Naruto: Start By Punching Trees And Shocking Kurama!

"Follow me."

As Temujin finished speaking, the three followed him into the land fortress.

Along the way, Naruto saw that most of the things here were technological products that he was familiar with, such as elevators, electronic display screens, and various modern daily necessities.

It is no exaggeration to say that the technological strength of the former Gelel's Empire was light-years ahead of the Shinobi World.

If Haido had been allowed to continue developing and had secured the entire Gelel's Veins, he might have truly had the power to overturn the Shinobi World.

At the very least, this was far more advanced than the bizarre, twisted tech trees of the Cult Mechanicus and the Scientific Truth Society.

Sakura and Shikamaru followed behind Temujin, one with excitement on her face, while the other looked very worried.

Shikamaru had a bad feeling that something catastrophic was about to happen.

Meanwhile, Sakura wanted to exchange some technology with the other party and see if she could get some inspiration from them.

Ding…

The crisp sound of the elevator instantly snapped them out of their thoughts.

Temujin walked into the hall, knelt on one knee, bowed his head and spoke respectfully.

"Haido-sama."

"I'm back."

At the top of the steps, Haido was wearing a tall hat similar to the Pope's, which made Shikamaru's heart skip a beat.

'Great!'

'As expected, he is another cult leader.'

He also found that something seemed wrong here.

When they'd entered, Shikamaru had only seen those fat black-armored soldiers.

And there's no a single normal person in sight.

"Temujin."

"It's good to see you back safely."

Haido offered a hollow greeting before shifting his gaze to the three strangers.

'Shinobi from Konoha?'

'What are they here for?'

Over the past few days, he had already gathered a rough understanding of the situation on this continent.

However, Haido did not take these Shinobi with their strange Chakra powers seriously.

Because he felt that the power of Chakra alone could not compare to the Gelel's Stones.

The attack on the Land of Wind was proof enough that these Shinobi were nothing special.

After all, that was just his vanguard troops. His main forces hadn't even been deployed, and yet that country had already suffered heavy losses.

'Heh…'

'Just mere Shinobi.'

"Temujin, why don't you introduce me to your new friend?"

Haido clasped his hands in front of his stomach and smiled kindly, looking more like a charlatan than ever.

"Hold on, don't worry about our names yet."

Naruto stepped forward, cutting off Temujin. He looked up at Haido with undisguised disdain.

This old man rubbed him the wrong way.

After all, over the years, apart from looking up to Immortal Kurama, he had never looked at any other guy like this.

"Naruto!"

"Now address me as the Immortal Emperor Kurama!"

When Kurama heard what the boy was mumbling in his heart, he quickly corrected him, leaving Naruto speechless again.

"Fine, fine, Immortal Emperor."

"Go read your books."

After pacifying the fox in his belly, Naruto flashed to Haido's side in an instant. Shikamaru tried to stop him, but his reflexes weren't fast enough.

"Speaking of which."

"Can you tell me…"

"Why there aren't any normal people here?"

"Are they all just those black, fat soldiers?"

As Naruto said this, a glint of killing intent flashed in his eyes

He remembered that this guy, for the sake of his own ambitions, had not only deceived children barely in their teens but also forced them into machines, transforming them into those black, fat soldiers.

Once they became so-called 'soldiers', they turned into nothing more than mindless killing machines that only followed orders.

Well… to put it simply, they were similar to White Zetsu.

But at least the White Zetsu created by Otsutsuki Kaguya is more cool than these black fat guys.

When Haido saw the yellow-haired brat suddenly appear in front of him, he clenched his fists tightly, barely restraining himself from attacking on the spot.

'This little brat...'

'So fast!!'

He had originally planned to smoothly deceive these Shinobi brats, but between Naruto's sudden approach and his blunt questioning, Haido was momentarily at a loss for words.

"Naruto!"

"Get down from there!"

"You are being disrespectful to Haido-sama!"

Shikamaru suddenly broke out in sweat when he saw Naruto's behavior.

'Dude!!'

'Stop messing around!!'

'This is the enemy's stronghold. Is it really okay for you to be so arrogant?'

Shikamaru's original plan was to gather information first and then decide on the next course of action.

Who would've thought Naruto would immediately jump in the leader's face and provoke him?

Sakura was no longer surprised by this. She silently took out her Scientific Ninja Tools and was ready to escape the scene with Shikamaru before Naruto used his ultimate move.

"Oh, this?"

"These are all our like-minded comrades."

Haido gave a fake smile, completely unbothered by Naruto's words.

Not even a hint of remorse could be seen in his expression.

"Old bastard! Cut the crap!"

"You turned all those people into soldiers, didn't you?!"

"I just saw your evil conversion factory!"

When Temujin saw Naruto act like this, he immediately drew his weapon and shouted furiously, "Naruto, shut up!"

"Everyone became soldiers willingly!"

"It was for our shared ideal!"

When Sakura and Shikamaru heard this, their faces instantly darkened.

Earlier, when they saw those soldiers, they had assumed they were some kind of artificial constructs like puppets.

After all, they had no consciousness, felt no pain, and were nothing more than killing machines.

But now, knowing that these soldiers were once human, both of them were filled with murderous intent toward the man seated above them.

'A monster like this...'

'Shouldn't exist in this world!'

"Tch, shut the hell up."

"For all you know, this old bastard might've been the one who killed your whole family."

At this point, Naruto had no intention of keeping up the act. He pointed straight at Haido and exposed him.

"Impossible!"

"I won't allow you to insult Haido-sama!"

Temujin kicked off the ground, lunging at Naruto with his short sword raised, aiming to decapitate him.

Naruto didn't even bother looking at him and kicked him away with a spinning kick.

At that moment, Haido finally tore off his mask of hypocrisy.

"Ho ho ho!"

"You ignorant, arrogant Shinobi."

"You have no idea of our greatness!"

As soon as Haido finished speaking, earth-shaking explosions erupted around them, and the entire land fortress began to tremble.

Except…

Haido was stunned.

'What's going on?!'

'I didn't even do anything yet!'

Naruto, who had been about to attack, was also dumbfounded. Before anyone could process what was happening, the sounds of battle cries erupted from outside.

"Damn heretics!"

"How dare you attack our Cult Mechanicus!"

"Brothers, charge!"

On the other side, members of the Scientific Truth Society appeared at the same time, holding all kinds of firearms as they launched their assault on the land fortress.

"Naruto! What are you doing here?!"

"Hold on, we'll rescue you right now!

"President Sakura! Why are you here too!?"

"Just wait, the Scientific Truth Society is breaking in!"

At the same time, the two cults discovered that their former leaders were in the enemy's headquarters, so their offensive became more and more frenzied.

Naruto and Sakura were already sweating profusely.

Just as they were debating whether to retreat, another familiar voice rang out from outside...

"Shinra Tensei…"