At the Hokage Building—
“Uzumaki Naruto, stop right there! You actually dared to pull out my beard!”
“You little bastard! You actually kicked me in the—!”
“You little pervert! How dare you…!”
The female Jōnin’s face flushed red.
“Don’t let me catch you, or you’re going to regret it!”
Naruto remained expressionless as he looked at the familiar Jōnin chasing behind him.
All of them had come to the Hokage Building either to accept missions or turn in completed ones.
And today, Naruto had managed to mess with all of them at once.
[Ding! Detected the host being pursued by a group of Jōnin. Your Body Flicker Technique is extremely excited and has worked hard enough to reach the Transcendent level!]
Naruto frowned slightly.
“That’s all I get?”
“Not enough!”
“Shadow Clone Jutsu!”
To gain strength faster—and also to vent some frustration—Naruto decided to reveal a little of his ability.
He created three Shadow Clones, each of which immediately fled in a different direction.
The three Jōnin froze when they saw this.
“Shadow Clones? How does this kid know a B-rank ninjutsu?!”
“Forget it! I’ll chase the one on the left!”
“Then I’ll take the middle one!”
Just like that, the three Jōnin were lured away by Naruto’s Shadow Clones.
The real Naruto, meanwhile, used the Flying Thunder God Technique and instantly returned to the vicinity of the Hokage Building.
From a distance, he stared at the blurry window of the Hokage’s office.
He knew exactly who his target was—
The Third Hokage!
Naruto exhaled.
Now came the real test of his acting skills.
He waited five minutes, then ran toward the Hokage Building while pretending to be completely out of breath.
He rushed up the stairs and continued running through the building. Find the original chapter at novelping.com.
At that moment, the Third Hokage was reviewing documents.
An ANBU suddenly appeared.
“Lord Third, Uzumaki Naruto has slipped into the building. Should I drive him out?”
The Third Hokage set down his pen, removed the pipe from his mouth, and exhaled a puff of smoke.
“No need. I’d like to see Naruto myself. It’s been more than half a year since I last visited him.”
“He’s probably here to pull another prank.”
Although the Third Hokage didn’t visit Naruto often, he frequently observed him using the Telescope Technique.
Over the past month, he had increasingly felt that Naruto had changed.
He was no longer constantly making a fuss.
He no longer shouted all day about becoming Hokage.
Even his entire personality seemed to have grown colder.
The Third Hokage sighed.
“Naruto… have you begun walking toward the darkness?”
Just as that thought crossed his mind, the office door suddenly flew open.
A small sphere was tossed inside.
“Lord Hokage, watch out!”
Several ANBU immediately appeared from different directions and positioned themselves in front of the Third Hokage.
They were ready to deal with any danger that might emerge.
But the expected attack never came.
When the smoke finally cleared…
More than a dozen Narutos stood before them!
“Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu?!”
Several ANBU were shocked.
Only the Third Hokage glanced down at the floor.
“No physical substance… Has he actually trained the Clone Jutsu to this level?”
Naruto did, in fact, know the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu.
He simply didn’t want to reveal it!
“Old man, take this!” This story is hosted at g.com.
One of the Narutos shouted.
Then, with a series of popping sounds—
“Sexy Jutsu!”
More than a dozen scantily clad beauties appeared on the spot.
PFFFFT!
The Third Hokage and two of the ANBU instantly sprayed blood from their noses and were sent tumbling backward!
“Huh?”
One of the transformed Narutos looked toward the only ANBU who hadn’t suffered a nosebleed and had instead covered the eyes of their mask with one hand.
“There’s actually a paragon of chastity among the ANBU?”
“Pervert!” the ANBU muttered angrily.
Naruto heard her.
“Oh. So it’s a woman.”
[Ding! The host has defeated ANBU Uzuki Yūgao. Your swordsmanship has worked extremely hard and derived Konoha-Style Swordsmanship: Dance of the Crescent Moon!]
[Ding! The host has defeated ANBU Gekkō Hayate. The host has worked hard enough to learn the Transparent Escape Technique!]
[Ding! The host has defeated ANBU Yamato. The host’s Wood Release talent has worked hard and awakened!]
[Ding! The host has defeated the Third Hokage. The host’s Fire Release, Water Release, Earth Release, and Lightning Release talents have worked hard enough to reach the Advanced level!]
“Hahahaha! You fell for it!”
After forcing himself to shout such an embarrassing line, Naruto turned and ran.
“Lord Hokage, I’ll go after him!” Uzuki Yūgao volunteered.
“No need, Yūgao.”
The Third Hokage climbed back to his feet and wiped the blood from beneath his nose.
“It was only a prank. He’s a child. It’s understandable.”
Yūgao found that strange.
For some reason, she could hear happiness in the Third Hokage’s voice.
But before she had time to think about why, she suddenly noticed that her lover—
Gekkō Hayate— was also wiping blood from his nose.
“Hayate!”
Gekkō Hayate: “…”