Broken and Unusable?

"Shatter!"

[You have bound 'Kamui' and 'Amaterasu' as dual Mangekyo Sharingan abilities, and cannot use other abilities.]

On the small boat, just as Mingyou was gathering the Chakra within his body into his eyes, wanting to test Fugaku's Mangekyo abilities, he suddenly received a system notification.

"Only Kamui and Amaterasu? Then what's the point of copying other abilities for me?"

Mingyou complained in his heart, but received no response.

It seems this is also some kind of arrangement by the system.

After a whole night of escape, the night gradually faded.

The morning sun slowly rose from the distant coast, welcoming the beginning of a new day.

The small boat traveled for a long time on the misty water surface. Finally, in the distance, they could see an island covered with green vegetation.

Clang~~

Clang~~

The sound of hammering metal echoed from afar.

Looking out, many workers were standing on bamboo scaffolding, working hard, and the inner framework of a large bridge had already been erected.

"Mr. Tazuna!! We don't have enough materials here, we need to replenish them as soon as possible!"

"I know, I know!! Let me think of a way."

Tazuna?

Why does that name sound so familiar?

Mingyou pondered in his mind for a long time, and finally remembered the old man that the protagonist Naruto encountered on his first mission in the original story.

Wasn't that old drunkard named Tazuna?

Mingyou narrowed his eyes and scanned the area. An old man wearing a bamboo hat came into view.

The old man was wearing black-framed glasses, holding a bottle of white wine in his hand, and walking unsteadily on the framework, not afraid of falling off.

Although his appearance was much younger than it looked in the original story, Mingyou recognized at a glance that this old guy was indeed Tazuna.

"Smash it, smash it, smash it all for me!!"

Before long, a group of ruffian-like guys walked over from a distance.

They held large hammers in their hands, and wantonly destroyed the bridge framework that had just been completed, completely disregarding the angry gazes of the surrounding workers.

"What are you doing? Who sent you?"

Tazuna staggered back to the shore, looking at the newcomers with a look of anger.

"Who sent us? Is that something you can ask?"

"By order of Mr. Gato, the Land of Waves is not allowed to have a bridge."

"Old man, if you dare to start construction again next time, don't blame us for taking your whole family's lives."

The thugs blatantly threatened Tazuna, without concealing their bandit-like behavior at all.

"Gato? So it's that guy..."

"Go back and tell Gato, we will not yield."

"Even if it costs my whole family's lives, I will definitely repair this bridge."

Tazuna used alcohol to embolden himself, without a trace of fear.

"Hey! You old bastard, you really think I don't dare to lay a hand on you, huh?"

The bald leader glared, raising the steel pipe in his hand and smashing it towards Tazuna's head.

"Boatman, this is the remaining half of the fare."

Mingyou placed a bag of silver coins in the cabin. Then, the space in front of him twisted and fluctuated, and he disappeared from the spot.

The next second, Mingyou appeared very abruptly beside Tazuna, grabbing the steel pipe with his bare hand.

No matter how hard the bald man pulled, the steel pipe could not be moved even a fraction.

"Who are you? Want to meddle in other people's business?"

Bang!!

Before the bald man could finish speaking, Mingyou raised his foot and kicked him in the stomach. Immediately, his whole body flew out more than ten meters like a kite with a broken string, lying on the ground groaning, his body twisting in pain.

"Dare to cause trouble again, and you will all die."

Mingyou glanced indifferently at the group of thugs, the coldness in his tone making people feel chilled.

"Brothers, don't be afraid, let's all go together and kill him."

Someone shouted first, and then the forty or fifty gangster-looking people swarmed up and rushed towards Mingyou.

"Courting death!!"

Mingyou quickly formed several hand seals with both hands.

With the final hand seal completed, Mingyou's cheeks puffed out as he spat out a cluster of dazzling fireballs.

"Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!"

These thugs were strong and burly, but in the end, they were just ordinary people.

Many were struck by the fireballs, their bodies quickly igniting.

"Aahhh!"

Screams of agony rose and fell as men engulfed in flames writhed and rolled on the ground.

Instinctively, they hoped to extinguish the flames in this way.

But unfortunately, the Chakra-infused fire attack was hotter than ordinary fire.

Soon, the screams ceased, and charred corpses lay stiffly on the ground, lifeless.

"He's a ninja, he's a ninja! Run for your lives!"

The thugs who had been lucky enough to survive lost all will to fight, terrified and pissing themselves as they turned and fled into the distance, now only regretting that their parents hadn't given them two more legs so they could run faster.

"A bunch of scum."

Mingyou watched indifferently as they fled, choosing not to pursue them.

They were just ordinary people who posed no threat to Mingyou.

Moreover, Mingyou had already made a decision in his heart.

Since he was choosing the Land of Waves as a temporary place to stay, the crime boss Gato would be the first guy he needed to take care of.

Letting those thugs go back to report the news would save him some trouble.

"This... Ninja-sama, thank you for your help."

Tazuna walked forward shakily, the alcohol completely shaken out of him by now.

Seeing Mingyou kill without batting an eye, he even felt a little scared.

"You're Tazuna, right?"

Mingyou turned back to ask.

"Yes, I am Tazuna." Tazuna nodded repeatedly.

"I know you have a lot of prestige among the villagers in the Land of Waves. How about we make a deal?"

A smile appeared on Mingyou's lips.

"Ah? A deal? What kind of deal do you want to make?"

Tazuna was puzzled, not understanding what a country bumpkin like himself had that was worth the attention of this ninja.

"I know you've put a lot of effort into building this bridge."

"And because you're building the bridge, it's affecting Gato's interests."

"So he won't let you finish this, and he'll even kill you, the person in charge, at any cost."

Mingyou stated the stakes concisely.

"Alas, Ninja-sama, I know all that, but in order for the Land of Waves not to fall behind forever, I can only choose to fight Gato."

Tazuna sighed, then he paused slightly, "Ninja-sama, how... how do you know about our country's affairs? I don't think I've ever seen you before."

Mingyou shook his head and said in a deep voice, "How I know doesn't matter."

"All you need to know is that I can help you kill Gato and solve this problem for the Land of Waves."

"But my clan and I will be staying in your Land of Waves for a long time."