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

My eyes widened. “So he’s at your place?”

"Yeah." Sasuke said, "He said that Mizuki teacher told him that as long as he gets this scroll and learns the ninjutsu on it, he can defeat... me, and then graduation won't be a problem at all... That guy is really... so gullible!"

"Teacher Mizuki? Why does he..." In the students' hearts, Teacher Mizuki is much more popular than Teacher Iruka, because Teacher Iruka is always very strict, while Teacher Mizuki is more gentle and often turns a blind eye to students' small mistakes and is very lenient.

I couldn't help but be surprised and said, "Iruka-sensei just came to me and said that Naruto took the confidential object...Naruto probably didn't know that the scroll was so important."

"It doesn't matter whether he knows it or not. What matters is that he has already taken action and succeeded. If he is caught, will those adults who are prejudiced against him really believe that he didn't do it on purpose?"

"Why did Mizuki-sensei deliberately frame Naruto?"

Sasuke said: "Two possibilities."

I sorted out my thoughts: "One possibility is that Mizuki-sensei hates Naruto and is planning to frame him, so that he can have a legitimate reason to kill Naruto; the other possibility is that Mizuki-sensei is using Naruto, and he actually wants the Book of Seals."

Sasuke nodded: "He is probably more eager than anyone else to find Naruto first."

I asked anxiously, "So where did you hide Naruto? Is it safe? Is it hidden?"

"It's deep inside the base. Apart from us, no outsiders have ever been there."

I felt much more relieved and hurried to the Uchiha base with Sasuke.

"If Kakashi-sensei is in the village, we can ask him for help." Who else can we trust besides Kakashi-sensei? "We can't keep hiding Naruto forever."

Sasuke said, "There is always a way. But let me ask you, if Naruto really defected, what would you do?"

I didn't hesitate: "I will go with him."

Sasuke: "!"

"I must stay with Naruto."

He was a little incredulous: "What about the others? Shikamaru, Shino, Ino and the others?"

“My heart is with them all the time.”

"...Are you kidding me?"

I pursed my lips and shook my head.

A year ago, I looked at my "mother's" back and made up my mind to change my destiny.

After returning home, I reviewed the contents of the scroll that I had memorized long ago.

No one wanted the plan to succeed more than Orochimaru and Shikamaru-sama, and every word they wrote on the scroll must have been carefully considered.

In the end, they asked me not to interfere too much with the growth of others, and that the task could be completed as long as I struck once and for all at the most critical moment.

I think that if I could follow Haruno Sakura's footsteps to the end and only have to change one last place, this must be the plan they chose with the highest success rate.

But... since when did I no longer have only plans in my mind, and no longer follow Haruno Sakura's path so unquestioningly?

I made a lot of friends, and the bonds with them shaped me into a unique person. From then on, I may have strayed from the path of becoming the second Haruno Sakura.

Will Lord Shikamaru and Orochimaru be angry?

I don't think Lord Shikamaru would do that, because he was the one who let me make my own choice from the beginning.

I can no longer follow Haruno Sakura's path, so I must walk my own path and make my own decisions for every choice I make in the future.

If you think about it carefully, there are only four or five years left before Sasuke becomes Hokage.

Four or five years may seem like a long time, but looking back, five years have passed since I came into this world without even noticing.

Time flies like an arrow, and it is gone in a flash. Fortunately, although I have been lost and perplexed, in the end, I still chose to stand with Lord Shikamaru and the others.

And more determined than before.

This is also to protect my friends from experiencing that cruel fate.

For this reason, it is necessary to separate from them even for a short time.

What I like and what I am loyal to has never been Konoha, but the people in Konoha.

But I can't explain all this to outsiders. After listening to me, Sasuke remained silent.

Halfway through, I couldn't help but ask, "Naruto learned a new ninjutsu, but he still couldn't defeat you?"

He looked a little distracted: "Ah... yeah."

"Naruto took such a big risk to steal this scroll just to defeat you... It's really sad that he couldn't succeed even once after paying such a high price..."

Sasuke looked at me with a strange expression on his face, as if he was about to cry.

I was stunned: "...Sasuke?"

"I'm sorry! I'm not Sasuke!!"

With a "bang", Naruto's figure emerged from the white smoke.

I was stunned: "Huh? Naruto?? Where's Sasuke?"

Naruto lowered his head: "He said that with our relationship, someone would definitely come to you first to ask about my whereabouts. He was worried that you would do something stupid after knowing the news...so he asked me to turn into him and come to you."

I laughed, "Naruto-chan, you're so good at disguising yourself, I didn't notice at all at first!"

"Sasuke taught me to say those first few words. He said that if you get suspicious and don't want to go with me, it will be troublesome. There are too many people in the welfare home... If I reveal my identity, my whereabouts may be exposed..."

I quickly handed him the ninja tool bag I prepared: "Please keep it."

Naruto was stunned and said: "What is this? What a drum..."

"The money you saved." I said, "and other supplies."

Naruto said anxiously, "I won't defect! And neither will you!"

"That depends on whether we can take down Mizuki-sensei."

Naruto was startled.

"It's considered... making amends for your crime? Come to think of it, how did you tell me that Mr. Mizuki encouraged you to steal the scroll?"

"He said that as long as I learn the ninjutsu on the scroll, I can graduate, and I can definitely defeat Sasuke and make you look at me with new eyes!" Naruto's face wrinkled. "I thought that since Grandpa Hokage is so powerful, it's normal for him to have some powerful ninjutsu at home... Who knew it would be such a serious matter... I never thought of defecting!!"

"Well, it's okay," I comforted him, "Even if he defected, Naruto is still Naruto, and he will definitely grow up to be a great person!"

“…Asaro, you’re the one! You talk about defection so casually!!”

Humph, I thought to myself, if I were to go by my true identity, I would be a direct subordinate of the Seventh Hokage, and I only need to be responsible to the Seventh Hokage. I am being ordered to carry out the highest level of confidential mission, and I can do this at any cost.

Even if he defected, it was only because of the mission requirements. With the support of the Seventh Hokage behind him, he had absolutely no psychological burden.

I began to think: After the scroll was stolen, the Hokage must have gathered people, and since Sensei Iruka was looking for Naruto, it means that all the teachers in the school should have been dispatched.

If Mizuki-sensei had to gather before the Hokage first, he wouldn't be able to follow Naruto, and he would definitely lose information about Naruto for a short period of time, thus searching for Naruto without any clue like everyone else.

Even I couldn't have imagined at first that Naruto would go looking for Sasuke. They probably searched for the whole night and found nothing.

But since Teacher Mizuki mentioned Sasuke when he was encouraging Naruto, perhaps he will react and rush to the Uchiha base.

In what capacity will Sasuke face Mizuki?

If he was in his true form and pretended that he had never seen Naruto, Mizuki-sensei might not reveal himself in front of him, and he would be safe.

But he gave his identity to Naruto...

Will Sasuke be alright?