New Year Power Outage

Holding hands all the way, Ino tried to break free several times but couldn't, so she had no choice but to let Naruto skillfully lead her home.

After returning home, Naruto stopped making any more suggestive remarks about Maid Outfit.

He understood the principle that too much of a good thing is bad, and he had already provoked her once that night. At this point, he should behave himself to avoid making Ino panic again.

As usual, the two took turns showering, but this time Ino chose to shower last.

"I'm really not that kind of person. What happened last time was just a joke," Naruto tried to explain.

"You don't need to explain." Ino took several steps back, looking at him with disdain. "Honestly, you know perfectly well what you've been doing all this time."

"Are you serious about backing away like that?" Naruto sighed. He should have known better than to try to be clever. Why did he have to be so impulsive?

"Hehe! Anyway, don't even think about taking advantage of me." Ino happily lay down on the sofa, then picked up the Nine-Tails from the small sofa next to her.

Naruto looked helpless and slowly went back to his room to get his clothes to take a shower. Nine-Tails, who was being carried, looked bewildered, then looked up and saw Ino behaving herself again.

"Does your Fox-dog really drink? I can smell alcohol on its breath."

"Yeah, it can drink. What? Are you going to buy it some alcohol?" Naruto asked, grabbing his clothes as he walked out of the room and glancing at Ino.

The Nine-Tails- Tails, being held and stroked in Ino's arms, brightened up and looked up at Ino. This immediately amused Ino, who, unaware of the situation, hugged the Nine-Tails and said...

"Sure, I'll buy you as many as you want."

Nine-Tails' ears perked up, and it looked excitedly at Ino. It thought to itself, "This little good-for-nothing's owner is indeed this woman before me. What a spineless human."

Although it thought this way, it hypocritically forgave itself and readily accepted the fact that it was Tailed Beast, not a human. Therefore, it had no backbone at all; it was merely using them.

Half an hour later, while Ino was taking a shower, Naruto glanced at Nine-Tails again while drying his hair in the living room.

"You really have no shame, Kurama."

Nine-Tails glanced in the direction of the bathroom and said in a low voice.

"Mind your own business."

Naruto's expression was complicated. "If you start doing backflips later, then I'll really have to look down on you."

"Get out of my way, you piece of trash! I'm about to warm up!" Nine-Tails scoffed.

Naruto: "."

He ignored the Nine-Tails that had completely let loose, dried his hair, and went into his room to change his clothes. Then he turned on the air conditioner, and the room temperature immediately rose.

When Ino came out of the bathroom, she was astonished to see Nine-Tails doing a backflip. Clutching her bathrobe, she excitedly ran over to watch, but Nine-Tails stopped after doing a few flips because she felt embarrassed.

Seeing Nine-Tails suddenly realize his mistake, Naruto was even a little surprised and changed his position on the sofa to continue lying down.

Ino walked over, carefully adjusting the edges of her bathrobe to make sure she wouldn't expose herself, before slowly sitting down. To be honest, Naruto was a little disappointed.

There's really no need to take such precautions.

He lay on the sofa, closed his eyes, and gradually sorted out the recent events in his mind. Back in the Land of Wind, Gaara seemed to be encountering trouble in his quest for power.

Jiraiya continued gathering intelligence, perhaps investigating the Akatsuki Organization. The situation in the Land of Wind was too sensitive; it was uncertain Jiraiya intervene.

Itachi Uchiha, that crazy brother-obsessed idiot, probably won't be back for the time being. The Akatsuki Organization won't be coming after us for the next two or three years. There's still plenty of time, but we can't just sit and wait.

After thinking about it, I'll decide to talk about it another day.

The battle is essentially an intelligence war; as the saying goes, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle."

Putting everything else aside, Jiraiya's fighting strength was still formidable. If he had a sufficient understanding of Nagato's abilities, he would never have been killed by a mere few Pain.

With a traitor like myself in the picture, Nagato, who has the intelligence, has arrived and Pain is definitely not going to leave Konoha alive.

If Tsunade and Jiraiya team up, along with himself and Nine-Tails, and then bring along Might Guy and the Emperor Wu Wu Kai, even if Uchiha Madara came, he would still get slapped a few times.

He can also Impure World Reincarnation, the Raiga Coffin-Holding Technique, and has mastered a complete version of the Rasengan. In short, he only lacks one Senjutsu and knows two Sealing Jutsu.

What we lack most right now is probably not Ninjutsu, but Taijutsu.

He lacked the reaction time and muscle memory required for combat, as well as the intuition and experience needed for life-or-death situations. And these things cannot be rushed; they can only be cultivated slowly.

In general, you can just ask Tsunade for Shadow Clone. If she doesn't give them to you, just keep pestering her; the Forbidden Jutsu Book will be yours sooner or later anyway.

Having learned all the Impure World Reincarnation, what taboos are there left?

There are no taboos.

One day, he will be able to stand before Uchiha Madara and roar to awaken all the deceased, causing them to open their eyes. They will crawl out of the dark, sunless underground and slowly dance with him.

Thinking about it this way, there doesn't seem to be much pressure, and the future looks promising. The feeling of being from God's perspective is quite shrewd, almost like playing a hack-and-scrape game.

"Asleep?" Ino's voice rang in my ears.

Naruto felt a poke on his cheek, his eyes snapped open, and he reached out. Ino was startled by Naruto's sudden reaction and was pulled onto the sofa without warning.

With a thud, Ino was pinned down on the sofa by Naruto.

"Ah!"

"Sorry." After recognizing Ino, he quickly stood up and let go of Ino. "Don't scare me like that. I was traumatized by Itachi Uchiha that time."

Knowing she was in the wrong, Ino lowered her head and hummed in response without saying anything.

It was already eleven o'clock at night. It was quiet outside the window, and the balcony was covered with snow. Nine-Tails Fox stood on its hind legs, peering out the window.

The two sat on a sofa, the atmosphere somewhat awkward. He himself didn't know why, but this subtle feeling would linger whenever things quieted down.

Perhaps this is a common problem during the ambiguous stage of a relationship: a lack of openness and directness.

"I heard it's been snowing heavily these past few days. I hope Konohagakure won't have a power outage?" Naruto casually changed the subject. "Konohagakure's power supply has always been half-dead."

"No way, there was no power outage during the last rainstorm," Ino said after thinking for a moment. The last rainstorm she was referring to was the one when Itachi Uchiha came to capture her.

"That time it was because the old apartment was located in the very center of Konohagakure, how could it be the same as this corner of the village?" Naruto said with a smile.

"But since I moved here, there hasn't seemed to be a power outage. It's impossible for the power to really go out so soon."

Click! The living room was instantly plunged into darkness. Then came a long beep from the direction of the door—the power had really gone out!

I was supposed to post 4,000 words before midnight, but I was put in the Little Black Room, so after some revisions I only managed to get 2,000 words out, and now I can't post it.

The Japanese manga, which was almost successful, failed due to unforeseen circumstances.

Let's keep going tomorrow!