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

"We can't come to a conclusion yet... Anyway, we have to find him first! Do you know where he might go?"

I shook my head, thinking, even if I knew, I must not tell. Iruka-sensei is very strict, I'm not sure if he would hand Naruto over if he found him first.

Naruto's identity is somewhat special. From the fact that the Third Hokage occasionally visits him, I believe that the village may not be so quick to judge him as a traitor and issue an execution order for him, but...

If the item Naruto stole was really very important, then everything would be uncertain.

I have to find Naruto first.

I pretended to be confused and anxious, "Naruto and I usually meet at school or at his house, but... he must not have gone home, right?"

Iruka-sensei nodded sullenly, "I went to his house and he wasn't there."

I was in a panic, muttering to myself, "How could this happen? Kakashi-sensei is out of the village on a mission again. It would be great if he was here..."

Probably realizing that I really knew nothing, Iruka-sensei told me to report immediately if I had any clues, and without delay, he continued to search for Naruto's whereabouts on his own.

I quickly apologized to the owner of the shop where I worked, saying that I couldn't continue working that day, and hurried to the welfare home.

Naruto has no plan when it comes to spending money, so I taught him to keep a diary and put the change he needs every day on the shoe cabinet at the entrance. I also taught him to save half of his living expenses every month into a piggy bank.

Later, he found it troublesome to do the accounting, so he gave his piggy bank to me for safekeeping. Every month, he would give me half of his living expenses and asked me to save it for him.

For this purpose, we even spent some money to buy a safe.

Naruto's house must be under surveillance by the village now, but the welfare home where I live is crowded with people and it is impossible to hide outsiders, so no one should pay special attention to it.

I immediately opened the safe and took out all the cash in Naruto's piggy bank. I calculated the amount and thought that the savings over the past few years should be enough for us to support our lives for a while after leaving the village.

I found a spare ninja tool bag and stuffed some of the cash into it, and hid the rest of the cash in various corners of my body. I also prepared ninja tools, scrolls and medical supplies for him, thinking about what else he would need to live after leaving the village.

Money and weapons are the most important. Clothes, toiletries and the like can be bought as long as you have money.

Then what remains is the identity credentials.

If you want to leave through Konoha's main gate, you must have a permit.

Can I help Naruto steal the permit?

It feels like a bit of a risk.

The permit needs to be signed by the Hokage, and even if I have confidence in my own abilities, it doesn't mean that I think I can sneak into the Hokage's office right now and fight against the jonin and possible ANBU - or even the current Hokage.

Fortunately, Konoha is located in the forest, and there are several directions that are not surrounded by walls, which also provides a way out.

Most of these places were designated as exercise and training sites, while some became the residences of certain families, who were responsible for the entry and exit of personnel.

For example, the Nara clan’s base is right next to a forest, and by passing through the forest, you can leave Konoha.

But the forest was home to the Nara clan's deer, and it was almost impossible to sneak in or out quietly.

Naruto certainly wouldn't fall into the trap of those family residences.

Apart from these directions, the remaining places... are only a few.

If we exclude those places that are locked all year round, which Naruto has never been to as a ninja school student and certainly doesn't know about, the most likely places are the few training grounds that we have been to during practical classes.

As for why I know the map of Konoha so well...

Because when I was cleaning the Uchiha residence, I accidentally found a map.

Sasuke said that this might be his father's relic, and since he was the captain of the Konoha Police Department, he probably kept such a Konoha defense map as a job requirement.

Of course, it could also be Uchiha Itachi's thing, because he stayed in the Anbu for a period of time, so it is possible that there is such a picture, but Sasuke refused to believe that Uchiha Itachi had anything left.

"This looks like a defense map. Is it a confidential item?" I looked at the different colored blocks on the map that indicated the defense zones of each family and asked Sasuke curiously, "Teacher said that this kind of thing should be handed over to the village, right?"

But there were very few things left from the Uchiha clan, and Sasuke was unwilling to take any more.

"The village's defenses change every year. This is intelligence from a few years ago. Since it has no reference value, it is not a confidential document. Let's keep it."

What he said made sense, but the routes in and out of the village were still very helpful.

However, all these inferences are based on the logic that Naruto acts autonomously. Even if Naruto likes to play pranks and speaks rudely to the Hokage, it is too unbelievable to say that he would defect.

If someone had held him hostage, or threatened him... the route might have been different.

But no matter what, I have to find him.

and……

I reached into my ninja tool bag and took out the bell that Shino gave me.

If Naruto really defected, and I followed him, I couldn't leave anything on me that could be tracked.

Before this, Shino and I had never once used bugs to track each other, which was supposed to be my secret weapon against Sasuke, but he teamed up with me before I could use it on Sasuke.

After that, I never used his bugs once.

Because the Aburame family is very careful about keeping the information about their secret techniques confidential, I'm afraid it would cause trouble for Shino if anyone knew that he gave me some of the bugs.

Gradually, the bell became a token of our love rather than an actual weapon.

But if I really defected... would Shino still insist on not using bugs to track me?

I put the bell on the table. This was the first time in all these years that I didn't carry it with me since Shino gave it to me.

Naruto is most likely at the 7th and th training grounds.

7 or 9?

I can only guess a number based on my intuition.

I turned around and headed straight for the ninth training ground, but as soon as I went out, I saw Sasuke standing at the door waiting for me.

"Chaolu, come here for a moment."

"I……"

He waved at me, which was odd because he didn't normally do that.

I saw a swirl drawn on the palm of his hand.

I quickly ran to his side and asked in confusion, "What's going on?"

He whispered, "That idiot...came to my house last night and said he had learned a new ninjutsu to defeat me."

"What new jutsu?"

How could he give Naruto such great confidence?

"Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu." Sasuke said, "That idiot was carrying such a big sealing scroll. I asked him where he got it from and he said it was from the Hokage's house. I knew that this idiot was definitely in big trouble."