Naruto: Naruto's Uchiha girlfriend is too arrogant

Chapter 450 Jonin vs. Six Paths

Naruto stood frozen in place, the lingering sensation of unleashing the [Rasengan: Sun Core] still clinging to his fingertips. He had cultivated the power of the stars for years, meditating in the depths of the universe, conversing with barren planets, sealing the essence of the stars within his body—he had never imagined that the first time he would truly use this power… would be for such an absurd reason?

For a pervert who covets Satsuki? For a moment of uncontrollable killing intent?

"Naruto, well done!"

But then Jiraiya cheered loudly from behind. He strode forward, patted Naruto on the shoulder, and looked down at Naruto's right eye, whose starlight had not yet completely faded.

"This is the true power of your eye... truly remarkable." His praise carried the pride of a master, yet also concealed a hint of barely perceptible solemnity. "However, this level of technique—be extremely careful when using it."

"Splash—!!!"

At the same time, a tsunami of cheers and applause erupted around them!

Before the smoke and dust had even cleared, the villagers had already seen clearly that the steel monster that had suddenly appeared, and the freak sitting on it spouting wild words, had disappeared after Naruto made his move.

Whether he's dead, escaped, or whatever, Konoha's hero has once again stepped forward in the crisis to protect the peace of the streets!

"That's amazing!"

"As expected of young master Naruto!"

"We feel at ease with you here!"

The enthusiastic cheers almost drowned out Naruto.

"Hey! Wait a minute—!"

The ninja, her face pale, rushed forward. "That ninjutsu... it can instantly erase a human body?! We only asked for a duel, not a fight to the death—!"

"I won't use that technique again!" Naruto snapped back to reality and shouted at her, "No—I didn't even agree to your duel!"

His voice remained resolute and uncompromising. "I'll say it again—if it's a contest, I'll accept! But using a marriage contract as a wager? I absolutely will not accept!"

He turned to the side, grabbed Satsuki's hand, and held it between them. "—I already have a fiancée!"

At that moment, Zuo Yue's fingertips trembled almost imperceptibly.

"Naruto." She suddenly spoke, and under everyone's gaze, Satsuki's eyes swept over the solemn-faced Shizuka Nadeshiko before finally landing on Naruto's face.

"Fight her."

Naruto paused, "...Eh? But—"

"Anyway, with your strength..." Satsuki slightly raised the corners of her mouth, "losing is simply impossible."

Satsuki wasn't making concessions; she was declaring victory.

"It's okay." Zuo Yue leaned closer to him and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear. "I was so stupid... to get angry over this guy who suddenly appeared out of nowhere."

"Go. Beat her. And then—cut off their hopes completely."

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"Thank you all for coming—! Welcome to the Konoha Arena! Today, we have a sudden, yet highly anticipated, duel!"

The host's loud and excited voice echoed throughout the venue through the loudspeaker, eliciting excited whispers and cheers.

"And the stakes—are marriage?! If Konoha's hero is defeated, he will leave for another land and become the husband of the leader of a different country?! Is this a cruel joke of fate, or a test of true love?!"

Although the match was organized hastily, the stands were almost full. The love of watching excitement and fights is simply human nature.

"What nonsense is this guy spouting..."

In the center of the familiar arena where the final Chunin Exams had been held, Naruto felt a headache coming on. He couldn't understand where the organizers had found such an emotionally manipulative host—every word he uttered felt like water dripping into a pan of boiling oil.

"Now then—let's reintroduce the two sides facing off today!"

The host drew out the words, "First! It's the famous son of the Fourth Hokage, known to everyone in Konoha! The Fifth Hokage's personal disciple! The successor to the Yellow Flash who single-handedly saved Konoha from the brink of collapse! The great ninja hailed as the 'Golden Hope' by the entire ninja world—"

"Naruto Uzumaki—!!!"

"Ohh ...

"Naruto-sama—!!!"

"Konoha's hope—!!"

A deafening roar of cheers and shouts erupted instantly. People waved their arms, children rode on their fathers' shoulders, screaming excitedly, and girls blushed and looked around with their hands on their chests. Chunin and Jonin also joined in the applause and cheers.

Naruto felt extremely embarrassed. This introduction was too childish... And how come he didn't know he had such a title?

But the audience just loves it—the more exaggerated it is, the more excited they get.

"Then—the other contestant is a ninja from another country, the next successor of Nadeshiko Village—"

The host's tone noticeably softened, even becoming somewhat perfunctory. "Ms. Shizuka Nadeshiko!"

"call----"

A chorus of collective sighs of dejection rose from the audience.

"Stop daydreaming!"

"Hurry up and finish this game so you can go home!"

"What kind of backwater village is Nadeshiko Village?!"

It's really going too far to subject a woman to such cold treatment in public. But given Naruto's current position, any words of comfort would only appear hypocritical or arrogant.

Fortunately, Shizuka remained standing quietly opposite.

Her face showed no embarrassment, no anger, not a trace of emotion. Her eyes gazed calmly ahead, the surrounding clamor and hostility seeming to her as nothing more than a breeze passing by her ears.

In the audience, Kushina Uzumaki crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow toward the female ninja from Nadeshiko Village. "Oh? It seems even the group you brought... doesn't have much faith in you."

"Damn it...!"

The young woman gripped the railing tightly, her voice trembling with fear. "A bunch of blind fools—!!"

"I don't want to fight you."

Naruto looked at Shizuka Nadeshiko across from him, who had taken off her white outer robe to reveal her ninja battle suit, and spoke in a calm voice, just as before.

But Shizuka's gaze remained unwavering. She lowered her weight slightly, "This is my destiny, so I shall begin."

"Nadeshiko-ryu: Goba Reifu Ken—!!"

Before the fist even arrived, the pressure of the Wind Release technique had already crushed the ground like a tangible force! The hard surface cracked and splintered, fissures spreading outwards. That punch, carrying a compressed storm, hurtled straight towards Naruto's face—

"Whoosh."

Naruto simply tossed a trident kunai to his side.

The next second, he appeared at the point where the kunai would land, easily dodging the heavy punch. His clothes weren't even lifted by the wind pressure.

Shizuka remained expressionless, and with a light tap of her toes, she suddenly leaped into the air.

"Nadeshiko-ryu: Vacuum Martial Arts!"

She swiftly waved her hands, and dozens of kunai shot out from between her fingers!

Naruto looked up, his gaze instantly capturing the path of each kunai. Roughly at the level of an elite Jonin… at this age, he was already exceptionally gifted.

He assessed the situation in his mind, but his hands remained calm and composed.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!"

Naruto threw several Flying Thunder God kunai around, which stuck into the ground.

"Yuanwu, Second Dan!"

Shizuka suddenly spun in the air! Her body spun rapidly like a top, and more kunai poured down like a torrential rain!

However, Naruto only used simple taijutsu to dodge, and the Flying Thunder God Seal allowed him to teleport to any marked point in milliseconds.

The kunai brushed against his hair and the hem of his clothes, but could never touch him in the slightest.

Shizuka's expression turned serious; her opponent's strength was probably greater than she had imagined.

Were those kunai helping him perform that space-time ninjutsu?

The moment she landed, her hands began forming hand seals. "Wind Release: Flying Fan—!"

A violent gust of air erupted from her mouth! She was going to blow away all the Flying Thunder God kunai stuck in the ground and sever his teleportation network!

Naruto finally raised his right hand, palm facing forward, without forming any hand seals or gathering any power.

Just as the wind-style technique was about to engulf all the kunai—

Shizuka suddenly opened her eyes wide.

On Naruto's palm, the dark mark emitted an unnatural fluctuation, and then—the wind was sucked in.

The mark completely swallowed and absorbed all the incoming wind-style chakra, as if it were a mud ox sinking into the sea, without even causing a ripple.

Shizuka froze on the spot. The next second—

"boom--!!!"

Her own Wind Release technique was completely and fiercely countered!

"Ugh—!"

Before Shizuka could react, she was violently thrown into the air by that familiar force! She tumbled several times in the air before crashing to the ground.

She was just about to sit up when a cold touch pressed against her neck.

The tip of the kunai was pressed against her Adam's apple. Naruto half-knelt in front of her, holding the kunai. "It's over."

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(Some readers have commented that the recent plot has been a bit sentimental and the storyline is a bit cloying. Perhaps this is what happens when you no longer hide your patriarchal nature. But don't worry, the main storyline will begin after the Nadeshiko Village arc ends!)

(How did I accidentally send this to the wrong book...?)