Naruto: I made you Naruto, and you've become blond?

Chapters 135, 137, and 138: Kusagakure Village, Red-haired Mother and Daughter

"And then? And then?"

"Lord Naruto, what happened after that Crimson Pearl Fairy arrived at her maternal grandmother's house?"

"And who is that woman with the hearty laughter? Is she a relative of the Crimson Pearl Fairy?"

The slug sage, now the size of a palm, perched on Naruto's shoulder, its two soft tentacles swaying back and forth, appearing extremely curious.

Naruto paused, then shook his head.

They stopped with Tsunade and the others on an unnamed, bustling street in the metropolis of the Land of Fire.

The wide, straight streets stretched as far as the eye could see, with pedestrians dressed in brocade kimonos flowing back and forth like a never-ending stream, and luxurious pearwood carriages coming and going.

As expected of the most prosperous commercial street in the capital of the richest country in the ninja world.

Naruto glanced around discreetly, taking in the various vendors, the luxuriously decorated izakayas, and the dazzling array of modern hotels.

On the surface, the residents here appear relaxed and leisurely.

They showed none of the anxiety and haste that the ordinary people in the villages and towns they had passed through on their way there had been, struggling to make ends meet.

Instead, it has a local flavor that's all about eating and drinking.

Sure enough, even in the ninja world, there are people who bear heavy burdens and work hard to earn money for those who enjoy a peaceful life.

"Lord Slug, we've been talking for several hours now, so that's the end of today's story."

"Eh~~" The slug fairy, who had transformed into a little slug, had a drawn-out voice, sounding quite reluctant to part.

Naruto chuckled inwardly; the Slug Sage really was the talkative type who enjoyed chatting with people.

This may be because, as the only living being in the Shikkotsu Forest, she has been able to talk to only a handful of people, including her contractor Tsunade, for thousands of years, making her seem somewhat lonely.

During the half-day journey, I used various stories from my past life to get closer to the Slug Immortal.

After that, as long as Tsunade and Shizune are not paying attention, he can do it.

He could secretly ask the Slug Sage to have her small slug clone near the Grass Village use the Reverse Summoning Technique to go to the Grass Village and rescue Karin.

Tsunade glanced at Naruto, who had only met the Slug Sage yesterday but was already on such good terms with him in less than a day, and clicked her tongue in amazement.

This brat! Lord Slug is a spirit beast I've known for decades, yet he's become much closer to you now...

It gave her a rather unpleasant feeling, as the legal wife, that Naruto, the mistress, had successfully taken her place and stolen the Slug Sage from her.

Before she could think any further, Tsunade rubbed her pale palms together, her eyes burning with excitement, and stared intently into the distance.

The sky was a bluish-gray, not yet completely dark.

The bustling commercial street, already adorned with colorful neon lights, is filled with all sorts of gambling dens!

This is the paradise of Tsunade, the gambling goddess who has dominated casinos for decades!

It's been so long since Tsunade has had a major battle! I wonder if her name still circulates in the casinos of the Land of Fire!

"Hong, Jingyin, take this brat to the inn to rest!"

"It doesn't matter if the mission is delayed by a day; we'll go to Daming Prefecture tomorrow! I suddenly have urgent business to attend to and need to leave for the night, so don't worry about me!"

After giving her orders quickly and impatiently, Tsunade prepared to run away in a hurry.

Naruto followed Tsunade's gaze and saw a number of prostitutes there, their long, fair waists and thighs exposed, draped in thin veils and posing seductively.

Business seems slow; they're still trying to attract customers even as evening approaches, clearly not operating in an orderly manner...

Hmm... and the temperature in the Fire City isn't actually that high right now, only a few degrees Celsius.

It must be said that these ninja ladies are quite professional.

Compared to later generations like Pilipili who became famous by skirting the edges of reality and then quickly cut ties, claiming to be a feminist female content creator, she has self-awareness.

However, Naruto was not interested in the ninja world's sex industry, which Jiraiya was so enthusiastic about.

After all, it's a relationship with Mei, so it won't cause warts; the probability is lower.

Shizune grabbed Tsunade, who was about to slip away, pinching her slender waist and loudly complaining, "Lady Tsunade! Naruto and Kurenai are still here!"

"This is going too far!"

"Lady Tsunade, how could you abandon everyone and go to the gambling den?! Couldn't you have waited a few days?! Couldn't you have finished the task the Hokage gave you first?!"

Upon hearing this, Tsunade's previously excited and radiant face instantly fell.

But she was still prepared to say something to argue, after all, it had been almost a month since she had a proper, high-stakes gamble!

Her amber eyes darted around.

Suddenly she noticed Naruto staring at her expectantly, and her expression froze again as she hesitated.

Unlike Shizune, who knew Naruto inside and out, this was the first time she had brought Naruto out on a mission, so as his teacher, she had to set a good example.

Tsunade said in a somewhat dejected voice,

"Alright, let's go to the inn and rest for the night..."

Upon hearing this, Naruto's face stiffened.

What happened? Wasn't Tsunade just excitedly about going to the casino? How come she was stopped by Shizune so quickly?

He had just been eagerly anticipating that she and Shizune would leave together so he could secretly go to the Land of Grass to rescue them!

Naruto quickly interrupted Shizune.

"Sister Shizune, don't worry about me. If the teacher wants to go to the casino, just let her go..."

As he spoke, he took out the bulging wallet that Ino had given him earlier, gritted his teeth with a slight pang of regret, and handed it to Tsunade.

You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing your cub; you have to get Tsunade away so you can extricate yourself.

"The point of going out to play is to have fun, teacher!"

When Tsunade saw the blond-haired boy in front of her handing over the bulging wallet she hadn't managed to swindle earlier, her beautiful amber eyes lit up instantly.

Hearing Naruto's words encouraging her to have fun brought a warm feeling to her heart, like a gentle current flowing through the dead of winter.

Although she knew that Jingyin had been controlling her for so many years, preventing her from indulging in gambling, it was all for her own good.

But the first time she heard someone support her gambling hobby was when Naruto, her student, spoke up, and even gave her a considerable sum of money...

"Naruto..." Tsunade's bright eyes sparkled with emotion as she bent down and kissed Naruto on the cheek, beaming with joy.

"Shizune, Naruto has agreed! Now you have nothing to say, right?"

Naruto wiped his face expressionlessly, leaving Tsunade drooling.

Thank goodness I'm not Durant, otherwise I'd take the saliva off my face and use it to make rice porridge tonight.

After hesitating for a moment, Jingyin reluctantly agreed.

However, he still chose to go with Tsunade to supervise her, lest she gamble day and night and miss the mission.

Shizune entrusted Kurenai Yuhi to take good care of Naruto.

After all, although Naruto was exceptionally talented, he was too young, it was his first time leaving Konoha, and he was still a kid who hadn't graduated from the Ninja Academy.

"Shizune-neechan!" Naruto secretly approached Shizune before she left and whispered a reminder, "You can actually use the Transformation Jutsu to gamble with Lady Tsunade."

Shizune, somewhat confused, asked blankly, "What do you mean? Naruto?"

"Gambling with Lady Tsunade?! I think I'll pass..."

She shook her head; she had no interest whatsoever in gambling that Tsunade-sama was so addicted to, and even felt a slight aversion to it.

Seeing this, Naruto quickly continued to persuade him.

"You have to have the teacher only play at the 'Big or Small' betting table, and you keep betting against the teacher! That way, you can at least win some money back!"

Shizune, who had initially been somewhat reluctant, blinked her round eyes, and then her eyes lit up with surprise. She grabbed Naruto's young shoulder and said joyfully.

"That's right! How come I didn't think of that! Naruto, you're so smart!"

Shizune's face revealed undisguised joy. Lady Tsunade's only hobby was gambling, and she had absolutely no intention of giving it up.

Over the years, Lady Tsunade has lost at least several hundred million taels of silver, if not billions!

Keep in mind that a normal B-rank mission in Konoha that involves ninjas fighting to the death only pays a few hundred thousand taels of silver!

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If it weren't for Lady Tsunade and her unparalleled medical ninjutsu, which made many powerful nations, nobles, and wealthy merchants eager to curry favor with her, Lady Tsunade would have gone bankrupt long ago...

But as her assistant secretary, she often couldn't sleep because of the anxiety she felt when she looked at that thick box of IOUs.

Although Naruto's brother mentioned that the method involved the casino's cut, making it impossible to recoup all the money Tsunade lost, it could at least reduce most of the losses and minimize the amount lost!

Thinking of this, Shizune patted Naruto's head a few times and then eagerly chased after Tsunade, who had already run off in excitement.

Naruto then looked at Kurenai Yuhi beside him and casually said, "Kurenai-sensei, you should go back to the inn first. Don't worry about me."

Although Naruto didn't know why Kurenai Yuhi seemed to dislike him...

It's likely that back at the Hokage Building, his gaze lingered on Kurenai Yuhi's figure, the white fabric tightly binding her plump thighs, creating an alluring indentation, and she noticed...

But he was only looking at it from an aesthetic perspective; after all, he had auto-lock on, and a man's instinctive gaze was simply uncontrollable.

Kurenai Yuhi's chubby, round face froze for a moment, then her beautiful, thick black eyebrows furrowed.

Her hands, revealing her snow-white arms, formed an X, and her expression was serious like a teacher's.

"No way! Shizune and Lady Tsunade just told me to keep an eye on you, Naruto, where are you going to run off to?! This isn't Konoha!"

Naruto ignored Kurenai and turned to find a secluded corner to ask the Slug Sage to perform the Reverse Summoning Technique.

Unlike Tsunade, who is blonde, fair-skinned, and full of thunderous energy, Kurenai Yuhi is not her teacher.

There's no need for me to cater to her.

Moreover, Kurenai Yuhi's strength was portrayed as mediocre in the original work.

Although he was known as the most skilled genjutsu ninja in Konoha, he was instantly killed by Uchiha Weasel in a single encounter.

Moreover, there are so many beautiful female ninjas in the ninja world, such as Temari, the strong-willed princess of Sunagakure, and Samui, the cold and beautiful woman whose black stockings and fishnets can't even contain her beauty.

"Naruto Uzumaki! Stop! What are you trying to do?"

Kurenai Yuhi, with her bandaged, fleshy legs, followed closely behind Naruto. Her voice, usually possessing the magnetic charm of a mature woman, now carried the sternness of an icy teacher.

"Lord Slug, could you please have your clone near Kusagakure use the Reverse Summoning Technique? I need to go to Kusagakure."

Naruto gazed earnestly at the soft, white slug that had been obediently perched on his shoulder.

"Huh? Kusagakure Village?"

"Alright, please wait a moment, Naruto-sama. It will take some time for my closest clone to get there."

A slug the size of a palm on its shoulder, with two soft, wobbly hands on its head.

"Um, could you tell me a few more stories after you're done with your business, Naruto-sama?"

Naruto was overjoyed. The Slug Sage truly lived up to his word, agreeing to Naruto's request gently and without the slightest hesitation.

It's much better than the snake woman of Ryuchi Cave who constantly talks about eating human flesh, and the toad who makes contractors work like slaves all over the world to search for that vague prophecy.

After all, there was the Toad Sage, the prophet who was said to bring peace to the ninja world.

It didn't happen in Boruto either, so it's clearly a complete scam!

"Kusagakure?!" "Reverse Summoning Jutsu?!"

Kurenai Yuhi's expression changed slightly. Although Kusagakure had a bad reputation, the people of the Land of Grass were suffering and the government was corrupt.

But they have a good relationship with Konoha, so what is that lecherous brat Naruto doing there?!

Could it be a defection? Kurenai Yuhi was suddenly startled by this thought, but quickly dismissed it.

As a disciple of the legendary Sannin Tsunade, the other party's future in Konoha is undoubtedly bright, and he is destined to become a high-ranking member of the village!

They cannot be compared to ordinary ninjas like her, whose limit is already reaching the level of a regular Jonin.

Seeing that he, the lecherous brat Naruto Uzumaki, was actually the genjutsu teacher at the ninja academy, he couldn't discipline the lecherous kid in front of him at all.

Kurenai Yuhi took a deep breath, suppressing her anger and helplessness.

She stepped forward and grabbed Naruto's shoulder, her round, pretty face serious, her tone leaving no room for doubt.

"No matter where you go, Naruto Uzumaki, I'll follow!"

Naruto glanced at her but didn't say anything.

……

Inside the dilapidated thatched hut,

The dim, bean-sized firelight flickered and swayed.

Inside the inner room, two figures, one large and one small, were sleeping peacefully. Both had long, red hair, a rarity in the ninja world.

The little girl slept on a straw mat, while the red-haired woman lay on her side, holding the girl tightly.

The woman's withered, slender hands gently and rhythmically patted the girl's tender back, softly singing a lullaby.

Suddenly, a violent banging sound rang out, and the already dilapidated wooden door creaked and groaned.

A rude male voice yelling and cursing woke the two of them.

"Get out of here quickly! Someone in the village is injured!"

The woman looked flustered for a moment, her pale face showing tension. Without daring to delay, she quickly got up and put on her clothes.

The girl in her arms was also startled awake. Her small face was filled with fear. She gently tugged at the woman's sleeve and timidly said, "Mommy...no..."

The woman paused, a gentle, maternal expression appearing on her face.

She gently stroked the girl's red hair. "Karin, be a good girl and keep sleeping. Mommy will be back when you wake up..."

(End of this chapter)