Naruto: Five Lives, Five Times the Excitement

Chapter 225 Grandpa Fukasaku, this is insect cuisine.

Have your sense of distance and time been disrupted?!

I already have the Sharingan, which allows me to easily break through ordinary genjutsu.

It seems the ninjas this time are quite strong. More importantly, I don't know how they managed to use genjutsu.

Silent and stealthy, that's impressive!

Without the Sharingan's enhancement, it's unlikely that one would realize so quickly that they've fallen under a genjutsu.

Misato closed his eyes, and the powerful chakra within his body circulated rapidly, breaking through the somewhat disordered chakra in his brain.

The feeling of disharmony vanished instantly.

When I opened my eyes, Mi Shou was already standing in front of the gate, and I almost bumped my nose into it.

Looking around, Mi Shou noticed shallow scratches on the surrounding stone walls. Most of them were straight lines of varying lengths, rotating in one direction. At first glance, they looked like unintentional excavation marks left when the tunnel was being dug.

Using these lines to create patterns to cast illusions? What a clever technique! The caster must be highly skilled in illusion.

Mi Shou looked around but didn't see anyone else. It seemed the caster wasn't here.

That's true. Although this warehouse is important, it's just one of many warehouses. It's not worth sending a master to protect it. It's already quite good that they left behind this kind of method.

With a loud crash, Mi Shou broke down the door and entered the warehouse, where he saw all sorts of supplies.

In one corner, chakra metal ingots, each as tall as a person, were neatly stacked.

At this moment, a commotion could be faintly heard from the passageway, indicating that the enemy was about to arrive. Mi Shou disregarded the other supplies and rushed over immediately, using a specially made large-capacity spatial scroll to seal the chakra metal inside.

"The enemy is here!"

With a gasp, a series of hurried footsteps approached, and Mi Shou arrived at the door, where he saw the guards rushing towards him.

According to his plan, he was to steal the chakra metal and leave immediately.

However, upon seeing the long stone passageway, Misato changed his mind.

Such a good attack location shouldn't be wasted. Let's weaken the enemy first, making our escape easier.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

Mi Shou spat out a huge fireball, which transformed into a long fire dragon in the passageway, filling all the space in the passage.

There was no place to hide from the flames in the passageway, and several guards were immediately set ablaze until a Konoha ninja created an earthen wall to stop the fire.

"Bye now!"

Mishou formed hand seals again, and the rocks above the entire passageway rapidly crumbled and fell, causing chaos among the enemies once more.

Without observing the outcome of the battle, Mi Shou quickly fled the area.

The guards pursued him for a while, but lost track of Mikami, so they stopped chasing him.

In the battle just now, some of them were killed or wounded, which greatly reduced their defensive strength. The remaining people also had to protect the remaining supplies in the warehouse, so they dared not stray far from the location and immediately reported the situation.

Having obtained the chakra metal, Mikami no longer disguised himself as Abe Moriichi, nor did he go to find Kazuma. Instead, he returned to his original form and ran directly to the Land of Lightning to find Kiichiro.

The next day, Kyosuke went to find Jiraiya.

Today, Jiraiya will test him to see if he can cultivate immortal arts.

Last night, upon learning that Mikami had successfully obtained the chakra metal, everyone congratulated each other.

With chakra metal, Kiichiro's research can continue to deepen.

Once the research yields certain results, everyone will be able to improve their skills.

Thinking of all this, Kyosuke, who was already happy, smiled even more brightly, revealing eight gleaming white teeth.

"Hehehe, Jiraiya-sama, let's go."

Arriving at a secluded woodland, Kyosuke's smiling face was practically pressed against Jiraiya's.

"Okay, okay, you're not a beauty, stay away from me."

Jiraiya, with a look of disgust, stretched out his right hand, pressed down on Kyosuke's head, and pushed Kyosuke's smiling face back.

“Cultivating Sage Techniques is extremely difficult, and very few people meet the requirements. If you fail the test, don’t be too disappointed. There are many paths to cultivation. Many people in the ninja world don’t know ninjutsu, yet they still become powerful figures respected by everyone.”

Jiraiya offered Kyosuke a few words of comfort to prevent Kyosuke from being discouraged by his failure in the assessment.

Kyosuke smiled like a silly child, just nodding repeatedly.

"I know, I know, don't worry, hehehe, hehehe."

If you're happy, you should laugh it off and express your emotions openly and honestly.

It's not like we're in a battle, so Kyosuke isn't going to bottle up his emotions every day. If he does, he might become mentally unstable.

In Jiraiya's eyes, Kyosuke was just an overly excited boy, very simple-minded, without much trouble.

"You little rascal."

Jiraiya chuckled and cursed, but then realized that Kyosuke reminded him somewhat of his younger self, which cheered him up a bit.

After explaining a few more rules, Jiraiya used the Reverse Summoning Technique to take Kyosuke to Mount Myōboku.

Along the way, Kyosuke looked around, admiring the scenery of Mount Myōboku, and soon he met Fukasaku.

Fukasaku stood on a rock and nodded slightly to Jiraiya: "You've come."

"Hello, Grandpa Fukasaku!"

Kyosuke greeted them obediently, then smiled and pulled out a paper package. When he opened it, he found it was full of various fried insects, each one plump and delicious.

"Hehe, this is a famous insect dish in the ninja world. I bought it especially to treat you."

"Oh, okay, I'll try it then."

Seeing the oily, glistening insect dish, Fukasaku took a slight sniff, the delicious aroma rushing straight to his brain.

Fukasaku's pupils dilated instantly, a little liquid dribbled from the corner of his mouth, and he reached out and grabbed a large worm, throwing it into his mouth.

Crunch, crunch.

He chewed deeply, a look of enjoyment on his face, his eyes slightly narrowed, and the corners of his mouth almost reaching the sky.

Kyosuke was also very considerate. He came to Fukasaku's side and promptly took out an insect and put it to Fukasaku's mouth.

"Grandpa Fukasaku, the bug is here! Open your mouth, ah~"

When did this kid buy those bugs?

Seeing Fukasaku, who always had a serious expression, make such an expression, as if he was about to forget the important matter, Jiraiya put his right hand to his mouth and coughed hard.

"Cough! Cough! Cough!"

Seeing that Fukasaku had opened his eyes and was looking at him, Jiraiya pointed to Kyosuke, who was standing next to Fukasaku and seemed to have become Fukasaku's ally.

"Lord Fukasaku, it's time to test Kyosuke."

"oh oh."

Fukasaku remembered this incident and recalled the scene just now, feeling somewhat embarrassed. He cleared his throat and resumed his serious expression.

"Kyosuke, practicing immortal arts is not only difficult, but also fraught with danger. You must listen to me later."

Fukasaku recited a couple of sentences verbatim, then unconsciously stopped, smacked his lips, savoring the pleasant taste of the insect dish in his mouth. Fukasaku's expression softened considerably.

"Don't worry, I'm here. I won't let you get into any danger, so just go for it. Even if you encounter difficulties at the beginning, don't give up easily. Jiraiya was so slow, but he spent so much time and still managed to learn Sage Mode. You're much smarter than Jiraiya, you can definitely do it!"

With a snap!

Kyosuke stood with his feet together, his body as straight as a javelin, his face full of fighting spirit, and his eyes seemed to be burning with flames.

"Don't worry, Grandpa Fukasaku, I will definitely not let you down!"

After saying that, Kyosuke pushed a bag of insect dishes to Fukasaku with both hands.

Fukasaku nodded in satisfaction.

What a good child! He knows how to respect his elders. Unlike that little rascal Jiraiya, who hasn't let him taste such good things all these years. Humph!

Fukasaku glared at Jiraiya with displeasure.

Jiraiya looked at the man and the frog in front of him, enjoying themselves immensely, covered his face with his hands, and sighed helplessly.

Lord Fukasaku, you were bought off with just a bag of insects?!

This isn't what we agreed on! We were supposed to have Kyosuke temporarily give up practicing immortal arts, but you're encouraging him instead?!