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The dimly lit cell fell silent once more, except for Orochimaru, bound by chains in the center of the room, who remained motionless, his expression one of elation.
……
Night falls.
After a busy day, Konoha Village fell into tranquility.
A silvery crescent moon hangs high in the night sky, its cool light spilling onto the quiet streets and alleys.
When Naruto opened his eyes again, he found himself in a spacious and bright room.
"It's finally my turn again!" Naruto looked around at the furnishings and grinned.
He is currently in the home from his dream.
Unlike my own cramped and quiet apartment in reality, this place is spacious, bright, cozy, and comfortable, with family photos hanging on the walls.
Every detail made Naruto feel incredibly at ease and satisfied.
However, the once cozy home is now empty.
Naruto looked around but didn't see any familiar faces.
He scratched his messy blond hair, somewhat puzzled: "Huh? Mom?"
Logically speaking, whenever he enters a dream, his mother Kushina is always at home preparing things or busy in the kitchen.
But today... the house is quiet.
"Mom!" Naruto called out twice more, raising his voice. His voice echoed in the empty room, but no one answered.
A feeling of unease welled up inside Naruto.
[Ding! Naruto's emotional fluctuations have been detected! Emotional value +300!]
After thinking about it for a while, he decided to go out and take a look!
Naruto dashed to the entrance, quickly changed his shoes, opened the door, and jumped out.
……
in the audience.
Four familiar faces were present today: Kakashi Hatake, Jiraiya, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno.
Sasuke sat with his arms crossed, a hint of dissatisfaction on his face, and seemed somewhat absent-minded.
He was still somewhat worried about Nissan's injuries in the dream.
Kakashi glanced at it twice and sighed inwardly, "I'm still worried about Itachi..."
"Hey, Kakashi," Jiraiya suddenly leaned over, "I've made a big discovery on this trip!"
Kakashi perked up and looked away from Jiraiya: "Really?"
"Near Kannabi Bridge—" Jiraiya raised an eyebrow, "I ran into Itachi Uchiha. He might have some connection with the masked man."
As soon as he finished speaking, Kakashi's fingertips trembled, and he quickly glanced at Sasuke out of the corner of his eye.
As expected, the boy's already furrowed brows deepened even more, and a cold line appeared at the corner of his lips.
Sasuke snorted coldly, his voice low yet still sharp: "That imposter isn't Uchiha Itachi. He's just a monster disguised as his brother! Those monsters who can impersonate others are originally the masked man's subordinates!"
[Ding! Emotional fluctuations from Uchiha Sasuke have been detected! Emotional value +500!]
"Fake..." Jiraiya looked surprised and couldn't help but look at Kakashi.
Kakashi paused, his expression turning somewhat complicated.
He also wanted to tell Jiraiya that the Uchiha Itachi was the real one, that he was a spy for Konoha, that he had returned to Konoha today, and that he had brought a lot of information.
But he couldn't reveal anything in front of Sasuke, so he could only vaguely wave his hand and say, "Lord Jiraiya, as for the details... I will give you the latest information tomorrow."
Although Jiraiya was puzzled, seeing Kakashi's reticence, he could only nod and say, "Alright, I'll wait for your news."
For a moment, the atmosphere in the audience became somewhat awkward.
……
The bright sunshine instantly bathed my whole body, making me feel warm and cozy.
Naruto took a deep breath of fresh air and felt refreshed.
In my dream, it was early morning, and the streets were bustling with people.
"Good morning, Naruto!" The fishmonger by the roadside greeted him with a smile.
"Naruto, keep up the good work with your training today!" A middle-aged woman carrying a shopping basket waved to him with a smile as she walked towards him.
Naruto was a little embarrassed by the enthusiastic greeting. He scratched his head and replied with an awkward smile, "Good morning! Hehe, I will!"
Naruto felt very comfortable and warm inside. He realized that he still preferred the Konoha in his dream.
Naruto hummed a little tune, feeling more and more relaxed as he walked.
Just as he was happily looking around, a childish voice suddenly called out from behind him: "Ah! Big Brother Naruto—!"
Naruto paused, stopped, and looked back: "Huh?"
Not far away, three little devils, who looked about eight or nine years old, were running towards him in a hurry.
"Thum! Thug! Thumb!"
The little legs made rapid footsteps on the ground.
The one leading the group was a little boy wearing goggles, with chubby cheeks and big, bright eyes that were sparkling with excitement.
Before he even got close, he shouted breathlessly, "Naruto, big brother... I've finally caught up with you!"
Naruto looked down and couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Yo! Isn't that Konohamaru?"
Before Konohamaru could speak, the two little ones beside him arrived breathlessly in front of Naruto.
The little boy with big round-framed glasses and a string of glistening snot bubbles hanging from his nose is Ise Udon.
The other little girl with two pigtails sticking straight up and light freckles on her cheeks is undoubtedly Kazamatsuri Moegi.
The three little ones all looked up at Naruto, their faces filled with admiration and excitement.
Konohamaru blushed: "Naruto-nii! You promised to teach me ninjutsu! The ninjutsu you taught me last time was too difficult, the three of us studied it for several days and still couldn't learn it!"
Ise Udon and Kazamatsuri Moegi nodded vigorously.
Naruto was slightly taken aback.
Did I actually teach Konohamaru and the others ninjutsu in my dream?
It must be that ninjutsu!
Recalling the secret technique that once defeated the Third Hokage, Naruto rubbed his nose with some excitement.
"That's easy!" Naruto waved his hand heartily, raised an eyebrow, put his hands on his hips, and laughed loudly, "It's just pointing out ninjutsu, a piece of cake! Today I'll demonstrate it for you all again—watch carefully!"
"Oh!!"
The three members of Konohamaru cheered and nodded repeatedly, then quickly and obediently took two steps back, their eyes fixed on Naruto, afraid of missing any details.
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Konohamaru and his two friends stood close to him on either side. The three little guys were already impatient, staring at Naruto with eager eyes, afraid of missing any detail.
"Alright!"
Naruto gave them a mysterious smile and quickly formed hand seals.
"Let me, the eldest brother, teach you an ultimate, deadly ninjutsu!"
As the last hand seal was completed, he shouted, "Seduction Technique!"
"Oh!"
With a soft sound, white smoke suddenly rose up.
When the smoke cleared, the blond, blue-eyed boy who had been standing there was gone, replaced by a hot, curvaceous blond beauty!
The beautiful woman's body was covered only by a few wisps of white clouds, her skin was snow-white and shimmering, and she was striking an alluring pose, winking at the three men.
"Did you see it clearly this time?!" Naruko asked with a sweet, cloying voice, and even winked at them on purpose.
As soon as he finished speaking, he "poof" deactivated his transformation and returned to his original appearance, hands on his hips, waiting for the cheers of admiration with a smug look on his face.
However, to Naruto's surprise, he was not greeted by the adoring and excited screams he had imagined, but by an eerie silence.
The Konohamaru trio were all frozen in place, their mouths agape and their eyes practically bulging out, as if they had seen a ghost.
"W-What's with this reaction?" Naruto's smug smile froze on his face as he scratched his head in confusion. "Wasn't it supposed to be amazing?"
Konohamaru and the other two remained motionless, staring blankly at him.
Beside them, the bubble on the nose of the little boy Ise Udon, who was wearing glasses, popped with a "pop," while the little girl Kazamatsuri Moegi, who had her hair in a high ponytail, had her face flushed and was stunned.
Naruto's lips twitched at the sight, thinking to himself that his carefully developed ultimate technique had not won the cheers of his underlings, but instead had scared them silly.
This is not quite the script I expected!
Just as he was completely confused and at a loss, he suddenly felt a pain in his ear and was unexpectedly grabbed by the ear and lifted off the ground.
"Ouch—that hurts!" Naruto screamed, his legs kicking wildly as large tears streamed down his face. "Who, who?!"
"Naruto! What are you doing!" A familiar roar came from behind, so loud that Naruto's ears were ringing.
Naruto froze: That voice... Oh no!
He slowly turned his head and saw that two people were standing behind him at some point.
His mother, Kushina Uzumaki, was grabbing his ear, her pretty face ashen and filled with murderous intent; and beside her stood the perverted sage, Jiraiya, whose nostrils were dangling two suspicious streaks of blood, yet his face still showed a hint of excitement.
"mom, Mom, Mom?!"
Did Mom see everything that just happened?
Naruto immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and his earlier smugness vanished into thin air.
[Ding! Naruto's emotional fluctuations have been detected! Emotional value +500!]
He forced a smile: "You... how did you get here? Hehe... actually, I came out to look for you!"
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