Journey to the Land of Water

Chentian was already six years old. Although he had focused on developing his portable space over the past year, he had not neglected his body's four core attributes.

Both his speed and strength had improved tremendously.

[Host: Chentian]

[Strength: 108]

[Speed: 123]

[Constitution: 119]

[Spirit: 106]

[Chakra: 2048]

[Talent: Space Talent LV3.]

[Taijutsu: Shuriken Basics LV10 (Max Level), Basic Taijutsu LV10 (Max Level), Leaf Great Whirlwind LV4, Portable Space LV1.]

[Ninjutsu: Great Fireball Jutsu LV6, Earth-Style Wall Jutsu LV5, Earth Dragon Bullet Jutsu LV5, Substitution Jutsu LV10 (Max Level).]

Looking at his rather impressive status panel, Chentian's smile gradually turned wicked.

Even without chakra, Chentian's physical abilities could contend with a weaker chunin. He was roughly on par with Rock Lee during the Chunin Exams.

Things like shuriken practice and basic taijutsu were trained daily at the Ninja Academy. Once their proficiency reached a certain point, they hit max level.

Even his other ninjutsu had risen in level through the past year of training.

This manifested as faster hand seals, greater power, and lower chakra consumption.

"Almost there. I can definitely defeat a weaker jonin!" Chentian clenched his fist, feeling power surge through his body.

Having made up his mind, Chentian immediately left home and went to Konoha's largest ninja tool shop—Tenten's family shop, though she was only one year old now.

"Give me ten thousand explosive tags, and another thousand shuriken."

"Coming right up! I'll prepare them for you immediately!"

Hearing Chentian's request, the owner immediately broke into a grin, stars practically sparkling in his eyes.

One explosive tag cost five hundred ryo. Ten thousand of them came to five million ryo, and with the shuriken included, the total was a full seven million ryo!

Even as the owner of Konoha's biggest ninja tool shop, he rarely handled orders this large.

"Um, we only have eight thousand explosive tags left in stock. Would that be alright?"

While Chentian was looking around, the owner approached him awkwardly, rubbing his hands together.

"It's fine." Chentian gave the owner an understanding look before continuing, "I'll take all of them."

"Sure, please wait a moment!"

The owner answered, and within two or three minutes, he returned with two storage scrolls and handed them to Chentian.

After buying enough ninja tools, Chentian went to the Akimichi family's barbecue restaurant and packed away a full million ryo worth of grilled meat, storing it all in his portable space.

He had long since expelled all the air inside, leaving it in a vacuum state that would keep the meat from spoiling.

As early as yesterday, Chentian had used his status as the Hokage's younger brother to request leave. Now, he only needed to find a way to leave Konoha.

Over the past few days, he had learned that Kakashi and Rin Nohara would soon be heading to the Land of Water on a mission. The information Minato had provided was definitely accurate.

It was this mission that led to Rin Nohara's death and Obito Uchiha's descent into darkness. Chentian had to stop it.

Even if not for Obito's sake, the Three-Tails card alone was worth making the trip.

So he had prepared everything and was simply waiting for this opportunity.

Before long, Chentian used a loophole he had learned from Minato to leave Konoha. He happily set off alone along the road to the Land of Water.

Back in Konoha, Kushina, who had called Chentian to eat several times already, entered his room and immediately spotted a letter on the table.

"Kushina, I've left Konoha to take care of something. If I run into danger, I'll pour chakra into the Flying Raijin kunai and ask Brother Minato to come support me, so don't worry. I'll be back in ten days at most. You don't need to look for me."

"Rustle, rustle, rustle~~"

As Kushina read every word, her crimson hair began to stir without wind. Gritting her teeth, she said, "You little brat, you actually dared to run away from home? You're tired of living, aren't you—?"

Clutching the letter, she angrily dropped onto the sofa and slammed it onto the table with a smack, waiting for Minato to return.

Though she was furious, Kushina was not overly worried. She knew how strong Chentian was.

But this anger had to be vented somehow, so Minato would have to bear it.

Not long after Chentian left, Kakashi and Rin Nohara appeared at Konoha's gates. They were heading to the Land of Water to carry out their mission.

"I wonder where Black Zetsu is right now?" Chentian had grown tired after staring at the scenery of the Land of Fire for so long.

Suddenly, his eyes shifted, and a faint smile appeared on his face. He muttered, "Interesting. Then let's play."

Chentian immediately walked beneath a thick, towering tree as though nothing was wrong, lowering his head as he slowly moved forward.

Whoosh—! Rumble—

From atop the dense canopy, a shuriken shot toward Chentian, with an explosive tag wrapped around it.

"Hahaha, you couldn't hold back already?"

After accelerating into a backward leap, Chentian silently opened his portable space and threw out another shuriken wrapped with an explosive tag.

"How is that possible?"

Rumble~~

With his max-level shuriken technique, Chentian's thrown shuriken not only blocked the enemy's attack, but also carried the other shuriken back with it.

The two shuriken carrying explosive tags flew back together. The enemy only had time to cry out before being completely swallowed by the blast.

"Beautiful!" Chentian watched the blazing tree, a trace of fascination flashing through his eyes.

Then he left without looking back.

Against two explosive tags, a mere genin had no fate other than death.

Chentian had seen countless missions involving the handling of such ninja back in the Hokage's office. He was very familiar with them.

These people barely counted as ninja. They had learned a move or two from who knew where, then went around the Land of Fire robbing and plundering.

There were also far too many of them to deal with completely.

"We common folk, we're so happy today~~"

Having experienced the power of max-level shuriken throwing, Chentian practically strutted as he walked, humming a song no one could understand.

Basic shuriken technique alone was already this powerful. How magnificent would it be once he maxed out other high-level ninjutsu in the future?

"Forget it. I'll find a hot spring inn and rest today. Kakashi and the others left later than I did, so there's no rush."

Seeing a town appear ahead, Chentian's eyes immediately lit up.

He had been in the Naruto world for over a year, yet he had never experienced what a hot spring inn was like.