"Oops..." Naruto suddenly shouted, "My wallet fell out..."
Naruto's wallet dropped, and a large amount of coins scattered all over the ground.
"Ah—" Jiraiya was greatly shocked. He never thought that Naruto was so rich.
"Teacher Jiraiya is absolutely right. Money can corrupt a ninja. It's not a good thing at all," Naruto said with a distressed look on his face, looking extremely troubled.
"What should I do? How should I deal with this money?" Naruto frowned tightly.
"Let me handle it all," Jiraiya said quickly. In just a few moves, he gathered all the coins that had fallen out of Naruto's wallet and stuffed them into his fanny pack.
"Hehe," Naruto showed a look of having achieved his trick.
"Frog Sage, didn't you say that money is one of the Three Taboos for Ninjas?"
"It's different for me," Jiraiya argued cunningly. "We need some money for this traveling training... and now we have just enough funds."
"Well, there's really no other way," Naruto shook his head and said. "I can't bring a girl, nor can I bring money. I originally planned to bring more money along."
"What!" Jiraiya's eyes lit up. He turned around, glanced at Hinata who was anxiously waiting, and then at Naruto who was picking his nose.
While picking his nose, Naruto said, "If I can't bring a girl, I won't bring money. If you want me to bring money, you have to allow me to bring a girl."
"Fine! You're allowed to bring her," Jiraiya gave in, completely defeated by Naruto. He could only say, "Bring more money tomorrow. Our traveling training will cost a lot of money."
"Great!" Naruto ignored Jiraiya and happily ran up to Hinata. "Hinata, you're going on the traveling training with me tomorrow."
"Really, I can't do anything about you," Jiraiya assumed the posture of a famous teacher and sighed about having such a naughty student.
Naruto walked Hinata home and reluctantly said goodbye to her. "Hinata, make sure to drink a bottle of milk before going to bed. It's very good for your growth."
"Yes," Hinata happily agreed.
After watching Hinata enter her house, Naruto quickly returned to his old and shabby little house and couldn't wait to continue pressing Tanzo Shimura.
"Tanzo, you've been operating in Konoha for many years. You must have made a lot of money," Naruto showed a sly expression.
Tanzo remained expressionless, still squinting his eyes.
"I'm really short of money now," Naruto said. "Don't tell me you don't have any money. I won't believe it."
"You founded the Root organization by yourself. The Root organization is not under the Hokage's control and only obeys your orders. That means the Root organization is your private army."
"As a private army, the Root organization probably can't get funds from Konoha. You've been using your own money to support it," Naruto said, getting closer to Tanzo. "Am I correct?"
Tanzo Shimura remained silent.
"Are you not going to say anything?" Naruto saw that Tanzo didn't respond, which actually meant he had admitted it. Tanzo really had hidden a large sum of money.
"Do you think I can't figure out what you're thinking right now?"
Naruto put on a mysterious air and said, "You have the cells of the First Hokage in your body. In fact, you can use Wood Release."
Tanzo Shimura suddenly opened his left eye and stared at Naruto with an incredulous look.
In this world, the only person who probably knew that Tanzo Shimura had the cells of Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage, was Orochimaru.
Naruto continued, "Your Wood Release is very weak, so there's absolutely no need to use it when facing the One - Tailed Shukaku because only Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage, could unleash the real power of Wood Release."
Naruto wasn't wrong. Tanzo Shimura could use Wood Release. If he was facing other ninjas, he would use Wood Release to fight them.
But when facing a Tailed Beast, Tanzo Shimura's Wood Release was simply useless.
Tanzo Shimura's Wood Release couldn't have any effect on the huge One - Tailed Shukaku.
That's why Tanzo Shimura never used Wood Release when facing Shukaku. Later, when he was attacked by Zabuza and Haku in a joint sneak attack, Tanzo didn't even have a chance to use it.
"Your little Wood Release can't deal with Tailed Beasts, but it can be used to break through the restrictions of acupuncture points," Naruto said, smirking evilly. "Am I right?"
Tanzo Shimura was sweating profusely.
During this time, Haku had inserted steel needles into Tanzo Shimura's acupuncture points, restricting his use of Chakra.
But Tanzo Shimura had also been secretly using the cells of Hashirama Senju to regulate his Chakra in his body, waiting for an opportunity to break free from the restraints.
"Naruto, why do you know so much?" Haku, who was standing beside, was equally surprised.
"It's just a wild guess," Naruto imitated Tanzo Shimura and squinted his eyes. "Even when a lion hunts a rabbit, it uses all its strength (meaning one should always give full effort). Besides, I'm facing the famous Tanzo Shimura. How can I not be extra cautious?"
"What the hell do you want?" Tanzo Shimura finally spoke.
"Tell me where you hide your money. Unwilling?" Naruto said with a smile. "Haku, fill all of Tanzo's acupuncture points with needles."
"Under the stronghold in the southwest corner of Konoha, there's a secret place," Tanzo Shimura said. "What you want is there."
"Hey - hey," Zabuza Momochi perked up. Now that he knew where Tanzo Shimura hid his money, the next thing was, of course, to go and get it.
"Not so fast," Naruto stopped Zabuza Momochi. "There must be members of the Root organization lying in ambush there. There's bound to be a fierce battle."
Beads of cold sweat rolled down Tanzo Shimura's forehead. He thought to himself: Naruto can even guess this... I've never noticed that the Jinchuriki of the Nine - Tailed Fox is so resourceful...
"Thank you very much, Tanzo Shimura. I'll make good use of your money," Naruto turned to Haku and said. "Fill all his acupuncture points with needles. This guy has Hashirama's cells in his body. God knows what tricks he'll pull."
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"Naruto—" Tanzo Shimura roared angrily. "What on earth is your purpose? Do you want to harm Konoha?"
Naruto glanced at Tanzo Shimura and thought: I can't be bothered with you.
Naruto took out a three - pronged Kunai from his chest, inserted it on the floor, and then left without looking back.
Naruto returned to the mansion of the Uzumaki clan. Karin happily came out to greet him.
Karin noticed that Hinata didn't follow them. In this large mansion, with just Naruto and Karin here, there would surely be a lot they could do.
"Naruto..." Karin looked at Naruto with a blushing face.
"You'll have a tough time tonight, Karin," Naruto said with a smile. "You might not be able to get some rest until very late tonight."
"Huh?" Karin quickly said, "No, no, no... We're not at that stage yet..."
"Don't be nervous. I'll be very gentle," said Naruto as he entered the mansion's living room. He found that the living - room was extremely spacious and it wouldn't be a bad place to train.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto directly summoned a dozen shadow clones.
Karin was stunned and for a moment couldn't figure out what Naruto was up to.
Naruto took out the scroll of the Flying Thunder God Technique from his bosom, unfurled it, and carefully read the written records of the ninjutsu.
"So that's how it is," Naruto said. Then he threw a three - pronged Kunai. Flying Thunder God Technique doesn't require hand seals. You just need to mobilize your Chakra to sense the Flying Thunder God Jutsu.
The Flying Thunder God Jutsu is a marking symbol. At this moment, the symbol of the jutsu was marked on the three - pronged Kunai. Looking at the three - pronged Kunai stuck in the wall in the distance, Naruto mobilized his Chakra to sense the jutsu symbol.
At this moment, Karin finally realized that Naruto was training a new Ninjutsu. She was immediately disappointed and plopped down on the ground, looking at Naruto boredly.
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