Chapter 421 Dead Soul

The smell of grilled fish wafts from the shore.

Naruto sat on the side, did not pick up the grilled fish to eat, but secretly looked at the boy in white who was enjoying the grilled fish with his eyes.

guessing the identity of the boy in white.

No matter how you look at it, the identity of this boy in white is very suspicious, and his behavior of drowning in the center of the lake is also very weird.

Seeing that the other party was eating grilled fish with a calm face at the moment, Naruto finally couldn't help but said:

"that"

"Um?"

The boy in white was still biting the grilled fish. Hearing Naruto's voice, he raised his head to look at him and blinked his eyes, as if wondering why Naruto called him to stop at this time.

"Why are you unconscious in the middle of the lake... that is a very dangerous behavior."

Naruto said.

The boy in white stopped eating the grilled fish, took the remaining half of the grilled fish from his mouth, and then slowly said to Naruto: "Suicide."

"suicide?"

Naruto widened his eyes, looking incomprehensible.

"Yes, I want to kill myself."

The boy in white definitely nodded.

Now Naruto is even more confused.

Moreover, the boy in white's answer was beyond his comprehension.

How can a person who is so well-behaved suddenly commit suicide?

"Is it hard to understand?"

Seeing Naruto's incomprehensible look, the boy in white asked back.

"Um."

Naruto didn't understand the boy's thoughts at all, nor did he know what was going on in the other's mind.

But the act of suicide is originally a negative thought of avoiding the world, and it cannot solve any substantive problems.

If it is really necessary to commit suicide, how desperate is it for future life to have such unbearable thoughts and put them into action?

However, he didn't see any sadness and despair on the face of the boy in white. Even when he said the word 'suicide', it seemed that it was just for explanation and explanation.

Therefore, Naruto could not understand.

"After all, in my opinion, there is no hurdle in life. I have been hated by many adults in the past, and many people of the same age have also been affected by me and started to stay away from me. It is a bit hopeless to say the least, but escaping cannot solve any problems. I think only by facing them can we grasp and change others' perceptions of themselves."

At least, it's not that he doesn't have people who care about him, nor does he have friends who are willing to get along with him.

Although there are very few, these are enough to become the light in his heart and expel those bad dark thoughts.

The boy in white stared blankly at Naruto, has he been preached to?

Although the explanation given was very reluctant, the other party seemed to be dispelling his negative thoughts of suicide.

However, the other party's remarks clearly misunderstood something.

He didn't commit suicide because he was desperate for the future.

"Noisy...want to be quiet."

"What?"

"No, it's nothing. It's just that I haven't figured it out for a while, but after hearing what you said, I don't have any thoughts of suicide for the time being."

The boy in white shook his head, unwilling to dwell on this topic.

After all, his own existence is too incredible for outsiders.

"Eh?"

Naruto looked at the boy in white in astonishment.

At one moment he wanted to commit suicide, but at another moment he gave up suicide. This guy changed his face too quickly.

Could it be that what I said is really so useful.

"Because I want to protect my father, he is the creator of my life. Before I fall, I must keep fighting."

The expression of the boy in white suddenly became firm.

"Yes, is it? Look, don't you still have family members caring for you?"

Naruto doesn't know what happened to the inner journey of the boy in white, but it is undoubtedly a good thing to give up suicide.

Moreover, it is also a great dream for Naruto to regard protecting his most important relatives as the goal of life.

Naruto's affection for the boy in white suddenly soared.

People who have this kind of awareness to protect others and even give up their own lives are definitely not bad people.

"Speaking of which, I've always wanted to ask, that forehead guard you're wearing... Are you a ninja?"

The boy in white changed the subject, fixed his eyes on the forehead guard on Naruto's forehead, and began to ask.

Naruto raised his eyebrows, with a very proud smile on his face, put his hands on the forehead, helped the forehead up, and said with a smile on his face: "Yes, I am a ninja from Konoha Village, Uzumaki Naruto."

"Konoha? The mark on the forehead is indeed a bit familiar."

"Have you seen any other Konoha ninjas?"

"Um."

The boy in white squinted his eyes backwards, and his eyes fell on the long handle wrapped in white cloth.

It seems that quite a few Konoha ninjas died under this gun.

"So, in other words, you are also a ninja?"

Naruto is interested.

The boy in white nodded calmly, and took out a forehead with a strap from his arms. The standard is the same as the ninja forehead in Konoha Village. The difference lies in the tattoo on the forehead, which is a blooming aster flower.

"I remember seeing this tattoo somewhere, it's strange, where is it?"

Naruto stared at the mark on the forehead and scratched his cheek.

"This is the forehead guard worn by the ninjas of the ghost country."

"The Kingdom of Ghosts?" Naruto's mind flashed, and he suddenly realized: "Ah, I remembered it, no wonder it looks so familiar. At the port of the Kingdom of Waves, I saw a huge ship of the Kingdom of Ghosts. The same mark as this forehead is engraved on the flag."

"That is the **** fleet belonging to the army of the ghost country."

The boy in white nodded.

Na no Kuni is an island country. If Konoha Ninja wants to come to the country of Wave, he can only cross the sea by boat and land at the port.

It is inevitable to find military ships belonging to the kingdom of ghosts there.

"In other words, you are indeed a ninja from the kingdom of ghosts."

"That's right, my name is Chiko... Ninja rank, according to the position my father arranged for me, I should be a Jnin."

"Junin!?"

Naruto's eyes were about to pop out, and he looked at the boy in whiteChizi with a look of surprise.

The other party's appearance looks like he is barely fifteen or sixteen years old, is he a jonin at such a young age?

In Naruto's view, this is simply a fantasy.

After Kakashi's training, Naruto is well aware of the gap between the lower ninja and the upper ninja.

Even if he is given three years to make up for it, Naruto can't guarantee that he can become a powerful existence like Jonin.

"Well, may I ask, how old are you this year?"

Could it be that this child just looks younger? Actually older?

Chizi was stopped by the question.

"What's wrong?"

"No, I'm just thinking about how old I am... If I count from the year when I really regain consciousness and can move freely, my current age should be five years old... or four years old?"

Chizi looked serious thinking.

It was the first time someone asked his age.

He is a cyborg and cannot be viewed by normal human standards.

The moment he was born, he could walk on the ground, his body has not grown to the current position, and his intelligence is comparable to that of an adult.

This is really incomprehensible to normal people.

According to the development of a normal human baby, it takes at least ten years of growth to reach the state when he was born.

Five? four years old? Or interrogative sentences? Chiko's answer made Naruto put question marks all over his face.

What a weird boy.

He felt that the other party might be worse than him in terms of common sense.

"Since you are Jonin, you must be very strong, right?"

Naruto put aside the topic of age, and instead focused on Chiko's Jonin title.

"According to my father, I should be very strong. Why, are you going to fight with me?"

If it's just for sparring, you can't use the 'Dead Soul Gun', otherwise you will die. Chizi said in his heart.

Occasionally, he would also be used as a training partner for the ninjas of the Oni Nation, and engage in gymnastics sparring. In that case, he was ordered not to use weapons.

"No, I just want to ask you to teach me how to practice. If you are a Junin, you should know how to let me learn to tread water quickly, right?"

Naruto clasped his hands together, giggling,

"Treading water? Isn't it a fight?"

Besides, isn't treading water the basic skill of a ninja? Skills that should be mastered in ninja school.

But Naruto said before that he was a renunciation, but he still hasn't learned to tread water.

Could it be said that Konoha's ninja school will not teach water treading exercises before graduation?

"Of course not, I'm going to learn to tread water soon and surprise some little guy."

Naruto said seriously.

"Although I don't know who the little dwarf you are talking about, since you are so serious, please, I will forcefully teach you how to tread water."

After all, after eating the other party's grilled fish, Chi Zi didn't want to renege on his debt.

Gratitude must be repaid, and revenge must be avenged.

Moreover, he doesn't dislike Naruto's simple and straightforward character.

I just hope that he will not die by his own hands in the future.

Otherwise, I would feel a little bit lost in my heart.

"Thank you so much!"

In Naruto's view, Kakashi has the ability, but is too lazy.

Basically tell him the trick, and ignore him.

He also knew that it was unrealistic for a Jonin to follow him closely. After all, Sasuke and Sakura's position had to be taken into consideration.

But now that there is another jounin who can guide him, Naruto believes that he can learn to tread water faster, which makes the short children of Lei Guangtuan show a shocked expression.

"Try stepping on the water first, I want to know how far you have exercised by treading on the water."

Chizi said.

"good."

Naruto took a deep breath, walked to the shore, formed mudras with both hands, and began to gather chakra under his feet.

At the moment of gathering chakra, Chiko sensed the change of chakra in Naruto's body.

Chakra control is too poor.

But it should not be caused by subjective reasons. Another force is interfering with the opponent's chakra.

Although it is very hidden, the heterogeneous Chakra with strong consciousness, in his eyes, attracts attention like a firefly in the dark night.

Naruto began to tread water according to Chiko's order.

As before, it didn't last long before falling directly into the water.

After Naruto came ashore, Chiko asked, "Have you done the tree-climbing training?"

"Yes, but treading water is much more difficult than climbing trees, and there is no progress in the day."

Naruto wrung out the water stains on his clothes, and said distressedly.

"you are amazing."

Chizi suddenly praised.

Naruto blinked suspiciously at Chiko, wondering why Chiko praised him.

"It stands to reason that it is impossible for your talent not to be valued by the village."

As long as he is not blind, it is impossible for a high-level Ninja Village not to notice Naruto's solid foundation and talent.

Under the interference of such a heterogeneous Chakra, he can also learn to climb trees. After a day, the training of treading water has also made good progress.

This is not only the result of my own hard work, but also a full manifestation of my own talent.

In Chiko's view, Naruto is a born ninja.

Strong vitality and chakra, the top cultivation talent.

This is an excellent foundation for becoming a powerful ninja.

Among the geniuses Chiko has seen, Naruto's talent is also among the best.

Naruto's face became even weirder.

When Chizi said this, he obviously regarded him as a genius.

But my family knows my own affairs.

After he became a ninja, he was slower than Sasuke and Sakura when practicing any skills.

This gave him the idea that he is a mediocre person.

Only through uninterrupted efforts can we catch up with Sasuke and Sakura.

"In the past, was it particularly difficult to practice Sanshenjutsu? But learning ninjutsu that consumes a lot of chakra will be very fast?"

Chizi asked again.

"how do you know?"

Naruto looked at Chiko in surprise.

"This is not something to be surprised about. There is another force in your body that is interfering with your condensed chakra."

"Another force?"

Naruto froze.

He thought of something.

Nine-tailed demon fox.

That **** teacher Mizuki who lied to him, had said this.

There is a terrifying monster-nine-tailed demon fox sealed in his body.

attacked Konoha twelve years ago, and was sealed by the Fourth Hokage at the cost of his life, ending the chaos.

What Chizi was talking about should be the nine-tailed demon fox inside him.

As he said that, Chiko walked up to Naruto, patted Naruto on the shoulder, and said, "Okay, go and try it again, it should be much better this time. In fact, your chakra control has already reached the pass line, and treading water is very easy for you."

"is that so?"

Although he was puzzled by what Akiko said, Naruto still followed what Akiko said.

Go to the shore again and start treading water. I saw my feet standing on the water. Although a little unstable, I actually stood on the water and did not fall into the water.

Naruto showed surprise on his face, and began to dance on the water.

Seeing Naruto dancing on the water, Chizi once again sighed in his heart: he is a slow-witted guy.

In a way, he is also a slow-witted type.

But he wasn't so slow as Naruto.

Because of his dullness, he is indifferent to the outside world and outsiders.

Although his creator hopes that he can find some meaningful things from human society and better integrate into the human world.

But as he said, he is indifferent to the outside world and outsiders, so there is no way to talk about integrating into the human world.

"Great, how on earth did you let me do this? It's amazing! It's even better than Kakashi-sensei!"

Kakashi, who was stepped on by Naruto for no reason, didn't know it yet.

Naruto came to Chiko with a happy face, expressing his thanks.

"It's nothing, even without my help, you only need to spend a few more days to do it."

Chiko put his hand on Naruto's shoulder, and took back the power that was sent into Naruto's body just now.

"I just used my strength to barely stabilize the other chakra in your body, so you can control your own chakra as you like and successfully step on the water. But doing so is not good for your growth. Although having another chakra will slow down your cultivation progress, if you can successfully step on the water under the interference of such a strong chakra, it will also benefit you a lot."

In Chizi's view, being interfered with by another chakra is not a bad thing at all.

In the long run, this is a good thing.

Because this will help Naruto's own growth and further strengthen his ability to control Chakra.

As long as the control of Chakra reaches the peak, then, when the time comes to learn and perform many ninjutsu, it will be handy.

So, after letting Naruto experience the successful experience of treading water, Chiko withdrew his own strength to prevent Naruto from relying too much on this method of using shortcuts to succeed.

Under the influence of his family, Chizi is very aware of the importance of a solid foundation for a ninja.

Although he himself is not good at teaching, he also knows what is the most important thing for a ninja when he is a ninja.

"is that so?"

Naruto probably understood Chiko's meaning, but he was still thinking in situ.

Chizi was about to say something when he suddenly turned his head to look at a certain position.

"Someone is coming, is it your friend?"

Chizi asked.

Naruto raised his head and looked towards the direction Chiko was looking at, and Sasuke appeared there with a lunch box in his hand.

"Ah, it's Sasuke."

Naruto walked towards Sasuke.

"Naruto, this is the lunch that Kakashi asked me to bring to you."

Sasuke lifted the lunch box and put it in Naruto's hand.

Naruto accepted it with a happy face. Chiko ate all the grilled fish just now. His stomach is still empty and not full.

"By the way, I just saw a figure here, are you talking to someone?"

Sasuke asked.

"That's a friend I just met, Chizi, this is..."

Just about to introduce Sasuke to Chiko, when Naruto turned his head, he saw that the place where Chiko was originally staying was empty, and a few leaves slowly fell down.

"Strange, why did the person disappear?"

"Maybe he left."

"Is that so? What a pity, I wanted you to get to know each other."

"I'll save it, he should not be from the village, and judging from his sudden disappearance, he should be a ninja. Be careful, don't be fooled by others."

Sasuke looked at Naruto's unscheming face and reminded him to be careful with strangers.

"I'm not a child, how could I be cheated?"

Being underestimated by Sasuke made Naruto very dissatisfied.

Sasuke didn't say anything, just looked at the direction where Chiko disappeared, thinking about everything.

After parting with Naruto, Akiko returned to the Oni no Kuni military factory in Area D of Namokuni.

Just as he was about to walk out of the woods, Chizi stopped suddenly.

Looking indifferently at the thick grass next to him, he suddenly said, "Come out, you're already with me."

After Chizi's words fell, there were some voices in the grass, and a figure walked out of it, looking at Chizi with vigilant eyes.

Chiko looked at the familiar face of the other party, with long white hair, a forehead guard with the word "oil" on his forehead, and red oil paint under his eyes, and said, "It's you, if I remember correctly, you are the Konoha ninja called Jiraiya. Why, did you come to seek revenge on me?"

On the battlefield of the Land of Wind a few years ago, Chiko clearly remembered the battle with Konoha Ninja.

Because that battle was tragic, he still remembers it vividly.

At that time, many of Konoha's top ninjas died in his hands, and Jiraiya was one of the few surviving ninjas in Konoha in that battle.

Later, the Oni Country and Konoha made a deal to release the other party in exchange for Konoha's compromise and concession.

After all, a defeated general can no longer attract too much attention from the Kingdom of Ghosts.

But the other party means a lot to Konoha.

Although the opponent is one of the legendary Sannin, Chiko doesn't have much awe, and just looks at Jiraiya indifferently.

"A dangerous guy like you, what is the purpose of approaching Naruto?"

Ji Lai also looked serious.

He is a person who has personally experienced the war in the Kingdom of Wind, and he is very aware of Chizi's weirdness and horror.

The immortal body, the weapon behind it, can 'kill' the chakra system in the human body.

Even the two great immortals of Miaomu Mountain once suffered losses at the hands of each other, and in the end they were saved only by the Immortal Talisman of the Great Toad Immortal.

Otherwise, Immortal Zhima will not be able to use chakra and condense the art of immortality for the rest of his life.

The method of causing this result was just being slightly scratched by the opponent's weapon.

After the other party came into contact with Naruto just now, he wanted to separate the two of them several times, but considering that the other party was too close to Naruto, and it was inconvenient for him to show up there, he had to observe in secret to prevent Chizi from harming Naruto.

"Purpose?"

"That's right, as a confidant of Chiba Shiraishi, it's impossible for you not to know Naruto's identity."

Zilai also said seriously.

"Nine-tailed Jinchuriki? I did hear something from my father, but it was just a coincidence that I met him."

Chizi said so.

But this explanation obviously cannot dispel Jiraiya's vigilance.

However, there is no reason for Chiko to make Jiraiya, the Konoha ninja, believe him.

"If you want to avenge those Konoha ninjas who died in my hands, you can do it at any time. But I am a little tired today. If there is nothing else, I will leave first."

Without waiting for Zilai to respond, Chizi turned his head, touched the thing wrapped in white cloth belt behind him, and walked forward slowly.

It's a pity to let go of such a delicious soul, but there are still opportunities in the future, so don't rush. As Chizi walked forward, he muttered in his heart.

His pale face also began to fluctuate a little, showing a trace of evil that he didn't even notice.

(end of this chapter)