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

"Sakura...Sakura!"

Naruto's voice gradually grew louder.

Sakura then looked up again: "What's wrong?"

Sakura smiled softly at Naruto as he called out to her.

But Sakura knew very well that she had not completely controlled her emotions.

The smile she showed to Naruto must have been an ugly forced smile...

Realizing this fact, Sakura quickly turned her head away.

She faced Naruto with her profile, her pink hair hanging down to hide her expression.

Sakura knew very well that Naruto had fought alone against the three members of Amegakure last night in order to reunite the scattered Team 7.

Naruto's chakra must have been consumed a lot.

Naruto was facing Sasuke and her who were still unconscious, and he didn't know where the enemy who attacked Team 7 with the powerful wind escape technique was hiding...

As long as the crisis wasn't resolved, Naruto certainly hadn't gotten a night's rest.

Guarding the companions of Class 7, they endured the hardship until dawn.

Sakura didn't want to distract Naruto, who was already exhausted, because of her weakness.

"Xiaoying, are you feeling unwell?"

Naruto's concerned question still reached Sakura's ears.

Yes, how could someone as meticulous as Naruto not notice his own clumsy cover-up?

"I'm fine. By the way, Naruto, you called me just now, were you going to tell me something?"

Sakura quickly shook her head and abruptly changed the subject.

Naruto did not respond to her question right away.

The sudden silence made Sakura, who tilted her head and didn't dare look at Naruto, feel awkward.

Just as Sakura's anxiety was getting stronger, Naruto became normal again and continued speaking in response to Sakura's question:

"We still don't know what happened to Sasuke all by himself... It's too dangerous to rashly continue the exam under these circumstances."

"It is safer to defend here until Sasuke wakes up. After all, we have collected all the scrolls. As long as Sasuke wakes up, we can go directly to the tower in the center of the Death Forest to pass the second exam."

"I think……"

Sakura was about to respond to Naruto's suggestion.

An unexpected voice appeared and answered on behalf of Sakura.

Sakura hurriedly looked towards the source of the sound.

The three Sound Ninjas who had had friction with them in the first exam appeared on the short grass outside the tree hole.

"We think there is no problem. The wide view here is very suitable for fighting."

The person who took over Sakura's conversation was Toss Anvil, whose entire head was wrapped in bandages with only one eye showing.

"...After the battle, this place can be your grave."

Toss taunted Sakura and Naruto.

His companions, Zack and Qin, responded with hideous laughs that also displeased Sakura.

Obviously, they did not take Team 7, which was in poor condition at the moment, seriously.

"You annoying guys!"

Sakura couldn't stand the contempt the Sound Ninja showed towards Naruto and Sasuke, so she took out her kunai and prepared to fight.

Naruto reached out and stopped her.

"Sakura, take care of Sasuke."

Naruto's meaning was very clear, he planned to face the three Sound Ninjas in front of him alone.

"But!"

Sakura wanted to say something else.

But Naruto stopped her from talking.

"Sasuke is still unconscious, someone must stay to protect him - that person can only be you, I can't just watch you fight."

Naruto stared into Sakura's eyes with a look that brooked no rejection.

"I can give you another choice. Call Sasuke. We can deal with you two later. Our target is Sasuke!"

Toss made a proposal to Naruto in a very "generous" tone.

But his suggestion was met with a fierce look from Naruto.

"Your target is Sasuke? Did you attack us last night and injure Sasuke like this?"

Then, Sakura heard Naruto say, "Tell me, what did you do to Sasuke? What are those magatama-like scars on his neck and shoulders?"

A scar that looks like a magatama?

Only then did Sakura notice the three strange scars that looked like magatama on Sasuke's body.

The three Sound Ninjas also reacted to the magatama scar as if they were aware of it.

"Why, why are you suddenly silent? Weren't you very talkative just now?"

Naruto looked at the speechless Toss, certain that the three Sound Ninjas knew something.

"Toss, let's get rid of these two annoying guys first!"

Unhappy with Naruto's attitude, Sack, with the word "death" written on his clothes, proposed to Toss.

"You're right. First, kill these two weak-looking guys, then wake Sasuke up and let him look at the bodies of his companions. I'm looking forward to seeing how desperate Sasuke will look then..."

As soon as Toss finished his words, he immediately jumped up and rushed towards Naruto and Sakura.

Faced with both Naruto and Sakura, he chose to fight alone.

And Tos's companions also acquiesced to Tos's arrogant choice.

Naruto immediately formed a hand seal, and two shadow clones appeared in front of the tree hole, protecting Sakura and Sasuke.

Naruto's real body rushed towards the attacking Toss.

"go to hell!"

Toss stretched out his helmeted hand, punched and roared at Naruto.

The holes in his helmet began to leak chakra!

that is!

Sakura noticed that Toth's attack at this moment was exactly the same as the one he used against Kabuto Yakushi in classroom 301!

Of course Naruto also noticed this.

He leaned over and pressed his hands to the ground before Toss's fist arrived.

Earth Escape·Earth Flow Wall!

A huge earth wall rose from the ground, blocking Naruto and Toss.

boom--!

Toss's fist hit the earth wall, and the next second, accompanied by a piercing sound, the earth wall suddenly shattered.

After witnessing Toth's attack methods again, Sakura analyzed the principles of Toth's attack.

"Naruto! He attacks with sound!"

Sakura reminded Naruto loudly.

Although his attack method was discovered, Toss didn't care: "So what if you know I'm using sound to attack? Sound is invisible! You can dodge it the first time, can you guarantee that you can dodge it the second time?"

Toss increased the amount of chakra he injected into the helmet.

The holes in the helmet made a sharp sound again, and this time Toss's sonic attack had a longer range.

Even though Naruto was standing behind the broken earth wall and was quite a distance away from Toss, he was still accurately hit by Toss's sound waves!

"It seems you can't dodge my second attack."

Toss looked at Naruto who fell to the ground. He was confident that no one could remain unharmed after being attacked by sonic waves.

However, Toss's confident look suddenly froze on his face.

The fallen Naruto suddenly turned into a cloud of smoke, as if mocking Toss's arrogant self-confidence.

"Shadow clone?!"

Toss was puzzled by the scene in front of him.

This guy released the Earth Flow Wall not to resist my sonic attack!

Instead, he used an earth wall to block my view and used shadow clones to hide his real body!

Toss immediately understood Naruto's purpose in using the Earth Flow Wall.

But now Naruto has disappeared, where is he?

Toss glanced around and suddenly found that the two shadow clones of Naruto who were originally guarding in front of the tree hole were gone!

"Sack! Qin! You two should be alert!"

Toss quickly turned his head to remind Sack and Qin.

And from the ground beneath Sack and Qin's feet, four hands were quietly reaching out.

Toss's eyes fixed, and the two shadow clones——

——There is another entity!

He immediately looked down at his feet, and sure enough, under Toss's feet -

——A pair of hands also stretched out from the ground, ready to grab Tos’ feet!