Naruto: If I ask you to be Naruto, you will become a yellow-haired person?

“And then? And then?”

“Lord Naruto, after that Crimson Pearl Immortal arrived at her grandmother's house, what happened next?”

“And what is the identity of that hearty woman's laughter? Is she a relative of the Crimson Pearl Immortal?”

The Slug Sage, transformed into the size of a palm, perched on Naruto's shoulder, its two soft tentacles swaying back and forth, appearing extremely curious.

Naruto paused, shaking his head.

He stopped talking and followed Tsunade and the others, stopping on an unknown, bustling street in the Fire Country's capital.

The wide, straight street stretched as far as the eye could see, with pedestrians wearing brocade kimonos flowing like a woven tapestry, and luxurious pear wood carriages passing in an endless stream.

As expected of the most prosperous commercial street in the capital of the most wealthy country in the ninja world.

Naruto discreetly looked around, taking in the various merchants, extravagantly decorated taverns, and modern hotels that filled the area.

Judging by appearances alone, the residents here seemed relaxed and leisurely.

They showed none of the anxiety and haste of ordinary people in the villages they had passed along the way, who were struggling to make a living.

Instead, they exuded an air of simply eating and drinking, with nothing else to worry about.

Indeed, even in the ninja world, there were those who bore the burden of moving forward, diligently earning money for those who enjoyed a peaceful life.

“Slug Sage, I've been telling stories for several hours now, so today's story ends here.”

“Eh~~” The Slug Sage, in her small slug form, drew out her usually gentle voice, sounding quite reluctant.

Naruto chuckled inwardly. The Slug Sage was indeed the more talkative type who enjoyed chatting with people.

This was probably because, as the only living being in the Shikkotsu Forest Holy Ground, the only person she had been able to talk to for thousands of years was her contractor, Tsunade, making her seem somewhat lonely.

During the journey, he had used various stories from his previous life to get closer to the Slug Sage.

Later, as long as Tsunade and Shizune weren't paying attention, he could secretly ask the Slug Sage to use the Reverse Summoning Technique on a small slug clone near Kusagakure to rescue Karin.

Tsunade glanced at Naruto, who had only met the Slug Sage yesterday, but had become so close to her in less than a day, and clicked her tongue inwardly.

Was already glittering with colorful neon lights, filled with all sorts of gambling dens!

It was the paradise of Tsunade, who had dominated casinos for decades and was known as the Goddess of Gamblers!

It had been a long time since she, Tsunade, had had a good battle! She wondered if her name, Tsunade, was still circulating in the casinos of the Fire Capital!

“Kurenai, Shizune, take this kid to the inn to rest first!”

“It doesn't matter if the mission plan is delayed by a day, we'll go to the Daimyo's mansion tomorrow! I suddenly have important business to take care of for one night, you don't have to worry about me!”

Tsunade impatiently finished her instructions and was about to rush off.

Naruto followed Tsunade's gaze and saw scantily clad women wearing thin veils, exposing their slender, fair waists and thighs, striking seductive poses.

It seemed that business wasn't too good. It was almost evening and they were still soliciting customers, clearly not doing a very organized job…

Hmm… Moreover, the temperature in the Fire Capital wasn't very high right now, only a few degrees Celsius.

It had to be said that these ninja world ladies had quite the professional spirit.

They were more self-aware than the female upstarts on bilibili who became popular by skirting the line and then quickly cut ties, claiming to be feminists.

However, Naruto wasn't interested in the ninja world's pleasure industry that Jiraiya was so enthusiastic about.

After all, oh well, it doesn't matter, there won't be any warts, the probability is zero.

Shizune grabbed Tsunade, who was about to slip away, pinched her slender waist, and loudly protested, “Tsunade-sama! Naruto and Kurenai are here too!”

“This is too much!”

“Tsunade-sama, how can you leave everyone behind and run off to the gambling den?! Can't you endure it for a few days?! Can't you complete the mission assigned by the Hokage-sama first?!”

Upon hearing this, Tsunade's originally excited, radiant face instantly fell.

But she was still preparing to struggle for a few words, after all, it had really been almost a month since she had gambled to her heart's content!

Her amber eyes darted around.

Suddenly, she caught sight of Naruto staring at her expectantly, and her expression faltered again, hesitating.

Unlike Shizune, who knew her inside and out, this was the first time she had brought Naruto on a mission, and as his teacher, she still had to set a good example.

Tsunade said with some disappointment in a low voice,

“Alright, let's go to the inn to rest for the night first…”

Hearing this, Naruto's face also stiffened.

What was going on? Wasn't Tsunade just excitedly about to run off to the casino? How was she persuaded by Shizune so quickly?

He had been eagerly anticipating her and Shizune leaving together so that he could secretly go to Kusagakure to save people!

Naruto quickly interrupted Shizune.

“Shizune-neechan, don't worry about me, let the teacher go to the casino if she wants to…”

As he spoke, he took out the bulging wallet that Ino had given him earlier, gritted his teeth with some reluctance, and handed it to Tsunade.

You can't catch wolves without letting go of the child, he had to get Tsunade out of the way so that he could slip away himself.

“When you come out to play, you have to have fun, Teacher!”

When Tsunade saw the blond boy handing her the bulging wallet that she hadn't managed to swindle from him earlier, her beautiful amber eyes instantly lit up.

Especially when she heard Naruto advising her to have fun, it was as if a warm current surged into her heart in the middle of winter.

Although she knew that Shizune had been controlling her all these years, not allowing her to indulge in gambling as she pleased, it was for her own good.

But hearing someone support her gambling hobby for the first time, especially when it was said by Naruto, her disciple, and he even gave her a sum of money that was clearly not small…

“Naruto…” Tsunade's clear eyes sparkled with emotion. She bent down and kissed Naruto on the cheek, beaming with joy.

“Shizune, Naruto has agreed! You have nothing to say now, right!”

Naruto expressionlessly wiped the saliva left by Tsunade on his face.

It was a good thing he wasn't Durant, otherwise he would have taken the saliva on his face back to eat with rice tonight.

Shizune hesitated and reluctantly agreed.

But she still chose to go with Tsunade to supervise her, so as to prevent Tsunade from gambling day and night, delaying the mission.

Shizune instructed Yuuhi Kurenai to take good care of Naruto.

After all, although Naruto was talented, he was too young and it was his first time leaving Konoha Village, and he was still a kid who hadn't graduated from the Ninja Academy.

"Shizune-neechan!" Naruto stealthily approached Shizune before her departure, whispering, "You could actually use the Transformation Technique and gamble with Lady Tsunade."

Shizune, somewhat puzzled, asked blankly, "What do you mean, Naruto?"

"Gamble with Lady Tsunade?! I think I'll pass..."

She shook her head, not the least bit interested in the gambling that Lady Tsunade indulged in, even feeling a slight aversion to it.

Seeing this, Naruto quickly continued to persuade her,

"You just have to make sure the master only plays at the Sic Bo table, and you always bet the opposite of her! That way, you can at least win some money back!"

Originally somewhat reluctant, Shizune blinked her round eyes, and then a look of surprise burst forth, grabbing Naruto's tender shoulders, she said with delight.

"That's right! Why didn't I think of that! Naruto, you're so clever!"

Shizune's face revealed undisguised joy. Lady Tsunade's only hobby was gambling, and she had no intention of giving it up.

Over the years, the amount of money Lady Tsunade had lost was not tens of billions of ryo, but probably several billion ryo!

You must know that a normal B-rank mission in Konoha, involving ninjas fighting to the death, was only worth hundreds of thousands of ryo!

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If it weren't for Lady Tsunade and her medical ninjutsu being the best in the ninja world, and many major countries, nobles, and wealthy merchants wanting to curry favor with them, Lady Tsunade would have gone bankrupt long ago...

But as her little secretary and assistant, she often couldn't sleep, looking at that box full of IOUs.

Although Naruto-otouto's method involved the casino taking a cut, making it impossible to earn back all the ryo Lady Tsunade had lost, it could at least reduce most of the losses, losing a little less!

Thinking of this, Shizune patted Naruto's head a few times and couldn't wait to chase after Tsunade, who was already eager and running far away.

Naruto then looked at Kurenai Yuhi beside him and said casually, "Kurenai-sensei, you can go back to the inn first, don't worry about me."

Although Naruto didn't know why Kurenai Yuhi seemed to dislike him...

Probably because back in the Hokage Building, his gaze lingered on Kurenai Yuhi's white cloth wrapped around her plump thighs, tightly outlining a tempting concave curve, and she noticed it...

But he was just looking at it from the perspective of appreciating beauty. After all, he had auto-lock on, and his instinct as a man couldn't control his gaze.

Kurenai Yuhi's round cheeks, still carrying some baby fat, stiffened, and her beautiful, thick, black eyebrows furrowed.

Her hands, revealing her snow-white arms, formed an X, her expression carrying the seriousness of a teacher.

"No way! Shizune and Lady Tsunade specifically told me to take good care of you. Uzumaki Naruto, where are you running off to?! This isn't Konoha!"

Naruto ignored Kurenai Yuhi and turned to find a hidden corner to ask Slug Sage to use the Reverse Summoning Technique.

Kurenai Yuhi isn't like Tsunade, with her blonde hair and white skin, being his teacher.

He didn't need to cater to her.

Moreover, Kurenai Yuhi's strength was mediocre in the original story.

Although she was known as the ninja in Konoha most proficient in genjutsu, she was instantly killed by Uchiha Weasel in one encounter.

Moreover, there are so many beautiful female ninjas in the ninja world, like the princess Temari from Sunagakure, who has a strong personality like an S, and the cold and beautiful Samui, whose black silk fishnet stockings can't contain her ample bosom.

"Uzumaki Naruto! Stop! What exactly are you trying to do?"

Kurenai Yuhi, with her fleshy legs wrapped in bandages, closely followed behind Naruto, her voice, usually with the magnetic charm of a mature woman, now carrying the sternness of a frosty teacher.

"Slug-sama, could I trouble your clone near Kusagakure to use the Reverse Summoning Technique? I need to go to Kusagakure."

Naruto looked sincerely at the soft, white Slug that had been obediently perched on his shoulder.

"Eh~? Kusagakure?"

"Alright, please wait a moment, Naruto-danna. It will take some time for my closest clone to get there~"

The Slug, the size of a palm, had two soft tentacles swaying on top of its head.

"Um, could you please tell me more stories after Naruto-danna is done with your business?"

Naruto was overjoyed. Slug Sage was indeed responsive to requests, gently agreeing to Naruto's request without hesitation.

It was much better than the Snake Woman of Ryuchi Cave, who constantly demanded to eat human flesh, and the Toad who made contractors work like slaves, chasing after that illusory prophecy all over the world.

After all, that Toad Sage's prophecy about the child of prophecy bringing peace to the ninja world.

It was never realized in Boruto, so it seemed like a complete scam!

"Kusagakure?!" "Reverse Summoning Technique?!"

Kurenai Yuhi's face changed slightly. Although Kusagakure had a bad reputation, with the people of the Grass Country living in poverty and political corruption.

It had a good relationship with Konoha. What was this perverted brat Uzumaki Naruto going there for?!

Could it be defection? Kurenai Yuhi was suddenly shocked by this thought, then quickly denied it.

As a disciple of the legendary Sannin Tsunade, his future in Konoha was bound to be bright, definitely a high-ranking member of the village!

He couldn't be compared to a commoner ninja like her, whose limit was to be promoted to a regular jonin.

Seeing that she, the genjutsu teacher at the ninja academy, couldn't command or control this perverted brat Uzumaki Naruto in front of her,

Kurenai Yuhi took a deep breath, suppressing her somewhat annoyed and helpless mood,

Stepping forward, she grabbed Naruto's shoulder, her round face solemn, her tone carrying an unquestionable authority.

"No matter where you go, Uzumaki Naruto, I'm going with you!"

Naruto glanced at her and said nothing.

...

Inside the dilapidated thatched hut,

The dim, bean-sized light flickered and swayed.

In the inner room, two figures, one large and one small, were sleeping peacefully, both with rare red hair in the ninja world.

The little girl slept in the straw bed, the red-haired woman lying on her side, tightly hugging the girl.

The woman's withered, slender hand gently and rhythmically patted the girl's tender back, softly singing a bedtime song.

Suddenly, a burst of sudden and violent knocking on the door rang out, and the already dilapidated wooden door wailed.

A rude male voice scolded and woke the two up.

"Hurry up and get up! Someone in the village is injured!"

The woman's expression panicked for a moment, her pale face with tension, not daring to delay for a moment, she quickly got up and put on her clothes.

The girl in her arms was also awakened, her petite face with fear, gently tugging at the woman's sleeve, timidly saying. "Mama... no..."

The woman paused, a gentle maternal look on her face.

Gently stroking the girl's red hair, "Karin, you be good and continue to sleep, Mama will be back when you wake up..."