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Neji saw clearly the entire process of Naruto kidnapping the rich lady in the underground secret chamber from above ground.
But he couldn't go down. The structure was too fragile; even a slight movement could cause the entire thing to collapse. The only feasible way was to dig downwards from where Tian Tian had fallen.
Anxiety churned within him, but he didn't show it.
Underground.
Naruto slowly approached Tian Tian, who was slumped against the wall.
"Don't come closer," Tian Tian tried to get up, but her body was weak. She only managed to move two steps before sweat broke out on her forehead.
Unable to move her body, Tian Tian's eyes darted to Ziyanghua, pleading for help.
"Do you want to help?" Naruto's eyes gleamed with malice.
"No," Ziyanghua uttered, sending a wave of despair through Tian Tian.
She was a Rain Ninja, not from Konoha. Her temporary alliance with Tian Tian was solely for survival; she wouldn't risk her life for Tian Tian.
"Then please go to the next room," Naruto said, pointing to the side door of the room.
Ziyanghua obediently left.
Now, it was just a man and a woman alone in a room, and she had been drugged. Tian Tian was scared to death.
But this couldn't stop her from complaining: "How can there be a person like you in the world?"
He spies on girls he likes, then confesses bluntly, and if the confession fails, he drugs them. Who pursues girls like that?!
"Well, you just met one," Naruto walked over to the scrolls Tian Tian had dropped on the ground, picking each one up and unrolling it.
The scrolls were all covered in sealing formulas, with simple, easy-to-understand characters written in the middle of the formulas, such as: Rope, Ladder, Sword, etcā¦
Among the piles of characters, the character joy caught Naruto's attention.
Naruto placed his hand on the scroll, channeling chakra into it, but nothing happened.
It seemed Tian Tian's scrolls were somewhat different from those sold in ordinary shops.
But it didn't matter; if the normal method didn't work, there was always the brute force cracking version.
With a large amount of chakra injected, directly destroying the sealing formula, a music player appeared in Naruto's hand. He recognized it; it was the one he gave to his 'brother-in-law.'
Aside from his deeply hidden and somewhat strange 'sister complex,' Neji was actually a decent person.
Cold on the outside, warm on the inside, he cared deeply for his comrades, and he would remember even small details.
Although Naruto had fought him, that was during a competition; broadly speaking, the two were still comrades. Neji didn't understand the meaning of the gift Naruto gave him, but he accepted it.
However, carrying the music player affected his movements, so he had Tian Tian keep it for him.
He pressed the button, and the familiar piano melody began to play.
How could it not be familiar? He played this song.
Naruto's lips curved upward: "Good song. I like it very much."
He had thought that this time, his 'brother-in-law' wouldn't have his exclusive BGM, but it turned out he had Tian Tian carry it.
His 'brother-in-law' was truly thoughtful. He'd definitely have to punch him a few more times later.
"Don't touch it, it's not mine." Tian Tian struggled to get up.
That was something Neji entrusted her to keep!
"Don't worry, won't touch it." Naruto picked up Tian Tian's scroll and continued to brute-force crack it. Before long, a washbasin and two buckets of water appeared beside him.
Tian Tian's scrolls truly contained everything, even more comprehensive than the items in his own shop.
First, he washed his hair, then his face. In less than a minute, Naruto was once again a clean Sakata Gintoki.
In the underground secret chamber, to the soundtrack of "The Death of Neji," Naruto slowly walked towards the collapsed Tian Tian.
The scene was so sinister that Naruto didn't even want to act it out, but for the sake of the grand plan, he hardened his heart and persevered.
"Hey, hey, hey, you're not going to... my teammates are coming soon!" Tian Tian whimpered. If no one knew, she could just die afterward, but now... Neji has the Byakugan!
To her surprise, Naruto actually stopped.
Naruto was truly fed up with Tian Tian.
Why are you so chatty?! This is a kidnapping! Can't you be more serious?!Ā After some thought, he pulled out a rope from the scroll again.
Seeing Naruto approach with the rope, Tian Tian was so desperate she couldn't help herself, and continued to ramble, "I'm only 15 this year!" The more nervous she got, the more she loved to complain...
Naruto was so annoyed he wanted to throw the rope.Ā Can't I even kidnap someone properly?! Why is this victim so talkative?
Tian Tian was one year older than Naruto, so she was indeed fifteen this year. This meant Naruto was currently kidnapping a minor. Such an act, in his previous life, would have only one outcome.
Head shaved, yellow vest donned, sitting in front of bars: "I really, truly regret itā¦"
Whether it would be a three-year minimum sentence or the death penalty would depend on the judge's mood.
Unfortunately, this world had no such laws, and even if it did, no one could catch him.
Holding the rope, as soon as he grabbed Tian Tian's wrist, the Game Shop acted as if it had gone haywire, various weapons and equipment spitting out in a torrentā¦
even the Tesla Coil, which had been submerged for over fourteen years, popped up to make an appearance.
Okay, this is very Tian Tian.
Previously, his clones would teleport with Tian Tian for trades, but he never expected his main body touching her would yield such a huge surprise.
Tian Tian was too weak to resist, so the binding went smoothly. Other than Tian Tian's constant complaints which Naruto found a bit hard to take, everything else was fine.
He merely tied her hands and feet; Naruto didn't use the legendary 'tortoise shell bind' because he didn't know how to, and didn't want to.
He wasn't a pervert, after all.
The cold medicine's effect could last for two hours; individual constitutions might reduce the time, so Naruto had plenty of time.
He only tied Tian Tian up because he didn't want her to think she was burdening her teammates and impulsively commit suicide later.
Tian Tian tried to struggle free from the ropes, but she didn't have the strength. "Even if you like me, you don't have to do thisā¦ What do you gain from this?" The naive young girl still thought Naruto liked her, just in a slightly perverted way.
[Gaining your Lucky Aura is enough.]
Naruto didn't want to bother with her. He really hadn't realized before that Tian Tian could talk so muchā¦
Taking a large training stone sphere from Tian Tian's scroll, Naruto gripped the chain at the front of the sphere with both hands, spinning in place like a hammer throw athlete, building momentum for the stone sphere.
"Hraagh!"
Mobilizing all his chakra for assistance, Naruto roared and hurled the stone sphere diagonally upwards towards the ceiling.
It was an extremely unorthodox hammer throw posture; if his body wasn't so good, his waist would have been twisted off by now.
The stone sphere effortlessly shattered the first layer of rock, then lost momentum after breaking through the second.
Naruto had long anticipated this. The moment the ball was thrown, he had already adjusted his stance and jumped after the ball.
With a dull thud, the stone sphere was kicked, breaking through the third layer, and flew out onto the surface of the temple.
The method was brutal. The temple couldn't bear the strain, and dirt began raining down, indicating that this section wouldn't hold up for much longer.
Attacking from above would inevitably crush those below, but attacking from below had a different effect, leaving time to react.
"Let's go."
Upon landing, Naruto grabbed Tian Tian and leaped out directly through the hole created by the stone sphere.
"Lee, over here!" Neji shouted to Rock Lee.
"Whoosh, whooshā¦"
Two figures flew out from the dust-filled hole. The first was Naruto, followed by Ziyanghua, who didn't want to be buried alive.
Naruto landed on the shattered rooftop of the temple, holding Tian Tian captive, looking down at the four people below.
"Let's go." As soon as Ziyanghua landed, she immediately called out to her teammates to flee. This person was very strong, and his target was Konoha; she didn't want to get involved.
"Who are you?! Put Tian Tian down!" Rock Lee looked up, questioning Naruto on the rooftop.
"Rock Lee, I know you. Excellent taijutsu, very fast." Naruto pulled a needle from his pocket and dangled it in front of Tian Tian's face, a meaningful smile on his own. "Now, I want to play a game with you."
He then pointed in a direction and said, "I placed an open water bottle over there this morning.
Given today's sun, the water inside will evaporate quickly. Now, you must retrieve it. I will measure the markings, and for every mark less, I will jab a needle into her faceā¦"
"If you're too slow, her pretty little face might be goneā¦"
This was one of Naruto's plans. Sunagakure had a genius named Shion who had created the Seven Days Breath method, and she had always wanted to challenge Rock Lee.
One of her teammates could observe distant objects through water. As long as Rock Lee went to retrieve the water, Shion would undoubtedly find him.
This way, Naruto could buy some time to train his 'brother-in-law.'
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