Naruto: Reborn as Konoha's Idol

Chapter 199: Chapter 200: Summoning Jutsu

The Contract Scroll appeared right by Kano’s hand. She didn’t have time to check it now, so she casually tossed it into her shadow. Kano still had a concert to perform.

Afterward, she didn’t continue singing new songs, but instead replayed songs from previous concerts. Almost everyone present became a fan of Kano, and she even racked up quite a few popularity points.

However, the next forbidden jutsu scroll required a full 400,000 popularity points, which was indeed a bit difficult. On the other hand, she could exchange for more Chakra or upgrade scrolls.

However, among a sea of hearts, there was one head without a heart, which was very conspicuous in the crowd. From the stage, Kano looked over and saw that the person was very short but seemed to be floating in mid-air.

Kano had great eyesight and quickly recognized that person as the Tsuchikage, ōnoki.

She couldn’t hide her joy; her eyes even turned into stars!

There’s the flight ability! She had originally planned to get a flying Summoning Beast, but now it wasn’t necessary—she could fly herself!

Although the Tsuchikage hadn’t provoked her, she was really greedy for ōnoki’s Light-Weight Rock Jutsu! Compared to this, the Particle Style: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu wasn’t anything special.

What should she do? Since the other party hadn’t provoked her, it wasn’t easy to move in and kill him. What excuse should she find, or should she just change her disguise and go for a direct kill?

Where would be a good place to strike? Maybe at sea; she’d try to stay within the Land of Water’s territory as much as possible so she could frame them. Then Konoha could use being an ally of the Hidden Mist Village as a pretext to act against Iwagakure. That was getting a bit ahead of herself... Meanwhile, ōnoki was also observing Kano on the stage.

”What’s her Chakra level like?”

Accompanying ōnoki was a Sensory-type Ninja from Iwagakure. While excitedly listening to the song, he didn’t forget to observe the Chakra level within Kano’s body.

”It’s quite a bit higher than an average Genin, but hasn’t reached the Jonin level yet.”

”It seems the intelligence was correct. The konoha songstress’s strength is outstanding among Genin, but she is still just a Genin.”

ōnoki sensed that the konoha songstress’s singing seemed to possess magic, capable of stirring emotions. But who was he? He was the man who had fought Uchiha Madara, a master of Bloodline Selection, and the most formidable Tsuchikage in the entire Ninja World.

A mere child’s singing couldn’t affect him!

He already had a preliminary plan to kill the konoha songstress on the return journey. This would not only weaken Konoha but also stir up conflict between Konoha and the Hidden Mist, and break the monopoly on the new profession of Idol.

Taking a small risk was worth it.

Moreover, the combat strength of her companions had basically been confirmed. That Akatsuki Organization was truly useless; it took the death of one member just to test the opponent’s strength.

One elite Jonin from the Hidden Mist Village, one elite Jonin from Konoha Village, a Chunin with Jonin-level combat power, and the diva herself was quite fast at running.

Other than that, they were just Genin with no real combat power.

With such a lineup, ōnoki felt it was a sure thing. The people he brought were definitely capable of taking out this group. Furthermore, they planned to strike while they were returning to Konoha, which would mean one less Hidden Mist guard.

Choosing the sea would be perfect; fighting at sea would be more convenient since he could fly, and it would be easy to frame the Hidden Mist Village.

Thus, Kano planned to kill ōnoki, and ōnoki was planning to kill Kano. It was a mutual attraction... After the concert ended, wealthy people from various countries became fans of the konoha songstress. They even inquired with the Hidden Mist Village about how they had invited her to perform. In particular, the Daimyō of other countries—it wasn’t that they hadn’t asked Konoha Village, but they couldn’t hire her even with money.

In reality, these messages never reached Kano’s ears; they were all blocked by Tsunade and the Land of Fire. They all treated Kano as a cash cow and wouldn’t let her risk going abroad.

On the day of departure, many people from the Hidden Mist Village came to see Kano off, especially those boys and girls who had been taught the Eight Gates.

”Why not stay for a few more days? There are still many places worth seeing in the Hidden Mist Village.”

”Thank you for your kindness, but I’ve been out for so long that Konoha must be getting anxious.”

Mei Terumī had a very good impression of Kano. Not only had she helped the Hidden Mist Village, but she had also helped her personally. During these few days, she had also sent letters to Kakashi, but due to the long distance, she hadn’t received a reply yet.

Mangetsu also came to see her off, bringing many excellent Ninjas with him.

”Miss diva, these are the elites of our Hidden Mist Village. Let them escort you back to Konoha Village to avoid any accidents.”

Normally, an escort from Hidden Mist Ninjas wouldn’t be needed for the return trip, but Mangetsu was still afraid someone would play dirty. If he were a leader of another country, he certainly would.

However, Kano waved her hand in refusal, and everyone was puzzled. Kano also had to put in a lot of effort to convince everyone that they didn’t need guards.

Kano couldn’t tell the truth, so she acted a bit arrogant, stating that Asuma was enough.

Shikamaru had long known his sister’s heaven-defying abilities inside out. Even if they were all wiped out, nothing would happen to Kano; she was someone who could go straight home. According to Shikamaru’s observations, his sister had already gone home several times while visiting the Hidden Mist Village these past few days, surely to bring local specialties to their mother.

During these few days in the Hidden Mist Village, besides playing around, Kano couldn’t continue doing missions. After all, she couldn’t let the Hidden Mist Village benefit from the daily missions.

Additionally, she received a communication from Kakuzu, who called her to go kill the konoha songstress together.

When Kano heard this news, she didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Now, even if Pain came, he might not be able to kill her, let alone Kakuzu.

However, Kano still planned to go play with him and, along the way, work with Kakuzu to kill ōnoki. Framing the Akatsuki Organization would also be a good idea.

While leaving the Land of Water by boat, Kano went alone to the side of Shikamaru, who was sitting on the deck staring blankly.

”Hey, big brother, you guys take your time going back. I’m going to go play for a bit and collect some interesting intel along the way. Help me take care of my sisters. Oh, and I’m leaving Shadow Zabuza, Shadow Haku, and these Shadow Ninjas with you. The task of protecting everyone is in your hands.”

With that, Kano jumped off the boat and stepped onto the surface of the sea.

Now Kano had four things to do.

First, rendezvous with Kakuzu and persuade him not to go looking for trouble with the konoha songstress, but to go after ōnoki with her.

Second, catch up with ōnoki and, while she was at it, try to eliminate all witnesses.

Third, watch out for a sudden attack from Obito. That guy seemed to have gone crazy after being hit by Kano’s genjutsu; there was no telling when he might find her.

Finally, there was the summoning scroll.

Kano pulled the summoning scroll out of her shadow. This scroll was huge, as big as the one Jiraiya always carried on his back.

She found a reef on her own and spread the scroll out on it. The reason she hadn’t taken it out to try in the Hidden Mist Village was for fear that the randomly summoned beast would be too large and scare the people around. Now she could summon it to take a look.

She hoped it was something that could fly, to make it easier to find people at sea.

She wrote her full name on the scroll and then needed to take some blood for a handprint. To be honest, Kano had saved up her menstrual blood in a small bottle with plenty of anticoagulants. When she needed blood, she wouldn’t have to bite her finger, saving her from the Pain once.

But then Kano remembered that this special edition summoning scroll seemed to use saliva.

So Kano stuck out her tongue, licked her palm, and pressed a handprint onto the scroll that could dry at any time.

Tsunade had taught her the Summoning Jutsu long ago, so Kano could already use it, but Katsuyu was really a bit inconvenient to use.

Kano formed hand seals with both hands and slapped the surface of the water.

”Summoning Jutsu!”

She outputted Chakra, but no creature appeared beside her. She didn’t know yet what she could summon. She could only feel that the Summoning Beast she summoned had appeared in the sea.

With the surging beneath the water, the Summoning Beast leaped out of the surface!

A blue, wingless dragon soared into the mist. Crystal-clear water droplets hung from its blue-and-white fluffy body, and its golden dragon pupils were filled with innocence and wisdom.

This dragon! Kano recognized it! Although she had never used it... everyone would recognize this dragon. Kano couldn’t help but call out its name.

”Future Dragon Emperor!”

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