Hiruko Bullied the Weak and Feared the Strong

Even if Naruto racked his brains, he would never have imagined that the person who kidnapped Kakashi would be Hiruko would actually cooperate with Hoshigakure.

Hiruko Kakashi's stubbornness, Hiruko originally intended to absorb Kakashi along with his Mangekyō Sharingan.

But at that moment, Hiruko was interrupted when the new generation of Hoshikage from Hoshigakure knocked on the door.

Upon seeing that the Hoshikage was Akahoshi, Hiruko gave him a cold shoulder, daring to disturb him at his most crucial moment.

"What's up?"

Hiruko's tone was extremely impatient. Did this person really have no sense at all?

"That woman's son has appeared. I would like to ask you, sir, to kill him."

Upon hearing that it was just such a trivial matter, Hiruko laughed in anger.

"You have to bother me with such a small thing?"

Before Hiruko laugh, Akahoshi's words caused Hiruko's expression to change drastically.

"Furthermore, someone in the village discovered Konoha ninjas."

As Akahoshi said this, he glanced at Kakashi, who was bound to the side.

Hiruko's face visibly darkened.

"Konoha ninjas? Damn it, they found us so quickly."

He glanced at Akahoshi, who was keeping his head down and not saying a word, and flicked his sleeves.

"Come, let's go see who this fearless person is who has found this place."

Hiruko's idea was simple: if Konoha sent weak ninjas, he would let Akahoshi take care of them.

If the ninja sent is powerful, let Akahoshi hold out for a while while I forcibly absorb Kakashi's Mangekyō Sharingan to achieve the complete Chimera Technique.

Little did they know, Hiruko would never return after that journey.

The other four-person team had already arrived at the outskirts of Hoshigakure.

"Is this the Hoshigakure? I've heard that the ninjas here train their Ninjutsu using stars. I wonder if I can train with them?"

Naruto chuckled upon hearing Sasuke's words.

"I advise you to give up on that idea. That village does indeed use stars for cultivation, but people who cultivate there are lucky if they live to be twenty."

Upon hearing that cultivating with stars would result in someone not living past twenty, Sasuke immediately shut up.

Jiraiya to the side, was surprised that Naruto even knew this, and looked at Naruto with a suspicious expression.

"Naruto, even I didn't know these things, how did you know?"

When confronted by Jiraiya, Naruto lied without batting an eye, readily giving the truth.

"That's what Jiraiya, who Wanderer World Jiraiya, told me."

Seeing Naruto sleeping like this, Jiraiya remembered the otherworldly journey that Naruto and Sasuke had described before, where there was also a version of himself.

If it were another version of myself, I would definitely choose to protect Naruto after seeing Naruto.

So, it's not surprising that he would tell Naruto some strange and unusual secrets of the Shinobi World.

Seeing Jiraiya deep in thought for a long time, he slapped his own thigh.

"As expected, you truly live up to your reputation as the great one."

As for Sasuke, he was frantically trying to recall Jiraiya the Wanderer, that wandering fellow, had ever said anything about Hoshigakure.

Hinata, who already knew the truth, simply smiled, looked at Naruto without saying a word, and understood everything without words.

"Huh? Who's there? Show yourself!"

Sensing someone approaching, Naruto plunged his Kunai into the nearby bushes.

A person of similar age to the three was forced out.

"Who are you?"

Sasuke activated his Sharingan, his crimson eyes fixed on the person who had suddenly appeared before him. It was strange that he hadn't noticed this person before.

The man didn't speak, but just looked at Naruto with a complicated expression.

"Hey, I'm asking you a question, are you mute?"

Just as Sasuke was about to make a move out of impatience, the boy spoke up.

"How do you know that the ninjas of Hoshigakure who train using stars will deplete their life force? And who is that Jiraiya the Wanderer?"

Naruto completely ignored the boy's question; he didn't recognize him at all.

Before he transmigrated, he had only watched Hokage and didn't remember this person at all. Besides, there were countless cannon fodder in the Shinobi World; how could he possibly remember so many?

When no one answered his question, the boy seemed to break down.

"Hey, why are you ignoring me? You know perfectly well."

Seeing the boy suddenly go berserk, the others were completely bewildered. What had happened? Wasn't the child perfectly fine just a moment ago? Why did he suddenly go crazy?

Getting a headache from this person's nagging, Naruto nudged Jiraiya, who was standing nearby, signaling him to go ask what was going on, or just watch this guy go crazy?

Jiraiya was pushed out, looked unhappy. Why should he have to ask?

The thought that he, as the leader of the team, was being ordered around by his teammates made Jiraiya feel incredibly aggrieved.

"There's nothing I can do, you lecherous old man. Even though you're a womanizer, your personal charm is truly unmatched."

Jiraiya, who was initially a little unhappy, walked over to the boy who was still crying loudly after hearing Naruto's affirmation of him.

"Hey, Naruto, is it really okay for you to lie to Jiraiya like this?"

Sasuke nudged Naruto with his elbow and asked in a low voice.

Naruto shrugged, indicating that he didn't know either.

"Hey kid, stop crying. Tell me what's wrong."

The boy looked up and saw Jiraiya's confident smile, and for a moment he even forgot to cry.

Finally, under Jiraiya's charisma, the boy opened his mouth and told everything.

It turns out he was a child from the Hoshigakure, but he wanted to steal the stars that everyone in the Hoshigakure used for training, because people who used stars for training didn't live long at all.

His childhood friend lost his life because he used stars to cultivate.

This black-haired boy is named Subaru, a child of Natsuhi.

Natsuhi was the most talented person in Hoshigakure before, and he could even live to the age of thirty under the radiation of stars.

But before that, in order to stop her child from using stars for cultivation, she thought of going to the village to send the stars out, but she was killed by the newly appointed Hoshikage in collusion with outsiders.

He's here today to avenge his mother and, incidentally, to take the stars from the village so they can no longer use them for cultivation.

Naruto was clearly not interested in this guy named Subaru; he just wanted to know who that Hoshikage was working with.

Could that person be the murderer who kidnapped Kakashi?

All I can say is that Naruto's guess was accurate.

Akahoshi had already brought Hiruko to the village entrance, and when Hiruko extremely ugly.

Damn, isn't that Jiraiya?

Why did Konoha send him?

Hiruko was already thinking of escaping; he never expected to run into his former teammates.

"Akahoshi, I've checked them out. These guys are just small fry. I'll leave them to you to deal with. I'll cover for you."

Akahoshi didn't think much of it and went straight in.