He subconsciously took two steps back, and his back hit the stone platform dedicated to the star. His lips moved and he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say a word.
When he came to his senses, Naruto had already arrived behind him.
"Crack!!"
With a crisp sound, Akahoshi struggled twice and then slowly fell to the ground.
After doing all this, Naruto walked up to the star emitting purple fluorescence.
In an instant, a stream of radioactive Chakra spread out from the core of the star in waves. The closer you get, the more clearly you can feel the energy it is brewing.
"Interesting!"
Naruto sneered, took out a blank scroll, and sealed the star into the scroll.
The purple fluorescence disappeared completely the moment the scroll was closed, and the entire ancestral hall fell into silence.
The villagers outside the ancestral hall have gathered around.
They just heard the sound of fighting and Akahoshi's roar coming from inside, and then they saw the door open, the inside of the ancestral hall was in a mess, Akahoshi and his henchman Jōnin fell to the ground in a mess.
And the black-haired boy was walking out of the ancestral hall, holding a sealed scroll in his hand.
Natsuhi stood at the front of the crowd. When he saw Sealing Scroll in Naruto's hand, his eyes suddenly turned red.
Naruto walked out of the ancestral hall, stood in front of the broken wooden door and handed Sealing Scroll into the hands of Natsuhi.
"It's time to tell everyone what this star is."
Natsuhi took the scroll, his hands trembling slightly.
She raised her head and looked at the villagers surrounding the ancestral hall, took a deep breath, and raised Sealing Scroll in her hand.
"Guys, this star, it's killing us."
Natsuhi pointed at the three young ninjas who were still leaning against the wall in the ancestral hall. "Last month, three people vomited blood and fainted. Uncle Kaku from the end of the village died the year before last. When he died, his whole body was covered with purple spots."
"My husband died ten years ago. He was less than twenty-five years old when he died."
"Anyone who practices close to the star for a long time will have their bodies eroded by it."
"Akahoshi has been hiding this from you all this time. He has locked up all the sick people in the sanatorium in the back mountain, and they are not allowed to speak or return to the village."
"This is not a treasure, this is poison!"
The crowd burst into discussion.
Several people's faces turned pale, and it was obvious that their relatives had also practiced or were practicing with stars.
An old man with white hair squeezed out from the crowd and walked up to Natsuhi with trembling lips:
"What you said... is all true?"
"My grandson vomited blood last year. Akahoshi said it was a normal reaction during cultivation and asked him to continue practicing..."
"I'm sorry, it's true."
Natsuhi bit her lip, her eyes filled with tears.
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the crowd.
A young boy squeezed out from behind the crowd. He looked at Natsuhi blankly, and after moving his lips for a long time, he squeezed out two words: "Mom?"
Natsuhi The whole figure was frozen in place as if struck by lightning.
She slowly turned around and saw the boy's face, her pupils contracted violently.
"Mom, you are not dead, I thought you were!"
Smile looked in disbelief.
Natsuhi The tears finally burst, she staggered over and hugged the boy tightly in her arms.
Smile was trembling all over in Natsuhi's arms, crying silently on Natsuhi's shoulders.
All the villagers outside the ancestral hall fell silent. No one spoke. Only Natsuhi's ten-year-suppressed cries echoed in the valley.
Naruto didn't bother them.
He retreated to the edge of the stone steps outside the ancestral hall, leaned against a pillar, and looked at the scene of mother and son reunited.
After a while, Natsuhi let go of Smile, wiped the tears on his face, walked up to Naruto and bowed deeply.
"Sir Naruto, I don't know how to thank you."
"I thought I lost everything, but today you helped me find it."
"This star!"
She handed Sealing Scroll back to Naruto: "Please take it away."
"This is our agreement."
Naruto took the scroll and put it into the ninja bag.
"Take good care of your children."
"He is very strong. He has been exposed to star radiation for so long and can still hold on until now."
Natsuhi nodded vigorously and bowed to Naruto again.
Fang Country, Daimyō Mansion
When Jiraiya handed the secret letter to Fang Country, the middle-aged man wearing a gorgeous brocade kimono opened the envelope. His eyes just glanced at the signature at the end of the letter and his hand shook.
He raised his head and suddenly slapped the letter on the table, and his whole body jumped up from the cushion.
"Teacher Jiraiya, it was actually Teacher Jiraiya who delivered the letter in person!"
Fang Country Daimyo walked around the desk in three steps and two steps at a time.
He excitedly held Jiraiya's hands and shook them up and down, with a fanatical light bursting out of his eyes:
"I am your loyal reader. I have been following Make-Out Paradise since the first one until now!"
"Make-Out Paradise I have read it no less than twenty times, and I know every detail in it by heart. You know, the heroine's monologue by the hot spring, I am moved every time I read it!"
Jiraiya blinked, even he did not expect this unfolding.
"Ahem... Your Excellency Daimyo, the letter... I haven't finished reading the letter yet."
An old minister next to him reminded in a low voice.
"What kind of letter are you still reading? I won't type anymore!"
"The fight with Claw Country is over!"
"Jiraiya teacher came to deliver the letter in person, this face must be given!"
He turned around and waved to the veteran minister next to him, indicating that the proposal and documents should be drafted immediately, and then turned to Jiraiya again, with the excitement on his face not yet over.
"Teacher Jiraiya, when will the next volume be updated?"
"The ending of the last volume was so exciting that I couldn't sleep every night just thinking about whether the heroine would come back..."
"Come on, come on, the manuscript is already in the final stage."
Jiraiya quickly entered the state and put on the posture of a great writer:
"It's just that I've been running out of inspiration lately. I need a place where I can relax both physically and mentally. Find that feeling."
Fang Country famous names are understood in seconds.
He winked at Jiraiya, then turned to Naruto, and greeted him warmly, "Is this little brother a disciple of teacher Jiraiya?"
"Would you like to come too?"
"This daimyo knows a good place, the hot springs are good, and the people who serve him are attentive..."
Naruto shook his head. Fang Country The daimyo did not force himself when he saw this, and sighed with regret:
"Alas, young people don't know how to enjoy life."
"Then Teacher Jiraiya, let's go?"
"I know a place with a particularly beautiful scenery, which is especially suitable for a great writer like you to find inspiration."
Jiraiya turned around and gave a thumbs up to Naruto. The expression on his face said that this is how mature men socialize.
Then the two of them walked shoulder to shoulder toward the depths of the Daimyō Mansion, laughing heartily all the way.
Naruto leaned against the pillar in the Daimyō Mansion corridor, folded his arms and closed his eyes.
After a while, the melodious sound of silk and bamboo orchestra and the delicate greetings of several women were faintly heard in the distance.
About an hour later, Jiraiya and Fang Country came out of the side door of the Daimyō Mansion with their arms around their shoulders.
Both of them had a drunken blush on their faces, and their tongues were a little tangled when they spoke. They called each other "good brothers", high-fived and hugged each other at the door, and said goodbye reluctantly.
When the two of them walked out of Fang Country's capital, the drunkenness on Jiraiya's face disappeared instantly.
He rubbed his cheeks that were a little stiff from smiling, and returned to his normal gait and tone, without even looking a bit drunk.