Chap.39 Overweight battle

[Ding! A critical point in the plot has been detected!]

[New Quest: Heavyweight Battle!]

[Choose one of the three tasks.]

[Task One: Refrain from participating in Sasuke's rescue and let everything happen as written. You know the team will survive, albeit just barely. Just rescue them after their fights and make their recovery more enjoyable.]

[Task Two: You are not a mere spectator, the honor of your village is at stake and your hands itch: Defeat the six sound ninjas!]

-Kimimaro (0/1)

-Sakon and Ukon (0/2)

-Kidomaru (0/1)

-Jirobo (0/1)

-Tayuya (0/1)

[Task Three: Ambush Sasuke after the battle with Naruto and take his life. He is a traitor to the village and his thirst for power is out of control. Who will know it was you?]

[Reward: Depending on the chosen task and its level of completion.]

[Note: Sometimes you can't choose your path, but this is not the case!]

Tony almost feels like swearing.

One option is to do almost nothing, another to do too much, and the last task was suicidal to say the least. Surely Itachi or someone else would find some way to find out what happened. Like using the Edo Tensei, for example.

You can think on your toes which one will give a better reward.

"I choose task two.

[Noted, good luck host!]

"Thank you." Given the huge task and amount of fighting that should occur next, Tony prepared some food using his recipes that have temporary buffing effects. He still had some time until Shikamaru came up with an escape plan.

Accelerated chakra regeneration, skin hardening, resistance increase...

Meanwhile, Jirobo was having the best meal of his life.

"Why does the chakra I'm absorbing taste like chocolate?" Him, he thought as he licked his lips.

It was the first time it happened to him and he was delighted, after finishing with the brats, he should take the bodies and study that he made the chakra take on that flavor.

…Inside the dome of rocks…

"It's sucking chakra out of us," Neji explained.

"Let us out!" Naruto yelled.

-Damn! The wall is recovering on its own," Kiba complained.

As they complained nonstop, Neji noticed that Shikamaru, Tony and Choji were calm.

"Have you given up?"

"Don't you smell it?" Choji smiled and replied.

-Smell? Neji was taken aback as he put his hand to his nose.

Was the enemy injecting poison gas?

"It's chocolate," Kiba suddenly said. "You mean...?"

—Yes —Shikamaru put his finger to his lips to indicate that they should not say anything so that the enemy could not notice.

Before everyone's eyes, the Tony next to them turned into a chocolate clone that broke pieces of himself for the others to eat. They all took a piece because they understood that the intention was that they will recover the lost chakra with the special food.

…Outside the dome of rocks…

"That will be enough," Tony looked in his direction. "If I give them more chocolate, the clone will disappear and Jirobo will notice his absence." Let's get started." He put his hands on the ground.

"Gluttony: Bitter Swamp!"

The ground around Jirobo started to change and he couldn't stand his ground to keep up the technique. He jumped up and walked away from the area to watch as he turned into a large puddle of coffee.

-Is there anyone else? Jirobo peered around him as the dome of rock partially dissolves into coffee, giving the team inside an outlet.

"So bitter," Naruto complained. "Couldn't you use milk chocolate for the clones, Tony?" Dark chocolate is too much.

"You just don't know the taste of grown-ups." Tony came out from behind the trees and looked at him with a look of contempt. "Dark chocolate is much better than milk chocolate."

Kiba laughed at the dispute. Hinata actually asked to use milk chocolate clones as well, so she knew Tony could do it if he wanted. He could even add almonds and other things!

Mind you, you should NEVER be asked to make white chocolate.

Anko-sensei once asked out of curiosity and the look Tony gave her made her and everyone in the team shiver.

No one ever brought that subject up again.

—Looks like I have another dish on the menu —Jirobo commented— I'll take care of you and then I'll eat the chocolate that's left on you —the strange thing is that when he made that statement, everyone turned to look at him as if they had grown two heads and six wings.

Did he just say he wanted to eat something from Tony without paying?

And she had said it in front of him?

"Shikamaru, don't forget our goal," Tony said blankly, "We don't have to face this brute, go chase his companions and bring Sasuke back to the village." I take care of him. Choji and Kiba, you follow Shikamaru.

The group looked at each other and waited for Shikamaru's decision. He was the only one besides Tony who had decision-making power.

"Okay," he agreed after thinking about it for a few seconds, "But promise you'll catch up with us soon."

"Sure," Tony promised, "I'll treat you all to a barbecue with my special sauce."

Shikamaru nodded and took the rest of the team to leave.

-Hears! —Jirobo tried to intercept them, but stopped to avoid a magma projectile—Lava release?

Tony was holding a tomato as he tossed it up and down his hand.

"Come on, get out," he told them.

Jirobo could only watch as they ran away as Tony threw more tomatoes at him that burst into magma.

-Damn child! Jirobo looked at him angrily. "My food is leaking!" I'm going to give you a painful lesson about not getting into other people's food.

Tony waited for him to finish the speech and watched as dark lines began to appear on the surface of Jirobo's skin.

"Cursed Seal: Level One!"

Tony looked around and when he confirmed that they were alone, he nodded and looked at Jirobo.

—Let's finish this, I still need to eliminate your companions and Kimimaro.

"Do you know about Kimimaro?" Jirobo was surprised by Tony's statement and narrowed his eyes. "There aren't many people who know of its existence, it seems that instead of killing you, I'll have to settle for drying up your chakra, crippling your limbs and taking you to Mr. Orochimaru."

-Let's go! —Tony rushed towards the enemy.

"Let's see how long you can last!" Jirobo charged at Tony with a violence-hungry smile and prepared to strike him.

"Don't worry, it'll be quick," Tony exclaimed when they were about to hit each other.

He opened his mouth and exhaled a large amount of black smoke.

-What's this? Jirobo frowned as he stepped into the smoke. "A smoke screen?"

Tony jumped back and waited for the smoke to clear.

All that was left where Jirobo was was a pile of mushrooms.

"If you thought we were going to have a great battle, you overestimated yourself a lot," commented Tony looking at the mushrooms. "You were just the perfect test subject to try the Breath of En." how long did it take to remove it?

Should I wait a few minutes before trying to catch up to everyone or should I just go now?

Decisions…