Chapter 117
Inside the room, Naruto was helping Sakyo try on clothes.
Outside, the sound of a horse-drawn carriage approached.
Soon after, an old man walked in from outside.
As soon as he entered, he directly asked the shop assistant: "Are the props for our film crew ready?"
The shop assistant smiled and nodded, gesturing for him to go inside and talk to the boss.
The old man glanced around the hall and suddenly noticed Sakyo trying on clothes…
Without any hesitation, the old man stepped forward and said to Sakyo and Naruto: "You two young friends, are you interested in joining our film crew?"
Naruto found it baffling and asked: "What film crew?"
The old man smiled kindly and explained: "Let me introduce myself. My name is Mita Ichi, and I'm a director."
"Our latest movie is missing someone to play the princess's bodyguard. I think this young lady is a perfect fit…"
"If you're willing to participate in the filming, everything else can be discussed."
Naruto narrowed his eyes and instantly saw through Mita Ichi's intentions.
This guy was a director. His crew was short on people, and he happened to see that Sakyo's appearance fit perfectly, so he wanted to invite her.
Sakyo had no interest in acting for someone. She coldly refused: "No need."
Mita Ichi looked disappointed but didn't dwell on it.
Since they didn't agree, there was nothing he could do.
The princess's bodyguard role didn't have many scenes, but plenty of people wanted it. He actually wasn't short on actors.
"Alright then. If you change your mind, feel free to find us anytime. Here's my business card."
Mita Ichi took a business card from his pocket and handed it to Naruto, then turned and went inside. He still had things to do—the custom props and costumes for the crew hadn't been picked up yet…
Naruto looked down at the business card and suddenly felt the movie title on it looked somewhat familiar…
"Hmm… this wouldn't happen to be that crazy director from Fūka Setsu's film crew, would it?"
The thought had just occurred to him when an argument broke out outside.
"Princess Fūka Setsu, we really need to hire ninjas from Konoha Village to continue filming. Please understand…"
"I don't care. If we can't finish filming this month, I'm not filming anymore!"
Outside, Fūka Setsu stood stubbornly in place, arms crossed, expression cold. A crowd of film crew members surrounded her, all trying to persuade her to change her mind.
But in reality, Fūka Setsu had no intention of filming in that place.
All the talk about "not filming if we can't finish this month" was just an excuse.
It was simply Fūka Setsu's way of stalling for time.
She had already decided to find every possible chance to escape next—no matter what, she was going to delay the crew's schedule.
The group was helpless against Fūka Setsu, but she remained unmoved, sticking firmly to her stance.
Inside the shop, Sakyo sensitively noticed that Naruto's attention had shifted from her legs to the film crew outside.
So she asked: "Do you have any ideas?"
Naruto grinned at Sakyo: "You guessed right."
"Our practice opponents have arrived."
Sakyo didn't understand what Naruto meant and looked at him in confusion.
Naruto didn't explain much, only saying: "Let's go join the fun. Maybe there'll be a fight."
"If there's a fight, we can gain some real combat experience along the way."
After paying for the clothes, Sakyo refused to go outside wearing this outfit no matter what, leaving Naruto quite puzzled.
But in the end, Naruto couldn't persuade her, so Sakyo changed back into her original clothes.
The two went outside and headed straight toward the film crew that was about to depart.
At this moment, Mita Ichi had already negotiated with the boss. People were carrying out all the custom props and costumes for the crew.
"Hey, we're ninjas from Konoha. You can hire us as bodyguards."
Naruto said directly to Mita Ichi: "Opportunity like this doesn't come often. Special discount—only 1 million ryō to hire two Kage-level bodyguards. Really great deal."
"Two Kage-level?" Mita Ichi smiled as he sized up Naruto, raising the question.
"Yeah, two Kage-level. Don't believe me?"
"No—actually three Kage-level! Little Black!"
As soon as Naruto finished speaking, everyone saw a figure suddenly appear out of nowhere.
Her appearance was identical to Sakyo's, only her clothes were different—she looked much harder to deal with…
Little Black narrowed her eyes at Mita Ichi and said warily: "This old guy looks like a village spy. I think we should just burn him."
"Sharingan!"
The moment she appeared, Little Black took one look at Mita Ichi and felt he was no good. She was about to act.
Naruto hurriedly stopped her: "Little Black, stop! No—stop your eyes! Uh? That sounds weird… anyway, don't kill him!"
Sakyo, seeing Little Black appear, subtly moved closer to Naruto, as if guarding against something…
Little Black's Mangekyō Sharingan appeared. Mita Ichi was scared stiff.
Though he wasn't a ninja, he had some knowledge of them.
The Sharingan was an extremely powerful kekkei genkai. It was said that ninjas with the Sharingan could fight ten opponents at once.
And just now, Mita Ichi had genuinely felt the threat of death.
Although deep down he still didn't believe that Naruto, Sakyo, and this so-called Little Black were really Kage-level powerhouses, Mita Ichi now had some reservations.
"Alright then, but the commission needs to be renegotiated."
Mita Ichi hadn't expected Naruto to open with 1 million ryō. Did he really think money grew on trees?
Naruto's goal wasn't the money, so he didn't care. He casually said: "Fine then. If you think it's too expensive, we'll do 50,000 ryō."
Mita Ichi instantly showed a stunned expression: "???"
Beside him, the assistant director was also dumbfounded and muttered: "The flexibility… is this big?"
With the money settled, the atmosphere instantly became harmonious.
However, a discordant voice rang out:
"Hmph~ So cheap—definitely not real strong ninjas!"
"If a crisis happens, they probably can't even protect themselves, let alone us."
"I say we should go hire proper ninjas from Konoha."
"They don't even have forehead protectors—how can they be Konoha ninjas?"
Fūka Setsu saw the ninja problem was about to be resolved and immediately decided to cause trouble. If she could drive Naruto and the others away, that would be even better.
That way, Fūka Setsu could delay things even longer.
The response to Fūka Setsu came from Little Black's icy Mangekyō Sharingan and emotionless voice.
Little Black: "This big sister is pretty, but she's deliberately sabotaging the contract. She must be a spy from another force. Mm… in that case…"
"Amaterasu!!!"
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