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156 I Became a Jonin

"...One ninja village ruling over all others?"

Ōnoki's expression darkened. Almost unconsciously, he glanced at Kurotsuchi Yagura, standing nearby.

He hadn't expected it—Yamanaka Shinno really did have such audacious ambitions.

Even if only one shinobi village remained, keeping the positions of Tsuchikage, Mizukage, Raikage, and Kazekage would just be symbolic. Empty titles with no real power.

The one who truly called the shots... would still be the Hokage!

If...

155 I Became a Jonin

"Mizukage, you're the leader of an entire village, and yet you don't even have the courage to face the enemy?"

Ōnoki leaned forward slightly, eyes heavy with seriousness as he stared at the growing circle of shadow clones around them. He was trying to rouse Yagura's fighting spirit.

The enemy's power was completely beyond what he had anticipated.

This level of overwhelming strength—perhaps even if Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha were resurrected, it wouldn't be much dif...

154 I Became a Jonin

"Ōnoki! Black Zetsu! Tobi! We hit the jackpot!"

(T/NL This is probably about Tobi (Zetsu) was one of the first victims of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and eventually was pulled from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path by Black Zetsu.)

Yamanaka Shinno stood atop the Flying Thunder God seal he'd left on the ground before launching himself into the air, hand shading his eyes as he looked up at the battle above. A grin spread so wide across his face it nearly reached his ears.

Righ...

153 I Became a Jonin

(T/N: Unfortunately, the fanfic was blocked by Webnovel, so for now the fanfic is only available here. Very sad news for me, but in any case, the fanfic will be finished here.)

A thunderous rumble echoed from beneath them.

The overwhelming surge of terrifying chakra made the three figures standing a thousand meters in the air flinch instinctively.

They all looked down toward the source of the noise.

Below them, across a giant fissure dozens of meters wide, a figure wra...

375 Naruto: Stealing Attributes

Late at night.

Hatake Kakashi walked out of the barbecue restaurant in tears.

Watching Uchiha Mirai, who was rubbing his stomach, a toothpick in his mouth, and grinning from ear to ear, Kakashi had only one thought in his mind.

What a monster!

This guy actually led his entire squad to eat the barbecue place out of stock!

In all his years, he had never seen anyone eat this much!

Even the Akimichi clan couldn't possibly consume so much!

374 Naruto: Stealing Attributes

Uzumaki Naruto was the first to make a move.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

Boom!

With a burst of white smoke, ten shadow clones charged straight at Kurotsuchi and the others.

Seeing this, Hyuga Hinata immediately stepped forward to intercept them.

"I'll handle Naruto."

With just those few words, Kurotsuchi and Yamanaka Ino instantly understood and retreated backward.

"Byakugan—Activate!"

Hinata's Byakugan opened, instantly taking in everythin...

192 Naruto: The Hidden Danzo

Back in Konoha.

Danzo could sense that Kaguya was staying in the residence he had prepared for her.

"You go on ahead," he said as he gently set down Yūhi Kurenai from his arms.

She gave him a grateful look, which only made things more awkward for Danzo.

Even though he hadn't personally taken action, she'd been kidnapped because of him.

It had been Kurenai herself who asked to return to Konoha, and only then did Danzo realize the extent of it all...

191 Naruto: The Hidden Danzo

A month passed in the blink of an eye.

On Mount Myōboku, the fruit atop the massive Divine Tree glowed with an even deeper crimson, so bright and vivid now that a curled-up, fetus-like shadow was visible within it.

Like a diligent gardener, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya either sat beside the fruit, nourishing the soul within, or moved around the area laying down all manner of barriers to guard against any unforeseen accidents.

Boom, boom...

The Divine Tr...

157 Naruto: Yagura Karatachi

"What do you all think?"

Yagura's voice pulled everyone back to reality.

Some of the crowd, feeling an inexplicable itch brush across their faces, took a step back, squeezing out of the gathering to stand off to the side.

Elder Genshi licked his dry lips before speaking, "And what will the festival be called?"

Yagura ran a hand over the lantern he was holding, nodding at the positive response. "This lantern is called a Kongming Lantern, but you can also call it a Sky L...

156 Naruto: Yagura Karatachi

After bidding farewell to Sarutobi, the diplomatic envoy from Konohagakure, Yagura grinned brightly.

"Alright, alright, alright! Our first major client is lined up. Elder, everything running smoothly?"

"Everything has been operating normally since its inception," replied Elder Genshi, who was overseeing the project. "We've already started redirecting some D-rank missions from the military department. The workforce consists of this year's reserve ninja graduates and retired shinobi...

155 Naruto: Yagura Karatachi

"This doesn't seem quite right, Sarutobi-san."

Lend a hand?

When exactly will Konoha be able to spare the manpower?

In three years?

Counting the Nine-Tails' attack, it'll be five years at least.

Is it really okay to sugarcoat freeloading like this?

He rolled his eyes inwardly.

Yagura looked troubled. "According to standard trade agreements, the supplier is responsible for ensuring the safe and timely delivery of goods to the buyer, correct?"

"Mi...

154 Naruto: Yagura Karatachi

Kumo's first wave of attacks against them had largely failed.

Yawning lazily, Yagura twirled a pen between his fingers and chuckled with the others.

"We should thank the Kazekage for giving us a heads-up in advance."

Of course, that "heads-up" wasn't something the Fourth Kazekage had willingly offered, but that didn't stop Yagura from feeling genuinely grateful toward Rasa.

From the moment Rasa secretly sent over a document to the public declaration of the three villag...

153 Naruto: Yagura Karatachi

"Would it be possible for our village's craftsmen to manufacture these themselves?"

Elder Chiyo was looking for a self-sufficient solution.

Sunagakure lacked resources but had no shortage of skilled artisans.

Puppet techniques were unique to the shinobi world, and while the elite puppet masters stood at the forefront, they were supported by countless puppet designers and mechanical experts working behind the scenes.

"Elder Chiyo, we've considered that option as well. H...

152 Naruto: Yagura Karatachi

The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, raised a hand, signaling the speaker to sit down.

"That was a well-argued point, but ultimately, it changes nothing."

Did this person really think the leadership was unaware of such basic reasoning?

Was Sunagakure lacking in reserves?

No, that was not the issue.

Though Sunagakure had limited habitable land, its population was not particularly small. The real problem lay elsewhere—unlike some of the other villages, it did not maintain ...

151 Naruto: Yagura Karatachi

(T/N: I am so sorry about this. I didn't even realize that I hadn't posted this fanfic these days..)

By December, the end of the year was approaching.

The Third Shinobi World War had already been raging for four months.

The battles between Konohagakure and the three other major Hidden Villages had gradually transitioned from initial skirmishes to a prolonged stalemate.

None of the three battlefronts showed signs of decisive movement. The attackers struggled to break t...

190 Naruto: The Hidden Danzo

"Where is this? What happened to me?" Danzo's consciousness slowly returned.

It looked like a forest—was this Mount Myoboku?

Right… The Divine Tree had tried to devour his soul.

Before Danzo could fully collect his thoughts, a venomous voice of resentment reached his ears.

"Ah... Why won't you just die? Why are you still alive?"

An all-too-familiar figure—Otsutsuki Hagoromo—was slumped weakly against a tree, staring at Danzo with eyes filled with pure, un...

189 Naruto: The Hidden Danzo

Within the God Tree, in a space devoid of light, Otsutsuki Hagoromo remained in a soul state, yet his heart surged with excitement.

After so many years of waiting, the moment had finally arrived.

Even the extraterrestrial threats that his mother had feared—he now had the confidence to stand against them.

And besides, wasn't the entire shinobi world still here?

With such a vast population, an endless supply of resources, the harvesting and cultivation of new God Tree ...

373 Naruto: Stealing Attributes

After pulling Hinata Hyuga, Kurotsuchi, and Ino Yamanaka into a genjutsu, Uchiha Mirai began weaving their illusionary world.

His goal was simple: to give the three of them extensive battle experience and help them build synergy within the genjutsu world.

Unnecessary elements were omitted—only endless training and combat awaited them in this illusionary realm.

...

Meanwhile, after Naruto Uzumaki's enthusiastic declaration, Kakashi Hatake announced that the trio had s...

372 Naruto: Stealing Attributes

Konohagakure.

At the training grounds.

The sun hung high in the sky, nearing noon by the time Uchiha Mirai finally arrived, fashionably late as always.

Not far away, he noticed Kakashi Hatake arriving at the same time. Their gazes met, and they couldn't help but smile.

What a coincidence—they had both chosen the same training ground.

This was true synchronicity.

Upon seeing Mirai appear, Kurotsuchi, Yamanaka Ino, and Hyuga Hinata immediat...

152 I Became a Jonin

High above the eastern edge of the Konoha front-line camp—roughly a thousand meters in the sky.

Ōnoki hovered silently, his gaze fixed on the Konoha shinobi still holding out under the joint assault of Sunagakure and Iwagakure forces. His brow creased slightly.

By his calculations, with over 3,000 shinobi attacking from both east and west, even someone as strong as Jiraiya shouldn't be able to hold out for long. Konoha's troops were heavily outnumbered—three to one. They shou...

151 I Became a Jonin

Yamanaka Shinno's smile only grew wider.

In the original series, just having various types of Sage Chakra was already enough to pose a serious threat to the Six Paths mode and the Ōtsutsuki clan.

So what if it wasn't just Sage Chakra—but pure, refined natural energy, condensed into raw Sage Art energy?

Heh heh heh...

Didn't Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki love absorbing jutsu?

Alright then.

Come try absorbing some of Sage Art and see how that works out for...

150 I Became a Jonin

Yamanaka Shinno, pretending to be struck by the Scorch Release, descended into the dense forest, watching as Rasa and Pakura vanished into the distance.

Three of Rasa's five limbs had been completely pulverized into bloody pulp.

With Sunagakure's current level of medical technology, if treated in time, his life could likely be saved.

But regenerating limbs—or even grafting new ones? They were at least a decade away from that level of medical ninjutsu.

He'd lost both ...

149 I Became a Jonin

Boom—!

After charging for some time, a searing Scorch Release fireball, several meters in diameter, exploded at the exact spot Rasa had pointed out with his gold dust.

In an instant, the blistering heat, capable of turning any living creature into charcoal, swept across the forest for hundreds of meters in every direction.

The ground at the center of the explosion turned into a hellish pool of magma, and the vibrant trees at the forest's edge were reduced ...

236 Naruto: Starting with Infinite Chakra

Before Jiraiya's arrival, the shinobi of the Land of Wind were still able to resist the onslaught of the Land of Fire. However, the moment Jiraiya entered the battlefield, chaos broke out among the Wind shinobi. Their previously stable formation was completely disrupted, allowing the Fire shinobi to overwhelm them in an instant.

In terms of elite jōnin, both sides were relatively even. When the Three Kage arrived to support the Land of Wind, they brought several elite shinobi as their ...

235 Naruto: Starting with Infinite Chakra

The battle between Jiraiya and the three Kage had lasted only a brief moment.

Yet now, Jiraiya was calmly stating that all three of them were dead at his hands.

It was almost too incredible to believe.

Especially considering the way he said it—so casual, as if it were nothing more than a trivial matter.

Hiruzen Sarutobi glanced at Jiraiya once more, carefully examining him. Not a single wound. That meant he had taken down three Kage without so much as a scratch.

234 Naruto: Starting with Infinite Chakra

Uchiha Madara remained composed. After all, Jiraiya was undeniably strong.

A single misstep could introduce unnecessary complications to the Moon's Eye Plan. It wasn't that he feared Jiraiya—far from it—but now simply wasn't the optimal moment to make a move.

"After today, we will have secured five Tailed Beasts. My lord, your dream is another step closer to reality."

Black Zetsu had no doubt that Uchiha Madara would emerge victorious against Jiraiya. While Jiraiya was u...

233 Naruto: Starting with Infinite Chakra

"Looks like you're at your limit. If this is all you've got, then you won't even be able to scratch me."

The Mizukage roared, his crimson hands tearing through the Lightning Dragon and Flame Tiger with ease. His palms were brimming with the explosive chakra of a Tailed Beast, making it impossible for Jiraiya's attacks to stand a chance. The summoned creatures shattered into raw chakra and dissipated into the air.

Jiraiya's current attacks were nowhere near as powerful as before, a...

148 I Became a Jonin

Whoosh—

Thanks to the ultra-fast reflexes granted by the trait [Zero-Frame Startup], Yamanaka Shinno used the Hydrification Technique in advance to dissolve the part of his body targeted by the attack into a stream of water.

More than ten puppets of varying shapes, bristling with blades and hidden weapons, whooshed past him, splashing water as they went!

Dozens of ninja stood around the battlefield. Though none had moved yet, nearly every one of them had one or tw...

147 I Became a Jonin

The first day of the new year.

Just as the people of Konoha were enjoying the holiday cheer, reality hit them like a bucket of cold water.

A thousand-strong unit of shinobi, accompanied by massive supplies, was deployed to the frontlines.

Everyone knew exactly what that meant.

The streets that had been bustling with cheerful crowds suddenly emptied out.

Even a rousing speech from the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, delivered from the rooftop of t...

146 I Became a Jonin

The genjutsu lasted for two hours. But in the first ten minutes…

Might Guy, Kurenai Yuhi, and Genma Shiranui were all brimming with excitement.

Receiving one-on-one guidance from their teacher, learning new techniques, correcting their weaknesses, and rapidly improving their skills—how many genin could boast such treatment?

But after an hour in the genjutsu, which equated to an entire month inside that illusory world, Kurenai began to wither, and Genma could barely hold ...