When the upperclassmen graduated, the other grades were on vacation.
Xia Mu was currently playing the ninja killing card game by the river with his friends, but he was somewhat distracted.
He hadn't had a chance to meet Might Guy all these years. Either he didn't encounter him, or he did but the timing was wrong, so it had been delayed.
And Tenten was the key to Xia Mu meeting Might Guy.
Of course, he was sincere towards Tenten, but his appearance had caused Tenten to change. Tenten's strength was now very strong, which might affect the original plot.
If Tenten wasn't in Team Guy, Xia Mu would probably be in trouble.
"Xia Mu, are you worried about Tenten?"
Ino, who was nearby, spoke, "You know Tenten's strength best, what's there to worry about? Quickly focus on playing cards."
Her good friend Sakura pulled Ino: "Ino, stop talking. Xia Mu and Tenten have been together for so many years. Now that Tenten has become a Ninja, it's normal for Xia Mu to worry."
Thanks to Ino's initiative back then, these two best friends had finally buried the hatchet, and their relationship was now very good.
However, they would occasionally quarrel over small things. Sakura would call Ino a pig, and Ino would call Sakura a wide forehead, but fortunately, it didn't affect their friendship, it was just a bit noisy.
Upon hearing this, Xia Mu continuously activated the Great Dam Who Repaired several times, directly killing the enemy Ninja, rogue Ninja, usurpers, spies, and even his partners, leaving only him as the Hokage alive. The battle ended with the Hokage's victory.
Naruto immediately exploded: "Xia Mu, how can you play cards like this? You even killed your partners, believe it!"
Shikamaru, however, said: "Although... this is indeed a win."
That's right, this was the rule of the card game. Even if everyone died and only the Hokage was left, it was considered a victory for the Village Defense Battle. However, it was clear that Naruto did not accept this outcome.
But Naruto had no right to speak loudly.
Xia Mu looked directly at Naruto and said: "Naruto, when you were the Hokage, you accidentally killed your partners quite a few times. Why are you yelling at me now?"
Naruto choked, and immediately looked guilty. He couldn't stand on moral high ground to lecture Xia Mu.
It was Shino who said something fair: "Naruto, this is just a game after all. Any means can be used for victory. But in reality, Xia Mu is someone who cherishes his partners very much and would never do that. Naruto, you are too obsessed with the game and are having trouble distinguishing between the game and reality."
With that one sentence, everyone's eyes immediately fell on Naruto.
Naruto scratched his head awkwardly. He was indeed a bit too addicted to the ninja killing card game, especially enjoying the feeling of being the Hokage in the game.
By simply analyzing Naruto's psychology, one can understand. Because he was a dead last, coupled with the Nine-Tails Chakra occasionally causing trouble, he couldn't even control his Chakra well. Like this, let alone becoming the Hokage in the future, he would probably have difficulty even graduating from school. At this time, he needed a space to escape. In the original work, there was none, but now there was the ninja killing card game.
As long as he hid in the game, he, Naruto Uzumaki, would have a chance to become the Hokage!
Now that Shino had pointed it out directly, he felt somewhat embarrassed.
Xia Mu directly collected the cards: "Naruto's symptoms are a bit serious, so from now on, everyone temporarily stop playing cards with Naruto. We'll see how things are after a while."
Everyone naturally agreed upon hearing this.
Although the ninja killing card game was fun, everyone wasn't too addicted. At the very least, studying and training couldn't be delayed, and with parental supervision, they wouldn't be too affected by the game.
Naruto was addicted due to his special circumstances, which wasn't good. He needed to quit for a while.
"How can you do this!" Naruto immediately became anxious.
However, everyone really stopped playing cards and started playing by the river instead, either fishing, barbecuing fish, finding a place to lie down, or skipping stones. In short, they weren't playing cards.
Even the gentle Hinata shyly said: "Naruto-kun, I also think it's not good for you to be too addicted to playing cards..."
Naruto scratched his head and smiled awkwardly: "Hinata, am I that uncool? Everyone is doing this for my own good, I know, believe it. Don't worry, I can control myself."
He said he could control himself, but his eyes kept glancing at the cards placed to the side.
The symptoms were somewhat serious.
Xia Mu was helpless. If this savior became Waste because of the card game he invented, and there was no one to fight Kaguya-sama in the future, it would be troublesome. Even though Xia Mu was confident in himself and thought he could defeat the Otsutsuki later, it was still better for the savior to grow smoothly, just in case.
So, he pulled out a character card and dangled it in front of Naruto's eyes: "Naruto, look what this is?"
Naruto's eyes lit up: "It's the character card of Lord Third! Xia Mu, you actually have this!"
The others' ears twitched, and then they immediately gathered around. After all, the ninja killing card game had been out for so many years, and there had never been a Hokage character. Even though players had been suggesting it, the developers had always refused. The pirated Hokage character cards on the market were also not recognized. Now that Xia Mu suddenly took out the character card of the Third Hokage, it naturally aroused everyone's interest.
Xia Mu explained: "The Hokage is the symbol of our Konoha after all. Without Lord Third's approval, it's not allowed to be made into a card. However, not long ago, Lord Third allowed me to create a character card based on his image. The update to the character cards will be announced soon, and you'll be able to buy them then. This one is newly designed and hasn't started selling yet."
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at the card in Xia Mu's hand with longing eyes.
After all, this was the only Hokage character card available right now!
Even though the Third Hokage wasn't a handsome guy or a great beauty, he was the Hokage, an existence loved and respected by many. Who wouldn't want his card?
Although Xia Mu said it would be sold soon, everyone wanted to get their hands on it first and show it off!
Naruto quickly leaned closer to Xia Mu: "Xia Mu, Xia Mu, can I have this card?"
Xia Mu pulled his hand back with the card: "It's not impossible, but you're too addicted to playing games. Giving you this Third Hokage card now would actually harm you..."
"Xia Mu, I promise I won't be addicted anymore. Just give me Lord Third's card, believe it!" Naruto pleaded.
"Naruto, you're being too greedy! We want it too!" The other friends spoke up one after another.
"Alright, alright, everyone, don't rush."
Xia Mu persuaded, "Naruto's symptoms are quite serious right now, so I'm going to use this card to restrain him. One month, as long as Naruto can go one month without playing cards, I'll give him this Hokage card as a reward. But if he can't do it, then I'm sorry, this card will be given to someone else."
Upon hearing this, all the friends showed malicious expressions.
Even Hinata hesitated, because even when facing her beloved Naruto-kun, she didn't want to give up the Hokage card.