Paimon sighed and muttered, “Why can’t Paimon use teleportation? Why, in the middle of the night, must Paimon be out here cleaning up Hilichurls with someone who has a woman’s body but a man’s soul? It’s just so tragic.”
A vein popped on Zephyr and Lumine’s foreheads.
Paimon continued, “You know, Paimon think Amber was right. People really do need courage. Paimon used to be such a coward. But not anymore! From now on, Paimon is the brave Paimon! P...
2025-05-28 03:32:04 +0000 UTC
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Jade Chamber, Formation Core.
Hu Tao stood with her hands on her hips, her fingers pressing lightly on the soft belly beneath her robes, leaving faint indentations.
She watched as Shenhe and Nolan ignored her and clung to each other, feeling inexplicably annoyed.
Her light pink lips moved slightly, her cheeks puffed out as she gave a soft "hmph." Left with no better option, Hu Tao sat down beside Nolan and wrapped her arms around his.
She couldn't just watch the two of...
2025-05-28 02:35:40 +0000 UTC
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As the morning sun rose, the sleeping Ancient Land of Zen slowly began to awaken.
Inside the ruler's palace, with the mobilization of a large number of guards, a series of orders were swiftly delivered to the surrounding nobles and ministers—as well as to the country's three ninja squad leaders.
With such a large commotion, the hidden Inuzuka Ryo and Aburame Ryōma immediately realized what was happening.
Their captain had made his move.
Lead the enemy into the trap ...
2025-05-26 06:58:33 +0000 UTC
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In Hajime’s eyes, Inuzuka Ryo’s concern was easily resolved.
All they had to do was eliminate anyone who might recognize Nonō Yakushi.
But Hajime didn’t say that out loud.
The journey continued in silence.
By dusk, the group arrived at the border of the Land of Wind.
Inside a wooden cabin, Hajime looked across at Nonō Yakushi. “As a spy embedded for a long period in an enemy nation, your top priority isn’t intelligence gathering—it’s protecting yo...
2025-05-26 06:57:41 +0000 UTC
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“So he has been working hard.”
“Turns out all that classroom slacking was just an act.”
“You think someone’s just coasting, but they’re actually grinding where no one can see.”
From atop a tree, Hajime’s face slowly emerged from the bark as he observed Inoichi Yamanaka diligently training in the distance.
This was Yamanaka clan territory, a private area used for raising various animals and cultivating flowers.
It was also a great place to practi...
2025-05-26 06:56:54 +0000 UTC
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October 25th, Year 36 of the Hidden Leaf.
Late at night.
In the Forest of Death, inside a wooden cabin, Hajime was sorting through the memories returned by his shadow clones.
At present, the clones were mainly focused on training Wood Release and Wind Release.
Of these, Wind Release training centered around developing new jutsu.
The first was the already prototyped Blade Storm.
The second, a movement technique propelled by airflow—Wind Body Flicker.
2025-05-26 06:56:02 +0000 UTC
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With a single raised hand, Hajime dispelled the genjutsu.
As the dust cleared, Ryō Inuzuka and Kurotama staggered to their feet, both man and dog wearing dazed expressions.
Did I just… have a dream?
Wait!
Weren’t they in the middle of a genjutsu combat simulation?
Their memories slowly returned.
Ryō remembered—he and Kurotama had been kicked away by their captain, and then… nothing. A blank.
“Captain, Ryōma… what just happened?” Ryō ...
2025-05-26 06:09:56 +0000 UTC
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Danzo’s ambition was burning—and so was Hajime’s.
The Nine-Tails, huh?
What an incredible chakra battery!
Although his own chakra reserves were already considerable thanks to the Hashirama cells in his body...
Who would ever complain about having too much chakra?
Besides, Hajime figured that while his chakra might seem massive compared to an average ninja, when measured against the true monsters out there, it wasn’t much at all.
At the very least, h...
2025-05-26 06:09:20 +0000 UTC
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The battle in the valley didn’t last long.
There were only two squads of Iwagakure shinobi stationed there, with the strongest being a single jōnin.
On the other hand, Hajime’s group had three jōnin—and Danzo, whose strength was at the Kage level.
Not to mention, they also greatly outnumbered the Iwa-nin.
After clearing the battlefield and taking the corpses of the Iwa-nin with them, Hajime and his team returned to Amegakure. There, they found even more Iwa-nin...
2025-05-26 06:08:40 +0000 UTC
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All the prisoners were handed over to Amegakure for further interrogation. At the same time, as a proper shinobi village, Ame’s intelligence division began operating at full capacity.
Meanwhile, Hajime Hoshita and his group were temporarily housed by Amegakure, quietly awaiting their intel.
...
At Dusk—
The ANBU squad escorting Take Kamishiro finally returned to Konoha, immediately reporting to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Hiruzen was slightly surprised after hearing th...
2025-05-25 20:48:14 +0000 UTC
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Within the World of Trees, Hajime held a one-handed seal in his left hand and a ninja blade in his right. His figure darted through the air as he cut down Iwa-nin still resisting the wooden vines. One by one, they were bound, their chakra drained, and their bodies visibly shriveled.
Each Iwa-nin was captured until only the squad leader, Masaya, remained.
At last, Masaya managed to escape the Tree Realm. As he landed, he turned to face Hajime, who was in hot pursuit. Slamming both ...
2025-05-25 20:47:15 +0000 UTC
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“We could of course report to the Third Hokage and Lord Danzō, and wait for their decision.”
“But Iwa won’t wait for us.”
“If they dared to disguise themselves as Rain-nin to ambush us, they’ll dare to disguise themselves as Konoha-nin to target Amegakure next.”
Hajime’s voice was firm and decisive: “Right now, we hold the initiative. But if we give that up, we’ll be back on the defensive.”
Shimura Daichi and Yomaki Mimura fell silent. They tho...
2025-05-25 20:46:31 +0000 UTC
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The ANBU squad had a total of four members, but they were currently facing over a dozen enemies. Among them was the former Konoha ninja who had retired after losing his left arm in battle.
Despite the missing arm, he wielded a blade in his right hand, his expression fierce and ruthless. Under the curtain of rain, he was locked in fierce combat with an ANBU shinobi, fighting evenly.
The other three ANBU were being overwhelmed by ten Ame-nin (Rain Ninja), two of whom had already bee...
2025-05-25 20:45:39 +0000 UTC
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At 4 PM, Ichin arrived at the studio together with Utaha.
Heading over to the art department, Ichin found Yagami Kō and asked about the interviews that took place that day.
“Kō, how did the interviews go?”
Turning around, Yagami Kō smiled and said,
“Pretty well! Out of the five candidates, we selected the three with the most outstanding skills. We’ll be notifying them soon that they passed the interview. Oh, and all three are girls!”
“Hm? All gir...
2025-05-25 19:17:24 +0000 UTC
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At six o’clock, Ichin clocked out with everyone and left work. He brought Utaha along and invited Kō Yagami and Rin Toyama to have dinner together.
After some back and forth, they finally settled on a lively family restaurant and ordered a variety of food.
Taking a bite of pizza, Ichin said, “Kō, you’ll be handling interviews tomorrow too. Some artists are coming in.”
“Ugh, interviews… I’m really not good at those,” Kō said as she scratched her head. She h...
2025-05-25 19:16:27 +0000 UTC
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Around noon, after finishing lunch, Ichin was planning to take a walk around the school with Utaha when he received a text message from Shizuka Hiratsuka, asking both of them to come to the office.
“Hiratsuka-sensei wants to see us?”
Utaha glanced at his phone and asked curiously, “Is something going on?”
Ichin thought for a moment and guessed, “It’s the first day of the new semester, so it’s probably about college entrance stuff. Let’s just go see.”
<...
2025-05-25 19:15:50 +0000 UTC
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On Sunday morning, Ichin called a moving company to the studio. All the computer equipment was disassembled, labeled, packed into boxes, and loaded onto the truck.
Hazuki also came by, so Ichin and Kō Yagami rode in Hazuki’s car together, heading toward the new location of their studio.
Once the car started, Hazuki turned to Ichin, who was in the passenger seat, and asked, “Is Utaha not coming with us?”
“She’s working on a part of the game’s script that requires...
2025-05-25 19:15:13 +0000 UTC
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Muttering and twitching sounds escaped from her mouth.
"Ugh... ugh..."
It took her a moment to recover. She shook her head and finally saw what was right in front of her—a gigantic slime. She had just accidentally bumped into it!
“S-sorry! Paimon didn’t mean to! Please, don’t eat Paimon!”
After a while, seeing that the slime didn’t react, Paimon let out a sigh of relief and continued flying forward.
“Phew... This is too much. Paimon is so tired, and...
2025-05-24 18:26:44 +0000 UTC
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“Is it true that anyone flying in Mondstadt, regardless of who they are, needs a flight license?”
“Of course! Whether you're a commoner or a noble, male or female, a regular worker or an adventurer—as long as you're flying in Mondstadt, you need a flight license.”
“Then… does that mean Paimon needs one too?”
“Eh?”
EH!???”
Paimon was stunned. “Why would Paimon need a flight license!?”
“Didn’t you hear what Amber just sa...
2025-05-24 18:26:06 +0000 UTC
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Before long, the four of them arrived at the studio.
As soon as they walked in, Ichin greeted everyone cheerfully,
“So, how did everyone enjoy themselves yesterday?”
Sakura Nene was the first to raise her hand. She ran up to Ichin with her phone and said excitedly,
“Ichin-kun, look! These are the photos from the competition Umiko-senpai and I went to yesterday!”
The picture showed eight girls, all wearing full survival shooting arena gear—camouflage...
2025-05-24 18:07:14 +0000 UTC
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After changing into casual clothes at home, Ichin and Utaha got ready to head out.
Although it wasn’t dinner time yet, they planned to stroll around and relax for a bit before their reservation.
However, just as they stepped outside, Ichin’s phone rang—it was Shinoda Hajime.
Finding out that Ichin and Utaha were still at the doorstep, Hajime quickly told them to wait there before hanging up.
Soon after, she arrived along with Iijima Yun, who hadn’t gone hom...
2025-05-24 13:54:31 +0000 UTC
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Beast Realm – Territory of the Shadow Bears.
The “Lumine's Sword God” had scouted several hundred kilometers outward and finally encountered another nest of Beast Realm creatures.
This time, it was a type of monster that resembled bees—except each one was about the size of a fist.
Their levels ranged from Level 5 to 15, with the stronger ones reaching up to Level 20.
Though they weren’t particularly powerful, they were extremely numerous.
A massive beeh...
2025-05-24 04:08:52 +0000 UTC
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Nolan focused on the stream of notifications that popped up from his character panel, and eventually his attention landed on the Affection Skill that Ningguang had given him—“Moonveil Tianquan.”
To put it simply, this Affection Skill allowed him to sense wealth and treasures within a certain range and then retrieve them directly, bypassing physical obstacles.
The actual range was determined by adding together his level and Ningguang’s. Currently, Nolan was Level 94, and Ni...
2025-05-24 04:08:00 +0000 UTC
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Because Yakushi Nono was training at the Konoha Hospital, she wasn’t present with the squad.
Hajime and the other two first met up outside the Root base with the squad led by Shimura Daichi, and from there, they headed out beyond the borders of the village.
Outside Konoha—
Shimura Daichi finally spoke to Hajime:
“‘Alpha, the target of this ANBU mission is a merchant caravan. Among them is a former shinobi who withdrew from combat duties after being injured.”<...
2025-05-23 18:02:28 +0000 UTC
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"Retreat!"
Seeing Danzo appear with reinforcements, Dodai didn’t hesitate for a moment and gave the order to fall back.
Sakumo Hatake sheathed his blade and stood still, making no move to pursue.
Without Danzo’s orders, the Root shinobi remained motionless as well.
Hajime stared at Sakumo’s upright back, deeply shaken.
Though it had only been a fleeting glimpse, Sakumo’s speed—his overwhelming momentum that pierced through everything—had burned itself...
2025-05-23 18:01:49 +0000 UTC
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As soon as Hajime stepped out of the tent, Ryo and Yakushi Nonō appeared.
They had been lying in ambush behind the tent earlier, planning to attack from the rear to rescue the hostage.
“Let’s go. Sweep the surrounding area of any remaining Sky Ninja.”
While speaking, Hajime quickly formed hand seals, and with a puff, three shadow clones appeared and scattered in different directions.
The pursuit continued.
Inside the tent, Tsunade was treating the injured ...
2025-05-23 18:00:55 +0000 UTC
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It wasn't just Ryo who was amazed by the power of Wood Release.
The other Root operatives were as well.
Yes—everyone believed it was the Wood Release that was powerful.
Its brilliance even overshadowed Hajime Hoshita himself.
After all, before gaining Wood Release, Hajime had been unremarkable among the many Root shinobi.
It was only because of Wood Release that Hajime made a name for himself in a single battle, surpassing every other member of Root—
Ev...
2025-05-23 17:59:44 +0000 UTC
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Outside the Sky Ninja Village.
Orochimaru pulled his blade from the body of a Sky Ninja, flicked off the blood with a casual motion, and lifted his head to gaze in the direction of the village.
The resistance from the Sky Ninja Village was growing increasingly intense.
At the same time, more and more villagers were fleeing.
"The power of Root seems to be beyond imagination..."
Orochimaru’s eyes gleamed with sharp light.
He, along with the forces brought b...
2025-05-22 19:11:35 +0000 UTC
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It was lunchtime.
Ichin and Utaha arrived at the Service Club to have lunch together with Yukino and Eriri.
As they opened their lunch boxes, Utaha glanced at the two girls and asked, “It’s Valentine’s Day today—did either of you get any confessions?”
Yukino calmly took a bite of her rice and replied, “After firmly rejecting a few people last semester, no one with a lack of common sense approached me today.”
Things were a bit different on Eriri's side. Sh...
2025-05-22 18:34:47 +0000 UTC
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Compared to the lively atmosphere outside, the interior of the Jade Chamber was far more tranquil.
After all, the banquet was being held on the outer platform, and the indoor layout wasn’t suitable for staging performances.
Nolan and Hu Tao descended the winding staircase.
On the way, they ran into Bai Xiao, Bai Wen, and Bai Shi—Ningguang’s secretaries. They appeared to be busy with preparations for the banquet as well.
Seeing Nolan and Hu Tao, the three seemed t...
2025-05-22 18:19:08 +0000 UTC
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