Author's note: Hello guys! I am very sorry to publish this chapter so late. But as i always say in previous chapters, i am a very busy guy. Now let's not beat around the bush and get started.
Hope you will enjoy
Chapter 5
The square shaped object is approaching fast, not even slowing down for once. When it came closer, naruto immediately realized that it was some sort of mechanical moving object, just like those trains that he saw in the land of snow that uses rails to stay and move around the places. But as far as he could see, the mechanical moving object is much smaller than a train and it's not using any rails.
Furrowing his brows in confusion, naruto stared at the object in suspicion and soon got ready to use his skills if necessary, only to throw all his ninja-skills through the window when he unexpectedly heard a sound of a horn coming from the mechanical object that nearly gave him a heart attack.
Comically flailing his hands in the air, naruto did the only thing that came to his mind, he screamed. "AAAAAAAAAAAh!" Before the mechanical object could stop, it already crashed into naruto and sent him flying towards a tree which soon snapped in half.
Slumping down under the tree trunk, naruto's entire world got dizzy while swirls appeared in his eyes.
The mechanical moving object quickly stopped in a halt and a door opened at the side, revealing a person coming out of it with a worried expression on his face. Frantically looking around in concern, the person immediately spotted naruto slumping down under the tree trunk with a comicaly dizzy expression on his face.
Quickly rushing towards the dizzy naruto, the person kneeled down right beside him and quickly started to check if there were any serious injuries. To his relief and utter disbelief, there was none, as if getting hit by a car that was moving at the speed of 50 miles per hour and later getting slammed into a tree was nothing.
Shaking his head with a sigh, the person ignored the fact that a seven year old kid would have died because of this accident, and instead put a hand on his shoulder to wake him up from his temporary unconsciousness.
"Hey, hey, kid, are you awake? Did you got hurt? Do you need me to take you to the hospital?" The person asked with a worried tone, hoping for naruto to wake up so he could know that he didn't kill the seven year old kid.
Naruto didn't respond for a few seconds and stayed silent, making the poor man feel very guilty at believing that he might have killed the little seven year old boy. But to the man's surprise and utter relief, a groan of discomfort was released from naruto's mouth when the dizziness was finally subsided.
Slowly opening his eyes, naruto kept his eyes narrowed at still feeling lightheaded. Not having a clear vision, naruto closed his eyes again and shook his head to get rid of the dizziness. He then opened his eyes once again and blinked a few times, only to see a middle aged man staring at him with a concerned expression on his face.
Looking at the man in surprise, naruto gave a small smile at finally meeting a human after two years of self isolation. It started to feel like somewhat foreign at seeing a human after a long time, but it's somewhat expected. After all, he has lost his entire world after the forth great war and hasn't interacted with any other humans since then.
Slightly shaking his head, naruto looked at the man with curiosity when he asked him something in a completely different language. Scratching his head in confusion, naruto slowly stood up with a grunt and dusted his pants, before he looked at the crouching man with the shake of his head, indicating that he didn't understand what he said.
The man looked up at naruto in surprise, wondering how he couldn't understand him despite being in the same country, before he looked closer and realized something. That this kid looks foreign and he smells like shit. His clothes were also torn apart which confirmed his suspicion.
Resisting the urge to hold his nose in disgust, the man started to examine his face and tried to guess where he might come from. By his observation, naruto kinda looks like a breed between american and japanese, but his japanese features stood out the most. And by the looks of his condition, he might have lived in a poverty which greatly saddened the middle aged man. He couldn't help but give a sigh of pity at thinking that might have been the case, but the man has no idea how wrong he is.
Quickly taking out a small rectangular shaped object from his pocket, the man pressed a button on the side and suddenly the object lit up at the front .The man started to press his thumb at the front of the object and began to type something rapidly.
Naruto looked at the small device with curiosity, wondering what kind of technology it is. In his previous world, they had pretty good technology of their own, but as far as he can see, the technology is more advanced in this world if the way of modern clothing and the small stuff on the man's hand was any indication. He took a glance at the car and looked at it with a raised eye brow. "Huh, just as i thought, it's just like those trains but much smaller and doesn't need railway tracks. Man, i wonder what other cool stuff they might have in this world." Naruto thought to himself with excitement, eagered to learn and try some new stuff that this world has to offer.
Before he could wonder further, naruto brought himself back to reality when the middle aged man said something to the device with that same weird language. "Hey kid, tell me if you understand this language." The middle aged man spoke to the device while holding it near to his face, before he waited patiently for something to happen.
Naruto looked at the man in confusion, wondering why he talked to the device in that same unknown language, before he heard a ding noise coming from the device which soon started to write something in kanji. Looking at the device with curiosity, naruto leaned forward to take a glance and see what was going on with the device, only to widen his eyes in surprise when he saw the device started to write something in kanji, something he understands.
Looking at his device, the middle aged man nodded his head in confirmation, before he showed him the device and ushered him to read.
Looking at the device which is nearly touching his face, naruto looked at the man with a raised eye brow, before he saw the man pointing his index finger at the device and silently telling him to read the text.
Naruto looked at the device with narrowed eyes and tried to read what was written. "Hey kid, tell me if you understand this language." Naruto read the text in kanji and soon his eyes lit up in understanding. He looked up at the man and gave him a thumbs-up, indicating that he understood. The middle aged man nodded his head and quickly tapped a cross symbol at the right side of the corner, and everything that was written was gone, as if everything that was written was erased in an instant.
Naruto blinked his eyes in surprise at seeing everything getting erased in an instant. He was very confused but excited at the same time, wondering what other stuff this device could do. The man soon tapped a small mic symbol at the bottom of the device and said something in that same unknown language. "Alright kid, that's a good thing. Now tell me what's your name and what the heck were you doing in the middle of the road?" The middle aged man said to the device with a bit of annoyance, before the device started to write once again in kanji. Once it's finished, he showed the device to naruto to read.
Naruto read what was written and sweat dropped at the last question. Naruto then pointed a finger at himself and spoke his name to the middle aged man. "Naruto uzumaki." Naruto said his name to the middle aged man who at first looked at him in confusion, before he noticed that naruto was pointing his index finger at himself, indicating that he was telling his name. Nodding his head in understanding, the middle aged man tapped on the cross symbol and everything was erased, before he tapped on the mic symbol again and ushered him to speak.
Looking at the device in confusion, naruto looked at the man with a raised eye brow and simply shook his head, silently telling him that he didn't get what he meant. The middle aged man saw his expression and realized that he didn't understand. So he started to point his index finger at his mouth, and opened and closed it multiple times to somehow make him understand that he was telling him to speak to the device.
Naruto saw the man's action and couldn't help but look at him with amusement, since it was kinda funny and somewhat refreshing to see, but he decided to drop his amusement and cleared up his voice to speak to the device the same way the man did. "I was lost on my way and somehow ended up over there." He said, before he watched the device write everything he said in kanji and soon started to write something in the same language that the middle aged man understands.
The middle aged man read the text and looked at him with a raised eye brow. "Were you trying to go to a specific place?" The man asked him through the device, who nodded his head after reading the text. "Yeah, i was trying to find the nearby village that i heard about from the other people." Naruto lied to the middle aged man who quickly read the text and looked at him in confusion. "Village? Did you mean city?" The man asked, which naruto also looked at him in confusion. "City? What's that?" Naruto asked the middle aged man in confusion, who only looked at him with a dumbfounded expression on his face.
In the elemental nation, there are only villages and small towns around the world. Villages are associated with military dictatorships with civilians living among them, while towns were usually associated with trading Industries with a small number of civilians living among them. So the word "City" is something completely new to naruto, which honestly surprised the middle aged man.
Although he was suspecting that naruto might not have gotten a good education because of him leaving in poverty and has less general knowledge about the world, but the middle aged man has no idea that it's because of a completely different reason.
So the middle aged man tried to explain as best as he could about the cities, cars, smart phones, and other possible general knowledge that he needs to know about the modern society. And to his surprise, naruto actually absorbed all the information like a sponge and understood very tough words and other vocabularies that kids his age couldn't even pronounce.
This made the man very confused since he thought that naruto didn't get a good education in poverty, but by the way of his talking, it didn't sound childish. Sure, his voice might be a bit squeaky like a small kid, but his talks and his questions are too mature to be like a kid. As if he wasn't talking to a kid, but an adult.
Looking at naruto curiously, he finally noticed that naruto is wearing an indigo blue mask which is covering the entire half of his face. He then looked at naruto's back towards the half split tree and narrowed his eyes in suspicion. "Why is this kid wearing a mask and how the hell did he survive this accident? I admit it was my fault to begin with, but still. That's inhuman. No one can survive that accident." The man's brows are now furrowed in further suspicion which wasn't missed by naruto's sharp and calculated gaze. He immediately noticed where the man's eyes were looking and quickly realized that he was thinking how he survived the accident.
So quickly making a decision, naruto decided to ask one last question before leaving this place and the middle aged man behind. "Hey old man, can you tell me how i can go to the nearby city?" Naruto asked the middle aged man through the smart phone, who quickly shook his head and read what was written on the translated text.
After reading through the text, the middle aged man contemplated for a moment if he should tell naruto the way to the city and leave him behind. As far as naruto told him, he has no parents and has no idea about the modern society. Naruto also mentioned that he lived with a poor family and eventually wanted to see the city with many people interact with each other, which he obviously lied about but the man has no idea.
After thinking for a while, he looked at naruto with a serious expression who immediately tensed up, getting ready for any surprise attacks. The middle aged man then translated his last words before he decides to take naruto with him and leave him at the police station, where they might help him and he would be in a much better care.
"Alright kid, i want you to hear me out. If you want to go to the city, then why not i take you over there and leave you somewhere safe?" The middle aged man asked to naruto with a smile.
Naruto looked at the man in suspicion and contemplated his words for a moment, before he finally made a decision. He will go with the man, in case he couldn't find the city that he was looking for himself. But if the man plays any dirty tricks, he can simply kill the man and get out of there in seconds. The way the other human's and the man's energy feels is almost nothing to none. Their chakras are so small that they barely have enough to stay alive. So he doubted that they knew about jutsus and supernatural feats that can literally level a mountain. Heck the way this man talked about the current society indicates how much they rely only on technologies alone.
So stealing his resolve, he gave the man a nod of his head and told him that he agrees to go with him to the city and soon part ways after he let him off. The man nodded his head and gestured him to follow to the car. Naruto followed the man to the car and inspected the car from the outside, while the man already entered the car and waited for naruto to join him inside.
To the man, it looked like naruto was just curious and admiring his car which is almost banged up. But that's not the truth. What naruto was actually looking for is traps that might be hidden somewhere around the rectangular shaped contraption that is apparently called car. Once he is done with his observation, he found none and decided to sit right beside the driver before they finally head towards the city. "Man, i can't wait to see the other people. I think the ride is going to be fun." Naruto thought to himself with growing excitement, intrigued to see how other people of this world interact with each other, before the car finally took off towards the city and disappeared between the thick fog.
Half way on the road
"NO! This isn't fun! This is hell! This stupid piece of junk is a pure incarnation of evil!" Naruto screamed inside the car which nearly deafened the poor middle aged man. The middle aged man was about to shout at naruto for nearly deafening him with his scream, but his attention soon went back to the road when he saw two intersection leading towards two different directions. So quickly taking the right intersection, the man quickly turned the car and head straight towards the city. Between the thick fog and many trees, large buildings were starting to rise up from the horizon the more closer they gets.
Naruto was about to scream once more, but he immediately stopped when the car turned to the right intersection and under his mask, his face grew green at feeling extreme nausea. He quickly clamped his mouth with both of his hands while his cheeks kept bulging up and down like a balloon, threatening to release all the content that were inside his stomach.
Looking at his passenger's current condition, the middle aged man couldn't help but feel pity for the seven year old boy. After all, the motion sickness is something that's very hard to deal with when riding a vehicle or a self moving object for the first time.
So for now, he focused on driving the car and taking naruto to the police station as fast as possible so he could take some rest from his now discovered motion sickness. The man could have stopped for a moment and let naruto to catch his breath, but it's better to be done with it at once rather then suffering again after taking a rest. So at full speed, the man drove the car and headed straight towards the city, while naruto silently screamed with his two hands still clamping his mouth over the mask. "P please... Stooooooop..." Naruto mentally cried out with overly dramatic tears raining down from his eyes.
One and a half hour later
The two finally entered the city with the car slowing down at the somewhat busy street. It's still early in the morning and the thick fog is still lingering around the surroundings, making everything less visible to the middle aged man.
The man squinted his eyes and tried to see what was coming through the thick fog, while naruto rested his head at the right side of his shoulder, with his entire face being green and what it seems to be his soul trying to escape through his mask. But the soul was immediately sucked back when naruto felt the car slowing down. Blinking his sapphire blue eyes which were dead at the moment ago, he groggily shook his head and immediately got a huge migraine. Groaning in discomfort, naruto rubbed his forehead to soothe the huge migraine on his head and soon looked out through the window with half lidded eyes.
If it wasn't for the motion sickness that he is currently dealing with, he would have whistled in awe at seeing so many impressive modern buildings, different types of mechanical transports, and people's fashion for clothing. Even though the thick fog was limiting his vision, naruto knew that it would be awesome to explore and experience new things. If only he could get out of this piece of junk which he likes to call hell.
For now, he is feeling somewhat okay and continued to look at the city with curiosity. But after a while, naruto immediately started to feel light headed and his face got an even greater shade of green. His cheeks started to bulge up and down like a balloon while he clamped his mouth with his right hand, trying his best to hold on to his content that's apparently kept rising from his stomach.
Glancing at the middle aged man, naruto saw that the man is currently focused on driving the car while constantly looking around in search of something. He then saw the man's expression lit up at seeing something he was looking for. Raising an eye brow, naruto also looked in the direction where the middle aged man was looking at, and widened his eyes at realizing where the man was taking him.
Among the many huge skyscrapers like buildings, there's one particular building that has a huge written logo that says "police station" with a police logo at the top.
Apparently the man was taking him to the police station for reasons he didn't know. Even though the word "police station" was written in a different language, naruto still recognized it thanks to the police logo that he saw through the small device called "smart phone" which the middle aged man showed to him during one of his explanations.
Apparently, the police in this world are a bunch of trained forces whose job is to look out for thieves and bandits who wreak havoc around the city and look out for anyone who breaks the laws. The police in this world are just like the uchiha police force in his village but pathetically much much weaker and didn't possessed the sharingan for obvious reasons.
Glancing at the man, naruto saw that he was about to enter the parking area and hand him to the police. So taking a deep breath, naruto straightened up despite feeling the motion sickness and in a blink of an eye, he gave the man a chop on his neck and knocked him unconscious while the car got out of control and soon crashed into a light pole which put a huge dent on the car.
Immediately, this accident grabbed the attention of many local police and other civilians who were nearby and saw the accident. In just a few seconds, a huge crowd started to form around the car with the local police holding the civilians back while trying to open the door to see if the people inside are alright. Without anyone knowing, a small blur quickly passed through the small opening of the door and headed towards the nearby park with many trees and benches placed around the area.
Among one of the trees at the side-walk, naruto appeared behind a tree with a body flicker and without wasting anymore time, he quickly uncovered his face and immediately emptied his guts before anyone can find him out. "Bluak!" Everything that naruto was holding between his throat, immediately came out and splashed the tree and the roots with the undigested smelly substance of his stomach.
Once he's done with puking out his guts, he used his right hand to support his body while he leaned down and took some deep breath. "Huf, huf, huf. Damn... Thank goodness i have escaped from that stupid peace of junk. Or else i don't know how long i could handle sitting on that, thing. What do they call them again? Oh yeah, car. Remind myself...Never, ever, ride on those things ever again. I swear, that thing called car, is a pure incarnation of evil." Naruto said to himself with a shiver on his spine, reminding himself to never ever ride a car or any transport like that ever again.
Naruto took one more deep breath before he covered his face once again and looked at the direction where the commotion is going on. "I hope the old man is alright. Good thing i have blocked his memories about meeting me at the forest."
Flashback
After knocking out the old man, the car suddenly got out of control and soon crashed into a light pole while making a huge dent on the car. Naruto slowly raised his head from the front and shook his head at feeling nausea, before he coughed up and looked at the middle aged man who's currently unconscious while his face is buried on a airbag which activated when the car has crashed on the pole.
He then looked through the window and saw many people with heavy outfits with a police badge on the vest, and many other people approaching the car to see what's going on.
Hardening his gaze, naruto looked at the middle aged man and gently raised his head from the airbag, before he slipped his other hand from under his chin and poked his forehead with his middle and index finger. He then closed his eyes and muttered something under his breath.
"Mind transfer: Memory Blackout."
Naruto muttered the name of the jutsu before everything got silent.
Inside the mind
Naruto's consciousness soon opened his eyes and started to look around the subconscious where the middle aged man's memories are stored. In the subconscious, naruto's consciousness is floating in the air while looking around his surroundings, only to see millions, billions, even trillions of wooden doors floating in the entire subconscious like stars.
If naruto wanted, he could have got the information about this world through the man's memories and get the general idea of this world. But unfortunately, it's pointless. Since first of all, he won't be able to understand anything because of the language differences. And second of all, he doesn't have enough time to see through the entire memories of the middle aged man, since it might take naruto more then an hour to see through the entire memories.
So he only focused on finding the memory where he met the middle aged man in the forest. But unfortunately, there are so many doors that it will take a lot of time before he can even find a clue to find that specific memory.
So taking a look around the subconscious, naruto gave a smirk under his mask and used everyone's favourite hand seal before shouting out.
"Multi shadow clone jutsu!"
With a puff of smoke, hundreds of shadow clones appeared at the subconscious before all of them looked at naruto for his orders. Naruto looked at his clones and nodded his head. "Alright, i want you all to spread around and find that memory that i were looking for. While you're on it, try to understand other general knowledge of this world through his memories." Naruto gave his orders to his clones who nodded their heads in understanding, before they spread around and started to search for the memory while the original also looked around with them.
After a surprisingly long time, one of naruto's clones finally found the memory that they were looking for and dispelled itself to inform the original. The original has received the information and quickly dispelled the others while rushing towards the door where the memory of their meeting is currently located. After reaching the door where the memory is located, naruto stared at it for a few moments before he put his right palm at the memory door and soon closed his eyes.
After a few seconds, naruto removed his hand from the door and permanently locked the memory from being accessed, making it like the memory wasn't there in the first place.
As the name suggests, the jutsu allows the user to transfer their consciousness into their victim's mind and block certain events or memories from being accessed by the victim. This is a jutsu that's useful for blocking some parts of the victim's memories instead of erasing their entire mind. But thanks to the fourth great war
So with one last glance, naruto closed his eyes and soon faded from the subconscious.
Flashback end
"I don't want other people or any forces to learn about me just yet. I need to gather more information about this world before i do something stupid." Naruto thought to himself with a small chuckle, thinking how he always gets into trouble because of his recklessness and not thinking straight.
Once naruto was done with his rest, he started to walk around the park and observe how other people interact with each other. While observing, he noticed that people were looking at him weirdly, as if he was some foreign child who came out from a cave if his dirty appearance with his torn clothes were any indication.
Looking at himself while scratching his head, naruto realized that others are looking at him weirdly because of his current appearance. "Man, i haven't taken a bath for such a long time. Guess it's time to clean up." Naruto thought to himself with a nod, deciding to go to a store to get some stuff.
He then looked at the people around the park and gave a cheeky grin under his mask. "I am very sorry for what i am about to do. I hope you all will forgive me." Naruto mentally apologized before he started to walk towards a group of people who are walking and talking to each other, not knowing that at this point, they will lose a lot of stuff from their pockets.
Few minutes later
"Hey! Where's my wallet?" A man in his twenties with blond hair shouted out in surprise.
"Hey, mine is gone as well!" Another man in twenties with black hair shouted out with panic in his eyes.
"Someone stole my money from my purse!" A voluptuous young lady with long black hair tied into a ponytail shouted out as well.
Slowly, a lot of people exclaimed when they found out that their wallets and money were somehow missing, either from their pockets or from their purse.
Far away from the commotion, somewhere at the top of a building was standing naruto, looking through the city with an awe expression on his face. The modern buildings and other transports are just so different that it made him feel like everything is alien to him. Even though there are humans, they are nothing like him as far as he can see. People in this world do possess spiritual and physical energy, after all, it's something that every life possesses no matter where you go. But the biological differences and the lack of knowledge to combine both energies to get chakra makes them naturally much much weaker than himself. Thus the reason why he is feeling somewhat lonely, as if he is still the one and only human to survive despite a lot of humans roaming around the place where he is currently standing.
Giving a sigh, he raised one of his hands in front of his face and looked at it with a disappointed expression on his eyes. He still can't let go of his past no matter what he does. The past is stuck in his mind like a curse, a nightmare that will still continue to haunt him in his dreams.
He dropped his hand at his side and looked up at the cloudy sky with a wistful expression on his eyes. "Guess i need more time." He quietly muttered to himself with a sigh, before he shook his head and looked at the seal on his right hand with an eye smile. "Well, at least i got enough money to buy some stuff and some food. It has been a long time since i have eaten something good." Naruto said with another eye smile, before he used the body flicker jutsu to disappear from the spot and reach his current destination in mind.
The end of chapter