"Don't come any closer!"
Ebisu said nervously.
He was truly afraid Naruto would seal his acupoints again!
Naruto held his head and smiled breezily. "Ebisu-sensei, no need to be so afraid. I absolutely mean no harm!"
"Then stay farther away from me. I don't like people getting too close!" Ebisu shook his head repeatedly as he continued backing away.
Naruto scratched his cheek and chuckled. "What if I changed into a different form?"
Before he finished speaking, he raised both hands and rapidly formed seals.
"Now, witness Naruto's self-created Harem Technique!"
"Poof!"
"Poof!"
"Poof!"
More than a dozen bursts of air rang out in succession, followed by over a dozen mist-shrouded blonde women appearing in the corridor.
Some leaned against the walls, while others caressed their slender, smooth legs.
Ebisu immediately swallowed, and warm red liquid began flowing from both nostrils.
As those mist-shrouded women gradually approached him, Ebisu became completely unable to move.
He drooled as he said, "Beautiful... too beautiful!"
Behind him, Sakura blushed furiously, wishing she could find a corner and bash her head against the wall.
One of Naruto's transformed blonde beauties slowly moved up before Ebisu and said seductively,
"Ebisu-sensei, am I beautiful?"
As he spoke, he even bit his lip and gave him a flirtatious wink.
Ebisu's heart instantly melted.
"Beautiful, breathtakingly beautiful! Hahaha!"
Ebisu grinned foolishly, then heard Naruto softly say in that tender voice,
"Sunflower - Acupoint Sealing Technique!"
His body froze again. The lecherous smile on his face instantly stiffened, and he could not even wipe away the nosebleed as it ran into his mouth.
His mind suddenly cleared somewhat, and he realized he had fallen into Naruto's trap again.
Those three thousand tael in silver notes had not even had time to warm up in his hands!
At that moment, Naruto happily counted the silver notes, having forgotten to cancel the Harem Technique.
Kakashi and the others also emerged from the Hokage's Office.
Upon seeing the scene in the corridor, all three men stared wide-eyed.
Yūhi Kurenai shot Asuma a glance, instantly flying into a rage as she swung her arm and slapped him across the face.
Asuma instantly came to his senses. When he turned and saw Yūhi Kurenai again, she was already gritting her teeth and raising a kunai.
He leaned against the corner of the wall and cried out in despair.
"Dad, save me!"
Behind the crude wooden door, the Third Hokage chuckled softly.
"One bag of Spicy Strips!"
"Are you even my real father?"
The Third Hokage let out a long sigh.
"You dare question me? Five Elements: Great Breakthrough Technique!"
Seeing the corridor erupt into chaos,
Naruto realized the situation was bad and hurriedly canceled the Harem Technique before making his escape.
Two Jonin were now fighting because of his Harem Technique.
Even the Third Hokage had gotten involved.
If they accidentally caught innocent bystanders in the crossfire, things would be troublesome!
The three of them quietly slipped out of the building along the wall, then raced toward Invincible Scratch-off with lightning speed.
"Ebisu-sensei is treating us today, so let's scratch to our hearts' content! Boss, give us three one-thousand-tael tickets!"
Naruto shouted happily and slapped three thousand tael in silver notes onto the table.
Wu Di pulled out three tickets from the stack of scratch-off tickets and handed them over with a smile.
He himself leaned behind the counter, propping his cheek on one hand as he said,
"Didn't you just scratch some today? Where did you get so much money?"
Naruto did not even raise his head as he chuckled softly.
"Someone's treating us today. Besides, the Chunin Exam is coming up, so we're seeing if we can scratch out anything good."
As they spoke, the three scratch-off tickets began shining with golden light one after another.
All sorts of strange-looking objects flew out.
"Naruto, yours is an item called the Mysterious Map. It's a time-limited consumable."
"From the moment you officially activate it, you'll be able to clearly know the precise location of anywhere in the world you want to go."
"However, it can only be used for one day."
Naruto was overjoyed and immediately put the map away as though it were a priceless treasure.
After explaining that item, Wu Di turned to Sakura.
"Yours is the Read-Write Divine Pen."
"The pen comes with its own system. Whatever question you want answered, this pen can easily help you find the answer!"
As they heard how miraculous her item was, waves of envious voices came from behind them.
Sakura abruptly turned around and saw that Team Eight, Team Ten, and Neji's team had all arrived at the shop.
"I heard the first stage of the Chunin Exam is a written test. With that pen, you'll definitely pass easily, Forehead!"
Ino stepped forward with a trace of jealousy in her voice, smiling falsely as she patted Sakura on the shoulder.
These plastic sisters had competed ever since they met, and neither wanted to see the other doing especially well.
Sakura gave an awkward smile, cursing Ino ten million times in her heart.
If Sasuke had not been present and she did not need to maintain her ladylike image, she would have loved to roll up her sleeves and fight Ino.
Shikamaru glanced at them sideways.
With a lifeless expression, he looked at the chili in Sasuke's hand, which was only as thick as a little finger, and asked,
"What's that thing in his hand?"
Wu Di took a look and explained with a smile,
"This thing is impressive."
"It's an intensely flavored delicacy from our hometown, called Chili Pepper."
"It has an incredibly miraculous effect. It can increase the consumer's Chakra tenfold for a short time!"
"As for the side effect, after eating it, your mouth will feel just a tiny bit prickly!"
Sasuke gave an "oh" and directly put the Chili Pepper into his ninja tool bag.
Such a useful item would naturally be saved for the Chunin Exam.
The three left the shop together and returned home separately to prepare for the upcoming exam.
Naruto touched the combined ninjutsu stored in his ninja tool bag and could not help sighing.
Before the Chunin Exam, he had to master this ninjutsu first.
Anbu.
Danzo stared at the Sunflower Manual before him and sighed softly.
It was because the book's title page bore a single sentence: "To practice this skill, one must first castrate oneself!"
Of course, he understood what castration meant.
Thinking of the Sunflower - Acupoint Sealing Technique Wu Di had used on him in the shop before, a hint of ruthlessness appeared in his eyes.
"For power, I'll do it!"
Gritting his teeth, he swung a small knife.
What followed was a heartrending scream.
"I've cut off everything that needed cutting. Now I can cultivate properly, right?!"
He gritted his teeth as beads of sweat the size of soybeans fell from his forehead.
One had to admit, for power, he was willing to do anything!
Enduring the pain, he opened the second page, and his face instantly turned green!
On the page was a single sentence: "Castration does not guarantee success!"
"Damn it!"
Danzo cursed loudly, his head spinning as he collapsed straight onto the bed.
The small knife in his hand fell to the floor, making a crisp sound.
The day of the Chunin Exam drew ever closer.
Many ninja from other villages arrived in Konoha.
As they passed the Scratch-off Ticket Shop, one or two would occasionally enter out of curiosity to try it out.
However, they generally left after scratching only one or two tickets.
Whether they won or lost, they were merely trying something new.
They still could not quite accept this strange form of gambling.
Wu Di watched the figures leaving one after another, his expression utterly calm.
He chuckled. "You'll all come back sooner or later!"
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