Naruto: I Sell Scratch-Off Tickets in Konoha
Chapter 31

Mushroom Cloud Above the Rock Face

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Invincible Scratch-off.

Wu Di had a toothpick in his mouth and kept sneezing.

Ever since the Chunin Exam began, he had noticed that he was suddenly sneezing much more often!

"Could it be that too many people from other villages have come recently and brought in some kind of germ?"

he muttered under his breath.

Just as he was wondering about it, Danzo walked in with a light veil covering his face.

Judging by the way he swayed his hips seductively, he seemed to have accepted his current appearance.

After snatching the Sunflower Manual from Naruto, he had initially thought it was a worthless book.

But after cultivating according to its instructions, he discovered that the moves within were incredibly fierce and domineering.

This time, he had mainly come to the shop to test his luck and see whether he could scratch off another world-shaking item.

He raised an orchid finger and said in a strained voice, "Boss, give me a more expensive Scratch-off ticket!"

The moment Wu Di heard that voice, goosebumps covered his entire body.

This damned Danzo—after becoming a eunuch, even his voice had changed!

Still, Wu Di handed him a Scratch-off ticket.

People had genders, but money did not. Who would be stupid enough to turn money away?

Danzo happily began scratching.

Wu Di casually glanced up and noticed that Danzo's nearly shriveled fingers were coated in thick nail polish.

Damn it, what an old pervert! Wu Di cursed inwardly.

But Danzo did not care in the slightest. He raised an orchid finger, a confident smile curling at his lips.

"Isn't this old pervert all thanks to you?"

"You should savor it slowly!"

"This lady came to support your business today, so consider it repayment for your kindness."

"If it weren't for you, this lady would never have experienced this kind of pleasure."

"Honestly, ever since I started cultivating the Sunflower Manual, even walking has become easier. There's nothing in the way anymore!"

Wu Di's stomach churned, and he nearly threw up.

"Damn you, hurry up and scratch it! Why do you have so much nonsense to say?"

Danzo arrogantly twisted his old waist, his face full of contempt. The next instant, golden light flashed, and a lipstick floated out from the ticket.

Wu Di felt even more nauseated when he saw the lipstick's effect.

"This lipstick is called Heart-to-Heart Lipstick. As long as you put it on and blow a kiss through the air, a huge red heart will appear..."

"Blegh!"

Looking at Danzo's old face along with that explanation, Wu Di could already picture it.

Unable to hold it in any longer, he threw up on the spot.

Only after quite a while did his breathing steady a little.

Wiping the corner of his mouth, he continued explaining.

"As long as you blow a kiss through the air, a huge red heart will float toward your target."

"If they pierce the heart, it will trigger a massive explosion. If they don't, they'll be wrapped inside the heart and eventually suffocate to death!"

Danzo held the lipstick and clapped repeatedly.

"Yay, that's amazing! I really like this lipstick!"

Seeing him bounce around, the image of the lipstick's effect appeared in Wu Di's mind again.

"Blegh!"

He bent over behind the counter and started vomiting again.

Danzo was so immersed in his joy that he did not leave in any hurry.

By the time Wu Di raised his head again, Danzo had already painted his lips red.

Perhaps because he had never worn lipstick before, he had smeared it all around his mouth, painting a full circle of red around his lips.

He looked millions of times worse than Rukawa.

At this point, why would he even need to blow kisses? Just looking at him was enough to make someone sick to death!

"Boss, do I look pretty with it like this?"

Danzo removed his veil and winked flirtatiously at Wu Di.

Wu Di could not endure it any longer and roared, "Get out! Get out!"

Danzo twisted his shoulders and revealed a lecherous smile. "Why are you talking to me so harshly, you awful little darling?"

Wu Di finally exploded.

"Send my regards to your Seventh Maternal Uncle Grandfather's eldest aunt's husband's second cousin's little bitch!"

In an instant, the Five Second Man effect activated.

He used all his strength and threw a heavy punch.

Danzo's figure vanished in an instant.

Yet that alone was not enough. Wu Di still did not feel satisfied.

So he returned to the back room where he usually rested.

A large chest stood there, filled with the various items he had received.

He rummaged through it and found the Tracking Bomb that Mitarashi Red Bean had scratched off.

He viciously wrote the four characters Shimura Danzō on it.

The bomb activated at once, blasting off with a brilliant blue tail flame.

Konoha.

Above the Rock Face.

Boom!

A massive mushroom cloud rose into the sky, threaded with streaks of lightning, and all of Konoha trembled.

As the smoke and dust dispersed, Danzo lay at the bottom of a deep crater, smoke pouring from his mouth.

"Good thing this lady blew you a kiss beforehand, or you really would've blown this lady to death!"

At the examination arena, Hinata and Neji, who had just walked to the center of the field, felt the tremor and nervously looked around.

Through the window, they saw an enormous mushroom cloud.

They had only seen a mushroom cloud like that once before, outside the village a few days ago.

Could another crisis have happened?

After waiting for quite a while, the arena loudspeakers still did not sound.

Gekko Hayate said weakly, "Since there's nothing wrong, the exam will continue!"

The two nodded together.

Hinata took a deep breath.

Earlier, she had seen the previous contestants use ninjutsu and items from Scratch-off tickets, and their effects had all been excellent.

So without another thought, she leaped into the air and shouted.

"Cute Girl Fist!"

In an instant, two red hearts flew from her hands.

But Hyuga Neji had a sudden idea and directly burrowed into the ground.

Cute Girl Fist missed its target.

Hinata returned to the ground and looked at the empty arena, suddenly becoming extremely nervous.

Neji had already seen her ultimate move, so he surely would not show himself easily.

But she could not simply sit and wait for defeat.

She could only sigh and gather Chakra in her eyes.

"Byakugan!"

In an instant, the entire arena was laid bare beneath her gaze.

Yet after scanning the area, she still could not find Neji.

"That shouldn't be possible!" she muttered.

Unlike the Sharingan, the Byakugan could easily distinguish another person's Chakra.

No matter what lay in between.

Yet Neji was clearly nowhere to be found in the arena.

"Could it be..." An unbelievable possibility suddenly flashed through her mind, and she hurriedly lowered her head.

Sure enough, Neji had silently hidden beneath her feet.

Startled, she abruptly jumped upward.

But Neji seemed to have activated his Byakugan underground as well and had caught all her movements.

Just as her toes left the ground, a hand suddenly shot out from beneath the earth.

With a slight tug, half of Hinata's body was pulled into the soil.

Hinata cried out in alarm and tried to break free, only to find that the surrounding earth had bound her tightly. She could not move at all.

Neji emerged behind her, holding a kunai to her neck.

"You lost!"

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