#140 - Fill in the blanks to reach the Kingdom of the Moon
Naruto didn't answer him, only tossed him back into the ship's cabin.
"Wait a minute, what about Kiki and the others?!"
Kiki was the name of the little monkey in the circus.
It and the circus's star performer, the saber-toothed tiger, were good friends.
"They'll be fine."
Looking at the worried expression on Hikari's face, Naruto gave him a promise.
Naruto used his ability to create a light barrier around these animals.
This barrier could block the impact of seawater and also confine these animals within the barrier, ensuring they wouldn't fall into the sea.
The next day,
After the rain, the sun shone through the gaps in the clouds, hitting the battered ship and waking the people who had been uneasy the night before.
"The rain stopped?"
Hikari, who had been dozing all night, suddenly woke up and hurried towards the cabin.
He pushed open the door and, seeing the animals in the iron cage unharmed and still sound asleep, a satisfied smile appeared on Hikari's face.
He wanted to go in and take a look, but after taking two steps, he bumped into a wall of light!
He stretched out his hand and touched the wall, but couldn't find a way through.
This made Hikari a little anxious. He slammed his palm against the light wall, but not only did it not break, but his hand was also stung!
"Hikari, what are you doing?"
Tsukiyo, who was preparing to go to the deck to sunbathe and have breakfast, looked at her son pounding the air with a puzzled expression.
"Papa, I want to go in, but there's a wall here!"
"Wall?"
Tsukiyo approached with some skepticism, only then did he discover a wall of light!
Under the morning sunlight, it was somewhat difficult to see at a glance!
"Strange, why is there a wall here?"
"That guy must have done it!"
Hikari told Tsukiyo about the matter he had entrusted to Naruto yesterday.
"So, this is also ninjutsu?"
Tsukiyo showed a slightly interested expression, but thinking about the hardships of ninjas, he gave up.
He was a prince of the Moon Country, he had no interest in doing any arduous training!
"Since this wall was made by Naruto, you can wait for him to come out and help you undo it."
Tsukiyo waved his hand, took out a check from his clothes and handed it to Hikari, "Give this check to Naruto later, let him fill in any amount of money."
"Fill in any amount?"
Hikari was a little dazed holding the check, "What if he fills in ten billion?"
"The Moon Country doesn't lack these ten billion!"
"What about a hundred billion?"
Tsukiyo staggered as he left, almost falling.
"What's going on with this floor? It's so slippery? Someone, replace all the decks here with new ones!"
"Your Highness, we don't have any new ones to replace right now..."
"Idiot, just take the ones from the front to the back, and the ones from the back to the front!"
"This..."
Everyone looked at each other, and finally decided to complete this pointless task.
They, as subordinates, couldn't refuse what the prince arranged!
On this side, the deck was bustling with activity as they worked overtime to 'update' the deck, while Naruto's side also gradually woke up.
Hinata and Ino followed Tsukiyo after they finished washing up to protect his safety.
Karin came to Naruto's side after washing up to provide him with wake-up service!
A bad habit Naruto learned in the Snow Country—difficulty waking up!
To solve this problem, Naruto had Karin learn a set of massage techniques from a massage master, to be performed every morning before getting up, making him feel refreshed!
An hour later, Naruto stretched lazily and climbed out of bed, then began to wash up.
He no longer relied on his fruit abilities to increase his efficiency in managing his life.
In Naruto's view, being able to enjoy a slow life was also a kind of happiness.
Many small things that seemed like a waste of time could be quite interesting if immersed in them.
Just like brushing teeth,
Naruto would always stare at himself in the mirror while brushing his teeth, and then brush his teeth while the self in the mirror wasn't paying attention.
This allowed him to always be one step ahead of the self in the mirror!
"Lord Naruto, that child named Hikari brought over a check just now, he said... fill in any amount."
Seeing Naruto come out of the washroom,
Karin knew that Naruto had once again defeated the Mirror Naruto, so she handed over the check in her hand.
"Fill in any amount?"
Naruto looked at the blank space on the check, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
It wasn't a complete waste of effort after all.
After this mission, he would be close to retirement.
By then, even if Tsunade knelt down and begged him, he would no longer take on missions.
"The Moon Country should be arriving soon."
Through the window, Naruto could already vaguely see the outline of the Moon Country.
From a distance, the Moon Country looked like an unremarkable small country.
But as the ship got closer and closer to the island, the Moon Country became clearer and clearer. Only then did everyone realize that the reason why the Moon Country was called the Moon Country was because the entire country was like a semi-circular moon!
The Moon Country's port was silent,
Hinata and the others, who had already landed, clearly noticed something was wrong.
As an extremely wealthy country, how could the Moon Country's port be so quiet?
Without any visiting merchants, how did the Moon Country become wealthy?
By printing money?
"Naruto, something seems wrong here," Ino whispered a reminder.
"I know what's going on."
Naruto waved his hand, "Let's go, take them back to the palace!"
The mission required Naruto and the others to send the Moon Country's prince back to the Moon Country.
In a sense, their mission had already been completed.
But seeing how generous Tsukiyo was, Naruto didn't mind escorting him a little further.
Naruto had also reviewed some knowledge about the Moon Country last night, and knew about the plot of the Moon Country.
The Moon Country was a wealthy country with affluent people and a monarch who loved his people.
Then this monarch's capable subordinate couldn't stand the monarch reducing taxes and spending money to improve the living environment for beggars, so he killed the country's king.
Simply...defying the heavens!
The reason was simply too outrageous.
And what was even more outrageous was that, in such a large country, besides the thousands of rebels, the biggest contributors to the successful coup were actually three wandering ninjas!
This showed the importance of ninjas!
The Moon Country was so rich, if it could have a strong ninja force, even if it was like the Snow Country, its power wouldn't be easily taken away!
Tsukiyo's team advanced towards the interior of the Moon Country,
However, the further they went, the more wrong things seemed!
It was clear from the buildings and facilities that this country was prosperous, but there wasn't a single person!
Faced with this situation, Tsukiyo, as the prince of the Moon Country, hadn't noticed anything wrong.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he was the Adou of the ninja world!
Arriving at the palace,
A sudden change occurred!
