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    The two of them quickly left the area and returned to wandering around Konoha’s Main Street.


    "What do you think of this?" Naruto asked, holding up an exaggerated fox-shaped ornament.


    "Not very good." Kiba and Akamaru shook their heads at the same time, giving their negative opinions.


    "What do you know?" Naruto scoffed, grinning as he arranged with the shop owner to deliver the gift, a cow-headed sculpture, to the Nara Clan in a few days.


    Kiba, unimpressed with Naruto’s tacky taste, picked out a cute dog-shaped ornament after browsing for a while. Just as he was about to pay, Naruto teased him.


    "The one you chose isn’t much better, huh? It’s just as tacky."


    "You…!" Kiba fumed, but when he realized that his gift was indeed not that different in style from Naruto’s, he had no real comeback.


    He followed Naruto’s lead, arranging with the shop owner to deliver his gift to the Nara Clan on the same day.


    "That’ll be 50,000 ryo total."


    "What?" Kiba was surprised. "Isn''t the price 25,000 ryo?"


    "The gentleman over there said you’d be covering his share," the shop owner replied politely.


    Kiba: “…”


    Naruto stood to the side, grinning and spreading his hands, indicating that he had no money. Kiba was speechless for a moment, but as he recalled Naruto’s earlier words, he suddenly realized that Naruto hadn''t taken on any missions for quite some time.


    ‘No wonder he had said those self-deprecating things earlier. Sigh!’


    Kiba didn’t say anything, just shook his head and quietly paid for everything. Naruto, who had been expecting Kiba to argue with him, was left confused by his unusual reaction.


    ‘How strange… Well, never mind.’


    After the two parted ways, Naruto, noticing that it was still early, decided to pay a visit to Yakumo at Satomi Hill’s manor.


    This time, Yakumo was very considerate and greeted him early. She appeared frail, her complexion tinged with sickness, and she wore a thin gauze dress as she knelt submissively on the tatami mat, pouring him tea.


    "Master, please have some tea." Yakumo''s voice was soft and delicate.


    "Mm." Naruto responded coldly.


    Perhaps it was because Naruto wasn’t familiar with her, or maybe it was because Yakumo didn’t have many connections in the village either. The only person she could rely on was Kurenai, but Kurenai had her own concerns and wasn’t focused on Yakumo now.


    And now that Yakumo called him ‘Master’, he didn''t hold back much.


    Yakumo knelt quietly to the side, not daring to speak casually. She only dared to steal glances at Naruto when he wasn’t looking.


    Naruto’s expression was cold and unreadable, as if he were simply resting.


    The room was quiet, and the only sound they could hear was each other''s breathing. There was nothing suggestive, just pure silence.


    Yakumo had lived in solitude for many years and has long been accustomed to the quiet. Sitting in the room, she could even hear the bamboo leaves rustling on the northern slope outside in the early morning sun.


    She kept her head down, not asking anything, silently staring at the steaming teacup. As soon as the tea seemed to cool, she would replace it, repeating the process over and over again.


    Even the simplest tasks, in her hands, seemed to lose their monotony. Yakumo’s expression remained calm, as if this routine was the most natural thing in the world.


    After a long while, the atmosphere finally returned to normal.


    Naruto held the nearly cold tea in his hands and drank it all in one gulp, then rolled up his sleeves. Yakumo beside him understood what he meant and cooperatively brought out Ido.


    She didn’t know how much longer Naruto planned to torment Ido, nor did she know what he intended to do with it. All she could do was follow orders out of habit.


    Yakumo crouched in the corner, closed her eyes and covered her ears. Ido’s screams were too terrifying, so if she didn’t block out the sound, she might have nightmares.


    But this time, Ido’s screams didn’t come immediately.


    "Wait! Don’t hit me anymore, I give up!" Ido pleaded, "I really can’t take it anymore! Just tell me what you want, and I’ll do it!"


    Ido couldn’t hold out any longer. Naruto was like some kind of sadistic freak. He came over whenever he felt like it and tortured it, using all kinds of brutal methods.


    Even a demon couldn’t withstand this!


    Although Ido didn’t know what was wrong with Naruto’s mental state, but the fact that he could physically interact with it was already terrifying enough.


    "Oh." Naruto naturally didn''t know what Ido was thinking, so he just responded absentmindedly. He called up the mission panel and stared at it intently.


    [Ding]


    [Option 1: Tame Ido (Completed). Reward: Ido''s Prophecy (One-time use), successfully deployed.]


    Seeing that the task was finally completed, Naruto’s expression softened. His persistent efforts over the past two months had finally paid off, and he had successfully tamed the cunning Ido.


    Before Ido could react, Naruto sucked it into his seal space and threw it into the Jashin’s Altar.


    Inside the Jashin’s Altar.


    Ajisai looked exhausted, having just defeated the reanimated Kimimaro. Although Kimimaro was only at ten percent of his peak power, he had still tormented her for a month.


    With his Shikotsumyaku Kekkei Genkai, Kimimaro had countless bone weapons protruding from his body. In her eighteen years of life, Ajisai had never encountered someone entirely covered in bone spikes.


    She screamed in pain, and every time she healed, it felt like a nightmare.


    With a thud, she had finally defeated Kimimaro. She wiped the nonexistent sweat on her brow as a faint smile appeared on her tired face.


    ‘At last, I could rest a little, finally getting a break from that annoying person.’


    ‘He said that a summoner must be stronger than their Summoned Beast? Ptui! What nonsense! If I were stronger than my Summoned Beast, why would I need a Summoned Beast?’


    Ajisai was internally criticizing Naruto when, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a dark figure falling from the sky. With a thud, the figure landed like a weakling on the ground.


    At the same time, Naruto’s cheeky voice echoed from the air.


    "Brave summoner, you are not allowed to rest yet."


    "F*** YOU!!!" Ajisai was completely furious. She threw the kunai to the ground, her face flushed with anger as she unleashed a tirade of curses directed at Naruto. S~ea??h the Novёl?ire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.


    Fortunately, Naruto had already left and didn’t hear Ajisai’s sixty-second tirade. Those sixty seconds represented the extent of her vocabulary for insults, though the resentment behind it was much deeper.


    Naruto exhaled softly, then turned to Yakumo and said, "Ido’s issue is completely resolved now. I’ll come find you tomorrow, so you should start preparing yourself."


    "Okay." Yakumo had no objection, as her once rebellious nature was long gone.


    Naruto was pleased with this, ‘No matter how stubborn a Chuunibyo was, they would eventually crumble under the weight of justice’s iron fist and obediently fall in line.’


    ‘This world is indeed very free, where power reigned supreme.’


    After leaving Satomi Hill’s manor, Naruto suddenly stopped midway, as if something had come to mind. He stared at a small tree and started cursing aloud, "If it wasn’t for Danzo, I wouldn’t have been in such a hurry to extract the Kyubi from my body! If it wasn’t for Danzo, I wouldn''t have such a strained relationship with Hinata and Ino! If it wasn’t for Danzo... It’s all that old dog Danzo’s fault!"