Konoha: Intentionally losing to Hinata at the start

He no longer has the idea of ​​comparing himself to Naruto. He wants to surpass Yu Ming. If he can't surpass Yu Ming, then surpassing Naruto is meaningless.

Sakura is almost there.

Sakura also saw the disappointment in Kakashi's eyes.

"Perhaps Yu Ming's talent is truly beyond our reach, even surpassing Sasuke's."

"It's terrifying that someone like that could remain unremarkable for six years at the Ninja Academy."

Sakura knew very well that if Yu Ming's talent hadn't been so strong, Kakashi wouldn't have been so disappointed.

Even Yu Ming's talent surpasses that of Sasuke.

This further fueled Sakura's curiosity about Yu Ming.

During her six years at the Ninja Academy, she paid little attention to Yu Ming and didn't even exchange a single word with him.

The two were like strangers. Who knew that the seemingly ordinary person in the class was actually the strongest in the class?

It's truly unbelievable.

After Kakashi left, Haku, who was hiding on a mountain several hundred meters away, looked over with binoculars. His eyes narrowed slightly. "Kakashi has finally left. If these three come at me together, I may not be able to bring her back. I'll wait until she's alone. If there's no chance, I'll have to kidnap her by force."

Bai wasn't very confident in his abilities. He felt he could defeat three people, but it would take a lot of time.

Yu Ming sat on the corridor, gazing intently at the sea.

The person sitting next to him is Tsunami, Tazuna's daughter.

She was curious about Yu Ming, so when she saw him sitting there, she came over to talk to him.

However, Yu Ming and she didn't have much to talk about. When Tsunami heard Tazuna say that Yu Ming was very strong, she was somewhat skeptical.

Because Yu Ming looks too young.

How could someone so young be as strong as Tazuna described?

However, she enjoyed her conversation with Yu Ming quite a bit; Yu Ming was a rather eloquent person.

When Kakashi returned, Yu Ming looked at him and smiled, "What, have they all learned it?"

Kakashi sat down next to Yu Ming and sighed, "No, but that's normal. Not everyone is like you, able to learn something in one go."

Yu Ming didn't care.

Tsunami smiled and said, "I should go make dinner now, Yu Ming-kun. What would you like to eat?"

Yu Ming was taken aback for a moment, but since he had a good talk with Tsuna, he smiled and said, "Whatever, I don't have any requirements."

After Tsunami left with a smile, Kakashi chuckled and asked, "What were you talking about with her just now?"

Yu Ming didn't hide anything: "They were talking about her husband's past experiences. She was the one talking, and I was the one listening."

Kakashi nodded. Actually, Kakashi felt some sympathy for Tsunami, who had finally remarried only to have her husband die.

Kakashi smiled and said, "Once that bridge is repaired, this country will have a great advantage, and their family's situation will improve a lot."

Yu Ming didn't really care.

In the evening, Yu Ming and Kakashi were getting ready to go out for dinner.

To everyone's surprise, Sasuke and Naruto rushed in, saying, "Kakashi-sensei, Yu Ming, Sakura is missing."

Yu Ming and Kakashi were taken aback. Kakashi frowned and asked, "When did you disappear?"

Sasuke, on the other hand, calmly said, "He learned to climb trees first, so he came out of the forest more than an hour early. However, we found this letter next to the tree on our way back."

Yu Ming took it and glanced at it, then frowned. "Kidnapped?"

As he spoke, he handed it to Kakashi.

········Requesting 0 flowers·······

Kakashi frowned after reading it.

"The letter tells us to kill Mr. Tazuna and exchange his head for Sakura's life."

Tsunami, who was carrying the dishes out, was startled and dropped the plate in her hand to the ground.

Everyone looked over.

Tsuna was a little scared and walked to Yu Ming's side, saying, "Yu Ming, can you please not hurt my father?"

Among these people, Tsuna trusted Yu Ming the most; at least she had talked to Yu Ming a lot and was the most familiar with him.

Tsunami's son rushed out of the room and stood in front of Tazuna, saying, "I will not allow you to kill my grandfather."

Seeing Tsuna's pitiful appearance, Yu Ming remained quite calm.

Kakashi reassured her, "Don't worry, we won't do that. We're just trying to figure out how to bring Sakura back."

.. .. ......

Yu Ming looked at the letter, thought for a moment, and then looked at Tsunami calmly and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Tazuna will be fine. This is just one of their plans."

Kakashi thought for a moment, then realized something and looked at Yu Ming, saying, "You mean, they deliberately transferred us away from Mr. Tazuna?"

Yu Ming laughed and said, "They can't possibly not know that we won't take action, but someone will definitely leave here to negotiate with the place mentioned in the letter. So who is that person?"

"I think it's either me or Kakashi-sensei. If either of us leaves here, they are confident they can kill Tazuna-sensei."

Yu Ming analyzed the situation very rationally.

Kakashi nodded. "That's true, but we have to rescue Sakura, so there's no other way."

Although Yu Ming has already explained the plan, it's still quite difficult to find a solution.

Yu Ming didn't think so. "I'll go."

"Don't worry, Kakashi-sensei. With your strength, you can definitely hold out until I return. In fact, with your strength, Zabuza might not even be your match."

Yu Ming knew that Zabuza's strength was actually about the same as Kakashi's.

Even if Zabuza is defeated, he can still hold off Haku for a while with Sasuke and Naruto. Even if they can't win, they can still hold out for some time.

Kakashi thought about it and agreed to Yu Ming's plan.

"I agree with your plan, but be careful not to fall into their ambush." ​​VII.

Chapter 72

In the world of ninjas, strength is very important, but sometimes even the most powerful ninjas can be assassinated.

For example, the Third Kazekage, the Fourth Kazekage, the Second Raikage, and so on.

Assassination means that the other party is in a superior position.

Therefore, Kakashi did not want Yu Ming to be careless.

Yu Ming nodded. "Don't worry, Kakashi-sensei, I won't."

Just as Yu Ming was about to leave, Tsuna said, "Yu Ming, be careful."

Yu Ming nodded.

The reason why Tsunami trusted Yuming a little was because, based on their conversation just now, she felt that Yuming was a very good person.

The reason Yu Ming wanted to go alone was because Kakashi had to stay behind to protect Tazuna, and Sasuke and Naruto were not strong enough. If they went, they would not only fail to rescue Sakura, but they might also be captured.

Meanwhile, in a forest several kilometers away from the village of Tazna, the "227 Incident" occurred.

Sakura was tied to a tree by two Chunin.

All of his ninja tools had been taken away.

The surrounding area was also filled with explosive tags.

There were hundreds of them.

These explosive tags were placed within dozens of meters of Sakura, and there were also many traps set up around her with a large number of sharp steel wires.

This trap is so powerful that even a Jonin would be blown up or killed by various other traps if they entered it.

The two Chunin from Kirigakure only dared to stand a little over a hundred meters away from Sakura, controlling everything.

Sakura looked at the countless steel wires in front of her and the explosive tags everywhere, and cried.

She felt like she was going to die.

"These damn bastards set up so many traps, they just want Kakashi-sensei or Yu Ming to die."

Sakura knew very well that the person who came to save her would either be Yu Ming or Kakashi.

However, she hoped that neither of them would come, because she felt that neither Kakashi nor Yu Ming could overcome these traps.

The night was dark and windy, and the only sounds in the forest were the cries of wild beasts.

About an hour later, Sakura's eyes had dried up.

However, she didn't move around, because just a meter away from her were countless sharp steel wires that could even cut the leaves that fell on them.

Extremely sharp.

Meanwhile, two Chunin from Kirigakure were lying on a small hill about a hundred meters away from Sakura.

After waiting for a long time, I became very impatient. "Why hasn't anyone come yet? What's going on?"

"Are they really going to give up on this woman?"

"Impossible. They have a good relationship and wouldn't give up. They might have already arrived, but they don't know where they're hiding. Maybe they're trying to rescue that woman."

Just as the Chunin finished speaking, Yu Ming's voice suddenly appeared in their ears: "You're really smart."

Upon hearing the voice, the two men trembled immediately; they had been discovered.

Before they could even stand up, Yu Ming pierced their chests with a single slash.

Almost simultaneously, both ninjas had their hearts pierced.

The two Chunin didn't even have time to turn around and see what Yu Ming looked like before they collapsed onto the hill, their blood flowing into the ground.

After killing the two, Yu Ming stood in the small hill, looking at Xiao Ying, who was more than a hundred meters away.

She's trembling all over; she's probably terrified.

Yu Ming looked at the densely packed steel wires laid out in the forest.

Frowning, he said, "It seems we can't force our way in. Besides the steel wire, they've also laid out a lot of explosive tags. If we detonate those tags, Sakura will die too."