Naruto's Exam

In a distant fantasy continent, a silver crescent moon hangs high in the sky. A little girl curls up between her knees, waiting for her mother to return for a whole day. However, her mother, who was forcibly taken away by a mysterious grass magician, never comes. Similarly, the little girl's fate also changes...

The girl asked in a trembling voice: "Where is this place?"

"This is the Spirit Healing Tower." The grass magician said solemnly, "Due to the sudden attack by the dark forces, my village is now in ruins and there are wounded everywhere. Your mother alone is far from enough to treat all the wounded."

Soon after, the girl met her mother again in a room called "The Resting Room of the Dead." At that time, Karin realized that her mother's body, which had been carefully covered, was covered with strange teeth marks. She was heartbroken and vomited continuously.

"What's going on?" Naruto was furious after witnessing such a tragic scene, his eyes flashing with horror at what happened to the victims, "Why are Karin and her mother covered in scars?!"

Gaara, like Naruto, had rage coursing through him like quicksand, the sands moving silently around him, ready to burst through the door at the call of his master and tear the Grass Mage, who was being guarded by other mid-level mages, into pieces.

Sasuke and Sakura knew the truth. They witnessed with their own eyes how the two grass-type magicians cruelly treated the red-haired girl. Karin was even willing to be bitten in order to save Sakura.

Seeing Sasuke and Sakura turned their faces away, looking unwilling to elaborate, Naruto became more and more confused. He could only groan, sit down angrily and continue to watch the magical video that recorded everything.

In a corner of the Kusagakure Village, seriously injured warriors were lying in the treatment room. Medical magicians coldly issued life and death orders: "Come over here to receive chakra transmission! That one is useless now, don't waste time! Quick, next one!"

This kind of behavior of ignoring the lives of companions and weighing life and death by value is suffocating. But for the ninjas from Konoha Village, their beliefs and training never allow such behavior to exist.

The video continued to play, and the injured warriors bit Karin's body one after another, absorbing her special chakra energy to quickly heal their wounds.

Naruto saw at this moment that this girl of the same tribe actually possessed such a strange ability. However, it was this power that brought disaster to Karin and her mother!

A seed of revenge quietly sprouted in Naruto's heart... Karin's mother died because of this power.

So, why did he - Uzumaki Naruto's mother die?

In this moment, only three people noticed the light disappearing from Naruto's blue eyes: Iruka, Sasuke and Gaara. Naruto rarely chose to hide his doubts in his heart, temporarily giving up his usual frankness.

As the images progressed, Naruto became more silent as he watched, no longer as loud and boisterous as before.

In Haruno Sakura's eyes, the scene of the war mission in the Land of Grass was too cruel, with the wounded struggling in pain and waiting for rescue. Kakashi warned her: "This is the real situation that Chunin and above ninjas must face during wartime." Then he comforted Sakura: "But fortunately, there have been fewer war missions in the Land of Fire in recent years, and you as Genin will hardly have the opportunity to come into contact with these."

In the subsequent images, Karin was like a walking source of life, being carried to various places on the battlefield by the grass magicians. They grabbed Karin's clothes at the critical moment, avoided many dangers, and sent her to the core area of ​​the battlefield.

There, the senior ninjas from the Land of Grass fell to the ground one after another, dying, with all kinds of hidden weapons piercing their bodies; some had already fallen to the ground powerlessly, their life or death unknown.

"Go quickly!" urged the grass magician.

The mouths fell on Karin again, absorbing her chakra.

When she returned, Karin's body was covered with teeth marks, which were undoubtedly the marks of countless pains she had endured.

Sakura looked at the marks on Karin's body and realized that what she had been through was far more difficult than she had imagined. Those seemingly healed teeth marks might only represent the accumulated suffering over the past year or even months.

"How could this be possible..." As a woman, Sakura couldn't suppress her indignation and shock: "How could this be possible?"

"This is the reality!" Sasuke, Sakura, Gaara, Iruka, Kakashi and others turned back in surprise. They had never expected that such angry yet calm words would come from Naruto's mouth.

Karin noticed that the chakra in Uzumaki Naruto's body had changed, like a deep forest under the moonlight, exuding an unknown chill.

Naruto was seething with anger and rage because of what happened to Karin.

"I will arrange for you to take part in the next Chunin selection exam," the Grass-type magician of Kusagakure Village announced coldly.

In the mysterious fantasy world, Karin cannot figure out the other person's true intentions.

"In this alien trial, the overall strength of the ninja village is determined by evaluating the strength of the novice warriors in each village. This is one of the core goals of the intermediate trial test." A witch grass ninja from the Grass Field explained: "You can think of this as a fierce competition for power, resources and village glory!"

"Your mission is to heal the wounds of the other two comrades." The Wucao Ninja in the projection cast a contemptuous look: "Our village took in and raised you and your mother, who was a stranger. Especially after your mother passed away, the village still took on the responsibility of raising you. If you know how to be grateful, you should show excellent results in this trial! You foreign child!"

Seeing this, Karin in the projection seemed to become even more humble and helpless.

At the same time, Uzumaki Naruto, who was sitting on the floor, suddenly stood up and kicked over the magical flower pot beside him.

"Where are those witch grass ninjas?! I'm going to teach them a lesson until they wake up!"

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Having completed lower-level adventure missions together for more than half a year, the other two members of Team 7 and their superior mentor Kakashi had never seen Naruto so angry.

His voice suddenly dropped, a little hoarse, and inexplicably familiar. Sasuke felt as if he had heard it somewhere before.

If he could recall, Sasuke would find that Naruto's voice was very similar to the voice in the mysterious image that only had sound but no image:

? ? ? : "How can you, who have not yet become the Great Sage of Flame, belittle the Great Sage of Flame, let alone slander my father who has become the Great Sage of Flame! You bastard!!!"

That person's voice is very similar!

……

Karin, who had been keeping her head down and keeping silent, was also frightened by this burst of anger. It seemed that this was the first time someone had shown such strong anger for her.

This feeling……

She was so overwhelmed with joy that she didn't know how to respond.

This is probably the relationship between friends and family, right?

Previously, when the pink-haired girl was injured, Uchiha Sasuke had shown the same anger.

Karin wondered if she had been accepted as a partner by Naruto?

"Of course it is!"

It wasn't until Naruto looked her directly in the eye and answered in the affirmative that Karin realized she had blurted out her inner thoughts.

"I, I..." Karin tightly grasped the protective scarf in her hand: "But I am the witch grass ninja of the Grass Field."

"What does this have to do with whether you are a witch grass ninja?!!!"

"Hmm?" Karin was a little confused. After all, there must be differences between villages, right?

Naruto roared again: "What I mean is, this has nothing to do with whether you are a witch grass ninja or not? They don't even consider you as a partner!" He became more and more angry: "People like this are not partners at all! If they come to fight for you because of your special ability, I will drive them all away! That's it!"

After yelling, Naruto crossed his arms across his chest as if to show his determination, and knelt on one knee on the ground in a huff.

Mito Kushina secretly admired: What an excellent son.

Sasuke and Gaara seconded: It's you, Naruto.

Sakura and Iruka praised: You're right, Naruto!

The first and second generation Great Fire Sages nodded slightly in agreement.

"Since the Warring States Period, the Senju clan and the Uzumaki clan have had a distant relationship, but because the Uzumaki clan lived in the Land of Whirlpools at the time and enjoyed a high status, they did not join Konoha, but instead established the Uzushiogakure Village in the Land of Whirlpools." Senju Tobirama narrated: "However, Konoha has always opened its doors to every Uzumaki ninja."

"Girl, do you understand what I mean?"

Karin didn't quite understand. She stared at the silver-haired old man with her big red eyes. She wanted to shake her head but didn't dare.

The Third Great Sage of Fire lit his pipe and said with a smile, "What the Second Great Sage meant is that you and your mother must have been stranded in the Grass Field out of helplessness. Now that you know that you are a member of the Uzumaki clan, you can naturally return to Konoha at any time."

[As the conversation progresses, the video shows Karin participating in the trials of the crowd, and being saved by Sasuke in the second round of trials...]

However... the video did not show the multiple-choice section. Sasuke was not accompanied by Sakura when he rescued Karin, and the two Mukusa ninjas on both sides were not present either.

Senju Tobirama interpreted: "This should be an image that has never appeared in our world. In other words, it is a process from another parallel world."

[In the image of the parallel world, Sasuke still used the "Lion Bomb" but this time he did not repel the witch grass ninja, but a ferocious brown giant bear.]

Naruto complained with a sullen look on his face: "Hey, why do you have to blush in front of that bastard Sasuke, Karin? They are all like this, humph!"

"Are you jealous, loser!"

"What are you talking about?!" Remembering that they were arguing just now, Naruto turned his head and decided to ignore Sasuke.

Sasuke felt dissatisfied, but didn't know how to respond, so he could only remain silent.

[In the video of the parallel world, Karin, who was saved by Sasuke, returned to the Grass Village in the Grass Field alone. Because she failed to complete the mission well, she was sent to the front line - the Northern Fortress. ]

[“Recently, the Hyuga clan has entered that area. This group of maniacs who only enjoy bloodthirsty massacres are not easy to deal with.”]

[After arriving at the northern fortress, Karin was faced with a room full of wounded soldiers waiting for treatment, and she couldn't help but feel panic.]

[Medical Ninja asks: "With you here, they will recover quickly, right?"]

[Karin replied: "I..."]

Naruto: "Are they simply pushing her into the abyss of death? ! ! These mixed beasts!"

[In the video, Karin hesitated a little, and the medical wizard sighed and blamed this outsider for being unreliable. In the video of that strange world, even if the Grass Spirits were ruthless and exploitative, it was still Karin's only place of refuge.]

[Her weakness was firmly grasped by the Grass Spirit Tribe, that is, she was once judged as a "worthless person", and when she, who was considered "still valuable", was declared to have lost her value, the village no longer accepted her. Then, who in this world could accept her? ]

[In order to protect this only remaining habitat, Karin walked towards the room full of wounded and sick people, with empty eyes as she endured one mouth after another biting her to absorb her magic power... The medical wizard following her immediately changed her tone and praised: "What an admirable spirit of sacrifice, the rest of you go and bring more wounded people here!"]

[The image gradually fades into darkness, and the figure of the girl who leaves silently seems to foreshadow the fate she will soon endure for a long time.]

A sad atmosphere permeated.

After witnessing this video, everyone felt a heavy sense of oppression hanging in the air.

Is this the fate of the Uzumaki clan?

"I need to get some fresh air."

Naruto stood up, muttering to himself without communicating with anyone, and left the room and came to the outside of the central sacred tower.

At this moment, the bright moonlight illuminates the forest of the training ground.

In fact, Naruto has always been extremely sensitive about his parents' affairs.

Before watching the video, he had asked why he didn't have beautiful red hair like Karin.

Kakashi-sensei responded, "Perhaps you inherited your father's traits."

Why not inherit it from your mother?

Sensei Kakashi and the Third Hokage clearly knew who his parents were!

But why don't you tell him?

Could it be that his mother...also suffered the same tragic ending as Karin's mother?

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Inside the room, Sasuke, Sakura and Iruka couldn't help but worry about Naruto's condition.

Sasuke wanted to go look for him, but Iruka suggested that it would be best for Naruto to be alone and calm down.

Uzumaki Mito also agreed with this. She knew about Karin's experience and was confused about Fuso's attitude towards Konoha ninjas, so she asked Fuso: "Can you tell me your story?"

Facing the Konoha ninjas around him, Fuso asked cautiously:

"You really won't cause any harm to me and my child?"

"child?"

A trace of sadness flashed in Fusang's eyes, "I don't know if he is still alive..."

"Why are you so afraid of Konoha's ninjas?"

After a moment's silence, Fuso noticed that the chakra of the nearby ninjas was calm and harmless, and they had no intention of harming her, so she slowly recounted: "My husband and I...both died at the hands of Konoha ninjas."

"!!"

Although everyone was shocked for a moment, they were all experienced ninjas who had seen the world. They also didn't know whether Fuso had any other special identities, so they didn't make a decision easily.

Fuso revealed: "Our family was once ordinary people living in the Rain Kingdom."

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