The power increase of Black Flash was not additive—it was multiplicative!
Shinji hadn't held back with that punch to begin with, so its might was unleashed to the absolute maximum.
Amid dazzling black sparks, every mask monster blocking his path was obliterated in a single strike.
Unstoppable, Shinji arrived right in front of the cursed mask true body.
"Eh… hee!"
The sound it made was still a giggle, but now it was overflowing with sheer terror.
Boom!
One punch—detonation!
[Exorcised a Grade 1 Curse. Gained 500 Curse Soul Points]
Shinji landed steadily on the ground and let out a long breath.
A re five hundred Curse Soul Points no longer excited him in the slightest.
What truly satisfied him was successfully unleashing Black Flash—that feeling was exhilarating.
The mask curse hadn't even managed to test anything before being instantly killed, which scared the remaining curses so badly that they scattered and hid at once.
Shinji made a show of chasing after them, but didn't actually move.
If those curses had really rushed him all at once earlier, he might truly have had to grab Hidan and run.
He simply didn't have any extra blood or cursed energy left to sustain prolonged combat.
That was why he chose the tactic of killing the chicken to scare the monkeys—using overwhelming force to instantly eliminate a standout target and intimidate the rest.
Luckily, Shinji's gamble paid off. His performance was convincing enough.
Those curses were completely frightened off by the brutal display of him one-shotting the mask curse.
Without hesitation, Shinji slung Hidan over his shoulder like a sack of grain and quickly left the area.
There was no need to take unnecessary risks now. After resting for a few days and fully recovering, he could co back and wipe out the remaining curses with ease.
With his plan settled, Shinji carried the still "mmph-mmph" struggling Hidan and evacuated the town imdiately.
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Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
With the Special Grade Curse eliminated, quite a few lucky survivors hidden within this dilapidated town finally managed to escape. They carried unbelievable stories and rumors with them as they spread the news outward.
As for Shinji, he dumped the troubleso Hidan sowhere else and returned here alone.
Worth ntioning—once Hidan regained his freedom, the very first thing he did was dismantle his mismatched arms and backward-attached legs…
Then, in an incredibly inspirational display, he stitched himself back together using only his mouth. Shinji rely helped by holding things steady.
And yet, even the stitches Hidan sewed with his mouth were a hundred tis better than soone's clumsy handiwork—leaving that soone extrely displeased.
Once Hidan finished stitching his arms back on and his self-healing kicked in, things beca even simpler.
That stitching technique was downright exquisite!
It left Shinji staring in disbelief. He seriously suspected that Hidan might've fled Yugakure because soone discovered him secretly embroidering at ho—and in a fit of embarrassed rage, he killed his way out.
With his limbs restored, Hidan handled everything else himself with practiced ease.
However, his self-healing wasn't that fast. Using needles was fine, but wielding blades to kill people was still a no-go, so he needed more rest.
Shinji, on the other hand, worried that this cursed place might give birth to another Special Grade Curse, so he rushed back before fully recovering.
This ti, in broad daylight, he saw human survivors fighting curses!
Without a Special Grade suppressing them, the remaining curses had instantly fallen into chaos, each acting on its own.
And curses below Special Grade weren't particularly difficult enemies for the ninjas of this world.
As information spread, jōnin had already started arriving to take on missions here.
If Shinji delayed even a few more days, the curses born here would likely be wiped out completely.
And all those Curse Soul Points would be wasted.
Left with no choice, Shinji hurried to hunt them down.
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A few minutes later…
Black Flash!
Shinji obliterated a big-eyed monster with a single punch.
Then he frowned. "No good. At this rate, the efficiency's too low. I need to clear this place out before more people arrive."
He reached into his pocket, flipped his palm, and took out a disturbingly pale eyeball.
It was the cursed tool dropped the last ti he killed a Special Grade Curse—the Greedy Eyeball.
After searching around briefly, he soon found several horribly mangled corpses.
Without wasting words, Shinji fed them all to the cursed object in his hand.
The eyeball suddenly grew a mouth and teeth. In no ti, it devoured all the flesh before it—and even let out a satisfied burp.
The scene was as bizarre as it was unsettling.
Fortunately, Shinji was long used to such things.
Once the eyeball was full, he imdiately activated it with cursed energy.
The Greedy Eyeball floated into the air, emitting a transparent, fan-shaped wave of light from its pupil that rotated in a full 360-degree scan.
To Shinji's surprise, it felt as though a radar map appeared in his mind. Every curse within a 500-ter radius centered on him was marked clearly.
There was even one dot overlapping perfectly with his own position!
"This just got a whole lot more convenient."
Satisfied, Shinji put the cursed tool away, then gripped the hilt of the blade on his back. After about two seconds, he suddenly leapt into the air!
Boom!
A grotesque, fanged worm burst from the ground, snapping toward Shinji.
But he had already anticipated this, causing the ambush to miss and exposing the creature completely.
The Executioner's Blade followed through, sweeping in a half-circle midair—
Beheading!
Slash!
The pale, bloated flesh-worm was severed in two. Its body didn't die imdiately—instead, it writhed violently as sickly green blood splattered everywhere.
Shinji accurately slamd down, pinning the portion trying to burrow back underground firmly to the earth with his blade.
Then he sliced his fingertip, letting blood flow.
"Crimson Blood Manipulation: Blood Star Explosion!"
Boom!
The worm hiding underground was blown to pieces.
[Exorcised a Grade 2 Curse. Gained 300 Curse Soul Points]
Shinji smacked his lips, saying nothing.
Though it was only a Grade 2 Curse, its burrowing ability and resistance to decapitation made it extrely dangerous if it managed a sneak attack.
"One, two, three, four, five…"
"Five left. Let's finish this quickly."
Muttering to himself, Shinji hoisted the Executioner's Blade and went on a killing spree.
With the radar scan, the hidden curses around him had nowhere left to hide. His efficiency skyrocketed instantly.
It didn't take long before one Grade 3 Curse and four Grade 4 Curses were exorcised.
Another 600 Curse Soul Points in the bag!
Shinji felt invigorated and prepared to move on to another area.
Flesh wasn't hard to co by anyway—just look around carefully and you'd find ruined corpses everywhere.
Like this, Shinji pushed forward step by step. No matter how well hidden a curse was, it couldn't escape the Greedy Eyeball's scan, ultimately turning into Curse Soul Points for him.
Such clean and decisive monster-slaying left so onlookers staring in stunned disbelief.
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20 Power Stones= 1 additional chapters.
After weeks of searching, I found one of the rarest Naruto fanfic there is! LOTM × Naruto!
Basically The Fool In Naruto World.
Though not new, it's the first ti I saw soone write on The Fool pathway. But that's not what intrigued the most, Mc doesn't have to drink potion after potion, he's straight up into a Miracle Invoker, though with lots of limitations cause he's Golden Finger is only a Sealed Artifact made from Miracle Invoker characteristics. Plus points for cause I don't like overly OP MC.
But best part is The iconic magician Clown is there, pulling Future Sasuke and Naruto—Scolar of Yore, sequence 3 abilities— And damn, young Sasuke reaction is priceless. Also, I've talked with the author of he'll use Miracle Invoker to recreate the (Tarrot Club) and he said, "I didn't thought of that, but Maybe?" Lol, Naruto version of Tarrot Club would be like Akatsuki. Man, that'll be peak.
The fanfic is still at it's early stages, so who knows, he might do it. And surprisingly, he's cool with translating it. However, it's he's first ti writing and my ability is limited.
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