69novels Chapter 49 What do you want to eat?
Chapter 49 What do you want to eat?
After receiving treatment, Kimimaro felt unwell and coughed twice. Realizing he looked rather disheveled, he frowned and forced himself to stop coughing, but the blood spilling from the corner of his mouth already betrayed his physical condition.
Kimimaro was extremely resentful and dissatisfied with his physical condition.
"Kimimaro, if you want to live a little longer, you'd better not use your abilities anymore," Orochimaru said, seemingly out of concern, but no emotion could be seen in his vertical pupils.
Kimimaro didn't sense the chill, but hearing this made him feel like Orochimaru was about to abandon him, and his eyes immediately showed a hint of panic. "Lord Orochimaru, I'm still capable! You don't need useless trash by your side. It would be my honor to make a final contribution for you!"
Orochimaru stared intently at Kimimaro with his golden, vertical pupils, seemingly lost in thought. After a long pause, he said, "In that case, your abilities will be temporarily sealed. You are not allowed to use them again without my permission!"
"Can……"
"I don't need disobedient tools," Orochimaru said coldly, frowning.
"Yes!" Kimimaro clenched his fist, then slowly relaxed it. He had willingly entered the nutrient tank; his only purpose was this… what a waste!
Orochimaru was not surprised by Kimimaro's choice, but he could only be used as a disposable item.
Meanwhile, Orochimaru had already changed his base many times. He could sense that he was being watched, but he didn't know who it was. After thinking for a long time, the most likely candidate was Akatsuki. Could it be that the Akatsuki organization was going to make a move against him?
But under what circumstances would Akatsuki temporarily abandon the Tailed Beasts to capture him? Orochimaru pondered and began to recall the things he had done that might have caught Akatsuki's attention. Could it be—the Impure World Reincarnation?
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On the way to the Hokage Building, Might Guy unexpectedly ran into Kakashi and immediately became so excited that his eyes welled up with tears. "Kakashi, it's been so long!!" he said, giving Kakashi a bear hug.
Kakashi gave him a deadpan look, as if he had no will to live, but then he smiled and said, "Well, it's been a long time, Guy. What have you been up to lately?" Even the genin in the village have been quite busy lately, and it's true that he hasn't seen Guy for a long time.
After calming down, Kai loosened his grip and said, "It's probably because they were helping with building houses or something. There are suddenly a lot of children in the village. I just came back from investigating something outside." Kai sighed as he spoke.
"I haven't had much time to teach Lee and the others lately, but I believe in them! Young people should train themselves more, that's what youth is all about!! Kakashi!" Might Guy said, suddenly becoming energetic again, revealing his gleaming white teeth.
"..." Kakashi silently mourned for Neji and the others, then suddenly seized on the key point, "Didn't you just say you were gathering information? Did you report it?"
Might Guy's expression froze. "Right! I need to report on the mission first. See you next time, Kakashi!"
Kakashi waved helplessly. He had just received a mission: a strange guy had appeared in the Land of Earth, who was suspected of possessing the Byakugan of Konoha. He had been assigned to investigate and had to go to Iwagakure to check it out.
Meanwhile, on the other hand, Reikawa Uzumaki has been teaching Naruto the methods and strategies for future training in the past few days, both explicitly and implicitly.
As for using shadow clones for training, even if Sasuke knew about it, he would be far inferior to Naruto's terrifying training speed. At most, he could only create two clones to train at the same time, which would be his limit.
Furthermore, with the introduction of Shadow Clone Technique training, Sasuke could clearly feel Naruto's progress in strength, which was almost daily, causing him to feel a strong sense of crisis.
"When can we go out?" Sasuke asked when Uzumaki Reikawa finally had some free time.
"No rush." Uzumaki Reikawa was sculpting something with a bunch of colorful clay he'd bought to pass the time. If he went out now, White Zetsu would probably sense him immediately.
The main body is still at the place where Kakuzu and the others robbed, using the pretext of investigating the mysteriously appearing Uzumaki clan to slack off and make arrangements for the previous plan. If he goes out now, all that awaits Uzumaki Reikawa is a fight between himself and himself.
Sasuke was at a loss for what to do about Uzumaki Reikawa's passive-aggressive attitude. Although he knew Reikawa was strong, he couldn't seem to feel any respect for him, and even felt that Reikawa was a bit annoying...
Looking at the strange contraption he had created, Uzumaki Reikawa questioned his existence for a moment before suddenly shoving it into Sasuke's hand. "Here you go!"
After saying that, he made a few quick movements and slipped away...
Sasuke looked at the lump in his hand. If he had to reluctantly accept that it was a tiny person, he could only make out that it had black spiky hair, a fan, and its eyes were practically bulging out, with bright red sausage lips...
Sasuke stared in silence for a moment, then erupted in anger, "Uzumaki Reikawa!!!"
Unaware of this, Uzumaki Reikawa darted to Naruto's side, who had just finished training and was resting on the ground. Sakura and Karin were also there. Karin had quickly mastered the knowledge of the Ninja Academy and planned to apply for graduation the next day to become a Konoha genin.
As for the headband she wore in Kusagakure, she had long since discarded it. In fact, aside from chakra refining, they didn't teach her anything else in Kusagakure to prevent Karin from rebelling. They promoted her to genin only because they valued her healing abilities; she was essentially a mobile medical kit.
Karin's eyes lit up when she saw Reikawa Uzumaki. She took out a handkerchief to wipe her glasses, then put them back on. Her vision was clear. "!! Reikawa-nii, you're back!"
"Huh?! Don't you have to go to school today?" Reikawa Uzumaki was somewhat surprised to run into Karin at this time.
"Hehe, I've pretty much mastered the knowledge from school. The person in school is just my clone; I sneaked out. But I'll become a genin tomorrow!" He then made a gesture as if seeking praise.
Reikawa Uzumaki chuckled. She was actually a top student! But then again, she was someone Orochimaru had his eye on. "Really?! Karin, you're amazing!"
Karin blushed instantly, her mind going blank.
After saying that, he suddenly noticed Karin's smooth arm, and Uzumaki Reikawa immediately understood something. He walked over to Sakura and thanked her sincerely.
Sakura seemed a little flustered and quickly waved her hand, "No need to be so polite. After all, we're all comrades. This is just comrades helping each other, isn't it?"
Upon hearing this, Reikawa Uzumaki paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Well, my friend, it's my treat today. Just tell me what you want to eat."
Upon hearing this, Naruto, who had been lying exhausted on the ground, jumped up excitedly. "Really?! I want the extra-large deluxe version of Ichiraku Ramen!"
Just as Naruto finished speaking, Sasuke suddenly appeared behind Reikawa Uzumaki and threw several kunai at him.
The result was obvious: Uzumaki Reikawa didn't turn around, but simply caught all the kunai with his backhand, not caring about them, and nodded to Naruto to indicate that he was okay.
He put the kunai into his pouch, with no intention of returning them, and turned to Sasuke, asking, "So, what do you want to eat?"
"...Stir-fried Whirlpool Zero River".