Chapter 3: The Strongest Hokage in History

The Hokage office.

This place is a complete mess; one would think it had been ransacked by bandits.

A large hole has been smashed into the wall, and the surrounding surface is charred black, emitting a burnt smell.

Inside the hole is a mysterious room; the strange lighting paired with the stifling atmosphere creates a space that makes one feel uneasy.

One look is enough to know that this secret room hides some kind of secret, for instance... it hides some sort of incredible treasure.

"Swish, swish, swish" sounds ring out from within this secret room.

One can see a white-gloved tabby cat sitting on a chair; it wears black-rimmed glasses on its face, and its chubby palms are flipping through an "enormous scroll" of exaggerated thickness!

The Treasure Cat flips through it while thinking about what to bring back for its human servant.

Until the Treasure Cat sees a ninjutsu, its sharp claws tapping on it a few times.

—Hmm, I'll take this back to make the servant happy.

Thinking of this, the Treasure Cat pulls a piece of paper and a fountain pen out from who knows where.

It begins to copy the ninjutsu on this page, though it is unknown how it recognizes these symbols and all these strange things.

The copied ninjutsu instantly transforms into a skill.

The Treasure Cat has merely completed this conversion of different laws.

Sarutobi Hiruzen watches this scene from behind in horror.

The first news of this thief cat originated from the previous setup against Naruto.

According to the testimonies of Iruka and Naruto at the scene, as well as Mizuki who was beaten to a pulp, the level of weirdness of this tabby cat is terrifying.

It even tore out the page of the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique that Naruto had looked at...

Sarutobi Hiruzen has reason and evidence to judge that this is a terrifying conspiracy targeting Konoha Village.

This tabby cat might be a product of some summoning holy land!

"I cannot let you continue to run wild."

Sarutobi Hiruzen forms hand seals and, with absolutely no regard for martial virtue, releases a ninjutsu attack on the Treasure Cat from behind.

A massive fireball is blasted straight out.

This is precisely the fire-style ninjutsu most beloved by the Uchiha clan.

The kind Fireball Jutsu!

However, Sarutobi Hiruzen is a famous Professor of Ninjutsu; it is said that he is proficient in thousands of ninjutsu of various attributes, which can be described as terrifyingly powerful.

After the Fireball Jutsu, Sarutobi Hiruzen adds a wind-style ninjutsu to reinforce it, causing the volume and power of the fireball to increase linearly.

The Treasure Cat has long known Sarutobi Hiruzen was behind it, but it simply cannot be bothered to pay him any mind.

Not everyone is worth a second glance from it!

But now it is different; Sarutobi Hiruzen's preemptive attack has annoyed the Treasure Cat.

"Hoo~"

One can see the Treasure Cat puffing up its cheeks, and then a powerful breath blows the fireball straight back, making it return along its original path.

"What!?"

Seeing this scene, Sarutobi Hiruzen is shocked and loses all color.

Immediately following, a massive fire-style explosion causes the entire Hokage Building to tremble....

Whoosh~

Two figures fly out from the Hokage Building.

They are exactly one cat and one monkey.

The cat is naturally the Treasure Cat, and the monkey is the summoning beast of the Sarutobi clan, Enma!

Enma wields an "Adamantine Staff" and attacks the Treasure Cat fiercely, but the Treasure Cat's speed and footwork are extremely bizarre; no matter how hard Enma tries, it is difficult to touch the opponent.

And Sarutobi Hiruzen, who is hailed as the "strongest Hokage in history," appears behind the Treasure Cat at this moment, looking disheveled; he throws out several black shuriken and immediately forms hand seals rapidly.

Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!

The few shuriken instantly turn into hundreds, and the target of the attack is precisely the Treasure Cat.

The Treasure Cat slaps Enma away with one paw, then takes a deep breath, and immediately its entire body bulges with solid muscle; the whole cat appears arrogant and invincible.

Clang, clang, clang, clang...

The shuriken are all blocked by the Treasure Cat's "Iron Body," without showing any damage at all.

Immediately following, the Treasure Cat tears open the air out of thin air, revealing a pitch-black hole, and it dives straight in.

In less than 0.5 seconds, a tear also appears beside Sarutobi Hiruzen, and the Treasure Cat jumps out from within and grabs the former's arm.

Boom.. boom, boom, boom!

Sarutobi Hiruzen is grabbed by the Treasure Cat and thrown around violently.

"...."

The next day, a rumor spreads throughout all of Konoha Village.

It is said that yesterday, the strongest Hokage in history, namely Sarutobi Hiruzen, was beaten up by a cat.

Beaten from the end of the village to the entrance, the process was extremely cruel and violent; truly, those who hear it feel sad, and those who see it shed tears.

King of Fighters world, Shiranui-ryu Dojo.

"Treasure Cat, what did you bring back for me?"

Bu Zhi Bu Jue looks at the Treasure Cat before him, his eyes filled with growing anticipation.

"Meow~"

The Treasure Cat looks at Bu Zhi Bu Jue with a proud gaze, then it flicks its tail, letting the special icon shape at the very tip touch him.

【Congratulations, you have obtained the attack ninjutsu "Rasengan"!】

【The Treasure Cat feels exhausted and needs to sleep...】

After the Treasure Cat handed the skill over to Bu Zhi Bu Jue, it dove straight into the air and vanished without a trace.

"As expected of the Treasure Cat, it's actually the Rasengan."

Bu Zhi Bu Jue's mouth was crooked from grinning; he was just lacking some powerful offensive ninjutsu.

This was also one of the Treasure Cat's major bug-like traits: as long as it was a skill brought back by it, it would ignore one's aptitude and all sorts of strange conditions; in short, Bu Zhi Bu Jue would definitely be able to learn and master it.

"If only I could let the Treasure Cat go to the Dragon Ball world; it could just steal the Saiyan bloodline~"

Bu Zhi Bu Jue fell into a beautiful fantasy, but he soon recognized the reality of the situation.

That was that he no longer had any favorability points; let alone going to the Dragon Ball world, he didn't even know when he would be able to go back to the Naruto World to steal more ninjutsu.

Just at this moment.

A knocking sound rang out from outside the door.

Shiranui Mai, dressed in revealing attire, poked her head in; when she saw Bu Zhi Bu Jue, her eyes lit up, as if a lion had spotted its prey.

"Great, you're here, Bu Zhi Bu Jue~"

Shiranui Mai walked in quite generously.

Bu Zhi Bu Jue subconsciously felt something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on why.

"Um, is there something you need, Sister Shiranui Mai?"

Bu Zhi Bu Jue was vigilant; ever since he was small, he had felt that Shiranui Mai seemed a bit strange.

If anything felt off, he would use the Substitution Jutsu to slip away immediately.

"Hee hee, didn't you win against the Ice Dragon Style for the Shiranui Style?" Shiranui Mai was too familiar with Bu Zhi Bu Jue; she hugged him directly from behind and squeezed him hard, saying: "We plan to go celebrate tonight at that newly opened GB underground bar; they say there's a rave music festival there tonight."

This soft sensation made Bu Zhi Bu Jue almost lose himself, but he quickly sobered up: "If that's the case, then I'll agree to it, but let go of me first!"

Shiranui Mai knew when to stop; upon hearing Bu Zhi Bu Jue agree to the request for tonight, she revealed a smile like a fox that had gotten its way, with the word "conspiracy" written all over her face!

Because his body was heating up and feeling uncomfortable, Bu Zhi Bu Jue did not notice this detail.

Shiranui Mai left Bu Zhi Bu Jue's room happily, clenching her fist as she thought to herself: "Tonight, you won't be able to escape from my grasp, hahahahaha~"