Chapter 118
"N-Nani??"
Fūka Setsu didn't know what "Amaterasu" was, but her sixth sense told her the situation was dangerous.
She instinctively backed away, but saw terrifying black flames appear out of nowhere and fly straight toward her.
Seeing this, Sakyo panicked instantly.
First real mission and she directly kills the employer? What… what kind of operation was this?
Naruto's brows twitched wildly. He exerted force in his legs and appeared in front of Fūka Setsu in an instant.
At the same time, a nearly solid deep-blue chakra erupted across Naruto's body.
He raised his arm to block the Amaterasu black flames. A scorching heat instantly transmitted to his arm.
At the same time, a suffocating pressure exploded outward from Naruto in all directions. Naruto's surface chakra hindered the Amaterasu black flames.
For the time being, Amaterasu didn't injure Naruto.
But Naruto's chakra couldn't condense into liquid form and detach from his body like the Nine-Tails chakra, so sooner or later he would be burned by Amaterasu.
Little Black finally reacted. Before Naruto's arm could turn to ash, she hurriedly canceled Amaterasu herself.
Then, Little Black stood in front of Naruto in a panic, apologizing nonstop: "Sorry sorry sorry sorry…"
Sakyo walked over with a dark face. Just now she remembered the night during the competition when Naruto almost died.
"You are not allowed to act without my permission in the future."
For Little Black's behavior, Sakyo felt lingering fear. If Naruto's chakra had been even a little less, he would have become a one-armed hero right now.
"Yes yes yes! I'll definitely listen to main self."
Little Black was terrified that Sakyo would abandon her, so she was extremely cooperative and looked very obedient.
Seeing this, Naruto spoke: "It's fine. Just be more careful next time."
"But… you need to develop some ability to distinguish friend from foe!"
"Little Black, look at you—attacking without distinguishing enemy from ally, and with a killing move…"
"With you like this, it'll be hard for me to take you adventuring in the ninja world~"
Naruto said with a troubled expression.
Little Black felt extremely wronged. Sakyo scolding her was one thing, but even Naruto didn't understand her—this made her very sad.
She had been so touched when Naruto showed concern just now, but now it seemed Naruto didn't understand her at all~
"Naruto, how can you say that?"
"Didn't you see that this big sister was doing it on purpose?"
Little Black indignantly glared at Fūka Setsu. If not for this woman deliberately causing trouble, making her realize she was a spy, she wouldn't have acted.
If she hadn't acted, she wouldn't have been scolded by both Sakyo and Naruto.
It was all her fault! Hmph!
Sure enough, this hateful spy looked panicked on the surface, but inside she was probably laughing her head off?
Mm… find a chance to get rid of her!
A trace of killing intent was born in Little Black's heart—and no one noticed…
Naruto held his head with a headache, couldn't help saying to Little Black: "Little Black, you can't judge friend or foe just by feeling…"
"Uh… anyway, I'll find an expert to guide you later. Until then, don't be so impulsive, okay?"
Little Black's eyes welled up with aggrieved tears. Even Naruto couldn't understand her—this made her very sad.
But bound by her promise to Sakyo, Little Black still nodded: "I understand…"
Seeing Little Black's low mood, Naruto couldn't help patting her head and said softly: "Alright, don't be sad. You'll understand some things later."
Comforted by Naruto, Little Black instantly felt much better. Some tangled thoughts were temporarily set aside.
"Okay, I understand!"
As if revived from the dead, Little Black was no longer sad.
At least, she didn't look sad anymore.
For this scene, though Sakyo was dissatisfied, she didn't say anything.
What could she say?
Little Black did something wrong, but she'd already lectured her. Giving a stick and then candy was the best approach—any creature pushed too far would jump the wall.
But Sakyo was still very unhappy. She directly said to Fūka Setsu: "Our abilities are none of your concern. You just focus on acting your part."
These words left no face at all. Though they almost harmed the employer, it was because the employer didn't cooperate. They couldn't put all the blame on Little Black.
Little Black's personality and thinking were influenced by the subconscious—she would interpret everything with maximum malice.
In that situation, Fūka Setsu saying so much—wasn't that basically provoking Little Black?
Though Fūka Setsu had some princess syndrome, she had now seen how powerful these three kids were. So even being threatened, she only looked bad—she didn't say anything extreme.
Everyone had a way to step down. The matter was settled—how nice? Why push it to mutual destruction?
No—as fish, Naruto and the other two wouldn't die, but Fūka Setsu as the net would definitely break.
…
With Naruto and the other two joining, the film crew immediately changed routes. They decided to return to the port the way they came and take a ship to the Land of Snow for filming.
The plot that Fūka Setsu had delayed for months now seemed like it would start early.
What impact this change would bring, Naruto didn't know and didn't care.
As long as his strength increased enough, he could handle any change—no need to strictly follow the so-called original story.
But…
Three days later, at dawn, in the film crew's camp.
Tents were pitched in the dense forest. The morning dew hadn't yet evaporated. The air was fresh and the temperature pleasant.
After waking up and washing, Naruto lazily walked out of his tent.
Same as the past few days, Naruto went to Sakyo's tent to drag her for breakfast.
As for Little Black, she was still required by Sakyo to stay in the Kamui dimension.
The Kamui dimension had plenty of food, no danger, and even a training ground. Apart from being a bit boring, there were no downsides.
Misfortunes never come alone. A film crew staff member came running and shouted loudly: "Princess Fūka Setsu is missing!"
At the same time, the sound of shuriken cutting through the air came from all directions.
Dense ANBU suddenly appeared, surrounding the film crew and Naruto.
The film crew members had already woken up. After scrambling out of their tents and seeing so many Konoha ANBU, they were all shocked pale.
Mita Ichi's face was deathly white as he said to the leading ANBU: "Lord Ninja, we haven't done anything harmful to Konoha!"
Konoha ANBU's style was different from Root—they still retained some flexibility.
The ANBU captain explained to Mita Ichi: "We're here for the jinchūriki. It has nothing to do with you."
"You can leave first."
On this side, Sakyo also walked out of her tent fully dressed.
She asked Naruto: "The practice opponents have arrived?"
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