Naruto: If I ask you to kill Sasuke, you will become a succubus?

"Is that enough?" Gaara said after reading this memory: "Now you should know that we have not deceived anyone."

Shikamaru decided to quit while he was ahead: "I understand. I'm sorry. Thank you for your cooperation."

Naruto was stunned, taken aback, "Wait, what do you mean? You're not going to continue reading?"

Shikamaru shook his head, "Gaara and the others have already proven that they can be trusted. After all, I'm afraid no one can make up such detailed memories. We don't need to waste time proving it any further. Hanabi is still waiting for us, and we don't know what the situation is outside right now, so it's best to reunite with Asaka as soon as possible."

This was a legitimate reason that could not be objected to, so Naruto could only remain silent.

but……

Morning dew!

Although he could no longer watch the memory, he could see the real morning dew in reality!

Perhaps noticing that he was not in the right state, Shikamaru reminded him: "Naruto, you know that the memory you just saw belongs to Asaro and you in another world, right? Although that was also you...but that was not you."

Naruto said angrily, "What?! I still know about that kind of thing, okay!"

Seeing that he seemed to be still sober, Shikamaru temporarily felt relieved: "Really... That's good."

As Gaara was the first to dispel the illusion, as soon as he withdrew, the entire illusion world began to collapse.

Then there are Neji, Shikamaru, Sakura and Sai.

Naruto stayed until the end.

Of course I know... these are not my memories.

He finally gazed at the scene of the young girl and boy talking and laughing.

Of course I know.

……

"Are you awake?"

When everyone woke up, they found that they were no longer in the original pool.

Gaara and Neji were already standing next to Asaka, the former dispersing the barrier of sand, allowing everyone in Konoha to look around without having their vision blocked.

"here it is……"

"You guys stopped moving after Gaara wrapped you in sand," Chaolu said, "I was worried there might be some other traps in the spring, so I used Susanoo to drag Gaara's sand ball here."

She turned her head and looked forward. "If you continue to go down from the spring water where you were just trapped in the illusion, you will come to this cave that seems to have dried up as if you were emerging from the water. But in front of this cave, there is another spring water. How should I put it... It's as if the world is turned upside down."

She spoke her analysis seriously, but everyone couldn't help but stare at her.

Her appearance, temperament, demeanor, and tone of voice were exactly the same as before, but because I had just gained a deeper understanding of her past, her existence had a different meaning than before.

After seeing a person cry and laugh, and knowing her joys and sorrows, it is difficult to still treat her as a stranger.

Chaolu was aware of their gazes and asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"

Shikamaru looked away, "Nothing. Thanks for bringing us here."

Gaara did not hide anything, "In that spring, the consciousness of those who are close to it seems to merge into one space. They saw my memories."

"Your memory?"

"Although these are my memories, they are about you... the memories you showed me during the Chunin Exams. Those memories are stored in my brain, and they just looked at a part of them and confirmed that we were not lying."

"Ah..." Chaolu was slightly stunned, but soon calmed down - the memories that were shown to Gaara at that time had been screened to a certain extent, so even if they were leaked, there would be no problem. "I see. The situation is unclear now. It would be best if we could have less suspicion and work together better."

Shikamaru said, "You seem pretty nonchalant about your memories leaking out. Are you used to this kind of thing?"

"Then what can I do?" Chaolu said gently: "You have seen it, even if I feel embarrassed and ashamed, it is meaningless, right? Besides, I believe in Gaara, he will not show you the memory that embarrasses me, right?"

She said the last sentence while looking at Gaara.

The red-haired boy nodded: "Of course."

Asaro gave him a gentle smile and then looked at Shikamaru, "So shall we continue on now, Commander?"

After knowing that she has a close relationship with Shikamaru and Naruto from another world, when she looks at Shikamaru from this world and speaks to him, one can't help but be curious about what she is thinking and how she feels when she looks at a being so similar to her old friends.

But Shikamaru knew that sometimes, curiosity did not mean that one had to pursue the answer.

He looked at the new water in front of him and nodded: "Advance in battle formation."

He jumped down first, followed by Chaolu, and then everyone else.

While diving, Chaolu could always feel a vague sense of sight.

Could it be Uchiha Madara who is hiding somewhere?

Or is it that inexplicable Otsutsuki Toneri?

Or is it an enemy lurking nearby?

But when she followed the line of sight, she only saw Naruto turning away.

They clearly jumped into the water and swam towards the deep end, but in the end it seemed as if they swam to the surface from the deep end. After coming ashore, they found themselves in a deep cave.

There is a crab-like monster here that can spray bubbles that can trap people in illusions.

Shikamaru motioned for Asaka, Gaara, and Neji to stand back, "As an apology for having doubted you all before and having peeped into your memories, we will be responsible for defeating this enemy this time."

As soon as he finished speaking, Naruto rushed forward alone.

Shikamaru: "Hey, wait--!!"

But in just one encounter, the crab-like monster fell under Naruto's Rasengan.

Chaolu said, "Eh!" "That Rasengan is a little different from the ones I've seen before..."

As if he had been waiting for her to speak, Naruto responded immediately, "Did you say Wind Style Rasenshuriken?"

"Ah, is this the Wind Style Rasenshuriken? I thought it was also a Rasengan." Chaolu laughed and watched Naruto walk up to her: "Before I came, Naruto wrote to me and said that he was practicing a new ninjutsu. It seems to be the Wind Style Rasenshuriken. But I haven't seen him use it yet."

"He's just learning about chakra transformation? So he doesn't know Sage Mode yet?"

"Sage mode?"

"Nothing. It doesn't matter. I'm very strong now. No matter what happens, I can definitely protect everyone!"

He said "everyone", but his eyes were fixed on Chaolu alone.

Gaara frowned and said, "Don't bother with that."

He took a step forward, trying to push Naruto out of the way, just as Shikamaru called out to him not far away: "There's a passage this way, Naruto! Come over here and keep in formation!"

He had no choice but to return to Konoha's team.

Shikamaru added: "Ningji, please use your Byakugan to clear the way out."

"clear."

The Kirigakure team was thus able to walk ahead of the Konoha team. Naruto stared at Chaolu's back in front of him and could hear fragments of their low conversation from time to time.

Neji was asking her, "Did you look for me when you were in ninja school?"

"Eh? How did you...ah, did you see that memory?"

When Neji talked to the people of Konoha, his tone was calm and self-controlled. But when he spoke to Chaolu, his tone was warm and gentle: "Why didn't you tell me?"

"What?" Naruto couldn't see Chaolu's expression, but he could hear a smile in her voice: "You didn't see me at that time, and we didn't talk. Isn't it strange to bring this up? Should I say, Neji, I looked for you in school before, and you didn't even look at me?"

"I didn't do anything bad back then, did I?"

"No, Neji is doing what an honor student should do, but as a genius, he can't help but be particularly arrogant."

"..."

"What's wrong? You look unhappy?"

"…I'm sorry, I had…a bad attitude then."

"What are you apologizing for?"

Naruto saw Chaolu holding Neji's arm with amusement and confusion. When she turned her head to look at him, Naruto could see her profile.