Chapter 318 - 3

Chapter 3: I Want RobinAlmost, Wang Xu almost shouted out Zoro's name.Fortunately, at the last moment, he managed to hold it back.Zoro is great, but wouldn't it be better to have a beautiful woman by my side?Bah, bah, bah, I'm not doing this for the beauty.Besides, I'm not that kind of perverted person!It's because I need someone with a sharp mind and a talent for planning to strategize for me.Yes, right, that's it.Although Zoro is powerful, with his lack of sense of direction, it would be difficult to send him out alone to complete missions.Actually, Chopper isn't bad either. I wonder if he could go toe-to-toe with the Tailed Beasts if he grew large.But the cost-performance ratio is still too low.In that case, I can only choose between Nami and Robin.Who to choose? Wang Xu fell into a dilemma.In the end, Wang Xu painfully gave up on Namiand chose Robin.After all, he still preferred someone more conservative. Nami was always taking off her clothes for others to see, which was really a bit...However, he specifically requested that the Robinhe wanted must be the post-timeskip version; if you know, you know.To this, Taibai helplessly stated, "The person sent will have an identity arranged in Konoha Village.This is so she can appear before you in a reasonable manner.Alright, this is all the help I can give you.From today onwards, you are Naruto.Moreover, as time passes, you will increasingly integrate into and accept this identity.Good luck. I hope you can complete this task!Bring this world back on track, otherwise, both of us will be finished!"After saying that, before Naruto could react, he disappeared with a whoosh.When Naruto opened his eyes, he found himself back outside.He saw his deceased parents lying right beside him.A surge of sadness immediately welled up in his heart, and he began to wail loudly.The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, stood quietly to the side with two subordinates.Seeing Naruto's crying, even the Ninja Professorseemed a bit at a loss.Just then, a red figure descended from the sky.Seeing someone approach, Naruto looked over curiously and stopped crying.The newcomer wore a pair of geta on his feet, a grey-green long robe, and a small red vest over it.He had white hair and two red lines painted near his eyes.The newcomer was none other than one of the Sannin, Jiraiya!Jiraiya saw that his student and student's wife had died in battle.He didn't speak, only bit his lower lip and bowed to their bodies.Then he turned to look at Naruto, who was staring at him with wide eyes.Finally, a faint smile appeared on his face as he walked over slowly and carefully picked Naruto up from the ground.Jiraiya reached out a finger, gently touching Naruto's cheek, and said, "Little guy, so you are Uzumaki Naruto!Speaking of which, I was the one who gave you this name."At this moment, the Third Hokage walked over slowly and said, "Jiraiya, Minato has already sealed the Nine-Tailed into this little guy's body.We have decided that this child will first be..."Before the Third Hokage could finish, Jiraiya held up a hand to interrupt him and said, "I will take care of him until he is old enough to understand things!"After saying that, Jiraiya picked up Naruto and returned to Konoha Village.The Third Hokage looked at Jiraiya's back, rubbed his head, sighed, and said to the two people behind him, "Sigh! Bury the bodies of the couple!"Jiraiya took Naruto back to Konoha Village.At this time, due to the Nine-Tailed's attack, nearly half of Konoha Village had been turned into ruins.Fortunately, Jiraiya's home in Konoha Village was lucky enough not to be damaged.Naruto struggled to turn his head and look around, discovering that this was actually the home where he had originally grown up.He thought to himself: I didn't expect that I was actually raised by Jiraiya when I was a child.And the house I always lived in was actually Jiraiya's home!Thus, under Jiraiya's careful care, Naruto grew up day by day.Until Naruto spoke for the first time and called out the four words, "Pervy Sage."Hearing this, Jiraiya was clearly stunned for a moment.Then, he dotingly touched Naruto's cheek gently with his hand.However, Naruto clearly saw that Jiraiya's eyes seemed to be a bit moist.After this, Jiraiya disappeared.Naruto was then sent to an orphanage to be raised.From then on, Naruto's life began to take a turn for the worse.No one knew who had leaked Naruto's identity.Once everyone knew, they treated him like a monster and an enemy.Even though he was just an infant now.Even the workers at the orphanage were extremely repulsed by him.He often went a whole day without eating anything.Even if he wailed for an entire day, no one would come to look after him.And sometimes, even when someone did feed him.That person's mouth and hands wouldn't be idle, constantly pinching his tiny body.Consequently, Naruto's body was often covered in bruises.But strangely, the bruises would always recover to their original state very quickly.As it turned out, during this past year or so, Narutohad not been idle.Although he couldn't cultivate and didn't know how to,during an accidental attempt, he discovered that he could actually chat with the Nine-Tailed.The Nine-Tailed was also quite surprised to see this child, still in diapers, able to chat with him through consciousness.However, Naruto's explanation for this was: "This is probably just being exceptionally gifted!"After all, every era always has one or two outstanding figures.Clearly, the leading figure of this era is me.After hearing this explanation, the Nine-Tailedsimply replied, "Scram, don't touch me!"Naruto's efforts over the past year or so were not in vain.Although the current Nine-Tailed didn't say it, he clearly already acknowledged Naruto to some extent.For instance, those bruises on Naruto's body were all healed by him using Chakra.When Naruto turned exactly two years old, he was sent out of the orphanage.From then on, Naruto officially began living a solitary life.Living alone in the small house Jiraiya left him was actually much more relaxing.Moreover, he didn't have to worry too much about food and drink, as someone would regularly bring him food and money.However, the looks the villagers of Konoha Villagegave him were always full of disgust and hatred.But Naruto didn't seem to care about these things at all.He was still cheerful every day.When he saw the villagers, he would always go up and greet them.Even though he mostly received Byakugan and scolding in return, Naruto still enjoyed it every day.The Nine-Tailed saw all of this, and finally one day, he couldn't help but ask.