No one expected that Gato, a businessman whose wealth is among the top in the entire ninja world, would die in the Land of Water.
What's even more unexpected is that the person who killed the big businessman Gato was not a ninja, let alone a mercenary, but a kid.
A kid who just celebrated his sixth birthday not long ago.
Even Gato himself didn't expect this fate.
A short and stout body fell down powerlessly.
It fell on a very steep ladder.
"Ughhhhh....."
The body, like a ball, began to roll down the steep ladder.
Until it fell to the ground.
It finally stopped.
"Ga....Gato-sama, he's dead....." A swordsman who was blown away by Naruto's Wind Release Ninjutsu just struggled to get up and saw this incredible scene.
"Gudong!" Looking at the kunai accurately inserted into Gato's back, anyone would feel a chill in their back.
This attack has no redundancy.
It hit the vital point directly.
"How can the gap between a ninja and an ordinary person be so big?" A group of swordsmen looked terrified and doubted life: "He is just... a kid."
"We....We can't stop a kid with so many people? We Can't catch that kid?"
At this moment.
A relatively calm voice sounded: "What confidence makes you think this is just an ordinary child?"
Uchiha Shisui watched all this expressionlessly.
When his gaze fell on Naruto.
His expression finally changed a bit.
"He is, after all, the captain of the first team of the Whitebeard Pirates!" Shisui's words did not carry any mocking tone.
Because, he can see that Naruto's strength is not weak now.
The physique of the Uzumaki clan + Jinchuriki + Observation Haki + physical strength that surpasses adults by many times + proficient Ninjutsu.
This series of superpositions makes Naruto not inferior to Chunin.
Shisui thinks that Naruto can already form a team with others and participate in the Chunin exam of Konohagakure village.
If.....Naruto can get along well with the tailed beast in his body, the power will definitely exceed everyone's imagination.
It's not impossible to surpass Chunin.
In this case, how dare these samurai look down on Naruto?
Still want to capture Naruto to threaten Whitebeard?
Isn't it too simple to think!
"After all, he killed someone with his own hands." Kakashi looked complicated.
In fact, if it weren't for him stopping Naruto at the beginning, Naruto might have killed his first enemy in his life in the Kusagakure Village.
At that time, Kakashi felt that Naruto was still young, and besides, it was not the extremely harsh environment of the Ninja World War.
There is no need to let a child of this age...
To experience that kind of bloodshed.
As a result...less than a year has passed, and Naruto's hands are stained with the first life.
Fortunately, the other party is a villain.
The first person he killed with his own hands was an unforgivable villain, and the person was an adult.
It wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
At this thought, a few ripples appeared in Kakashi's dead fish eyes. He still remembered that the first person he killed was a child younger than him, who was a ninja from an enemy village.
Even after so many years, he still couldn't forget the pleading and desperate look on that tender face.
Whoosh——
Kakashi appeared next to Naruto in an instant.
He gently pressed one hand on Naruto's shoulder.
In the midst of his stupor, Naruto couldn't help but turn his head in surprise: "Uncle Kakashi?"
Kakashi could see that Naruto's expression was somewhat dull.
He could also find that Naruto's expression was rather stiff.
The small body was still trembling uncontrollably.
These are all signs of killing for the first time.
A life is passing away in one's own hands, as long as one is not born bloodthirsty, one will have this reaction.
Kakashi thought this was normal.
"Naruto, are you ready to step into the world of ninjas?" Kakashi's voice was surprisingly gentle.
This sentence brought Naruto back from his dazed mood.
Naruto looked down at the wet blood on his palm.
The Kunai in his hand is still stuck in Gato.
"Is this... the world of ninjas..."
Naruto's body no longer trembled.
"Uncle Kakashi, I think this is not only the world of ninjas, but also the world of pirates!" Naruto's stiff expression also eased, and he continued to speak: "Whether it's to surpass the Hokage or to protect my family, I must take this crucial step."
"I understand! Decisive killing... this is the fourth lesson Pops told me about pirates!" Naruto's eyes gradually cleared: "But I won't kill for the sake of killing, every person I kill, must be a big bad guy!"
Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that Naruto's mind is still positive.
He did not go to extremes because he was bloodied for the first time. Unexpectedly, Whitebeard, this pirate, taught Naruto quite well.
Who would have thought that a pirate could teach a six-year-old child such a positive outlook on life.
Whitebeard's "parenting" view.
It seems quite normal
"Let's go, Naruto." Kakashi rubbed Naruto's hair, he didn't know why he made such a doting action.
"After we return to Konohagakure Village, I will treat you to Ichiraku Ramen." Kakashi revealed a sincere smile under his mask.
"Eh? Ichiraku Ramen? Really?!"
Hearing this, Naruto's eyes lit up instantly, and all his attention was attracted by Kakashi's words.
"But Uncle Kakashi, my appetite is very big now." Naruto scratched his head with a hand that had not been stained with blood.
"Fool! I'm an Anbu Shinobi!"
Kakashi flicked Naruto's forehead lightly and laughed, "You actually care about the wallet of an Anbu Jonin, my wallet is full you know?"
Kakashi doesn't have much of a hobby in his spare time. The money he saves from doing missions is either used to buy adult books or toys.
Or he goes to the flower shop to buy two white chrysanthemums to visit the two people he wants to see. Basically, these are his expenses.
But these don't cost much.
The key point is.....
He is still responsible for the task of guarding Naruto. When the time comes, no matter how much money he spends, he can directly ask the Third Hokage for reimbursement.
Very reasonable!
"Great!" Naruto immediately showed a look of ecstasy: "It's a deal! Uncle Kakashi, you can't go back on his word!"
"Speaking of which, Uncle Kakashi, you're such a good person..."
Naruto is recruiting new members for the Whitebeard Pirates: "Why don't you join the Whitebeard Pirates and become Pops' son?"
Kakashi's mouth twitched slightly: "...."
You father and son pirates.
Is there an end to this?
....
A few days later.
Sailing on the sea is not boring.
Because Whitebeard holds a banquet on this ship every day. This ship was originally a ship brought by Gato. Now, it has been "temporarily" requisitioned by the Whitebeard Pirates.
There are also a group of ready-made sailors on the luxury ship, so there is no need to go and find some sailors who can sail.
That businessman Gato has become a "ship-sending boy".
"Gulp gulp gulp gulp..."
"Gurarararara...."
"Good wine!!"
All the wine on the entire luxury ship was basically drunk by Whitebeard alone.
Whitebeard is full of strong alcohol.
In just a few days, he drank tons of fine wine.
His face was slightly drunk.
"It's a pity that you little ninja don't know the goodness of 'wine'!" Whitebeard glanced at Kakashi and others, and laughed loudly: "For pirates, wine and partners are the second life of pirates! Gurara!"
"Ninjas absolutely cannot drink during the mission." Kakashi looked at his ecchi book while enjoying the sea breeze, and he said: "This is the fifth iron rule in the 'Konohagakure Ninja Basic Manual'."
"You ninjas have a lot of broken rules!" Whitebeard was full of disgust for that 'Konohagakure Ninja Basic Manual'.
"After all, ninjas and pirates are different." Kakashi closed the ecchi book with a lack of interest. He bought this ecchi book from Land of Water, but found that it was not well written.
Even using it to pass the time on the ship seems a bit boring.
Kakashi began to miss the next volume of 'Icha Icha Paradise'.
I wonder when that Jiraiya-sama will....
When will the next volume be written?
Just then.
A splash of water sounded.
"Water Release: Water Wave!" Karin formed a seal with both hands and spat out a stream of water towards the sea. Due to the imprecise operation, the spat out water flow dispersed in all directions.
This is a Ninjutsu that Karin has been practicing recently.
She also has the motivation to become stronger.
On the other side, her mother Uzumaki Fuushi is practicing the Uzumaki clan's ancestral sealing technique.
If someone like Karin, who has water release Ninjutsu, can still have guidance,
Then the Uzumaki clan's ancestral special sealing technique.
Uzumaki Fuushi can only explore it herself.
Although the progress is relatively slow.
But she has made progress.
"3921, 3922.....4000..." On Naruto's back, Uchiha Shisui was sitting. This was Naruto asking Shisui to sit up, and he himself was doing push-ups.
Naruto, who was sweating profusely, felt that he was becoming more and more adapted to high-intensity physical training. He clearly felt that his body was extremely tired, but he felt that he could still persist for several hours.
While doing weighted push-ups, Naruto was pondering a special Ninjutsu given to him by Uncle Kakashi in his mind.
Uncle Kakashi said that it was left by his biological father.
It's an sealless Ninjutsu called "Rasengan".
"Naruto, you counted wrong." Shisui, sitting on Naruto's back, reminded helplessly.
"4001, 40..... Eh? Counted wrong?"
Naruto was suddenly startled, his little face was round: "Ah? Then I might not have done 4000, right? Pops asked me to do 5000 weighted push-ups today, right?"
"Oh, that's not the case." Shisui smiled: "You had already done 5000 an hour ago.
"Ah?" Naruto was stunned.
"If you count the ones you did in this hour, Naruto, you have already done 8002." Shisui said with a smile.
Naruto: "!!!"
"More than eight thousand?!" Naruto was dumbfounded: "Then why didn't you remind me?"
Shisui shrugged.
He told the truth: "I originally wanted to remind you, but after Whitebeard gave me a look, so I stopped talking. And you can also persist, looking at you, it seems that you can still persist for a few hours."
Naruto: "...."
At this time, Shisui looked in another direction.
There was a lonely figure practicing Kekkei Genkai.
"Using Ice Release to condense into dozens of icicles, then leveraging the Wind Release attribute, controlling the icicles and throwing them out."
As a person with Kekkei Genkai.
Haku can only explore it himself.
Haku took a deep breath and named this technique: "Ice Release: Chaotic Thousand Blades Jutsu!"!"
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Dozens of ice needles condensed in front of Haku flew out.
Like a fairy scattering flowers, it pierced into the sea, causing a thin layer of frost to quickly condense on the surface of that small piece of sea water.
But the frost was too thin and was shattered by the waves in the blink of an eye.
"Huh! It can attack the enemy and also restrict the enemy's actions." Haku thoughtfully: "It's just that the speed is too slow, it is very likely to be avoided by ninjas who react quickly."
Nine-year-old Haku showed amazing Ninjutsu talent.
He actually created ice release Ninjutsu!
"Could you please tell me what level my technique is?" Haku looked at Shisui, he knew that this senior ninja from the Uchiha clan in Konohagakure had been observing him.
Shisui pondered: "From the perspective of destructive power and casting difficulty, this is probably a D-rank Ninjutsu.
Sometimes Shisui can't help but sigh.
In the Whitebeard pirate group, there is not a simple character, even if it is just joined by Haku, he is also a Kekkei Genkai ninja. What's even more outrageous is that he actually developed Ninjutsu himself.
Two pure-blooded descendants of the Uzumaki clan.
A nine-tailed Jinchuriki from Konohagakure Village.
An ice release Kekkei Genkai.
If these four children of Whitebeard grow up, they will group up into very powerful ninjas.
"D-rank?" Haku pondered. He had heard from Zabuza that the ninjutsu taught in ninja school were basically E-rank.
These are some transformation jutsu, clone jutsu, and escape technique.
Ninjutsu with offensive capabilities are D-rank or higher ninjutsu, usually only learned and used after becoming a Genin.
So it seems that he, who can use this ninjutsu...
Can barely be considered a Genin?
.....
Half a day later.
It's dusk.
"Pops, look! Land! There's land ahead!" Naruto, who had been tired all day, noticed the appearance of the coastline ahead and shouted excitedly: "I see the Land of Fire!"
"Oh?" Whitebeard threw away the pitifully small bottle of wine. This bottle of wine was even smaller than a dose of oral liquid compared to his size.
When Whitebeard looked into the distance, he also grinned.
"Gurarararararara! Just in time, all the fine wine on the ship has been drunk. The first thing my stupid son does when he gets to land is to buy wine!"
Naruto immediately raised his hand and said, "Leave it to me, Pops!"
Kakashi was also looking at the land of the Land of Fire in the twilight.
Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief: "Phew, finally back."
Naruto has been away from Konohagakure village for a long time.
He just startling to realize that Naruto has been away from Konohagakure for almost a year!
They spent over a month traveling from Konohagakure to the border of the Land of Fire to find Tsunade.
Then, from the Land of Fire, they went to the Land of Grass and destroyed the Kusagakure Village, which took another month.
Next, they returned from the Land of Grass, crossed the Land of Fire to the seaside, which took nearly two months.
Then, from the seaside of the Land of Fire to the Land of Water, they occupied Gato's shipyard, participated in the Kirigakure coup, and killed the Fourth Mizukage.
They also stayed in the Land of Water for a long time, eating and drinking for free.
Finally, they killed the big businessman Gato.
This took several more months.
"Ten and a half months." Kakashi recalled and sorted out how long Naruto had been away from Konohagakure. It's only a month and a half short of a full year.
Kakashi murmured, "The events of this year are as 'exciting' as a great ninja war."
In less than a year, Whitebeard destroyed a Grass Ninja Village and then overthrew a Kirigakure Village.
They kill wherever they go.
Is this what pirates do?
This time... Since the ship was originally equipped with sailors, Whitebeard didn't need to stop the ship in a rough way, and the ship was docked at a dock by the trembling sailors.
The dusk has passed.
Night falls.
Under the moonlight, you can see a few dim lights on the dock. Naruto is the first one who can't wait to jump down directly.
He jumped down from the ship.
Jumped to the bottom.
"Great! I can return to Konohagakure Village soon. By then, Grandpa Hokage will definitely be shocked by my growth, right?" Naruto's smile on his face was brilliant, "I must tell Grandpa Hokage about my adventures with Pops."
The slightly naive Naruto didn't know that his "kind" behavior was like stabbing a steel knife into Sarutobi Hiruzen's heart.
Naruto touched the full banknotes stuffed in his trouser pocket.
"Hmm, I asked Uncle Kakashi for 300,000 Ryo."
Naruto walked forward while talking to himself, "This money should be enough to buy Pops a lot of good wine."
However, he hadn't walked a few steps forward.
His little face suddenly changed.
He immediately stopped.
And hurriedly raised his head.
Under the moonlight and the light of the dock lamp, Naruto could see a stranger standing in front of him.
The other person's appearance made Naruto doubt whether the other person was a human?
Naruto suddenly noticed that there was a small iron piece on the other's forehead, and that iron piece was reflecting light.
He was suddenly startled.
What is this small iron piece? This is clearly a ninja forehead protector!
And this ninja forehead protector is obviously not from Konohagakure.
Naruto recognized that it was the forehead protector of the Kirigakure Village!
That ninja is from Kirigakure!
"Naruto, quickly retreat!" At this moment, Kakashi's serious voice came from behind.
Naruto could hear the very solemn tone of Uncle Kakashi.
He realized that something was not quite right.
He immediately retreated.
But he found that the strange-looking Kirigakure ninja in front of him did not stop his retreat, and even ignored him.
"'Samehada, Hoshigaki Kisame, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Kirigakure!" Kakashi named the Kirigakureist ninja in front of him, his dead fish eyes were a bit vigilant, and he said in a deep voice: "Have you been following us all the way in secret?"
"You suddenly appeared, what do you want to do? This is the Land of Fire, not your Land of Water." Kakashi questioned: "Do you want to come to avenge your Fourth Mizukage?"
"Ha!" Kisame grinned, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth.
The ninja sword "Great Sword. Samehada" was carried on his back.
Kisame did not make any attacking posture.
Instead, he spoke openly: "Kakashi of the Sharingan, tsk, do you think I would avenge such a person? You'd better let make way for me, I'm not looking for you."
Kakashi was stunned.
Only to see Kisame's gaze passed Kakashi.
He looked at Whitebeard behind Kakashi.
Kisame moved his feet a bit, and everyone found that there were three human heads behind him! Those three heads were all soaked in sea water and turned white. You can see that the forehead also has a Kirigakure forehead protector.
"They are supporters of Karatachi Yagura, they want to avenge Karatachi Yagura, and plan to assassinate Whitebeard."
Kisame opened his mouth and said astonishingly: "I cut off their heads and came to surrender to the Whitebeard Pirates!"
He looked at Whitebeard with very hot eyes.
"I won't follow a man like Karatachi Yagura. Even after his death, there's no one in the entire Kirigakure village worth my loyalty."
"Only Whitebeard, your heroism completely impressed me!"
"I am Hoshigaki Kisame of Kirigakure village..."
"I Want to join the Whitebeard Pirates!"
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