Chapter 118: First Batch of Leeks Harvested
"Wait..."
Sasuke Uchiha loudly called out to stop Uehara Naraka.
The original confidence and arrogance on Sasuke's face gradually faded, his expression turning gloomy, "You know Uchiha Itachi?"
"I do."
Uehara Naraka narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I barely escaped from his grasp with my life, you know! So I have a lot of intelligence about him. If you want his intelligence, then defeat me in the Forest of Death!"
There was nothing wrong with these words.
After all, when Uehara Naraka first joined Akatsuki, he was indeed defeated by Uchiha Itachi's Sharingan. It's just that Uehara Naraka went a bit easy at that time, and his strength was only one-tenth of his current power, or even less.
"Very good!"
Sasuke Uchiha clenched his fists, a surge of fighting spirit instantly filling his chest. He sneered at Uehara Naraka, "Since you're being so cooperative, after I defeat you, I might spare your life."
"Then I look forward to our next meeting."
Uehara Naraka waved friendly and left with Kaguya Kimimaro and Haku.
Just after parting ways with Team 7, Haku couldn't help asking, "Uehara, how come Itachi-senpai and his younger brother's personalities feel so different..."
"Mm."
Kaguya Kimimaro also nodded in agreement.
Whatever Haku proposed, this fellow Kimimaro almost never disagreed.
After nodding, Kaguya Kimimaro added again, "Itachi-senpai is very humble, able to be polite and courteous to almost everyone he meets. But why does his younger brother always look so arrogant..."
"Because he deserves a beating!"
Uehara Naraka waved his hand, looking unconcerned, "Self-proclaimed geniuses always have a bit of arrogance. After beating them up once, they become much more honest."
Afternoon. 2:30 PM.
The entrance to the Forest of Death opened.
Uehara Naraka looked up at the sunlit forest and walked in step by step, "Kimimaro, Haku, you two go to the tower and set up an ambush. Before I reach the tower, don't let anyone enter. This will also conveniently let you experience the thrill of bullying children."
"Understood."
Kaguya Kimimaro and Haku nodded seriously.
No matter the mission, Haku would carry it out diligently.
As for Kaguya Kimimaro, whatever Haku asked him to do, he would do.
After the two left, Uehara Naraka excitedly rubbed his palms, "There are so many treasures here! Which mine should I dig first now? Let's leave it to Destiny to choose. Let me see which squad of little cuties is closest?"
Destiny, activate!
Forest of Death.
Team 8's Hinata Hyūga, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame, relying on their super sensory abilities, used Shino's Insect Manipulation Technique in advance to set a dangerous trap, easily dealing with an enemy squad and collecting their Heaven and Earth scrolls.
Kiba Inuzuka looked at the defeated enemy squad, saying smugly, "In terms of survival exercises, we have a huge advantage!"
"..."
Hinata Hyūga wasn't accustomed to saying arrogant things.
Although her status was high enough, because of being reprimanded by her father since childhood, she appeared somewhat self-abased, now just looking down and poking her little fingers together.
Shino Aburame extended his palm, upon which a small black bug trembled, making his brow furrow involuntarily.
"Kiba, Hinata, let's hurry to the tower!"
Shino Aburame abruptly looked up at his two teammates, "My insects tell me it will be very dangerous to stay here any longer! The insects in the forest are very scared!"
"Huh? Didn't we not detect anyone else?"
Kiba Inuzuka looked up somewhat surprisedly, reached out and hugged his little dog, "Hey, Akamaru, what's wrong with you?"
"Woof!"
Akamaru barked nervously, shrinking into Kiba Inuzuka's arms.
Hinata Hyūga's face was somewhat tense. She said softly, "I also feel a sense of crisis. I'll use my Byakugan's vision to observe... Byakugan, activate!"
The moment Hinata Hyūga's Byakugan vision opened, her face changed drastically, because on a large tree behind them, a young adult ninja was sitting there, unsure since when.
Hinata Hyūga abruptly turned her head towards the large tree behind her!
"Worthy of Konoha's Byakugan..."
A young adult ninja flew down. He held a wild fruit in his hand, took a bored bite, and greeted Team 8's three little ones, "Good afternoon. My name is Uehara Naraka. For the next three seconds, please give me your best."
"Three seconds?"
Kiba Inuzuka's gaze was somewhat doubtful.
The next moment, his eyes suddenly widened!
An immense force struck Kiba Inuzuka's body, sending him flying out entirely, heavily crashing into a tree!
Hinata Hyūga's Byakugan had long noticed Uehara Naraka's movements. She swung her palm and shouted loudly, "Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams..."
Thwack!
The little Byakugan girl was also sent flying by a kick!
Shino Aburame leaped, trying to avoid Uehara Naraka's attack, but Uehara Naraka extended a hand, grabbed his throat, and cleanly slammed him to the ground.
"Three seconds, just right."
Uehara Naraka tossed away the half-eaten wild fruit, slowly walked beside Kiba Inuzuka, and reached out to take the Heaven and Earth scroll from him.
Akamaru bravely leaped down from Kiba Inuzuka's body, opened its mouth, and barked furiously at Uehara Naraka, "Woof woof woof woof woof..."
"Oh, almost forgot about you."
Uehara Naraka reached out, grabbed this puppy Akamaru, clenched his fist, about to knock it out with one punch.
"Wait!"
Kiba Inuzuka clutched his chest and said gravely, "Don't harm Akamaru! We've already lost! Whatever scroll you want, I can give it to you!"
"Not okay."
Uehara Naraka knocked Akamaru unconscious with one punch, casually tossed him onto Kiba Inuzuka, then rummaged through his bag and took out both Heaven and Earth scrolls, "Not only will I hit your little dog, I'm also taking your scrolls!"
After speaking, Uehara Naraka grabbed the scrolls, turned, and disappeared.
The three little ones of Team 8 looked at each other bewilderedly, their eyes filled with utter confusion and shock.
After checking Akamaru's injuries, Kiba Inuzuka cursed viciously, "That bastard is too vile! Bullying a girl like Hinata is one thing, but he didn't even spare Akamaru!"
"..."
Hinata Hyūga subconsciously nodded.
Shino Aburame, however, was very rational. He said in a low voice, "Doing this directly makes us lose our combat ability. But at least he didn't kill us, which means in these five days, we still have a chance to collect scrolls again."
"We can only start over."
Kiba Inuzuka sighed, struggled to stand up, and said gravely, "Next time we meet him, we must be careful and cautious, absolutely cannot be as powerless as just now!"
"...Mm."
Hinata Hyūga rubbed her little abdomen and demurely nodded.
On the other side.
Uehara Naraka's mood was quite good. The rewards from defeating Team 8 were much higher than defeating a Kazekage.
If not for Konan and Nagato being very good to him, Uehara was now really regretting more and more not choosing to start in Konoha.
Side Quest: Collect Chunin Exam Heaven and Earth Scrolls (1/1). Mission Complete. Reward: 300 Gold Coins.
Side Quest: Defeat Kiba Inuzuka (1/1). Mission Complete. Reward Skill: Thrill of the Hunt.
Thrill of the Hunt: Enter an invisible stealth-acceleration state, and can simultaneously directly sense the precise positions of all enemies within a 2km radius. Duration 20 seconds. Minimum Chakra cost 20 points. Cooldown 55 seconds.
This skill was simply an essential choice for outdoor survival.
Although Destiny's reconnaissance range was very high, its chakra consumption was also very large. Even just continuously tracking enemies for a few minutes to observe their movements would consume several thousand chakra points, far inferior to Thrill of the Hunt's perception.
After all, Thrill of the Hunt's skill chakra consumption was too low; Uehara Naraka could completely and unscrupulously keep Thrill of the Hunt's perception active.
Not to mention this skill also came with a stealth invisibility effect.
Side Quest: Defeat Akamaru (1/1). Mission Complete. Reward: Summoning Accessory: Yuumi, the Magical Cat.
Summoning Contract: Summon Yuumi, the Magical Cat. Cost 1000 Chakra. Can maintain Yuumi's presence by consuming 1 Chakra per second.
Side Quest: Defeat Shino Aburame (1/1). Mission Complete. Reward Skill: Void Swarm.
Void Swarm: Can summon a swarm of Voidlings. Each Voidling will consume 40 Chakra. Skill cooldown 4 seconds. When Voidlings kill a unit, they will sacrifice the corpse to summon a new Voidling. Voidlings cannot be more than 10km away from the summoner.
Uehara Naraka fell into deep thought.
If in the future he was provoked into madness and transformed into a world-destroying supervillain, he could directly summon the Void Swarm and try to kill all life in the ninja world. Just didn't know if these Voidlings could take a beating...
If they could be killed by ordinary ninjas with just a few punches and kicks, then it would purely be for amusement.
After all, no matter how many ordinary ninjas there were in the ninja world, they couldn't withstand Uchiha Madara summoning meteors.
Side Quest: Defeat Hinata Hyūga (1/1). Mission Complete. Reward: 100 Gold Coins.
"..."
Uehara Naraka's mind was simply full of question marks.
No mistake, right? This was Hinata Hyūga, a super popular female lead in Naruto! How could the reward be just 100 gold coins? 100 gold coins was the worst reward!
Uehara Naraka couldn't help pulling up the system panel again, looked at the quests related to Hinata Hyūga inside—a pile of messy stuff, making him somewhat unable to bear looking!
"Are there no proper quests at all?"
Uehara Naraka tapped his forehead and sighed, "Forget it, let's go harvest other leeks first!"
(End of Chapter)
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