Naruto: I, who fooled the ninja world, was hailed as a savior.

Chapter 84: Ten "Rewards" Inside the Underground Palace

"Yukito, are you ready?"

The Land of the Moon borders the Land of Hot Springs. Yugito Nii, the Jinchūriki of the Two-Tails, and other Cloud Village ninjas had already circled around and were standing on trees, looking at the distant encampment.

Because they were worried about being seen by the Hyuga clan of Konoha, they were located far away from the Konoha headquarters.

At this distance, conventional ninjutsu cannot affect it, unless a Tailed Beast Ball is used to inflict extremely strong damage.

However, Yugito is not yet able to fully transform into a tailed beast like Killer Bee. Currently, she has only mastered half of the tailed beast transformation and cannot use the Tailed Beast Ball.

Ironically, she became the Jinchūriki of the Two-Tails at the age of two, and despite being disliked by the people of Kumogakure, she persisted in her training, only to be surpassed by Killer Bee, who later became the Jinchūriki of the Eight-Tails.

However, their purpose in coming here was not to use the Tailed Beast Ball to wipe out all the ninjas stationed in Konoha, nor was such an action possible.

"Fire Rat Jade".

The two wooden figures standing on the tree raised their hands to form hand seals, and spat out rat-shaped flames wrapped in the Two-Tails' chakra. After landing, they silently transformed into several fire rats.

The fire rat moved with incredible speed, leaving behind several blue afterimages.

Manipulated by the Two-Tails' chakra, these fire rats will head to Konoha's warehouse and silently burn it to the ground.

Thanks to the chakra properties of the Two-Tails, the flames cannot be extinguished by water-style techniques until the chakra is exhausted.

"Disperse!"

Seeing this, the other Cloud Village ninjas also immediately dispersed, preparing to cooperate with Yugito in launching a new round of attacks.

This served two purposes: to draw the attention of the Konoha ninjas and provide cover for them, and to take advantage of the chaos to launch a counterattack once the warehouse was ablaze.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's advantage in declaring war first and quickly unifying the ninja clans' forces was that he took the lead in pushing the battlefield to the Land of the Moon, which is closer to the Land of Lightning.

Standing on the border of the Land of Lightning, you can almost see the village of Konoha's encampment. This is why the Fourth Raikage was scolded by the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning.

No one expected Hiruzen Sarutobi to be so decisive this time, which truly caught the Raikage and Kumogakure off guard.

However, the downside is that Konoha has stretched out its logistical supply lines even further.

If the existing logistical reserves within the base were indeed burned down, before subsequent supplies arrived, the Hidden Cloud Village would be able to switch from defense to offense and push the battlefield back.

However, just as the Cloud Village people dispersed.

"Wow!"

A high-pitched and penetrating eagle cry reached their ears, and everyone stopped in their tracks and looked up at the sky.

A falcon circled overhead, and noticing their gaze, released its talons and dropped a scroll.

The two wooden figures darted to take the document, opened it, and frowned upon seeing its contents.

The Land of Hot Springs? An underground palace? What are all these?
"Lord Raikage has given the order." She looked up at the other Cloud Village ninja and said, "Let's postpone this operation and change the mission objective. We'll discuss the details on the way."

Having said that, she raised her hand to extinguish the fire rats that had been flying away, and led the way following the direction given in the scroll.

Upon hearing this, the others were also confused, but they still obeyed the order without hesitation and followed.

Meanwhile, in the Leaf Village of the Land of the Moon, inside Jiraiya's tent.

Bang!
As a puff of white smoke exploded, a toad appeared in front of Jiraiya, and the words it croaked made him frown.

"Let them come back."

Jiraiya turned to the Yamanaka clansmen beside him and spoke.

"What's going on?" Kakashi Hatake asked curiously, standing to the side. "Didn't they say they found traces of Cloud Village ninjas in the rear?"

“It’s the Two-Tails Jinchuriki from Kumogakure.” Jiraiya’s expression was also somewhat solemn and puzzled. “But he suddenly left just now.”

With the entire Mount Myōboku as his backing, Jiraiya's "eyes" weren't just on the ninjas of Konoha, but also on those seemingly insignificant ordinary toads.

The tricks that Kumogakure is up to won't be so easily hidden from him.

Jiraiya had already set up an ambush, but unexpectedly, the people from Kumogakure suddenly stopped their operation.

"Have they discovered us?" the mountain tribesman in charge of liaison asked, opening his eyes.

"...Probably not." Jiraiya pondered for a moment, then shook his head and frowned. "According to the toad, they received orders to stop their operation."

Just then, Hyuga Kumokawa, who had been standing silently behind Kakashi, suddenly spoke up and asked, "Which direction did they leave in?"

Kakashi Hatake seemed to suddenly realize something, and his expression changed slightly. Jiraiya also realized this after asking Gamabunta.

"It's in the south." His tone was somewhat surprised. "The Land of Hot Springs? They actually changed their mission objective and went to the Land of Hot Springs?"

That was no ordinary ninja squad; it included the Two-Tails Jinchuriki from Kumogakure. The Fourth Raikage actually sent them to the Land of Hot Springs.
"Damn it." Kakashi Hatake frowned. "The Fourth Raikage must have received some definite information. There's a high probability that there's something they need in that place."

Otherwise, the Fourth Raikage would never have forcibly interrupted this operation, allowing such an important fighting force as the Two-Tails Jinchuriki to go to the Land of Hot Springs.

"This..." Jiraiya could certainly have thought of this as well.

Jiraiya hadn't really paid much attention to the "abyss" Kakashi mentioned before, after all, he had heard all sorts of legends and strange tales during his years of traveling the ninja world.

Most of these are unverifiable folk tales, with only a very small number involving evil gods, demons, and monsters, for which some verifiable traces can be found.

However, it is completely meaningless, and rash contact could even cause some disasters.

But seeing Yunyin making such a fuss over him, Jiraiya began to have some doubts.

Could there really be some kind of secret treasure?
Just then, the tent flap was lifted. "Lord Jiraiya."

A Konoha ninja walked into the tent and was taken aback by Jiraiya's complicated expression and the strange atmosphere.

But he quickly regained his composure and said in a serious tone, "According to intelligence from the black market, someone has hired a large number of bounty hunter ninjas to go to the Land of Hot Springs..."

Crunch!

Before he could finish speaking, Kakashi couldn't sit still any longer and suddenly stood up, the chair scraping against the floor with a screeching sound.

"Lord Jiraiya, I must take my leave now."

After saying that, he was about to pull Hyuga Kumokawa away, but Jiraiya suddenly stopped him.

"Wait a moment." Jiraiya no longer hesitated and said in a deep voice, "Take some more people with you."

Everyone knows that old man Onoki secretly loves using bounty hunters.

It's clear that Iwagakure is behind these bounty hunters.

Forget about the Fourth Raikage of Kumogakure, that old guy Onoki isn't stupid; he never does anything pointless.

Of course, Jiraiya obviously didn't expect that Onoki thought the same way.

Only Hinata Kumokawa, who was looking down from above, knew what was going on and found the scene somewhat amusing.

"It's exactly as expected, and even exceeded expectations in some ways."

This is an application of the so-called "catfish effect".

In a broad sense, it refers to an effect that motivates the weak to become stronger by introducing the strong.

When any one or even both parties begin to take action, other individuals who see them as adversaries will feel threatened and thus be forced to take action.

Even Hyuga Kumokawa believed that if Kumogakure had acted any slower, Sunagakure, which had always kept a low profile, would have joined in.

"Never mind, we can't force it. Akatsuki, Kumogakure, Konoha, and Iwagakure are enough for our experiments."

Hyuga Kumokawa's eyes flickered slightly as he silently recited in his mind: "Manifestation - First Floor of the Underground Palace, Activation conditions: the maximum chakra limit of the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, and corpses that die in the underground palace will have their souls and flesh preserved..."

He briefly described the layout, limitations, and functions of the first floor of the underground palace.

Now that they've arrived at the underground palace, it's his domain.

But you can't just expect the horse to run without feeding it. Besides, giving it something can increase the credibility of its identity.

However, the first layer doesn't need to be too excessive. Of course, the ownership of the first layer should still be in your own hands, and you can take it back whenever you want.

"Hmm, then let's materialize a Kusanagi sword called 'Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi,' using the name to imply that all Kusanagi swords are led by it. Its shape will be a one-handed axe, with 'Earth Release: Super Weighted Rock Technique' built-in, suitable for adding earth-style chakra..."

"Since the Sage of Six Paths has already created the Golden Rope, the Red Gourd, the Seven-Star Sword, and the Banana Leaf Fan, it's not too much for me to create a 'God-Slaying Whip,' right? It has a built-in 'Diamond Sealing Technique,' suitable for adding lightning-attribute chakra..."

We also need to add three more, one suitable for use by 'Otsutsuki Kumoshiki', one suitable for 'Hyuga Kumokawa', and one suitable for 'Kage', to openly and legitimately enhance the strength of the main body and the disguise.

"For the 'Otsutsuki Kumoshiki', just make a useless sword that no one else can use, and then unlock it when the alternate version appears in the future."

"If it's suitable for 'shadows,' then let's imitate the Ghost Mask from 'Jackie Chan Adventures' that can summon various shadow ninjas and create a similar one."

"The best thing for 'Hyuga Kumokawa' is the ability to fly, and it also needs to fit the character design well. The Winged Imperial Arms: Soaring Flight [Abomination] from Akame ga Kill! would be a good fit."

After thinking for a moment, Hinata Kumokawa seemed to have thought of something and couldn't help but smile.

"In addition, there are seven swords called the 'Seven Deadly Sins,' which correspond to pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust."

We already have six. Let's add four more regular chakra blades to make a total of ten.

[Will the 10000 Realization Points spent materialize?]

"...It's fallen below 10,000 again." Hinata Kumokawa couldn't help but twitch his lips, but still thought to himself, "Manifest."

[Remaining realization points: 8754]

Having inexplicably obtained 8,000 points from the old toad and Jiraiya, Hyuga Kumokawa didn't feel any pain spending them, especially since at least three of them were his own. He was just a little uncomfortable about dropping below 10,000.

These ninja tools aren't actually that powerful; they're just chakra metal with some special ninjutsu built into them, so they don't cost many points.

However, for other ninjas, weapons that can be imbued with chakra attributes, such as Sarutobi Asuma's "Flying Swallow," are extremely precious.

Because no one knows how to forge chakra blades anymore, and even chakra metal is becoming increasingly scarce, its price on the black market far exceeds its intrinsic value.

As for Hyuga Kumokawa, as long as he has enough realization points, he can materialize enough chakra metal.

Therefore, using this kind of thing for fishing is undoubtedly the most cost-effective choice.

The most expensive items were the construction of the first floor of the underground palace, the "Seven Deadly Sins" set with its miraculous effects, and the mask and wings he prepared for himself.

"Yun Chuan, let's go."

At this moment, Kakashi Hatake finally made his choice, called out to Hyuga Kumokawa, and then hurriedly walked out of the tent.

Hinata Kumokawa's thoughts drifted away, and he followed her out of the tent.

He was also somewhat looking forward to what kind of return this 10,000 points would bring him, and what kind of waves it would create.

(End of this chapter)