Yakumo Kurama

Elsewhere, in Naruto's home.

Naruto sat on a stool, looking at his Data Panel, joy lingering in his heart.

He had been very lucky today. Of the three draws, two had satisfied him greatly.

Of the three rewards, one was ten drops of Saiyan Blood, another was five cubic meters of Personal Space, and the last was Rem's Hairpin.

Rem's Hairpin could be ignored, but the other two were quite good. Not to mention the Personal Space, the Saiyan Blood alone was a substantial gain.

"There's still 100 Experience Points. Should I keep drawing?"

Naruto was eager to try, but after thinking it over, he decided to draw again tomorrow.

The last draw had given him a hairpin, which did nothing to improve his strength. If he drew something similar again, it would be rather wasteful.

So Naruto decided to exchange all his remaining Experience Points for Saiyan Blood.

[Ding! 100 Experience Points consumed. Successfully exchanged for 10 drops of Saiyan Bloodline.]

A warm current flowed through his body as if he were soaking in a hot spring. Feeling the growing strength within him, Naruto gradually smiled. He had become stronger once again.

Ding!

Naruto: Hybrid Saiyan

Bloodline: 16%

Abilities: 5-cubic-meter Personal Space, Enhanced Multi-Shadow Clone Technique, Ki Blast, Kamehameha

Experience Points: 3

"Sixteen percent Bloodline. That's a pretty good improvement. Next, let's try this Personal Space."

Naruto murmured as he closed his eyes. Soon, an enclosed space appeared in his mind. It was completely empty, but its spacious interior could hold many things.

Slowly raising his right hand, Naruto grabbed the Ninjutsu Scroll beside him. The next second, it appeared within the space, placed in a corner according to his will.

"Not bad. Very convenient."

As Naruto spoke, he stored a large number of things from his house in the space. In particular, he put every important item into his Personal Space.

After finishing all this, Naruto created several Shadow Clones to train at home while he left the house to earn Experience Points.

There were still many people in Konoha with Experience Points, but their importance was relatively low, so their Experience Orbs were small.

Naruto sensed the entire village and found that many people had gone out on missions and had yet to return. Only a few targets remained, such as Konoha's two gate guards, Konohamaru and his two friends, as well as Ebisu.

They were all in Konoha. However, Naruto had finished absorbing Konohamaru last time, so he could only choose Konohamaru's two friends, Udon and Moegi.

"The three of them are at Training Ground 5. I'll head over. Hm? That girl is..." Naruto frowned, but he still started walking toward Training Ground 5.

Training Ground 5.

Konohamaru and the other two brats surrounded a girl, watching her paint. Before long, she had painted the Hokage's Office.

"Big sister, your painting looks so real," Moegi praised as she looked at the girl's work.

"Yeah, it really does. Of all the paintings I've seen, yours are the best."

Konohamaru nodded in agreement, but the girl ignored him completely and continued painting on her own.

Her attitude and utter disregard made Konohamaru somewhat depressed.

After all, he was the Third Hokage's grandson. Many people treated him politely, yet now he was being ignored. He truly did not know what to say.

"Konohamaru, let's go. This big sister seems to be mute. I've seen people talk to her a few times, but she never answered," Udon said, his nose running as he looked a little dull-witted.

"Mute? So that's how it is."

Konohamaru nodded, then said, "Let's go. We'll play somewhere else."

Konohamaru turned to leave after saying that, but the moment he turned around, he froze in place.

Moegi and Udon found Konohamaru's reaction strange. They looked behind him and saw someone walking over from the distance.

Someone coming here was nothing unusual, but why was Konohamaru reacting so strongly? It seemed rather strange.

"Konohamaru, what's wrong?" Moegi asked in confusion.

"N-Nothing. That's Big Brother Naruto coming over. Don't provoke him. His beatings really hurt," Konohamaru explained quickly.

"His beatings hurt? Did he beat you up? You're the Third Hokage's grandson. Would anyone dare hit you?" Moegi asked in disbelief.

"Yeah, Big Brother Naruto is different. He says he likes talking with people, and if they don't agree..."

Konohamaru could not continue. He subconsciously covered his backside, remembering the scene of being kicked away.

Tap, tap, tap!

The footsteps grew louder and louder. Soon, Naruto arrived before them.

"B-Big Brother Naruto," Konohamaru said politely.

"Mm. What are you doing?" Naruto asked.

"Watching this big sister paint."

Konohamaru pointed at the girl. "This big sister is amazing at painting. She's the best painter I've ever seen, but unfortunately, she's mute."

"Mute?"

Naruto raised his brows. He knew the girl's situation. She was definitely not mute.

Her name was Yakumo Kurama. She was an extremely gifted Genjutsu prodigy, and her ability was quite terrifying. For example, she could create a Genjutsu world.

Moreover, anything that happened within the Genjutsu world could become real as long as she wished it.

Just like in the original story.

She had once used Genjutsu to destroy the Hokage's Office. Although it had not yet reached that point, Yakumo Kurama constantly painted here, clearly harboring hatred toward the Third Hokage.

Of course.

What Naruto cared about more were the Experience Orbs around her. He was also somewhat curious about Yakumo Kurama's Genjutsu.

However, this girl had shut herself off and rarely spoke to anyone. Even Kurenai, her teacher, was no exception.

Thus, interacting with her and earning Experience Points would be somewhat troublesome. But that was no challenge for Naruto. After all, he was different from everyone else.

With a faint smile, Naruto sat beside Yakumo Kurama. A drawing board and brushes suddenly appeared in his palm, and he began to draw.

Scratch, scratch, scratch!

The sound of drawing rang out. Beneath the blue sky and white clouds, Naruto began a brand-new style of artwork.

It was 3D Stereoscopic Painting.

It was a painting style with an exceptionally strong sense of depth, making the image resemble a three-dimensional object.

The finished 3D Stereoscopic Painting was astonishingly effective. People would think it was real upon seeing it, and such a style would surely produce unexpected results.

So Naruto said nothing and simply drew bit by bit. The person he painted was Yakumo Kurama.

Beside him.

Yakumo Kurama continued painting. Even with someone beside her, she paid no attention, but...

Though she had originally thought nothing of it, she suddenly heard cries of amazement from nearby.

Then she discovered that the three brats who had been watching her paint were staring at Naruto's drawing with shocked expressions.

This result made Yakumo Kurama feel somewhat puzzled.

The three brats had praised her plenty of times before, but they had never shown such astonishment. Besides, it was only a painting. How could it provoke such shock?

With a hint of doubt and disbelief, Yakumo Kurama turned to look at the painting. The next moment, her eyes widened in shock.

"Th-This... is this me?"

Yakumo Kurama stared at the painting in disbelief. A smaller version of herself stood vividly in the center of the image, looking exactly like the real thing.

This incredible painting truly stunned her. It would not be an exaggeration to say that she was utterly dumbfounded.

It could be said that anyone who had never seen 3D Stereoscopic Painting would be shocked upon seeing such a lifelike work, let alone when the subject was themselves.

Thus, Yakumo Kurama froze, staring blankly at the painting and at the boy named Naruto beside her as he gradually completed it.

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