The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path Appears, and Tenten's Thoughts Grow Ever More Chaotic

The next day.

Uzuki Yugao emerged from the bathroom, looking slightly tired, and dried her wet hair. Her voice was a little hoarse; she shouldn't have come here, she shouldn't have.

She turned her head and glanced at Naruto lying there, her cheeks flushing slightly.

It's too late to say anything now. The saying "once you've tasted the marrow, you'll crave it" is truly real; I'd never thought about it before. But what if I suddenly have a child? Would that be too obvious? Uzuki Yugao were a jumbled mess.

Never mind, I'm too sleepy. I'll ask Anko another day.

Hokage Building.

Kakashi stood by the window, turning to look at Naruto as he slowly approached. Looking at his most troublesome disciple, he couldn't help but let out a deadpan expression.

"There's an urgent S-rank mission in the Land of Lightning. Would you like to go with Shikamaru and Choji?"

"Okay." Naruto yawned, looking lazy.

"Didn't you sleep last night? You're so sleepy."

"I didn't sleep long, but it's okay, let's go."

Naruto reunited with Shikamaru and Choji. Now, only a few of the Konoha 12 remain. However, Tenten was spotted in the group. As she gets older, her figure becomes increasingly outstanding.

Her legs were long and shapely, her chest was full and rounded, but her face had become quite thin. Her face was full of worry, and it was unclear what she was thinking; she seemed to be preoccupied with something.

He gave Choji a few strips of jerky, even though he had fresher food. But considering they were still on the road, he simply ate a couple of bites of jerky and that was it.

Incidentally, Naruto gave Tenten a piece of jerky. He gently patted her shoulder and casually asked...

"Tenten, what's wrong?"

"No, nothing." Tenten's gaze was somewhat evasive. After accepting the jerky, she lowered her head.

Naruto found it strange but didn't pay much attention, assuming she was just feeling unwell.

The journey from the Land of Fire to the Land of Lightning is long and arduous; even crossing mountains and valleys, it takes at least three days. This highlights the importance of transportation, but unfortunately, Konohagakure has never had a means of long-distance travel.

He remembered that six months ago he had instructed Konan to urge the manufacture of airplanes, and she had agreed at the time. Now that he suddenly remembered, he wondered what had happened.

I thought I should go back and visit when I have time, but as I turned around, I met a pair of prying eyes.

Tenten quickly averted her gaze and lowered her head. Her body continued to leap at high speed, leaving the trees behind, the wind whistling through the air, her collar not completely covered.

Looking down, he could see a round, white jade-like body. Further down were a slender waist and long legs. Naruto thought to himself, "Why am I focusing my attention on Tenten?"

Damn it, my thoughts are getting more and more jumbled.

During his rest at night, Naruto could have used the Gate of Hades to leave and check on what Black Zetsu was doing, but then he thought it was unnecessary.

He knew Black Zetsu was doing—he had simply gathered Nine Tailed Beasts and the Rinnegan. He didn't know where Black Zetsu had gotten the puppets from, but it didn't matter.

Kaguya's resurrection suited him perfectly, allowing him to wipe them all out in one fell swoop.

As night fell, Naruto drifted into a deep sleep, half-asleep, when he saw a figure flash by. He opened his eyes and realized it seemed to be Tenten heading towards the direction outside the camp.

Perhaps he had gotten up to relieve himself, and with his eyes half-closed, he was about to turn over and go back to sleep. Suddenly, he sensed a subtle fluctuation of Chakra, somewhat familiar, seemingly the aura of Black Zetsu.

He quietly got up, only to find that Shikamaru and Choji hadn't noticed. Although the Chakra fluctuations were unusually weak, the feeling was unmistakable—it was Black Zetsu.

Naruto pondered for a moment without disturbing Shikamaru and Choji, then quietly rose under the moonlight. He advanced silently, step by step, and in the blink of an eye, his figure vanished behind the giant tree like a ghost.

Tenten did indeed go to relieve herself, and she didn't go too far, about 500 meters from the camp. Ninjas have very sensitive hearing, so 500 meters isn't too far.

Under the moonlight, a faint white glow appeared beneath the shadows.

Naruto didn't approach directly, but rather sensed it subtly. With his strength, it wouldn't take much effort for him to detect an unidentified object silently approaching Tenten from the ground.

Three seconds later, in the blink of an eye.

The Flying Thunder God was activated, and the monster burst from the ground, only to miss its target. Just as it was bewildered, it noticed a dark figure already carrying its target and retreating over a hundred meters away.

Tenten was still a little dazed, her thighs felt cold, and the next second she was being carried in a princess carry.

Huh?

Tenten belatedly realized something, his pupils dilating sharply. His face flushed crimson. "How could this happen?! I... I... I'm doomed!"

Boom! A burst of magma erupted from the location of the monster, engulfing the dark figure. The enormous noise also startled Shikamaru and Choji; sounds could already be heard in the distance.

The Jonin is very fast; he can cover 500 meters in just ten seconds.

Naruto suddenly realized that Shikamaru and Choji had arrived, and if they saw this scene, it would be too late to remind the dazed Tenten, so he simply took over.

He grabbed her clothes and quickly separated them.

"What happened?" Shikamaru and Choji arrived and saw only ruins.

"Someone is following us; they must be our target." Naruto had already turned over the monster's corpse, which was burned beyond recognition and was very small.

It is entirely black and about the size of a small dog.

"Is this White Zetsu?" Choji surprise.

"Obviously not. It's probably something new that Zetsu created. They've already noticed us," Naruto.

"Then we need to speed up our journey. Let's rest during the day tomorrow," Shikamaru ordered with a frown, and the others naturally had no objections.

Tenten didn't say a word from beginning to end, pretending to be calm on the surface, but inside she was panicking. She must have been seen naked, she thought, it was so embarrassing, why did all the bad luck have to happen to her?

The next day.

Naruto didn't mention it, and he didn't seem awkward at all when talking to Tenten. For some reason, Tenten, who had initially felt relieved, also felt a little stifled.

Yes, he's naturally dissolute and has seen it all.

There were only four girls in the four classes at the same time. Hinata, Ino, and even Sakura were all left out of the group, though saying "spared" wouldn't be entirely accurate.

She was a fellow traveler from the Land of Whirlpools, whom he had saved several times, and had even hugged. She also knew some secrets about Naruto, things she should and shouldn't know.

In the blink of an eye, all my friends have grown up, and I'm all alone. Sometimes Tenten even think, maybe I should just give up, since I'm single anyway.

Better

Ever since she stumbled upon Naruto's secret rendezvous with Anbu Captain Uzuki Yugao, this idea has become even stronger. Since there's no hope for the future anyway, she might as well indulge herself.

She was in a daze until she arrived in the Land of Lightning two days later.

Two days later, the battle had already begun. A colossal Demonic Statue of the Outer Path rose on the border of the Land of Lightning, and countless Impure World Reincarnation corpses moved across the battlefield.

"How could this happen?" Shikamaru Choji Tenten there dumbfounded. The incident happened so suddenly, and now only the army of the Land of Lightning was rushing in from all directions.