Naruto: Starting with the Celebrity of Japan

The mound was clearly hastily piled up here.

However, although the people who built the mound were crude in their methods, they still made sure to choose a location for it under a rock wall that was sheltered from the sun and rain.

A hairpin, rusted to the point of being almost unrecognizable, was stuck atop the mound, barely serving as a sign of the deceased's identity.

Asma stared at the hastily made grave for a long time, but didn't find anything particularly special about it...

This is clearly just the grave of a ninja who died in the war.

So he turned to the other two and said:

"No, what's so interesting about this? People die every day during wartime. Are you going to come and look at every single grave you see?"

Neither Ranshu nor Yuhi Kurenai paid him any attention.

After a moment of silence, Hong, understandingly, asked Luanxiu:

"Was someone very important who died here?"

In terms of identity, Ranshu claims to be from the Land of Hot Springs.

The Land of Hot Water, the Land of Whirlpools, the Land of Waves, and the Land of Water are adjacent to each other, so it's possible that Ran Shu knew the identity of the deceased.

Ranxiu replied:

"Yes, a pitiful person."

The deceased, Yekura, was 22 years old and was a Jonin who made great contributions to Sunagakure.

Possessing the bloodline limit of Scorch Release, Scorch Release: Over-Steam Kill is her signature ninjutsu. In the Book of Formations, she is known as one of the top combatants in Sunagakure.

In fact, she was one of the top beauties in Sunagakure, with hair that had a gradient from dark green to birch.

At the same time, because she often wears sexy backless outfits, she is also hailed by people in the original world of Naruto as having the most beautiful back.

Unfortunately, Ranshu was not yet born when she died.

Otherwise, maybe a chaotic display could save her...

Of course, Luanxiu doesn't dwell on this.

The main reason he came to Yecang's grave was because he had thought of a possibility.

His own "Famous Japanese Celebrity System" can devour the dead to make himself stronger, then...

Can Yekura devour after her death?

It's important to know that Yekura's abilities are quite good, and she can definitely help Ran Shu increase his strength considerably.

Ranxiu tried to think about it in his mind:

"I want to eat, I want to eat... I want to eat..."

The thought that he was using the system on a corpse that had been dead for a year almost made Luanxiu vomit...

However, the result of this attempt greatly surprised Luanxiu.

Sure enough, the system notification appeared:

[A specific behavior has been detected; the current feeding behavior can be switched to a phagocytic mode.]

It works!

Now, Luanxiu is somewhat relieved that the system can directly convert the eating behavior into the devouring behavior.

Furthermore, the system mandates that once a deceased person has been consumed, they are prohibited from being eaten again.

Otherwise, even if Yekura's corpse system were willing to acknowledge it, Ranshu wouldn't be willing to dig up a body that had been dead for a year and do *that*...

Luanxiu thought helplessly:

"Sigh, it's all for getting stronger... There's no other way, as long as it's edible, I have to eat it all..."

This behavior is abbreviated as:

The poet holds—

Let's stop this rambling.

Now that it has been confirmed that Yekura can be devoured, there is no need to rush.

It's not too late for Ranshu to devour Yekura after everyone has rested at night.

So Luanxiu said to his companions:

"Alright. Let's go rest."

Afterwards, the group left Yecang's grave and returned to their campsite.

……

Soon, night fell.

After eating a little something, the group returned to their respective tents.

Only Luanxiu said that he was on night watch and did not go back to his tent to rest.

Before long, snoring and sleep talking could be heard coming from Asma's tent:

"Fu Rong Wang is the best cigarette, the best taste..."

Ranshu listened to Asuma's sleep-talking.

I thought to myself, that child named Azhen from the orphanage definitely wouldn't agree with your point of view...

Asuma was definitely fast asleep, Ranshu then looked at Kurenai's tent.

Outside the tent were the open-toed sandals that Kurenai had taken off.

There was no movement inside the tent; she was probably asleep.

No problem, now it's Ranshu's time to be on his own. Time to go to Yekura's place.

Luanxiu carefully got up and tiptoed past her companions' tent, trying not to make a sound and disturb them.

Soon, Ranshu stood in front of Yecang's grave again.

After mentally indicating the intention to devour again, a detailed system notification appeared:

[A specific behavior has been detected; the current feeding behavior can be switched to a phagocytic mode.]

[Potential consequences of consuming the current target]

[I. Slightly increases chakra levels, 50% probability (corruption penalty for targets being devoured; probability automatically adjusted)]

[II. Awakening the Scorching Release bloodline limit, learning the ninjutsu "Scorching Release: Over-Steam Kill", 49.99% probability]

III. Other random effects, 0.01% probability

[Should we choose to devour it?]

Luanxiu glanced at the reward for this devouring.

It must be said that the reward for being a relatively well-known ninja is indeed good.

This second reward, awakening the Scorch Release and receiving a Scorch Release ninjutsu, surpasses all other rewards I've already obtained, except for the Sharingan awakening reward.

Scorch Release, Explosion Release, Lava Release, Boil Release, Ice Release, Magnet Release, Wood Release, etc...

These bloodline limits, which combine two chakra natures, make anyone who possesses even one a prominent figure in the ninja world.

Unfortunately……

Yekura has been dead for far too long.

The first reward was therefore labeled "Corruption Punishment," and the reward content was significantly reduced.

Fortunately, the probability of drawing reward one or two is about 50/50.

Ranshu still has a very good chance of awakening the Scorching Release!

"No question, devour!"

Luanxiu closed his eyes and issued a command to the system.

[Successfully devoured! Extracting results...]

【▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓……99%】

……

Just now, when Ranxiu left the camp and headed to Yecang's grave.

One person was not asleep at all.

That's Kurenai Yuhi!

Kurenai, who was staying in the tent, was having trouble sleeping tonight, and Asuma's snoring was so loud that she couldn't fall asleep at all.

After tossing and turning for half a day, Hong finally decided to give up resting.

Just as she was about to get dressed and crawl out of the tent to keep Luanxiu company during her night watch...

Then they heard Luanxiu tiptoeing away from the camp.

Yes, even though Random Show was already being very careful.

But Kurenai still noticed his actions!

Red will remain inactive for now.

After Ranshu had finally gone a little further away, Yuhi Kurenai quietly opened the tent a crack and poked her head out.

Sure enough, in the darkness of night, Ranxiu was walking alone into the distance.

"Why is he acting so suspiciously?"

A strong sense of doubt arose in Hong's heart, and she felt that Luanxiu's behavior was really suspicious.

"No, I have to go check it out."

Thinking this, Kurenai quickly crawled out of the tent.

Because she was in such a hurry to follow Luanxiu, she didn't even have time to put on her red and white dress before following along the wall.

Furthermore, in order to avoid making footsteps while following others, thus attracting Luanxiu's attention.

Kurenai Yuhi left her ninja shoes outside the tent as well.

that's it.

Alone, dressed in thin clothes, and barefoot, she followed Luanxiu into the night.