Chapter 65: The Photo Naruto Wants to Destroy the Most – No. 2!
"There are so many books here!"
One Root shinobi slowly searched through the bookstore.
"Obviously. This is a bookstore.
Of course there are a lot of books,"
another Root member couldn't help but retort.
"I meant this storage room~"
The first one pointed toward the room being used as a warehouse not far away.
"Look.
They've stocked up so many books…
I wonder if they'll ever sell them all…"
While speaking, he casually flipped through a stack of gold bars in the warehouse.
Box after box of gold bars filling the entire room—in the eyes of these Root shinobi, they were nothing more than ordinary novels.
"These are all extremely ordinary books.
Nothing special at all."
The Root shinobi set the gold bar back down,
took another casual glance around, found nothing of interest,
then carefully restored the room to its original state and backed out of the warehouse.
The team quickly regrouped.
Each had finished their assigned task.
The result?
Absolutely nothing.
This place was just an ordinary bookstore.
Although the storage room contained a large quantity of instant ramen, mineral water, snacks, and similar items,
there was nothing remotely suspicious.
"Let's go. Time to report to Lord Danzo."
At the team leader's word,
the Root members nodded in unison and vanished from Byakuya's bookstore together.
The moment they left…
two figures suddenly appeared inside the bookstore.
One materialized out of thin air from above.
The other emerged directly from beneath the floorboards.
Both arrivals were extraordinarily eerie.
They were none other than Uchiha Obito and Zetsu, who had just arrived in Konoha.
"Those were Root shinobi?"
Obito's tone carried an indescribable hint of strangeness.
"Correct,"
White Zetsu replied. "Looks like they didn't find anything.
Should we search again?"
"Of course."
Obito nodded.
"If this really is the residence of the Black-Robed Organization's leader,
there has to be some kind of hidden mechanism or secret room.
All the important secrets would be concealed inside that room—
not left out in plain sight like some idiot."
Obito casually picked up a gold bar and waved it around.
"Places that are stuffed full of books like this
tend to hide mechanisms."
With that, he placed the bar back where it belonged
and began groping around the room, searching everywhere.
However…
after searching for a long time,
he still found absolutely nothing.
This left him somewhat frustrated.
"Could it be that this Byakuya really has no connection whatsoever to the Black-Robed Organization?"
Obito sat down on a chair and began to space out.
At that moment,
Zetsu also emerged from beneath the floor.
"Obito.
No clues found at all."
"Looks like Byakuya really has nothing to do with that Black-Robed Organization."
Obito let out a soft sigh.
"You two go on ahead."
Both Black Zetsu and White Zetsu glanced at Obito, said nothing,
and simply left.
They understood.
Obito was preparing to visit an "old friend"…
...
While Obito and the Root members were investigating Byakuya's residence,
Byakuya had already brought Sasuke to the place where Naruto and Jiraiya were training.
"What are we training today?"
Sasuke looked at Byakuya with some confusion.
Normally,
he trained in the mountains, not beside a river.
After all,
lately he had been focusing on Lightning Release.
"Shape transformation for Lightning Release ninjutsu, Water Release,
and the coordination and fusion between different nature transformations."
Byakuya answered casually.
Although what he said sounded quite useful,
in truth it wasn't particularly meaningful.
At the highest levels of combat, aside from monstrous techniques like the First Hokage's True Several Thousand Hands,
most ninjutsu didn't hold much weight.
The real reason Byakuya brought Sasuke here to train
was simply because Naruto was training in this area.
"Alright, this spot is fine."
Byakuya didn't go directly to Naruto's training location.
Instead, he stopped at a place that was still within reasonable distance
and began imparting the relevant ninjutsu knowledge.
"You train here on your own. I'm going to read for a bit."
After finishing the instruction,
Byakuya took a book, walked under a large tree, and started resting.
Sasuke didn't think much of it.
Byakuya often did this.
All Sasuke had to do was quietly move a bit farther away and train by himself.
So he gave a simple acknowledgment
and began following Byakuya's teachings for the day's training.
"At this rate… he should meet up with Naruto pretty soon, right?"
Byakuya held his book and secretly glanced at Sasuke.
The corner of his mouth curved into a faint smile.
The next moment,
he created a clone.
The clone picked up a portable camera
and stealthily headed toward Naruto's location.
...
At the same time—
Jiraiya's eyes were practically glowing as he stared at Naruto in his Sexy Jutsu form—Naruko.
"Ooooh~~"
Jiraiya's eyes sparkled, nosebleed flowing freely.
He held a pen and paper, frantically jotting down "reference material".
"Naruto!
This technique of yours is seriously invincible!
Golden twin-tails…
The whisker marks on your face look just like a cat's!
If we could just add a little bell around your neck…"
Splurt—
More nosebleed sprayed wildly.
But Jiraiya didn't care in the slightest.
"…"
Naruto's face instantly went dark with embarrassment.
This is so humiliating…
"Hey!
Pervy Sage!
After this is over, you better tell Byakuya that I completed his request!"
"Y-yeah, yeah, sure!"
Jiraiya answered absentmindedly,
already lost in even more indecent fantasies…
"Naruto!
Tomorrow I'll prepare a few sets of clothes for you.
Aaaah…
I can't believe I didn't think of that today!
What a miscalculation!
This is perfect!
Byakuya really understands me!
Naruto!
I've decided—I'm going to teach you everything I know!
The condition is that every time we train together from now on,
you have to stay in this form!"
"Rejected!"
Naruto immediately refused with a stern tone.
"Alright already, Pervy Sage!
Hurry up and teach me!"
"Ooooh!
Training!"
Jiraiya's eyes lit up again.
Suddenly he felt that training Naruko might actually be pretty nice too!
So he began teaching seriously.
Well… mostly seriously.
His mind was still wandering a little.
"Alright, Naruto.
Start practicing Rasengan now.
Try to fully master it as soon as possible.
Mm…
You can try creating more clones to practice together.
It'll go faster~"
"Got it~"
Naruto responded,
then immediately used Sexy Jutsu.
Poof! Poof! Poof!
"Ooooh!!"
Jiraiya's eyes widened like saucers.
Nosebleed continued to gush.
He suddenly felt that taking Naruto as a student was the greatest decision of his life!
Boom boom boom…
Poof poof poof…
Naruto ignored Jiraiya
and continued focusing on his training.
But perhaps he was too focused,
or maybe he had created too many clones—
he didn't notice at all
that a figure had suddenly appeared not far away.
It was Sasuke, who had just leaped down from the waterfall, preparing to practice his Flying Thunder God variant of Chidori.
"Wh-what the—?!"
The moment Sasuke jumped down, intending to try the jumping Chidori,
he saw a whole group of Narukos rubbing Rasengans.
The explosive scene completely stunned him.
The Chidori in his hand fizzled out instantly.
On the other side, the Narukos also noticed the suddenly-appearing Sasuke.
The Rasengans in their hands dissipated at once.
"Sasuke!?"
"Naruto!?"
Accompanied by several startled shouts,
Sasuke, who had fallen from the sky,
crashed right into the group of Narukos and ended up tangled together with them.
...
Click…
From a hidden corner nearby
came the faint, almost inaudible sound of a camera shutter.
"Naruto's most wanted-to-destroy photo No. 2… secured!"
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