Naruto Uzumaki Is a Rogue Ninja

"Little brat! Don't get too cocky!"

Ninjas who lived by the skin of their teeth couldn't stand Lucy's provocation, especially when she was directly threatening their lives. Immediately, they charged at Lucy.

The person behind the counter hurriedly pulled down the window. The window had a defensive barrier, indicating this situation had happened many times before.

"None of you will survive!"

Mikoto Uchiha stepped in front of Lucy and activated her three Sharingan.

In an instant, their movements stopped. It seemed they had fallen victim to the Sharingan's genjutsu.

"Wind Release: Finger Bullet Barrage!"

Pellets of compressed wind chakra shot out from the fingertips of her ten fingers, reaping the ninjas like lambs to the slaughter.

"Hmph! The rogue ninjas in this place are nothing special."

Lucy tapped the counter.

"It's over, come out and collect their bounties!"

"It's over?!"

The person behind the counter pulled open a thin slit in surprise. They saw the bodies lying haphazardly on the ground, their eyes wide with shock as they looked at the three of them.

Who were these three people?

They had killed them so easily, and these people were at least Chunin level!

Unfortunately for them, they had encountered Mikoto Uchiha of the Uchiha Clan. The Sharingan's genjutsu had turned them into lambs waiting to be slaughtered, and they died in their sleep without any resistance, falling into eternal slumber.

Adding up the bounties of these individuals, Lucy's group went from being poor to having over three million Ryo. Naruto, with her now bulging purse, happily bought the food she wanted as she walked down the street, eating so much that her stomach showed no sign of it.

Mikoto Uchiha and Yakushi Nonō looked on with envy.

Chapter 31: The Money-Grubber Faces Retribution (1/2)

Washing away the smell of blood, Naruto's hair dripped water as she ran out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel, her face flushed red. She looked at Yakushi Nonō, who was organizing her ninja tool bag.

Naruto remembered the bounty list brought back from the black market. It recorded all the bounties, from small ones in the tens of thousands to hundreds of millions.

"Nonō, let me see the bounty list."

"Okay."

Yakushi Nonō nodded, took out the bounty list, and handed it to Naruto. Seeing Naruto's wet hair, she said, "Naruto, come here, I'll help you dry your hair."

"Okay, thank you."

"No, it's not troublesome at all."

Yakushi Nonō smiled gently. Naruto, seeing Nonō treating her like a child, shrugged and snuggled into Nonō's embrace, flipping through the bounty list in her hands while enjoying Nonō gently drying her hair.

Nonō was as gentle as if treating a fragile porcelain doll. Unfortunately, Naruto wasn't a fragile porcelain doll but a hedgehog covered in sharp quills. Anyone who wanted to hurt her would be pricked by her sharp quills, but she would generously show her soft side to those who were kind to her.

Yakushi Nonō gently massaged Naruto's golden hair with the towel. Naruto, having just bathed, had a faint fruity scent about her.

"Hahaha! There's even a bounty on the Third Hokage! Let me see how much it is... Hmm..." Naruto's fair fingers slid across the bounty list. "350 million, that's a huge bounty. I wonder who put a bounty on the Third Hokage. Could it be another ninja village?"

"Hmm..."

Yakushi Nonō leaned over to take a look and nodded. "It's very possible. If they can't do it themselves, they want to use desperate individuals from no village to kill the Hokage. That way, even if they investigate, they won't be able to find out who paid for the Third Hokage's life."

"We don't lack money right now, Naruto. Why are you looking at the bounty list?"

Mikoto Uchiha walked in, wrapped in a towel, her body still steaming. A hint of blush graced her fair skin.

"Just to see if there's anyone I recognize. It turns out I found quite a few." Naruto flipped through the bounty list and found Haruki Hyuga's bounty. "10 million. Haruki Hyuga is so weak, yet he's worth so much. Could it be the Hyuga Clan that wants him dead? It also clearly states that they want his eyes."

Looking at Haruki Hyuga's bounty, Naruto thought of the Hyuga Clan's Main Family and Branch Family, a mocking smile appearing on her face. She was sure it was the Hyuga Clan that paid for Haruki Hyuga's life. As a rogue ninja, Haruki Hyuga had gone from being a genius of the Hyuga Clan to a disgrace to the Hyuga Clan.

"To prevent the Byakugan from falling into the hands of outsiders, the Hyuga Clan, which developed the Caged Bird Seal to control the Branch Family, is indeed ruthless!"

"The Hyuga Clan's Branch Family exists to protect the Main Family, and it's for the survival of the Hyuga Clan... right?"

Yakushi Nonō said the information she knew about the Hyuga Clan. Towards the end, seeing Naruto's half-smiling eyes, her tone changed from certainty to doubt.

"In my opinion, the Caged Bird Seal is just a secret technique developed by the cowardly old geezers of the Hyuga Clan to make the Branch Family obedient meat shields to protect them."

"If anyone from the Branch Family disobeys the Main Family, imagine the pain and torment they would suffer... So, only a prestigious clan like the Hyuga Clan could do something so insane!"

Naruto, lying in Yakushi Nonō's arms, put down the bounty list. When she was young, she didn't understand anything and simply saw Naruto as a hot-blooded anime. Looking at it with adult eyes, Naruto hid a dark inner world beneath its hot-blooded exterior.

"Fortunately, the Uchiha Clan doesn't have a distinction between Main Family and Branch Family," Mikoto Uchiha said thankfully.

Thinking of the Uchiha Clan, Mikoto Uchiha couldn't help but think of her husband and two children. She let out a long sigh.

"What's wrong? Are you missing your family? Do you know where they are? Perhaps I can send you there?"

Seeing Mikoto Uchiha looking sad as if thinking of her family, Naruto offered.

"However, they must think you're already dead. You'll definitely have to explain things clearly when you go back~!"

Naruto mentally calculated how much money the Uchiha Clan would give her. After all, she had saved Mikoto Uchiha's life. They should at least give her tens of millions of Ryo as a token of appreciation, right?

"No, I don't want to go back for now."

"Huh?! Why! Isn't it good to go back! Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke. They must miss you a lot!" Naruto Uzumaki, blinded by greed, tried to persuade Mikoto Uchiha relentlessly.

"What, you seem eager for me to leave?"

"Of course! If you go back, they'll definitely give me a lot of money!"

Naruto's eyes turned into dollar signs, and she accidentally revealed her true thoughts.

"Naruto, you've got money on the brain!"

Mikoto Uchiha pretended to be angry and pinched Naruto's soft cheeks. She had thought about going back, but she was a bit worried about Naruto. Moreover, Naruto was her savior, and Naruto's blood ran in her veins. How could she go back without repaying such a debt?

Furthermore, Chapter 31: The Money-Grubber Gets Punished (2/2)