Five Kage Summit Incident

Was she testing him? Naruto's eyelids twitched slightly; Yugito didn't use any water or food.

It's been almost ten days, and your vitality has only increased. You're telling me you need food and water? Are you trying to show weakness, you old fox? You're using this as a pretext to probe my intentions.

The Elite Jonin Kumogakure are indeed extraordinary; they remain calm and composed even at this critical moment.

He naturally wouldn't let Yugito have his way, shaking his head and saying, "I haven't thought it through yet. We'll proceed with the transaction once I've made up my mind."

With a snap, Naruto's figure disappeared from the Sealing Space.

As I opened my eyes from the sofa and sat up, I saw Nine-Tails Fox sneaking back from the balcony. Like a red Tom Cat, it peeked around and then flung open the French doors with a whoosh.

Naruto didn't even lift his eyelids, and asked lazily.

"Where did you go?"

Nine-Tails' answer was even more concise, "Let's drink."

As it spoke, it swaggered across the living room and jumped onto the sofa to lie down. The cool afternoon breeze blew in through the half-open French windows, filling the living room with a refreshing breeze.

Naruto ignored it, went to the kitchen to get a glass of water, and then went back to his room to rest.

Lying in bed, with my eyes closed, my mind is completely blank.

He was thinking about the two masks, and as the saying goes, "what you think about during the day, you dream about at night," so he assumed he was dreaming. He saw a gray haze ahead, and beneath his feet was a narrow, long, Bluestone slab passage.

This familiar feeling even made Naruto feel as if he had returned to the underground palace of Mount Myōboku, where he and Jiraiya met the frail and elderly Toad Sage.

But unlike the others, this passage ended in gray mist, and instead of thick stone walls, it had dark abysses on both sides.

"Looks like it's still a dream," he murmured, realizing that it might be a dream pieced together by his brain.

The underground palace of Mount Myōboku, combined with the abyss in the crevice of the underground ruins of the Land of Whirlpools, roughly constitute this absurd dream.

He tried, but couldn't wake up.

Looking back, an abyss. On both sides, an abyss. With a sigh, he could only move forward.

The sound of footsteps echoed; he wasn't walking fast. As he walked, he observed the changes around him, and with each step, the path behind him disappeared.

There seemed to be no turning back. After walking for a few minutes, we finally saw what was behind the gray fog.

A huge Stone Gate.

He paused for a moment on the Stone Gate, then withdrew his hand and kicked it open.

Sometimes it's like that: you've been overthinking for days, waiting for so long, and then the door you kick open is suddenly presented with the answer.

A dense, azure light burst forth from behind the door, and the Stone Gate swung open with a roar.

With a ding, a familiar synthesized mechanical voice echoed in the hall behind the door, but this time no panel popped up. Instead, the synthesized mechanical voice, contrary to its usual practice, broadcast something unrelated to the mission.

Dear traveler, welcome home.

The main hall had no roof, and two enormous stone statues were sealed by blue light. Naruto looked up at them. One had a blue face and fangs, with snow-white hair, while the other had a blood-red face and red hair, resembling Yama, the King of Hell.

Damn, Naruto finally understands why the system always has the blessings of Evil God and the gaze of the Death Reaper. It turns out the system uses these things as rewards because it locks up the powers of Evil God and the Death Reaper.

Your sister's dog system, you're playing the role of raising gods, huh!

Although I don't know if that stone statue is a true god, it seems to possess at least some power. No wonder this damn system has been lagging several times; it's truly amazing.

He paced back and forth in the main hall several times. The hall was empty, with nothing but two stone statues of gods. Oh, and there was a huge electronic panel, exactly the same as the one Naruto had seen.

"So this is what the system looks like inside?" He muttered as he walked to the Death God statue and gave it a light kick, but the statue didn't budge.

After wandering around for a while, Naruto sat on the ground in a daze, trying to see if he could bring up the system panel. As a result, the system panel in the hall moved, switching screens according to Naruto's thoughts.

While reviewing the unfinished tasks, he absentmindedly thought about what would happen next.

Ultimately, the system is honest and reliable. Since arriving in this world, the system has been the most powerful force he's ever relied on; he just never expected it to kidnap the local tyrant.

He glanced at the two stone statues, and his heart skipped a beat. No wonder the rewards started as just some Ninjutsu, but got increasingly outrageous later on. However, this did reassure him a bit.

After wandering around for a while, there was nothing to see, so I left.

Inside the room.

Naruto opened his eyes, feeling as if he hadn't slept at all, and couldn't fall back asleep, so he simply got up. Looking out the window, it was probably four or five in the afternoon.

He yawned, slipped on his slippers, and opened the door.

The Nikko outside the window was slanting westward, its brightness no different from midday, and the tall figure just stood there lazily. Nine-Tails had also woken up, looking like a dog with a hangover.

"Shall we go grab something to eat tonight?" Nine-Tails suggested.

Upon hearing this, Naruto stepped forward, patted the dog's head, and sneered.

Who are you talking to?

Nine-Tails- Tailed Fox bared its teeth, patted its stomach, and said, "I'm hungry."

"Heh, what does it have to do with me? Go buy it yourself." Naruto acted like a hands-off boss, turned around and was about to leave, but Nine-Tails followed him.

What are you doing following me?

"On the way." Nine-Tails stood up and said swaggeringly, "I'm planning to stay with your owner. It's too much trouble to keep going back and forth."

Naruto glanced at it and a cold smile appeared on his face.

"You bastard, believe me or not, you'll be thrown out if I say one word."

"Impossible!" Nine-Tails said arrogantly. "Absolutely impossible. My relationship with her is much better, unbreakable."

Outside the Hyuga compound.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know its body couldn't handle alcohol anymore." Hinata looked guilty, her face flushed against the setting sun. "I won't feed it alcohol anymore."

"It's alright, thank you Hinata, it's not your fault." Naruto's lips moved slightly, and he said without batting an eye, "It's just that it's too greedy for alcohol."

Nine-Tails was dumbfounded. Would it no longer be able to drink alcohol at Hinata? It turned to glare at Naruto, but dared not utter a sound, fearing that the alcohol supply at home would also be cut off.

"Naruto Uzumaki!" it cried out in its mind.

"The wine must be expensive, right?" he asked.

"No, not much. I control the amount each day," Hinata nervously, wearing a plain-colored long dress. "Actually... it's not much."

"I don't mean to return it. I just think Hinata's kindness is very precious, and I wanted to pick out a gift for you as a return gift," he asked with a smile.

When are you free?

Hinata was startled, blinked repeatedly, and turned her head away. "Actually, you don't need a gift. It would be too much trouble for you."

He simply stood there and glanced at Hinata a few times, a smile in his eyes, "Then I won't see you off."

"Ah?"

"I'll send it." He smiled, seemingly amused by her reaction.

Hinata's face flushed instantly. She lowered her head, unsure of what to say. Her heart pounded rapidly, and her thoughts raced back to Naruto.

She was introverted, but not stupid, and Naruto didn't say anything offensive. He was completely considerate of her feelings; she took care of Nine-Tails for him, and he suggested picking out a gift.

There were no beating around the bush, but the distance between them was rapidly increased. Hinata had the right to choose; she could go shopping together, or she could simply accept the gift.

It was as if he had entered a corner of her life and then beckoned her to come out and play together. He was willing to give her a choice and completely respect her wishes.

However, Hyuga Hiashi completely ignored her opinions, always resorting to scolding and assigning tasks to his daughter. Unable to become a good clan leader, he simply dumped her on Kurenai Yuhi as a ninja.

Before starting a mission, you must solemnly remind your companions not to cause trouble, because the Hyuga Clan never causes trouble for others; this is the pride of the Hinata.

Hinata lived cautiously, clinging to the last vestiges of her stubbornness. She already carried a sense of inferiority, training relentlessly despite being at the bottom of the skill rankings.

It seems like they have no talent for anything, and nothing goes smoothly for them. But what can they do? They just silently get up after falling down; that's the Hyuga Clan motto.

But suddenly someone kept telling her that she was already good enough and to respect her choices. Even though she was dressed plainly and not very pretty at the time, they would still talk to her.

Hinata was instantly overwhelmed, her heart melting like fine sand. Her affection for Naruto, subtle and dense, poured entirely onto him.

Especially now, with Naruto's relaxed gaze fixed on her, and the golden light of the streetlamp dappling the ground through the Aoba, she couldn't help but let out a curt "hmm" after a long pause.

On the way home, Naruto glanced at Nine-Tails beside him and suddenly spoke.

"Is the Hinata you drank with Hinata sold in Konohagakure?"

"Hmm?" Nine-Tails realized something was wrong, immediately turned her sullen head around, stood up and asked, "Are you in a good mood today?"

"A little," he said.

"Whatever, I don't understand you humans." It said with a sneer, "That wine isn't for sale, but you can buy me some expensive wine to make up for it."

"Okay, fine." Naruto didn't seem to care.

"I've suddenly realized that you do have some good points, kid," Nine-Tails said excitedly.

The next day.

Naruto went to the Hokage Building, went straight to his office on the fifth floor, and pushed open the door.

Tsunade put down her jade porcelain wine cup, frowned, and glanced at him. "What is it?"

"Why the sudden Five Kage Summit?" He walked straight over, pulled up a chair, and sat down opposite Tsunade.

"It was those people from Kumogakure who made the request. I heard that the Two-Tails was taken hostage by Sasuke Uchiha." Tsunade leaned back lazily in her chair, half of her fair arm resting on the table.

"Who knows what they're planning to do? Anyway, Sasuke Uchiha has nothing to do with Konohagakure anymore. Going there would be a complete waste of time."

Upon hearing this, Naruto immediately became dissatisfied.

"But... isn't this a waste of my time? The investigation mission in the Land of Rain is about to begin, and I can't keep the Pervy Sage waiting like this."

"No rush, Jiraiya has already left the village," she said lazily.

He was immediately startled. "Where to?"