Chapter 278: Uzumaki Naruto: Who is the guy wearing the straw hat?

However,

Hiruzen Sarutobi, that cunning old fox, would never let such filthy matters stain himself.

It used to be Shimura Danzou, and now it is Akimichi Torifu; it is not easy to get a handle on Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Damn Orochimaru, I will never forgive you!"

Uzumaki Naruto frowned deeply.

When speaking of Orochimaru, he felt only intense disgust.

It was that person who originally plotted the Konoha Collapse Plan, slandered Third Hokage in public to crush Konoha, and even joined forces with the Land of Fire Daimyo to drive them to the edge of the land.

Sasuke sighed inwardly and reminded him tactfully: "Naruto, your father is stationed in the capital of the Land of Hot Water; you can go see him if you have time."

As a dignified Fourth Hokage, he was treated like a diplomat, temporarily left in the noble circles of the Land of Hot Water, and the time he returned to Konoha was pitifully little.

With Namikaze Minato's intuition, he should have long since noticed the alienation and suppression from the Third Hokage, but he did not tear off the mask only because of Uzumaki Naruto.

If Naruto had more contact with his father, he should be able to avoid being brainwashed by the Third Hokage.

"I understand, Sasuke. Once the Construction of Family Territory is finished, I will report to Third Hokage and take a trip to the capital of the Land of Hot Water."

Speaking of the Fourth Hokage, a look of excitement flashed in Naruto's eyes.

Lacking family affection from a young age, what he craves most now is family affection; once he has saved up enough Resurrection Coin fragments, he must resurrect his mother and reunite with his family.

In the task list,

was a task he had accepted from 【Queen Skardi】, 【Construction of Family Territory】.

This task was very complex.

He needed to first find the hiding Queen Skardi, then continuously complete the tasks issued by Queen Skardi to increase her trust and favorability.

Finally, he could be permitted by Queen Skardi to build a family territory within Bel Myre.

After the Construction of Family Territory was successful,

he would be able to move his family from the old world over, and those family buildings could be used in the Arad Continent, and he could build structures like the 【Resurrection Altar】 that could increase the number of daily resurrections.

In the end, it was the base of the Konoha Family in the Arad Continent.

Like 【Queen Skardi】, there were other humans in the Arad Continent, such as 【Empress Aska】 of Suju, 【Heron V】 of the De Los Empire, and so on.

Belonging to different regions, to build a base, one must constantly refresh these people's tasks and obtain their consent.

For example,

Kirigakure and the Land of Snow both chose the Bantu as their base, all for the sake of adapting to the environmental advantages of their game abilities.

Whoever could gain a foothold in the New World the fastest would be able to obtain more game resources.

The powers of the ninja world were all clear on this point,

so they all constantly harassed hostile forces, interfering with them to prevent their bases from being successfully established.

Just like just now,

the materials that were hard-earned were all destroyed by players of the Fire Empire, causing the construction task progress to be slow.

"Naruto, what happened?"

Tsunade and Jiraiya, who had just finished hunting monsters and filled their backpacks with materials, returned to the Konoha Family's makeshift camp.

Seeing the mess everywhere and the lingering aura, their brows furrowed tightly.

"It was the players of the Fire Empire."

"Them again?"

Tsunade was annoyed but quite helpless.

Unlike the ninja villages, the Fire Empire's thorough reform from head to toe turned the former Land of Fire into the first true military empire in the ninja world.

Whether it was the collection speed of Reward Points or the number of players, it was at a staggering level.

They could even manage to take on several ninja villages alone without falling behind.

With Konoha at its current stage, they were simply no match.

After a moment of silence, Tsunade said: "Naruto, go to a nearby town, exchange the monster remains we hunted for construction supplies, and we will move our position first."

Continuing to stay here would carry the risk of being ambushed.

Fortunately, before the base construction was completed, it was an Energy Core like a medal that could be moved at any time.

"Understood."

Naruto nodded, directly shouldering the pure gold, bright Claymore, looked up at the distant town, and started running as he lifted his feet.

Bel Myre was vast,

but most areas were eroded by pollution, and the towns had become dead zones, so the requirements for a base were very cumbersome.

It could not be a place where the pollution was too severe, and the strength of the surrounding monsters could not be too strong, as both would lead the family into a dangerous environment.

In the few towns that were not polluted, players were not allowed to establish families.

This was the game rule.

When descending upon the Arad Continent, Fang Yi had already set the rules: players could not actively attack the indigenous people of the Arad Continent or some rules set by the indigenous people.

This polluted world, these survivors were the last sparks of the world.

If they all died, it would mean the world was completely polluted and swallowed, and the difficulty of reclaiming it would increase greatly.

Therefore,

Fang Yi strictly forbade players from attacking the indigenous people; if not for this rule, the players would have likely hacked these indigenous people to pieces before the pollution even acted.

These remaining towns were equivalent to Safe Zones and supply points, allowing players to have a better gaming experience while protecting the indigenous people.

"Hahahaha, an adventure in another world, I want the food of another world!"

"I want to drink!"

"Treasure, the gold coins of another world, they should be very commemorative!"

"In another world, there should also be patients in need of healing, right?"

"Interesting, I want to see the history of the Arad Continent."

The largest town in the north of Bel Myre, Mal City.

Naruto had just run to the outside of the city gate,

when he saw a group of strange fellows.

Leading them was a boy wearing a straw hat, around his own age, holding a crude bug-catching net in his hand.

It looked like it had just been made from tree branches outside the city.

Behind him followed a green-haired Swordsman, a beautiful orange-haired woman, a man in a suit smoking a cigarette, and a quiet woman holding a book.

Most crucially, there was actually a talking reindeer?

"A summoning beast? It looks so unfamiliar. Are they players from a small Ninja Village?"

But he saw them quickly get into an argument with the soldiers guarding the city.

The beautiful orange-haired woman was full of anger, clutching her pockets tightly like a miser, and shouted: "Five Reward Points just to enter the city once? Are we the Pirate, or are you the Pirate? Is this a robbery?"

"This is the rule of the game merchant; it must be obeyed."

Naruto, who had been about to enter the city, was afraid they would clash with the city guards and explained: "If you violate it, you will be banned from entering the city for a period of time, which is very troublesome."

Back then,

some ninja players violated the rules and attacked the city guards,

not only were they unable to enter the city, which led to being unable to accept quests and caused their speed of acquiring Reward Points to plummet, but they also couldn't replenish supplies, and when hunting monsters, they could only rely on random potions from the Game Shelf.

The most critical thing is,

the Arad game map, as a Tier 2 public map that is beyond the beginner map, has a very special rule: 【Death Penalty】.

Once you die,

not only will a large amount of Experience Value and Reward Points be deducted, but there is also a probability of dropping equipment, skills, items, and so on from your person.

The indigenous people of the town sell a type of Rule-type Item called 【Life Lock】, which can be purchased once a week.

If you cannot enter the city, you cannot purchase a 【Life Lock】.

A single Death Penalty could potentially cause a player to lose thousands, or even tens of thousands of Reward Points!

(End of chapter)