Bitchin' about the story is half the enjoyment, the more we complain, the more we read.
nobody says "I'll stop reading this manga' and means it, it's just a term of speech, it's like quitting the internet - not a valid option.

Payne vs Naruto:

I seriously can't see this one happening.
Naruto will need to deal six bodies the killing blow at the same time. considering he can't deliver a single blow to one enemy... this is gonna require some shonen-jump magic.
or he'll need to sneak into Payne hq and take out the main body, which means he'll need to kill both Payne and Qunan. (was qunan the third teammate of negato and yahiko?)
not anytime soon.

Payne seriously outmatches Naruto. it's not a matter of skill or startegy anymore.
Payne fights in higher leauges than Naruto, fighting him will require more than massing our shadow clones and some rasengans. the guy has frickin' summons that grow more heads (!). Naruto can't match the intensity of the fight, unless he picked up better summoning skills than Jiraya and can flood the river with frogs and send out 100s of frogs in the same time.
I could see Naruto getting a lucky shot on Kuzako, I can even see other villians taking a cheap shot and going down. but not Payne. that's not his style.


also, stop jumping the HxH bandwagon. what caused this sudden realization?