Naruto: Pay-to-Win Ninja System

Iwagakure's pursuit was relentless.

After all, it was the dead of night.

They were lying in bed, caught completely off guard.

Bang! The enemy stormed in—they didn't even have time to put on their pants!

They were caught completely off guard and overwhelmed, sustaining heavy casualties.

Anyone else would find such bitter humiliation unbearable!

Granted, the Third Tsuchikage had already led the main forces to chase after Konoha's main division.

Yet the remaining Iwa ninja still burned with raging anger.

At this moment, they witnessed something outrageous—

A Konoha ninja sneaking into the village, stealing from the vault, and attempting to escape.

The other Iwa ninja naturally flew into a rage, chasing those twenty elite Konoha shinobi with suicidal determination.

Despite Jiraiya leading a squad composed entirely of elite warriors—exceptionally powerful individuals—

They still suffered losses while being surrounded by enemy forces numbering many times, even dozens of times their own.

After all, not everyone could match Jiraiya's strength, nor did they all share his summoning jutsu or his stealth techniques.

As a result,

Kurenai Yuhi, whose power ranked weakest among them and had already expended a massive amount of chakra,

Was naturally the first to falter.

Using genjutsu, she successively killed four pursuing Iwa ninja. But as she was about to flee outside Iwagakure Village,

She was finally surrounded by over a dozen Iwa ninja and knocked to the ground.

A towering earthen puppet lifted Kurenai up.

Sharp earthen spears pierced through her clothes, exposing large portions of her fair skin, blood oozing from wounds—adding a tragic beauty to the scene.

What could she possibly do?

She had done her best.

Her chakra was simply depleted, and the enemy was just too ruthless!

Now, seeing that they had captured such a Konoha female ninja,

A group of Iwa male ninja gradually closed in around her.

Their furious gazes brimming with blatant aggression.

After all, during ninja wars,

Everyone knew what usually happened to captured female enemy kunoichi.

Let alone one so young, beautiful, and exceptionally attractive like this elite Konoha female ninja.

The cruelty of the ninja world was beyond anything most people could imagine!

"Hurry! This girl is probably planning suicide. Don't give her the chance!"

Soon, an Iwa ninja shot a kunai coated with paralyzing poison, striking Kurenai.

Leaving her paralyzed on the ground,

Unable to take her own life even if she wanted to.

"Captain, this Konoha girl sure looks pretty!"

"Pfft! What are you hiding for? You think I don't know what's on your mind?"

"Hehe, Captain, then shall we..."

"Hmph! The cursed Konoha has killed so many of our brothers tonight. Now is exactly when their women must pay for this blood debt!"

"Captain speaks wisely! I understand!"

With permission granted,

A group of Iwa ninja, their eyes bloodshot with rage, brimming with murderous intent.

Without another word, they rushed toward the helpless Kurenai lying on the ground.

Like packs of ravenous hyenas starved for half a month, they rushed in with vile intentions.

Witnessing this, Kurenai Yuhi—who had already fallen into despair—shut her eyes tightly, filled with boundless unwillingness.

She waited in silence, expecting endless torment from hell itself.

Too bad.

What followed wasn't a series of demonic claws.

But splash after splash of warm blood raining down.

Kurenai Yuhi opened her eyes.

She suddenly realized—everything around her had frozen!

A moment later, the gears of time turned again.

Then, everything snapped back into motion.

And just then.

Around her, more than ten Iwagakure ninjas collapsed simultaneously, their necks snapping open as blood sprayed outward.

One by one, they dropped dead to the ground, without exception.

Seeing this, Kurenai couldn't help but feel a shock deep in her heart, her pupils shrinking sharply.

She couldn't think of any technique—outside of large-scale ninjutsu—that could kill over ten shinobi in an instant!

This... was simply too terrifying!

"Who exactly did this?"

"Did someone come to rescue me?"

"Does Konoha even have such a powerful expert?"

As doubt filled her mind, with the heavy rain of blood falling down,

In front of Kurenai stood a young boy, holding a kunai firmly, standing tall atop the pile of corpses.

...

Shimoku didn't use the kunai, to avoid leaving obvious wounds that could lead others to discover traces of his involvement.

After all, logically speaking,

He had never stepped into the Iwagakure Village tonight.

Everything here had nothing to do with him...

The reason he rescued this Kurenai Yuhi wasn't to play hero and save a beauty.

Shimoku would never consider himself a hero.

If anything, he saw himself more as a rising dark lord—or villain-in-the-making!

Besides, it wasn't about lust either.

Just watching a skilled and beautiful kunoichi get defiled by those filthy Iwa brutes seemed like a total waste.

Better to bring her back to his own village instead.

His Hidden Village treated prisoners far better than Iwagakure ever did.

They generally didn't mistreat captives anyway.

Moreover, a genjutsu master who doesn't rely on bloodline eye techniques could do so much more than just one thing.

Her unique genjutsu skills would play a key role in many aspects of his village's future growth.

...

"Not a Konoha ninja?"

"So I just escaped the wolf's den, only to fall into the tiger's jaws?"

Noticing that Shimoku wore no familiar Konoha forehead protector on his head,

Kurenai sighed inwardly, yet found herself slightly relieved.

She clearly knew she hadn't fully escaped danger.

Still, objectively speaking,

Being captured by a decent-looking young boy was better than being defiled by those brutish Iwa ninjas!

"You... who exactly are you?"

Shimoku glanced at Kurenai, a flash of crimson briefly flickering in his eyes.

Right now, he had neither the time nor the mood to explain or fool around with the genjutsu master of Konoha.

Saving her life in passing was already going against his usual practices.

So, Shimoku activated his Sharingan, trapping Kurenai in a genjutsu that knocked her out cold.

Then, hoisting her body up,

He once again used the [Flying Thunder God Technique], vanishing from the spot.

In an instant.

Far beyond, within Shimoku's residence in the Homura Hidden Village...

Dressed in a maid outfit, Nonou was dutifully tidying up the bedding for Shimoku.

So that Lord Shimoku could return anytime and rest comfortably.

A sudden gust of wind swept through the living room.

Nonou hurried over to check.

Sure enough, she saw Shimoku standing there in the living room, holding a young female ninja whose body was covered in blood. The girl had an attractive figure.

"Lord Shimoku, you're back!"

"Do you recognize her?"

"This... is Kurenai Yuhi from Konoha?"

Nonou was surprised.

Back when she was part of Root, she had heard many stories about this rising new star renowned for her genjutsu skills.

It was even said that Danzo had personally tried recruiting her.

Unfortunately, she had refused.

Never did she expect that now, this person would be brought back by Lord Shimoku—and in such a battered state…

Shimoku pointed at Kurenai Yuhi, then gave orders to Nonou.

"Recognize her and good."

"Heal her a bit. Don't let her die."

"She's a rare tool for the village's future development—we can't afford to lose her."

"A tool?"

Shimoku waved his hand dismissively, offering no further explanation.

The real reason he captured Kurenai Yuhi was solely due to his recognition of her non-dojutsu genjutsu abilities' immense potential in [Civil Infrastructure] and [Cultural Domains].

He never intended to use her as a combat force.

His own Sharingan already stood at the pinnacle in the realm of genjutsu.

Why bother going after something inferior like Kurenai's mediocre techniques?

Besides, if he truly wanted to cultivate genjutsu talents, the entire Uchiha Clan resided in the village, with nearly a thousand members. Surely among them, he could find someone with far greater potential?

Thus, capturing Kurenai was merely to serve as a "tool"—nothing more.

As for whether or not she willingly serves?

Ha! Even Big Bro Tu's Sharingan could completely control The Fourth Mizukage.

Wouldn't his own Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan be more than enough to subdue a Tokubetsu Jonin?

...

"Oh, and you should know about her genjutsu capabilities too. Don't get careless."

"Until I return, keep her unconscious. That shouldn't be difficult for you, right?"

"Understood!"

Nonou nodded. For a ninja pharmacist skilled in Medical Ninjutsu, making someone sleep a little longer was simply too easy.

The next moment,

Just as Nonou blinked, she realized Shimoku had vanished from the living room once again.

Clearly, he had used instantaneous teleportation to leave.

And she immediately began following instructions, starting the treatment process.

...

P.S.: Everyone, please don't rage yet—just keep reading.

This book won't throw in random love interests or force any unnecessary romance with Konoha. Capturing Kurenai has nothing to do with that—it's purely to promote the village's development and significantly enhance its influence. The specific methods will be revealed later on.

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