Chapter 526: Just Like Your Konoha
In the original story, the Three-Tails, Isobu, was blasted into losing its ability to fight by Deidara, that explosive maniac, using an overwhelming amount of explosions.
Although Deidara had excellent battle instincts, when facing a giant creature like Isobu, his strategy was still nothing more than brute force. There wasn't much technique involved.
Sarutobi Hiruzen and Namikaze Minato were different.
The number of explosive tags they used was certainly far fewer than Deidara's.
But where they detonated them...
That was the crucial part.
They had targeted Isobu's weak spot.
Filled with resentment, the Three-Tails Isobu cast one final glance behind it at Hiruzen's gigantic extending Enma staff.
It really had been careless.
Back when it fought Hatake Sakumo in the Land of Water, it should have realized why Sakumo kept holding his sword while shouting "One Thousand Years of Death" and constantly attacking from behind.
Was he really just trying to find its weak point?
No!
This was simply a trademark of Konoha ninja!
Unfortunately, it had overlooked that fact. As a result, it hadn't guarded against attacks from other Konoha ninja coming from behind, and in the end its rear defenses were broken through by Sarutobi Hiruzen and Namikaze Minato's explosion attack.
The Three-Tails lost consciousness.
Its Tailed Beast form gradually disappeared, leaving only Rin lying there unconscious.
Fortunately, the Third Hokage withdrew his Enma staff in time. Otherwise, it might have injured Nohara Rin.
Just like that, the Three-Tails' rampage came to an end.
Konoha began rebuilding.
Obito waited patiently.
Only after the reconstruction was complete and everyone had some free time would they finally have the opportunity to condemn the Tailed Beasts.
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Meanwhile...
The three-man Konoha Sage Mode promotion team from the real ninja world continued traveling toward Sunagakure Village. As they passed through various small countries, they also spread the methods of Sage Mode training wherever they went.
Today, the three Konoha ninja arrived at a rather unusual village.
It was a village inhabited entirely by female ninja.
That's right—it was Nadeshiko Village, home of Tokiwa, the kunoichi who had previously sought Jiraiya's help in Amegakure.
The same Nadeshiko Village where Jiraiya had made an agreement that his disciple would duel one of their members to determine a marriage engagement.
However, things were different now.
Tokiwa had already brought the Sage Mode training method back to Nadeshiko Village.
The entire village was now immersed in an enthusiastic competition to master Sage Mode, with everyone striving to learn it as quickly as possible.
Nadeshiko Village had finally broken free from its old traditions.
They no longer spent every day thinking about how to snatch men from outside the village.
Even though Naruto had openly identified himself as Jiraiya's disciple—the very person who was supposed to fulfill that promise—Shizuka, the current head of Nadeshiko Village, never brought the matter up to him.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Shizuka assigned Tokiwa, the only kunoichi in Nadeshiko Village who had already mastered Sage Mode, to host the three visitors from Konoha. She then turned around without another word and returned to her residence to continue her "training."
As the creator of the Sexy Technique, Naruto often accompanied Konohamaru, its inheritor, to bookstores to read about Emperor Zhaolie of Shu(Liu Bei). Afterwards, he would pretend to be knowledgeable while discussing Emperor Wen of Wei (Cao Pi) with Konohamaru.
So, upon seeing a village populated entirely by female ninja, it was only natural that his curiosity was piqued.
Especially now that he possessed some additional knowledge.
The same went for Konohamaru.
After all, in the original story, Naruto had only gone so far as to develop the Reverse Harem Jutsu, whereas Konohamaru, a natural genius, went a step further and created a technique even Naruto never had developed—Sexy Jutsu: Girl on Girl Technique.(Sexy Jutsu: Onnanoko-Tachi Jutsu)
As the two chatted, Naruto turned to Tokiwa with a very important question.
"Um... may I ask something? Since everyone in Nadeshiko Village is a female ninja... does that mean all of you like girls?"
"..."
Tokiwa hadn't expected Naruto to ask something like that.
She couldn't help thinking that Naruto truly was Jiraiya's real disciple.
Just as perverted as his master.
"Actually, Nadeshiko Village is just like your Konoha."
She looked at the three Konoha ninja with a meaningful expression.
"...?"
"What do you mean?"
Naruto didn't understand.
Not only Naruto—even Konohamaru and Kakashi looked confused.
Nadeshiko Village was like Konoha?
In what way?
Konoha wasn't a village of only men or only women.
How could the two even be compared?
What was she talking about?
"You can't judge things only by appearances. Although everyone in Nadeshiko Village is a woman, we're all perfectly normal. We all like men..."
Tokiwa paused halfway through before continuing.
"Your Konoha, on the other hand, has both men and women, but everyone's preferences are anything but normal."
"That's nonsense!"
Naruto immediately became dissatisfied upon hearing Tokiwa slander Konoha like that.
"How can you make something like that up out of thin air and say Konoha ninja have abnormal preferences?"
"I've lived in Konoha for more than ten years! Ever since I was little, I've never seen anyone with abnormal preferences! Right, Kakashi-sensei? Konohamaru?"
"..."
Kakashi and Konohamaru were both honest people.
Faced with Naruto's question, neither of them could shamelessly agree.
After all, both of them knew that ever since Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara established the Will of Fire...
Something about Konoha had already been a little off.
Naruto, however, only became more enthusiastic as he continued defending Konoha.
"Not long ago, I slept with Sasuke every single day. Sasuke even used genjutsu to hypnotize me, and we were completely normal!"
"I think you've just read too many of those books that Kakashi-sensei likes. Your mind is full of that kind of stuff."
"..."
Tokiwa felt like laughing from sheer frustration.
Normal?
Where exactly was the normal part?
And now he was accusing her of reading too many dirty books.
Well, yes, she had read them.
She was still single despite her age. If she didn't read erotic novels, what was she supposed to read? Books exploring the mysteries of ninjutsu?
But the greatest and most famous authors of those kinds of books all came from Konoha.
And Naruto actually had the nerve to say that?
Then Tokiwa suddenly felt relieved.
She let out a long sigh.
Thankfully, she had brought Sage Mode back and broken Nadeshiko Village's old traditions.
Otherwise, if Naruto had really ended up having that matchmaking duel against Chief Shizuka...
The chief would have been far too pitiful.
She would have been forced to marry a guy who likes men and become a beard wife.
What a tragedy.
"How about this? I've only just begun mastering Sage Mode, so I'd like to travel with you from here on. I want to observe how you teach Sage Mode and continue learning."
"At the same time, I'd like to make a bet with you and see whether you're really a ninja with normal preferences."
After thinking it over, Tokiwa proposed something that would let her both handle official business and satisfy her personal grudge.
"Sure! What's the bet?"
Naruto agreed without the slightest hesitation.
Kakashi wanted to stop him, but it was already too late.
Shouldn't they at least discuss it first?
Think it through?
Naruto was simply far too easy to fool.
Because Tokiwa had ended with the words "make a bet," Naruto had unconsciously accepted the first half of her proposal as well.
"Before we start the bet, let me ask you one question."
Tokiwa prepared to set a trap for Naruto based on some gossip she had overheard on the streets of Amegakure.
"In your eyes, is the Kazekage, Gaara, a normal person?"
(End of this chapter)