Chapter 132: One Piece with Extra Spice

After asking Kakashi, Haruki asked him to summon a huge dog through ninjutsu for Willow Tanasuke to ride.

Although the ninja dog named Blue initially disagreed, after Haruki almost cut off its private parts with a sword, it readily picked up Willow Tanasuke and threw him on its back.

This action scared Willow Tanasuke half to death. He thought he was going to be bitten by the dog.

After coming to his senses, Willow Tanasuke continued to talk about the professional skills of a storyteller.

"Before starting a story, it's best to have some lyrics to attract the gentlemen in the audience's interest."

After a pause, he cleared his throat and sang, "The sky is drunk with cherry blossoms, and the clouds stagger unsteadily."

The voice was beautiful.

It had a strong ancient - style charm.

Haruki was a bit surprised. He didn't expect Willow Tanasuke to have such a skill.

"Is this a haiku?"

"Right, sir. You're well - educated."

Willow Tanasuke grabbed Blue with one hand and gave a thumbs - up with the other.

"..."

Haruki always felt that this sentence was like an insult.

"However, this kind of elegant haiku doesn't gain affection among civilians these days."

Willow Tanasuke sighed. Ninjas didn't even have nine - year Compulsory education, let alone civilians.

Moreover, how could feudal rulers allow civilians to study?

"What do civilians gain affection for?"

Haruki asked out of the purpose of a social survey.

"It's like this."

Willow Tanasuke patted Blue and kept the rhythm as he sang, "Stealing someone else's wife, thrilling and delicious, like eating pufferfish!"

"…?"

Haruki twitched the corner of his mouth. Well, the whole world was full of people with the same kind of immoral ideas like Prime Minister Cao.

"Vulgar!"

Tsunade couldn't help frowning when she heard this.

Willow Tanasuke immediately shut up.

He could tell that this group of people was led by Haruki, and Haruki was afraid of Tsunade.

"Ahem, tell us something else."

Haruki glanced at Kakashi and the other two people.

Rin Nohara looked embarrassed.

Obito stared straight ahead, but actually he was more attentive than Haruki.

Willow Tanasuke started to share his experience again.

They headed north.

After a week, Haruki had basically familiarized himself with all the skills required for the profession of a storyteller; thus, all that was left was practice.

And he had already prepared the story.

One Piece.

But it wasn't the original One Piece. It was spiced up.

"A long, long time ago, when the Sage of Six Paths passed by the Land of Water, he saved a pirate named Roger..."

At night, in front of the campfire, Haruki was telling the story.

His audience was naturally Willow Tanasuke, Kakuzu, Tsunade and the other three people, a total of six.

Kakuzu, who had no interest at first, couldn't help but fix his eyes on Haruki when he heard about the Sage of Six Paths.

He had lived a long time and knew many secrets. He knew that the Sage of Six Paths was the real God of the Shinobi World. The Sage of Six Paths was the immortal who founded ninjas and Ninjutsu.

"Roger was born with the Kekkei Genkai to hear the voices of all things. He followed the Sage of Six Paths and found a Chakra God Tree on an island in the Land of Water. The God Tree bears fruits. Those who eat its fruits can obtain Kekkei Genkai."

"After Roger discovered this secret, he stole most of the fruits while the Sage of Six Paths let down his guard and fled to the Land of Water... This is why there are so many Kekkei Genkai in the Land of Water and Kiri."

"However, it didn't last long. After the Sage of Six Paths discovered this, he pursued Roger. Roger hid and dodged on the sea and founded the Roger Pirate Group. To confuse the Sage of Six Paths, Roger distributed the Chakra Fruit among the people, and thus an era of pirates dawned..."

"Unfortunately, the Sage of Six Paths was extremely powerful. Roger was captured and beheaded in Loguetown. But before he died, he said to everyone, 'Do you want my treasure? If you want it, I'll give it all to you. Go find it. I've put all my treasure there...'"

After Haruki finished telling his story, he watched everyone's expressions.

No one believed such an absurd story because in their view, Kekkei Genkai were passed down through bloodlines. How could one acquire them by eating fruits?

"This story is really awesome!"

Willow Tanasuke said in astonishment and sincerely, "Sir, you should totally find a bookstore to publish it. It'll definitely be a best - seller."

"I'll consider it."

Haruki smiled.

He didn't tell the truth.

After seeing Willow Tanasuke, he came up with an idea.

To spread the story of One Piece in the Land of Water.

If he added fuel to the fire and created a few examples, they might believe it.

One purpose was to weaken Kiri. The other was to see if he could lure out Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu.

Other ninjas might just regard the so - called Chakra God Tree as a novel.

But Black Zetsu and Madara Uchiha wouldn't, because they knew that the Chakra God Tree was real, and that one could acquire abilities by eating the fruits.

So they would definitely not be able to resist coming out to investigate.

Haruki distributed the roasted wild boar meat to everyone, including Blue.

After eating it, Blue howled.

It had never eaten such delicious roasted meat.

Even Kakuzu glanced at Haruki.

Willow Tanasuke advised him to become a chef instead of a storyteller. He would definitely not starve to death.

He had traveled far and wide and tasted all kinds of delicacies, but none of them could compare to Haruki's simple roasted meat.

Haruki smiled and replied perfunctorily.

The most important thing about roasted meat was the seasoning.

He had added cumin.

After everyone was full, Kakashi and Obito set up the Tent.

Haruki and Tsunade shared one Tent.

He looked around and said with a smile, "This can be considered the wild, right?"

"Well, so what?"

Tsunade was confused. "Didn't we camp in the wild every day during the war?"

"Can it be the same?"

Haruki sat next to her and put his hands around her waist.

"..."

Tsunade immediately understood what he meant by "the wild". She couldn't help spitting and said, "You're thinking about something bad again."

"Oh, come on."

Haruki leaned his chin on her shoulder and pressed his cheek against hers. "Isn't this a normal thing?"

"Normal?" Tsunade gave him a disdainful look. "You're talking nonsense."

"Then close your eyes."

"No, there are people outside. It's not good if they hear us."

Tsunade quickly shook her head. She simply couldn't hold her tongue. Once she got excited, who knows what might happen.

If Kakashi and the others found out, Tsunade thought she'd be utterly mortified on the spot.

"Just use a sound - proof barrier," Haruki said, opening his mouth to bite her earlobe.

Tsunade's body trembled. She instinctively tried to push him away, but she couldn't.

In the end, she didn't even use a bit of strength.

"You... mmm..."

Tsunade had her mouth blocked. She felt the restraint of her clothes disappear.

Chakra circulated, and a faint shield covered the tent.

Only Kakuzu noticed the fluctuation of the Chakra.

But he just took a glance and didn't pay any more attention.

He didn't want to do anything that would make Haruki misunderstand.

Moreover, he simply didn't believe this guy could be in any danger.

No, more accurate to say, if Haruki was really in danger, he'd just be a casual onlooker. Maybe he'd even cheer on the enemy.

The night was quiet, and the moon blushed.

In a more distant place, the people from Taki Hidden Village were about to arrive.