Obtained the Water Clone Technique

Painful Sky Kick!

This was an improvement Tsunade had made based on Monster Strength.

By concentrating chakra in the foot and stomping hard on the ground, it created a monstrous attack capable of shattering earth and splitting mountains.

It was similar to Chiye Jun's Destruction Foot. Ball-crushing.

The only difference was that one involved lifting a foot, while the other involved stomping...

The system immediately issued a chain mission:

[Ding! Sign-in mission issued. Host, defeat the Demon Brothers within twenty seconds.]

Twenty seconds...

Chiye Jun thought quickly and immediately came up with a plan.

Actually.

He had not intended to fight alone.

After all, Naruto and the others also needed training and combat experience.

But since the system required it, he could only complete it in a flashy manner...

At that moment.

Chiye Jun could already hear the rustling sound of water.

"They're here!"

Chiye Jun gathered chakra in his left foot, then stomped viciously on the puddle.

"Monster Strength: Painful Sky Kick!"

The ground shook as if the earth and mountains were collapsing.

Everyone was shocked by the sudden situation and instinctively stepped back.

Ri Wanji was protected in the middle by Kakashi and the others.

Once the thunderous impact ended.

Before anyone could let out a miserable scream, there came a sharp splat!

Red blood sprayed everywhere.

In an instant, Chiye Jun's vision was dyed crimson.

Gōzu, who had just emerged from the puddle, was crushed into a pile of flesh.

"Damn, he got stomped to death just like that?"

"I've killed fiftee..."

By now, he had long become numb to killing.

Like a butcher who had slaughtered too many pigs, he no longer felt anything even when he saw blood spraying...

Soon, Meizu emerged right after him.

His appearance was strange. He wore a respirator, and the spiked chain in his hand gleamed with an eerie light.

Seeing his brother dead, he swung his chain and charged at Chiye Jun.

[Ten seconds remaining...]

The system prompted.

Chiye Jun did not give him the chance to climb out of the puddle.

"Lightning Release: Raikiri!"

"Argh!"

Because water conducted electricity, the lightning's power was amplified, and Meizu was instantly reduced to ash...

The entire battle had taken less than twenty seconds.

[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for completing the sign-in mission. Reward: Water Release: Water Clone Technique.]

Water Clones became stronger in water, but they could not get too far from the original body.

It was not particularly powerful, but at least he now had his first Water Release ninjutsu.

Now he only lacked Wind Release...

At that moment.

Kakashi looked at the excited Naruto, the stunned Hinata, and Sasuke, who was pretending to be calm.

He could not help feeling melancholy.

"This kid... he's way too terrifying."

"At this rate, I don't even know what I can teach him..."

With the danger temporarily gone, the group continued on their journey.

Ri Wanji also gradually became familiar with everyone.

She smiled and asked Chiye Jun, "Being a ninja is so boring. How about coming to the Land of Waves with your big sister? I'll teach you how to build bridges."

"Uh... I'll pass."

Chiye Jun shook his head, then gently took Hinata's hand.

Hinata's face immediately turned bright red.

However, her composure had improved considerably, and she no longer fainted so easily...

Finding it boring, Ri Wanji went to look for Sasuke instead.

Naruto grabbed his hand and ran off...

How awkward.

The next day.

Team 7 entered a land shrouded in dense fog.

"We've finally arrived at the Land of Waves!" Ri Wanji said.

The fog grew thicker and thicker.

The group boarded a boat and rowed toward the bridge.

"Keep your voices down, everyone. I only dared to bring you here because the fog is so thick," the boatman warned.

Within the dense fog.

There was a chill in the air.

Everyone could not help shrinking their necks and shivering.

Chiye Jun knew Zabuza was about to make his entrance.

"Whoa! It's my first time seeing fog this thick!" Naruto was overly excited and completely forgot the boatman's warning.

Kakashi gave him a hard knock on the head.

Only then did Naruto stick out his tongue and quiet down.

After rowing for more than an hour.

A black outline appeared within the thick fog ahead, like a giant beast lurking in the water.

"That's the bridge under construction, the future lifeline of the Land of Waves, and also the source of courage for resisting Kado," Ri Wanji said softly.

The Gato Company controlled the Land of Waves' water routes.

That was why Kado did not want to see the bridge completed and had ordered the capture of the bridge engineer.

Ri Wanji then muttered:

"Actually... Kado didn't capture me entirely because of the bridge. He had his eyes on me and wanted to possess me. My family was killed by his lackeys while protecting me, and he has also killed many citizens who resisted him..."

At this point, Ri Wanji's eyes filled with tears.

Kind-hearted Hinata covered her little mouth in shock.

"How can someone like Kado do something like that?"

"This world is a place where the strong devour the weak!"

Sasuke's expression darkened, as though he had thought of something...

Chiye Jun said nothing and only gently wrapped an arm around Hinata.

"Hinata, I'll never let anyone bully you!"

At the same time, he rubbed his fists together, wanting to personally finish off that sleazy Kado sooner rather than later.

At that moment!

Naruto's furious voice rang out.

"Kakashi-sensei, how about we go find that despicable Kado and give him some trouble!"

Only when Naruto was truly enraged did he lose his usual sunny disposition.

Kakashi shook his head.

"Our mission is to protect Ri Wanji from harm while she builds the bridge, not drag her into an even more dangerous situation..."

Sasuke unexpectedly spoke up in support of Naruto.

"Rather than staying here with our nerves on edge, we should cut off the source of the problem!"

Chiye Jun laughed inwardly.

He had seen through them!

Those two actually worked together perfectly.

Naruto liked to take the lead, while Sasuke always stirred things up from behind...

Perhaps that was the tacit understanding between them.

"Kakashi-sensei, I also think we should teach that Kado a lesson. He's too awful."

Well then!

Even Hinata, who disliked fighting, had joined in.

Ri Wanji wiped away her tears and said weakly, "Forget it. The Gato Company's power isn't something the five of you can break through. They're all a group of desperadoes."

Naruto haughtily said:

"Who said there are only five of us!"

"I can make more than a thousand people in an instant! Oh, and there's also Jun!"

Thinking of that massive crowd, Kakashi could not help swallowing.

But he still shook his head and stressed:

"A ninja must put the mission first!"

Naruto loudly asked, "Jun, isn't that right?!"

The boatman immediately stopped the boat and dropped to his knees before Naruto.

"I'm begging you, sirs, please stop talking..."

Only then did everyone fall silent...

They sailed silently for another half an hour before faint shadows gradually appeared in the fog.

An arch formed by a massive stone bridge came into view.

Magnificent!

The fog had also thinned considerably.

After passing through the arch.

A village built on the water appeared before them.

Tree roots intertwined beneath the water, while lush branches and leaves emerged above the surface.

Just as Chiye Jun was admiring the scenery, the system popped up.

[Ding! Sign-in mission issued: Obtain naming rights for the bridge and successfully name it the "Chi-Naru-Sasu-Hina Bridge."]

Wait!

Shouldn't this bridge...

Be called the Naruto Bridge?

Why had its name changed?

Chiye Jun immediately frowned and began thinking about how to obtain the naming rights.

At that moment!

A holographic roulette wheel suddenly appeared before him.

It had more than a hundred slots, all filled with various summoned beasts.

Crows, bats, lions, tigers, slugs, toads, insects...

There was even Enma among them!

"Haha, I get it. The mission reward is a second summoned beast!"

Very quickly, inspiration struck him, and he thought of a way to persuade big sister to hand over the naming rights...