In Konoha, Naruto lies down

Sasuke also stopped and frowned slightly. Although he didn't say anything, he looked at Kakashi, and the meaning was self-evident.

"Even if this is the Hokage's order? Are you going to disobey it?" Kakashi glanced at Sakura condescendingly and without emotion.

"Perhaps your and Sasuke's exam qualifications will also be affected. Even so, will you continue to persevere?"

"I..." Sakura hesitated when she heard that Sasuke would also be affected.

Kakashi ignored Sakura's hesitation. He glanced at Sasuke and Sakura with his one eye and asked them in a serious tone.

"The Chunin Exam is the only way for a Genin to become a Chunin, and it's also the fastest way for you to become a Chunin. After becoming a Chunin, both the mission rewards and the resources obtained will be dozens of times that of a Genin."

"You all have your own goals, right? Wouldn't it be better to achieve them sooner rather than later? The Chunin Exams are Konoha's home turf, and this opportunity is rare."

"It would be very troublesome if it happened again. Perhaps by that time, your companions in the ninja school would have become jonin first."

"Even so, will you still persist?"

Boom! Lightning flashed through the rain curtain, and the rainstorm became louder, and the thuds on the umbrellas seemed to be questioning their conscience.

Sakura and Sasuke fell into silence, allowing the sound of rain to be amplified infinitely.

"It's okay." Kakashi spoke again, "Naruto's order not to participate in this Chunin Exam was issued by the Third Hokage himself. It's not something you can change."

"Let's go, it will be too late if we are any later."

As he spoke, Kakashi had already turned around and walked forward with his tactical boots clacking on his feet.

"I..." Sakura couldn't help but cry. She remembered the first time the three of them shared information, and Naruto's words of comfort to her.

"There's nothing wrong with being ordinary, if you have a choice, but..."

"Sakura, your strength is not in combat. You don't need to show off. Sasuke and I will take on the responsibility of fighting."

Sakura couldn't hold it back any longer, tears welling up in her eyes. She lowered her head and sobbed. She felt regret for her momentary hesitation, even though Naruto hadn't hesitated at that moment...

"Teacher Kakashi! I...I still want to take the Chunin Exam with Naruto!" Sakura raised her head and cried.

Tears blurred her vision, and she herself was not sure whether Kakashi had gone far away. Perhaps the rain was too heavy and he did not hear her words.

perhaps......

The splashing sound of water came closer and closer, and Sakura only felt a pair of warm hands covering her head. She looked up and saw Kakashi's smiling eyes and said gently.

"I agreed."

"You are indeed excellent. Sasuke has already told me that you did a great job, Sakura."

Chapter 39 The little flying stick is coming!!

"Comfortable."

Naruto soaked in the hot spring pool, feeling his skin stretching little by little, closed his eyes and moaned in the steam.

It was raining heavily outside. Because of Naruto's willful behavior yesterday, the Anbu resumed their supervision over the Jinchūriki, so Naruto simply went into the hot springs.

It was just a knockover of a mask stall, is that a big deal?

Besides, didn’t I give the money?

Doesn't money spilled in the air count as money? Didn't the boss catch it with his face in the end?

The rooftop opposite the hot spring bathhouse.

The Anbu ninja was very upset. Even though he was hiding carefully, the heavy rain outside almost soaked his underwear.

His heart was as cold as his underwear. As an Anbu ninja, he should suffer a little. It was nothing.

But the person he was monitoring was leisurely soaking in the hot spring, blowing bubbles, picking up a glass of water to rinse his mouth, and actually having a meal directly in the hot spring.

Just when the Anbu ninja felt that life was bleak and he was not as good as the little ghost, the ninja's faith was wavering in the rainstorm.

With a bang, another Anbu ninja appeared in the rain.

"Shift over, Shan."

The Anbu codenamed Shan turned around, and his numb eyes scared his companions.

"San! Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Shan shook his head, exhaled in the rain and muttered softly, "Maybe I should go to the hot springs, but the captain never gives us a vacation."

"It must be nice and warm to soak in a boiling hot pool. Damn it, why did I become an Anbu ninja when I knew it was a job that required endless overtime."

"But if I don't become a ninja, I'll have to go to the adult entertainment industry. Being a gigolo doesn't seem so bad. I'll try to resign from my job with the captain after get off work..."

The Anbu ninja who came to take over the shift looked at his partner's distraught back and couldn't help swallowing.

"San-kun...his soul has been polluted by the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!"

The awkwardness of middle age is unavoidable even for ninjas in the Anbu. After all, Konoha doesn't keep idle people. If a ninja passes the golden age of thirty, he or she should consider going into the entertainment industry... No, he or she should transform.

Generally speaking, ninjas from large families start taking over family affairs when they reach the age of twenty-seven or twenty-eight.

From a violent ninja, he transformed into a sophisticated Konoha civil servant, a steady and loyal inheritor of the will of fire.

There are many such examples, such as Neji's deceased father Hyuga Hizashi and the older generation trio of Ino, Shika, and Chou.

As the saying goes, like fathers, like sons, a military advisor's son is a military advisor, like the Hokage's apprentice is a Hokage. What is the essence of the Will of Fire? Is it more about hard work than talent?

of course not.

"The Will of Fire is the divine book." Naruto sighed in the pond, "No wonder they say the Third Hokage is the greatest Hokage of Konoha, it's true."

"Capital, Theory of the Seven, and Son of Prophecy are all mere juniors compared to the Bloodline Theory of the Will of Fire."

Wow.

Naruto stood up from the hot spring pool and slowly walked towards the shore, a smile suddenly appearing on his face.

The will of fire.

........

In midsummer, it rained heavily.

The gray sky was like a huge inverted bowl, covering the sky above Konoha.

It was already afternoon, and Naruto was still not wearing a ninja forehead protector. He was wearing a loose black robe and walking towards the apartment, stepping on the puddles.

Children without umbrellas can only run hard, and Naruto deeply agrees with this statement.

He just watched a child without an umbrella running past him, with his trouser legs rolled up high, and every step he took splashed water half a meter away.

"Zhu! Don't you have an umbrella with you today?" An old man standing at the door of a store at the street corner shouted at the running boy.

"Grandpa Kong, don't worry about me!" The boy's voice was filled with passion, "I will become the Hokage in the future!"

Hearing this, Naruto's eyelids twitched slightly.

Just as he was pondering whether the boy wanted to be Grandma Tsunade's man or the Third Hokage's man, there was a loud bang.

The boy stepped into a puddle, slipped, and fell heavily into it, with yellow mud spots all over his face and body.

[Give the umbrella in your hand to the young Zhuzi, letting him feel the warmth of the human world. Reward: Sealing Technique Four Symbols Sealing Max Level.]

[He walks away indifferently, and before leaving, he gives the young Pillar a smack, letting him feel the malice of the world. Reward: Favor of Shukaku of the Sand]

Hearing this, Naruto was stunned.

I thought to myself, what kind of dark, perverted and heaven-defying option is this?

You know, for a teenager, a heitui after a fall can cause a lot of psychological damage! Woo woo woo!

Sighing, Naruto showed a compassionate look on his face and walked up to the boy holding a large black umbrella.

The little flying stick is coming... No, the Leshan Giant Buddha is coming.

The boy in the puddle gasped and struggled to get up, with bright red blood oozing from his trouser legs.

Even so, he still had a sunny smile on his face.

Just when he was about to laugh at himself to ease the embarrassment, he suddenly found that a big black umbrella was covering him, and a yellow-haired man in a black loose robe was looking at him.

The young Pillar looked a little surprised, as if he was confused as to why the blond boy was standing next to him.

Could this be...the encounter of friendship between boys in the youth stories?

Just when the young Pillar was about to show his goodwill, a big black umbrella was suddenly handed to him, and the blond boy spoke in a calm voice.

"for you."

Zhuzi instinctively wanted to refuse, but then he thought that he could use this umbrella as an opportunity to start a new friendship, so why not?

"Thank you."

Zhuzi held the umbrella handle and was about to say some opening remarks to introduce himself, but he was already imagining the scene of chasing dreams with his good friends in his mind.

"My name is Zhu, you are really..."

Before he could finish his words, Naruto suddenly snatched the umbrella handle from his hand and walked away without looking back.

"Um???"

With a click, the picture of chasing dreams under the sunset was shattered.

The young pillar's face turned red instantly, and he blurted out something as he looked at Naruto's back as he quickly left.

"Neuropathy!!!"

[Ding! The Four Symbols Sealing Technique has been successfully acquired and has automatically reached the maximum level.]

Naruto had already walked away. The umbrella handle had been out of his hand for less than three seconds, and his body warmth still lingered in his hand. Having an umbrella on a rainy day was really nice.

The reason for choosing the Four Symbols Sealing Technique is simple: to physically control the Nine-Tailed Fox.

It's not a pleasant feeling to have a ticking time bomb in your stomach. Let's see if we can talk about it first. If we can't, then the table will be turned over.

Just use the Four Symbols Seal to shrink the Nine-Tailed Fox's cage, and then give it a lesson in restraint and binding.

Chapter 40 I Caught You (Please Take a Look)

When we got home, the rain had gradually subsided.

Naruto walked briskly, humming a strange yet extremely simple song, and walked up the stairs in a familiar voice.

The old-fashioned apartment where he lived didn't have many residents, and the composition of the residents was complex and strange. Sometimes he would see young girls, and sometimes only old people.

However, it was almost impossible to see people on rainy days. Naruto shook the rain off his big black umbrella and stomped his feet to take off his trouser legs that were sticky from the rain at his calves.

When Naruto was groping for the key to open the door, he looked up and suddenly found a person squatting not far from the door.

It was a young girl with cherry blossom pink hair and a broad forehead. She was squatting with her back against the wall, her hair wet, as if she had fallen asleep.

Hmm? Sakura?

Sakura!!!

Why is she here? Didn't she go with Sasuke to register for the Chunin class?

Naruto squatted down and leaned forward to take a look.

"Are you really asleep?"

Isn't this a book... Bah, isn't this a plot that only appears in light novels?

hei tui, lowly.

He has never read those kind of obscure light novels, and has always been on the verge of reading serious romance novels.

Naruto confirmed that Sakura really fell asleep like this, and couldn't help but exclaim in wonder.

Sakura squatted against the wall, her butt touching the ground with her legs curled up, similar to a sitting position, her wet pink hair hanging down.

The girl closed her eyes and repeated her rhythmic breathing.

There are only two situations in which people are most likely to fall asleep: either in a warm air-conditioned room or in cold weather.

The temperature in midsummer is not low, and it is not at all cold enough to freeze people to death. Even the heavy rain has washed away the heat of the past few days, making it quite cool.

Something was fishy, ​​Naruto scratched his head and tentatively touched Sakura's shoe with his foot.

no response.

Scratching his head again, Naruto finally sensed a hint of chakra. Clumsily recalling the knowledge he'd been taught at the ninja academy, he made a hand seal to release the chakra.