Naruto: Rise To The Top - Chapter 36

After Ryuu burned the entire forest, he saw Saika flying towards him at great speed. When I arrived next to him, she said in a loud and angry voice, “Why did you burn the forest? You killed so many animals we raised here.”

“Why are you angry? Everything here is made of an illusion, from the animals to the forest is all an illusion.” Ryuu was surprised because Saika was angry.

“What do you mean it’s all an illusion? Everything here is real.” Saika’s eyes were filled with anger as she looked at Ryuu as if she wanted to burn him like he did with the forest.

Ryuu was shocked by Saika’s behavior and felt suspicious so he looked at her closely with his Sharingan.’ Saica is also made of illusion. System, show me her stats.’

He was shocked because Saika was made of an illusion, and wanted to make sure, so he asked the system to show her stats, but he waited for a while and no stats appeared.

“You are also made of an illusion.” Ryuu sighed and told Saika.

When she heard Ryuu’s words, Saika became very angry, she started to flutter her wings violently and tried to attack Ryuu, but before she could reach him, Heaven and Earth and Saika started cracking and shattering as if they were pieces of glass.

When the illusion was shattered, Ryuu found himself inside a large room of 300 meters, and the walls and floor of the room were filled with intricate seals.

Inside the room is a giant fox with yellow fur that has nine tails. When the fox saw that Ryuu opened his eyes, he spoke to him, “It seems that you found out that everything in that place is an illusion.”

When Ryuu saw the giant fox, his eyes widened in shock, “You’re the kyuubi, how did you appear here?”.

“Don’t compare me to that beast whose body is made of chakra, I have a body of flesh and blood.”The fox was upset because Ryuu thought it was the kyuubi.

“Well you look a lot like him, you’re a fox with nine tails everyone who sees you will think you are a kyuubi.” Ryuu came out of his shock and spoke to the fox with his Sharingan activated to make sure he was not inside another illusion.

“First of all, I don’t look like him, but he who looks like my clan, Hagoromo designed the Kyuubi to be similar to us, that damned one, why didn’t he choose another form for him, he distorted the world’s perception of my clan.”The fox was getting angry when he mentioned Hagoromo.

For a minute the fox cursed Hagoromo, and after calming down he told Ryuu, “Sorry for being so emotional, this topic has been bothering me for a long time.”

“So what about the test?” Ryuu asked the fox.

“You are considered successful in the fourth test the moment you discovered that the world you were in is an illusion. Only Uchiha Madara was able to discover that that world was an illusion, and the rest of the people who entered the test did not discover it, and they thought that the person leading them was hiding His true form using illusion.” The fox smiled and started explaining to Ryuu.

“So what about the third test, I didn’t complete it.”

“You are considered successful in the first four tests when you discover that the world you were in is an illusion. This means that you are successful in the third test. Let us move to the place of the last test.” After the fox finished the explanation, stood on his four feet and started walking to the giant door in front of him.

The fox and Ryuu came out of the room, as soon as Ryuu came out, he was amazed at the giant buildings that were built in Chinese style and the very giant pagoda decorated on its walls various shapes of nine-tailed foxes, and there were many foxes walking in the streets and they were of different sizes and colors. But what shocked him was that there were some humans here too , and they numbered far more than foxes. “You didn’t tell me that there are humans living among you.”

“They are not humans, they are foxes like us, our clan members can transform into human form when they reach the age of 50. There is a legend that when one of us reaches the age of 1,000 years, he will ascend to heaven and become a celestial fox. Unfortunately, the maximum age The one that the clan has reached is 500 years old or less. And the current head of the clan is 532 years old, and this is a record number in the clan.” The fox spoke with a heartbreak.

“Don’t worry, one of you will reach the age of 1,000. Don’t despair.” Ryuu patted the fox’s foot in consolation. And he thought, ‘His fur is soft and pleasant to touch’.

The fox didn’t care about comforting Ryuu, and walked up to the building in front of him, opened the door, and entered. “Okay, we’ve arrived at the fifth test site.”

‘The test site is closer than I expected’ The fifth test building was 50 meters from the previous one.

Under the leadership of the fox, Ryuu came to a room, but this room had many entrances, and each entrance was so black that Ryuu could not see inside the room.

“The fifth test is luck, it’s very simple.There are twenty entrances and only one of them is correct.To pass the fifth test all you have to do is choose the right entrance. You can’t use any tricks, you only have to walk to one of the entrances.There is only one chance.” Fox finished speaking and stood aside waiting for Ryuu’s choice.

‘Only one of the twenty entrances is correct, and no method may be used. There is only one chance. I remember seeing the same test in one of the anime ‘think Ryuu, remember that he saw the same test in one of the anime, and in that anime the true meaning of the test is not to hesitate and he has to choose any entrance because they are all correct.

So Ryuu did not hesitate and went to one of the entrances and opened the door. Then he looked at the fox and said, “I chose this entrance.”

The fox became petrified in shock as Ryuu quickly picked the entrance.

“Congratulations for passing all the exam.” The fox approached Ryuu and gave Ryuu a strange look, “I thought you were going to think for a long time about choosing the entrance, but I didn’t expect you to choose the entrance so quickly. You are really lucky that you chose the right entrance.”

“What do you mean I’m lucky to have chosen the correct entrance? Aren’t all entrances considered correct and this test tests a person’s hesitation and decisiveness?” When Ryuu heard the fox’s words, he was confused.

“This is a test of luck, there are no such complicated ideas, I never lied to you before, only one entrance is considered real and you chose it.”

“But you have done a good job because there is no point in staying and thinking for a long time or trying to find a sign or clue to the right entrance because there are no such things.”

Ryuu’s mind stopped thinking upon hearing the fox’s words and remained in his place, shocked.

“Stop standing still, let’s go to the clan chief to sign a contract with you.”

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