19The Art of the God of PaperAI Model: gemini-3.0-flashChapter 19: Technique of the Paper God
Upon returning home.
He locked the doors and windows, confirming that no one had followed him.
Naruto lay on the bed and let out a long sigh of relief.
"Whew~"
In just half a day, quite a lot had happened.
Immediately, he began to take stock of his gains from the past half-day.
First, his Villain Rank had risen to LV2, unlocking the book of evil and granting him a lottery chance.
Next were the evil points.
From the morning exam, by reporting others for cheating and messing with Ino, he had earned a total of 250 evil points.
And in the battle just now, he had earned another 240 evil points.
Among them, the two Otogakure ninjas contributed 20 points each, Neji contributed 40, Kakashi contributed 80, and Danzo contributed 100.
"The harvest from that old man is still the greatest."
Naruto couldn't help but feel emotional in his heart.
Now, his total evil points had reached 490.
Not only did he meet the 400 points required to activate the book of evil's Ninjutsu copying, but he also had a surplus of 90 points.
Subsequently, Naruto summoned the lottery interface.
If he drew another Ninjutsu, these 90 evil pointscould be used exactly for learning it.
Of course, it would be even better if he could draw a more powerful Bloodline Limit.
For example, the Rinnegan... or even the Sharinganwould do.
He didn't mind at all shouldering the responsibility of reviving the Uchiha Family, even though his surname wasn't Uchiha.
The familiar light screen appeared once again.
With a slight thought from Naruto, it began to change.
[...]
[Ding!]
[Congratulations Host, you have drawn the A-rank Ninjutsu—Technique of the Paper GodScroll]
Naruto: "..."
A woman's Ninjutsu.
Paper Release.
Although it wasn't a type of Bloodline Limit, in the original work, only Konan could use it.
In his memory, Konan's Paper Release was mainly divided into two parts—
One part was the [Dance of the Shikigami] technique.
Through [Dance of the Shikigami], one could turn their body into countless pieces of paper for reconnaissance or surprise attacks.
The other part was the [Technique of the Paper God].
This technique allowed the user to consume Chakra to disguise paper as anything, so well that even the Sharingan could not see through it.
The most classic application was the battle between Konan and Obito after Nagato's death.
At that time, she disguised six hundred billion exploding tags as the ocean, nearly killing Obito.
If it hadn't been for Izanagi's Heaven-Defying life-altering power, the story would have reached its finale early.
"Sigh, I'll make do with it."
Although it wasn't as good as the Flying Thunder God he drew before, and wasn't as powerful as a Bloodline Limit or other cheats.
But the [Technique of the Paper God] was already considered top-tier among conventional Ninjutsu.
If used properly, it might produce unexpected effects.
After accepting this, Naruto began to invest his evil points into Simulated Cultivation.
[Simulation Start]
[Despite having excellent Chakra control, Paper Release is still a completely new and unfamiliar Domain to you]
[You understand that while this is only an A-rank Ninjutsu, cultivating it will not be easy]
[...]
[After 60 months of tireless practice, your understanding of Paper Release has even surpassed Konan's]
[You have completely mastered the Technique of the Paper God]
[This simulation ends, consuming a total of 60 evil points]
[Remaining evil points: 430]
..."It actually took five years?"
Following a brief shudder, Naruto's strength welcomed another increase.
"Sigh, it can't be helped. Who told me to be a hard-working Genius?"
Now there was still a practical problem before him:
Where could he find the paper needed to perform the Technique of the Paper God?
The best choice, certainly, would be exploding tags.
But exploding tags were expensive; even Chuninand Jonin usually wouldn't use them in large quantities.
In Konan's battle against Obito, the number of six hundred billion exploding tags definitely had some inflation.
Otherwise, even if she had ten Kakuzus working for her, taking on S-rank missions since the time of the First Hokage, they still wouldn't have earned that much money.
The reward for a D-rank mission was between 5,000 to 10,000 Ryo.
C-rank was 30,000 to 100,000 Ryo, B-rank was 80,000 to 200,000 Ryo, and A-rank was 150,000 to 1,000,000 Ryo.
The rewards for S-rank missions were generally over 1,000,000 Ryo, with no upper limit.
And the price of a single exploding tag was nearly 1,000 Ryo, equivalent to 10 bowls of Ichiraku Ramen.
As an 'Android' who ate instant noodles every day, drank expired milk, and took on D-rank missions, where was he supposed to get the money for exploding tags?
"I have to think of a way."
Ultimately, if he had inherited the legacy of Minatoand Kushina, would he still be worrying about such trivial matters?
His old man alone had taken on 39 S-rank missions and as many as 323 A-rank missions.
As for his mom, she was the legitimate heir of the Uzumaki Family.
A Young Miss from a top-tier conglomerate, a pure capitalist.
She had always only considered issuing missions, rather than thinking about how to make a fortune by taking them.
But now, all that money had gone into the Third Hokage's pockets.
After the Third died, rounding things off, wouldn't it be like he was supporting Asuma and Kurenai's child in the future?
On what grounds?
Naruto felt like a victim who had been wronged.
"Sooner or later, I have to get that money back."
But for now, he still had to solve the immediate problem.
After a bit of thought.
Soon, he had an idea... the Hyuga Clan.
Neji Hyuga, leaning on a cane and supported by several Medical Ninjas, limped back to the Familyestate.
"Eh, isn't this Neji?"
At the entrance, he saw a familiar figure.
Uzumaki Naruto!
This guy actually didn't have a single injury on him and was greeting him as if nothing had happened.
Neji felt a surge of nameless anger instantly well up in his heart.
If it weren't for Hinata's plea, if it weren't for his sudden soft-heartedness, how would he have gotten involved in such a mess?
He hadn't even been caught in face-to-face combat.
Just that Otogakure ninja being thrown over had smashed him into a serious injury.
The Dead Last before him whom he looked down upon actually possessed such terrifying power by relying on the Nine-Tailed.
"As expected, fate is unfair..."
Neji felt a sense of inexplicable desolation.
Now not only was he injured, but it might even affect tomorrow's Chunin Exams.
He could only suppress the anger in his heart, ignore Naruto, and walk toward the gate.
"Wait a moment."
Just then, Naruto suddenly spoke.
Neji Hyuga could no longer hold it back.
"You guy, don't get too ahead of yourself!!! Pray that we don't meet in the upcoming exams, otherwise, I will teach you a lesson without mercy!"
Naruto tilted his head.
"What are you mumbling about? I'm asking you to call Hinata out for a moment."
"Hmph!"
Neji walked into the Family estate without looking back, and then with a "bang," he slammed the main gate shut.
Just as Naruto stood at the entrance for a while, thinking about how to call Hinata out.
A little girl with brown shoulder-length hair came walking over, carrying a small paper bag full of snacks.
The two's eyes met.
The little girl recognized the yellow-haired youth before her at a glance.
"Eh, isn't this the one my sister always follows and peeks at secretly..."
Naruto also recognized the other party.
Hyuga Hanabi.
"Do you have some business?"
Hanabi didn't show hostility like Neji did; on the contrary, she was full of curiosity about the person before her and took the initiative to ask.
"Little sister." Naruto crouched down, "Help me call Hinata out for a moment, and I'll give you candy to eat."
"Really?"
"Of course it's true, go on."
"...Fine, you wait."
Hanabi rushed into the Hyuga Mansion at her fastest speed.
Soon, she came out pulling Hinata along.
"Naruto-kun! It's so good that you're okay!"
Hinata breathed a sigh of relief.
Previously, she thought Neji hadn't agreed to her request, so she went to find Kurenai Yuhi again.
Although Kurenai told her to wait where she was and later sent news that "Naruto is fine, it was just some accident," Hinata was always worried.
Until this moment, seeing Naruto standing before her eyes completely unharmed.
Her heartstrings, which had been tight all day due to worry, finally managed to relax.
"Okay, where's my candy?"
Hanabi said as if claiming a reward.
"...I didn't bring any, I'll buy you some next time."
"Liar!" Hanabi immediately puffed out her cheeks, and that Aura of the Main House's Young Missinstantly erupted.
"Sister, look at him! He's just a big liar who doesn't keep his word!"
"Stop it, Hanabi, you go inside first."
Saying that, Hinata patted her sister's back and pushed her inside.
"Naruto-kun, did you come for something?"
Naruto went straight to the point: "I want to borrow some money from you to buy exploding tags to prepare for tomorrow's exam."
"No problem."
Hinata agreed without hesitation.
"exploding tags seem to be very expensive... how much do you need, is one million Ryo enough?"