Naruto: Two opponents versus Naruto, Konoha panics!

"I...I...Waaaaah~"

Before the little pink-haired girl could finish speaking, tears welled up in her eyes.

Naruto looked a little embarrassed.

"Sorry, I'll be the ghost now."

Indeed, making someone act like a ghost all morning was a bit much.

"Alright, Sakura, let's hide quickly, Naruto definitely won't find us~"

"Mmm~!"

Seeing Naruto's somewhat helpless expression, Ino knew he wasn't good at comforting people.

He immediately stepped forward, took Sakura's hand, and led her away.

Naruto glanced at Ino with a hint of gratitude.

Ino turned around and winked at him.

"Well then, it's my turn to be 'it' now, so you guys better hide well~"

Naruto took a deep breath to calm himself down.

Next, he has to play the ghost well so that everyone can kick the can they're guarding.

Close your eyes and silently count to sixty.

Naruto slowly opened his eyes.

There wasn't a single child to be seen in the park.

[Just... one glance.]

Naruto noticed the pink hair in the bushes.

[“Will Sakura be able to avoid being discovered if she hides her face well?”]

[“No, Sakura has to kick the jar this round, otherwise she'll be really upset.”]

Thinking this, Naruto started walking in that direction.

Where is he/she?

"Could it be hiding in the bushes?"

"If you don't hide it well, I'm going to find it!"

"Huh, what's that?"

["It sounds like a person's foot... Wait, there's movement behind me!"]

Naruto suddenly changed direction and ran behind him.

[I can hear the voice so close to my ear.]

Sakura was so frightened that she trembled all over.

Suddenly, I felt a chill on my buttocks.

【Oh no! Naruto will find out!】

[Then he quickly hid his exposed lower body in the grass.]

Naruto didn't leave. Watching Sakura trembling as she moved, he shook his head helplessly.

Sakura: "..."

"Hahaha~" Ino naturally burst into laughter.

Sakura clenched her fists, lowered her head, and her cheeks were flushed.

What's the difference between having your embarrassing past exposed and taking a dump in public?

"It's alright, Sakura!"

Ino suppressed a laugh and patted Sakura on the shoulder.

"However, even though Naruto with black-rimmed glasses had an ulterior motive, he's actually quite gentle."

"Otherwise, someone will start crying again."

Sakura kept her head down, saying resentfully, "Once the comparison screening is over, Naruto, you're dead meat!"

Naruto, who was watching with great interest below, suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

"Shikamaru, I've found you."

"Choji, you're here."

"Ino, you might fall if you hide here. Come down first."

[It wasn't long before Naruto found everyone.]

[When they were hiding before, Naruto had already noticed the places they liked to hide.]

"Naruto, you're amazing! You found us so quickly," Choji said, somewhat exasperated.

"If you weren't eating potato chips while you were hiding, I might not have been able to find you so quickly," Naruto explained with a smile.

"Huh? Sakura still hasn't been found?" Ino asked, somewhat incredulously.

Shikamaru rolled his eyes and covered the back of his head with his hands.

"This is troublesome."

Seeing this, Ino thoughtfully followed Shikamaru's gaze.

Sure enough, we spotted the pink-haired creature hiding in the grass.

It's too conspicuous.

In Ino's opinion, if she could find it easily, how could Naruto?

[Is Naruto deliberately not finding Sakura?]

[“So he probably wants Sakura to kick the jar too, to save us?”]

Thinking this, Ino's gaze towards Naruto changed slightly.

"Sakura!"

"You're the only one left! Please hide well and find a chance to save us!" Ino shouted.

Seeing Ino shouting like that, the other children joined in cheering for Sakura.

"I'll find Sakura right away," Naruto said with a grin.

Then he deliberately ran away into the distance.

[Perfect timing, this is where Sakura is.]

Hearing the approaching footsteps, Sakura was so frightened she dared not breathe.

However, a gentle breeze soon brushed against my face, and the footsteps faded into the distance.

"It must be hidden by the fountain, right?"

[Naruto deliberately left a message for Sakura, who was hiding in the bushes, to hear.]

The fountain is almost the furthest point from here.

[Watching Naruto walk away out of the corner of his eye.]

Sakura breathed a sigh of relief, but still dared not move.

After a long while, Ino couldn't bear to watch any longer and urged Sakura to come out and save the person.

Finally, Sakura mustered her courage and rushed out.

[Clang—]

Sakura's face turned red as she watched the aluminum can fly far away.

This was the first time she had ever kicked a can.

"Sakura, you're amazing!"

As the eldest sister figure from childhood, Ino naturally wouldn't hesitate to offer praise.

"Oops! Sakura kicked me!" Naruto appeared quickly.

Everyone dispersed in a noisy uproar.

[Next, under Naruto's control.]

Almost everyone kicked the can at least once.

Everyone's face was beaming with smiles.

Only Ino and Shikamaru noticed Naruto's intention.

Shikamaru, holding the back of his head, approached Naruto.

"This is troublesome... I'll be the demon then," Shikamaru said.

"Yeah, I can do it too." Ino came to Naruto's side and pinched his arm.

"Did you really think we wouldn't find out?"

"You don't have to do that!"

[Ino lowered her voice, speaking in a cute but fierce tone.]

"Have we been discovered?" Naruto was taken aback.

[But then again, it makes sense. Shikamaru seems lazy, but he's actually quite clever, and Ino is very attentive.]

Besides, they only considered each other as children and didn't try to hide anything.

[Look, apart from Shikamaru and Ino, aren't all the other children happy?]

Yamanaka Ino: "Hmph, you thought you could fool my sharp eyes?"

Uchiha Izuna: This kid... what a pity. If it weren't for that idiot Tobirama Senju, Naruto with black frames, no, both Narutos would have grown up healthy.

Tobirama Senju: Is this never going to end? Is it my fault?!

Uchiha Izuna: If it's not yours, then is it mine?

Hashirama Senju: Mine, mine.

Madara Uchiha: Hashi's hot mom, you know that.

Ino shrank back; these old folks were arguing in the chat room, and she dared not interrupt.

The large screen with its black border shows that the game is nearing its end.

Naruto did not continue being a demon.

Instead, he became Shikamaru.

[Sakura, through Ino's explanation, learned what happened the one and only time she kicked a soda can.]

With Ino's embellishments, Sakura was moved to tears.

[Crying? Even crying has its timing. Soon, the "crybaby" was the first to be found again.]

[It didn't take long for Shikamaru to find everyone.]

After finding Sakura, Shikamaru focused his efforts on finding Naruto.

The game ended, and the children were still a little reluctant to leave.

At this moment, three people appeared at the park entrance.

"Is that the child?"

"Yeah, he's practically a carbon copy of Minato."

"Ino seems to really like that kid, Inoichi."

"Uh... Shikaku, let's put that aside for now. Is it really okay to let the children interact with each other?"