LRAB Chapter 150 Strength That Doesn't Match Wealth
Chapter 150 Strength That Doesn't Match Wealth
"Why bother trying so hard? It's useless! No matter how desperately you train, you'll never be able to beat Kado's subordinates!"
At the dining table, Tazuna's grandson, the little boy named Inari, looked at the three exhausted from their training and suddenly shouted excitedly at Naruto, Satsuki, and Sakura, his little face filled with despair and indignation beyond his years.
After saying these disheartened words, he turned around abruptly, tears welling up in his eyes, and rushed back to his room without looking back, slamming the door shut with a loud bang.
Seeing this sudden turn of events, Sakura and Satsuki both looked confused and bewildered. They couldn't understand why this child would say such discouraging things.
With an apologetic and worried expression, Tsunami quickly got up and went to her room to comfort her son. After a while, Tazuna sighed heavily and then explained the reason to everyone in a hoarse voice.
The story's outline is roughly the same as Naruto's memory. The root of this child's seemingly world-weary and sad nature lies in his brave but unfortunate stepfather—Kaisha.
Kaisa, a man once hailed as a hero in the Land of Waves. To be honest, when reading the original work, Naruto felt that this man's heart and resolve were very similar to his father, Minato Namikaze, in some ways... sunny, upright, and willing to stand up for others.
Unfortunately, unlike in reality, although Keisha possessed the awareness and character of a hero, he did not have the powerful strength to reverse reality.
Later, when Kado attempted to completely control the Land of Waves through capital and violence, Keisha resolutely stood up and tried to organize a resistance against the oppression of the Kado Group.
However, the rebellion ultimately failed. Keisha was captured by Gato's men, and to make an example of him and completely crush the will to resist of the people of the Land of Waves, Gato cruelly ordered Keisha's public execution in front of a large crowd of villagers…
At this point, Dazner's voice choked with emotion, and tears streamed down his face. It was clear that he had a very deep affection for his son-in-law, and this grief remained deeply etched in his heart.
Although Inari always acts like a tragic protagonist and even criticizes others who are working hard, which is indeed very annoying, Naruto can understand him.
In Inalina's young mind, his stepfather Kesha was the most powerful, bravest, and most reliable hero in the world.
This image is roughly equivalent to how the Hokage seems to solve all problems in the eyes of the children in Konoha.
And yet, this very hero, whom he regarded as his faith and pillar, was easily destroyed and trampled upon by evil forces in front of so many people... This collapse of faith and the immense trauma was enough to make a child completely lose faith in "effort" and "resistance," plunging him into the abyss of despair.
But Naruto couldn't help but complain in his heart: Why do people in this world, especially ordinary people, always lack the most basic understanding of the true difference in strength between ninjas?
That guy, Kado, is clearly one of the world's richest men, with wealth that rivals that of a country, yet the so-called "subordinates" he keeps are almost all ronin samurai and thugs who only know how to bully the weak and fear the strong.
The only fighter he could fight was Zabuza Momochi, whom he hired temporarily from outside at great expense.
In short, to completely defeat this kind of guy who has wealth but lacks the corresponding military strength to protect him, any one of the five great ninja villages only needs to send a standard Jonin squad to perfectly resolve the situation. At most, it's a task with the difficulty and price of an A-rank mission.
It's also possible that when the creator god first conceived of the Naruto world, he didn't think that far ahead... A pure, ruthless villain like Gato was probably the most standard "bad guy" form he could think of at the time.
However, since Kado's death is imminent anyway, he's probably one of the richest people in the world... so he must have a lot to talk about with Kado about money.
Naruto, with a touch of wicked humor, imagined that scene.
After a while, Tsuna returned to the living room with an apologetic smile on her face and began to quietly prepare dinner for everyone.
Perhaps because the story from earlier had made the atmosphere too heavy, Tazuna deliberately spoke in a relaxed tone during the meal to lighten the mood. "Oh, this is so much fun! It's been so long since I've had such a lively meal with so many people."
However, silence remained at the table, and no one spoke. The group finished their dinner in this somewhat oppressive quiet.
During the break, after everyone had gone to sleep, Naruto quietly went alone to the clearing in the woods where he had trained during the day.
He first formed a hand seal to create a shadow clone. This shadow clone immediately used a transformation technique to become the appearance of Menma, and then put on the fox mask that could block senses.
Once ready, the shadow clone activated the Flying Thunder God Technique and vanished instantly, heading to the [Jin] organization's stronghold in the Land of Hot Springs.
Meanwhile, Naruto's main body began intensive training alone. He focused on practicing complex sealing techniques and manipulating the Adamantine Sealing Chains. He planned to train until his body felt exhausted before going to sleep.
The air in the woods was cool in the dead of night, but his continuous exercise made him feel no cold. After another strenuous session of the Adamantine Sealing Technique, until his chakra was severely depleted and he was panting heavily, a strong sense of exhaustion washed over him. Naruto felt his eyelids growing heavier and heavier, so he lay down on his back on the soft grass, gazed at the starry sky, and soon fell into a deep sleep.
Fortunately, sleeping doesn't directly cause the shadow clones to disappear. When a ninja uses the Shadow Clone Technique, they distribute their chakra evenly among each clone and the main body at once.
This allocated chakra acts like a "battery," maintaining the existence and activity of the clone. As long as this chakra isn't depleted, or the clone isn't fatally attacked, the clone won't disappear. Sleeping is a physiological process for both the main body and the clone, not an attack that consumes chakra.
Sleep itself can even help restore chakra, so unless the main body is seriously injured and the chakra circulation is disrupted, normal sleep will not affect the chakra output that has already been allocated to maintain the clones.
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The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, Naruto was awakened by a soft, gentle voice while he was still asleep.
"You'll catch a cold if you sleep in a place like this."
Naruto groggily sat up, rubbed his eyes, and sure enough, saw the person he expected.
It was a "girl" with beautiful long, straight black hair, dressed in a simple and elegant kimono, with delicate features and gentle manners... if Naruto didn't know her true gender.
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