Naruto: I get stronger by drawing lots

"Alright, the troublemaker has stepped aside, now it's my turn to talk."

"I wonder what the Unkillable Blade, who has long since faded from the ninja world, has to say?"

Grandma Chiyo, having lived a long and experienced life, still remembered Tsukiki's story and even recognized him.

"Grandma Chiyo is indeed amazing. She saw through my true colors right away. There's no need to be so serious. I'm not really asking you for compensation. Smile, everyone, smile. You're being too serious."

Seeing that everyone except Granny Chiyo was stiff-chested, Tsukiki made a little joke.

"This is roughly what I wanted to say. You can take a look first."

Tsukiki simply tossed Minato's handwritten note over, too lazy to bother with all the talking.

"is this real?"

"The Fourth Hokage's handwriting couldn't possibly be faked, could it?"

Granny Chiyo's expression turned serious. Gaara and the others didn't know what was wrong, as only Granny Chiyo could see this handwritten note.

"Okay, I agree."

Granny Chiyo sighed and nodded. Sunagakure no longer had the strength to resist malice once more.

“A wise choice, Gaara, right?”

Tsuki looked at Gaara, whose expression didn't change much. Gaara calmly looked at Tsuki, his personality becoming much more restrained after his battle with Naruto.

"Get ready. I'll help you secure your position as Kazekage. You will become the Fifth Kazekage."

"Um, how's Naruto?"

"Don't worry, that kid is fine, he'll be coming soon."

Gaara's mood was visibly much better.

"Strive to become stronger."

Tsukiki walked away; he needed to report back to Minato about what had happened here. He still needed Gaara and the others to cooperate with him on the first battlefield, at least to avoid being too passive.

Grandma Chiyo smiled kindly at the three young people. She gently ruffled their hair and slowly walked away.

In the following days, just as he had planned, Tsuki began to push Gaara to the position of Kazekage. The woman who had guided him earlier had provided considerable assistance, and it was through them that the support rate among the lower-ranking ninjas had increased. At least for the other high-ranking officials, Tsuki's military threat was enough. Now, they needed to deal with the One-Tailed Beast first. As for how to control these high-ranking officials without Tsuki, that would be up to Gaara himself.

"The matter has been resolved with Sunagakure."

Minato saw the only good news: each of the five great ninja villages possessed the Tailed Beast as a strategic weapon, except for the Three-Tails of Kirigakure, whose whereabouts were unknown.

Minato sent people to every ninja village. The only good news was that Sunagakure was the village where the battle would likely begin the fastest, and where the forces were the weakest. Therefore, he sent Tsukihime there.

"There's still no way."

Minato sighed. All these things were laid out in advance, but why should anyone trust you? Why should they cooperate with you?

"Hopefully things will go smoothly."

Things were alright in other ninja villages, and Minato could ignore that, but he hoped things would go smoothly in Konoha at least.

Things were progressing one by one, and the search mission for Class Seven was also underway—

Chapter 349: The Guest

"A lecherous immortal?"

Naruto picked up the lid of the trash can and looked inside.

"A lecherous immortal?"

Naruto lay on the ground and peered into the rat hole in the wall.

"A lecherous immortal?"

Sasuke was speechless. Naruto was currently lying on top of him, looking around curiously. And the two of them were still on the street. Their strange behavior attracted a lot of attention, and passersby were all looking at them.

"Naruto!"

"What are you doing?"

Sasuke threw Naruto away. Naruto fell to the ground, scratching his head and looking at Sasuke with a puzzled expression. He didn't think he had done anything wrong, and instead questioned Sasuke.

"How stingy! It's just carrying it around."

Naruto openly gossiped and openly said bad things.

Sasuke's anger was about to explode. That was called a back? Naruto had actually ridden right on Sasuke's neck!

"Lion Barrage!"

Sasuke and Naruto have a long history of love-hate relationship, and Sasuke's decisive attack showed no concern for Naruto's safety, as he was well aware of Naruto's resilience.

"That's really dangerous."

Naruto's flexibility is remarkable; he managed to dodge Sasuke's continuous taijutsu attacks using an unusual posture.

It was a familiar scene, one that Sasuke had grown accustomed to; Naruto always managed to dodge his attacks in such a strange way. Having fought for so long, the two knew each other's techniques like the back of their hands.

But this time, Sasuke made a special change. He made a feint, and Naruto instinctively dodged it. It was at this moment that Sasuke kicked Naruto into the air.

"Wind Release: Wind Rising Kick"

Naruto felt a slight pain in his abdomen. He watched as Sasuke completed the hand seals.

"Sasuke!"

A strong gust of wind burst out from his feet, and Naruto's body was undoubtedly blown into the air.

"Wow ah ah ah ah!"

Naruto's screams echoed through the hot spring town. Sasuke's kick didn't actually hurt him; it just sent Naruto flying.

With a splash, Naruto miraculously fell into the water before everyone's eyes. Even more miraculously, a person on the roof fell down after him.

"..."

Everyone fell silent. Naruto emerged from the water, his eyes taking in a scene that made his blood boil.

"That's wonderful."

Naruto was a novice, and his face was already burning red, but the familiar voice that rang out next to him made him turn his head away.

"A lecherous immortal!!!"

Naruto shouted, and at the same time he shouted at the young women who were covering themselves.

The next instant, buckets and basins all came crashing down at once!

After venting their anger, Naruto and Jiraiya were thrown onto the street like dead dogs.

"This is not fair."

Jiraiya looked at his own swollen face, covered in bumps, and then at Naruto's face, which only had two or three bumps. He shouted something.

"Lord Jiraiya."

Jiraiya looked up and saw Kakashi's face right in front of him.

"Kakashi?"

Jiraiya looked puzzled, though his swollen face didn't seem to indicate any such intention.

"I've finally found you."

Since receiving this mission, we have been searching in hot spring towns for several days based on intelligence, but we haven't even caught a glimpse of the shadow.

Although the process was a bit strange, and Kakashi wanted to complain, he decided to put it aside for now, as there were many other things that were much more important.

"Minato wants me and Tsunade to return to Konoha?"

Now that Jiraiya has been found, Naruto and the others can finally relax for a while. Kakashi also lets them go for a stroll in the streets, while he himself starts talking to Jiraiya about the purpose of their search.

After recounting these matters one by one, Jiraiya remained silent for a while.

“Minato is a man of his word. Alright, let me take you to find Tsunade. It will be quite a while before you can find her.”

Jiraiya remained serious when necessary, and took the initiative to suggest taking Kakashi and the others to find Tsunade.

Team 7 has completed one of their missions; their next task is to find Tsunade.

After a short rest, Team 7, led by Jiraiya, began their search for Tsunade.

After all, they were old friends, with decades of friendship. Jiraiya knew Tsunade very well, and just a few days later, he met Tsunade in a casino.

Apart from Jiraiya and Kakashi, Naruto and the other two stared at the scene before them in disbelief.

Shizune, holding the piglet, tried to dissuade Tsunade, whose face was flushed, while Tsunade placed bets recklessly.

"Still the same as always."

Jiraiya said something and walked up alone, while the members of Team 7 waited there.

boom!

Did you think that being one of the Legendary Sannin would make things easy? Wrong. Jiraiya was sent flying by a single punch, and the force was considerable, considering Tsunade's monstrous strength was well-known.

"I have nothing to do with Konoha anymore."

When Tsunade heard that they wanted her to return to Konoha, she immediately became furious and started yelling at Kakashi.

This made Naruto angry too.

"It's not Minato-san's mission, I didn't want to call you!"

"Ok?"

Tsunade approached in an instant, so fast that Naruto was grabbed by the collar before he could react.

"You little brat, you've got quite the nerve. You're still a long shot compared to your father."

Tsunade knew Naruto's identity, of course, and her tone softened as she spoke.

Naruto, on the other hand, bravely met Tsunade's gaze without the slightest fear. That one look made Tsunade feel as if she had been transported back countless years.

"Humph."

After releasing Naruto, Tsunade lost interest in gambling and walked away. Shizune bowed to everyone and followed her.

"Still the same as always, with such a fiery temper. It's been so many years since I've tasted the flavor of this fist."

Jiraiya sat up from the pile of rubble and touched his face.