This Naruto is a player.

Chapter 153 Naruto: Do ​​you have a dream?

Let's turn back time a little bit.

Sand Hidden Village.

Daimaru received an S-rank mission, which made him ecstatic!

What merit or ability does a low-ranking ninja like him have to participate in a mission of this level?
Could it be that his reputation as "Red Sandstorm, Great Maru of the Wind" can no longer be hidden?

really,

Even though he tried his best to hide it, the village still discovered his talent and planned to train him as the future Kazekage!
Hahaha.

With great excitement, Daimaru found the team leader, Yura.

"Daimaru, this mission is extremely dangerous. You need to be prepared!"

Upon seeing the excited Daimaru, Yura offered words of encouragement.

However, he himself looked miserable, as if his parents had died.

Nobody wants to lead a team on this kind of mission.

This is a great disgrace that will be recorded in detail in the history of the Jonin Village!

But the village kept passing the buck, and in the end, it fell directly on him, a Jonin with little experience.

This mission is fraught with unknown dangers, but it will absolutely jeopardize our reputation!

"Captain Yura, did the village discover my talent to become a Kage and prepare to nurture me with all their might when they chose me for this S-rank mission? Hahaha."

Upon hearing this, Yura felt rather helpless.

This kid is way too confident.

Because of the Konoha Crush plan, there were not many ninjas left in the village who could carry out the mission, so they had to send a genin along.

That's it!

Besides, for that person, it makes no difference whether it's a genin or a jonin; it doesn't matter who goes.

However, at this moment, Yura did not directly provoke Daimaru, but simply offered a word of encouragement before gathering the team.

The team was small, with only five people.

The team consists of one Jonin, three Chunin, and only one Genin, Daigoku.

The team has received intelligence that Naruto Uzumaki is currently in Tanabata Town.

Tanbata Street is located in the southwest of the Land of Fire, near the border of the Land of Wind, and the team was able to get there quickly.

If all goes well, we should be able to see Naruto Uzumaki tomorrow.

On the way, the Jonin leading the team, Yura, explained the mission in detail.

Peace talks!

To negotiate with a 12-year-old boy!

"Should our entire Sand Village take the initiative to negotiate with Naruto Uzumaki and that twelve-year-old brat?"

After Yura finished explaining the detailed mission, the other three Chunin remained silent, but Daimaru reacted quite strongly!
They are from Sunagakure, one of the Five Great Ninja Villages!
Naruto Uzumaki, a mere genin about the same age as him, actually had the entire Sand Village condescend to fawn over him?

He couldn't accept it!
Daimaru stared at his teammates in disbelief.

The three Chunin, and even the Jonin Yura who was leading the team, didn't react at all!
Give me some response!

You have one Jonin and three Chunin. You shouldn't be so easily frightened by a Genin, right?

Suddenly, something occurred to him.

Back in Sunagakure, he had heard of Naruto Uzumaki's reputation from others.

Its reputation is resounding, and its record is even more terrifying.

but.
"Hey, you guys aren't scared out of your wits by the Naruto Uzumaki stories in the newspapers, are you?"

Daimaru roared, "It's just fabricated news in the newspapers! How could something like that be true?"
Throughout the entire Chunin Exams, the Daily Ninja World relentlessly promoted Konoha and Naruto Uzumaki. Can't you see that?

"This news was all bought by Konoha! If our Sunagakure were rich enough to promote my Daigoku with all our might, I could also become a genius that appears only once in a thousand years in the ninja world!"

"Hahaha..."

A masked Chunin was suddenly amused by Daimaru's joke.

Although Daimaru's words sounded crude, they did make some sense to everyone.

however,
This news story still has an undeniable fact to support its argument.

"But our Sunagakure village lost most of its fighting force to Konoha."

"Konoha was already much stronger than our Sunagakure. Is it strange that we were defeated and captured by Konoha?"

The ninja who asked the question was taken aback.

Doesn't seem strange.

The ninjas who were not involved in the entire Konoha Crush plan actually knew very little about it, and much of the information was only partially understood.

He learned more about Yura, but remained silent, lost in thought.

After changing their perspective, others reconsidered Daimaru's earlier words and found them to make a lot of sense.

It's not just somewhat reasonable, it's extremely reasonable.

Judging from their previous attitudes, at least Konoha's propaganda goals have been achieved, regardless of the circumstances.

They were already terrified by Naruto's reputation and power before they even saw him.

And they themselves were completely unaware of this tactic!

What method is this?
News war?

still?

None of them knew what this new method was called.

It doesn't matter.
One of the Chunin, realizing what was happening, roared, "Hmph! Konoha, you sophistry! You actually use this method to intimidate others!"

"What do you mean by defeating 50 Sunagakure ninjas in just one second with a flash, or defeating the First and Second Hokage all by himself? It all seems to be a lie!" A Chunin gritted his teeth.

The First Hokage and the Second Hokage, even though they were from opposing, no, allied ninja villages.

They also knew that the two were legendary figures.

And now, he was easily defeated by a twelve-year-old genin.

Who actually believes such exaggerated news?!

He had been quite skeptical when he saw this kind of news before, but he never dared to confront him directly!

"That's right, and we were terrified by this kind of tactic!"

Hearing the three complain, Daimaru decisively replied, "That's right, how could there be such a genius? Even I, Daimaru, couldn't do that!"

The others just laughed when they heard this.

Daimaru is definitely too confident.

However, this confidence is a good thing!

Look, even the Sand Village themselves didn't realize it, but this kid found the flaw!

Thinking of this, everyone felt much more at ease.

One of the Chunin looked at the silent captain and said, "Captain Yura, say something!"

Yura looked up and glanced at his four temporary subordinates in turn.

In the end, he remained silent and did not utter a word.

His calm, unwavering gaze was like an abyss, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking at that moment.

In fact, Yura had doubts about the intelligence sent from above.

Whether it was news in the newspapers or intelligence reports, they all seemed like a joke rather than genuine intelligence.

Yura didn't have the authority to have the intelligence department above confirm the information again, so he could only temporarily accept it.

now,

Upon hearing Daimaru's analysis, out of the caution expected of a Jonin, he neither refuted nor agreed with Daimaru's statement.

"In any case, it's never wrong to be cautious. Just get our mission done," Yura whispered a reminder.

Seeing this, Daimaru confidently declared, "Captain Yura, don't worry! I, 'Red Sandstorm, Wind Daimaru,' will test Naruto's mettle!"

Yura glanced at him but didn't say anything more.

He knew his mission, and he also knew the bottom line set by the village.

That's a huge sum of money.

If Daimaru could test Naruto's abilities, wouldn't the village be able to save this money?

Let's go back to the present, to Tanba Street.

After making inquiries, Yura and his group roughly learned where Naruto Uzumaki usually went.

Finally, the group waited for Naruto Uzumaki on a certain road.

In the corners and on the rooftops, everyone was intently observing Naruto Uzumaki walking along the path.

He was an ordinary-looking boy.

Aside from her looks, there's nothing else to describe.

He was drinking a cola in his right hand and holding two skewers of takoyaki in his left, walking with an arrogant gait and a strange rhythm.

Glug glug~~~
The sound of the drink cup being sucked dry could be heard, but he continued to gurgle happily.

A group of people were speechless.

Is this the legendary Naruto Uzumaki who took on two Hokage at once and instantly defeated fifty Sunagakure ninja?
Ah!
He's just a child who hasn't grown up yet!
Sure enough, the news was all lies!
Uh-huh! Uh-huh! Uh-huh! Uh-huh! Uh-huh!
Several menacing figures suddenly appeared in front of us.

Naruto looked up at the newcomers, all of whom looked travel-worn and wore Sand Village headbands.

What do these people want with him?
"You must be Naruto Uzumaki?" The one leading the group was a ninja with a hood, a fringe around his buttocks, and bangs covering one eye.

"Yes, what's the matter?"

Upon hearing Naruto's affirmative answer, before the leading ninja could speak, a short, young man stepped forward.

Daimaru's face was arrogant and confident, and his Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Finger was almost pointing at Naruto's nose, "So you're the one called Uzumaki Naruto!"

That arrogant tone, that cocky attitude.

Ha. It turns out that people really do laugh when they're speechless.

Naruto smiled helplessly.

A greenhorn they brought here?

Interesting, though.

It's been a long time since anyone has dared to be so arrogant in front of him.

The last person who dared to point at him like that was Konohamaru.

He won't tolerate this!

Naruto's eyes flashed suddenly, and boundless will and immense eye power burst forth instantly!

suddenly,

Everyone felt that the young blond man in front of them had suddenly changed his aura.

His laziness vanished instantly, replaced by an unparalleled sharpness.

This sharp edge, with just one glance, seems capable of piercing through everyone's will!
Daimaru, who was closest to the location, felt it the most deeply; he was the first to be affected!
In that instant of eye contact, Daimaru felt as if he were staring into a bottomless abyss.

The next second, Daimaru felt as if his heart was being squeezed by a hand, making it difficult to even breathe!
Then,

Daimaru discovered that he couldn't control his body at all; even moving a single finger was harder than climbing to heaven.

"you"

The words that wanted to be spoken could only be uttered as a 'heh heh' roar from the throat because there was no control over the body.

Suddenly,

Boundless fear enveloped Daimaru, and the shadow of death instantly loomed over him!

wrong!

Daimaru suddenly realized that he was wrong, and terribly wrong!

With just a glance, I became a fish on the chopping block.

They can't even control their own life and death!

Naruto Uzumaki's strength is terrifying!

What was reported in the news was actually true!

This feeling is so powerless, so incredibly powerless.

"Pfft!!!"

Unable to withstand the pressure, Daimaru knelt down on the ground.

He struggled to lift his head, and there he saw Naruto, bathed in the blinding sunlight, looking down at him with disdain, as if he were an ant, without a trace of pity.

"Daimaru!"

Seeing Daimaru kneel on the ground, the three Chunin shouted.

But they were met with Naruto's gaze.

My gaze swept over there too, and then...thump thump thump~~~
After three sounds, the three Chunin who had been shouting just moments before were now lying unconscious on the ground.

They had no ability to resist at all; they were instantly killed.

Finally, Naruto's gaze fell upon the only other person still standing in the arena besides himself.

This person hasn't had a chance to speak since that first sentence.

He just stood there, trembling.

They looked pitiful, weak, and helpless.

"What do you guys do? You can't be here all this way to deliver vegetables, can you?" Naruto stared at the leader, puzzled.

He couldn't understand these people's purpose. Were they trying to assassinate him?

However, how can one walk up to someone in broad daylight and then carry out an assassination?
Yura broke out in a cold sweat.

He had seen Naruto's actions the whole time. This guy didn't even lift a finger, yet he made all of his teammates lose their ability to attack.

At this moment, facing this person directly, and under this terrifying, unknown pressure, his heart was pounding.

"Your Mightiness."

Yura said in a trembling voice, "We are here on behalf of Sunagakure to negotiate with you."

"negotiation?"

Naruto scoffed as if he'd heard a joke, "But I've never felt even the slightest bit of respect from you!"

Before Yura could even reply, Naruto opened his palm.

He had long lost patience and chose to get straight to the point.

"Let me see what you're up to!"

With his eyes fixed on Naruto's outstretched hand, Yura tried to dodge, but he suddenly realized that his body was no longer under his control.

He tried his best, but couldn't even move a single finger.

Is this an illusion?
Such terrifying illusions?!
No wonder the others reacted that way!

Yura was horrified. He desperately tried to circulate his chakra, but to no avail. He could only watch helplessly as Naruto's palm landed on his forehead.

Naruto lightly patted the object, and they separated instantly.

Yura found her mind a complete blank, and then...

"Our purpose this time is to negotiate with you on behalf of Sunagakure."

As soon as the words left his mouth, Yura was inexplicably terrified.

Because Yura realized that it was actually him speaking, but the content was not what he wanted to say.

Even Yura didn't realize she was speaking.

But this body was involuntarily saying something.

He continued, "We are negotiating with Konoha about the prisoners of war. We had previously agreed on a compensation of 500 million taels, but a few days ago Konoha suddenly changed its mind and unilaterally increased the compensation to 10 billion taels."

Despite Yura's horrified gaze, his mouth continued to leak information.

"Based on intelligence, Granny Chiyo deduced that this matter is related to you, so she formed a negotiation team to come and negotiate directly with you."

"Oh I got it."

Naruto nodded; they really were here to negotiate.

The reason for that is rather interesting.

Even three-generation old men tend to pass on the pressure to others, don't they?

As for the negotiations with Sunagakure?
Naruto has something he wants to talk about!

"What are your bottom lines?" Naruto asked directly.

"Our bottom line is..."

Don't answer! Don't answer!

Yura cried out in his heart, but reality was not as he expected.

His mouth was still babbling, "Our bottom line is 7.2 billion ryo. This is the limit of our Sunagakure. Any more than that, and we won't be able to come up with it."

Seventy-two billion taels?

Naruto muttered to himself for a moment, then continued, "Do you have full authority to handle the negotiations?"

"of course."

'Yura' replied decisively, 'With only one day left until the deadline, we in Sunagakure have no other choice.'

"Great! Analyze it for me. Is it feasible for me to add another piece of useless desert wasteland to the existing 7.2 billion?"

"As for deserts and wastelands, our Land of Wind has many, most of which belong to the daimyo."

Naruto took out a map, pointed to a marked area, and casually drew a circle around it.

"How about this piece? Does it belong to you?"

Yura took two steps forward uncontrollably and looked at the map.

The small circle encircling the top is actually not far from Sunagakure.

“This area does indeed belong to our Sunagakure Village.”

"very good!"

Naruto nodded in satisfaction. "If you give me this place, I'll agree."

"really?"

This time it wasn't Naruto in control, but Yura, who had regained control, speaking sincerely.

Is a barren desert worth 28 billion taels of silver?

Is there gold buried beneath that desert?

Besides, that small circle looks to be only a few tens of thousands of square kilometers at most.

"of course it's true."

Naruto smiled meaningfully.

He originally planned to spend over 10 billion yuan to acquire this land, but now he bought it for zero yuan!
And all the remaining money was unexpected windfall!
Seeing this, Naruto prepared to buy the next hidden piece, saying, "Not only that, I don't want your 7.2 billion taels, just 5 billion taels will do."

"Really?" This time, Yura was completely surprised!

"Of course, let's sign the contract now!"

The contract was drafted, and in no time at all, the two signed the "Memorandum of Understanding between Naruto Uzumaki and Sunagakure".

The contract stipulated the money and the land.

Once Yura takes it back, the contract will officially take effect.

After signing this contract, this Yura should become a hero of Sunagakure, right?
Hmm, no, there's one more step: a propaganda machine.

"By the way, Yura, do you... have a dream?"

(End of this chapter)