You Little Bastard, You Sure Know How to Have Fun

"Why aren't those two little devils obediently searching for the Scent-Tracking Bug? What are they doing crying and laughing over there?"

A voice rang out from the darkness. Three Legendary Sannin woman, removed their disguises in front of the tree trunk. The female ninja, Suzume, frowned as she looked at Hinata and Naruto not far away.

A male Hachi with long blond hair, named Chihō, adjusted his glasses. He had a refined yet wicked face and grinned maliciously.

"They're probably playing ninja house."

Another Black Edge, clenched his fist and said, "Why don't we tie up those two good-for-nothings and let the remaining two go find the Scent-Tracking Bug?"

"There's no rush to wait. The Scent-Tracking Bug is key to the revitalization of our Kamizuru, and we absolutely cannot let it fall into the hands of those Konohagakure brats," said the female ninja Suzume.

"Moreover, one of the other two brats seems to be from the Aburame Clan."

"The Aburame Clan!" the burly man gritted his teeth and said, "If it weren't for them, our Kamizuru Clan wouldn't have declined to this state."

The pale-faced Hachi said, "That's why we can't let them go. They're just a bunch of Genin. We can torture them slowly after they find the Scent-Tracking Bug."

"However, we still need to be careful. The closer we get to them, the more uneasy the bees that have been summoned become," the female ninja added.

"Heh, so you mean just keep an eye on that brat from the Aburame Clan, right?" the pretty-faced ninja said.

The next day.

Naruto and Team Eight arrived at the valley where the Scent-Tracking Bug were located, a circular, sunken basin. From above, it resembled a primeval, dense jungle.

Looking out, one sees a lush forest, with vines and trees blocking out the sun. At first glance, it resembles a giant, sunken natural insect terrarium, a dazzling expanse of green.

Naruto stood on the cliff at the edge of the basin, shielding his eyes from the blazing sun overhead, squinting as he looked into the distance.

Sunlight shone on the center of the basin, and wisps of smoke seemed to rise from it. Many parts of the forest were eerily dense, like untamed green ghosts growing wildly everywhere.

"Where on earth are these Scent-Tracking Bug?" he complained. "If we search for them one by one, how long will it take?"

"It's right down there," Shino said, standing on the edge of the cliff.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go down now," Kiba Inuzuka said. "The sooner we find it, the sooner we can go back. There are still a few tails following us."

The group had already spotted the three Stone Ninja with poor concealment skills, but in order not to disturb the already endangered habitat of the Scent-Tracking Bug, they decided to catch the insects first and then deal with the tails behind them.

"Naruto, don't go down yet," Shino Aburame suddenly said.

"Huh?" Hinata was the first to speak this time.

"The Scent-Tracking Bug are down there, they'll be scared away by Naruto's Fox-dog," Shino explained, pointing to the circular basin below. "Naruto, stay here for now, we'll go down and search for a bit."

"If the three of us can't find it, then Naruto will bring the Fox-dog down with him to drive out all the bugs hiding in the shadows, and then we'll finish them off together."

When Shino was referring to finishing them off, he meant dealing with the few ninjas who were following them. It was a four-on-three situation, and the four of them had the advantage.

"I don't care, I'll just wait for you here then." Naruto said noncommittally.

As the three slowly climbed down the cliff face, Naruto pulled out his sleeping bag and, without saying a word, found a shady spot and crawled inside.

Nine-Tails was in a great hurry outside, even more so than Ghidorah.

"Hey kid, get the wine out before you sleep! I'm craving a drink! Hurry up!"

"Tch." Naruto glanced at Nine-Tails and said disdainfully, "Anyone who didn't know better would think you had a sexually transmitted disease. Where can you find alcohol this time of year? Working and doing missions is too hard."

"You don't think I'm rich at all. I actually owe tens of millions of taels of debt."

"Make that woman pay off her debt!" Nine-Tails said without hesitation. "Get some money to buy some alcohol!"

"Living off a woman?" Naruto, huddled in his blue sleeping bag like a wriggling worm, poked his head out and excitedly shouted at Nine-Tails.

"What! What do you take me for? A shameless scoundrel?"

"Isn't that so?" Nine-Tails said hesitantly, "Your moral bottom line is the lowest I've seen in nearly a hundred years."

"Enough! Shut up! Don't say another word!" Naruto interrupted the spellcasting.

"So you promised to give me wine?"

"No, I just don't want to hear it anymore. Go rant somewhere else." Naruto rolled over. "Anyway, I work really hard every day, so you should occasionally take on the responsibility of supporting the family too!"

"Go to hell, brat!" Nine-Tails charged forward and swung its claw at him.

"Kurama, you've gone too far!" Naruto rolled away to dodge Nine-Tails's claws, jumped out of his sleeping bag, and drew his Kusanagi Sword!

"I've had my eye on you for a long time, brat!" Nine-Tails bared its teeth, revealing a mouthful of sharp fangs. "Today, I'll show you what Tailed Beast really is!"

As he spoke, he tilted his head back, and a small Tailed Beast Ball appeared directly in the throat of the Nine-Tails!

In an instant, sand and stones flew in the air above the cliff, half of the cliff face became dark and gloomy, and an absolutely terrifying aura suddenly appeared between heaven and earth.

Below the cliff, the three members of Team Eight and the three Stone Ninja following them all looked up at a direction on the cliff face above.

"Naruto is still up there." Hinata had already turned around subconsciously, her feet already dozens of meters away, but she still managed to restrain herself from turning her head back to look at the squad leader Shino.

"Let's go take a look!" Shino made the decision almost instantly.

But the next second, everything was calm and peaceful, as if nothing had happened.

"What's going on?" Kiba Inuzuka frowned deeply, about to say something, but was stopped by Shino.

"Ya, don't move! The Scent-Tracking Bug is right at your feet!"

All three froze. The situation on the cliff was unknown; it seemed to be just an accident. Even the commotion had startled the Scent-Tracking Bug out, leaving them with a choice between two options.

Hinata was closest to the cliff, Shino immediately said, "Hinata, go find Naruto. Kiba and I will stay here."

"Good!"

On the cliff top, Naruto snapped his fingers, and Nine-Tails's Tailed Beast Ball vanished instantly, leaving Nine-Tails weakened. He lazily picked up Nine-Tails and rubbed its fur back and forth with the Kusanagi Sword.

"What did I just say? I told you to behave yourself! Behave yourself!" Naruto instantly sheathed his Kusanagi Sword and unleashed two powerful backhand strikes.

Nine-Tails was completely powerless, and was being held in Naruto's hand like a dead dog, its eyes filled with despair.

"So that's why you suddenly became a drunkard. You were drinking to regain your strength, you little rascal. You're quite the player."

Naruto carried Hinata along the cliff, trying to see if anyone was coming up to check on them. He peeked out and saw Hinata rushing towards him.

He was about to wave to let Hinata know he was alright when he suddenly froze. Hinata was being followed by a swarm of bees.

There will be more updates; I won't sleep until I get ten thousand updates a day.