In Konoha, Naruto lies down

Naruto recalled carefully and realized that the Chunin Exam ended after the first game. Temari and Shikamaru did not fight at all, so there was no question of them knowing each other.

If it was Gaara, I would have beaten him up, and I didn't know if the personality correction punch had worked. If I approached him rashly now, it would be too dangerous, and I might beat him up again.

Gaara's identity is now different from before. He is no longer the Genin from the Sand Village.

The Kazekage was dead, and Gaara, as the Jinchūriki and the Crown Prince, was naturally the next in line. If he beat up the new Kazekage... it could lead to a diplomatic row.

Kankuro is too sinister, and Sasuke broke his figurine with a hammer. Now if he goes there, he might have to fight with the young prince of the Sand Village again.

It's a headache, there are too many grudges, and things became more difficult as soon as Konoha and Sunagakure established diplomatic relations.

Forget it, let’s just wait for the Konoha high-level officials to come to us.

Anyway, those old guys can't do anything to me now. With Jiraiya and Tsunade here, any proposal I make must be approved by them before it can take effect.

Thinking of this, Naruto immediately relaxed.

The right way is to get more for less work, gain something for nothing, and make those old guys mad to death.

"Forget it, let's ignore this matter for now." Naruto said, "You go back first. Remember to be safe when you go on a mission."

"Oh."

Ino walked a few steps towards the Yamanaka Flower Shop, but then she turned back angrily when she thought of what Naruto had just said about that girl.

"What's wrong? Is there anything else you want to do..."

"what!!!"

Ino reached out and twisted his waist hard, without giving Naruto a chance to explain, Ino said angrily.

"Greedy pervert!!!"

"Uh, actually that's not..."

Chapter 93 Daily Life of Team

The next day.

Naruto was urgently summoned by Kakashi early in the morning, and Team 7 regrouped to prepare for the mission.

Under the large green tree where they had agreed to gather, Sasuke was the first to arrive. He had a cold face and a strange look in his eyes, as if he was troubled by something. The moment he saw Naruto, he just snorted and turned away without saying anything.

Naruto didn't feel anything. He found a place on the grass to sit and rest with a calm expression.

"Sas, I advise you to sit down and wait. Kakashi will definitely find an ugly excuse to be late."

Sasuke heard this and glanced at Naruto expressionlessly.

"idiot."

Ten minutes later, Sasuke sat obediently on the grass.

Twenty minutes later, the two men were lying at a distance from each other, like two corpses.

"Sorry!!! I...I'm late."

Haruno Sakura ran over in a panic, her short pink hair fluttering, and she closed her eyes and bowed hurriedly to apologize.

"A group of patients suddenly arrived at the hospital, and I was left behind to help."

When I opened my eyes, I suddenly saw two people lying on the ground.

"Eh?"

Ten minutes later, Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura were all lying on the grass.

Naruto tilted his head slightly and met Sakura's eyes, and they couldn't help but smile at each other awkwardly.

Sakura looked the same, her short hair tied up casually, making her look much more capable. Her exposed arms were slender and white, her chest slightly bulging, and her smile was confident and gentle.

Sakura seems to have grown a lot in the medical department, shedding her previous childishness and panic.

"Naruto, you seem to have grown a little taller?"

"That's probably it." Naruto touched the top of his head with his hand. "Maybe it's because of eating vegetables. My appetite has obviously increased."

"But, Sakura, your skin seems to be getting better."

"Eh? Is there such a thing?"

"Yeah, if you don't believe me, ask Sasuke."

"boring."

"Well, you all came early, it seems we are not late." Kakashi suddenly appeared on the tree, scaring the three people below.

"Teacher Kakashi, do you want to see what time it is?" Sakura said helplessly.

"It's obviously you who is late!" Naruto complained.

"35 minutes." Sasuke said with disdain.

Kakashi jumped down from the tree, smiled casually, stared into a dead fish eye, touched the back of his head and said.

"Just now a black cat ran past me, so I..."

......

"This mission ends here. I have to go back to the Hokage Building to submit the mission report." Kakashi said lazily, "The three of you performed well, and Sakura is making rapid progress."

"Anyway, let's disband. We should have a new mission tomorrow. Since the fifth generation took office, all the accumulated missions need to be completed. The other classes are in a similar situation as us."

"Yes!" The three of them took a long time to respond, and then they all laughed.

Kakashi scratched his head and laughed. Team 7 was the first ninja team he had ever led, and it might also be the last. Before leaving, Kakashi glanced at Sasuke quickly.

During this mission, Sasuke's behavior was a little abnormal and he was too anxious.

The four of them dispersed in their respective directions. Sakura had to return to the medical department, Sasuke went to practice, Kakashi reported back, and Naruto went home to lie down.

Konoha Street.

After wandering around aimlessly, he entered the abandoned building with ease.

But when he looked around, he found that the place was already empty.

It seemed that Tayuya was no longer hiding here, and all traces of her had vanished completely. As dusk fell, the last ray of light was swallowed up.

In an instant, the abandoned building was dark

Naruto stood in that corner and watched for a while, guessing that Tayuya had probably already met up with the other three members of the Sound Four. Sasuke's eyes looked strange in the morning, so he might be planning to defect.

Go downstairs and leave.

I found a random place to fill my stomach. I really don't want to cook by myself. I still have tasks to complete tomorrow, so I better go to bed early and get up early.

The next day, Naruto arrived at yesterday's meeting place on time, but received a last-minute notice from Kakashi.

Mission canceled.

"Why was it cancelled?" Naruto asked.

"I don't know." Sakura said helplessly, "Kakashi-sensei only said that the mission was cancelled. It seemed like something important happened, so he told me to remember to inform you. Then he left without saying anything else."

"Maybe it's a more dangerous S-rank mission."

"Then... let's go." Naruto yawned and waved his hand, saying, "I woke up in the middle of the night and didn't sleep well last night, so I'll go back and catch up on some sleep."

"Yeah." Sasuke turned and walked away.

"Goodbye, Sakura." Naruto made to leave, but was stopped by Sakura.

"Naruto, can you do me a favor?" she said.

Konoha Hospital, corridor.

The pristine white walls reflected a large halo of light, and the strong smell of disinfectant lingered. The corridor was damp, clearly freshly mopped, with warning signs at both ends, such as "Beware of Slips."

"I'm so sorry, the medical department is really overwhelmed." Sakura looked guilty, "If I have to rush a mission tomorrow, I might be late again."

"It's just organizing the data sheet, no big deal." Naruto glanced at the stack of papers on the office desk.

He wanted to say, maybe there wouldn't be a mission tomorrow. Although a team without a jonin in charge could still accept a simple C-rank mission, if the team was short of members, they wouldn't be able to carry out the mission.

"Thank you, Naruto," Sakura said a little stiffly.

"Sakura, come quickly!" A head popped up from the end of the department corridor, and a ninja wearing a medical uniform waved anxiously, "Come and help!"

"Yes, Senior!" Sakura ran over quickly, her white legs flashing past, and turned back to shout at Naruto, "I'll treat you to barbecue when I'm done."

"Oh."

He walked into the empty office, pulled out a chair, and began to sort through the documents one by one. These were all left behind during the collapse of Konoha, and there were too many patients to complete the data in time.

It wasn't actually tiring to sort it out, but the process was a bit tedious, which Sakura had already told him in advance. Naruto followed the established procedures and time flew by.

At noon, Sakura walked into the office, her back stretched and her joints crackling. She sat down across from Naruto with a tired look on her face. She picked up a large stack of documents and began to sort them out.

"The medical department is so busy, I'm sorry to bother you." Sakura said with a hint of guilt, "I wanted to call Ino, but she's on a mission today."

When Naruto heard Sakura mention Ino, he couldn't help but think of the scene the night before, and he couldn't help but look helpless. If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have mentioned Temari's matter. In the end, he didn't explain it clearly.

Ino went back to the store angrily, and the matter was left unresolved.

Chapter 94 Sasuke defected

The office quickly fell silent, leaving only the rustling of pages. Occasionally, the two of them would stop to drink water in tacit understanding, and no one spoke, nor did they feel awkward.

One morning was not enough to finish all the work. Ten minutes before the end of the get off work day, the two stopped what they were doing and discussed which barbecue restaurant to go to for dinner.

"Let's go to the barbecue restaurant near the Akimichi clan's residence. It's a little far from here, but we can still eat there." Sakura said, lying on the table.

"That's fine." Naruto leaned back in his chair casually, looking up at the ceiling and said casually, "Why don't we ask Sasuke to come along? He doesn't have any mission anyway."

Sakura said after a sudden silence of a moment.

"forget it."

"Sasuke seems to be in a bad mood recently. He even had a big fight with Kakashi-sensei in the hospital a while ago."

"I see." Naruto said lazily, "Maybe it's because of Uchiha Itachi. Sasuke wants to kill him so much that it has become an obsession."

"Uchiha Itachi?" Sakura heard the amount of information contained in Naruto's words and asked, "I only know some vague details. Why did Sasuke have to..."

"A blood feud." Naruto seemed to be talking about something ordinary, but he did not tell the whole truth.

He didn't need to explain himself and get himself into countless troubles. Itachi Uchiha was already terrifying, and now Orochimaru...

The two of them were each more perverted and insane than the other. If Sakura wanted to jump, then she could. Naruto didn't want to touch this quagmire at all.

After the blood moon, Uchiha Sasuke lived for revenge.

During Tsukuyomi, Sasuke watched his family being killed by Uchiha Itachi, but he could only cowardly question his cold-blooded brother over and over again.

Even though he survived, Uchiha Sasuke never got over that bloody night. In the familiar family residence, Uchiha Itachi cruelly took away everything he had.

Some people are alive, but there is a dead child living in their heart.

"Why is this happening?" Sakura's voice trembled. "Sasuke never mentioned this to us."

"It doesn't matter whether you mention that kind of thing or not." Naruto pulled out a chair and stood up, staring at Sakura. He slowly drank a sip of water, "Sakura, there are some things you can't interfere with."

"I hope Sasuke can take revenge easily and happily. If it were me, I would definitely try my best to kill Uchiha Itachi."

Through the glass, Naruto's cold eyes deep in his blue pupils met Sakura's eyes as she looked up, and the latter shuddered violently in her seat.

......

After a day's work, Naruto went home to lie down.

The barbecue meal at noon was unusually silent. Sakura was a little absent-minded, but Naruto was eating happily.

Everyone in Team 7 noticed Sasuke's abnormality, and Naruto didn't hide it, so he just expressed his opinion in advance. He fully supported Sasuke's revenge.

Uchiha Itachi's sense of oppression was too strong. He gave Sasuke unlimited water and was like a killing god to others. So much so that even now, Naruto still has lingering fears about opening the door.

Among the battle-hardened ninjas, only senior Kage-level ninjas like the Sannin are capable of posing a threat to Uchiha Itachi.

With a thud, Naruto fell into the sofa and slowly closed his eyes.

Wake up the next day.

The mission could not be completed as expected, Team 7 was short of members, and Uchiha Sasuke was missing.