Practice

A week passed by in the blink of an eye, like sand slipping through one's fingers.

"Transformation!"

Inside the training ground, a cloud of mist swirled, and Naruto successfully transformed into a beautiful woman with golden hair tied in twin tails, wearing nothing but a brown towel-like cloth, revealing a vast expanse of skin.

What was even more lethal was that with every glance and smile, the woman's face bloomed with beauty and dazzling radiance, like a flower in full bloom.

After just one glance, Yi Xiang, who was standing in front to inspect the results, quickly averted his gaze, habitually rubbed his nose, and nodded with a satisfied smile.

"Naruto, well done. This past week hasn't been wasted."

"Hehe, Big Brother Yi Xiang, does that mean we can find someone to test the power of this technique?"

Hearing Yi Xiang's praise, Naruto suddenly felt that his efforts had not been in vain.

Although I don't know why Big Brother Yi Xiang suddenly changed his usual demeanor, not only spending a lot of time helping me develop this new ninjutsu but also practicing it so diligently himself, as long as he is happy, I am happy too.

"Yosh, let's go. It's time to test the results."

At this moment, Sasuke, who had intended to continue his usual training, suddenly stopped. For some reason, he felt as if several curious little bugs were crawling in his heart. After pondering for a few seconds, he chose to follow them secretly.

Beside the Konoha tavern, a gathering place for a group of drunks.

"Big Brother Yi Xiang, are we really going to use the new technique here? Won't it be a bit dangerous?"

Looking at several drunks with physiques like sumo wrestlers, plus the hideous and terrifying scars on their faces and arms, Naruto asked with some uncertainty.

If it weren't for Yi Xiang's company, Naruto would have wanted to stay far away from this place; at his age, this scene was still too intimidating.

What surprised Yi Xiang was that Jing Tianjinya was also there. Looking at his bandage-covered body and his much more subdued gaze, his mood lightened a little.

"It's fine, they're just a bunch of adults who look a bit strange. Are you ready? We're about to start the performance."

"O-okay, I'm ready."

As the words fell, the two of them walked toward the largest group of people.

When they were still six or seven meters away from their target, the seven burly men who were joking and bantering suddenly fell into a strange silence, their eyes all fixed on the two of them.

Facing their scrutinizing, leering, and hostile gazes, Yi Xiang acted as if he didn't see them, walking leisurely to the front, while Naruto stopped half a step behind.

"Hey, hey, hey! Everyone here, look at me! We're here to give you a treat!"

"Everyone, did you hear me?!!"

As if worried that some people didn't hear clearly, Yi Xiang specifically raised his voice to add that.

As Yi Xiang expected, the effect was shockingly good; even some drunks who had collapsed on the ground wobbled and sat up, looking for the source of the sound with suspicious eyes.

"Did I hear that right? What are these two brats going to give us? A treat? Hahahaha..."

A burly man sitting nearby with a scruffy beard was the first to laugh and respond.

"Kid, you'd better go home and find your mommy, otherwise, you'll only be crying for your daddy later."

Another burly man picked up a wine bottle, mocking them without a care, though there was also a hint of advice in his tone.

"Hahahahahaha..."

Everyone chimed in, laughing in unison, while some had already looked away, dismissing it as children's play.

Seeing that the atmosphere was set, Yi Xiang immediately said loudly: "Watch closely, Transformation!"

Two figures were shrouded in smoke. Naruto's transformation was the same as during training, still incredibly alluring.

But more of the drunks' gazes were focused on Yi Xiang's chest: a purple tight-fitting skirt, an upright posture, proud and long white legs, plus those charming eyes that were as understanding as a big sister next door.

Many drunks had their eyes wide open, their pupils seemingly flashing with pink hearts, and some even felt that just this one look made their lives complete.

Now it was Yi Xiang's turn to be dumbfounded, because not a single one had collapsed, which meant he had wasted all that time for nothing.

Before Yi Xiang could get angry, several drooling, burly men had already involuntarily approached quickly.

"Boom!"

After the two of them dispelled their transformations, they were stunned to find that they were surrounded!

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"

In less than a second, Yi Xiang's abdomen suddenly swelled, and a high-temperature fireball with a diameter of about one meter erupted from his mouth.

Taking advantage of the moment when everyone dodged and was distracted, Yi Xiang hurriedly grabbed the equally stunned Naruto and sprinted along the path cleared by the flames.

"Bastard! That brat is actually a ninja. Are there such... magical ninjas?"

"Chase them! Don't let them run! A bunch of idiots, why are you still standing there?!"

"Right! I don't believe he can use a ninjutsu of this level again. He must have known that, which is why he ran away."

In the end, desire overcame reason. The group had never been as tacit as they were at this moment, chasing after the two in a mighty swarm.

"Big Brother Yi Xiang, did we cause trouble?"

Naruto turned his head to look, almost stumbling and falling. There was no other reason than the fact that the gazes of that group of people were like they were looking at a rare treasure, wishing they could strip them both bare.

Noticing Naruto's anxiety, Yi Xiang patted him on the shoulder. "What are you afraid of? If anything happens, I'll take the heat. Besides, they're just a bunch of ordinary people; I could deal with them in a few moves, I just didn't want to make a scene."

Who knew this group would be so crazy? We didn't even get what we wanted and ended up in a mess, Yi Xiang thought, on the verge of tears. He ran faster and faster, feeling his adrenaline rapidly depleting, as he had already noticed some of the group cutting through the alleys, preparing to intercept him up ahead.

As the two groups gradually vanished from sight, Sasuke, who had witnessed the entire ordeal, couldn't help but twitch his mouth uncontrollably. He didn't know how to help the two of them, and he certainly never expected this.

Dashing through the bustling commercial street, past the barbecue restaurants and bookstores, the merchants only felt a gentle breeze pass by, followed by a much stronger gale.

The merchants, who had intended to hurl a few insults, wisely chose to curse only in their hearts once they saw the ill-intentioned, fierce-looking group chasing after them.

Inside Ichiraku Ramen, the two, now transformed into the appearances of others, ate their noodles as if nothing had happened, glancing over at the frantic, back-and-forth drunks with feigned surprise.

Before long, due to the massive commotion caused by the group, the new Konoha Military Police Force was dispatched immediately, quelling the disturbance within minutes.

However, the interrogating ninja were left dumbfounded; they had assumed the guys were stuttering during questioning because they were hunting someone or chasing after treasure, not that they simply wanted to see two ninja students use the Transformation Jutsu.

After finishing the separate interrogations of the last few individuals and finding that their accounts were nearly identical, the ninja looked at one another in disbelief.

In the end, they issued a verbal warning to the group not to disturb the two ninja students again, fined them to compensate the merchants, and then let them go.

"Lord Hokage, should we impose some punishment on these two ninja students?"

Although Yi Xiang considered this a trivial matter, in the eyes of the Konoha higher-ups, the village hadn't been this noisy in a long time.

Because the group had circled nearly half of Konoha, even those villagers who hadn't seen it with their own eyes could feel just how chaotic it had been simply by listening to the talk of others.