Naruto's Gensokyo Daishi

"You guys are great."

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Chapter 78 The Hokage's Lackey

"Grandpa Hokage's talk-no-jutsu is so exciting, it even got me a little fired up." Naruto's hands trembled, so he pulled down his fox mask to hide his overly excited expression.

"Heh...too bad you'll be in the fourth round." His voice was muffled, and Sasuke covered his mouth with his hand.

Hyuga Neji, who has been dedicated to mocking others for three hundred years, said in a disdainful tone, "Feeling a stomachache, Uchiha Sasuke?"

"How delightful it would be to defeat the long-awaited genius of the Hyuga clan right here in this plaza!" Sasuke spread his hands, a smile involuntarily curving his lips.

"I'll return those words to you verbatim, you Uchiha genius," Hyuga Neji retorted without flinching.

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"You guys go up to the stands first."

The referee for the third open match, Genma Shiranui, was sipping a senbon stick when he noticed the tense atmosphere, especially with Naruto Uzumaki, who was known in private for being extremely protective of his own and would stand up to you shirtless at the slightest provocation.

Fearing it might ignite at any moment, Genma Shiranui quickly led the teams that had not yet competed away from the field.

The stands are for the ninjas who are about to participate in the competition. They must be separated from the other factions to avoid being sabotaged. If they are sabotaged, they cannot appeal; appealing will only make them a laughing stock.

Because he was a ninja.

Even if being a ninja is a respectable profession in the ninja world, it's only in name only for the major nations.

In this international open tournament alone, if you don't act despicably and shamelessly, people will laugh at you.

Secretly drugging your food before a match, hiring scumbags to harass you, making you unable to sleep or eat properly, or even kidnapping your lover, partner, or best friend from your team—it's common sense to launch sneak attacks.

Because he was a ninja.

Since it was their home turf, Konoha was well taken care of by the Anbu. As for Sunagakure, Gaara's fearsome reputation was too great; he crushed the attacking ninjas and innocent villagers who were preparing food.

This forced the Third Hokage to send additional security personnel to assist him.

Dosu of the Sound Village, on the other hand, was secretly well taken care of by Kabuto Yakushi.

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Behind the stands is the audience area, which is also divided into faction zones to prevent ninjas from taking the opportunity to assassinate the enemy.

Because Konoha had a larger and more powerful force, the stands were biased towards the Konoha camp.

Naruto took off his mask and jumped onto the top of the stands's perimeter wall.

Turning to the audience, he raised his hands and called out, "Raise your hands and shout the name of Konoha!"

"Konoha! Konoha!" "Go for it!" "This international Chunin Exams is the most exciting ever!"

Peace is a double-edged sword; it can lead people to harbor evil intentions and make them complacent about the ordinary.

Konoha hasn't felt this proud in a long time; only in the last three years has the level of Konoha's ninjas gradually improved.

"It's okay if your throat hurts. We have throat lozenges from the Kōrin-dō branch. Would you like the trumpet-shaped cheer sticks?"

"..."

Sakura's lips twitched, and only Naruto took the opportunity to wander around the audience selling miscellaneous goods.

Lazy Reimu is probably sleeping soundly at the shrine.

"Something doesn't seem right..." Sakura's lips trembled even more, because Naruto was heading straight in a certain direction!

Naruto carried a large box of throat lozenges, ignoring the people around him who wanted to buy them, and headed straight towards the Hyuga clan's territory.

There was no time to stop the menacing figure.

Naruto was already standing in front of Hiashi Hyuga and Hanabi Hyuga.

Hinata Hyuga? The introverted and timid Hinata had long been dragged to their cheering squad by the extroverted Ino and Kiba, who were in the same group.

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"Hey, do you want to buy some cooling throat lozenges? That way you can say they're too cold when you start crying later."

Naruto Uzumaki, with a mocking expression, grabbed a handful of throat lozenges and held them in front of Hiashi Hyuga.

Of course, this included Hyuga Hanabi and the rest of the Hyuga clan, who were thoroughly drawn into the hatred.

Damn it, Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki, can you please behave yourselves?

They actually went and started arguing with Hyuga! The surrounding Anbu were practically terrified.

Naruto Uzumaki's occasional antics send the Anbu's hearts into a frenzy, almost to the point of stopping.

"The Hyuga genius will definitely beat the Uchiha," the little girl Hyuga Hanabi quickly retorted.

"Hmm? You're Hyuga Hanabi... Do you know why clan ninjas are superior to commoner ninjas? It's because clans provide training resources and unique methods for their members to use, so... even a good-for-nothing can be turned into a genius."

"Hin... Hinata..." Hanabi was too young to speak clearly.

"You can't even speak properly, and I heard you're some kind of genius? Pfft, sorry."

Naruto has been focused on attracting hatred for thirty years.

The Hyuga clan has recently harbored a lot of resentment towards Naruto Uzumaki, and some members have even impulsively decided to cause trouble at Naruto's businesses.

The consequences... were quite terrifying. In the past, there was a Gold Release technique in the ninja world, whose sharpness even surpassed that of Wind Release. They directly regarded the Golden Witch's ability as Gold Release.

But have you ever heard of the real Gold Escape? Congratulations to the Hyuga family for winning several Gold Medals for courting death!

Everyone despises Naruto Uzumaki for being henpecked, but that's because they don't understand what a human village chief is like!

With a glare and a turn of his body, Hieda Akyuu created several small golden figures. What is human alchemy?! This is human alchemy!

If the onlookers hadn't known the arrogance of the powerful family, they would have smashed those little golden statues, dismembered them, and sold them long ago.

That's what you call the Golden Escape, you bunch of idiots.

Those who originally wanted to wage an economic war all chickened out. No matter how big or powerful a family is, it can't compare to someone who can make gold. If it weren't for the fact that it was their own people who were turned into gold, the purity of the gold would really make people want to take it down, even though all the clothes and accessories had been dismantled.

In short, faced with Naruto Uzumaki's arrogance and domineering attitude, the Hyuga clan members dared not speak out against him.

Who told me that after thirty years of hard work, I still couldn't compare to this twelve-year-old brat who married a woman who had achieved immortality?

Faced with Naruto Uzumaki's taunts, Hiashi Hyuga maintained a professional and calm demeanor.

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He said calmly, "Is that all you wanted to say?"

"What? It's no fun if you're not angry. I was hoping to take on a whole group by myself. Fine, here you go, I'm going to sell some stuff."

Naruto's disappointed expression pleased the Hyuga clan members, especially the little girl Hanabi who made a face.

He shoved a handful of throat lozenges into Hinata's hand, waved his hand, and limped away.

He's so arrogant. The problem is, you can't mess with a Jinchūriki to begin with, and I've heard so much about his exploits before. A hot-blooded and protective Jinchūriki is even more unapproachable.

A strong sense of justice is essential for any hot-blooded person; the fact that Naruto Uzumaki caused trouble in Konoha during his third year of life made the Third Hokage smoke even more.

It is said that Danzo's heart condition was also affected.

Hiashi Hyuga took out a particularly strange throat lozenge, unwrapped it, and put it in his mouth.

"Is that so?" The pupils of her eyes narrowed slightly, and the message on the packaging...

"Father, what did you say?" Hanabi seemed to notice Hiashi Hyuga's unusual behavior.

"It's nothing, want one? It's a bit chilly." Hiashi Hyuga tore the wrapper with the message to shreds.

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As Naruto left, the gradually gathering Anbu members quickly followed.

What's this guy up to now? Selling snacks while holding hands with Hieda's fiancée?

"Did he even realize he was participating?"

The ANBU members cursed him inwardly, but could only watch silently as he went to the Konoha clans to sell snacks, and occasionally to the surrounding civilians.

"I said, isn't this really unnecessary?"

Naruto looked helpless as Akyu held his hand, seemingly implying that the act of holding hands was actually a way of conveying a message to the various clans.

"Hehe, I'm going to take your surname in the future, how can I not get to know you?" A-Qiu replied with a smile.

In fact, the task of delivering the message was assigned by the Third Hokage.

Naruto's shadow clone nearly overturned the Hokage's desk on the spot. He already disliked the rigid rules of large clans, and now he was being asked to deliver a message? It would be fine if it were his own comrades like the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, Inuzuka, or Aburame.

You should always take care of your companions, but to even spread the word about Hyuga, who is full of hatred? Are you kidding me?

In short, Akyuu managed to calm Naruto down by talking to him gently.

They kept showing affection and sending messages, while also getting to know each other and expanding their Gensokyo general merchandise business.

It makes it clear that "Although I was young, reckless, and impulsive, I am the Hokage's lackey... no, his confidant."

It would be better to send such an important message to the Anbu; it's not up to Naruto Uzumaki.

Make your stance clear and give a warning to the clans below you. The Hokage lineage still has Jinchuriki, Uchiha, Jiraiya, and so on.

Beware of those groups like Danzo and the Elders' Council, those that band together and call themselves "groups."

If things don't go as planned, this time they'll send throat lozenges, next time eye drops, and eventually they'll send the Jinchūriki's ultimate weapon.

With the revival of Konoha, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, no longer worked diligently, and his personality gradually became like that of a middle-aged man.

It was as if he had escaped the blow of Tsunade and Orochimaru leaving back then.

Aside from being the Hokage's lackey, Danzo wouldn't dare to touch Naruto's older sister, Namikaze Yukari, without having the resources to do so.

What's more, the addition of Reimu, who can fly, and Akyuu, who can turn people into gold, adds even more pressure to him.

"If it weren't for Grandpa Hokage allocating a piece of land for me to open a general store, I wouldn't even bother with it."

"Anyway, it's good to make money, so let's just consider it as expanding our customer base." Ah Qiu remained calm and composed.

All of the above is like the anticipation before the game.

The first group of open matches below is the main course.

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