In Konoha, Naruto lies down

Tsunade didn't say anything and was silent for a while before asking.

"Are you saying someone deliberately tampered with the situation and wanted to sink the entire ship at sea? So you suspect this incident has something to do with the followers of the Evil God Cult?"

"The shipwreck is too strange. The ship inexplicably deviated from its course and headed towards the deep sea, where it encountered a storm and sank directly." Naruto said.

"If you insist on saying it was an accident, I don't believe it. But this is just speculation, it wasn't directed at us. It could just be bad luck that we ran into it."

"The ship has sunk, and the clues are gone." Tsunade rubbed her fingertips slowly on the table, thinking, "Let's put that matter aside for now. We'll talk about it later when we have some clues."

"As for the question you asked, I can't tell you directly."

"Why?" Naruto was a little confused. If it exists, it exists. If it doesn't exist, it doesn't exist. What does it mean that it's hard to say it clearly?

"Why so many whys?" Tsunade was a little annoyed.

She suddenly remembered what the slug had said that day,...it was fear, as if he was dominated, his soul was unusually tall, like a mountain.

The spring sunshine shone through the windowsill, reflecting the halo of light on the white walls, and the atmosphere in the Hokage's office suddenly became depressing.

"You go back first."

Tsunade's voice was a little tired, "I will give you an answer to your question. I've forgotten most of the details, so I'll tell you when I have time to sort them out."

Naruto noticed something unusual, but it was not easy to ask, so he simply agreed.

"it is good."

With a click, he closed the door and left.

After a moment, Tsunade stood up from her chair, and the crisp sound of high heels filled the empty office.

She walked to the filing cabinet and stopped, squatting down with her curvaceous figure, her wide green robe touching the ground, and pulled out an old file bag from the bottom cabinet.

Judging from the dark yellow color of the cover, it must have been sealed here at least ten years ago.

After the death of the Sandaime Hokage, most of the office items were moved out and replaced with office supplies that Tsunade liked. Only this large filing cabinet remained in the corner, untouched.

Tsunade had returned to her desk and ripped open a top-secret file. The first signature was Jiraiya. This was intelligence about the Land of Hot Springs that Jiraiya had sent back ten years ago.

"The evil god believers of the Land of Hot Springs, this small country really likes to create gods." Tsunade murmured, sat down in the chair, and began to read page after page.

.......

"The gods' gaze is ever-present, overlooking the human world." Sakura put down the book in her hand, her eyes smiling into a crescent moon. "Why would you buy this kind of script reading material?"

The rooftop of Konoha Hospital.

At noon, the spring is bright and beautiful.

Surrounded by green steel wire mesh, Sakura was wearing a thin blue and white hospital gown, holding a thin script in her hand and smiling at him.

Behind it is a large and flourishing crown of cherry blossoms. In early April, the cherry blossoms fall silently.

A gentle breeze blew by, outlining the girl's slender figure. The empty space lifted by the wind was a flash of white.

"I just suddenly became curious about these things." Naruto looked up and put down his reading material. Four or five thin books were placed on the edge of the concrete handrail on the rooftop.

"At your age, shouldn't you be curious about girls' body structure?" Sakura asked.

"Haha." Naruto smiled perfunctorily, "I'm not curious at all. I have something important to do right now. If you're really bored, go back to the ward."

"I do not want it."

"Then please keep quiet. I will be going back after visiting Princess Fengyun." Naruto lowered his head and said while flipping through the reading material.

"I thought you came here just to see me, but it turns out you came to visit Princess Fengyun." Sakura's voice was filled with a hint of resentment.

"I came to see you as well, my dearest companion. Hope you get better soon." Naruto said without raising his head, his voice devoid of sincerity.

"Just a companion?"

"Of course, we still have to complete the mission together, so stop saying those weird things." Naruto said absentmindedly, scanning the pages of the book at a glance.

"What does it matter? I don't want to possess you. Doesn't it feel good to hold your hand secretly without telling anyone?" Sakura tilted her head and asked word by word, "Naruto-kun?"

"Hmm." Naruto answered casually while rubbing the pages of the book with his fingertips, not listening to Sakura's words at all.

Sakura also noticed that Naruto was ignoring her, and she couldn't help but pouting her lips. She walked in front of him, leaning halfway over. With a troubled expression on her face, her lips slightly parted, she recited the obscure words.

"Humanity's iron hooks pierced the evil gods' bodies, pulling out strands of flesh and devouring them greedily. They sacrificed their souls and became immortal monsters, but the gods cared little."

"What are you looking at?" she asked.

"It's just a folk reading material, nothing to worry about." Naruto snapped the book shut. "How is your injury healing?"

"Me?" Sakura asked.

"What else?" Naruto said, staring into her pupils.

"I thought you would ask Princess Fengyun first?"

"How is her recovery?"

"...Naruto-kun's words don't make me happy at all." Sakura said, "Although I'm not jealous, I still feel a little sad."

"Come on, she is a protected target. Whether the Snow Country mission can be restarted depends entirely on that shameless princess." Naruto closed the book and prepared to take it away.

"You seem to really want to restart the mission in the Snow Country?" Sakura leaned forward slightly, with a faint smell of disinfectant.

"Think about it. If you freeze, the mission will be equivalent to failure." Naruto looked at her and said, "You better get better soon. Teacher Anko and I will go on the next mission to the Snow Country."

"You really want to be alone with them both, right?"

"What a mess." Naruto complained, "The Snow Country mission involves another organization. It won't be restarted until we figure it out."

"Hongdou doesn't really need to go, but...we'll see when the time comes. Maybe even Princess Fengyun won't need to go. I can go alone."

The plan to hunt down the Akatsuki organization has been put on the agenda. Sooner or later, the fact that he does not have the Nine-Tails in his body will be discovered. Losing the Nine-Tails is a loss for Konoha.

But he doesn't care. The worst that can happen is that he will have a fight with the top management.

There are too many troubles right now: the battle between Gaara and the Wind Shadow in Sand Village, the shelved mission in the Land of Snow, the secret beneath the island in the Land of Whirlpools, the immortal duo of Hidan and Kakutsu, and the Akatsuki organization that is hunting tailed beasts everywhere.

There is also unrest within Konoha. As long as Danzo is alive, he will never be able to feel at ease.

"Come touch me," Sakura said.

"No." Naruto sighed, "I'm busy and have absolutely no interest in touching my companions, so please stop."

"But you usually just lie down or stay at home. You're not busy at all."

"Forehead......"

Damn, I've been discovered.

Naruto blushed slightly, he was indeed a bit lazy.

Whether it was Gaara's affairs, Hidan Kakuzu, or even the affairs of the Snow Country, he was not very anxious, after all, they had no direct interest to him.

He just wanted an answer, like he was playing a game.

He didn't care whether anything would happen to Gaara, or whether the Snow Country could welcome spring, or even Kakuzu and Hidan, they were just tasks in Naruto's eyes.

It’s like a level in a game. You want to pass it because of your competitive spirit, but it doesn’t matter if you lose.

"Anyway, Naruto-kun is going to be doing this with someone else anyway," Sakura's voice was tinged with excitement, "Why don't you use me as a practice subject?"

"It's okay, just think of it as practice. If it were Naruto-kun, he would be happy no matter how he was treated."

Her expression was incredibly serious, as if she had reached her limit of rationality. Naruto had no doubt about the truth of her words. It seemed as if if he agreed, the next scene that would be unlocked would definitely not be as simple as holding hands.

The pink-haired girl, wearing a blue and white striped hospital gown, said something very provocative.

On the rooftop, a sudden, fierce gust of wind blew the pages of the books in their hands high into the sky. The thin volumes flew through the vast cherry blossom canopy on the wind.

Naruto said with a bored look on his face as he reached out and pinched Sakura's face.

"Don't joke like that in the hospital."

"I'm serious."

"Then you should reflect on your unhealthy ethical values, damn it!"

"Okay." She nodded, without any guilt on her face.

Chapter 195 The story always begins with a half-full bottle of soda

"You guy..." Naruto couldn't do anything to her, "Let's not talk about this for now."

"Don't you want it? Personal property or something like that." Sakura said with her hands behind her back, "I don't mind. I don't have anyone I like anyway."

"No." He refused decisively.

"Really? That's a shame." She smiled. "I just wanted to share my feelings with you. Did you know that you can administer medicine through the mucous membranes when you're sick?"

"What's this weird feeling?"

"Just like April, a rather damp mood." Sakura showed a mischievous expression, her pink hair was blown by the wind. She was thin to begin with, and the color of her hair made her skin look white and delicate.

The clouds began to grow denser, and Naruto glanced at the thin booklet blown away by the wind in the distance, his voice lazy.

"Almost got it."

The atmosphere became silent at this moment, and the two stood quietly on the rooftop. Sakura stared at Naruto for a few seconds, and suddenly smiled.

"Okay." She said, "If you are unhappy, you can come to me and I will comfort you."

Naruto said nothing and nodded.

"Then I'll go back first." Sakura waved and left the rooftop first.

.......

Two months passed in a flash.

Konoha's Genin were often busy on missions, and the chances for the teams to meet each other were rare. With Team 7's reorganization nowhere in sight, Sakura was transferred to Tsunade's office after her recovery.

Naruto took on the role of a temporary worker again, reorganized freely, and spent most of his time with Team 3. His relationship with Tenten, Lee, and Neji also improved.

Tenten is a small wealthy woman, Naruto is not short of money, and Neji is aloof but not short of money.

So, Naruto naturally became the soul of Team 3's team building. He would often invite people to team building after a mission, and occasionally he would also bring Might Guy along.

The third team graduated early, and unlike the other two genin teams, they had a more mature attitude towards missions. Missions were missions, and everything was based on the mission.

Even if something unexpected happens during the process, I won't be too worried.

Naruto is even more ruthless than Little Li Ningci and the others in terms of being a bad person. Not handcuffing or beating the client is already a good attitude. He is even more unstoppable in completing tasks, completing them all in one go.

With Naruto, the mission expert, on board, Team 3's success rate in completing their missions independently skyrocketed. Even though the difficulty of the missions the foursome received also increased dramatically, it didn't affect their completion rate at all.

As a result, he naturally became a non-staff member of the third team.

early summer.

"cheers!"

"Mission successful!"

"Finally, the vacation has come!" Naruto added.

Four glasses of juice clinked in the barbecue restaurant, the windows wide open, letting the steamy evening breeze in. The charcoal fire burned slowly, like breathing, and moths fluttered under the lampshade.

With a sizzling sound, the barbecue was filled with hot steam and the aroma of meat.

The four of them sat together, Tian Tian laughed and grilled meat, while Neji drank juice silently. Rock Lee and Naruto were playing rock-paper-scissors, and whoever lost got to eat the barbecue.

The juice was placed on the table, and insects were chirping.

"It's only a seven-day holiday." Tiantian complained, shaking his two balls of hair. "It would be great if we could have half a month's holiday."

"It's also good to use the holidays for practice." Xiao Li raised a finger and said, "Practice for a day tomorrow. If you can't do it, practice for another day."

"What's the difference between this and a mission?" Naruto shoveled the barbecue into his mouth and said vaguely, "I finally got a vacation, so don't mess around."

"That's right, Xiao Li, do something interesting occasionally." Tiantian supported his chin with one hand and smiled helplessly.

"Teacher Kai said that summer is the season for cultivation!" Xiao Li stood up suddenly and said.

"Alright, alright." Naruto pulled him down and sat him down. "Just don't drag me along when you practice. I want to go home and sleep. Last month, you sleepwalked to my house in the middle of the night and dragged me to practice."

"Eh? Is there such a thing?" Tiantian asked curiously.

"I... can't remember clearly." Xiao Li scratched his head, "I woke up in the training ground, and there was... Naruto."

"Xiao Li, don't you feel guilty?" Naruto said with a complicated expression, "Not only did you drag me to the training ground, but you also activated the Eight Gates. That's a bit too much!"