are you messing with me?"
The warm feeling from moments ago almost got thrown into the river.
Naruto said matter-of-factly: "Of course I am. Even if I want first place, I should still prioritize and maintain our quality of life."
"We have girls with us. What if wind and rain ruin their skin or they break out in pimples?"
Sakyo: "???"
Hinata fidgeted with the hem of her clothes, too shy to look at Naruto, but in her heart she thought: Naruto-kun really thinks of everything…
Sakura instinctively touched her own face after hearing Naruto. Finding her skin smooth and no pimples, she let out a relieved breath.
Among the girls, the only outlier was Sakyo.
She completely ignored Naruto's concern and countered: "Naruto, what nonsense are you talking about?"
"We're ninjas, not stage performers!"
"I think you're just…"
Seeing Sakyo getting worked up—looking like she might activate her Sharingan and evolve it to three tomoe any second—Naruto quickly cut in:
"Sasuke, calm down. I'm serious."
"Besides, when have I ever lied to you?"
"Just think about it—we secure our quality of life first."
"Then when the competition is almost over, we block the extraction point and wipe everyone out at once. After that, deciding what rank we get is completely up to us."
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