A Shinobi's Take on this Wonderful World

A Mysterious Priestess Appears

After a couple days of solo hunting, Naruto sat at the bar with a cup full of something called "neroid juice". It was what the waitress had recommended since he didn't want alcohol.

Having completed a silver wolf hunting quest by himself on the first day, Naruto had earned enough money to rent out a nice room at an inn for the week. He then went on a couple more monster hunting quests to save up for the trip he was planning to take to the next town, his eventual goal being the Demon King's castle.

The other adventurers appeared to be avoiding him for some reason. Perhaps it was because he chose the adventurer class to spite them? Or maybe they were wary of him because of the time that he had wiped the floor with a certain delinquent adventurer who had picked a fight with him when he called the head receptionist "Luna-chan"?

Naruto shrugged as he took a sip of the surprisingly delicious carbonated beverage. So what if he didn't make any friends in this town? It wasn't something he wasn't already used to, and he didn't plan on staying in town for very long anyway.

Speaking of which, he had yet to see Kazuma again. Which was disappointing because Naruto wanted to pay the guy back before he left.

'I could always look for the guy, but what good would it do if Kazuma's in the middle of working? I can't just interrupt and get him in trouble just to say thanks...'

Naruto was pulled out of his thoughts when he felt a tap on his shoulder. Turning, he found Luna smiling at him.

"Are you done with your quest for today, Naruto-san?"

"Yeah, I am. What's up Luna-chan?"

Luna smiled wryly, remembering the uproar Naruto had caused in the guild when he first called her that. Not that she particularly minded. Naruto seemed like a nice guy, and it saddened her whenever she saw him sitting alone. He had even completed a handful of durian* quests on his own free will.

*A/N: 'Durian' quests are the tedious jobs that are avoided like the plague in RPGs. It's named after a smelly fruit that tastes good. lol

Whenever Luna brought up one of these quest around the other adventurers, they would quickly avert their gazes. So when she saw Naruto accept a durian quest, and complete it in record time, she immediately jumped at the chance to ask him to take on more of them.

Speaking of which...

Luna lightly clasped her fingertips together and smiled apologetically.

"Could I trouble you for another favor?"

Later That Evening...

Naruto found himself standing in the middle of the town's cemetery. According to Luna, a larger than usual amount of undead had been spawning recently. She said that it was likely the presence of a Zombie Maker, which was an evil spirit that possessed and controlled corpses.

As the temperature began to fall with the setting sun, an eerie mist began to rise alongside the moon which gave the area quite a spooky atmosphere.

A bead of sweat formed on Naruto's brow as he stood in the middle of the steadily increasing darkness. Alone.

Naruto had dealt with zombies before, what with Kabuto and his usage of the Reanimation jutsu during the war. But the idea of an evil spirit that couldn't pass on.

He didn't have any sealing jutsu, other than the one to make a basic storage scroll...

Would he even be able to do anything about this ghost?

'What? Are you scared of a couple undead?'

'O-of course not! This setting is just a little... Unsettling.'