Naruto: I, who didn't want to be hacked to pieces, saved the ninja world.

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After a long while, Gaara raised the hand that was covering his eyes.

"Let's go take a look."

……

Baiyun Qingye was still happily grilling fish and chatting.

They were chatting and laughing.

It really feels more like a vacation than an exam.

But before long, nine figures suddenly appeared in the river beside them.

There were nine dark figures, almost blending into the night.

Even without using any stealth ninjutsu, their dark camouflage makes them very difficult to spot.

Almost silently, the nine members of the Cloud Village slowly approached the group of people who were grilling fish around a fire by the river.

After entering the Forest of Death, the three teams from Cloud Village quickly regrouped using the coded message they had left behind.

Working together increases the chances of passing the exam.

Baiyun Qingye and the others by the river were still telling fantastical stories, seemingly oblivious to the commotion around them.

This put the Cloud Ninja group at ease. As they approached the riverbank, they waved their hands, and all nine of them sprang into action, forming hand seals and launching an attack on Baiyun Qingye and the others.

At that moment, chains extended from behind Shirokumo Aoba and Karin.

It was flung towards the Cloud Village group that was attacking them.

"How could this be!"

Several Cloud Village ninjas felt a chill run down their spines, realizing that something was amiss.

Just as I was trying to dodge the chains that were swinging at me, I suddenly felt as if I had been hit hard in the head.

A splitting headache came over me.

All the Cloud Village ninjas immediately let out a series of loud screams that echoed through the deep forest at night.

Meanwhile, Shirokumo Aoba and Karin's chains instantly bound all the Cloud Village ninjas.

The battle ended almost instantly.

After giving Risaku an admiring look, who was floating in the air, Shirokumo Aoba hung all nine Cloud Village ninjas who had launched the sneak attack upside down from the tree branches.

He also retrieved the scrolls they carried.

"This is exactly what you need."

Shirokumo Aoba tossed a scroll to Shikamaru.

Thank you.

Shikamaru's words of thanks were heartfelt.

This saved him a lot of trouble.

We can continue our energy-saving lifestyle once again.

"Have you collected all the scrolls?"

Seeing that Baiyun and Qingye hadn't taken any, Hongdou asked curiously.

Baiyun Qingye nodded.

The Earth Scroll that their team was missing had already been obtained from the Sound Ninja Team.

What Tenten and the others lacked was what they obtained from the Grass Ninja squad that Karin had defeated.

So only Shikamaru's class is still missing scrolls.

Now we have collected them all.

All that's left is to head to the Central Tower tomorrow.

Besides the nine Cloud Ninja who were preparing to take action.

Many teams had already arrived around, but now no one dared to make a move.

They've already seen what happened to the Cloud Village ninjas; going up there would just be suicide missions.

"He actually took down those nine Cloud Village ninjas in an instant! That guy is incredibly strong?!"

Kankuro, who was also watching, looked surprised.

That's no small fry.

Those are ninjas from Kumogakure (Hidden Cloud Village).

It was resolved in an instant.

"It must have been some kind of illusion."

Temari guessed.

She noticed that the people from Kumogakure had screamed even though they hadn't been attacked at all.

"Gaara, should we go over there?"

Temari looked at Gaara with a worried expression.

She was also worried that her younger brother might be affected by what had just happened and suddenly lose control.

But a hint of hesitation appeared in Gaara's eyes. He didn't know why, but from the ninjutsu that Shirakumo Aoba had just used...

He actually felt a strong threat, and it seemed that even the monster inside him trembled for a moment.

It was hidden deeper and deeper.

"Let's go..."

Gaara intended to leave immediately, but a hand suddenly landed on his shoulder.

"You three, since you're already here, why don't you come and have something to eat with us?"

All three were startled.

Gaara, in particular, was completely unaware of the other person's approach.

Temari instinctively reached for the iron fan behind her, but her wrist was grabbed by another hand.

She turned around and saw that it was Baiyun Qingye.

"you……"

She looked again and found that there was another white cloud and green leaf in the original spot.

"I'm just a clone."

Baiyun Qingye smiled.

The three felt even more terrified.

Temari and Kankuro exchanged a glance, then looked at Gaara again.

They originally thought Gaara might explode because of this, but Gaara's emotions seem unusually stable now.

There was no sign of it going berserk at all.

After a moment of silence, Gaara nodded slightly.

"...Then I apologize for disturbing you."

Temari and Kankuro stared wide-eyed, their faces filled with astonishment.

Is this still their younger brother?

You weren't impersonated by someone, were you?

Baiyun Qingye was also somewhat surprised.

In his mind, this guy should be a madman with an extremely violent mind, who would want to kill at the drop of a hat and was bloodthirsty and impulsive.

Of course, this is not to criticize the other party.

It would be normal if the other person were a madman.

If it were me, I wouldn't sleep for years, and someone would try to assassinate me every now and then.

I'm afraid even a dog passing by would get slapped.

Based on the two times he met Gaara, he seemed to be a very polite, emotionally stable, and well-mannered ninja.

It shouldn't be someone else impersonating her, given how poorly she acted.

Shirokumo Aoba sensed the chakra within the other person's body again.

That evil and violent chakra.

It is undoubtedly a tailed beast.

It seems that sticking to the original way of thinking is not a good idea; this is a perfectly good kid.

He was so embarrassed that he felt he had to hand the other person over to Orochimaru as a test subject.

Gaara: I'm crazy, not stupid.