Naruto: Becoming Stronger from Illusion

When Haruno Sakura just woke up, she was still a little confused. She only felt that someone was carrying her on his back and moving.

When she opened her eyes, she found that it was Sasuke who was carrying her.

Sasuke also noticed her movement, "Sakura, are you awake?"

Just woke up, still a little reluctant to move, "Well, Sasuke, how long have I slept?"

Naruto next to her saw Haruno Sakura wake up and immediately came to her side.

"Sakura, you slept from morning to afternoon, and I couldn't wake you up when I called you to eat before."

"Are you hungry? It's just right to find a place to have dinner and spend the night."

"So long? Then Sasuke, put me down, let's find a place to spend the night."

After Sasuke put Haruno Sakura down, the three of them found a hidden place together.

After a simple arrangement, they went to find some food.

Soon a bonfire was lit.

The three sat around the fire.

Haruno Sakura poked the firewood in the fire with a branch and asked the two of them.

"Where are we now? How far is it from the central tower?"

Sasuke made a simple estimate and replied, "It should be half the distance left."

"Well, it's been the second day since we entered the Death Forest. Some people should have reached the central tower."

"It seems that we have to speed up tomorrow."

Naruto suddenly exclaimed, "Hey, then we can't be the first?"

Haruno Sakura laughed. Naruto actually wanted to be the first.

"In my opinion, the most likely team to arrive first should be Gaara's team."

Their team originally had a chance to compete.

But with Orochimaru as a stumbling block, there is no hope now.

When Sasuke heard what Haruno Sakura said, he also thought of the guy carrying the gourd.

Although he was a little unwilling, it was indeed possible.

"Sakura, you seem to be optimistic about Gaara. What's special about him?"

Haruno Sakura touched her chin.

"I vaguely sense another powerful spiritual force in him."

"Gaara should have a tailed beast sealed in his body like Naruto."

Sasuke was a little surprised, so Gaara is actually a Jinchūriki like Naruto?

Naruto jumped up in shock.

"That dark eye, is there also a monster sealed in his body?"

So he was rejected by the villagers like himself?

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a sense of sympathy.

Hearing Naruto call the Nine-Tailed Fox a monster.

Haruno Sakura remembered that their relationship was not very harmonious now.

He had to find a time for Naruto to talk to the Nine-Tailed Fox, but before that, he had to solve the five elements seal on Naruto's body.

At this time, Haruno Sakura saw that the grilled fish seemed to be cooked, so she invited the two to start eating.

After dinner and resting for a while, they made arrangements to take turns to keep watch.

This night passed peacefully.

Early the next morning, Haruno Sakura and the other two started on their way.

The scrolls had been collected, and now they had to rush to the central tower with all their strength.

They did not encounter any other teams on the way.

Some of the beasts they encountered were easily repelled by them.

The three jumped between the trees and moved towards the central tower.

Suddenly, Haruno Sakura seemed to hear someone calling for help.

So she stopped and released her mental power to explore the direction of the sound.

Naruto and Sasuke also stopped one after another.

Sasuke asked vigilantly: "Sakura, what's wrong? What did you find?"

"Is there another team trying to grab the scroll?" Naruto rubbed his hands, ready to fight.

"No, I just heard someone's voice and went to see."

Haruno Sakura turned and rushed in the direction of the sound, followed by Naruto and Sasuke.

When the three arrived at the destination, they saw a giant bear chasing a red-haired girl.

The girl was holding a scroll in her hand and running hard.

Suddenly, she was tripped by the roots of a big tree and fell to the ground, and her glasses fell off.

Naruto and Sasuke rushed towards the giant bear and killed it in a few moves.

Haruno Sakura jumped in front of the red-haired girl, picked up the glasses that fell on the ground and gave them to her.

She helped her up again, "How are you? Are you okay?"

Haruno Sakura glanced at the conspicuous red hair of the person in front of her, and saw the bite marks on her arm.

It seems that it is Xiangling.

Xiangling looked at Haruno Sakura timidly.

She looked at Naruto and Sasuke who came over after killing the bear.

"Thank... Thank you!"

Naruto saw that she was alone, so he asked, "Who are you? Why are you here alone? Where are your teammates?"

Xiangling replied at a loss, "I am Uzumaki Xiangling, my teammates went to find the scroll."

Naruto was stunned for a moment,Is the surname Uzumaki common?

Haruno Sakura looked at Xiangling and said, "Are you from the Uzumaki clan?"

Xiangling was a little defensive, "How did you know?"

"Red hair is the standard of the Uzumaki clan, and your surname is Uzumaki, which is not common."

Haruno Sakura pointed at Naruto.

"Although he doesn't have red hair, Naruto's mother is also from the Uzumaki clan.

You are also from the same clan.

The swirl pattern on Naruto's body is the symbol of the Uzumaki clan."

Naruto and Xiangling opened their eyes wide at the same time, a little incredible.

Neither of them thought they would have clan members.

Sasuke looked at the swirl pattern on Naruto's body, and didn't expect Naruto to be a member of the Uzumaki clan.

Naruto always thought he was an orphan, but he didn't expect that he actually had relatives.

"Sakura, what's the Uzumaki clan?"

That's right, Naruto doesn't know his background yet.

So Haruno Sakura explained: "The Uzumaki clan originally lived in the Land of Whirlpools and was proficient in the art of sealing.

They were on good terms with the first generation of the Senju clan, and later they even married into a marriage alliance.

After the village was established, the Uzumaki clan also signed a friendly agreement with Konoha Village.

However, the Land of Whirlpools was destroyed later, and the remaining Uzumaki clan members were scattered all over the place.

Konoha Village had also issued a bounty to find them, but there was no news.

I didn't expect to meet one by chance today."

She turned and asked Xiangling, "How did you become a member of the Kusagakure Village?"

Xiangling looked at the three of them.

Thinking that they had saved her, if they wanted to steal the scroll, they didn't need to lie to her at all.

And the worst result was just to move to another place to be a blood bag, she wanted to believe Haruno Sakura for once.

Xiangling thought of her mother, and with tears in her eyes, she told Haruno Sakura and the other two about her experience.

It turned out that her mother was a member of the Uzumaki clan, and she had been living in the Kusagakure Village incognito.

However, the people of Kusagakure discovered their special abilities by chance.

So they imprisoned her and her daughter and made them their special blood bags.

However, overusing their special abilities consumed their vitality.

Her mother died because of exhaustion of vitality.

She will come to participate in the Chunin Exam.

It was just that Kusagakure sent her to be a special blood bag for those two people.

In the long run, maybe one day she will follow in her mother's footsteps.