The next day, Lin Yu performed his daily tasks as usual, looking at the text in his mind. Lin Yu couldn't help but feel that the world was fair!
Task: Help elderly grandpas cross the road one thousand times (618/1000)
Reward: Three Good Youth title, Charm +100!
In the past decades, Lin Yu had helped elderly grandmas cross the road about a thousand times.
And since men and women are equal, helping elderly grandpas cross the road a thousand times is also natural. But!
Isn't this reward a bit disproportionate!
Helping elderly grandmas rewarded opening the seven gates without injury, while for elderly grandpas it's Charm +100!
What use is this Three Good Youth title to me!
Lin Yu sighed. Although the reward was not commensurate with the task, the task had to be done. Fortunately, the system hadn't issued any strange tasks for a long time.
Thinking of this, Lin Yu actually missed the time he used to trick people. Looking at the couples he had brought together, a sense of pride surged in his heart!
After forcefully helping another person cross the road, Lin Yu happily gave himself a thumbs-up. Today's ten-person task was completed. Serving the people was too tiring for him!
As for why he wasn't trying to complete the "thousand-person kill" faster, Lin Yu complained, "The task is meaningless. Being a salted fish is the true path!"
Alright, it was mainly because there were no rewarding tasks that made him excited, so doing them was really boring!
Lin Yu returned home and looked at the somewhat empty house, muttering, "That Orochimaru fellow should be done by now, two and a half years have passed."
As he spoke, a golden light flashed in the room, and it became quiet again.
...
Outside the Hidden Leaf Village, two figures in black robes looked at the gate of the Hidden Leaf Village not far away, their steps faltering.
"Why aren't we moving? I'm in a hurry to see a doctor!"
Kisame Hoshigaki's face looked pale. His usually sallow shark-like face had turned into a dead fish's face.
He seemed to have eaten something bad; he had vomited more than ten times along the way, and his legs were numb!
Was that a cold medicine or a laxative!
Kakuzu, that bastard, really wanted him to die from diarrhea!
"Idiot, we are rogue ninjas. We'll be recognized immediately. We have to bypass the guards' line of sight to get in."
"You should have said so earlier! I know this way!" Kisame Hoshigaki thought Kakuzu was so amazing, but in the end, he still had to rely on him.
"Hmm?"
Kakuzu was confused, but he still followed Kisame Hoshigaki. What happened next shocked him.
Kisame was so familiar with the Hidden Leaf's defenses! He completely slipped through the gaps in the guards' patrols, as if he were returning to his own home.
Facing Kakuzu's scrutinizing gaze, Kisame Hoshigaki pouted, "I came here once with someone, and I remembered it."
"You remembered everything after just one visit?"
"Nonsense! At our level, if we can't even remember this, how can we make a living!"
Kakuzu didn't say anything more. It was best to sneak in silently. Otherwise, he would have to kill a squad of Hidden Leaf ninjas, which could cause quite a commotion.
"So, do you have a plan?"
Kakuzu's eyes sharpened, and he said coldly, "Charge into the Hokage's office and kill the Fourth Hokage before reinforcements arrive!"
"Are you out of your mind! I'm not going to die with you!"
At the edge of the Forest of Death, Kisame Hoshigaki sat on a log, stating that he was unwilling to die with Kakuzu.
"Have you heard of the Yellow Flash? His specialty is speed. A quick battle won't succeed."
Kakuzu's expression remained unchanged and he said, "Then what do you suggest?"
Kisame Hoshigaki thought for a moment and said in a deep voice, "Usually, we first investigate the target's information thoroughly, then threaten his family, and lure him to a specific location alone. As long as we set up a trap to restrict his movements, the chances of success will greatly increase."
"Good! Then let's do as you say!"
Kisame Hoshigaki was stunned for a moment, then angrily said, "Hey, hey! Didn't you say you had a seventy percent chance of success? How could you not have thought of something like this?"
"I said there was a seventy percent chance of success if the teammate wasn't you, but it seems the leader doesn't want me to succeed."
Kisame Hoshigaki calmed down and said, "Then why did you agree... No! Your target isn't the Hokage, who is it?!"
"Which family in the Hidden Leaf is the richest?" Kakuzu's green eyes gleamed slightly, and Kisame, the fool, finally understood.
Kisame Hoshigaki pondered for a moment, uncertainly saying, "Uchiha? Hyuga?"
"Wrong! It's the Shimura clan!"
...
"The Shimura clan?"
At the Ninja Academy, Shikamaru and Naruto exclaimed. The former was genuinely surprised, while the latter had never heard of it.
"That's right! I am Shima Yasutomi. My great-grandfather is one of the senior advisors of the village, Danzo Shimura!"
Shima Yasutomi, who was the boy who had arrived at school with twelve bodyguards earlier, was quite good-looking, perhaps comparable to a thinner Choji.
"Hey, hey, is that true? I've never heard of Advisor Danzo having a brother," Shikamaru said in surprise.
"Hmph! There's a lot you don't know. Our Shimura clan is unlike yours; not much is known about our internal affairs to the outside world!"
Shima Yasutomi ignored Shikamaru and looked at Naruto, saying, "In this class, only you, Naruto Uzumaki, can be my superior in terms of status. I am willing to befriend you!"
Naruto blushed at Shima Yasutomi's words and scratched his head, "I'm not that amazing, hehe..."
"Idiot!"
"Sasuke, what did you say!"
Sasuke coldly turned his face away, not looking at Shima Yasutomi at all.
Shikamaru leaned in and whispered to Naruto, "He's not saying you're amazing, but because you're the Hokage's son, you're qualified to be his friend, and that's all."
Naruto also understood the meaning and said apologetically, "Sorry, if it's for that reason, then I can't be friends with you."
Shima Yasutomi sneered and said, "I thought the Hokage's son would be different, but you're quite foolish."
Shima Yasutomi glanced at Sasuke and said coldly, "Knowing that the village has a strained relationship with the Uchiha clan, you still take the lead in befriending the son of the Uchiha clan leader. As the Hokage's son, you are incredibly foolish!"
"What did you say!"
This time, not only Naruto, but even Sasuke couldn't sit still, his eyes growing colder.
"Isn't it obvious what I mean? You are acting against the village by doing this, opposing the Hidden Leaf. Truly foolish."
Shima Yasutomi crossed his arms, his face arrogant. He was a little wary of the Hokage's son's status, but the other party was friends with the Uchiha clan heir, who was reviled by everyone in the Hidden Leaf Village.
If he spoiled a good hand, he couldn't blame him.
"What's wrong with me being friends with Sasuke! Explain yourself!"
Naruto, furious, wanted to throw a punch at this kid, but was tightly held back by Shikamaru.
"Naruto, ignore him. He's deliberately provoking you. Your status is sensitive. If you say anything rash, it might cause some people to become dissatisfied with the Hokage."
"Tch, aren't you from that famous henpecked family in the Hidden Leaf? I remember your name... wasn't it Nara Testicle?"
My god!
"Naruto, let's beat him to death together!"