Team No-Jutsu: When Your Ultimate Move is Just... Existing

Rumble...

Outside.

The Sage of Six Paths and his mother, Kaguya, the family of three were engaged in a fierce, earth-shattering battle.

Inside.

Uchiha Kage, Naruto, and Sasuke, hiding beneath a mountain, were just staring blankly at each other.

"I knew it, I knew it, this isn't a dream!"

Naruto was excited for a moment, then shrank back in fear.

The "bombardment" outside continued, and no one knew when another blast would fall on their heads like last night.

"It's not a dream, but it shouldn't be real either, otherwise..."

If this were real, they would have been blown to smithereens last night.

Sasuke didn't know what was going on, but he didn't dare to think of this as just a simple dream anymore.

After all, although they didn't really die, it really hurt when they "died."

"What do you think, Kage?"

Although this clan member, on whom he depended, couldn't activate his Sharingan and was a good-for-nothing.

But over the years, Sasuke had habitually relied on Uchiha Kage as his backbone in many matters.

"I'm looking at the mission that appeared when we got here."

This was a lie.

Uchiha Kage wasn't really thinking about the mission; he was just trying to figure out how to throw Naruto and Sasuke out to "die" so he could collect ninja fragments.

Unless the Naruto and Sasuke by his side were the "Yellow Monkey" and "Purple Dog" (references to Kizaru and Akainu from One Piece), they might have a chance against the battle outside, but as it stood now...

One was a paint bucket Naruto who didn't even have a bucket, and the other was a genin Sasuke who couldn't even use Chidori.

With this setup, they'd have trouble fighting even a small fry under Orochimaru, let alone the Sage of Six Paths.

In other words, the mission 'Help Kaguya escape the fate of being sealed by Hagoromo and Hamura' was almost impossible to complete.

"If there's a mission, there must be a reward."

So, forgive me, Sasuke, but in order to regain my strength, I have to make you work a little harder first.

You won't really die anyway.

Uchiha Kage knew that Sasuke, who was always bent on revenge, would want to seize every opportunity to become stronger.

So, he would definitely take the bait because of this unknown mission reward.

"Complete the mission?"

Sasuke's heart was indeed a little fiery.

Those people outside were stronger than monsters, and if he could have that kind of power...

He'd set out to kill Uchiha Itachi tonight!

"That's right, that's right, maybe if we complete the mission, we can leave this place."

Naruto didn't understand anything, but he didn't want to appear stupid, so he quickly chimed in with Uchiha Kage's words.

"That makes sense. Right now, we're basically trapped here. Besides dying... maybe the only way to escape this Instance is to complete the mission."

Naruto was indeed a good wingman; now there was a reason for them to go to their deaths together later.

Uchiha Kage nodded in agreement with Naruto's words, then pretended to discuss the feasibility of the mission.

"However, it's definitely not a good idea to fight head-on with our current strength. We can only use our brains. But before that, we need to understand each other, like... what's everyone's best Ninjutsu?"

"..."

"..."

As soon as this question came out, the three of them fell silent.

They hadn't even graduated from the Ninja Academy yet, what good Ninjutsu could they know?

"Great Fireball Technique."

After a long while, Sasuke said his Ninjutsu with some embarrassment.

"Transformation, Transformation Technique."

Naruto really wanted to laugh at Sasuke, but when he thought about how he couldn't do anything at all, he also felt a little embarrassed.

"Then let's do this. Sasuke and I will use Fire Release to feint and attract the enemy's attention. Naruto, you use the Transformation Technique to transform into that woman, and then take the opportunity to replace her."

Uchiha Kage did know some relatively strong attack-type Ninjutsu.

He knew all the basic Fire Release Ninjutsu of the Uchiha clan, but the only high-level Ninjutsu he could use right now was probably the Rasengan that he had figured out a long time ago.

Of course, even so, there was no way he could compare to those monsters outside.

So, he should honestly pretend that he didn't know anything.

"But if we do that, won't we all still die?"

Sasuke had no objection to the tactic, but he was a little skeptical about the outcome.

"It doesn't matter, we can't die here anyway. If it doesn't work once, we'll just do it a few more times. Maybe we'll succeed someday?"

Uchiha Kage knew that the success rate of this tactic was about as absurd as an ant stepping on an elephant, but if he didn't arrange it this way, where would he get the ninja fragments to absorb?

Besides, as long as the probability wasn't zero, maybe they would really succeed someday?

"Kage is right, let's do it!"

That's right, we can't die anyway!

Thinking of this, Naruto also gained some courage.

"Okay."

Sasuke could only nod helplessly in the end.

He really couldn't think of a better solution.

They agreed. Just as Uchiha Kage and the others were about to leave the mountain to face the Sage of Six Paths, a strange toad suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Hmm!?"

The Great Toad Sage!?

Naruto and Sasuke were just curious about this toad, but Uchiha Kage recognized the other party's identity at a glance.

"Hello, three young lads. It's too dangerous here. Why don't you come with me to a safe place to take refuge?"

The Great Toad Sage at this time was just a young toad named Gama Maru.

"A toad is talking!!!"

Naruto couldn't help but shout.

"Shut up, Naruto!"

Sasuke was much calmer in the face of this talking toad.

"Are you a Summoning Beast?"

"No, no one has been able to sign a contract with me yet."

Gama Maru took a deep look at the three young boys in front of him, then turned his head to look at the distant battle.

Although he didn't know why there were three boys here, in order to avoid affecting Hamura and Hagoromo's fight against Kaguya, he decided to take these three boys away first.

"Where are you taking us?"

There was actually the Great Toad Sage in this Instance, which was really surprising.

Uchiha Kage was a little curious about how things would develop next.

"A place where you can learn Sage Techniques. Are you willing to go?"

Gama Maru said enticingly.

"Sage Techniques!?"

"Is it a Ninjutsu as powerful as theirs?"

Naruto and Sasuke asked almost at the same time.

"Kind of, maybe,"

Gama Maru's face was slightly sweaty.

How could they be like the Sage of Six Paths, those darlings of heaven?

But it was better to fool them for now.

"Then what are we waiting for, take us there quickly!"

Sasuke couldn't wait to grab the little toad in front of him.

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[Mission Failed]

[Instance Settlement: None]

[Re-enter Instance?]

"I didn't expect it to develop like this..."

Uchiha Kage sighed helplessly.

After the Great Toad Sage tricked them into going to Mount Myōboku, he didn't teach them Sage Techniques at all, or rather, even if he wanted to teach them, it was too late. Because after Kaguya was defeated and sealed by the Sage of Six Paths, the three of them were forcibly kicked out of the Instance due to mission failure.

"What a waste of effort."

He didn't even get a single fragment.

Uchiha Kage really wanted to curse.

It seemed that before entering the Instance next time, he had to think about how to deal with this meddling toad.

"Hmm? Why is there another building here?"

Back on the streets of Konoha Village, which resembled Konoha, Uchiha Kage originally wanted to go to the Hokage Building for a while, but he found himself walking to another place without realizing it—

A large mansion with the Hyuga clan's nameplate hanging on it.

[Current Action Points 1/3, Enter Scenario?]

Pushing the door, Uchiha Kage found that there was indeed a prompt to enter.