#99 - Chapter 99: Illusion. The Sea of Light Resolves the Rebellious Ninja Green Aoi
"The Great Thunder Shrine Race is about to begin!"
"The Wasabi family's runner is Morino Ida!"
"The Karashi family's runner is Hayate House Fukusuke!"
"Take your positions!!"
As the electronic voice from the broadcast echoed, Morino Ida and Hayate House Fukusuke prepared to start. The wooden doors in front of them, which had been blocking their path, opened to reveal the sea and two small boats!
At this time, the sky was just beginning to brighten and was still somewhat dim, so the referee did not announce the start.
After a while,
when the sky had completely brightened, the referee used a megaphone to shout:
"Start!"
The race began,
and Morino Ida and Hayate House Fukusuke started running at the same time.
However, after passing through the wooden doors, the two ran in different directions.
Hayate House Fukusuke headed straight for the wooden boat,
while Morino Ida turned onto a small path on the left, looking as if he was trying to escape.
"Escaping?"
"Where is Ida-san going?"
Sasuke and Sakura looked surprised and quickly chased after Morino Ida.
However, Naruto was not in a hurry to follow.
He looked towards Hayate House Fukusuke's side, where a green-haired person jumped onto his wooden boat and was helping him sail.
"What is the point of this kind of competition? It's not even as good as a triathlon!"
Naruto shook his head and subtly moved his fingers. A golden light reflected into the sea, and Hayate House Fukusuke's boat immediately began to spin in circles.
Illusion Technique: Sea of Light!
Using the reflection of light from the sky to project other scenery in front, creating an illusion!
Even chakra cannot break this kind of illusion. As long as Naruto doesn't release it, these two will never be able to reach the shore!
However, that Midori Aoi seems to be a Konoha defector. I wonder if I can get money for capturing him.
"Forget it, I'll deal with it when I get back!"
In any case, these two are already trapped at sea by him, unable to escape.
Yata Mirror!
In an instant, he surpassed Sasuke and Sakura, catching up with Morino Ida!
"What?!"
Morino Ida looked at Naruto, who had suddenly appeared in front of him, and was so frightened that he stopped immediately.
He stared at Naruto with disbelief in his eyes, "How did you do that?"
Naruto ignored him and used his Observation Haki to quickly locate the last three troubles of this mission!
Three genin from Amegakure!
Once these three guys are taken care of, the mission is basically over.
Under Morino Ida's incredulous gaze, he disappeared from the spot in a flash of light.
At this time, the three Amegakure genin were standing on the treetop, closely monitoring Morino Ida and the others. At the same time, they also saw Naruto's presence.
"Hey, did you guys see that blonde kid?"
"Am I blind? Of course, I saw him. We met him during the Chunin Exams before, didn't we?"
"Aoi-sensei isn't here, what do we do?"
"Let's wait. If we rashly attack, we'll die miserably."
The three planned to remain still for now and wait for Jonin Midori Aoi to come and deal with Naruto together.
But they didn't know that Naruto had already sensed them based on their aura. In just the moment they were talking, Naruto appeared behind them, several kilometers away.
Without any unnecessary words, he directly eliminated them with a laser beam each.
After dealing with the three, Naruto stepped forward and searched the three for loot.
Three wallets,
each containing about 5,000 ryo, totaling 15,000 ryo!
"As expected, the fastest way to make money is still through robbery."
Naruto tossed his now-heavy wallet and then flashed away from the spot, leaving the three corpses to be devoured by wild beasts.
He caught up with Sasuke and Sakura again.
"The obstacles have already been removed. The two of you can accompany him on the rest of the way."
Naruto had no interest in slowly running alongside Morino Ida, and then possibly having to listen to a bunch of meaningless words.
After instructing Sasuke and Sakura, he flashed back to the starting point.
At this time, the Karashi family at the starting point was in chaos.
Because they discovered that Hayate House Fukusuke's boat had been stuck in the sea a few hundred meters away from the harbor for a long time.
Their boat was spinning in circles, unable to move forward no matter what.
"Damn it, what are Hayate House Fukusuke and that damn ninja doing?!"
"Someone, take a boat over there and remind them!!"
Unrestricted racing means anything goes.
However, a group of people sailed into that sea area, but they, like Hayate House Fukusuke, were spinning in circles there, unable to get out!
"Could there be a demon in this sea?"
As someone speculated, everyone was afraid to go out to sea.
Going there meant spinning in circles in the sea forever, leading to death!
The Karashi family didn't want to admit defeat, so they spent a lot of money to hire someone to go out to sea, but no one dared to go!
Just as everyone was anxious, Jirobo Boss discovered Naruto.
He looked puzzled at Naruto's leisurely appearance, so he quietly walked over.
"Hey, you're that Konoha ninja, right? Why are you here? Shouldn't you be protecting Ida?" Jirobo Boss asked, puzzled.
"The enemy ninjas have been dealt with. The two of them can run the rest of the way," Naruto said without turning his head.
"Dealt with?"
Jirobo was shocked, "What happened?"
Naruto didn't intend to explain to him, saying faintly, "Just wait and see the results."
"This... Okay, I believe you!"
Rather than believing in Naruto and the others, it was more like believing in Tsunade!
Based on their friendship, he believed that Tsunade wouldn't send stupid ninjas to fool him!
Jirobo was about to leave, but seeing the two spinning in circles, he curiously asked, "By the way, what's going on with those two? Do you know?"
"It's nothing, just a little bit of illusion technique," Naruto said.
Illusion technique?
Jirobo immediately became awestruck by Naruto.
To turn a sea into a ghost sea without anyone noticing was already the work of a god!
And since Naruto did this, he certainly wasn't deceiving himself.
Morino Ida would definitely reach the finish line as scheduled!
Thinking of this, Jirobo also relaxed.
This time—it's a sure thing!
Thank you, Tsunade!
After waiting for a long time,
although Hayate House Fukusuke and the others had not yet left the sea, it was impossible for the others to wait for them at the starting point forever.
So they all went to the Great Thunder Shrine to wait for the final result.
Leaving only the Karashi family with a massive headache at the starting point.
As time passed, Morino Ida unsurprisingly won the victory!
After receiving the news that the mission was completed, Naruto also released the illusion technique on the sea, then killed Midori Aoi and took all his money and equipment!
He had just asked Sasuke and Sakura, and although capturing a defector back to the village was meritorious, there was no reward money... so there was no difference between alive and dead!
Midori Aoi's body was directly destroyed and traces were eliminated according to the defector disposal method!
