Chapter 175:
The moment he accepted the summoning, Naruto felt his vision blur. In the next instant, he appeared inside a grand hall.
Without even glancing around, Naruto immediately shouted: "Tsunade! What's the danger?"
"Hm?"
"Uh…"
What the hell… what is this situation?
Naruto found himself in an enormous hall—comparable in size to the central tower of the Chunin Exams, large enough for ninja to fight each other freely.
Tables lined the entire perimeter—easily over a hundred of them!
Behind each table sat a ninja.
Some of them Naruto recognized very well—clan heads of various ninja clans…
The unfamiliar ones also looked terrifyingly imposing, clearly people of high status and power.
At the head seat directly opposite Naruto sat a very sleazy-looking old man dressed in luxurious clothing bearing the Land of Fire emblem—undoubtedly the daimyō himself.
Flanking the daimyō on both sides were Sarutobi Hiruzen and Jiraiya. Next to Jiraiya sat the ANBU Commander, someone Naruto had met once before…
Further out were more clan heads, including Hyūga Hiashi, the Ino–Shika–Chō clan heads, and so on…
"Holy crap! Social suicide!!"
Right now, Naruto was wrapped only in a large bath towel, fresh out of the bath—his skin looked extremely fair and tender, like a delicate pretty boy.
He wasn't even wearing shoes!
His entire body—except for that one towel—had literally nothing else, not even underwear!
Actually… this was still better.
If he had arrived even a little earlier—in an even more embarrassing state—being seen by over a hundred people would have made him want to crawl into a hole and disappear.
And the culprit behind all of this—Senju Tsunade—was standing right behind him.
Tsunade took two steps forward, came beside Naruto, reached out, and squeezed the muscle on his arm, praising: "Not bad, not bad. For a genin, your physical conditioning is already exceptionally outstanding."
Naruto's eye twitched. He whispered to Tsunade: "I'm not letting you off the hook, Senju Tsunade."
Slap~
Tsunade unceremoniously smacked Naruto's butt and said casually: "Holding grudges already?"
"Shinobi don't sweat the small stuff. Don't take it so seriously."
Naruto: "…"
Seeing this scene, quite a few people around the room showed amused smiles. The atmosphere in the hall eased considerably.
Naruto sighed, almost unable to handle the situation.
Who could withstand suddenly being summoned here, wearing only a bath towel, and being watched by over a hundred people?
But since he was already here, Naruto stopped caring. He spoke directly: "Alright, what do you want from me?"
Tsunade glanced at the daimyō on the platform, signaling Naruto to look.
Naruto looked up at the daimyō, who spoke in a sarcastic,阴阳 tone: "Is this how Konoha's jinchūriki behaves—so rude?"
The entire hall fell silent. No one spoke, but the looks directed at the daimyō changed.
The daimyō's words had just offended every single person from Konoha.
On the surface, he was belittling Konoha's jinchūriki—Naruto—but in reality, his words carried deeper meaning. While speaking, he glanced toward the Third Hokage.
The implication was very clear: You Konoha people didn't discipline Naruto properly—that's why he's so rude.
"Ahem~"
Sarutobi Hiruzen coughed twice but didn't speak.
Seeing this, the daimyō gained even more confidence.
For some reason, the person he feared most—Shimura Danzō—wasn't here!
However, just as the daimyō was about to get to the main issue, he saw Naruto below showing a creepy smile.
How do you deal with someone being sarcastic and阴阳?
Simple—you don't indulge them!
Naruto pointed straight at the daimyō and cursed without any restraint: "What the hell are you being sarcastic about?"
"You're already so old and became daimyō, and all you learned was how to be阴阳?"
"Can't you just say what you want to say directly? You called me here just to disgust me? Got nothing better to do???"
After three sentences, everyone in the room sucked in a cold breath.
Various clan heads: Holy shit—insane! As expected of Minato's son!
Tsunade: Good kid—well done.
Jiraiya: Good thing I held back—I almost punched the daimyō just now…
Sarutobi Hiruzen: Heh heh… as expected of Naruto.
However, even though everyone felt secretly satisfied, they still had to maintain some control over Naruto on the surface.
In this setting, the people qualified to speak—aside from the daimyō, Hokage, Jiraiya, and Tsunade—also included the heads of various departments.
The ANBU Commander was among them. Back when he first saw Naruto in the hospital, he already felt Naruto was extraordinary.
Now he looked at Naruto with even greater anticipation.
Since no one else spoke, the ANBU Commander spoke to Naruto: "Uzumaki Naruto, mind your manners!"
Even though he said that, everyone noticed the ANBU Commander was barely holding back a smile…
The daimyō became furious. He turned to the guardian ninja behind him and asked: "What should be done when someone speaks so disrespectfully?"
Normally, the guardian ninja should have already taken action against Naruto.
But he stood motionless, smiling at the daimyō: "Forgot."
Daimyō: "????"
This guardian ninja was already in his sixties. He had experienced several wars and possessed considerable strength.
He was very senior, and at the same time…
During the war, Namikaze Minato had saved both him and his wife. Minato was his idol…
Earlier, when the daimyō spoke about Naruto that way, he had already felt dissatisfied, but out of respect for the other party's position, he hadn't shown it.
The daimyō's expression changed repeatedly. He had been in power for so many years—everyone always looked to him and acted accordingly. Today's situation felt very wrong?
Sensing danger, the daimyō went straight to the main issue.
His face ashen, he asked Naruto: "Then, how do you explain the matter concerning my beloved grandson Mizunaka?"
The main issue had arrived.
Everyone's attention sharpened, all eyes turning to Naruto.
This matter wasn't huge, but it wasn't small either.
Handled well—peaceful resolution.
Handled poorly—Konoha's economic lifeline would be cut.
Development would gradually fall behind other ninja villages.
Konoha would lose its position as the number one ninja village in the world.
Was this not a big deal?
It was huge!
But all it took was Naruto apologizing, and everything would be fine!
So… was a simple apology really that big?
Not really… what's the big deal? Endure it a little, apologize, let the daimyō mansion regain face and authority—the matter would be over.
However…
Naruto pointed directly at the daimyō and cursed without restraint: "What the hell Mizunaka?"
"Did I kill him? No, right!"
"Then why the fuck are you looking for me? You sick or something?"
"And your so-called 'beloved grandson'—he's clearly a product of bad upbringing. He actually tried to molest a little girl on the roadside."
"My person helped you clean house by killing him. Instead of thanking me, you bark at me like a rabid dog?"
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