Witty Naruto Life

Chapter 50: Watanabe Chinatsu ( words)
The surrounding scene was like a mirror being peeled off, shattering into pieces, making his body seem to shatter and then instantly reassemble. The air in his throat was squeezed out, and the feeling of suffocation made his eyes go black, but in the blink of an eye, it returned to normal.

"Pfft!"

Naruto's body fell heavily to the ground with a dull thud. He saw stars and felt sore all over, but the feeling soon faded and his vision became clear again.

nightfall.

On the streets of Ginza, colorful billboards are stacked up layer upon layer, as if to cover the sky. On the huge electronic screen, advertising images switch like a kaleidoscope, with models' bright smiles and trendy displays of electronic products appearing alternately.

The neon lighthouse towers into the clouds, the lights are ever-changing, and in the distance, there are crowds of people walking in a hurry.

Naruto stood up with difficulty, his eyes following the footsteps of passers-by, his eyes full of confusion and disbelief.

"This, isn't this the Divine Power Space?"

Although he didn't know the origin of this method, he was even mentally prepared to fight Obito to the death. But now, there was no Obito, no Madara, no Black Zetsu, only a forest of steel stretching across the entire modern city.

This is strange, what kind of weird development is this?

Naruto subconsciously moved closer to the pedestrians and discovered that they were actually speaking Japanese to each other, which he could understand perfectly well.

Combining the surrounding scenery, he instantly realized that he had arrived in modern Japan, the specific address of which was unknown.

"A small benefit for travelers: being able to understand the language of another world..."

Naruto complained in his heart and walked over to one of the pedestrians, trying to find out what was going on.

He walked to the intersection of a wide street where many pedestrians were waiting in line for the green light. He walked up to one of the pedestrians and asked, "Hello, where is this?"

"Hello?"

The passerby turned a deaf ear to his words. Naruto frowned slightly and was about to pat him on the shoulder, but unexpectedly, his hand went straight through the passerby!

"what?"

Naruto panicked for a moment. He continued to use his hands to pass through several pedestrians, and finally came to a despairing conclusion:

He seemed to have become a ghost, the kind that no one could see.

It's over.

He was thinking of his last words with despair, when suddenly, the scene around him began to change slowly, the green light came on, and pedestrians crossed the intersection quickly.

A figure suddenly attracted Naruto's attention. The feeling was very subtle, as if it was located in the vast crowd with special means, or like a firefly in the dark night, with an extremely strong presence.

"Hmm..." Naruto scratched his eyebrows and followed with big strides. His intuition told him that this person would be the key to breaking the deadlock.

From the back, it looks like a girl.

Naruto strode quickly, keeping up with her pace.

Turn your head and take a look.

She has a round and fleshy face, her hair is tied up high, revealing a smooth forehead, her facial features are regular, she is a bit plump, she is wearing a loose ginger dress, her chest is slightly hunched, and her expression shows obvious lack of confidence.

Her looks wouldn't be considered good-looking in any country, but she's not ugly either.

"Why is her presence so strong?" Naruto looked around in confusion. No one paid attention to the girl, which made him wonder if he had made a mistake.

rustling...

The two walked side by side. The girl never looked at Naruto, as if he was really just an invisible ghost. However, Naruto noticed that the surrounding scenery seemed to be constantly changing with this girl as the center.

Naruto tentatively moved away from the girl and began to run in the opposite direction of her, but he soon encountered an invisible wall of air, so he had to run back panting.

In other words, he can only move around girls.

A bold guess suddenly arose in Naruto's mind.

This isn't the real Neon Country, and he hasn't turned into a ghost...

This is a memory, and this girl is the owner of this memory!
This also explains why her presence is so strong, but the passers-by around her ignore her.

The question is, what is the identity of this girl? Why was I inexplicably transported into her memories?
Naruto quickly thought of the battle with Jin Hammer just now. After opening the cloth, the mysterious fragments exposed to the air teleported him here.

Could this be the true face of the time traveler Jin?
A Japanese girl who looks a little unconfident?
It doesn't look like it. He doesn't have that crazy energy.

Naruto remained noncommittal and continued to follow the girl.

She quickly walked to the entrance of a shop on the street. There was a striking sign at the door, decorated with glowing fonts and neon lights, and a neon handsome man was displayed above it.

The girl hesitated for a moment and then took small steps into the doorway.

Naruto looked up.

"Tsk tsk, this guy's looks don't suit my aesthetic standards." He casually commented on the photo at the door and followed him in.

Inside, the hall is spacious and bright, with gorgeous crystal chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, high-end marble on the floor, and various art paintings hanging on the walls.

There is a bar on the side, displaying a wide variety of alcoholic drinks. Under the lights, the bottles sparkle with charming light. The atmosphere of decadence and extravagance fills the whole place, and there are laughter all around.

The girl was a little nervous. She looked around and finally found her friend in the warm atmosphere around her. She greeted her friend stiffly and sat down timidly beside her.

Naruto followed with a big smile and sat beside him, looking around: "I feel not as good as Helens."

He glanced at the girl's friend next to him and looked her up and down. She had the typical sweet cherry blossom look.

Naruto nodded slowly, "Her friend is definitely a playboy." After that, he turned his attention to the surroundings.

This shop seems to be mainly populated by female customers, who are surrounded by many brightly dressed men who serve them tea and wine in a respectful manner, chatting and laughing with them.

Naruto had a vague guess in his mind.

"Hello, is this your first time here?" A handsome male waiter came over, knelt on one knee, and opened the menu in his hand.

"Chinatsu-chan, take a look." The friend beside her raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

"Oh... yeah." The girl nodded nervously.

"Chinatsu, that's her name, right?" Naruto looked at the waiter with a warm smile, and enthusiastically introduced the various 'set meals' on the menu to her. Chinatsu, who was confused about the situation, nodded continuously like a chick pecking at rice.

Naruto took a closer look and saw that these so-called 'packages' were actually all kinds of men.

"This isn't an ordinary bar, this is a gigolo club..."

In a male escort club, the waiters are all entertainment venues for men. Their job is to accompany various female customers to drink and chat, and make profits by getting them to spend money.

In his previous life, Naruto had searched for photos of gigolos out of curiosity. As for their appearance... it was hard for him to describe.

I don't know how he managed to get those female guests to run around in circles.

"Please take your order." The waiter took out a tablet and asked Chinatsu to choose whatever she wanted.

The first page featured the top host of the male escort club, a man in a white suit holding a rose, with his "achievements" attached:
【4 million yen for 1000 consecutive months】

Highest record: 1900 million yen

【2021 Annual Sales & Nominations No.1】

Naruto frowned slightly, not because of the exaggerated sales, but because of the number on the last line: 2021.

Strange, I remember it was 25 years ago when I traveled through time, but why is this memory 21 years ago...

Naruto put the question aside and watched Chinatsu continue paddling, her eyes full of hesitation.

He probably understood that the owner of this memory, Chinatsu, was introduced by a friend for some reason and came to a host bar for the first time.

Seeing that Chinatsu couldn't make up his mind, the waiter simply asked all the gigolos to try it one by one.

then……

Various gigolos began to line up to toast her and hand over their business cards. They were either flamboyant or gentle and graceful, and took turns bombarding her with cheesy love words and fancy talents, like a peacock spreading its tail.

But facing these filthy creatures, Chinatsu was not excited, but began to feel uneasy.

"The rank is too low." Naruto shook his head slowly.

Just when he thought it was over, a boy in a black suit came over with a chuckle and handed Chinatsu a business card with crooked handwriting on it:

【Landscape】

Chinatsu's eyes lit up when she looked at the handwritten words.

When Naruto saw this word, he felt his hair stand on end instantly. He couldn't help but stand up and stare at the simple word "岚".

"It's Jin, no, it's the words that Chinatsu wrote when she went crazy." His whole face darkened.

During the Chunin Exam, the "hehe" written in crooked handwriting left an indelible impression on him, and the handwriting in front of him was exactly the same as the one Chinatsu wrote when she was crazy!

Naruto felt like he was facing a formidable enemy. He stared intently at the handsome boy in a black suit sitting opposite Chinatsu. The boy had neat black hair and a pair of bright eyes that seemed to be able to speak.

"Lan, this is the name of this gigolo." The boy began to chat with Chinatsu in a gentle voice, which sounded soft.

"...I've just been a gigolo for a short time, so talking to you is as easy as talking to a classmate," he said with a smile. His temperament made Naruto think of a poem: Out of the mud but untainted.

But, this is a comparison, especially compared with those greasy-faced uncles just now!
Is this the method used by male escort clubs?

Chinatsu's expression visibly relaxed, which made Naruto worried, because to get into a girl's heart, the first thing is to make her let down her guard.

"Me too, you give people a very gentle feeling, easy to talk to..." The two gradually got to the point, and Naruto listened to Chinatsu's conversation and learned about her life.

Chinatsu, whose full name is Watanabe Chinatsu, is a university student who works part-time to support her studies. Her father passed away at a young age, and her mother worked part-time to support her through university.

Coming from an ordinary family, she studies hard during the day to earn scholarships, and works in a restaurant at night to earn extra money. Her life is hard but full of hope.

The only problem is that as a 'plus-size girl', she always feels the malice in life.

The beautiful girl is surrounded by handsome guys, but all the boys who like her are ugly. They push her out of the screen when video chatting with friends for fear of embarrassment. When she walks on the street with a handsome guy, they are openly called a rich woman and a gigolo.

Her only hope is the bar in a small shop on the street. The owner of the bar is one of the few people who treats her sincerely. She occasionally goes there for a drink. It is also here that she met Takahashi Mai, who claims to be a regular at the male escort club, and is the playboy who brought her here tonight.

She originally thought that being with a handsome guy would only lead to humiliation, but the bar owner encouraged her to give it a try, so she agreed.

"There's nothing serious wrong with her, she just lacks love." Naruto gave his final verdict on Chinatsu's experience.

He couldn't help but think of Cardo, the man from Goryeo who had gone astray because he had not been recognized for a long time.

Is there anything in common?

The two of them gradually got into the groove.

When Lan heard that Chinatsu was a college student working part-time, he immediately showed his admiration. He said that he had been working to supplement his family income since high school and had a special liking for people who were also self-reliant.

The same goes for Chinatsu.

Before you know it, the time has arrived.

The waiter handed her the bill, and surprisingly, it was only 3,000 yen, cheaper than a drink at the bar.

"You can choose one you like and we'll send you home~" the waiter said with an ambiguous smile.

After much deliberation, Chinatsu still felt that Arashi was the one that suited her best. Arashi was flattered and asked her if there was a chance for them to meet in the future.

"But I won't come again." Chinatsu said apologetically.

"It's okay, it's just too hasty to say goodbye like this. If you feel annoyed, just don't reply to me." Lan blinked. After thinking about it, Chinatsu decided to exchange contact information with Lan.

"Oh, this is bad..." Naruto shook his head repeatedly.

He was not an insider and was naturally wary of Lan's words.

But it's just a memory.

Before leaving, Lan provided Chinatsu with meticulous service. Before leaving, Chinatsu looked at Lan smiling and waving at her at the door of the store, and she responded politely.

"This is because I spent money and the other party was just playing around." She muttered to herself, causing Naruto to raise an eyebrow.

Very sober!

At this moment, the space around Naruto Chinatsu began to distort and change, and the next moment, it switched directly to the next scene of memory.

"This memory is over...but I still haven't found a way to break the deadlock..." Naruto looked at Chinatsu who was standing beside him. She was looking at her phone and perfunctorily replying to Arashi's message.

She seemed to have quickly returned to her life, attending classes, studying, working, and occasionally going to the bar for a drink. Time and space kept flowing and switching, and Naruto was just like a bystander, "peeking" into her life.

Until one day.

It was another evening, and Chinatsu was walking together with several college classmates. They seemed to have just returned from a trip. Someone looked at Chinatsu and suggested going to the bar she often went to for a drink.

Chinatsu hesitated. She had always regarded the bar as her own 'hiding corner' and didn't want to share it with others, but Chinatsu couldn't resist and finally took them there.

Naruto followed suit.

as predicted.

After entering the bar, everyone's attention fell on the beautiful female classmate. The boss and the waiter praised the jewelry on the female classmate, and no one paid any attention to Chinatsu.

These classmates took away her only 'habitat', and now she was going to become completely invisible.

But why? Just because they are beautiful, the world should revolve around them, and I deserve to be ignored by everyone?

Chinatsu kept pouring wine into her, but her resentment only grew stronger. Suddenly, she began to speak with deep meaning:
"Of course her jewelry is beautiful, because she has many boyfriends."

As soon as these words came out, the surroundings fell into dead silence, and even her boss, who usually cared about her, looked at her with surprise.

Naruto was also stunned, then shook his head and sighed: "It's against the will of heaven."

Perhaps unable to bear the gazes of the crowd, Chinatsu hid in the bathroom.

After calming down, she realized the inappropriateness of her words and decided to apologize to the female classmate after much thought.

But when she went back.

She saw everyone talking and laughing, and the boss and the waiter were as if nothing had happened, joking and chatting with the people around them.

No one cares whether she stays or goes.

This scene was perhaps even more glaring than the gazes of the crowd just now.

Chinatsu collapsed. She fled the bar in a panic, recalling all the grievances she had suffered because of her appearance, and couldn't help crying.

Naruto followed her without saying a word.

Open your phone.

No one cares, no one tries to keep me.

The only message was from Lan.

With nowhere to go, she called Lan, and the man on the other end answered the phone immediately.

Hearing Chinatsu's crying, Arashi rushed out to comfort her at the risk of missing work. Chinatsu was deeply moved and offered to go to Arashi's shop for a drink to help him boost his sales.

Chinatsu once again came to this glamorous world of gigolos and couldn't help but hesitate. Lan saw her concerns and stretched out a hand like a gentleman and held her little hand.

Tonight, Chinatsu gave herself completely to Lan.

It was another round of spiritual massage just like the previous one. Time passed quickly and the waiter handed her the bill as usual.

【10,000 yen】

The bill startled Chinatsu, as if it was going to pull her out of her sweet dream and make her face the bleak life again.

Lan quickly apologized and explained that because Chinatsu ordered a la carte this time, an additional service fee had to be added.

As he spoke, he secretly took out a piece of cash from his pocket: "Xiao Xia, please accept this."

Arashi quietly put the cash into Chinatsu's hand and interlocked their fingers.

Chinatsu looked up in surprise, and Lan said with an apologetic look, "It's my fault for not explaining it to you clearly at the beginning. I'll pay the extra money."

"No, no, how can this be possible?"

"Please, otherwise I'll feel really bad." After that, he leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Don't tell anyone else."

In the end, Chinatsu paid the bill with Arashi's money.

Naruto felt his breath hitch as he took in the scene before him.

Is this the real cowherd?
Chinatsu told Takahashi about this experience. He was instantly overwhelmed with girlishness and started to support the two of them as a couple, saying that even though he was their VIP, he didn't receive such treatment. Chinatsu felt like he had found a treasure.

gradually.

Chinatsu also noticed that Arashi was becoming more and more intimate with her.

They don't seem like a gigolo and his customer, but more like a boyfriend and girlfriend.

Arashi would send Chinatsu various selfies and share her outfits every day.

Chinatsu also began to get anxious. She was worried about her meager savings, but at the same time she comforted herself that her salary would be paid at the end of the month.

She once again took the initiative to run to find Lan.

But this time, Lan was receiving other guests.

"Sir, if you want Feng to come over, you need to order some wine for him~" The handsome waiter said with a smile on his face.

When she got the price list, she saw that the cheapest one cost 17,000 yen. Thinking that the living expenses were saved by herself and her mother through tightening her belt, she gave up the idea and had to sit alone for the whole night.

……

"I'm so sorry I couldn't be with you today." Lan stroked Chinatsu's shoulder gently with his right hand.

"I'm also sorry for not ordering you a drink."

"It's okay not to order wine. I don't want you to do that." Lan looked at Chinatsu seriously. His understanding made Chinatsu feel extremely surprised.

But the more this happened, the more uneasy she became.

She noticed that a wealthy female customer would help Lan boost her sales and her spending was always lavish.

This won't work. Sooner or later she will lose the boy.

Chinatsu finally took out a loan and ordered Arashi's first bottle of champagne. Although it was the cheapest, Arashi didn't mind and even agreed to spend some time with Chinatsu after get off work. To avoid being criticized, he changed out of his cowboy outfit and into clean, casual clothes.

Chinatsu looked at Lan with a dazed look in her eyes.

The two came to a western restaurant. Qianxia was concerned about her image and didn't dare to order any food. Ke Lan told her to order whatever she wanted, and if she couldn't eat it, she would be treated as a trash can. His tenderness surrounded Qianxia, ​​so she didn't have to suppress herself.

He said, I will pay for the fare, you don't have to worry about it.

He said to remember to call him when you get home, otherwise he will worry.

He said that if you have any troubles, just tell him and he will find a way to help.

He watched Chinatsu leave, his eyes full of tenderness.

Chinatsu was completely overwhelmed.

For the sake of her beloved 'boyfriend', Chinatsu decides to be a girlfriend for rent to make some quick money.

This is a gray industry in Japan, where boys and girls take what they need and enjoy the fruits of love in the name of renting.

But Chinatsu was not confident, so she found Takahashi and asked her to dress up for her, and Takahashi agreed.

After putting on makeup, the effect was immediate. Her appearance improved a lot. Although she still looked a little chubby, her round face still added a lot of charm to her, so much so that boys would approach her whenever she went out.

Chinatsu was overjoyed and shyly went to see Lan with her new look. He was surprised and kept praising her for being more beautiful than before. But at this moment, a high-roller who usually spends a lot of money appeared and asked Lan to serve her, so Lan had to leave in disappointment.

Chinatsu knew the rules very well; if she wanted to hire a gigolo, she had to open champagne for him first.

It’s okay, I’m a girlfriend for rent now, I just need to take on a few more customers to pay off my debts, I can take out some loans and buy some champagne first.

She immediately ordered 70,000 yen worth of champagne for Lan!
Naruto stayed beside her and closed his eyes. He couldn't move too far away from Chinatsu.

Completely finished.

However, since it was champagne worth 70,000, the scene was naturally spectacular.

"Princess, please drink up all the love!"

"Drink!"

"Drink!"

"Drink, drink, drink!"

"Next, please drink this rich love, Prince!"

"Drink!"

"Drink!"

"Drink, drink, drink!"

Chinatsu looked at Lan with a happy smile on her face.

"Next, please let tonight's protagonist, our princess, have a word!"

The host handed the microphone to Chinatsu.

"three."

"two."

"one!"

"Hey, that..." Chinatsu couldn't help but hesitate, and at this moment,
Lan hugged her shoulders and leaned over to whisper in her ear:
"Xiao Xia, do you like me?"

"Hi, I like it."

Chinatsu shyly ran into the bathroom. When she thought about the world of two people in a while, she was so excited that she couldn't control herself.

But as soon as I walked out of the bathroom.

Lan was snatched away by the rich woman again, but he looked at the moneybag with loving eyes, his eyes moving around, showing his dignity.

Seventy thousand yuan is nothing in this world of extravagance and decadence.

To buy more happiness, you need to order a more expensive package.

Chinatsu was disheartened. She was anxious to take on more clients to make more money, but the company told her that she had to undergo training and take exams before her debut, and that it would take at least a month before she could officially start work.

She had already turned down her previous part-time job for this one. Now, not only had she lost her income, she was also heavily in debt.

"This rental service is pretty legitimate..." Naruto shook his head speechlessly.

Although he didn't want to see the following memories, he could already guess what it would be like.

A love-deprived female college student has no stable source of income but has huge consumption needs.

What other options does she have?

Chinatsu was walking on the street when she was stopped by a man in a suit who introduced her to a job that would allow her to make money immediately.

She decided to give it a try.

But when I got there, I realized I was on a pirate ship. The so-called way to make money immediately was either to post provocative photos online or to provide direct services.

The man smiled and promised that the money would be deposited immediately as long as she was willing.

During this process, there is no coercion or illegality, and Chinatsu can choose to withdraw at any time without reason.

This may be the scariest thing about Japan.

Chinatsu believes that as long as she is firm enough and sticks to her bottom line, she will not fall.

So, she got the generous reward as promised, but the price was that she fell from a college student to a prostitute.

As soon as she closed her eyes, those unbearable memories lingered like a nightmare. As soon as she opened her eyes, she found herself involuntarily ringing the customer's doorbell.

She couldn't help but ask herself, did she really love Lan so much?
Is Lan worth selling her body for?

Maybe while she was being tortured, Lan was drinking wine with other women.

Chinatsu called Arashi and told herself that if Arashi didn't answer this time, she would end it all completely.

"Dudu~dudu~"

The phone kept ringing, but Chinatsu seemed to still hold on to a glimmer of hope and didn't hang up immediately.

But just as he was about to hang up, Lan's voice came from the other end of the phone.

He was caught anyway.

Naruto stood aside, his expression like a Shiba Inu emoticon he often used in his previous life: numb, completely numb.

He admitted that this was the most helpless episode he had ever encountered, because he couldn't do anything about this damn memory.

More importantly, he felt deeply uncomfortable with this story of gradual decline.

Memories began to race forward, as if reaching the final outcome.

The truth was revealed and Chinatsu's actions were discovered by the school.

She was expelled from school.

When her mother received the notice of expulsion, she did not blame her too much, even though it was difficult for her to accept the result.

Chinatsu regretted her decision and stood on the street reading her mother's message, beating her chest and crying madly.

Perhaps seeing Chinatsu's wavering heart, Lan took the initiative to find her again and used his trump card.

A 360-degree French kiss that covered every angle caught Chinatsu off guard.

They've 'confirmed their relationship'.

The two were sweet together for a long time. Lan casually asked about Chinatsu's birthday, thinking of celebrating her birthday, and then she was 'surprised' to find that their birthdays were on the same day!
What a coincidence!
Chinatsu was overjoyed and immediately said that she would give Lan a surprise on her birthday.

In fact,
She wants to order a 150 million yen champagne set meal for Arashi!

At this point, Chinatsu asked the waiter to keep it a secret, as it was a surprise, and she had to collect 150 million before Arashi's birthday!
She began to accept customers desperately, accepting all of them, and torturing herself beyond recognition.

at last……

She collected the exact amount: one! one hundred! five! one hundred! ten thousand!

She couldn't wait to send Lan birthday wishes in advance, and fell into a deep sleep in the early morning of her birthday because she was so tired.

When I woke up, it was four o'clock in the afternoon.

Chinatsu got up and hurriedly put on makeup, everything just waiting for her arrival.

She was waiting at the door of the male escort club, looking at her phone with some excitement, waiting for Lan's reply.

After a while,

[Xiao Wu, I also want to see you soon~]

"Eh?"

Chinatsu was completely stunned, as if she had been slapped loudly in the face in the street.

"Oh no," Naruto also saw this message: "I remembered the wrong name~"

Every gigolo has to receive a large number of guests, so it is very common to get names wrong. Generally speaking, the more capable the gigolo is, the less likely he is to make such low-level mistakes.

But I think Lan said before that he had just been a gigolo for a short time.

"It turns out that I'm just an ordinary guest, so ordinary that I even got my name wrong..." Chinatsu covered her face and cried, unable to tolerate such betrayal any longer.

She couldn't possibly stay with Lan anymore. Lies might be beautiful, but the truth was as sharp as a knife.

The memories around him began to become a little blurry due to Chinatsu's emotional shock. It seemed that because the memories were about to come to an end, Chinatsu's own emotions began to infect Naruto, so that he felt a little heartbroken.

Naruto silently looked at the collapsed Chinatsu and shook his head helplessly.

"At least you haven't spent the 1.5 million yet. Why not use it to start over?"

He stood beside Chinatsu, thinking that this seemed to be the end of the story.

It’s not completely over yet. At least the money is saved and there is a way back.

But why does she have a split personality?

While Naruto was thinking,
Chinatsu actually turned her head and looked at Naruto. At the same time, her eyes no longer showed sadness, and gradually regained clarity.

The surrounding scenes gradually froze, pedestrians stopped walking, vehicles stopped driving, and neon lights stopped changing.

She turned to Naruto and asked, "Is this your true form?"

Naruto was stunned, she can see me now?

Seeing that Naruto was silent, Chinatsu pulled out a makeup mirror from her pocket and handed it to Naruto.

Naruto opened the makeup mirror with some confusion, but found that he was no longer the yellow-haired, blue-eyed, fox-bearded boy, but had returned to his original appearance before he traveled through time.

He stroked his smooth black hair and asked Chinatsu in confusion, "This should be your memory, right? Can you control this space?"

Chinatsu nodded, "You can only control it a little bit, use this to control it." She took out the black fragment and handed it to Naruto.

It was the fragment that had teleported him here.

"What is going on?" Naruto felt that there were too many questions in his mind that needed to be answered.

"Let me make it short, because this space won't last long, and I'll teleport you back soon," Chinatsu said solemnly to Naruto.

"As you can see, after I discovered the truth, I cried on the street for a long, long time, so long that I couldn't even remember the time,"

"Then I felt my body go cold, as if something heavy was pressing down on me. I looked back and saw a pool of black liquid dragging me down."

Naruto's scalp tingled, and he asked, "Can you recreate this scene?"

Chinatsu shook her head slightly. "My recollections have reached their limit. Listen, that pool of liquid tried to completely envelop me and drag me underground. I kept pulling away, trying to break free from that monster, but it was too strong. I was no match for it."

"Then I punched and kicked it, and I actually kicked something. Maybe my desire to survive was too strong, so I grabbed it with my hands and grabbed it, and it followed me to the ninja world."

Naruto frowned, "So, this fragment came from someone behind the scenes?"

"Well, obviously, he has mastered the ability of time and space," Chinatsu nodded, and then suddenly asked: "Do you remember how you traveled through time and space?"

Naruto was stunned and began to rack his brains to recall the past.

"It seems like...eh?" He couldn't help but sweat on his forehead: "I, I don't remember."

He had never thought about the details before his time travel. After all, time travel is a common trope in many novels.

Isn’t the purpose of traveling to another world just for fun?

"I suspect this mastermind deliberately concealed our memories of before and after our time travel. By the way, have you ever experienced any strong negative emotions?"

"That's not the case...why do you ask?"

"After I traveled through time, I was often affected by my inner demons, which caused me to have extremely negative emotions. Sometimes I was lucid, and sometimes I was confused."

"I can see that, but this should be your own problem..." Naruto was talking when he suddenly froze.

He remembered that Sakura had once had a serious emotional outburst, and he had physical contact with Sakura because of it.

She said that the marks on the tree trunk reminded her of her own psychological trauma, which caused her to have a mental breakdown.

If you think about it calmly, the current time travelers, Sakura, Cardo, and Jin, have all suffered huge setbacks to varying degrees.

Even he himself has experienced past events that are difficult to look back on. But let's be honest, everyone has their own psychological shadows, right?

Naruto said slowly: "Do you think that the mastermind brought some people to the ninja world and used their negative emotions to make trouble?"

"Yeah." Chinatsu nodded, and at the same time, her figure began to slowly become blurred.

"I've used the fragment's ability before. If I inject enough chakra into it, it can take you into your most unbearable memories. So, this must be the ability of the mastermind behind this."

"I don't know why he did this, but the greater the psychological shadow of the traverser, the more likely he is to be affected."

"And the ninja world is extremely prone to magnifying the negative emotions in our hearts..."

As she spoke, Chinatsu's body became thinner and thinner, as if she would disappear at any moment.

Naruto nodded and murmured softly, "Because the ninja world itself is twisted. Ninjas are tools, and personal strength is above all else. There are also forbidden techniques like Impure World Reincarnation and Izanagi that reverse life and death and manipulate right and wrong."

"Just look at Itachi. On Earth, he might have received a good education and become a talented young man, but in the ninja world, he would only be bewitched by Danzo and kill his entire family."

He watched as Chixia's figure completely disappeared, and a feeling of sadness suddenly surged in his heart.

How difficult is it to remove negative emotions from people’s hearts?

Everyone has his or her own worries. This is the law of nature. Even an immortal may not be able to eliminate all worries.

Doing such a thing in the ninja world is just a drop in the bucket.

A fairy-like figure in a black robe suddenly appeared beside him. His black hair flew freely in the wind, his eyes were unruly, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his lips.

"The easiest way is to kill all the travelers," Phantom chuckled. "Or, you could try to eliminate the ills of the ninja world. However, this is a difficult path. I didn't insist on giving it to you. It's your decision."

After saying that, the phantom disappeared like a bubble, and the twisted black vortex teleported Naruto back to the Forest of Death.

……

"Naruto? Naruto!"

Forest of death.

Sakura, with a pale face, saw the yellow-haired boy reappear beside Jin and immediately ran over.

"Bang!" He fell heavily to the ground.

"Cough cough..." Feeling his soul overlapping with Uzumaki Naruto's body, Naruto's face gradually turned from pale to rosy. He gasped for breath and was helped up by Sakura.

"I was scared to death." Sakura's eyes were red, and she seemed to be sad for a long time because of Naruto's sudden disappearance.

He comforted Sakura and then asked carefully, "By the way, where are the fragments? Where are they?"

"I wrapped it up and put it aside." She sniffed and pointed to the strip of cloth lying on the ground.

"How much time has passed?"

"...About five minutes."

"I see," Naruto reached out to collect the fragments, but when Sakura's eyes widened and she tried to stop him, he quickly explained, "Don't worry, it won't work if you don't inject chakra into it."

"Oh, so... you should know a lot of clues, right?"

"Well, let's go hand over the task first, and we'll talk about it in detail later."

Naruto carried Sasuke on his back, and the three of them walked towards the round tower in the center.

Sakura's mood seems to be getting more and more unstable... No wonder, she has been worried all this time.

Naruto couldn't help but look up at the sky.

At first, he just thought that traveling to the ninja world was very novel, and he would be able to show his talents with the identity of Naruto.

But now, he only felt that there was an invisible big hand manipulating everything and playing with human nature.

He sent people with psychological trauma to the Ninja World, used the environment of the Ninja World to let negative emotions ferment, and let the time travelers play Werewolf and fight each other in suspicion.

What a bad taste.

Naruto turned to look at the gate, weighing Sasuke's weight on his back, and only one thought came to his mind;
He must become stronger as soon as possible.

But before that, he needed to confirm a few things with Sakura.

(PS Report to all readers: In this book, there will be no more than three surviving time travelers at the same time, usually Naruto + Sakura + a newcomer)
(End of this chapter)