In Konoha, Naruto lies down

".......for you."

There is nothing in the palm of the hand. If you hand it over, then only the hand will be left.

Naruto was slightly stunned and quickly grabbed Ino's hand.

"Ah! Don't rub it!"

"You took the initiative."

"...Well... okay, just this once." Ino compromised.

The fireworks were lit, and the brilliant light and explosions woke up the usually quiet hillside. Naruto and Ino lit them and ran away. Naruto held Ino in one hand and the Nine-Tails in the other.

Two people and a dog were jogging while looking back at the fireworks, and they started laughing as they ran.

Finally, they hid in an alley near the fork in the road of Konoha Street, panting, looking at each other, their hearts pounding.

......

The next day.

The fireworks festival incident finally passed without any major incident. Naruto had a day to rest and would go on a mission with Team 8 tomorrow.

He didn't ask about Sakura anymore, thinking he'd check on her after the mission was over. If she recovered, then everything would be fine. If she didn't, it wouldn't be a bad thing either.

Sasuke had been driven crazy by Uchiha Itachi, and it was impossible for him to fall in love, get married, and have children like an ordinary person. He was too pure, and only saw black and white, and things were only right and wrong.

Such people are stubborn and live a tiring life. They will neither retreat nor make peace, and will not be trapped in love or locked in their souls.

Heavy rain is coming, and it is unfair fate that has chosen him.

Naruto was also very clear that there was no way around Uchiha Sasuke's karma, and there was no need for him to get involved in his affairs.

"There are too many psychopaths in this world." Naruto lazily lay on the sofa and turned his head to look at the Nine-Tails who was sitting on the small sofa opposite him in the same posture with a dog leg in its mouth.

"Hmm?" Kyuubi was chewing a piece of meat, lying on the smaller sofa Naruto had bought for him. "You mean Uchiha?"

"Who else could it be except them? They are so cruel to their own people."

"Where's the old man's wine?"

"Go get it from the refrigerator yourself."

"You are the dog, right? Even if I jump in my current state, I can't reach you!"

"Then are you willing to practice backflips?"

"Little brat! Don't push your luck. When I regain my strength, I will tear you apart sooner or later!"

"Okay, okay." Naruto yawned and stood up, slowly walking towards the refrigerator. "I'm waiting for that day. After all, you can live longer than me. But how long will it take for you to recover from this state?"

"If I recover, can you still stand and talk?" Nine-Tailed Fox's voice came from the other end of the sofa.

"Things like opening a refrigerator require practice." Naruto opened the refrigerator and was about to reach out to take the wine specially provided for the Nine-Tails when suddenly a mechanical synthesized sound rang in his mind.

[Ding! Hinata's favorability is 45% approved by Kyuubi]

When he saw the line of words pop up on the panel, his body suddenly froze. Wasn’t the mission stalled?

Before unleashing the Nine-Tails, Naruto had already prepared for the quest line to stagnate. If the power of the Nine-Tails stagnated at 37%, it wouldn't be a bad thing. At least he wouldn't feel guilty every time he faced Hinata.

More importantly, he needs to separate the Nine-Tails from himself as soon as possible. On the one hand, the evil god's lackeys can suppress the Nine-Tails' ability, and on the other hand, it can also prevent Akatsuki from obtaining the tailed beasts.

The Nine-Tailed Fox is now a dog, wearing the cloak of the evil god's lackey, which is equivalent to being protected by the evil god that Feidan believes in. In other words, it is impossible for human beings to remove its cloak.

Simply put, the Nine-Tails in chakra state no longer exists, and even if the Six Paths Sage comes, he cannot collect the Nine-Tails from him.

Unless the evil god disappears.

But this illusory thing is almost as unsolvable as the god of death in the Pure Land, and it is useless no matter who comes.

There is no way to remove the Nine-Tails, and he doesn't want to use Hinata as a tool. It is precisely because of these two considerations that Naruto chooses to do it now rather than later, and forcibly removes the tail during the fireworks display.

But now it seems that whether the Nine-Tailed Fox is in his body or not has nothing to do with the quest line.

The Nine-Tailed Fox wasn't useless, it was just being suppressed by me. Once the Nine-Tailed Fox quest was complete, one person and one dog would have at least the combat power of two Nine-Tailed Foxes. Besides, the system master was very powerful and tough, so there should be more options.

There was a delay last time and there is a delay this time too.

Forget it, stop thinking about it.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Naruto gave up thinking. Why think so much? The world would not be destroyed so easily, and he was not the savior.

"Kid, why are you so slow? Did your brain get caught in the refrigerator door?"

"Stop talking too much. Let's talk about backflip practice this afternoon!" Naruto picked up a bottle of wine and slammed the refrigerator door shut.

He went to the kitchen to get a glass of water, then walked to the sofa and placed the chilled wine in front of Jiuwei. Jiuwei opened the wine skillfully and drank from the bottle in a very humane manner.

The summer breeze blew across the balcony, making the wind chimes jingle, and a man and a fox tilted their heads back to drink water (wine) in sync.

......

The next day.

Naruto and the Nine-Tails met up with the three members of Team 8 at the village entrance. They heard that their mission was to find the Microscent Bug, an endangered bug that can track scents.

It seemed like a chain reaction. Naruto didn't care about Sasuke's whereabouts, but the higher-ups started to take it seriously. Not only did they assign the tracking team 8 the task of finding the micro-fragrant insects, they also sent a large number of ANBU to the Land of Rice.

The reasons given by the two advisors and Danzo were so valid that Tsunade had no way of objecting and could only let them go.

"Hey! Naruto, you also have a dog?" Inuzuka Kiba walked over leisurely from a distance with his hands in his pockets and Akamaru on his head.

Team 8 has arrived. Hinata is walking beside them with her head down. Aburame Shino, the Mushishi, still looks as steady and invincible as a rock.

"Stop making so much noise, you're Akamaru's transportation!" Naruto and Inuzuka Kiba are still at odds.

"You called me a means of transportation?" Inuzuka Kiba rolled up his sleeves. "You want a fight?"

Akamaru, who was lying on top of Inuzuka Kiba's head, stared at the Nine-Tails for a long time. The more he looked, the less it seemed to be of the same kind as him, so he desperately pulled Inuzuka Kiba's hair to prevent it from getting close to Naruto.

"Huh? Akamaru, what did you say? Naruto's dog is dangerous?"

Chapter 131 I’m craving alcohol, give me a bottle of iced wine

"Hey, Naruto, what's that thing next to you?"

Things? Kyuubi was annoyed and bared his teeth directly at Inuzuka Kiba. Seeing this, Akamaru was even more frightened and trembled, hiding behind Inuzuka Kiba's neck.

"Hehe, it's just a stray dog ​​I picked up on the street." Naruto said proudly, "How is it? Does it look good?"

"Akamaru said it's very dangerous. Are you... sure you picked it up from the roadside?" Inuzuka Kiba was a little unsure. He looked at the dog that looked like a fox on the ground, scratched his head and said.

"But this dog isn't too fierce. Why is Akamaru so scared?"

"It just doesn't like you. Hinata has touched it before and nothing happened." Naruto pointed at Hinata not far away, "If you don't believe me, ask Hinata to come over."

The mission was not in a hurry, Inuzuka Kiba was half-believing and half-doubting, and waved and shouted to Hinata who was not far away.

"Hey! Hinata, could you please come over here for a moment?"

"it is good."

Hinata responded and jogged over nervously. She glanced at Naruto first, then her eyes dropped instantly.

"what happened?"

"Oh, that's right, Hinata. Try hugging the dog." Inuzuka Kiba warned, "You don't have to really hug it because it's too fierce. Just pretend to do it."

After saying that, he added with some concern.

"I'll be watching from the sidelines. There's no danger."

But when he looked over again, Hinata was no longer there. The ferocious fox dog was lying in Hinata's arms, looking harmless.

Inuzuka Kiba: “….”

Naruto stood aside with his hands folded, watching, finding it a little funny, and offered words of encouragement.

"Now you believe it, kid. Don't blame the road for your own failures."

Inuzuka Kiba's face turned green. "The dog you raised is just like you. You treat it differently, right?"

"I haven't trained it either, so don't talk nonsense." Naruto spread his hands and said, "This is completely its own will. It's because you don't look like a good person."

"Who do you say doesn't look like a good person!" Inuzuka Kiba was about to start quarreling again because of a disagreement.

"Calm down, Kiba." Shino Aburame, wearing small round black sunglasses, came over and looked at the Nine-Tailed Fox in Hinata's arms. "Akamaru's feeling is right. That thing is indeed very dangerous. My bugs are also afraid of it."

"Then..." Inuzuka Kiba frowned slightly and looked in Naruto's direction, "That guy has no defense at all, should we remind him?"

"Not for now. That thing doesn't seem to have any ill intentions towards Hinata, and the bugs don't sense much ill will either. They're just naturally afraid."

Half of Aburame Shino's face was covered by the large windbreaker, and she always maintained a calm and composed expression.

"Let's take a look first and then talk."

It takes two full days to travel from Konoha to the forest where the micro-scented insects gather.

And because the eggs of the micro-scented insects will only hatch after rain, the group's speed will not affect their progress regardless of whether it is fast or slow, because there will be no rain for two days.

In other words, even if you arrive at your destination early, you still need to wait there for the rain to come.

Because the Land of Fire has no mountains and many hills, and the sea breeze blows, the rainfall is relatively even year-round. So even if there's no rain when you rush there, you only need to wait a few days.

After setting off, the group did not move very fast, just at a normal walking speed.

Both Aburame Shino's bug and Inuzuka Kiba's ninja dog Akamaru are afraid of the Nine-Tails, so Inuzuka Kiba and Aburame Shino naturally walk together in front, leaving Hinata and Naruto behind.

For the mission, almost everyone carried a backpack, and Naruto was no exception, stuffing a few clothes into his bag. Everything he needed was in the sealed space, so he didn't need to bring anything extra.

Just use the schoolbag as a cover to take out whatever you want. The schoolbag is a bit big, so it’s reasonable to take out a one-meter-long knife from it, right?

The Nine-Tailed Fox followed all the way, and several times it got tired of walking on the ground and jumped directly onto Naruto's shoulders and whispered in his ear.

"I'm craving a drink. Bring me a bottle of iced wine."

The only response it got was Naruto's ruthless rejection. He pulled its neck, lowered his voice, and spoke with a ferocious expression.

"Are you crazy or am I? Let them see a Spitz walking around drinking from a bottle of wine?"

"Stop talking nonsense. If you don't give me some wine, I won't leave." Jiuwei had a disdainful look on his face, showing the same look as Anya, "Are you going to give it to me or not?"

"Damn it, I really want to send you for breeding now." Naruto smiled grimly.

"Naruto-kun, are you fighting?" Hinata pulled Naruto's clothes and asked in a low voice with concern.

"No, no." Naruto turned his head, and the Nine-Tails also looked as if nothing had happened.

"Night." Naruto said in a voice that only the Nine-Tails could hear.

"make a deal."

"That's good." Hinata was confused, but she could feel that the man and the dog seemed to have reached some kind of deal, and in short, everything returned to normal.

Ahead, Inuzuka Kiba and Aburame Shino had already walked some distance away.

"Shino, I thought I heard Naruto talking to that dog."

"Maybe a ninja dog or something like that," Shino said calmly as they walked.

"Hey! Why are you like this too?" Inuzuka Kiba said as he walked and gestured with his hands, "It's very strange, isn't it? Naruto clearly said it was a stray dog ​​before, and now it's suddenly a ninja dog!"

"No matter how you look at it, it doesn't make sense!"

"Kana, be quiet." Aburame Shino glanced at him sideways, the reflection of her sunglasses gleaming slightly. "The world is so big, anything is possible."

"Isn't Kakashi, the leader of Team 7, the summoning beast of his a ninja dog?"

"If you put it that way..." Ya scratched his head and said dejectedly, "Well, I don't care."

Aburame Shino was silent for a while, then turned around and looked at Hinata and Naruto who were following behind.

"Kana, since we are all members of the same team, you should give Naruto a little more trust. He is not the type of person who would easily put his teammates in danger."

".......knew."

in the afternoon.

As the sun set, Shino relied on the excellent reconnaissance ability of the parasite to find a place that was very suitable for camping, and took out the necessary items such as the tent from the sealed scroll.

"It's getting late, let's camp here." Aburame Shino said little but gave the order decisively.

"Okay." The three answered in unison.

The team leader is Shino Aburame, Hinata and Kiba Inuzuka cooperate with her very well, and Naruto has no objection.