Naruto: Start By Punching Trees And Shocking Kurama!

The moment Naruto stepped into Sunagakure, he realized just how serious the situation was.

Not long after he entered the village, he discovered that all the villagers passing by were shirtless, muscular men.

'Wait…'

'What the hell is going on here?'

'Did I really not enter Kumogakure by mistake??'

It is no exaggeration to say that there is not a single normal person walking on the street.

Naruto was complaining madly in his mind when he suddenly saw a girl staring blankly at a photo in her hand.

The blonde hair clearly told Naruto that she was Gara's sister, Temari.

Naruto walked up to her stealthily and finally got a good look at the photo in her hand...

"What the hell?!"

"Where'd you get a picture of Shikamaru!?"

Naruto was so shocked his jaw nearly hit the ground.

He didn't remember Shikamaru having any interactions with her before.

'When the hell did this happen???'

"No."

"You saw wrong."

Temari silently tucked the photo away, with no expression on her face.

She acted as if what she said was the absolute truth.

"Besides…"

"Do you always walk around without making a sound?"

Temari glanced at Naruto with a hint of girlish anger in her eyes.

"What do you mean by 'no sound'..."

"You were just too focused on staring at Shikamaru."

"I'm pretty close with Shikamaru..."

"If you like..."

Naruto had intended to play matchmaker for the two, but Temari instantly flew into a rage upon hearing this.

"Shut up!!"

"What nonsense are you spouting!?"

"Who would ever like that guy?!"

Naruto glanced at her flushed face, pointed at her, and smirked, "You're blushing?"

"Bastard!! I'll kill you!!"

Temari, whose secrets were suddenly exposed, grabbed the fan beside her and was about to teach this yellow-haired delinquent a lesson.

"Temari, calm down!"

"How could you attack Naruto!!"

Kankuro stepped forward first and grabbed Temari's wrist with his arm, which was thicker than Temari's thigh.

"You…"

When Temari saw her younger brother's current state, she nearly fainted from anger.

Ever since Kankuro returned from Konoha, he has secretly gathered all the new generation of Puppet Masters in Sunagakure.

And after that, he led this large group of people into the desert, carrying metal puppets while running.

At first, no one paid it any mind.

After all, it's normal for a Puppet Master to have some physical training.

If the Shinobi in the village suddenly started working hard, everyone would be thrilled.

But as the days passed, the number of Puppet Masters following Kankuro gradually increased from a hundred to a thousand.

Not only did these Puppet Masters completely shed their formerly frail appearances, but they also all developed bulging muscles...

That alone wouldn't have been a problem...

But the real issue was that these guys had started mistaking Taijutsu for Puppet Techniques!!

Now, whenever they went on missions, they would just smash the enemies to death with their puppets.

When Chiyo, Sunagakure's legendary Puppet Master, heard about this, she kept yelling about how the village had no hope, no future left.

It is unknown how many times she had fainted from rage by this group of people.

Temari angrily stomped on her brother's foot. Kankuro winced but gave Naruto an awkward smile before letting go of his sister.

"Hmph!"

Temari rubbed her wrist and glared at Kankuro fiercely.

'This kid was getting rougher by the day!!'

'And it's all this yellow-haired bastard's fault!!!'

"Follow me."

"Our Advisors wants to see you."

When she said this, Shikamaru suddenly flashed through Temari's mind, and she continued to ask while her expression relaxed, "Are you the only one coming from Konoha?"

"No... There's also..."

Before Naruto could finish his words, Jiraiya's terrified scream could be heard from not far away.

"My student!!"

"Hurry up and save your teacher!!"

At this time, Jiraiya was surrounded by a group of muscular men.

Although they had no bad intentions, as they just wanted to ask Jiraiya, one of the legendary Sannin of Konoha, for advice on how to train their bodies, this frightened a big man like Jiraiya like a little girl...

"Jiraiya-sama... your muscles are quite impressive, huh?"

"How do you usually train?"

"Jiraiya-sama, we mean no harm... Don't be scared..."

"How about we grab a drink at the bar?"

It would be better if these people didn't say anything...

But when Jiraiya heard that about going to drink, he looked like his soul was about to leave his body.

"Hey, you guys!!"

"Cut it out!!!"

When Temari saw her own village's Shinobi's behavior, she was so angry that she spread out her fan and swung it violently several times.

This finally gave Jiraiya an opening to escape.

Sprinting away while wiping sweat from his forehead, he gasped, "Student! Let's go meet the Advisors of Sunagakure immediately!"

"These people are way too terrifying!"

Right now, Jiraiya only wanted to resolve this matter in a single day, so he wouldn't have to worry about being ambushed by muscular men in the middle of the night.

Naruto's face scrunched up in disbelief, and he looked at Temari, hoping she could explain to him...

"Sigh…"

"Don't take it personally..."

"But now, even the village's higher-ups can't do anything about them."

Temari sighed and rubbed her temple.

She really felt that if things continued like this, Sunagakure would be doomed.

Naruto turned his head and looked at the group of muscular men. He seemed to understand what Tsunade meant by the 'corrupted discipline'.

"Let's just go!"

"I'm in a hurry!!"

Naruto glanced at Kankuro and quickly followed Temari.

Compared to the aesthetic disaster that was Sunagakure now, even Uchiha Xiao Yan seemed downright normal.

Tilting his head up at the sky, Naruto muttered to himself, 'I wonder if that idiot has found Medusa yet...'

…

Otogakure, Orochimaru's Hideout.

"Just wait here."

"I'll go inform Orochimaru-sama."

Kimimaro said coldly, then turned around and walked away, leaving Sasuke and Karin alone.

Oh… there is also a yellow-haired clone moving around the lab like an overexcited toddler.

"Naruto!"

"Can you please just stop for a minute?!"

When Sasuke saw the clone tilting his head back and about to drink the tube of glowing green liquid, he was so angry that he almost took out his Heavy Xuan Ruler to hit this guy.

"Sasuke!"

"I haven't eaten anything this whole trip!"

"What's wrong with letting me have a sip?!"

Sasuke: "…"

Karin: "…"

'Are you sure drinking that won't just make you pop out of existence?'

Tap, tap, tap…

At this time, dull footsteps were heard outside the laboratory door.

"Heh heh heh…"

"Uchiha Sasuke... I knew you would come to me."

Orochimaru appeared in the doorway and slowly opened his scarlet three-tomoe Sharingan.

This pair of Sharingan was exactly what he had obtained from Danzo before.

After a lot of efforts, he finally evolved the two-tomoe Sharingan into three-tomoe.

But no matter how hard Orochimaru tried, he could not evolve the Sharingan into Itachi's eyes.

When Sasuke turned his head and saw the red in Orochimaru's eyes, he instantly activated the Three Thousand Lightning Movement.

In less than a second, he arrived in front of Orochimaru and threw out quicklime powder.

"AAHHH…!!!"

Before Orochimaru could finish his grand entrance, he immediately bent over, clutching his face in agony.

"You bastard…!!"

"What did you do to Orochimaru-sama!!"

"How dare you disrespect Orochimaru-sama like this! I will kill you!!"