Naruto: Start By Punching Trees And Shocking Kurama!

After questioning for a while, Shikamaru realized he couldn't get anything out of the boy besides his name, so he pulled Naruto and Sakura aside to discuss.

"What do you guys think?"

Shikamaru genuinely didn't want to deal with this, but now that an unknown faction had dared to attack Konoha's Shinobi on sight, it wasn't hard to imagine they'd do the same to others.

That was definitely not good news for their Konoha Village.

"What's there to think about?"

Naruto glanced at Temujin lying on the ground and deliberately raised his voice as he spoke, "This kind of shady guy..."

"He's not a Shinobi, but he has great power."

"In my opinion, people like him are probably here to destroy the Shinobi World."

Although Naruto's words were full of holes, they weren't entirely wrong.

This organization, which used the power of the Gelel's Stones, came from another continent to seize the Gelel's Veins.

And along the way, they planned to start wars and conquer the world.

So saying they wanted to destroy the Shinobi World wasn't entirely off the mark.

Shikamaru: "…"

'Do you want to listen to what you are saying?'

'Do you really think that other people are like you, Team 7, who want to destroy the world at any time?'

Shikamaru rolled his eyes at Naruto, obviously not wanting to entertain his nonsense.

Just a moment ago, when Naruto was analyzing things seriously, he thought that the yellow-haired delinquent had finally matured into someone reliable.

But now…

It seems that he is still as unreliable as before.

Meanwhile, Sakura stared intently at Temujin's armor, and she could sense the strange energy radiating from his chest.

And she felt that what Naruto said made sense...

"What do you mean by destroying the world!"

"We're trying to build an Utopia, the one without war and where people live in harmony!"

Temujin didn't want to say anything at first, but when he heard that his great ideals were misinterpreted, he couldn't help but open his mouth to refute.

The Ideal Nation was the shared dream of all his comrades!

He couldn't stand anyone insulting that dream.

It felt like taking a bite of your favorite cake, only for someone to dump a pile of rat droppings on it.

"What the…!"

"You're serious?!"

Shikamaru's eyes widened as he stared at Naruto. He never expected that what Naruto said would actually be right.

'An Utopia without war?'

'What a joke.'

'Just look at the two evil cults that have just emerged in the Shinobi World.'

'They also claim to create peace!'

After processing this, Shikamaru felt like he'd just swallowed something disgusting.

'Damn it!'

'Am I going to have to clean up after these two again?'

'How the hell does it have to do with destroying the world?!'

Shikamaru looked at his two teammates beside him and felt very tired inside.

'Next time, I'm definitely not going on missions with them!'

'Absolutely not!'

"You bastards!

"I won't let you insult our noble dream!"

Temujin muttered something about ideals and suffering as he struggled to get up from the ground. He looked every bit like an anime's protagonist who was about to power up in a desperate situation.

But Uzumaki Naruto is the protagonist of this world, so he immediately stepped forward and knocked the boy down again, making him lie on the ground again.

'Want to power up?!'

'That's not happening.'

"Damn you!"

"Let me go!"

"You people have no idea what we've been through!"

Temujin, who was being stepped on, thrashed around, while ready to launch into a tragic backstory.

But...

Naruto wasn't interested at all.

He slowly crouched down, raised his hand to knock off Temujin's helmet, and said lightly, "Utopia, huh?"

"Then tell me, how exactly do you plan to end all war in this world?"

When Temujin heard the yellow-haired man ask this question, he immediately became interested and his eyes lit up.

"All we need is to find the Ge..."

Temujin, who was about to tell the secret subconsciously, quickly stopped talking and changed his words to continue, "All we need is overwhelming power! With that, we can bring peace to the world!"

"We can build the Utopia!"

Shikamaru, who is beside them, couldn't stand listening to these words anymore.

"So…"

"You're planning to rule the entire world?"

The genius Shikamaru immediately saw the flaw in that logic.

This plan sounded even less convincing than the two cults' propaganda.

Temujin fell silent instantly after hearing this.

It was clear he was tacitly admitting Shikamaru's statement.

Naruto stood by, sneering in disdain.

An Utopia?

There is indeed nothing wrong with what Temujin said, but this kind of peace can only be temporary. After all, the whole world has different ideas and different perspectives.

Even if they forced their rule, rebellions would inevitably break out eventually.

Not to mention, Temujin's leader was just some scumbag exploiting children, and he's hardly the kind of person capable of building such a nation.

"So what?!"

"Sacrifices are necessary to create an Utopia!"

Temujin glared defiantly at Shikamaru, his voice hoarse, as if he saw nothing wrong with his reasoning.

Naruto and Shikamaru just thought that the guy in front of them was very naive.

Even Sakura looked at him with contempt.

After all, peace wasn't something achieved through empty words or endless war.

This kid's approach was even worse than the Scientific Truth Society and the Cult Mechanicus.

At least those two cults understood the importance of gaining people's support before trying to take over the world.

"Naruto, bring him along. Let's turn in the mission first."

"We'll take him back to Konoha afterward."

Shikamaru rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on. They hadn't even completed their mission yet, and now they'd stumbled upon some villain trying to conquer the world.

'If we delayed any longer...'

'Who knew what kind of chaos would break out?'

"Fine."

"Then let's hand in the mission first."

Naruto pulled out a rope and tied Temujin up in a very artistic posture, then let his shadow clone carry the guy, and the group set off to find their client.

During this period, Naruto used a large number of shadow clones to search, and it took less than half an hour to locate the merchant caravan.

"Sniff... Nerugui... I finally found you."

The moment the client saw the ferret, he hugged it tightly, with tears streaming down his face.

Sakura, noticing the rhinos and other animals around them, as well as the children playing nearby, couldn't help but ask curiously, "Grandpa, your caravan is... different from most."

Many of the missions she had done involved escorting caravans, but she'd never seen a caravan that brought families with them like this one.

"We are wandering caravan..."

The client's name was Kahiko. He first explained that his homeland had been destroyed in a war, forcing them to cross the sea and settle here.

Now, the caravan was their home.

'Hmm…'

Naruto found this whole situation increasingly suspicious, 'A group of people without a country, drifting across the world as merchants...'

'Why did this feel so familiar?'

"Hey, old man."

"Do you know this guy?"

Naruto said as he threw Temujin in front of the old man and continued.

"He should have come from another continent as well."

"Maybe he's your long-lost cousin or something."