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Chapter 860 : Complications!
🕑 Added 2025-01-27 13:25:40 +0000 UTC
“A few hours ago, Sasuke was kidnapped by Orochimaru.”
Naruto and Sakura's eyes widened! They neither could nor wanted to believe their ears. With a quivering voice, Sakura asked, “What did you say?”
At the same time, Naruto asked, “You're kidding, right, Sensei?”
Kakashi didn't answer. Seeing his expression, Naruto questioned angrily, “But why? Why would that snake kidnap Sasuke? And why did Sasuke let himself be kidnapped? How did Orochimaru even enter the village?”
Kakashi sighed, “We don't know everything ye…”
Cutting him off, Naruto emotionally exclaimed, “We have to bring Sasuke back!”
Sakura immediately added, “Yes Sensei. We have to rescue Sasuke!”
Kakashi assured his students, “Don't worry. Lady Tsunade is working on it. Once we have some clues, Lord Jiraiya will head out to look for Sasuke.”
“Pervy Sage? I'll go with him too!” Without waiting for Kakashi to say anything, Naruto immediately left. Sakura ran after him too since she wanted to join the mission as well. Left alone in the training ground, Kakashi could only sigh.
——
For three hours, Naruto hounded the poor ninjas and Anbu stationed in the Hokage Building by relentlessly pestering and complaining! Finally, Jiraiya exited the meeting room along with Hiruzen and Tsunade. Before any of them could escape, they were ambushed by the blonde knucklehead.
“Pervy-sage! Let's go and rescue Sasuke-now!” Naruto exclaimed loudly as soon as he saw them. Jiraiya, Tsunade and Hiruzen's eyes twitched as Naruto ignored everything else and began pestering them. He once again attracted weird gazes from everyone else. Had the situation been normal, Sakura would have been self-conscious. However, Sasuke's kidnapping made her forget about everything and she looked at the three leaders of Konoha with hope in her eyes.
Finally, Tsunade sighed and said, “Calm down, Naruto. Follow me.”
The five of them left towards Tsunade's office. Inside the previous meeting room, the Fuinjutsu Grandmasters breathed a sigh of relief.
“Luckily he didn't enter this room. I don't know how Fujin deals with that kid on a daily basis and still concentrates on Fuinjutsu.”
“From what I heard, Fujin is even worse. It can't be a coincidence that all his students are so good at pranks. Even some of my students fell for their pranks. If they devoted half the time they spend preparing their pranks on learning Fuinjutsu, they might have already been a Sealmaster.”
“Hmm, perhaps Fujin concentrates better when there's chaos. Whatever be the case, I'm leaving before they change their mind and return here. We will discuss the formations tomorrow.”
In a few seconds, every Fuinjutsu Grandmaster disappeared from the meeting room. While they didn't hate Naruto, they had no intention of dealing with his idiosyncrasies.
——
As Tsunade sat down, Naruto complained again, “This is no time to be sitting, Granny! We have to rescue Sasuke right away!”
A tick mark appeared on Tsunade's forehead. She asked, “Do you know where Sasuke is?”
Naruto replied, “I don't, that's why we need to find him!”
“Where will you look for him?” Tsunade asked, still annoyed.
Without a moment's hesitation, Naruto answered, “Everywhere! I'll find Orochimaru no matter where he's hiding!”
“How long will it take for you to search everywhere?” Tsunade asked for the third time.
Naruto obviously didn't have an answer. However, it didn't matter because his annoyance was far greater than Tsunade's. Whatever little patience he had ran out while answering those few questions.
He exploded, “This isn't the time to be wasting on silly questions, Granny! We need to act.”
Finally, Jiraiya sighed and muttered, “That's exactly why you need to know the answers to those questions, Naruto. Search blindly, and you won't find Orochimaru even if you look for him for a hundred years. Is that what you want?”
His question finally calmed Naruto slightly. Before he could say anything else, Tsunade said, “Orochimaru kidnapped Sasuke because he wants his body. However, he can't take Sasuke's body for another 3 years according to our calculations. Meaning, we have 3 years to find him. We could either search for him properly and rescue him in these three years, or we could panic and search blindly and let Orochimaru take over Sasuke's body and kill him. What do you want, Naruto?”
Unable to argue with her logic, Naruto could only answer in a soft voice, “Search for him properly.”
Tsunade said, “Good. Let us deal with it. Jiraiya will go after Orochimaru once we reduce the search area.”
Without wasting a beat, Naruto said, “I'll go with Pervy Sage to rescue Sasuke!”
Tsunade frowned, but Jiraiya was intrigued. He thought, ‘Take Naruto with me again? Hmm, this might be a good opportunity to train him while letting him see more of the world.’
Before he could say anything, Sakura added, “I want to go too!”
Jiraiya turned his gaze towards her, ‘Hmm, but looking after two kids will be difficult, especially if I run into Orochimaru or Akatsuki.’
Hiruzen coughed, “This isn't a picnic. If you slow Jiraiya down, tracking Orochimaru will become more difficult. And, so would rescuing Sasuke.”
His words drowned the desire of the two kids. Unlike Naruto, Sakura knew very well how weak she was. Suddenly, Jiraiya said, “I'll take Naruto with me. I can train him while searching for Orochimaru. Perhaps I could lure someone else out too…”
Hiruzen realized, ‘He wants to take out some Akatsuki members while tracking Orochimaru.’
Tsunade thought, ‘That is risky. However, it might be the best way to reduce Akatsuki's strength. Once we sell the information Fujin gained, the other villages will be forced to take action against Akatsuki too.’
Naruto's mood cheered up a bit. Sakura wanted to say something, but she stopped and looked at Naruto. The memories of his battle against Neji surfaced in her mind. She thought, ‘I can't even compare with Naruto. I'm not strong enough. If I go, I'll only get in their way.’
Silently, Sakura became determined to be as strong as her two teammates, a change that didn't escape the eyes of Hiruzen and his students.
With Naruto calmed down, the village began focusing on two new tasks. The Fuinjutsu Grandmasters began wholeheartedly working on overhauling the village's defense mechanisms. At the same time, every intelligence network of Konoha was activated. Shikaku was tasked with reducing the search area so that they could track Orochimaru faster.
Of course, either of these tasks needed a long time to succeed. Tsunade was patient, though another matter troubled her. Another day had passed, yet Fujin hadn't left his house! His status was still unknown and his house was no easier to enter.
——
In his basement, Fujin still sat in a meditative posture, his mind entirely focused on his inner world. In his inner world, Fujin was still floating on top of the lake with his eyes closed. The chakra in the lake had decreased by nearly a quarter.
The light emitted by the sphere floating in the sky had dimmed substantially. If not for the darkness in his inner world, it would have been almost invisible to see. A few seconds later, the dim light also vanished as the sphere once again became nearly invisible.
Fujin finally opened his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. He muttered, “Finally…”
Fujin inspected himself while analyzing, ‘I didn't think mere chakra of a Tailed Beast would have so much resistance… I'm so glad that events in the Chunin Exam happened as I recalled. If I had made a move on Gaara and sealed Shukaku in here, I'd be in deep trouble.
I was too naive. Even Akatsuki needed nearly 3 days just to extract a Tailed Beast from its host without killing the Tailed Beast. And, they were supported by several rank S ninjas and the Gedo Statue. I might need a long time to refine its chakra, assuming my inner world isn't destroyed by then… I'll have to be a lot stronger before I make a move against Tailed Beasts. At the very least, I need to master Senjutsu first…
There's also the matter of the chakra lost. I didn't expect to lose so much of Shukaku's chakra while refining it. Nearly 60% of it was lost while I refined it. Only slightly more than 40% of chakra was absorbed into my body. What a gigantic waste…’
Even though Fujin's calculations were off and there were several complications, not a single frown appeared on Fujin's lips. Instead, a smile was plastered on his face! Regardless of the complications, the Myriad Tetragram Seal was a success! Fujin could feel the power coursing through his body!
Fujin concluded, “My chakra reserves have increased once again, this time by over 70%. Though it's a shame it didn't increase by 170% as I expected, this isn't bad. Compared to before I increased my cellular activity, my chakra reserves are up by 127%!”
Comments
Devil Hex
Thanks ❤️
Blasty
So I finally did it and got Patreon smh😂 at least it’s for an amazing Author
Jack Nathaniel Mikhail
Thanks for the chapter
Devil Hex
Some, though not too much. Kash captured comparison between MCs perfectly. One aspect that I did try to include was having smart side characters, something RI stands out for. I may not have written so many scheming characters if I hadn't read RI 😅
Devil Hex
Yeah. One of my favorite books, lol. Definitely inspired a lot from it. A shame it might never be completed 🥲
Luso
Who leaves close to Devil? Go check on him
Loc Le
Even if there are small physical changes in his eyes like you said, Fujin would use some seal to cover it up like how he negated most of the Sharingan's Genjutsu by sealing his eyes when he was fighting Obito.
Cain
I Doubt since he only ended up absorbing soo little of shukaku's, but it's gonna be very cool if he did am not gonna lie XD.
G 21
I wonder if he will get any small physical characters from the 40% Shukaku chakra. Maybe his eyes can glow golden color when he’s using a lot of chakra or heightened emotions. Or also his senses probably improved. He can see through sandstorms idk something.
G 21
Imagine minor magnet release. Like he can bring back his swords or kunai after throwing them 👁️👁️. At the same time though he can do the same thing with wind jutsu.
Zaoprimo
in the way of writing and in the structure of some parts of the story, not in the plot, tomorrow I'll make a drawing
Murc
Neverrrrr
kash_kxng
Was it really low compared to other S-ranked? I remember Hiruzen saying in a few years Fujin would have as much chakra as him and that was without considering the active cell boost
kash_kxng
Wind affinity probably will, but he likely won't get magnet release since he's not a full junjuriki. Though this does set up future chapters for the time skip if he wants to improve his other nature affinities. Just travel around as Akuro, beat the shit out of the jinjuriki, have them transform, beat the shit out the tailed beast and then cut off a few tails 😂😂
G 21
I wonder if his wind jutsu will improve again, Shukaku’s influence?
xXiamfalloutXx
755: the path to surpass rank S
kash_kxng
I couldn't help but make comparisons to RI as well 😭 despite really trying not to do that for novels with similar elements including this one, but oh well. I feel like the similarities are in the protagonists. Granted Fujin isn't as ruthless (to himself and others) as FY is but thats due to his limited experience. I forgot the chapter and the exact lines but it was talking about how Fujin would try to explore the mystery of his transmigration and even if he couldn't, he'd die with no regrets. Even now I just feel like their attitudes and general philosophies kinda match up. FY yearns for immortality and freedom. He understood there were always bigger fish, but he lived as if there was nothing holding him down despite learning in the later volumes that bigger things were at play. I feel like Fujin exhibits that same freedom, but doesn't let that freedom restrict him. He understands the necessity of things like political influence and connections in order to get certain things but from the very beginning never lost sight of his goal and was more than happy to just strike out on his own. Also both are pretty much sociopaths, FY way more than Fujin since Fujin has people he genuinely cares about and is willing to help (As long as the cost isn't to high of course). But for the most part the main emotions they have are calmness and indifference.
Micky
What kinda drugs did u take. TT
Mohammed Sheekh
Hey at least we might get a double tomorrow
Burntliquid
I literally cannot think of a single similarity between this and RI besides shamelessness of the MC
khaled
He skipped again?
Milos
Seems like qualitative Physique and Spirit Enhancement along with chakra amount increase? Just dont remember how it exactly works anymore
Yamir
Probably
Milos
Does anyone remember what chapter the tetragam seal uses were explained? I have kinda completely forgotten
a
sleep?
Starfighter
Any update?
Bam_the3
ETA?
Murc
Bro what similarities are there? 😭😭 I’m genuinely asking cause I didn’t notice any and love RI
Zaoprimo
the author of shadow slave recommended reverend insanity, and now that i'm reading reverend insanity i'm finding some similarities with this book, DH have you read it too?
Devil Hex
I'll explore this later.
Devil Hex
Probably 1.5h
Yamir
🙏🙏🙏
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eta?
Sevensins
Is there chance to refine souls or not?
Devil Hex
Compounding brother 😅
kash_kxng
Where did the the extra 25% come from? shukakus's chakra gave 70% and the cells 32%
Yamir
I just remembered that Naruto surpassed the Raikage's speed just by having KCM 1 activated, which is nothing compared to KCM 2. If Hashirama's chakra is greater than Naruto's in KCM 2, that would mean that in base he would be faster than the Raikage 💀💀💀. But you can argue that having access to tailed beast chakra is not only a quantitave increase but also qualitative one(since they have weird element realeses like bubbles or blue flames, ect).
Tjja97
Sorry just saw your note in the reverse summoning hex
Tjja97
Plus Jiraiya could always have a toad swallow Naruto and reverse summon or use fujin’s seal tag to signal the toads to reverse summon Naruto as easy way to have him escape while he engages whoever akatsuki sends
Devil Hex
Should. Almost 3/4th way done
Thariaus
We will have a second chapter today?
Devil Hex
Yeah 🤣🤣
Devil Hex
Covering it in the upcoming chapter.
Devil Hex
Nagato, I'm not entirely sure. His levels are hard to estimate due to how taxing the Rinnegan must be (plus whatever that Gedo Statue was doing). Hashirama's is fairly simple. He sees Naruto sharing his chakra with Shinobi alliance and says that he 'almost' has as much chakra as me. Meaning his chakra reserves must be slightly greater than half of Kurama's chakra 😶
Devil Hex
Nah, haven't really established souls getting stronger after being injured. Probably won't go that route.
Devil Hex
Probably ate Hashirama cells instead of soldier pills 🤣🤣
Disa
Can’t imagine chakra level of Third Raikage to withstand three days against 10000 shinobies
Yamir
If souls work similarly to bones when they heal (meaning they form callus, which in most cases helps the bone become stronger once it's healed), could Fujin damage a small part of their soul and then heal it to make it stronger?
Devine Satanus
Yes he has enough chakra. For a while apparently. That's the answer from DH to a question below
Kwabena Kumi
Good chapter...lets see what their reaction will be once he leaves his house
Jai Behl
Does Fujin have enough chakra reserves to learn sage jutsu?
StinkyFard
lowkey would laugh but also cry because i want bro to finally get it lmao
Kelevra
I wonder if Ryu will be like, based on your growth so far, I believe you can push your reserves even more before learning senjutsu
Reginald
I saw you reply to other comments regarding fujins chakra levels compared to others (e.g. Hisame is 2.5 current fujin), do you have notes of the chakra levels of other significant characters like nagato or maybe even hashirama? Just curious
Zaoprimo
finally it should be enough to learn the senjusto
Aldar
If I'm not mistaken, you wrote earlier that chakra is formed thanks to the spirit and body, so now Fujin must break the limit of his lineage or something like that, right? If so, then it turns out that his body has become even stronger and in terms of soul, he has risen a step higher. And please clarify the moment with chakra, has Fujin become even closer to the element of wind, thanks to the purification of Shukaku's chakra?
Devil Hex
Nah 🤣🤣🤣 I meant, in case Nagato and Konan decided to go after Naruto instead of sending other members, Jiraiya could meet them.
Nyd. Studio
Hex you want Jiraya to visit amegakure with naruto??!!💀💀💀
Devil Hex
Kinda a bit similar here as well. He wants to see Nagato and Konan, even though Hiruzen and Tsunade told him to not enter Amegakure. Also, Naruto has signed contract with the toads. He can be reverse summoned even easier than Orochimaru.
Nyd. Studio
You right. Jiraya is that confident. But with the 6 rinnegan, jiraya was emotional about nagato/konan/yahiko. He wanted to know more for himself as their sensei and for the village and was ready to risk it all. I also think Jiraya excelled in infiltration and escapes. He was 100% confident he could flee in any situation. It wasn't that he believed he was all that
Devil Hex
Also, Akatsuki so far hasn't done much (other than kidnapping Han). Jiraiya didn't escape after seeing 6 ninjas with Rinnegan. Don't underestimate him so much 😅. Win or loss is a different thing, but his confidence is understandable.
Devil Hex
Well, they have to capture Naruto, not Nine Tails. I don't think they'll have any reservations in sending someone like Kakuzu and Hidan. They're rank S after all and incredibly confident/overconfident. Of course, that is if he sends anyone after him. Not saying he will, it's just something Jiraiya was considering.
Nyd. Studio
I see what you talking about. But this is the ninetails. Pain won't send jobbers to deal with him. The only excuse is if they only want to capture ninetails the last or if they wait for sanbi to ressurect first. But even then, running around with a jinchuriki in plain sight is not taking akatsuki seriously.
Devil Hex
I've still kept Tsunade slightly higher (should overtake her soon though even without any other boosts). But yeah, if Kurama doesn't give Naruto chakra during battle, these two will be the two highest ones.
Qweku_v
Thanks
Devil Hex
Sure, especially with the artificial lakes. Though he'll have to manage his chakra properly to last that long. If he's fighting against someone that forces him to continuously go all-out, then no.
Devil Hex
Nah (might be canonically, but can't say for sure as we were never given power levels. In my notes, I kept Kisame's chakra ridiculously high, around 2.5 times Fujin's current reserves). PS: Important to remember that Fujin's chakra reserves were rather normal or even below par for a rank S ninja. It's high only for his age and compared to his peers. So, even consecutive boosts may not allow him to reach a similar level as those chakra monsters.
erwin araya
Now Fujin should be the second person in the village with the most chakra?
Devil Hex
2* And yeah 😅 Tbh, he doesn't need to worry about Itachi and Kisame. And, Pain, Obito are unlikely to act. So, he's targeting Kakuzu-Hidan or Sasori.
Nyd. Studio
How can Jiraya talk about luring akatsuki, walking around the ninja world with a genin naruto. He thinks he can fend off 3 akatsuki member while keeping an eye on naruto?
hector lyng
x2
Hibrael Pereira
Thanks for the chapter
Yamir
Kisame chakra level now?
Mohammed Sheekh
Welcome back hex, can fujin fight at full power for an entire day now? Hashirama and madara did, 3rd raikage did too
Tjja97
Fujin just got super charged, curious to see how he explains his absence to Tsunade
Devil Hex
Been ready for a while tbh (covered it earlier). Ryu just wanted to wait until Fujin's chakra reserves grew as much as it could.
StinkyFard
woooo big jump to his reserves, nice. gotta be ready for senjutsu now surely lol
A Heart
It’s okay legoat tyftc
marlo560
First 💪😤
