Genjutsu Modifier (Extra-Long Chapter)

"Naruto, mmh~!"

Smack~!

"Are you, mmh~!"

Smack~!

"In love, mmh~!"

Smack~!

In the small apartment, Naruto Uzumaki stepped on Mikoto Uchiha's back. Even as a ninja, doing housework every day could still leave her waist and back sore.

To relieve that discomfort, Mikoto Uchiha had taken the initiative to ask the smaller-built Naruto to walk on her back.

This chance to have Mikoto Uchiha beneath his feet...

No.

This chance to show filial respect to Mikoto Uchiha was naturally one Naruto would not miss.

He immediately climbed onto Mikoto Uchiha's back and pattered over it with his feet, from her slender waist to her delicate shoulders, then to those unbelievably soft full curves and plump legs.

Naruto worked hard to tend to every detail, and his serious attitude made Mikoto Uchiha hum softly in comfort.

As she enjoyed his service, she took the initiative to chat with Naruto.

"Of course not. With a sweet and soft Mama Mikoto at home, all the girls outside pale in comparison. How could I possibly have the mood to fall in love?" Naruto said as he continued stepping on Mikoto Uchiha's thighs.

[Higher up...]

[A little higher...]

You pervert!

Gulp—!

After swallowing hard, Naruto stepped down. Mikoto Uchiha lightly bit her lip and looked elsewhere, wondering if Naruto had not done it on purpose.

Taking a deep breath and returning to the topic at hand, Mikoto Uchiha was satisfied with Naruto's answer, though it did not feel entirely real. She gave a soft hum.

"I'm not so sure about that. Naruto, you haven't spent a single day of spring break peacefully staying at home. Didn't you go out on dates with girls?"

Through the reflection in the television in front of him, Naruto caught Mikoto Uchiha's little expression out of the corner of his eye, and a smile appeared in his gaze.

With a chuckle, he knelt on Mikoto Uchiha's back and gently stroked her hair.

"I did go meet girls, but it wasn't a date."

"Really?"

"Yeah!"

"But I heard that you call all those little girls Mama when you're outside."

"I was only playing pretend with them."

Naruto bent down and lay on Mikoto Uchiha's back, hooking his arms around her neck as he whispered by her ear, "Only Mama Mikoto and Mama Yugao are my real mamas."

Naruto Uzumaki's voice was calm, like that of a scumbag sweet-talking a young girl.

But since the one he was sweet-talking was a "mama," it was fine.

Mikoto Uchiha smiled gently. Feeling Naruto's weight on her back, she realized that she was enjoying his clinginess more and more.

This little brat's skill at acting cute was a hundred times stronger than Itachi and Sasuke combined.

And his mouth was so sweet.

"You, just don't forget me once you get a wife in the future."

"That definitely won't happen." Naruto Uzumaki grinned. "It should be that once I have Mama Mikoto, I'll forget everyone else."

"Really?"

"Really!"

"All right, then spend the whole day with me today. Don't go out and keep those little mamas of yours company..."

Hearing that, Mikoto Uchiha deliberately teased Naruto.

She thought that if it had been Itachi or Sasuke, they would definitely have been embarrassed into speechlessness by her words.

After all, children naturally wanted to go out and play.

But then...

Naruto readily agreed to Mikoto Uchiha's request. "Sure, no problem at all!"

After saying that, Naruto turned around and began massaging Mikoto Uchiha's legs. Mikoto Uchiha cooperatively raised and bent her legs, her smooth legs curling inward beneath her long house dress, her slender calves straight and graceful.

Her expression froze for a moment. She had not expected Naruto to really agree to stay with her instead of going out. She had merely been trying to scare the child.

At this moment, Mikoto Uchiha had no idea that Naruto had already used the system to eavesdrop on all her thoughts.

[Mikoto Uchiha was slightly moved. She thought that if it had been Itachi Uchiha or Sasuke Uchiha, then once they had plans, no matter what she said, she definitely would not have been able to stop them from going out.]

[Just like their stubborn father.]

[But Naruto, this little brat, was willing to abandon his friends for her. Could that be considered a child's favoritism toward her?]

[Mikoto Uchiha did not know. She only knew that she was happy at this moment.]

This was the system at its most useful.

The smile in Naruto's eyes could not be suppressed as he continued enjoying Mikoto Uchiha's legs...

No...

He continued diligently pressing and massaging Mikoto Uchiha's legs.

However, since Mikoto Uchiha had only been teasing Naruto, the warm scene did not last long before she spoke again.

She said, "Forget it, you should still go. Since you made plans with someone, don't stand them up."

"But I want to stay with Mama Mikoto more." Naruto turned back around, lay on Mikoto Uchiha's back, and pouted as he kissed her cheek.

Mikoto Uchiha smiled and accepted his affection, then turned over and let Naruto sit on her stomach for a while.

"I want you to stay with me too, but didn't you already make plans with someone? We have to be honest people. Once we make a promise, we have to keep it. Go on now!"

After saying that, she picked Naruto up and rubbed his cheeks.

The more she looked at this clingy little brat, the more she liked him.

He was so much better than those two grown sons of hers, neither of whom had come looking for her even once.

Although she had been the one who lost, and although she had been a little harsh when speaking to Sasuke, Mikoto Uchiha truly had not expected her two beloved sons not to come see her even once.

They had not even come secretly.

Unbelievable!

They were not even as good as Naruto. At least if she asked Naruto to stay home with her, he was willing not to go out.

[Ding!]

[An unexpected situation has occurred!]

[The original life trajectory of A-rank Mama "Mikoto Uchiha" has changed. She now sees Naruto Uzumaki, the child of her best friend Kushina Uzumaki, as just as important as Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha.]

[You have obtained 30 additional Mom Coins!]

Mom Coins received!

Naruto secretly rejoiced, though he put on a reluctant expression. "All right, then I'll come keep Mama Mikoto company again after I get home."

"Go on, and come back early. I'll make some snacks for afternoon tea." Mikoto Uchiha stood up and headed toward the kitchen.

"Okay!"

Naruto shouted happily, then quickly ran out the front door.

Watching his cheerful retreating figure, Mikoto Uchiha could not help smiling too.

What she did not know was that the instant Naruto left the house, his smile vanished.

Sigh~!

Pretending to be childish could be pretty tiring sometimes.

[Are you sure you're pretending?!]

What does that have to do with you?

[I love telling the truth!]

By the time Naruto arrived at Training Ground 9, Inuzuka Hana and Izumi Uchiha had already been training for a while.

"Why are you late again?!" Inuzuka Hana angrily scolded Naruto.

Throughout the entire fifteen-day spring break, aside from the first day, Naruto had basically been late every day. Each time, he made her and Izumi Uchiha wait one to three hours.

"Have I ever had a habit of arriving early?"

Naruto put his hands on his hips. "If you don't like it, come hit me!"

"You bastard, once I can beat you, I'll smack your ass until it blooms." Inuzuka Hana grew even angrier at Naruto's utterly defiant expression.

But the next moment, when Naruto frowned in displeasure, she immediately obediently shut her mouth.

"I... I... I was joking. I wasn't really scolding you. Master, don't take it seriously!"

"At least you know what's good for you!"

Naruto nodded in satisfaction. "Call me if there's anything you don't understand. I'm going to lie down under that tree for a while."

Seeing this, Inuzuka Hana gritted her teeth.

Damn it!

His attitude was bad enough, and he wanted to rest the moment he arrived.

She was the one being called "Mama," so why was she always bullied by Naruto Uzumaki because of her identity as a "ninken"?

She had never bullied her mother, Tsume Inuzuka, like this.

Naruto Uzumaki, that brat, was simply outrageously disrespectful!

Seeing Inuzuka Hana's furious expression, Izumi Uchiha walked over to comfort her. "Don't think too much about it. Naruto's actually been pretty good to us."

"Izumi, you've completely defected to his side, haven't you?" Glancing at Naruto Uzumaki as he walked away, Inuzuka Hana teased, "Don't tell me he touched your legs so much that you developed feelings for him."

Hearing that, Izumi Uchiha's pretty face turned red, and she lightly smacked Inuzuka Hana.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Hmph, you'd better behave yourself." Inuzuka Hana raised a brow. "Don't forget what you told me before, about how you liked Itachi Uchiha."

"Women..."

"Can't cheat so easily, you know~!"

This girl!

Izumi Uchiha suddenly did not want to communicate with Inuzuka Hana anymore. What was she even talking about? How had it somehow turned into cheating?

Naruto was still so young, and she was not much older herself.

How could something so outrageous possibly happen?

Besides, judging from the current situation, although she and Itachi Uchiha liked each other, Itachi's recent attitude...

Made Izumi Uchiha feel as though their future might not be certain after all.

"You practice your taijutsu. I'm going to train Fire Release!"

"Bye-bye, Miss Uchiha who practices Fire Release in white stockings."

"Hana~!"

Seeing Inuzuka Hana's grinning, teasing gaze, Izumi Uchiha was genuinely a little angry and could not help snapping back, "And are you any better, Miss Ninken who practices taijutsu in black stockings?"

!!!

Fine, fine, so we're making personal attacks now?

I'm a ninken. Aren't you one too?

Inuzuka Hana raised her brow. "Izumi, after training for so long, I think maybe we should have a fight."

"Fine! Who's afraid of who?!"

As soon as Izumi Uchiha finished speaking, she immediately leaped backward. Then she formed hand seals and fired a Great Fireball at Inuzuka Hana.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!"

Since Naruto was there as a safeguard, they had tacitly agreed that they no longer needed to hold back during their sparring.

Inuzuka Hana's expression turned serious as she used the Four Claws Technique, swiftly evading the fireball before using her speed advantage to close in on Izumi Uchiha for hand-to-hand combat.

Finding an opening, she fiercely kicked out.

"Leaf Hurricane!"

"Bang!"

The kicked Izumi Uchiha turned into a piece of wood.

It was the Substitution Technique.

The next moment, Izumi Uchiha leaped out from the bushes, formed hand seals, and unleashed a ninjutsu. "Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Jutsu!"

The two traded blows back and forth, evenly matched, with neither side gaining the advantage. But it was clear that the strength they displayed was no longer comparable to that of Genin who had just graduated.

Throughout the entire spring break...

Under Naruto's training, both of them had improved tremendously in combat technique and in their use of ninjutsu and taijutsu.

However, when ninjutsu did not form an overwhelming advantage, taijutsu was still more aggressive.

It was like how, no matter how fierce a mid-lane mage was, once a top-lane berserker caught him alone, he would still get beaten up badly.

When Inuzuka Hana went all out and even summoned her ninken companions to cut off Izumi Uchiha's paths, Izumi Uchiha ultimately fell into defeat.

Still, it was not an embarrassing loss. She had also forced Inuzuka Hana into a very difficult position.

Naruto stood up and watched the battle between the two of them, nodding approvingly.

As long as they continued improving at this pace, Inuzuka Hana's advancement would be just around the corner!

"Haha, you lost!"

Inuzuka Hana was especially excited after defeating Izumi Uchiha. She had finally vented a little of the frustration she had bottled up around Naruto for more than half a month on her good friend.

One day...

She would defeat that hateful little brat Naruto Uzumaki too.

"Who said you two could fight privately? Get back to training!" Naruto's scolding voice rang out.

She glanced in Naruto's direction. When Naruto walked over, Inuzuka Hana hummed a tune and went to the other side to continue training.

"How does losing feel? You're unwilling to accept it, aren't you?" Seeing Izumi Uchiha's unhappy mood, Naruto knew it was time for him to perform.

Izumi Uchiha nodded. Even though she had lost to her good friend, she still felt terribly unwilling, especially now, when she desperately wanted to help Itachi Uchiha.

Naruto walked up to Izumi Uchiha. Looking at Izumi Uchiha, who was nearly as tall sitting down as he was standing, he raised a hand and rubbed her thick, raven-black hair.

Then Naruto's hand slowly stroked down from her hair to her chin, lifting Izumi Uchiha's head.

Her scarlet Three Tomoe Sharingan met his azure eyes. Izumi Uchiha wanted to look away, but Naruto had her entire face firmly restrained.

"Do you want to keep losing like this?"

"Of course not, but what can I do?" Izumi Uchiha gritted her teeth. "I've already worked very hard, but my talent is what it is."

"Are you sure you've really worked that hard?" Naruto stared intently at Izumi Uchiha. "Have you truly kept your mind free of distractions?"

Without waiting for Izumi Uchiha's reply, Naruto continued:

"How can someone whose head is full of other things possibly become strong? And if you don't become strong, how will you do what you want to do?"

"I hope you understand that no matter what you're thinking about, the most important thing is to improve your strength first before considering anything else."

To fool a child inexperienced in the ways of the world, first make it sound lofty. Make her think your words were profound and that you were acting for her own good.

Izumi Uchiha hesitated as if she wanted to say something. Seeing the serious look in Naruto's eyes, she no longer brushed him off and instead frankly admitted her shortcomings.

"Yes, I'm always thinking about other things. That really is one of my flaws."

He had fooled her.

Naruto had rarely acted serious in front of Izumi Uchiha, yet the effect had turned out unexpectedly well.

He lowered his voice, as though afraid Inuzuka Hana might overhear, and slowly said, "Starting tomorrow, come to the Ninja Academy and wait for me after you finish your missions every day. I'll give you private lessons."

"Ah?!"

Getting private lessons was naturally a good thing. After more than ten days together, Izumi Uchiha no longer doubted Naruto's teaching ability in the slightest.

It could only be said that it was three or four stories high.

But while his teaching ability was high, this "little pervert"—yes, a little pervert in the truest sense of the word—was also perverted beyond measure.

Every day, he liked touching her white-stockinged legs.

He touched her even when teaching her ordinary things. If he was really going to give her private lessons, what would he do then?

Although she had decided from the start that letting him take a little advantage was no big deal, that was limited to just "a little." If he went too far, Izumi Uchiha would not be able to stand it.

She still had to marry Itachi Uchiha someday!

Yet strangely enough, Naruto seemed to have seen through her thoughts. While she was hesitating, he actually took the initiative to say:

"Don't worry. There are no conditions for these private lessons. I absolutely won't touch you, not even a single feel."

At those words!

Izumi Uchiha froze. Meeting Naruto's upright and sincere gaze, a wave of shame rose in her heart several seconds later!

What am I even thinking?!

He's just a child...

Though he acted pretty improper before, maybe he simply liked stockings that much?

Taking a deep breath, Izumi Uchiha sincerely apologized to Naruto. "I'm sorry, Master!"

"It's fine!" Naruto raised his hand again and rubbed Izumi Uchiha's hair. "Go train. Remember to come find me tomorrow."

"Okay!"

That afternoon.

Because of their earlier fight, Izumi Uchiha and Inuzuka Hana did not leave together. After Izumi Uchiha departed, Inuzuka Hana ran over to Naruto with a grin, eager to claim credit.

"Hey, you said that if I deliberately provoked Izumi and taught her a lesson, you'd teach me the Leaf Strong Whirlwind."

That was right.

Exactly.

The earlier fight had not merely been an occasional dispute between close friends.

It had been a premeditated conflict.

Naruto had discussed today's events with Inuzuka Hana long ago.

"No problem!" Naruto chuckled. "But I have one more condition."

"You have another condition?!" Inuzuka Hana got angry. "Didn't I already fulfill your request? You liar!"

"Hmph, are you any nobler than me?" Naruto said. "You sold out your best friend for a mere taijutsu technique. How are you any better?"

"Pah—!"

Inuzuka Hana snorted. "I'm not doing this just for taijutsu. I'm also thinking of Izumi. She thinks about that Itachi Uchiha every day, but I know perfectly well how that idiot man treats her. Rather than letting her stay obsessed with him, I might as well create an opportunity for you. At least you're more proactive!"

So, learning taijutsu was merely incidental. Inuzuka Hana's real purpose was to use Naruto to break up Izumi Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha.

Compared with Itachi Uchiha, Naruto's lust for Izumi Uchiha was at least plain to see.

But Inuzuka Hana seemed to have overlooked one issue...

Naruto had never only desired Izumi Uchiha.

"I'm asking you: do you want to learn or not?"

"Of course I do!"

"Then what should you call me?"

"Master~!" Inuzuka Hana pouted. "Go on, what other condition do you have?"

"Starting tomorrow night, come find me every night. I'll teach you at night." Naruto specifically reminded her, "Remember to bring your dog!"

"You bastard, you're not plotting something against me, are you?!"

Inuzuka Hana fearfully covered her nonexistent chest.

Naruto rolled his eyes speechlessly.

The next day.

It was the first day of the first semester of second grade. The Ninja Academy had three semesters, and after the short half-month spring break came the new grade.

Naruto had many things to do that day.

Because he was unsure exactly when the Uchiha Clan's Night of the Massacre would occur, he only knew that it happened one day after Sasuke Uchiha got out of school when he was seven years old.

Sasuke Uchiha was now seven, and only three months remained until his eighth birthday.

Furthermore, from Izumi Uchiha's inner thoughts, Naruto had learned that Shisui Uchiha had already been confirmed dead by the Uchiha Clan. Naruto estimated that it would probably happen sometime soon.

That was why he had deliberately set things up yesterday so Izumi Uchiha would come find him after her mission instead of returning to the Uchiha Clan.

If he could protect them, Naruto naturally did not want to give up any Mom Coins.

Only if he truly could not save them would he choose to abandon them and prioritize himself.

Nine in the morning.

The daily Mom Coins arrived right on schedule.

[ Ding! ]

[ Mom Coins +11! ]

The 165 Mom Coins gained during spring break, plus the 30 Mom Coins gained yesterday by changing Mikoto Uchiha, along with the 224 Mom Coins he had saved before.

His total Mom Coins had now reached 419.

And Naruto was only thirty draws away from the guaranteed reward.

The situation had officially entered an emergency state. Naruto decided to stop restraining his urge to draw and begin a major pull spree.

The first through tenth pulls were black as night.

They were either "Explosive Tags," "ninja tools," or money.

The eleventh pull brought slightly better luck, earning him a B-rank reward.

[ Congratulations, Host. You have obtained the B-rank reward: "Physical Strength +100." ]

This reward was not bad. Naruto could clearly feel that his physical strength had increased by roughly a quarter.

But from the twelfth through twenty-fifth pulls, his luck turned black again. This time, however, he could reluctantly accept it, because he got nothing but the most expensive "Explosive Tags."

They further laid the groundwork for Naruto's future "Hundred-Billion Explosive Tags" plan.

At the twenty-sixth pull, before reaching the guaranteed reward, he finally drew an A-rank reward.

[ Congratulations, Host. You have obtained the A-rank reward: "Water and Earth Dual-Attribute Chakra Nature Transformation." ]

When he received this reward, the chakra within Naruto's body automatically completed its evolution, as though he had been born with an affinity for water and earth.

He merely pressed his foot lightly against the wall, and a small wet footprint immediately appeared on its surface. Fine cracks also formed in the wall, as the water and earth chakra attributes took effect simultaneously.

That was awesome!

Naruto was in a pretty good mood. At least he had not hit the guaranteed reward.

He continued drawing.

For the following pulls, he no longer hoped for anything too good. He only wanted to quickly reduce the number of pulls until the next guaranteed reward.

Yet when he reached the forty-first pull, Naruto could not help but stare blankly.

[ Congratulations, Host. You have obtained the A-rank reward, one-time consumable: "Genjutsu Modifier." ]

[ Genjutsu Modifier: As long as it is genjutsu, you can control it—whether ordinary genjutsu, ocular techniques derived from Kekkei Genkai, or even higher-level domains. ]

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