Naruto: I get stronger by drawing lots

"That's reasonable, I suppose."

Jiraiya said it softly.

There has to be a price to make it right. If someone could increase their chakra tenfold without any price, that would be truly terrifying.

If the person being enhanced possesses chakra comparable to a tailed beast, or is a Jinchūriki, then the enhancement effect would be terrifying.

"What about the Chakra Fruit?"

The speaker was Tsukiki. He vaguely remembered Hero's Water, but he was curious about the Chakra Fruit, which had never appeared in the original work.

If I'm not mistaken--

"Those people were after the Chakra Fruit, weren't they?"

Yue Shu tentatively asked a question, and Hui and Hei Li both fell silent. The others looked at Hui.

"Hmm. Probably."

Hui gave a wry smile.

Haley also sighed.

"Chakra Fruit? Is it even more powerful than Hero's Water? Like an enhancement or something?"

Minato Namikaze thought for a moment, and then gave his answer.

"No, in fact, we don't even know what the Chakra Fruit looks like."

Hui shook her head.

"The Chakra Fruit is beneath the Hero's Water, and we don't know what's going on."

"Then why are you so sure that there is a Chakra Fruit down there?"

"We saw it."

"－－－"

"See what?"

Yue Shu and Hui were anxiously watching each other, while everyone else watched their conversation.

"Taki no Mura --"

"It's Takigakure, not an ordinary village, but a small ninja village."

Yue Shu looked at Hui.

Hui's lips trembled a few times, and then she began to speak again.

"There is a stone tablet in Takigakure that records a legend."

"Legend says that chakra was born from the fruit of a tree, not discovered by the Sage of Six Paths, nor by ninjutsu. Everything a ninja possesses originates from a fruit, called the Divine Tree Fruit, and the Chakra Fruit—"

"It's a small version of the fruit of the divine tree."

After Hui finished speaking, the entire room fell silent.

Tsukiki's eyes twitched incessantly.

Of course he knew the truth about the legend of the Sage of Six Paths.

The origin of everything is the Otsutsuki clan. Kaguya Otsutsuki brought the seed of the Divine Tree to this planet, planted the Divine Tree, and gained chakra by eating its fruit. But no one knows this history except for Black Zetsu and Tsukuyomi.

But at this very moment, a mysterious stone tablet subtly hinted at all of this.

Furthermore, the existence of the Chakra Fruit exists.

To be honest, Yue Shu herself doesn't know what to do now.

"The fruit of the divine tree—"

Jiraiya murmured a sentence, placing his hand on his chin as he pondered.

Is the legend of the Sage of Six Paths false?

Kushina was somewhat confused and asked.

Minato Namikaze and Mikoto also had doubts in their eyes.

"I don't know either, but the Chakra Fruit and the stone tablet are real."

"if."

Yue Shu's voice came, and everyone looked at Yue Shu.

"If that Chakra Fruit really exists, and if that group of people's goal was also that, then why did they attack you?"

Yue Shu looked at Hui.

As mentioned before, Haley, a businessman, has a gentle and innocent daughter named Hui, and their behavior and conversations don't give off a father-daughter vibe.

Judging from the way Haley looked at Hui just now, it wasn't the way she looked at her daughter.

This is the look in the eyes of someone looking at their superior, just like the Konoha ninjas would give Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Haley opened his mouth, about to speak, but was stopped by Hui raising her hand.

"Princess."

Haley spoke softly, and everyone was stunned by his words.

"Princess?!"

Hui responded to the crowd's surprised expressions with a smile.

Let me reintroduce myself.

"My name is Kei Hisachiki, and I am the guardian of the Chakra Fruit."

Yue Shu looked at Hui without saying anything, and Hui continued talking.

"The Chakra Fruit is a miniature version of the God Tree fruit. Those who eat it gain power surpassing that of a Kage, and I am the one who protects the Chakra Fruit."

"As a guardian, my blood can bring the Chakra Fruit to life; otherwise, I would not be able to find it."

"So, those guys targeted you because they wanted to get that fruit, since that fruit possesses power surpassing that of a shadow."

Yue Shu slowly pieced together the cause and effect of the current situation.

The enemy is greed, which is the power beyond the Kage within the Chakra Fruit, a miniature version of the Divine Tree. Kuchiki Kei is the key to obtaining the Chakra Fruit, so to obtain the Chakra Fruit, one must first obtain Kuchiki Kei's blood.

Yue Shu was speechless.

He especially wanted to complain about Konoha's C-rank missions.

Could it be that all the C-rank missions in Konoha are just A-rank missions disguised as C-rank missions?

"Sigh, things are getting complicated, which is why I hate C-rank missions. My first C-rank mission was like that too."

Jiraiya complained from the side, while Tsukiki smirked angrily.

--You're also a victim of Konoha's C-rank missions!

"According to Konoha's regulations, we have reason to abandon this mission."

Yue Shu said to Hui.

"Princess Na Hui's safety—"

Hui didn't speak; it was Hei Li who spoke.

"However, we will not stand by and watch someone die. I will take on this mission."

Yue Shu's words stunned everyone present.

"I really can't do anything with you. Well, teachers also have to take responsibility for students' impulsiveness."

Jiraiya smiled.

"That's what happens when we're in the same squad."

"That's true."

"This is so unlike you, Tsukiki."

Kushina Mikoto and Minato Namikaze both said something to each other and expressed their agreement.

Jiraiya's team unanimously agreed that Tsukiki's proposal could be passed.

"Thank you."

"Well, it was just a spur-of-the-moment thing."

Tsukiki wasn't good at this kind of thing, so she just gave a perfunctory reply.

Hui's smile was gentle, blooming in Yue Shu's eyes.

Chapter Thirty-Two: Rank A Mission

"Are the targets the people of Takigakure and those who have been lured outside?"

The carriage continued its journey, with Yue Shu hiding inside as usual.

Just now, Hui revealed information about the enemy.

Kuchiki Kuroba, a greedy and radical member of the Takigakure clan and the younger brother of Kuro, hopes to improve the status of Takigakure through the Chakra Fruit and gain greater strength to become a person of higher status.

Of course, Takigakure is a small village, and its individual strength is very weak. Even for a Jonin like Kuchiki Kuroba, he still could not fight against the entire Takigakure village by himself.

Thus, the concept of cooperation came about.

Using the allure of the Hero's Water, Hisachiki Kuroba seduced a ninja who shared the same greed.

The allure of increasing chakra tenfold is something almost every ninja craves, especially those at the Jonin level, who constantly keep their eyes on the Kage rank above them, hoping to one day rise to that level.

The tenfold increase in chakra gave them that hope.

This kind of temptation was too tempting for these ninjas to resist.

Kuchiki Kuroba was indeed a clever person. He simply used the Hero's Water, which had side effects, to assemble a so-called team, while keeping his target, the Chakra Fruit, a secret.

By using the power of others to get what he wanted, it has to be said that Kuroba is very cunning.

"From a young age, Kuroba has always been competitive and always wanted to be the best at everything."

This is how Haley described his younger brother, Kuroba.