"Heh heh, Naruto, let's play cards." Inuzuka Kiba suggested sinisterly.
"Yeah, yeah, Naruto, since you're so addicted, we'll continue to play with you." Ino and Sakura smiled even more slyly.
"No! I'm not playing cards this month! You guys can't tempt me, believe it! I will definitely go one month without playing the ninja killing card game, so Natsuki will give me Lord Third's character card, believe it!"
Naruto declared his determination loudly, then covered his ears to prevent everyone from influencing him.
Everyone had no choice but to look at Natsuki.
Natsuki gave them a reassuring look and pulled everyone aside to whisper: "Lord Hokage has agreed to allow the sale of the Third Hokage character card after one month, so you will be able to buy it then. Naruto is too addicted to the game right now, which is not a good thing, so let's leave him alone for a month so he can sober up a bit."
Everyone also knew it was for Naruto's own good, so they all nodded.
Moreover, when Naruto gets the Hokage character card after a month, he will find that it's already being sold on the market, which will definitely be interesting.
Shikamaru, on the other hand, was curious about the settings of the Hokage character card. He directly leaned closer to take a look and found that it was designed with the Third Hokage's title as the Professor of Ninjutsu, which meant that any of the Five Element Ninjutsu could be activated by the Third Hokage with just any card, which was even more outrageous than the Uchiha's Sharingan and the Hyuga's Byakugan.
But since it was a Hokage card, it was normal for it to be a bit outrageous.
If the Hokage wasn't strong, who would be the pillar of the Village?
Shikamaru even thought that the Third Hokage allowing Natsuki to create the Hokage card was to promote the strength of the Hokage, as the ninja killing card game had been really popular over the years.
It must be said, Shikamaru was truly right.
Sarutobi Hiruzen did see the promotional effect of the cards, which is why he advocated for Natsuki to add the Hokage card, and he only allowed the addition of the Third Hokage card, as the Third Hokage was currently in power. As for the cards of the other Hokage, they were naturally made as well, but only one of each was made, and they were currently in Sarutobi Hiruzen's hands.
However, the settings for the Third Hokage character card were personally overseen by Sarutobi Hiruzen, and the Five Element Mastery was also personally added by Sarutobi Hiruzen. The reason it was outrageous was entirely due to Sarutobi Hiruzen's narcissism and had nothing to do with Natsuki.
Natsuki didn't even know that even Danzo had heard about the Third Hokage card and had cursed Sarutobi Hiruzen to his face for being shameless.
It was truly a pity that he couldn't witness this great drama about the Hokage card and the shadows.
In addition, the characters on the cards needed to be updated to once again trigger a buying frenzy among players.
This time, not only were the Hokage character cards added, but other hero characters were also made into cards, just waiting for the update after a month. It would definitely sell well again then.
So, this game was truly very profitable. Natsuki's Father-in-law was now making a fortune just by making cards.
However, the appearance of the Hokage character cards would eventually lead to power creep, which was not a good thing. Fortunately, only one Hokage card was added, and players also generally acknowledged the strength of the Hokage, so there would be no problems for now.
When the First Hokage, Second Hokage, and Fourth Hokage were added someday, it would probably lead to endless arguments.
At that time, which Hokage was stronger would be a hot topic.
Getting off topic.
Anyway, now, in order not to trigger Naruto's gaming addiction, everyone stopped playing cards.
Seeing Naruto's uncomfortable expression, Natsuki decided to find something for this guy to do, so he called him over.
"Natsuki, what is it? Anyway, I'm not playing cards, believe it!" Naruto said, gritting his teeth and not daring to look at Natsuki.
"Alright, seeing you're so uncomfortable, I'll find something else for you to do to distract yourself."
Natsuki said, and directly started walking on the tree trunk, "See? This can only be done after precise Chakra control. Your Chakra control is too poor. You can learn to climb trees, and after you succeed, learn to walk on water. By then, your Chakra control level will definitely improve, and using the Three Body Technique won't be a problem."
While speaking, he walked to the treetop, and even walked upside down under a branch.
Then he flew down to the water surface and strolled leisurely.
Naruto was stunned: "So amazing, believe it! Learning to climb trees and walk on water can improve Chakra control? Yosh! I'll try too!"
Saying that, without waiting for Natsuki to teach him, he directly learned to gather Chakra at his feet and walked towards the tree trunk, and as expected, he fell down.
He didn't believe it and tried a few more times, but the result was the same.
His other friends gathered around, and couldn't help but laugh when they saw Naruto's pathetic state.
Inuzuka Kiba even mocked: "Hahaha! Naruto, your Chakra control is too poor, you can't even climb trees!"
Shikamaru and Shino exchanged glances and didn't speak. They were smart people who knew more about Naruto's situation and could probably guess the reason for Naruto's state, which is why they didn't comment.
Choji munched on snacks and casually said: "This seems like a basic thing, I was required to learn it when I was very young at home."
Ino and Hinata both nodded. After all, they came from Ninja families, so they naturally had elders supervising and teaching them about Chakra control. They wouldn't possibly not know how to climb trees or walk on water by the time they graduated from the Ninja Academy; that would be truly embarrassing.
Sakura blushed a little: "Are these basic things? I didn't know."
Saying that, she also tried gathering Chakra at her feet and walked towards the trunk of a nearby large tree. Unexpectedly, she easily walked to the top of the tree.
For a moment, she felt full of confidence.
"It doesn't seem that difficult."
"It means your Chakra control is very precise, Sakura."
Natsuki explained, "Also, there's another point, which is that your Chakra is not as much as Naruto's. If the human body is compared to a container and Chakra to water, then your Chakra amount, Sakura, is equivalent to a cup of water, while Naruto's Chakra amount is equivalent to a pool of water, so it's simpler for you to control Chakra."
What?! It can be explained like that!
Sakura's newfound confidence was immediately shaken, but she also felt that what Natsuki said made sense.
A cup of water is indeed easier to control than a pool of water. Her Chakra was not as much as Naruto's, so even if she controlled it better than Naruto, she had no reason to be proud.
Because the amount of Chakra directly affects future growth, as long as there is enough Chakra, even if the control isn't good now, when the day comes that the control is good, they will definitely take off, surpassing a group of people in an instant is nothing.
Hearing this, Naruto laughed foolishly: "So my Chakra is that much, I still have some good points."
Ino spoke up for her best friend irritably: "Naruto, what are you laughing foolishly about? So what if you have a lot of Chakra? You're so stupid, it's not that easy to control Chakra well. Just keep being the dead last!"
Naruto immediately exploded: "Impossible! I can definitely control it well! I can definitely learn to climb trees and walk on water very quickly, believe it!"
Everyone just chuckled, clearly not believing him much.
Naruto even said he wanted to become Hokage, but so what? Who can't say ambitious words? .