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

Konoha Forest.

The tenth team, carrying out Kakashi's orders, was jumping and moving between tree trunks under the leadership of the ninja dog Puck.

"What's the situation now? What's the distance between us and Sakura and Sasuke?"

Shikamaru asked Puck out loud.

Parker's nose was indeed very sensitive. It had detected two enemy teams from a distance, allowing Team 10 to successfully avoid the battle.

But this choice also caused Team 10 to be distanced from Sakura and Sasuke again.

"We are not close to them, but we are not far away either... The three people from Sunagakure are moving slower, and Sakura's scent overlaps with Sasuke's. They must have successfully reunited..."

Parker sniffed, able to construct all kinds of details just from the smell.

But after hearing Puck's answer, Shikamaru frowned slightly.

No matter how you look at it, Team 10's detour just now will only increase the distance between Sasuke and Sakura.

"Things are getting troublesome. The guys from Sunagakure should have noticed Sasuke and Sakura's pursuit."

Shikamaru made a deduction, he turned his head to look at Ino and Choji and said: "We have to speed up!"

Ino and Choji looked at each other. Shikamaru's judgment was rarely wrong, and his current anxious mood showed that the situation was beginning to become difficult to handle.

But just as Shikamaru asked Ino and Choji to speed up, Puck, who was leading the way, suddenly stopped.

"Parker! What happened? Why stop now?"

Without Parker's guidance, Class 10 had no choice but to stop together at this critical moment.

"A huge amount of chakra suddenly appeared in front of us!"

"There are at least three more ninja teams surrounding that massive amount of chakra!"

Parker explained his sudden stop.

But its explanation is really... horrifying.

"Twelve people?! Why are there so many ninjas gathered in this forest? Are they enemies? And what is this huge amount of chakra you mentioned?"

Shikamaru was surprised by Puck's answer, as he had just experienced Puck's detection ability.

With Parker's sense of smell, it was actually quite strange that he didn't immediately notice the enemies on Team 10's path.

This means that the enemy has the ability to sense shielding!

But since they can block their perception, why can Parker suddenly detect their existence?

Parker just opened his black dog nose and sniffed the air around him very hard.

The next answer made Shikamaru even more confused.

"The chakra of those three ninja teams and that huge amount of chakra just disappeared."

Even Parker couldn't believe the information his sense of smell brought him.

It turned its head and looked at the three members of Team 10 and said, "I smell the scent of that brat named Uzumaki Naruto under Kakashi's command."

Hearing Parker's words, the three members of Class 10 were all stunned.

……

The forest was a mass of leaning trees.

Around Naruto were also the bodies of ninjas lying in a mess.

The attire of these corpses resembled that of Konoha's Anbu, but the differences in details allowed Naruto to clearly realize that these ninjas actually came from the "Root" organization controlled by Danzo.

Naruto also noticed the magic circle on the ground.

It is still the art of reverse spiritualism...

It seems that these guys from the "Root" organization are preparing to work together to imprison the Nine-Tails in a magic circle, allowing the runaway Nine-Tails to enter the residential area of ​​Konoha.

This is quite consistent with Danzo's character of not caring about other people's lives and deaths.

In the original work, in order to preserve the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, who he believed was the most important force in building up Konoha's combat power, Danzo killed the communication toad that was contacting Myoboku Mountain. In order to eliminate Tsunade, his political enemy, Danzo also allowed Pain to invade Konoha.

To Danzo, the residents of Konoha and the ninjas of the Third Generation faction - these guys who have become weak in peace, all need "reform" and "sacrifice".

But Naruto, who had transformed into a tailed beast, suddenly broke free from Kotoamatsukami's control, catching the "Root" that had already injected chakra into the summoning formation off guard.

Naruto, who regained sovereignty over his body with the help of Kushina's chakra, was still a little confused about what was happening in the outside world. He had not yet released his tailed beast transformation, so he followed his body's crisis instinct and slaughtered all those "Root" guys with lightning speed.

After Kushina's chakra said its final farewell to Naruto, the reconstructed Bagua Seal allowed Naruto to return to his original appearance.

However, Naruto looked very miserable at the moment, and his body was covered with blood.

Naruto's skin and muscles repeated the vicious cycle of being injured and healed during the process of transforming into a tailed beast.

The Nine-Tails' chakra is full of aggressiveness. Even though Naruto is the Nine-Tails's Jinchūriki, he can hardly withstand the damage to his body caused by the violent chakra.

If it weren't for Kushina's chakra that helped stop the Nine-Tails, and if Naruto had been allowed to run wild, he would have died from excessive consumption of his body functions.

However, even though he survived the crisis of Kotoamatsukami's control and the Nine-Tails' rampage, Naruto is still not safe now.

Even though Kushina removed the chakra seal on Naruto, the side effects of Sage Mode, which had previously failed due to the Nine-Tails' chakra, continued.

Naruto still couldn't use his chakra, and for the time being he couldn't reabsorb the natural energy to enter Sage Mode.

The only chakra he could use now was the huge amount of Nine-Tails chakra that Kushina had forcibly pulled from the Nine-Tails using the Diamond Seal in the consciousness space.

Although these Nine-Tails Chakras allow Naruto to use them at will without being affected by the Nine-Tails' consciousness.

But Naruto himself still cannot control the Nine-Tails. Without Kushina, Naruto cannot actively replenish the Nine-Tails' chakra.

In other words, if Naruto encounters a battle next time, he will only continue to consume chakra and will not be able to recover chakra.

No matter how wealthy one is, one cannot afford such a loss where one only goes out without gaining anything.

Naruto was thinking about his next actions. He had to use the Nine-Tails Chakra reasonably before the side effects caused by the failure of Sage Mode ended.

While thinking, Naruto finally realized that his perception range was no longer limited.

The next moment, three people and a dog appeared in front of Naruto.

"Naruto!?"

Ino looked at Naruto, who looked like a bloody man at the moment, and the dead ninjas around him also foreshadowed what Naruto had experienced not long ago.

Shikamaru was more careful, he noticed that the number of dead ninjas was exactly the same as the three ninja teams that Parker mentioned.

and……

These dead ninjas weren't from Sunagakure or Otogakure who invaded Konoha... they were ninjas from Konoha.

Shikamaru noticed something unusual.

What Parker just said was clearly that the ninja team was surrounded by a huge amount of chakra.

Could it be that these dead ninjas were confronting Naruto before?

"Naruto, what just happened here?"

Shikamaru asked.

Naruto ignored Shikamaru and just kept his eyes on Ino.

That look was devoid of emotion and filled with terrifying coldness.

Naruto was thinking.

Consider the threat of Yamanaka Ino.

As the future heir of the Yamanaka clan, one of the three "Ino, Deer, and Chou" clans of Konoha, Yamanaka Ino's upper limit of growth is definitely higher than Yamanaka Fuu.

In the original work, Yamanaka Ino made a lot of contributions to the Allied Ninja Forces.

The trouble that Yamanaka Feng had brought him had made Naruto see the strategic significance of the Yamanaka clan's secret techniques.

The possibility of Naruto allowing Yamanaka Ino to grow up smoothly is as impossible as not killing Kabuto Yakushi in the Chunin Exams...

If Naruto had not attacked Kabuto Yakushi during the Chunin Exams, he was sure that he would not be in such an extremely embarrassing situation now.

But Naruto still doesn't regret his choice.

He successfully avoided the means set by Danzo against him, which means that he had endured the consequences of killing Kabuto Yakushi.

Next, Naruto will obtain the endless benefits that killing Kabuto Yakushi will bring him.

The death of Yamanaka Ino...

For Naruto, it is equivalent to the death of Kabuto Yakushi.

Naruto, who relied on luck to escape Danzo's conspiracy against him, is now racing against time to take advantage of the intelligence gap to escape from Konoha. Naruto certainly would not spend time to deal with Yamanaka Ino.

Yamanaka Ino seemed to have appeared in front of Naruto just at the right time, as if she was there specifically to be killed by Naruto.

If that's the case, then why not kill her?

But Naruto did not attack Yamanaka Ino.

Naruto's gaze fell to his feet, his shadow tangled with Shikamaru's.

"Shikamaru, why did you use the Shadow Binding Technique on me?"

Naruto stiffened as he looked at Shikamaru who was performing a secret technique on him.

"I was just going to ask you the opposite..." Shikamaru concentrated all his energy to suppress Naruto's resistance: "Naruto! Why do you look like you're ready to kill Ino!?"

"Why do I have such an expression, you ask? I thought a clever fellow like you would be able to read her expression best—of course it's because I'm going to kill her."

Naruto looked at Shikamaru with sinister eyes, and Shikamaru knew very well that there was not a trace of hypocrisy in Naruto's words.

The complete truth. Shikamaru could feel that there was no hatred towards Ino in Naruto's words. It was definitely not because of Ino's previous conflicts with Naruto that Naruto chose to kill Ino.

Naruto made a more...rational judgment and decided that killing Ino was the perfect choice for him.

But why? Why did Naruto kill Ino?

Shikamaru couldn't figure it out, and he didn't want to figure out troublesome things, but he was always the one who made choices when faced with troublesome things.

"I think you've been under an illusion and your mind is not clear!"

Shikamaru was just denouncing Naruto's behavior, but accidentally mentioned Naruto's previous experience.

However, Naruto had already gotten rid of the illusion, and his mind was now extremely clear.

Then, Shikamaru shouted to Ino and Choji: "Ino, I have controlled Naruto's body now, you use the Heart Transformation Technique to control Naruto's consciousness! Choji will use the Human Bomb Chariot to smash Naruto to pieces and make him lose his fighting power!"

After assigning the tasks in this way, Shikamaru finally said to Naruto: "Forgive me, Naruto, you will have to stay in Konoha Hospital for a while. But after your illusion is lifted, I promise you that I will visit you in the hospital every day and it will never be a bother for you!"

Naruto didn't respond to Shikamaru, he just looked at Ino.

The position that Ino's hands were in was so familiar, and the painful memories that Yamanaka Fuu brought to Naruto became so clear again.

"Ino, if you just use that jutsu on me, I can promise you that I will make you cry and beg me to kill you."

Naruto's intimidation made Ino so scared that she forgot to breathe.

Ino simply couldn't understand why Naruto's attitude towards her suddenly became so bad.

Naruto and Team 10 were in a stalemate.

But the stalemate did not last long, only for a moment.

It happened in an extremely fast moment, so fast that Ino was about to die.

But a burst of chakra that was faster than this moment made Naruto, who was full of thoughts, give up the choice of killing Ino.

Naruto had been racing against time, and an opportunity that was more important than killing Ino was born in this short and swift chakra burst that was also located in the forest.

Shadow Binding Spell——Failed!

Naruto disappeared from the sight of Team 10.

Shikamaru was horrified.

"Chouji, protect Ino!"

Having said this, Shikamaru gave up the fight and hurried towards Ino.

Shikamaru was afraid that his choice to fight would lead to the wrong outcome and give Naruto the chance to kill Ino.

But the expected attack did not come.

Naruto really disappeared.

……

That strange chakra appeared on Gaara's body again.

Gaara's chakra burst out with an astonishing aura. Even though Sasuke relied on the curse seal to inject more chakra into his feet and stick them tightly to the tree trunk, the aura still shook Sasuke's body violently.

Sasuke's double magatama Sharingan saw it very clearly. This time, the abnormal chakra on Gaara's body became even thicker. Gaara's original chakra was covered by this strange chakra - making Gaara completely changed.

Gaara has indeed changed.

He changed from a human being into an ugly beast that looked like it was made of sand.

"Hey! Woman over there, what's the situation with your companion now?!"

Sasuke questioned Temari who was beside Gaara.

But Temari did not answer. She just looked at Gaara, who had completely turned into a monster, in fear, and hugged Kankuro, who had fainted in the previous battle, even tighter.

Without getting an answer from Temari, Sasuke could only make his own judgment.

Are we going to continue fighting Gaara?

Anyone can tell that something is wrong with Gaara's current situation.

Sasuke wasn't very confident that he could continue to fight Gaara...

Sakura, who used water jutsu to create opportunities for Sasuke in the previous battle, now had very little chakra left.

The same is true for Sasuke, but at least Sasuke still has the curse seal that is eroding his body again and providing chakra that does not belong to him.

When Kakashi was teaching Sasuke Chidori, he said something similar to Naruto, that relying too much on the curse seal would cause irreversible damage to Sasuke himself.

Sasuke himself was well aware that the chakra provided by the curse seal was not enough for him to fight for a long time.

Once the chakra of the curse seal is completely consumed, the consequences will be disastrous.

Damn!

What should I do!

"Don't even think about running away, Uchiha Sasuke! Just take a good look at what a real monster is!"

The sand monster spoke in human language and formed mysterious seals with its claws.

"The art of faking sleep!"

Gaara was about to summon the real monster inside of him!

"Sakura, let's get out of here!"

The Sharingan detected a larger amount of abnormal chakra overflowing from Gaara's body, and Sasuke made a prompt decision to escape with Sakura!

But Sasuke suddenly stopped.

Naruto just appeared next to Temari.

"Naruto!"

"Naruto?"

Sasuke, Sakura and Temari looked at Naruto who suddenly appeared on the battlefield with different tones.

Naruto ignored them.

The first one to notice that something was wrong with Naruto was Temari.

Naruto reacted faster. He kicked Temari away along with Kankuro in Temari's arms.

Temari hit the tree trunk and the strong impact caused her to fall into a coma.