In Konoha, This Naruto Has Decided To Take It Easy

Chapter 420 The Cannon Fodder, Ajisai

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Ajisai breathed a sigh of relief, having escaped a disaster. It didn’t matter what she claimed to believe, at least she wouldn't have to go to prison again. After all, it was just a casual remark about her faith, and it didn't have much impact on her.

At this moment, a system panel popped up in Naruto’s view:

[Ajisai]

[Amegakure - Genin - Female - 18 years old]

[Jashin’s Follower - Controllable (Options Hidden)]

[Talents: Space Summoning, Summoning Technique]

On the left side of the panel was a full 3D model of Ajisai, along with her physical data. She had short, purple curly hair and wore a gray martial arts outfit.

Whether it was her strength, reflexes, or abilities in Genjutsu and Taijutsu, they were all at the lowest level possible. Aside from her talents, she was nothing more than a cannon fodder.

At the bottom of the panel was a brutal evaluation: [A completely useless summoner girl.]

Naruto: “…”

‘It's fine to know this kind of thing yourself, there's no need to mark it out in the system. But... what is this hidden option?’

Out of curiosity, he tapped it, and surprisingly, it responded.

The panel expanded:

[Control Options: Solo Training, Feeding, Outfit Change, Sparring, Team Training.]

[Seal Space Training Modes: Jashin’s Altar (Immortality), Shinigami’s Underworld (Time Manipulation).]

‘Is this some sort of raising simulation?’ Naruto thought to himself as he walked with an umbrella, "Her strength is so low, so there’s a lot of room for improvement, right?"

He closed the hidden options panel and returned to the task line panel. He looked at the progress bar of Task Line III, which had already turned one-tenth green, and raised his brows.

He remembered that there was another person in the seal space.

‘If I added Yugito to the mix, wouldn’t the task be one-fifth complete?’

Suppressing his slightly excited mood, Naruto followed Ajisai back to her home. After entering the door, he changed into house slippers at the entryway and scanned the familiar surroundings.

With the task line’s progress still on his mind, he flopped down onto the gray couch. Just as he was about to focus his consciousness into the seal space, he noticed Ajisai standing nervously in the middle of the living room.

Frowning slightly, he casually found an excuse to send her away, waving his hand dismissively, "Go take a bath, and make sure you wash thoroughly. Don’t come out for at least half an hour."

"Huh?" Ajisai exerted force with her fingers, and her nails dug deeply into her palm.

"Huh, what? Go now." Naruto urged.

"Oh." Ajisai thought about it and decided that being in prison was much worse. She bit her lip, grabbed some clothes, and headed to the bathroom.

Ten minutes later, in the living room…

Naruto suddenly opened his eyes, looking surprised.

"It actually failed?"

Naruto frowned and hurriedly pulled up the system panel to check.

[Yugito's willpower is too strong, conversion to Jashin’s Follower failed.]

Seeing the failure notification on the system panel, Naruto slid down the couch, staring at the ceiling with dead fish eyes.

"Sure enough, it's not that simple." He murmured.

He casually clicked on Ajisai’s panel of Task Line III, and a full-body 3D image of Ajisai, which looked very weak, popped up directly.

The purple-haired girl in martial arts uniform had a not-so-clever smile on her face and a brown cloth belt tied around her waist. Out of admiration for Konan, she held a useless paper tag in her hand.

A simple Genin, a girl forced into this situation.

After watching the display for about a minute, Naruto closed all the panels. He lay on the couch for a bit longer, and when he heard movement from the bathroom, he remembered Ajisai was still there.

She stood not far from the bathroom door, the orange light casting a nervous glow over her as steam rose from her body. She glanced at Naruto, wanting to say something but not daring to.

"I'm done." She said with her eyes closed.

Her tone was filled with a sense of despair, and deep down, waves of humiliation stirred within her. She thought that if that man really wanted her to *, **, ***, ****, *****, she would rather return to prison.

"Oh, you sleep on the couch." Naruto said as he got up to shower, leaving Ajisai standing there in confusion, unsure if she should feel relieved or bitter.

The good news: she was home, and the boss wasn’t harassing her.

The bad news: she was home, the boss got the bed, and she got the couch. Who could understand that, right?

Hearing the sounds from the bathroom, she collapsed onto the couch with a thud, staring at the ceiling before closing her eyes, which are filled with complicated emotions.

The feeling of being imprisoned was indescribable.

‘Now I could still lie on the couch, but what about tomorrow? The day after tomorrow? Will I have to go back to that place again? When that guy said I was ‘borrowed’, it was very likely that I would no longer have personal freedom.’

Lost in thought, Ajisai eventually fell asleep. When she woke up again, there was a thin blanket draped over her. The lights in the living room were off, and everything was silent.

Ajisai propped herself up on her elbow, lowering her head and staring blankly at the thin blanket, ‘Maybe he wasn’t such a bad boss after all. People have two sides, right?’

In the middle of the night, Naruto woke up from ‘his bed’ and thought that he had to upgrade his ‘tool’ level. From the looks of it, he would only be staying in the Land of Rain for a few days. And he should leave after extending Nagato's life.

For a long time, perhaps the only tool he could use was Ajisai. Yugito wasn’t submitting easily, and it would likely take more time to convert her into Jashin’s follower.

He felt that the options in this ‘raising simulation’ system seemed pretty useful. If he could recruit ten followers, that would mean he has ten tools at his disposal. In that light, the reward for Task Line III wasn’t so bad after all.

At least one follower was already in, and soon he could unlock a personal panel for her. Naruto didn't know what benefits the Jashin could gain from this, but Naruto knew that this could indeed satisfy some of his bold ideas.

‘When I go back, I will recruit that Kurama Yakumo too. What's the point of believing in the Will of Fire? Believing in the Jashin grants eternal life!’

After deciding on the basic plan for of the Task Line III, Naruto couldn’t sleep anymore. As he tossed and turned in bed, he suddenly realized that the only tool he had was incredibly weak!

‘Unacceptable!’

‘How can such a lazy person become a qualified tool?’

Naruto got up, quietly opened the door, and walked to the living room, standing before the couch where Ajisai lay. Without a sound, he used the Four Symbols Seal, pulling her into the seal space.