A Shinobi's Take on this Wonderful World

Will You Be Mine?

"...Hey. Is that the Demon King Army General?"

Kazuma asked, his expression unreadable.

"Yes, I believe so."

Megumin replied with a similar demeanor.

"Ah... He's using her like a weapon now. How nice..."

Darkness noted in with a hint of longingness in her tone, earning the attention of both of her peers. But before they could comment on their party member's quirk, the area around them suddenly became very hot.

Turning towards the source, the group found that the chief of the Crimson Demon was creating an extra large fireball.

"Oho! I see a rather large pile of minions! Best flee, boy! Inferno!"

Hiropon shouted and hurled the flaming orb towards the battlefield. Or more specifically, toward Kurama who was currently wreaking havoc on the Demon King's Army.

"Hm?"

Kurama grunted when he noticed the spell flying towards him. The fox then looked down at the dazed General for a second before smirking.

She seemed sturdy enough.

"Wha... What are you... Hurp! W-what are you planning?"

Sylvia struggled to get the words out, the contents of her stomach threatening to come out from the thrashing she'd just gone through.

The Tailed Beast response was to heft the Chimera off the ground once more, swing her a couple times, before slugging the incoming mass of flames with her body like a makeshift bat.

Wham!

The Inferno was redirected to the back of what was left of the Demon King's Army. The spell exploded in a flashy display of dancing flames, burning the minions at the epicenter to crisp and launching the rest towards the possessed shinobi.

Tossing the now broken and charred tool to the side, Kurama generated a pair of red chakra limbs and grinded them together as if to sharpen the pointed ends like knives.

"E-eeeek!"

The Imps squealed as the demon stalked towards them like a predator toying with its prey.

The following actions were too much for Kazuma to watch, but he was paralyzed with fear and couldn't tear his eyes away from the massacre.

"Wahahaha! To think that I, Hiropon, chief of the Crimson Demons, would be defeated in such a fashion! The dark gods have clearly plotted against me this day!"

Hiropon exclaimed with hearty laughter while clapping the shinobi on the back.

They were currently walking back towards the village, with Naruto having been declared the victor by a whopping seven to three point ratio.

The redirection of the Inferno had essentially made it Naruto's attack, so all of the kills populated on the blonde's adventurer's card.

The second trial was now concluded.

"One more trial to go! Isn't that great, Yunyun?"

Naruto asked his party member with a grin.

"Y-yes... Wonderful..."

Yunyun stuttered while failing to meet the blonde's eyes. Leaving aside the obvious war crimes that the nine-tailed fox had just committed, she was too busy with her thoughts to give a proper response.

What was the third trial going to be? What would be expected of them if Naruto won?

These were questions that she did not have the mental capacity for right now.