It's better to be a rebel ninja than to be a Hokage

An hour had passed since the Sandai gave Team 7 the C-rank mission to protect bridge-building expert Dazna.

Everyone left the Konoha Ninja Village at exactly ten o'clock in the morning. They would arrive at the Fire Country Ferry around noon and take a boat to the Wave Country.

If nothing goes wrong, Team 7 will be able to escort Dazna back to the Land of Waves this afternoon.

After that, he will stay in the Land of Waves for about half a month to perform the task of protecting Dazna who is building the bridge.

The mission level that Dazna, as the client, reported to Konoha was a C-level mission that did not involve fighting ninjas.

Even if a fight occurs, the enemies in C-level missions are gangs or armed groups composed of ordinary people, and it is very easy for ninjas to deal with these guys.

Therefore, as the jonin in charge, Kakashi did not force the three members of Team 7 to form a protective formation for the client.

Except for Kakashi and Dazna who walked side by side, secretly guarding their surroundings.

Naruto and his friends were walking leisurely in the Konoha Forest outside the village.

Such a relaxed mental state is more like a trip than a "mission".

However, Dazna, who had delivered false information to Konoha, was well aware of his true situation, which was a matter of life and death.

He couldn't help but start to worry that these Konoha ninjas who had accepted the mission might not be able to protect him at all.

"Is it really okay for them to be like this?"

Dazna questioned Kakashi beside him, not hiding his dissatisfaction.

Sasuke was still the same, with his hands in the pockets of his white shorts, and responded to Sakura who kept talking to him with silence and ignored her.

All of this was seen by Dazna. To him, Sasuke was just a kid pretending to be cool, and Sakura was a young girl with her mind full of love.

As for Naruto...

Dazna thought Naruto was short and dumb, and didn't even look like a "ninja". He just looked like an imp that you could find anywhere.

"What does it matter? If something happens, I, a jonin, am still here."

Kakashi smiled and comforted Dazna.

"Well……"

With Kakashi blocking his question, Dazna didn't say anything more for a while.

After all, on the surface, this is just a C-level mission that is not very dangerous.

"That's better. I paid for it!"

But after a while, Dazna started glaring at Kakashi again.

Kakashi had no choice but to continue speaking kindly and making assurances to Dazna with a smile.

Naruto looked at Sasuke and Sakura first, then at Dazna and Kakashi.

He did not choose to blend into one of the two circles and focused his attention on the forest.

Since leaving Konoha, Naruto has been releasing perception ninjutsu.

That was after Naruto mastered the Sage Mode, imitating the powerful perception ability after activating the Sage Mode.

The perception ninjutsu created based on the feeling of activating the Sage Mode was firmly remembered.

——The art of wind caressing the dawn.

This is an environmental perception ninjutsu similar to Yuhu's Jizaijutsu.

The principle of the Rain Tiger Free Technique used by Pain is to inject chakra into the rain so that he can clearly perceive everything under the rain curtain.

Naruto's Wind Caress Dawn Technique is to inject chakra into the air, allowing the airflow to produce invisible wind.

Using the "wind" as a carrier, he knows everything within the range of the ninjutsu as if "caressing" it.

Compared to the physical rain, the invisible wind is more unexpected.

Although activating the Sage Mode itself will give Naruto extraordinary perception abilities, the act of recreating perception ninjutsu seems a bit redundant.

However, the Sage Mode has a time limit, and in the village being monitored by Danzo and the Third Hokage, Naruto, who "has no master to teach him the Sage Mode", has no way of using the Sage Mode openly.

Naruto has wind-attribute chakra, and the Wind-Care Dawn Technique, which uses wind as a carrier, can be said to be the most suitable perception ninjutsu for him when he is not using the Sage Mode.

Sage Mode, Flying Thunder God...these are Naruto's hidden trump cards.

Leaving aside the Sage Mode, Naruto had almost mastered it when he was still in Ninja School.

The most important thing is Flying Thunder God. It has only been a little over two months since Naruto learned Flying Thunder God. He needs a lot of time to practice and consolidate the Flying Thunder God technique.

In private practice, preventing exposure is a crucial link, and the role of Feng Fuxiao's technique is too great to be ignored.

After learning the Wind Caressing Dawn Technique, Naruto used it to counter-detect the "Root" ninjas who were spying on him in the dark of the village.

On the night of the Sealed Book incident, Naruto used the Wind Caressing Dawn Technique to sense that someone was following Mizuki, which was why he allowed himself to be caught by Mizuki in the end.

Just as he had guessed at the time, he successfully forced Kakashi out from the darkness.

In such a "dangerous" situation, the Third Generation also believed more in the "will of fire" shown by Naruto.

……

At this moment, the ghost brothers of the Kirigakure rebel ninja were not within Naruto's perception range.

But Naruto was not originally sensing the two Kirigakure rebel ninjas, he was sensing the members of the "Root".

So far, Naruto was surprised to find that the Root wasn't spying on him.

After confirming several times that he was not being monitored, Naruto stopped using the Wind Caress Dawn Technique.

Naruto was confused as to why he wasn't being watched.

The Jinchūriki leaving the village should be something that Danzo himself cannot accept...

But soon, Naruto understood.

The main reason why the members of "Root" didn't monitor Naruto outside the village was probably Kakashi.

Naruto thought carefully about the past two months of his life as a ninja, and there was no doubt that Danzo was still watching him.

But the frequency is indeed much less, and the number of people monitored has also decreased.

When Team 7 was on duty, the surveillance would simply disappear.

After a little contemplation, Naruto figured out the reason.

It seems that after the Book of Seales incident, the Third Generation finally intervened in Danzo's "little thoughts" about Naruto.

Kakashi himself is a ninja from the Hokage faction and is also a backbone of the village.

Kakashi's appointment as the leading jonin of Team 7 was itself an attitude of the Third Hokage and also a compromise of Danzo.

A compromise not only to Naruto, the Human Chuuriki, but also to the last remnant of the Uchiha clan.

In the political game between the Third Generation and Danzo, the current Third Generation has a slight advantage.

This is a good thing!

Naruto came to the conclusion immediately.

According to the trajectory of the original work, Danzo's current compromise will continue until Orochimaru invades Konoha and kills the Third Hokage.

This happens to overlap with the time of the Chunin Exams.

Danzo is now forced to relax his surveillance on Naruto, which will greatly increase Naruto's chances of defecting from Konoha after the Chunin Exam!

Now that the Third Generation is dead, what if Danzo wants to regain control of the Nine-Tails?

By that time Naruto had already escaped from Konoha!

When Naruto thought about how the Third Hokage had invisibly relieved the pressure that Danzo had put on him, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but tilt.

"Naruto, what are you laughing at?"

But he didn't feel happy for long, as Sakura's words suddenly rang in Naruto's ears.

Naruto was awakened from his deep thoughts. He hurriedly suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and looked at Sakura who was looking at him in confusion.

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Naruto was trying to find a reason to explain.

At this moment, the sound of treading water was heard.

Naruto's vision immediately became sharp!

While looking at Naruto, Sakura didn't pay attention to the road conditions under her feet and stepped into a puddle on the road.

It hasn't rained in the past few days and it's a sunny day today, so there shouldn't be puddles on the road.

Before she could even utter a warning, Naruto immediately reached out and pounced on Sakura.

Hold Sakura tightly in your arms!