I became Hokage in Tokyo

Chapters 285 & 286: Mount Fuji Eruption! The Great Barrier!

「ますこの bowの力夜は発shootして竜をkillすことができます头级の玉玉を中からtakeります.」

With the power of this bow, the arrow can slay a dragon and take its head and the precious pearl.

Lake Yamanaka, located at the easternmost point of the Fuji Five Lakes, boasts the largest water area among the five lakes and is a great place for boating, yachting, and sailing.

In the late afternoon, various boats came and went on Lake Yamanaka. Uchiha Naruto, wearing the Akatsuki's signature black robe with red clouds and a whirlpool mask, flew to the center of Lake Yamanaka and sank a fist-sized emerald pearl into the lake.

It then vanished from sight.

On the Kawaguchiko Bridge, hikers carrying large bags and bundles, preparing to climb Mount Fuji, witnessed Uchiha Naruto sink his fiery red fur coat into Kawaguchiko Lake.

"A magnificent fur coat, though scorched by fire, leaves no trace; it is but a hollow facade, a wasted effort; the fire of unrequited love cannot ignite this coat; only today, meeting you, do my tears dry—"

Next, we arrived at the tranquil and elegant West Lake.

"The hope of this life, the son of Yan, Anbei, is the ethereal tale truly real—"

Finally, Naruto Uchiha appeared at Lake Shoji. To the astonishment of a group of campers and fishermen, he walked unhurriedly across the shimmering lake surface and submerged the stone bowl in front of the Buddha into the clear blue water.

"The faint light cannot rival the brilliance of the moon; it must have been taken from Mount Ogura."

The eye within the vortex mask glanced at the crowd shouting and yelling by Lake Jingjin, and Uchiha Naruto's lips curled into a slight smile.

He deliberately delayed by appearing on four lakes in succession and sinking props into the water, not only to put on a good show but also to give the Metropolitan Police Department time to react.

This grand production, based on "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter," naturally has an audience.

In the nineteenth year of the Heisei era, Naruto Uchiha was born into this world. Due to the earth-shattering changes brought about by the Naruto system, a reasonable explanation was needed for the world.

The colossal lie that Naruto Uchiha told this world was not an invasion from another world, but a revival of mythology!

Instead of letting the Metropolitan Police Department and the world speculate wildly like headless flies, it would be better to let Uchiha Naruto, through pre-planned and scripted performances, fabricate a mysterious side hidden behind mythology and history. The tip of the iceberg that is intentionally or unintentionally revealed would be enough to shock the world.

After all, humans are extremely good at filling in the blanks with their imaginations. With just a little guidance, they might just fool themselves into believing it.

The monster cave inside Mount Fuji has also been prepared.

Everything is ready except for the east wind.

They stood quietly on the surface of Lake Jingjin for more than ten minutes when an arrow carrying a white streak of light shot into the sky, illuminating the night like fireworks. Uchiha Naruto's eyes narrowed.

coming!

Naruto Uchiha pressed the vortex mask on his face, and the three black tomoe in his crimson Sharingan swirled within the vortex eye. The light around him began to distort and refract, and he used the Transparent Release to completely eliminate his form, disappearing in an instant.

Meanwhile, at Lake Motosu, the last of the Fuji Five Lakes, Kabuto Yakushi threw the last of the five treasures, the Hourai Jewel Branch, into the center of the lake.

"Flowery words, almost indistinguishable from the truth, but alas, Yuzhi is no ordinary person."

Facing the Hyuga Shrine Maiden's exorcising arrow, Kabuto Yakushi showed no fear. Instead, he looked with melancholy at the Hourai Jade Branch slowly sinking into Lake Motosu, and sang a few lines of an ancient ballad.

The Hyuga Shrine Maiden gracefully drew her bow and shot an arrow towards the center of Lake Motosu.

A dazzling white aura swirled around the arrow, carrying the sound of wind and thunder as it swiftly plunged into the lake!

A dazzling white light burst forth from the bottom of the lake, shooting straight into the sky.

The next moment, the once calm Lake Motosu became turbulent and stormy, with two rows of waves crashing powerfully against the banks, churning up water like a torrential downpour, soaking Sakaki Nami and Grace on the lakeside.

Lake Motosu, with a depth of 133 meters, is the deepest of the Fuji Five Lakes and ranks among the top ten lakes in Japan. It is renowned for its depth and exceptional clarity.

However, the arrow shot by the Hyuga priestess actually parted the lake water, revealing the bottom of Lake Motosu!

Sakaki Nami couldn't help but widen her eyes, cover her mouth, and look shocked.

Nami Sakaki, who mistook the shrine maiden for a chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) girl, felt like a frog in a well, unable to recognize a great person.

Grace's gaze also flickered uncertainly.

This shrine maiden, with her eyes closed and an ethereal, holy aura, was the guardian of Hourai Island mentioned by Hirota Tulio and his group. With a single arrow, she evaporated the sea monster that had devoured the landing ship, along with several miles of surrounding water.

That piercing arrow could easily sink even an aircraft carrier.

"Cough, cough! If that arrow had been aimed at me, I'd probably be reduced to ashes by now."

Kabuto Yakushi emerged from the lake, his head bobbing up and down as he scrambled ashore, looking rather disheveled.

He took off his round glasses, wiped them a couple of times, and put them back on.

"It's no use, priestess. Once the Hourai Jade Branch came into contact with Lake Motosu, it was sacrificed as the key to break the seal. Even if you drain Lake Motosu dry, you still won't find the Hourai Jade Branch."

The indifferent Hyuga priestess remained unmoved by Kabuto Yakushi's words, and with a backhand, drew an arrow from the quiver on her back and nocked it on her bow.

"Lord Yuan, you've had your fill of the show, haven't you? If you don't come out soon, I'm really going to die."

A bead of cold sweat slid down the pharmacist's forehead as he said with a wry smile.

"Hahaha, Kabuto, you think too badly of me. I just arrived."

Behind Yakushi Kabuto, a figure appeared out of thin air like a ghost.

The black robe with red clouds and the swirling one-eyed mask were none other than Tobi from the Akatsuki!

"Lord Yuan, you're late."

"Please try to understand me a little. I really can't bear to part with these. The Fire Rat Fur, the Swallow Shell, the Dragon Head Jade, and the Stone Bowl in front of the Buddha—each one of them is priceless. Our Akatsuki organization went to great lengths to collect them."

Ah Fei shook his head and sighed, clutching his chest as he spoke in a affected tone.

"But I'm going to bet all these treasures on the table, go big, and gamble on whether the deity sealed in Mount Fuji is really that one. If I lose, I'll really lose everything, and my heart really can't take it."

"Heh, Lady Iris, then you're definitely going to lose this time. The presence of the priestess from Hourai Island proves my prediction was correct!"

Kabuto extended his index finger and pushed up his round glasses on the bridge of his nose, looking at the Hyuga shrine maiden with a confident expression.

"The seal on Mount Fuji is most likely the ancestor of the Hyuga clan who took the elixir of immortality a thousand years ago. After all, Mount Fuji is the place where the elixir of immortality was destroyed in 'The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter,' and this legend alludes to this."

"That's hard to say. Mount Fuji has a deep connection with my clan. After all, our clan's ancestral home, the Naga Shrine, is also here, so it's possible that He was sealed here."

Ah Fei said dismissively.

"It's like rolling a leopard on dice. Although the probability is extremely low, you can still make a fortune if you win, right? The wait before uncovering the dice cup is part of the fun."

So, the stone bowl in front of the Buddha ended up in Ah Fei's hands?

Grace's eyes fell on the grinning Ah Fei.

Uncle William had privately told Grace that the stone bowl in front of the Buddha statue, which was kept at the Yokosuka Port military base, had been lost.

Although Uncle William was vague and did not tell Grace in detail how Fei stole the item from the heavily fortified Yokosuka Port.

Grace has been leading the Fifth Division's men in a thorough search of Mount Fuji during this time.

Like the Uchiha Senmon, she also focused her search for Hourai on Mount Fuji.

The historians on the expert team finally managed to find a clue in the "Yichu Liutie," a rare Chinese book in the Japanese Cabinet Library.

In 927 AD, during the Later Tang Dynasty of the Five Dynasties period, the Japanese monk Kansuke traveled west to Kaiyuan Temple and exchanged Buddhist teachings with the monk Gichu. He said: "During the Qin Dynasty, Xu Fu brought five hundred boys and girls to this country. There is a mountain called Fuji, also known as Penglai. When Xu Fu arrived here, he called it Penglai, and to this day his descendants also bear the surname Qin."

The pronunciation of "Fuji" in Classical Chinese is similar to that of "Penglai".

Among the many famous mountains in Japan that are called Hourai, Mount Fuji is the one most likely to be close to the truth.

However, the emergence of Hōrai Island in the Pacific Ocean a few days ago has shattered the hypothesis that Hōrai is Mount Fuji, and the Metropolitan Police Department's efforts to locate Mount Fuji have also been in vain.

Just as Grace was handling the aftermath and organizing the evacuation, she received urgent intelligence that a mysterious man dressed in strange clothes with black background and red clouds and wearing a mask had appeared one after another at the Fuji Five Lakes.

Grace then urgently led her men to Lake Motosu, the last of the Fuji Five Lakes, and successfully caught up with the Akatsuki organization.

Judging from Afei's actions and the information revealed in his words, the Akatsuki organization's conspiracy has finally come to light.

He has already placed the five treasures corresponding to "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter" into the Fuji Five Lakes in an attempt to break the unknown seal within Mount Fuji!

What exactly is sealed within Mount Fuji that would warrant such elaborate and painstaking efforts from the Akatsuki?

Could it be the legendary elixir of immortality?

However, judging from the conversation between Yakushi Kabuto and Tobi, it seems that things are not so simple.

"Mr. Kabuto Yakushi, are you also a member of Akatsuki? Are you a spy for Akatsuki?"

Grace looked at Kabuto with a complicated expression, her voice a little hoarse.

Grace found it hard to believe that this kind-looking man, who had once saved her life and seemed like a doctor or a welfare home worker, had gotten together with Ah Fei.

Could it be that all those previous acts of kindness and compassion in saving lives were just a facade?

"Miss Investigator, it's quite obvious from my clothes that I'm not a member of Akatsuki."

Wearing a black hooded blouse that covered half his face, Kabuto Yakushi said matter-of-factly.

"Then why?"

"Miss Investigator, you may have some misunderstanding about me. Of course, healing and saving lives comes from my heart."

Kabuto Yakushi opened his palm and said with a light laugh.

"But the elixir of immortality is also my lifelong wish. In order to see the real elixir of immortality, I would not hesitate for a moment even if it meant cooperating with evil spirits."

Is it really for the elixir of immortality?

Grace bit her lip and couldn't help but glance at the Hyuga Shrine Maiden.

Of course, the fifth lesson also knew that Kabuto Yakushi had launched a surprise attack on Hourai Island in an attempt to seize the elixir of immortality from the Hyuga priestess.

However, the elixir of immortality is no longer on Penglai Island. Yakushi Kabuto's attempt to steal the elixir backfired, and even the shikigami Suzuki Kimie that he had subdued was taken away by the shrine maiden.

「会わない縁涙のいっぱいな前おくみを Sadしみます合通がきかなくありません霊薬はまた何は使い.”

The Hinata Shrine Maiden's voice was clear and gentle, chanting without any inflection, but the lyrics conveyed a heart-wrenching sadness.

Yakushi Kabuto frowned, and involuntarily began to chant:

"When I returned, I was lightly dressed in feathered robes, my longing for you was deep but helpless; the fate of not seeing you again left me with tears of sorrow filling my clothes, what use is the elixir of immortality?"

The aloof and serene Hyuga shrine maiden nodded calmly and said:

"The song you are singing is a ballad passed down through my Hyuga clan. These are the last two lines."

After a moment's contemplation, Kabuto's eyes hardened with determination, and he said in a deep voice:

"Thank you for your guidance, Lady Priest, but I am determined to obtain the elixir of immortality!"

Upon hearing this, the Hyuga priestess said nothing more. She lowered her eyes, a noble and dazzling purple light swirling within them. The bowstring in her hand was drawn to its fullest extent, the arrow pointing at Tobi and Kabuto.

"Oh dear, how scary, how scary! The Demon-Slaying Arrow, if I get hit, I'm doomed."

Ah Fei feigned fear and cried out, dramatically raising his hands in a gesture of surrender.

But anyone present could hear his nonchalance.

"However, little priestess of the Hyuga clan, you should save your strength to deal with the god inside Mount Fuji."

Afei's voice was icy, and the Sharingan in his vortex eyes emitted a scarlet and eerie blood light, sending chills down one's spine.

"Was it an earthquake?"

Just then, Grace and Namikami both felt the ground shaking beneath their feet and instinctively looked toward the source of the earthquake.

It's Mount Fuji!

The supermoon is already beginning to appear, under the bright moonlight.

From the snow-covered crater of Mount Fuji, a sinister and ominous dark red beam of light erupted like a volcanic eruption, then transformed into a dark red barrier that covered and enveloped the entire mountain.

The people on the shore of Lake Motosu were stunned, speechless with astonishment.

But this was not the end. After the dark red barrier was set up, a burst of black ash-like mist violently erupted from the crater.

Faintly visible within the black mist were numerous terrifying demonic figures.

One after another, enormous, ferocious monsters and beasts tore and killed each other, emitting all sorts of terrifying roars, and rolled away into the clouds and mist towards various parts of Mount Fuji.

"The dice have been rolled. Which deity is sealed within Mount Fuji? We can't wait to find out!"

(End of this chapter)