Chapter 21: Supplies
It's been a week since Naruto left Ei's place, and for the whole week Naruto has been walking in the mountains, sleeping at sunrise and walking at sunset, rounding out all the villages against the map he found in Ei's grandfather's study.
Naruto didn't know if Konoha was still searching for him, and he didn't plan to take the initiative to inquire about the crowded places because of the unknown risks.
The place where Konoha is located is roughly a little southwest of the central part of the Fire Country, so the place Naruto is going to now is the Yuno Country, which is connected to the northeast of the Fire Country. The closer to the border, the weaker Konoha's strength becomes, and when he goes abroad, it will be several times more difficult for Konoha to capture himself back to the village.
I managed to hold on to the dry food on my body for a week, but then I had to replenish my food if I wanted to move on. You can also fill your stomach with game, but the fire at night is easy to attract unscrupulous customers.
Weighing his wallet, there is also half a month's orphan allowance in it, if you save a little, you can probably support yourself to go abroad, and the rest will wait until you get to the country of Yu.
Finally, when the sun was about to set, he came to the nearest village, and Naruto launched the transformation technique to transform himself into a young traveler about 20 years old.
It's late autumn in September, and the weather has begun to get cooler, and the number of people who want to go to Yunokuni to enjoy the hot springs is gradually increasing, so the villagers are not surprised by the young traveler's visit, and they just think that this is another idle young man.
After successfully exchanging the surplus grain from his wallet to the head of the farmhouse for some bacon and dry food, Naruto arrived at the only inn in the village.
It was getting dark now, and it would be a bit noticeable if he continued to travel at this time, and Naruto didn't want to attract attention, so he rented a room to live in despite some reluctance.
"Then, I won't disturb the guest officer, I'll be at the counter on the first floor, just shout if you need anything. The inn's only waitress and proprietress bowed Naruto and withdrew, saying so before leaving, not forgetting to wink at the clear-eyed boy.
Naruto didn't feel the kindness of the proprietress at all, but instead a chill kept coming up from his back. Looking at himself in the mirror, he found that his face in his previous life still seemed to be too 'provocative', and after deciding to change his ordinary appearance next time, Naruto put his package on and sat up cross-legged on the bed, condensing the chakra.
The sudden reversal of day and night was not a big problem for Naruto, as long as he made up for it tonight, he couldn't relax his own cultivation, and he hadn't paid off what he owed others.
Although more than three months had passed since Naruto had escaped from the village, Naruto's chakra had not grown much. On the one hand, it was because Naruto didn't deliberately cultivate, while on the other hand, it was Naruto who fed someone all the chakras that he had cultivated a lot.
Inside the sealing space, Naruto, like outside, sat outside the cage of the Nine-Tails in a cross-legged position, and a thin band of blue light passed through the cage connecting Naruto and the Nine-Tails, of course, only for the Nine-Tails. The band of light with the huge body was like a thin thread, and it could be torn off with a light touch.
Nine-tails fiddled with the blue 'thin thread' in boredom, and said impatiently: "It's almost time to put away this boring trick for me, I'm tired of watching it." ”
Naruto obviously didn't listen to the Nine-Tails' impatience with the Nine-Tails, but instead persuaded the Nine-Tails: "Anyway, it's not a hindrance, you can just take it." ”
Nine-Tails put away the forelimbs that were playing with the light band, and showed their claws and threatened: "I told you a long time ago, this level of chakra is not enough to stuff my teeth, quickly put away your tricks for me." ”
Naruto put down the handprint that condensed Chakra, and returned what he had said a long time ago to the Nine-Tails again: "I also said that if I borrowed you, I will definitely return it to you, so you can accept it with peace of mind." ”
"This guy is serious. The Nine-Tails stared at Naruto, thinking to himself. But remembering what human beings had done to them in the past, he once again pressed down the strange feeling in his heart and said to himself: "Don't be stupid, think about what those humans have done to you before! Human beings are a group of self-interested creatures after all, they are afraid of your power, they crave your power, they will not look at you at all, they only see you as a tool of power, a symbol of calamity. They manipulated you, sealed you, and never faced your existence once, do you still want to believe in humans, don't be stupid!"
"If I have the power, I can give you as much as you want, and these things will be taken back for me quickly and simply, so that I will not be upset when I look at them. Nine-Tails waved his claws and neatly cut off Naruto's chakra bands of light, baring his teeth and saying to Naruto.
It didn't feel good to have your chakra suddenly cut off, just like a whip that was dancing suddenly broke off, and the original balance was suddenly broken. But this kind of thing happened from time to time in the past three months, and the Nine-Tails' mood often suddenly turned bad, and then the transmission chakra would be cut off, and at first the Nine-Tails didn't even let Naruto's chakra infiltrate the prison at all. It's a pity that the seal of this gossip seal is unidirectional, and while suppressing the leakage of the Nine-Tails Chakra, Naruto's Chakra can enter and exit unimpeded, and the Nine-Tails, who is deeply annoyed by Naruto's attempts day after day, has no choice but to let him transmit the Chakra.
Seeing that the Nine-Tails was in a bad mood, Naruto calculated that the time was almost up, and it would be too heavy for this body to continue refining, so he was no longer reluctant. Manipulating the severed chakra with a skillful technique that was gradually beginning to be skillful, and retracting it into his body, Naruto stretched his waist and said to the Nine-Tails, "Na, Xiao Jiu, come and talk to me for a while." ”
"Go back!" Looking at Naruto's figure holding his sigh and fading away, Nine-Tails thought with a headache: "This is really troublesome, the seal of the fourth generation is really powerless to break with me now, and the only time it is loosened is when Naruto uses my chakra." But now it seems that he doesn't plan to use my chakra, and that idiot actually provides me with chakra in turn, so when will the seal be loosened.
However, if you have the chance, you will definitely need me in the future, so take it as a pastime now, and let me see what you plan to do. ”
Inside the sealed cage, two points of scarlet returned to the darkness again, quietly watching the outside world.
The night in the village was very quiet, and the villagers went to bed early after a tiring day, except for the occasional dog barking or two. Unable to disturb the peace of the night, Naruto put out the lights and covered the quilt and fell asleep.
Early the next morning, Naruto left in the reluctant gaze of the proprietress after using the transformation again, Naruto who had already achieved his goal had no reason to stay here any longer, and the proprietress was even more enthusiastic to make Naruto feel terrified, and the old gluttonous expression as if he had seen some supreme food was also one of the reasons why Naruto decided to leave early.
Walking down the trail to a place where the village could no longer be seen, Naruto lifted his transformation and returned to the forest, where the leafy woods were undoubtedly better for hiding than the avenue with a wide view.
Not far away is the junction of the Land of Fire and the Land of Soup, and Naruto once again uses the transformation technique and transforms into a middle-aged man of thirty, just in case. And Naruto also deliberately adjusted his face to make himself look more inconspicuous.
The censorship of the official path is indeed a problem for ordinary people, however, Naruto also has his own path. Although there are many potential threats to the unexplored primeval jungle, there is always a way to deal with the past as long as you are careful, but on the wide official roads, there are more uncertainties.
The smooth crossing of the border allowed Naruto to breathe a sigh of relief, and the strings that had been tight for a long time were slightly relaxed. But think about it, it's impossible for a village as big as Konoha to keep an eye on itself, although Konoha is powerful, but there are also many enemies, Konoha occupies the country of fire, a resource-rich cake, but it makes the four surrounding countries covet, although Konoha is the winner of the Third World War, but this can't suppress the ambition of the jackal, and now peace is just a time for them to recuperate, silently return to the den **** wound.
Crossing the border, Naruto traveled north along the land of Yunokuni to the land of frost, and after successfully crossing the border of the country of Yunokuni on the ride of a caravan, he turned east to the largest port of the country of thunder.
However, Naruto encountered his biggest difficulty since going out here - he ran out of money.
Naruto's goal is the Land of Water, and the only way to get to the Land of Water from the Land of Thunder is the Land of Water, even if you want to go to the Land of Water from the Land of Fire.
The Land of Water is a large group of islands, with many smaller islands scattered across its territory in addition to the largest island, independent of the mainland. The only way to reach the Land of Water is to sail through the Endless Sea, because the road is far away, and there are many fierce beasts under the sea, and there are not many ships willing to go to sea to the Land of Water, and now that winter is approaching, there are even fewer ships coming and going.
Due to the change in the weather, people who are still willing to go to sea now want to make a good profit at the end of the year, so the ticket price has also risen and fallen.
Looking at the ticket that had soared to 10,000 taels, Naruto could really only sigh. By the way, a bowl of Ichiraku ramen is about 60 yuan.
"Hurry up, there's still a car later, hurry up." Naruto couldn't help but have a bad idea as he watched a group of workers busily move boxes of goods onto one of the luxury transoceanic ships bound for the Land of Water.
It's not that I don't want to buy a ticket, it's just that I can't get it now, and I will definitely make up the ticket money in the future, that's it, yes!