Almost an hour later Naruto finished relaying his story to his friends including his conversation with the old man minus the Jinchuuriki details as he'd planned to take that secret to his grave.
"So Mizuki-sensei was a traitor?" asked Chouji for probably the tenth time since he'd found out.
"Yep," said Naruto.
"There is one thing I don't get, you seemed to have glossed over a lot of details, like why Mizuki chose you for it, and the conversation between Iruka and Mizuki and why your status shows some updates?"
Naruto blanched. "I didn't really want to talk about that."
"Well, no point hiding now," said Shikamaru. "Besides you're our friend."
"I hope you still feel that way after I tell you what that's all about." Naruto took a deep breath and began explaining about his mother and the Uzumaki and the details of a Jinchuuriki.
"Wow," said Chouji. "That fucking blows."
"Tell me about it," groused Naruto. "But you guys are okay right? You're still my friends?"
"Moron, of course we are," said Shikamaru. "This just makes you a bit more troublesome. And it explains why you have so many hated reputations in the village."
"Yeah, that was a hard one to accept. I guess a lot of them see me as the Kyuubi and not the one keeping it prisoner," replied Naruto, a bit morosely.
"Well, now what?" asked Chouji.
"I want to check out that training field," said Shikamaru. "Let's see what happens if we go back there."
"I was hoping you guys would want to go check it out," said Naruto, his happy, eager personality back to normal with just those few words.
"Could be fun," said Chouji, shrugging.
"Oh, but before we go, have either of you guys got some explosive tags?"
"I've got ten tags on me," said Chouji.
"I don't really carry them on me, why?" asked Shikamaru.
Naruto quickly opened his inventory and took twenty five of his out and handed them to Shikamaru. "If that field . . . dungeon . . . whatever has reset then you'll want them. I was lucky as hell to get out of there alive yesterday."
"I think I'm having second thoughts," said Chouji, hearing Naruto's near death experience with the whole mess.
"Hey, I was able to solo it yesterday. With three of us it should be a walk in the park," said Naruto, trying assuage his friend's fears.
"Come on, Chouji, we can always just leave," offered Shikamaru, actually trying to encourage his friend to go along.
"Alright, but if I die, I swear I will haunt you both."
"That settles it, Chouji lives at all costs. I don't like ghosts," said Naruto, getting the other two to laugh happily. "It's not funny, I'm being serious."
Naruto led the group to Training Ground 13 easily enough and even got the warning when he entered but with one minor difference.
Training Field 13 – A heavily forested area populated with a large number of chakra spiders. Recommended Level: 12. 56:12:41:95
The timer was new and counting down.
"Ah, I think it's got a reset timer on. It won't be up again for a few days."
"I can see the warning, Naruto," said Shikamaru with a sigh.
"What about going to training field 11 or 12 then. They aren't too far from here?" asked Chouji.
"I'm game," said Shikamaru.
"Sure, lead the way, Chouji," said Naruto.
Not much later they entered an open field with a few scattered trees and bushes.
Training Field 11 – An open field with sparsely populated trees and shrubbery but plenty of tall grass obscuring a great deal of chakra rodents. Recommended Level: 10.
"Okay, did you all see that warning too?"
"Yeah, so probably going to have chakra rats, maybe some rabbit and squirrels," said Shikamaru.
"I hate chakra squirrels," said Chouji. "Those nuts they throw hurt like hell. Occasionally some of those little bastards get into my Uncle's almond farm and have to be cleared out. It's not fun."
"Let's just see what we get," said Naruto, just as he felt something bite down hard on the back of his ankle. "Ow, you little fucker," howled Naruto, quickly pulling a kunai and driving it down into the head of the rat that just bit him. "Why do they always go for the freaking ankles like that?"
"Hey, it says I got Exp for that," said Chouji, his finger following blue letters as the float up and disappeared.
Meanwhile, Naruto had killed four more of the rats before they could sneak up on him or the others again. "Don't just stand there you dopes, get to killing these punks."
And so the slaughter began, rat after rat perished as the came one after the other. Then came rat kings, then queens. They came and didn't stop coming, wave after wave of rat before it suddenly calmed.
"Okay, this is usually where the boss shows up," said Naruto, taking up a defensive stance.
Chouji and Shikamaru mimicked Naruto taking up defensive stances near him.
It started as just a light tremor shaking the ground then quickly grew until it was difficult to keep their feet under them. Finally about ten meters ahead of them the ground burst open and a giant rat appear. It was far and away the ugliest rat Naruto had ever seen. It had horrible growths all over its body, patches of skill that were torn away to show flesh and bone. And the stink from it was absolutely awful.
Chakra Rat Abomination Lvl 13
HP: 1200/1200 CP: 500/500
The rare abomination, a chakra mutated creature so far gone it has taken to eating its own kind. They are often drawn out when their food source is threatened.
"Is that normal?" asked Chouji.
"For my life, yes it is," said Naruto. "You guys ready?"
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