Riddle Man, Get Out of the Ninja World!

For many days in a row.

Naruto had been training in the Lightning Armor.

Under the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, speed, strength, and defense could all be significantly enhanced.

Naruto also attempted to integrate lightning-style chakra into the Rasengan.

Because it was too violent, he decided to try integrating wind-style chakra instead.

He set a small goal first: to develop the Rasenshuriken.

I really look forward to the day I can secretly shock everyone.

I'll make the Rasenshuriken explode across the entire Ninja World!

Naruto finished his training.

Returning to the village, he felt bored again.

Recently, his companions had all been intensifying their training.

There was no one to go eat barbecue with.

"Naruto! We were just about to go to the hospital to check on our friends who are recovering!"

Choji ran over happily, holding a bag of potato chips.

"Kiba has been staying home reflecting on his actions lately; it seems he's quite ashamed after being defeated by your fart."

Shikamaru's words were quite hurtful.

"Naruto, haven't you been with Sakura lately?"

Ino looked curiously behind Naruto, only to find that Sakura was indeed nowhere to be seen.

Sakura?

Naruto only just remembered.

Since transmigrating, he didn't think he had seen Haruno Sakura even once.

He didn't care.

Transmigration came at no cost, and rebirth led straight to the Six Paths!

"Is that so? Then let's go together!"

Naruto happened to be planning to go to the barbecue restaurant near the hospital anyway.

[Detected the host's concern for his companions, achievement unlocked: Bonds of Friendship]

[Received reward: 10 Goodwill Points]

That works too?

Naruto casually pulled for a prize.

[Amazing!]

[The host's luck is truly incredible; you have actually obtained the Leaf Body Flicker Technique!]

Hiss!

At the hospital entrance.

Naruto couldn't help but gasp.

Unbelievable.

He actually pulled something useful this time!

The Leaf Body Flicker Technique involved turning oneself into fluttering leaves to evade attacks.

Naruto already possessed the Lightning Release: Lightning Armor.

His speed was extremely fast under the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, which was also a form of body flicker technique.

Now, it was equivalent to having two body flicker techniques to use in tandem.

"Things have changed."

Naruto couldn't help but sigh.

This system was truly worth the scolding; it finally felt like it was getting on the right track.

"Naruto, what are you smiling about?"

Choji stood at the hospital entrance, asking while munching on his chips.

"I thought of something happy!"

Naruto stepped into the ninja hospital.

The group walked side by side.

Many of their classmates and companions had already been discharged.

At this moment, the few who hadn't left were those with extremely severe injuries.

For instance.

Rock Lee.

"Lee was the most severely injured, wasn't he? He broke so many bones during that fight with Gaara of the Sand Village!"

Choji said naively.

"Wait, something's wrong!"

Shikamaru noticed that the door to Lee's hospital room was left ajar.

His shadow had already quietly slipped inside ahead of the others.

Beside the hospital bed.

Yellow sand drifted in the air.

Gaara, the red-haired boy with the kanji for 'love' etched into his forehead, stood by the bedside, ready to deliver the killing blow.

Swish!

A flash of lightning streaked past.

Naruto used a hand-blade infused with the Lightning Release Chakra Mode to shatter the earth-natured yellow sand!

"You're in the way!"

Gaara growled in irritation.

Why were these people trying to stop him?

He was only one step away from finishing off the person he had failed to kill during the preliminaries!

Shikamaru formed hand seals.

He used his Shadow Possession Jutsu to temporarily pin Gaara in place.

"What do you think you're doing, Red-head!"

Naruto's entire body crackled with electricity.

Although he hadn't been training in the Lightning Release Chakra Mode for long, it still held a natural advantage over Magnet Release!

"It's nothing."

Gaara looked at Lee, who lay paralyzed on the hospital bed, and spoke.

"Once I defeat someone, I must kill them!"

His cold tone decided life and death.

Despite his young age, he sent a chill down everyone's spine.

Unfortunately, Shikamaru's Shadow Possession Jutsu held him fast.

"Cut the crap! Go see a doctor if you're sick!"

Naruto was already preparing to form a Rasengan.

He didn't mind having a full-blown fight with Gaara right here.

"You don't understand!"

"My father has wanted me dead since I was a child; he sent assassins after me many times."

Gaara looked at his own hands as he spoke, lost in his own memories.

"Hold your horses!"

Naruto interrupted Gaara's flashback with a wave of his hand.

"Nobody asked about your family issues, so don't just start reminiscing on your own! I usually skip over that kind of plot!"

Oh?

Gaara was taken aback by Naruto.

His gaze, however, grew increasingly icy.

"There is no love in this world, and there's no need to ask where the 'love' mark on my forehead came from."

His killing intent began to rise. How could this dead-fish-eyed guy, the chubby kid, and the blond brat possibly stand against him, the One-Tail Jinchuriki!

"For the record, nobody has cared about that 'love' mark on your forehead from the very beginning."

"I think you're just sick—you've got a terminal case of middle-school syndrome. You just need a good beating to set you straight!"

Naruto interrupted Gaara's flashback once again.

Damn it!

Gaara couldn't help but look toward Naruto.

This little blond kid actually possessed an aura similar to his own.

And it was even more evil!

But why did he have companions by his side, and why was he protecting others?

Gaara didn't understand Naruto; he was even a little curious.

[Detected that the host is persuading others to be good, Gaara's favorability has increased by 10%]

[Obtained reward: 10 points of Goodwill]

[The host truly has a kind heart after all. Hurry up and do more good deeds!]

What!

Naruto hadn't expected the Ninja World to be this chaotic.

Were they all just a bunch of tsunderes?

Why were they happy even after being retorted?

"You are the same as me."

"But why are you also different!"

Gaara stared at Naruto.

His gaze held curiosity, resentment, and a trace of jealousy.

Yellow sand flowed.

It flew out of the gourd on its own, instinctively trying to protect Gaara.

For things he didn't understand.

Gaara only wanted to destroy them; for people he didn't understand, he naturally wanted to kill them!

"Get out of the Ninja World, you riddle-maker!"

Naruto sensed the hostility.

Bang!

The yellow sand was shattered by a palm strike from Might Guy.

"The Sand Village is truly going too far, actually trying to harm my dearest, most passionate, and most youthful disciple!"

"If a fight is inevitable, then it shall be handled by the Blue Beast of Konoha!"

Once Guy appeared on the scene.

Gaara realized that killing was no longer an option.

He turned his head to say to Naruto:

"I will kill your companions in the tournament! I will make you feel pain!"

Swish!

Gaara used the Body Flicker Technique to leave rapidly.

The people of Konoha were too strange.

They would actually risk their lives to protect others.

Especially that wicked blond kid!

"You're just good at running fast and talking big."

Naruto had almost had the chance to feed Gaara a Rasengan.

"Thank you both."

"Naruto, your heartfelt words just now moved that child's heart; you almost made him reveal his true feelings."

Guy flashed his pearly white teeth and gave Naruto a thumbs-up.

What did he mean by moving his heart?

It was clearly Gaara himself who insisted on having a flashback!

[Detected that the host is performing good deeds and accumulating virtue by saving Rock Lee from an assassination attempt, Achievement Unlocked: Save a Life]

[Obtained reward: 10 points of Goodwill]

[The host truly has a sharp tongue but a soft heart; a natural-born good person]

Damn it!

Naruto was determined to turn dark.

He couldn't stand this kind of grievance!

"It was a close call, but we're safe now. Naruto, let's go eat barbecue together!"

Choji happily rubbed his belly.

"I want to eat a whole cow!"

Naruto gorged himself until he was completely full.

On the way home, he drew the lottery twice more.

[Good heavens!]

[With the host's luck, the first draw has actually yielded the Space-Time Ninjutsu Scroll: Summoning Ninja Tools, a treasure sought by thousands!]

[The second draw has yielded the super-tier taijutsu: Konoha Dragon God!]

"Alright, alright!"

"Do you systems have to go through 'compliment group' training during your internships now?"

Naruto stood under a streetlamp.

Just as he intended to head home, a bashful figure blocked his path.

Haruno Sakura!