Naruto just wants to be a god of death.

Chapter 64 I'm Just a Passing Hero (Seeking monthly tickets~Seeking follow-up reading~)

Return to town and rent a boat.

Naruto and Karin rested for a night and set out early the next morning.

Yesterday's warning to Iwagakure was very effective.

A large number of ninjas were evacuated from the town.

The Whirlpool Kingdom is a small island not far from the shore.

After sailing on the sea for more than two hours, we arrived at an abandoned ferry.

It was misty and a bit gloomy.

The pier extending over the water had become rotten and dilapidated, with only some broken wooden boards barely hanging on.

They look so fragile that it's hard to even step on them. A gust of wind or a rainstorm might cause them to suffer heavy damage.

"Has the Whirlpool Country been like this for all these years?" Naruto stared at the dock and asked softly.

The boatman said without even turning his head: "Hardly anyone will come."

"I remember that this place seemed to be a country before."

"I don't know why it suddenly died overnight."

At this point, the boatman paused and said, "I heard from the old people in the town that it was this country that angered the god of death, causing it to punish and destroy this country."

Naruto raised an eyebrow, "The God of Death? Why do you say the God of Death?"

The Land of Whirlpools is an island country.

Even in the eyes of ordinary people, the demise of this country is related to "gods".

The person that comes to mind should be "Poseidon".

"Hurricane", "earthquake", "volcano"... These elements are more reasonable than the appearance of "Death".

"I don't know either." The boatman shook his head. "That's what the old people in the village said."

Karin said softly: "My mother said that the Uzumaki clan used to have the custom of worshipping the god of death."

"That's probably how the rumor of being killed by the god of death came about."

The boatman turned around and looked at Xianglin in surprise: "I remember now, I seem to have heard them say that before"

"Most of the ninjas in that country used to have red hair."

"Are you their descendant?"

Karin didn't answer him and continued, "The demise of Whirlpool Country was not caused by the God of Death."

"It's because ninjas from other countries are afraid of the Uzumaki clan's sealing technique."

"In one night, they united and destroyed the Whirlpool Country. Even their ally Konoha was unable to react."

The boatman nodded, suddenly realizing: "So that's how it is!"

“This is really great news.”

He avoided the dock, threw a rope to tie it to a tree stump on the shore, set up the plank, and Naruto and Karin got off the boat, setting foot on this land that once belonged to the "Uzumaki Clan" for the first time.

"Wait!" the boatman called out to them.

The two turned back.

The boatman scratched his head and said, "Although you seem to be very powerful."

"It's also related to ninjas and this destroyed country."

"But be careful."

“There are still some original residents on this island.”

"I also heard that some pirates live on this island."

Naruto smiled at him, "Thanks, uncle!"

The boatman watched them leave and rowed the boat back.

On the island of Whirlpool Country.

The trees are tall, the bushes are thick, and everything is full of life.

But there are not many traces of human life.

There is a well-traveled path leading from the pier to the island, but it has not been used and maintained for nearly twenty years, and weeds have grown over it and are trying to swallow it up.

Follow the path forward and you will enter a town.

The economy here was once prosperous due to its port.

But now there are only broken walls and a barren land.

"Do you want to find something here first?" Xianglin walked to the door of a half-collapsed house and peeked inside.

"Let's go find the ninja village first." Naruto shook his head.

We continued forward and soon after we walked out of the town, we heard a chaotic noise of shouting and yelling not far away.

The two of them rushed over and stepped on the tree.

Where the sound came from was a simple settlement.

A house built with materials picked up from the town.

A small village with only a few dozen people.

They were being robbed. Five pirates were holding knives they had obtained from nowhere, and some were waving kunai and shurikens.

"Hurry up! Hand over all your food!"

"And money."

"Or die!"

They are extremely rampant.

There were only five people, but they made the entire village dare not resist.

The older ones looked numb.

The young people and children wanted to resist, but were held back by the adults.

"There are ninjas." Naruto said softly, his eyes falling on two of them.

Those two men were not wearing ninja forehead protectors.

The chakra aura is not that strong, not even as strong as Haruno Sakura.

But there is no doubt that they are beyond ordinary people.

"Naruto, do you want to save them?" Karin tilted her head. She didn't care much about these people, she only cared about Naruto's opinion.

In response to her, there was an arc of golden light.

Naruto silently interfered in the battlefield.

The five pirates' grim smiles suddenly froze, their bodies were like petrified, unable to move, only their eyes could move - this was the gap created by Naruto.

The five of them turned their eyes with difficulty and their gazes fell on the golden hair.

Looked terrified.

A powerful ninja?
How could a person of this level appear on a barren island like Whirlpool Country?

"You have greater power, but you only want to bully the weaker ones." Naruto said softly, his eyes scanning their faces, "It's unforgivable."

He placed his hand on the hilt of the Nine-Tailed Fox.

One inch out of the sheath.

Without liberating it, just using a trace of strength.

Five translucent hands of the tailed beasts emerged from the ground.

In the face of the five people's terrified, resisting and begging eyes, he crushed their throats without any hesitation.

Naruto turned back.

The people in the village were cautious.

"Is that you, Mr. Ninja?" An old man in the center of the crowd spoke up, his tone cautious, "Thank you, Mr. Ninja, for saving our village."

He winked at the person next to him.

The man holding the money in his arms quickly ran to Naruto, knelt down in the "Dogeza" posture, reverently piled up the coins and pushed them at Naruto's feet.

The old man continued, "This is the only money our village has, as a reward for saving us, Master Ninja."

"I hope Master Ninja doesn't mind."

Although it is a pity to lose "money".

But, there are not many opportunities to use money on this island. In comparison, being able to keep food is already good enough.

Only then did Karin instantly land on the ground and stand next to Naruto.

The people in the village became more cautious.

Another Ninja!
Naruto didn't answer immediately, he was thinking about a question.

After a while, he smiled.

He bent down and picked up the two largest denominations from the pile of coins, and stuffed them into Xianglin's hands: "This is my reward for saving you."

"As for the ninja."

Naruto said softly, but firmly: "We are not ninjas."

He paused, thinking of an appropriate description.

"I'm just a hero who happened to pass by."

The old man was startled.

He stared at Naruto's face. Against the backdrop of his golden hair, his cheerful smile was even brighter, as if it could instantly dispel the gloomy fog that was lingering on the island.

hero
Instead of ninja?

"Mr. Hero, can you tell us your name?" he asked.

Naruto gave a thumbs up, "Just call me, Golden Flash, Uzumaki Naruto."

Karin chuckled: "Naruto, your naming ability is quite different from your aesthetic ability."

"Golden Flash is very handsome!" Naruto smiled, "and it's my father's nickname."

"I'm blonde too."

“It’s obviously suitable for me.”

(There will be another chapter at 18: tonight~)

(End of this chapter)