Witty Naruto Life

Chapter 178 Ying: If you want to fight, fight me first
"We will continue to get along with each other in the future, so please be considerate of each other."

Naruto gestured for the two to take a step back and reduce his pressure, noticing that Sai maintained a fake smile.

This team might be harder to lead than expected... Naruto looked at Sakura, his gaze seeking the captain's advice, and Sakura sighed and stepped forward.

"Since we're here, I might as well give you a brief overview of this operation."

Naruto took a step back and looked at Sakura in kimono with interest. She had a different flavor when explaining the mission in this look.

"Gather at the gate of Konoha at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. Get to the vicinity of the Tiandi Bridge in two days. Once you arrive, disguise yourself as Scorpion as planned. If you receive a signal from Sasuke along the way, you can react accordingly."

"do you understand?"

Sakura looked at the two of them. Shiro nodded slowly, and Sai asked a question: "Excuse me, is it true that Uchiha Sasuke did not betray?"

Naruto narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Who asked you to ask this question?"

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

It's not that Naruto is deliberately looking for trouble, but Sai's question just now was too targeted and it was obvious that he had other purposes.

Furthermore, based on what Bai Yi specifically said before, "He is not one of ours," this shows that although Sai did not serve Danzo, he was also a pawn in the hands of other factions.

Sai wasn't fazed by the question. He maintained a fake smile and said lightly, "I'm just curious about his recent situation."

"'Personal curiosity'?" Naruto chewed on the words. "If the person behind you wants to ask this question, I can consider answering it."

"But if it's just a personal curiosity, I'm sorry, but I'm not responsible for satisfying personal curiosity."

Naruto said this to irritate Sai, but Sai didn't seem to buy it and said calmly, "Is that so... What a pity." Then he stopped asking questions.

Sakura thought for a moment and added, "If I have to say, then Uchiha Sasuke did not betray. Okay, do you have any other questions?"

"Yes, I have another question." Sai raised his hand for the second time.

"explain."

"Excuse me, are you two a couple now?"

"Ah?" Sakura blushed and quickly looked at Naruto, who immediately looked away.

"...Not yet. Why are you asking this question?"

"For now", Naruto captured this key information, okay, okay, let's play it this way, right?

"Sorry, I just saw your clothes and thought you were a couple." Sai smiled warmly, but it seemed like sarcasm. Naruto looked at him, frowning slightly.

Sakura: "We'll talk about the gossip later. Do you have any questions about the mission itself?"

Sai: “Not yet.”

Bai: "No more."

Sakura nodded: "In that case, let's disband. See you tomorrow morning."

Sai and Bai looked at each other. The latter had a cold expression on his face. He formed a seal with one hand and disappeared. Sai politely saluted the two of them and also disappeared in a flash.

The two looked at each other, and Naruto sighed, "Actually, you should have answered the question just now, 'We are a couple'."

"!" Sakura instantly stared at Naruto: "What? Are you trying to take advantage of me?"

"Do you think Sai is the type of person who likes gossip at this stage?"

Sakura was stunned, then suddenly realized.

It was obvious that the previous question and the first question were not just Sai's personal curiosity.

In the original work, Sai at this stage had lost his normal emotions for some reason and could not care about his personal life. This question could only be asked by the people of the faction serving him behind the scenes.

But the sudden question about Sakura's emotional issues caught her off guard and she was unable to react for a while.

Thinking of this, Sakura asked, "Which faction do you think he is serving now?"

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be the remnants of the Root," Naruto said calmly.

"After Danzo's death, their authority was taken away by Yusuke, but the group's military power still exists. Given Yusuke's current status, it is not convenient for him to directly liquidate them."

Bai Yi was not idle during the two or three years that Naruto was training. He reported the situation in the village to Naruto from time to time.

The remnants of the "Root" here can be simply understood as the opposition party of Konoha.

"If you admit that you and I are a couple, then at least they won't threaten your family." Naruto said.

Xiaoying frowned slightly: "If they dare to harm my parents, I will have no choice but to fight them to the death."

"It's okay. The conflict isn't that sharp now."

The two of them walked back to Sakura's house while chatting. When they knocked on the door, they saw Haruno Zhao opening the door in a hurry. Seeing him, Naruto simply greeted his uncle and left.

Naruto flew back home, took a big sip of water and started packing his luggage. After finishing, he lay on the bed and tried to clear his mind.

But somehow, the words "internal and external troubles" appeared faintly in his mind.

It seemed that ever since Qingquan's time, Mingying and Yingying had been facing pressure from both sides. Fighting on two fronts had become the norm.

"But fortunately, the internal troubles here aren't particularly serious. It's impossible for the Root faction to become anything without a special reason." "As for Sasuke..."

Although he kept saying that he wanted to surround and kill Orochimaru, friends who had killed Orochimaru knew that Orochimaru was one of the most difficult people to kill in the entire ninja world, or in other words, you could just remove the word "one of".

Just the 'Orochimaru-style Substitution Technique' is enough to allow him to escape in one fell swoop, stumping countless heroes, and his curse seal, these hidden elements can bring Orochimaru back to life.

And there's this guy Kabuto. Now that we've already intercepted him, we'll have to be more decisive in surrounding and killing him. It'd be best to get rid of Kabuto at the same time, so that he doesn't create a bunch of enemies in the Impure World War II, which would make the fourth battle more difficult.

Naruto lay there with his mind wandering. In the second half of the night, he simply got up and sat cross-legged on the bed to meditate.

It was early morning.

At seven o'clock in the morning on the seventh day, at the gate of Konoha Village.

The four members of the new Kakashi team officially reunited, and Tsunade and Jiraiya were also there to see them off at the door.

"Sakura, this operation is left to you..." Tsunade whispered a few more words to her, and the latter nodded calmly.

"Then let's get going," Sakura said to the three of them, "The road isn't short, so we'll have to speed up as much as we can over the next two days."

Three people: "Understood."

Several people began to rush along the route towards their destination.

rustling...

All that could be heard along the way was the sound of the wind and the rustling of footsteps on the ground. The surroundings were eerily quiet. Sai and Bai remained silent, their faces turned away with indifference.

Naruto remained cautious and didn't start talking, but at this time, Sai took the initiative to speak.

"Excuse me, what kind of person is Uchiha Sasuke?"

Bai glanced at Sai, and Naruto turned his head in surprise, thinking that this might be a mission from the organization, and turned his head away again.

"Sorry, I just want to get to know my future teammate," Sai smiled. "If I don't know his abilities, it won't be very convenient to cooperate with him later."

Naruto thought for a moment and replied, "Sasuke has the Sharingan and is good at Lightning and Fire Release."

You can find out this information with just a simple search.

"Is that so..." Sai remained noncommittal, while Bai beside him suddenly said coldly, "What about you? You should also share your information with us, right?"

In Byakugan's eyes, Naruto and Sakura knew each other well, and they were very familiar with each other's abilities. He had also fought against Sasuke before, but the person in front of him was a blank.

"Don't you know? We already had a fight yesterday, right?" Sai said with a fake smile.

"If this is all you are capable of, then the operation in three days will probably be difficult," Bai retorted, causing Sakura to turn around and look at the two of them.

He did not forget what happened yesterday, and Sai left a very bad impression on him.

The next moment, Sai's words further deepened the stereotype of him in Shiro's mind: "The ability I showed yesterday, against someone like you who has no weapons..."

Suddenly, the wind direction changed abruptly. Naruto narrowed his eyes and instantly condensed the prototype of Rasengan in his right hand. He injected wind chakra into it and it exploded from his hand.

"boom!!"

A strong wind suddenly exploded with Naruto's right palm as the center, blowing towards the flying needles that Bai had thrown at Sai at some point. The needles bounced off each other and avoided Sai's face.

All this happened in just one second!

Sai's face seemed to have only one expression, a fake smile. He looked at Naruto in front of him and said, "It's okay. I can handle this level of tricks."

"enough!"

Naruto scolded Sai, feeling a bit annoyed by his outspoken words: "Can you please speak properly? Do you have to mention other people's penis in your words?"

After that, he turned to Bai and said, "Relax a little, don't kill me."

Bai took a deep breath and said, "Yes."

Sai seemed completely unaffected: "It's okay, I just wanted to become this kind of character."

Becoming a nuisance... Naruto didn't say anything, but just looked Sai up and down, somewhat unable to understand his thoughts.

He seemed to be deliberately alienating everyone, being silent to people of higher status than him like Mingying, and speaking harshly to people of the same level as Bai.

Sakura, who was walking in the front, sighed and said to the three people behind:
"Listen carefully, I don't know who your superiors were before, but if I were the captain..."

As he was speaking, Sai suddenly noticed a few drops of clear water floating by his side. Then, time seemed to stand still, and the facial expressions and body movements of Naruto, Shiro and Sai were slowed down countless times!
Sakura threw two simple punches forward, and at the moment of throwing the punches, she flashed to the side of the water droplet, allowing her heavy punches to land right on the cheeks of Bai and Sai!
The next moment, time returned to normal.

"Bang! Bang!"

Bai and Sai were seen flying backwards to both sides, rolling a few times, their expressions suddenly becoming confused.

"...Shiro knows my temper very well, but Sai, this is probably your first time, right?"

Xiaoying looked at the two of them coldly: "If you want to fight again when you are on the road, then fight me first. I will fight the other party after you win."

"Understand?"

(End of this chapter)