[Dungeon] Chapter 66 – Turbo Chicken

Meanwhile, the Ninja's group moved to the corridor connecting to Floor 2-2 carefully.

Unlike the space earlier, the corridor they were walking at was lit by torches, casting bright lights on their path. However, the ceiling and walls weren't visible because of the darkness. There was only a narrow road they could walk on.

"It's uncomfortable." Shikamaru mused, "This place is creepy."

"It is, but at least it is better than the burning forest we were in before." Temari sighed. "At least we can see the path in front of us without any smoke."

She looked at the torch on the wall with a thoughtful look. "Still, this place is weird."

Gaara walked in the middle of the group, looking at everything around him. His sand was ready to protect them from anything, but he still didn't feel safe.

"Hey, Gaara! Do you see anything strange?" Naruto asked him, "I don't think there are any traps here."

"My sands detect nothing either." Gaara shook his head. "But it's better to be cautious."

They continued walking forward until they reached another room. Jiraiya stopped at the entrance and narrowed his eyes.

"This room..." He frowned. "It looks similar to before."

Everyone looked around, trying to find something out of place. They were in a circular room, with a giant door on the opposite wall. There was a torch on the left side of the door and some kind of writing on the right side. 

The writings were written in a language unknown to them, and there was no way to understand what it said.

And at the center of the room, a single chicken stood, guarding the door.

"It's a chicken!" Naruto shouted in surprise.

Temari rolled her eyes and sighed.

"You're right, it's a chicken. What else do you want us to do?"

"Is it a monster?" Kankurou asked, eyeing the animal carefully.

"I don't think so. It looks normal to me." Temari said. She glanced at the others, who also nodded in agreement.

"Let's try it."

Taking no chance, Gaara controlled his sand to attack the chicken. The sand moved as if alive, shooting through the air towards its target.

And just like that, the chicken was crushed.

Or so they thought.

A strange sound echoed through the room, causing everyone to turn around in surprise.

"Cock-a-doodle!"

They glanced at the corner of the room, seeing the same chicken they thought was dead, alive and well, cocking its head at them. Its eyes glowed with a strange light.

"What?" Naruto exclaimed in surprise, "It dodged that?!"

"Doesn't matter." Gaara replied, "It will die soon."

His sand flew forward again and crushed the chicken for the second time. However, the result remained the same, the chicken appeared in another place as if it teleported.

Raising his hand, Gaara controlled his sand directly, faster than it moved before, and tried to crush the chicken once more. But the result was the same.

The chicken jumped and ran away easily. It appeared in a different area of the room, cocking its head at them and cooed loudly.

"Cock-a-doodle doo!"

"What the fuck?!" Kankurou cursed, "What the hell is wrong with this thing!?"

"Let me try." Shikamaru knelt and activated his shadow binding jutsu, trying to catch the chicken with his shadows. But the result was the same, the chicken avoided his attack and appeared in another place, seemingly laughing at him. "Tch, troublesome."

Naruto made a hand sign and summoned a clone, who immediately charged toward the chicken with a kunai in his hand.

Seeing the approaching ninja, the chicken flapped its wings, trying to fly away, but the shadow clone grabbed it by the legs and slammed it into the ground.

"Got it!" Naruto grinned triumphantly, thinking he had finally caught the annoying bird. However, when he looked at his hands, there was nothing there.

"Where is it!?" He shouted in confusion, "Where did it go!?"

Jiraiya sighed in exasperation as he saw the chicken running around freely again.

"That's not a normal chicken."

Indeed, the chicken wasn't normal.

Cain had bought it in the monster menu, meaning this was a monster monster. But it was different from the others.

This monster was special.

Costing 500 Coins, which was way higher than a mere goblin or skeleton, this monster was called Turbo Chicken. It had no combat power, but it boasted B+ AGI, higher than even the Dullahan.

Not to mention, it had a special skill called 'Boost', which allowed it to increase its speed 5 times for a short moment. This was the reason why the chicken was so hard to catch, it simply ran away at the last minute.

But the most important part was that this chicken had the lowest HP and DEF. One hit could kill it.

Unfortunately, the Turbo Chicken was too fast for its own good. As a result, it became an annoying existence that no one could deal with, and its life became a torture as the ninja chased it around the room.

"Argh! Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

Screaming, Naruto created tens of clones and ordered them to catch the chicken.

However, the chicken was faster than the clones and evaded every attack.

"Argh! Die you bastard!"

Naruto's clone threw a kunai at the chicken, but the chicken dodged it easily.

"Die! Die!"

Another Naruto clone tried to grab the chicken, but it was too fast.

"DIEEEEE!"

The other stopped their attack entirely as the clearing was filled with Naruto. Shikamaru was the most annoyed by the scene.

"Jiraiya-sensei, can you help us?" Shikamaru asked the Sannin. "That chicken is really annoying. I don't think we will be able to continue with this."

Jiraiya looked at him and grinned, "Isn't this a good training, Shikamaru? How about you try to catch it too?"

"Me?" Shikamaru raised an eyebrow. "I don't know how to catch a chicken. It's troublesome."

"Then let Naruto do the job. Everyone else can use this chance to recover their chakra too before we enter Floor 2-2."

Jiraiya laughed, watching Naruto's clones chasing the chicken around the room. It seemed like the blonde boy was determined to kill the animal, but he wasn't doing well. The chicken was fast, and it didn't seem to be running out of stamina any time soon.

"Ugh, troublesome." Shikamaru muttered, "Fine, I'll join him."

He stood up and walked towards Naruto, who was still trying to catch the chicken. "Hey, Naruto. I'm going to help you."

Naruto turned around and grinned, "Yes! Let's do it together, Shikamaru! We will kill that bastard! Come over here!"

Shikamaru nodded, and he used his shadow binding technique once more.

It didn't work. The chicken just moved faster, avoiding his attack.

"Damn it!"

Naruto shouted in frustration, "Shikamaru! You're supposed to help me!"

"I am helping you!" Shikamaru shouted back. "I'm just not strong enough to catch it."

Minutes passed by quickly as they chased after the chicken, but the result remained the same. The chicken was still alive, and it was standing on top of Naruto's sprawled body, poking him in the face with its beak.

"Cock-a-doodle-do~"

"Argh! Stop it!" Naruto shouted, swatting the chicken away. He got up and prepared to chase after it again. However, before he could do so, Shikamaru stopped him.

"Forget it, Naruto." Shikamaru said, "You're tired, and you've wasted too much of your chakra. We need to go to Floor 2-2 after this."

"B-But!" Naruto argued, but stopped when he saw Jiraiya nodding at his words.

"Yes. You've done a good job, Naruto. Rest for a bit." The Sannin spoke, "You will need your full chakra in the next floor."

"But that chicken-" Naruto protested, but was interrupted by the chicken's loud cock-a-doodle-do, "Damn it! I will definitely catch that chicken!"

Naruto turned around and started chasing after the chicken again, ignoring everyone's advice. "Come back here!"

Shikamaru watched him with a sigh, "Troublesome."

"Sennin, we will move to the next floor first." Gaara spoke, looking at the giant gate, "We have rested enough and recovered our chakra. Waiting for Naruto is a waste of time."

"Sure. Be careful." Jiraiya nodded his head. "I will wait for Naruto here and we will follow you later."

Gaara entered the gate, followed by Temari and Kankurou. As they left, Shikamaru glanced at the chicken, wondering how such a weak creature could be so hard to catch.

"This place is strange." He muttered, "I wonder what's on the other side of the door."

"Something stranger for sure." Jiraiya said, "That's why it's called the Tower of Babel."

Shikamaru looked at the chicken, which was still crowing, and sighed, "I hope that chicken doesn't appear again."

"Who knows." Jiraiya shrugged with a smirk. "We might meet it on the next floor. In a large number."

The strategist couldn't help but sigh at that thought.

"Troublesome."