In Konoha, Naruto lies down

Ino: “????”

Shikamaru coughed, "I have something else to do, so I'll be leaving now."

Neji: "I have something to do too."

Xiao Li: "I still have some training to do, so I'll have to double the effort when I get back."

Inuzuka Kiba: "Hahahaha, you deserve it."

"What are you guys doing all day?" Ino was speechless. "You're still acting like kids. You're really... Chouji, you can't even get away with getting drunk!"

"Playing around is fun, but who started this habit? It's really... a real worry."

In the ward, everyone fell into strange silence, staring at Ino.

"Why are you looking at me?" Ino frowned, "It's not like I've ever run away..."

Halfway through her speech, she suddenly thought of a possibility and asked tentatively.

"Naruto?"

"Yes!" Everyone nodded.

Ino blushed suddenly and was so embarrassed that she couldn't speak clearly. She waved her hand and said.

"You guys are so boring. I really... don't want to bother with you anymore."

After saying that, Ino left in a hurry. She thought to herself, "How shameful! Naruto is such a jerk! He's so old, but he still acts like a kid every day, playing this kind of thing..."

No, that's too embarrassing. I must beat him up next time I see him!

~~

"I can't take it anymore! Slow down! Stop, stop, stop!!!" Hydrangea screamed, her back straightened, and the chakra in her body was about to overflow.

"Is it okay?" Naruto stood not far away, folding his hands and watching Hydrangea rolling on the ground and screaming.

"Who told you to take in so much chakra at once!" Hydrangea retorted, "Do you know what it feels like to have so much chakra poured into your body?"

"I don't know, I haven't tried it."

"You...don't! Wait a minute, ah!!!" Hydrangea rolled on the ground, feeling extremely painful.

"You are such a loser, a weak ninja." Naruto yawned, looked up at the sun, and thought to himself that this woman was too weak.

She can't even bear this little bit of chakra. She can't even bear the initiation. How could she be so incompetent that he recruited her in the first place?

I have kept it as a mascot over the years, and at most I have to do some small jobs, which are not very difficult.

Now Naruto was ready to send them out to do some bigger work, but he was afraid that Hydrangea and Yakumo Kurama were too weak and would be beaten to death. So he could only choose the evil god's gift and share the power with them.

In this case, he still has to find people to operate one by one, and Kurama Yakumo is still in the Land of Grass.

Konan's strength is enough, and Uzuki Yugao does not need to leave the Konoha Ninja Village for the time being. As for the shrine maiden... the composition of the shrine maiden is too complicated, so we will have to wait and see.

Dragon Tongue's talent is average, so he should also need to share his chakra. In the end, the only one left is Black Soil.

Well... never mind. Future Leg Shadow is too mean. Let her suffer a little first, otherwise the profit share will be in vain. This woman is too spoiled, she needs to polish her temper.

Naruto didn't pay much attention to the two from Kumogakure, Mabui and Samui. They would pass on information anyway, so he ignored them for now.

He had finally found some free time these past few days, so he couldn't let Hydrangea give up halfway. He was still waiting for someone to hire her. Although Hydrangea was a bit inexperienced, she was a reliable worker.

"Hold on a little longer, it will be over in a little while."

"I can't take it anymore, don't give it to me anymore." Hydrangea said in a very cowardly manner, "Wait a minute, I really can't take it anymore, I don't want it anymore."

"That's impossible, we agreed on that." Naruto ignored her, "Just bear with it for a while. If you suffer a little now, you will get less beatings next time you go to the battlefield."

"Why would I get beaten? Even if I can't win, I can always run away!" She struggled and said, "Really, I don't think it's necessary."

"Oh, I don't want you to think so."

Hydrangea's screams were so miserable that Naruto simply put on earplugs and didn't take them off until she finished rolling on the ground. Hydrangea was lying on the ground with sweat all over her face. She casually glanced at him and saw him taking off his earplugs.

"Ah! Are you a human being?"

"what happened?"

"You're wearing earplugs!"

"I'm a kind person and I can't bear to hear you scream. What if you don't wear earplugs?" Naruto asked seriously, which almost broke Hydrangea's defense.

"Is it necessary to inject chakra like this? It hurts too much. I would rather be raped than go through it again. Dear Evil God, please bless me..."

"The evil god doesn't exist, don't waste your energy." Naruto said casually, "I am the evil god, do you believe it? I don't even believe it myself, I am just a shell."

"It doesn't matter who the evil god is. I just want to make a wish and have someone bless me." Hydrangea said very realistically, "Your blessing is fine with me, too."

"Whatever you call it, it's so difficult."

"I just think there is no difference. I don't care about any evil gods. It doesn't matter if the ninja world is destroyed." Hydrangea lay motionless on the grass, and the sunset enveloped the forest.

The orange sunset dyed the whole place red, and the evening breeze in the forest rustled the leaves, creating ripples.

"You're so open-minded. I don't want the ninja world to be destroyed."

"Of course, you have everything." Hydrangea curled her lips, full of resentment, "Unless you let me have some free time, otherwise I..."

"Ah! Didn't you say it was over?"

"I didn't say that, you said it."

"I was wrong, I was wrong! I will never complain again!" Hydrangea was in excruciating pain, but Naruto ignored her and found that there was still room for further improvement.

"If you hadn't spoken, I wouldn't have known that you have such great potential. You can still cultivate a little more. Hydrangea, you are truly a genius." Naruto said.

"No! No, don't do that!" Hydrangea woke up instantly, turned over and wanted to escape, but she couldn't escape.

There was another scream, and the light in Hydrangea's eyes suddenly disappeared.

Afterwards, Naruto glanced at Hydrangea, who was curled up on the grass, and then looked at the sky that was about to set.

"I'm leaving now. You can go back by yourself. Oh, and I brought you a little toy."

As he spoke, Naruto had a box in his hand and casually threw it to Hydrangea. The box landed right in front of her, and Hydrangea immediately sat up.

"what?"

"It's just a worthless little thing. I brought it to you because I saw it."

Hydrangea opened the box and found a bamboo dragonfly made of expensive materials. She was slightly stunned. Last time we chatted, she casually mentioned that she envied others for playing with it.

She didn't expect that the black-hearted Uzumaki Naruto actually remembered it, and she didn't know what to say for a moment.

Fortunately, Naruto didn't stand there and look at her, waiting for her to say something before leaving. When she looked up, there was no one on the other side. He had really left.

She picked up the bamboo dragonfly and looked at it for a long time. She tried rubbing it in the wilderness as the night deepened. The bamboo dragonfly slowly rose, flew over the dark forest tops, and fell into the embrace of the stars.

~~

"Have you collected the tailed beasts?" Naruto asked impatiently, staring at the somewhat embarrassed Black Zetsu in front of him, "Three days later is another three days. How long do you want me to wait?"

"Haven't you finished dealing with the One-Tail and the Eight-Tail?" Black Zetsu was originally a little guilty, but when he thought that he was not Uzumaki Naruto's subordinate, he immediately became tough again.

"I've already arranged everything. I'm just waiting for you to gather the five tailed beasts. Then I can start right away." Naruto retorted, "But you've been keeping me waiting. How long are you going to wait?"

"very soon."

"How soon is that?" Naruto glanced at him. "Don't you know this isn't just your problem? If you couldn't do it in the first place, you shouldn't have agreed so readily."

"What are you talking about cooperation? You can't even deal with a few tailed beasts that pose no threat. When you negotiate terms, just say no."

"This..." Black Zetsu was silent.

Clearly, collecting the tailed beasts was his job, and he'd been busy for a thousand years without ever rushing. Now, someone suddenly appeared to be collaborating with him, and was urging him to work overtime.

This feeling was too frustrating. After hundreds of years of not having colleagues, they were suddenly starting to become inward-looking. He couldn't accept it, and he didn't want to accept it.

"That's my business. You should deal with the issues of the One-Tail and the Eight-Tail first. You don't have to worry about anything else." said Black Zetsu.

"Yes, yes. No, no. What do you mean by 'don't bother me'?" Naruto laughed. "I won't bother with the One-Tail and the Eight-Tail either. Go get them yourself."

"Anyway, Yakushi Kabuto is dead. Since you don't want me to take care of it, then do it yourself."

"I'll do it myself, just don't do anything." Hei Jue said.

"I won't tamper with anything, but I didn't say I won't let anyone else do it." Naruto curled his lips, "Go find your tailed beast quickly, you're still being stubborn. No wonder I've been collecting them for so long but there's still no news."

Black Zetsu felt depressed and wondered why he felt like he had to go to work.

The scabs should be killed!

But he had no way to resist. It was bad luck for him to meet a weirdo like Uzumaki Naruto. Not only was this guy strong, but he also liked to argue.

He's such a weirdo. If he really keeps his eyes on me, these hundred years will be wasted.

There is only one chance now. Taking advantage of the chaos among the five major countries and taking advantage of the opportunity of Uzumaki Naruto to make a deal with himself, he can gather the nine tailed beasts.

Although Black Zetsu was furious, he wasn't afraid of Uzumaki Naruto unilaterally terminating the deal. A deal was a deal, and only if both parties adhered to it could something worse happen.

Watching Black Zetsu leave, Naruto couldn't help but smile.

It's so annoying, don't even think about having an easy time.

He knew that Black Zetsu wouldn't be able to gather the remaining five tailed beasts in a short period of time, so there was no need for him to rush. He was just urging Black Zetsu to annoy him.

Black Zetsu was busy collecting the tailed beasts and had no time to plot against Naruto.

The next day.

As usual, Naruto went to the Yamanaka Flower Shop to accompany Ino, but suddenly found that she seemed unhappy, and he was a little confused.

"What's wrong with you?"

"Humph, I'm fine." Ino said unhappily, "Chouji is in the hospital."

"What hospital is he in?" Naruto was stunned. "Did he eat too much? Or was he starving? He was injured on the battlefield and was admitted directly to the hospital after returning."

"It's you!"

"What does it have to do with me? I have no idea."

"Chouji was afraid to go home, afraid of being beaten to death, and had nowhere to go, so he pretended to be sick and was hospitalized." Ino explained, and then told the whole story.

Naruto was dumbfounded and thought to himself, wow, the disciple is even better than the master.

"I...I didn't teach him how to run away from the bill. Didn't he figure it out on his own?" Naruto stammered. "He learned it on his own. You can't blame me."

"It's not your fault. When I went to ask who started this bad trend yesterday, they all looked at me." Ino said angrily, "It's so embarrassing. You've embarrassed me!"

"If you don't have money, I'll give it to you. Why are you running away?"

"I have money. This... this is hard to say. I wasn't the first one to run away from the bill." Naruto sweatdropped. "They are also at fault. It's not just me."

"Don't do this again! From now on!" Ino warned.

Chapter 553 Naruto: Don’t test me, I have nothing to do with her

Naruto really didn't know that Choji could do such a thing... It's hard to describe. He ate with his family and then ran away without paying. It's even more abstract than performance art!

This is not eating at all, it's clearly slapping Akimichi Choza's face with a shoe horn, it's totally a rip-off.

"Okay, I understand." He agreed hurriedly.

Because of Hinata's matter, Ino chose to give in for the first time. Because of this, no matter what opinions Ino put forward, Naruto would try his best to satisfy her.

"What about Choji?" she asked.

"At most he'll get a beating, nothing will happen." Naruto waved his hand and said, "Besides, this guy has caused all the trouble on his own, don't bother with him."

"Ok."

Naruto took the time to go to the hospital and had Choji's hands and feet put in plaster at his own expense.

"What? Why?"

"Do you understand? This is more realistic. Just say you fell from the Hokage Rock." Naruto waved his hands, "I'll ask Uzuki Yugao to find an Anbu witness for you. That way, no one will doubt you."

"But Shikamaru and the others know about it, how can we keep it a secret?" asked Choji.

"You won't deny it?"

"deny?"

"For something like this, as long as a few more people claim to have seen you fall from the Hokage Rock with their own eyes, even the fake will become true." Naruto looked very experienced.