Chapter 150 Who Is Pretending to Be a Hero?

Chapter 152 Who is pretending to be a volunteer?

Konoha 60 years, one morning.

Although it's not lunch time yet, BBQ Q is placed on the outdoor chairs, and many people are already sitting here and there.

Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke were among them. The three of them each ordered a cold drink and leaned back lazily on their chairs.

"What a joke! I'm obviously already two hours late than the scheduled time, but I didn't expect Kakashi-sensei to be even later! It's really unreasonable!"

The first one to speak was Haruno Sakura. She chewed the ice cubes in her drink as if they were someone's bones.

"Konoha Hospital only has a limited number of cases for interns to practice diagnosing every day! If I wait until he has finished arranging his work, it will be too late!"

"Itachi also told me that Kakashi is a very reliable senior, which makes me a little doubtful of his ability to see people..."

Uchiha Sasuke said casually while tinkering with his newly bought camera: "Anyway, guess what reason he used to deal with us today?"

"As of yesterday," Uzumaki Naruto opened the small notebook he carried with him and read: "Kakashi-sensei's reasons for being late include 'being blocked by a cat 15 times' and 'sending an old lady across the road 12 times' , 'I was stunned because I saw clouds in the sky' a total of 7 times, and the other reasons added up to a total of 22 times."

"Do you really even remember this kind of thing?"

Haruno Sakura poked her head over, then raised her eyebrows as if she had discovered some secret, "Wait a minute, this notebook in your hand..."

She paused, "Isn't it Yiyong-san's notebook? I saw this thing in the first class of Ninja School... While everyone was talking on the top, he was writing down on the bottom. I thought he was practicing at the time Gathering information."

"That's the notebook." Naruto turned to the first few pages of the notebook, and the neatly arranged fonts like printed ones came into Haruno Sakura's eyes.

Naruto smiled like a lucky cat: "Giyu recorded what everyone likes to eat. He knew that I like to invite others to my house for dinner, so he gave it to me before leaving Konoha so that everyone would not be picky about food. ”

"I see."

Haruno Sakura nodded slightly and asked, "Can you take a look at it?"

"Okay." Naruto handed over the notebook.

You know, the whole of Konoha is very curious about Giyu, the Uchiha who suddenly disappeared from Konoha three years ago, not to mention Haruno Sakura, who sat directly in front of Giyu for three years when he was in school.

However, due to Ino's "prejudice" against Giyu at that time, she really didn't know much about Giyu.

But as we all know, whether you are a teenager or an adult, what everyone is most interested in is always how you see yourself in the eyes of others, so the first moment Haruno Sakura got the book, she was looking for her name.

【found it. 】

Not only did she find it, she found it easily. Because there is more content about her than anyone else in the notes.

"Haruno Sakura, Konoha's 48th birthday on March 28th. Cherry blossom buds and sour plums. Once I passed by on the street and found myself eating cherry cakes. She seemed to like eating them very much. Good, very good."

[Ah, I didn’t expect that Yiyong-san would observe so carefully. But why is it good to like eating sakura cakes? 】

Haruno Sakura temporarily put aside her doubts and continued reading, "The hair color is bright pink and the eyes are lake green, exactly the same. We need to get along well with each other so that we don't look presumptuous when the time comes."

【Exactly the same? great? Need to get along particularly well? 】

Haruno Sakura was stunned for a while, then a slight blush appeared on her cheeks, [Does this exact same meaning mean that I and Giyuu-san's ideal type are exactly the same? 】

[Only in this way can we explain that we get along so well with each other, right? And when the time comes, does it mean... the time when you confess your love? But when I wrote this, Yiyong-san was only in the first grade! 】

It's not that Sakura Haruno has any special feelings for Giyuu whom she doesn't know very well...

However, it seemed that this was the first time she felt "special kindness" from her peers, and she was shy but also a little happy at the same time.

[Hey, if you meet Giyuu-san outside the village, how will you get along with him? 】

Sakura sat on the chair like a cooked shrimp and twisted around with her face in her hands. Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other inexplicably and shook their heads in unison.

[I always feel like she is thinking of something rude...]

Just like that, the minute hand in the BBQ Q shop turned another half circle, and the time came to 11 noon, and the sun gradually became fierce.

The three of them complained and cursed Kakashi who was missing, and got up to find a cool place to wait.

However, at this moment, Naruto suddenly stopped and looked towards the corner at the end of the street.

The other two people were about to ask why, when they saw several figures filing out from behind the corner a few seconds later - Inuzuka Kiba, Hyuga Hinata, that so-and-so, and their leading Jonin Yuhi Kurenai.

"Hinata, you're back!"

Naruto waved enthusiastically, ran over without even saying hello to his teammates, and started chatting with those people.

"This guy... is telepathic, right!!!"

Sasuke curled up his lips as if Fugaku, raised his camera to take a picture, and then slowly followed Haruno Sakura.

But before the two of them came forward, they heard Naruto's surprised and worried voice, "B, B-level mission? You actually received a B-level mission, so you didn't encounter any danger this time?"

After fighting for several months, Sakura and Sasuke, who were already tired, looked at each other and quickened their pace to come behind Naruto, wanting to understand how to get a B-level commission.

"This mission is in the heart of the Land of Fire."

Hinata Hyuga has been trained for so many years that she doesn't blush when talking to Naruto, but she is a little slow, "and... even if there is any danger, it happened the night before yesterday."

"What does that mean?" Naruto was puzzled.

"Have you forgotten the earthquake at midnight the night before yesterday? Although it lasted for a very short time, the tremor was very strong."

Inuzuka Kiba scratched Akamaru's neck and said carelessly: "The Land of Fire is not in the volcanic earthquake zone, so the commission we received is to investigate the cause of this earthquake. Because it is an urgent task assigned by the daimyo, it is B-level."

Then he grinned and looked at Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura with a smug look on his face, "You guys, who stay in the village all day looking for cats and taking care of children, you definitely can't imagine what this earthquake is about. I'll scare you when I tell you."

"..." Seeing Inuzuka Kiba's face, Sakura clenched her back teeth and clenched her fists, and Sasuke also looked like he was going to use electrotherapy.

On the contrary, Naruto was deeply righteous and brave, and was not angered.

He was stunned for a while, then skipped over Inuzuka Kiba and said to Yuhi Kurenai behind him: "Senior, you see, I didn't torture him, but he revealed all the mission objectives and clients. According to Konoha's rules and regulations, shouldn't he go back to school to retake classes?"

"Hey, Naruto, you bastard!" Inuzuka Kiba reacted immediately and his face turned red. As for the others, they all laughed out loud.

"Okay, Kiba, don't be so proud to confess next time."

Yuhi Kurenai saw that his subordinate seemed to be ashamed and wanted to dig a hole to bury himself, so he gave him a way out, "But this mission itself is to make the investigation results public, and it is not a leak in the strict sense."

"Then, why did the earthquake happen?" Sakura asked.

"It's a bit unbelievable," Kurenai smiled bitterly, and it was obvious that she finally accepted this reason. "The earthquake the night before yesterday should have been caused by a battle."

"Battle?" Speaking of this, Sasuke became more interested, "Where? Who and who?"

"We can only make a simple guess about who it is now... But do you know the Valley of the End?"

"Of course I know." Sasuke nodded, "The Hokage took our whole school to visit it two years ago, and also introduced the original duel between Uchiha Madara and the first generation Hokage."

Haruno Sakura continued: "It is said that the Valley of the End is not only of great significance to Konoha, but also the most famous tourist attraction in the Land of Fire. Every year, many tourists go to the Valley of the End to pay homage to the two statues."

"But now..." Hinata Hyuga clasped her hands and said hesitantly: "It's all gone."

"Gone?" Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura blinked, "Everything is gone?"

"The Valley of the End, Uchiha Madara and the first generation Hokage The statues of the previous Hokage are gone. "Yuhi Kurenai shook her head and explained: "With the Valley of the End as the center, there is a huge pit more than 800 meters wide and more than 100 meters deep, connecting the water sources above and below the ground, causing a large number of surrounding land to collapse directly, which led to the earthquake that day..."

Looking at the three people in a daze, Yuhi Kurenai added: "The waterfall of the Valley of the End has become history. Now it has been replaced by this "Lake of the End" that has been filled with river water. It's like the gods treated the earth as jelly and scooped away a piece with a spoon..."

"What kind of battle..." Haruno Sakura swallowed her saliva, "can cause such great damage."

"Hinata found seven huge white snake heads at the bottom of the lake through the Byakugan, so we can only speculate that one of them should be Konoha's rebel ninja Orochimaru."

When Sasuke heard this name, his eyes shrank suddenly: "But that guy is not..."

[Killed by Giyuu? 】

"You don't have to think too much. Life and death may just be a state for a ninja like him."

Yuhi Kurenai sighed, "It is said that Uchiha Giyuu told the Hokage a long time ago that Orochimaru might be resurrected."

Sasuke suddenly remembered that Giyuu had once told him that "it is difficult for the dead to be resurrected."

"What do you mean, senior? Will the person who fought with Orochimaru be Giyuu?"

"We don't know about this." Yuhi Kurenai shook her head, "We are going to the Hokage now, hoping to get some answers."

The three of them were silent, and Yuhi Kurenai settled them again, asking them to be careful when leaving the village, and then took her men to the Hokage Building.

"A big pit 800 meters wide and more than 100 meters deep..."

Haruno Sakura searched Konoha, but couldn't find a building higher than 100 meters. After all, the Shadow Rock was only 80 meters high, so she had no idea what this number meant.

"Can Giyuu really do this?"

However, Sasuke and Naruto didn't seem to answer her.

"Damn it..." Sasuke punched the electric pole beside the road heavily, "Giyuu, that guy--"

Just when Haruno Sakura thought that Sasuke, who had always been competitive, was about to say something like "He's so strong, I must surpass him", she saw the latter loudly condemned with an angry look on his face: "It's not so close to home." Come back and see me! Is this what it means to be a younger brother?”

[…] Haruno Sakura, [Sasuke-san, you must be doted on at home…]

"Senior Hong said he can't be sure he is a volunteer."

Naruto acted quite calmly, but his tone was also a bit depressed, "But speaking of it, I haven't seen Giyuu for more than two years. Every time I meet Anjurou's clone, I can't ask anything. I think Giyuu must be You must be busy with something very important..."

"Of course!" Sasuke snorted, "If Giyuu doesn't come to see me, he can't be like that terrible Kakashi and deliberately leave us out, right?

"By the way, doesn't Kakashi like to compete with that uncle with thick eyebrows? I think if there is a chance in the future, we will deliberately stimulate Kakashi and provoke him to challenge Giyu, so that Giyu will teach him a lesson."

"I really can't believe that my boss, who neither smokes nor drinks, is elegant and kind, would be criticized by his subordinates. It's really a declining world."

A lazy voice sounded above the heads of the three people.

Naru Sasakura raised her head at the same time and squinted her eyes, looking like "the sky is filled with crumbs".

On the roof of the house on the street, a masked man with a forehead protector tied sideways opened his dead fish eyes, turning a blind eye to the condemning expressions of the three people, and flipped through a page of a pornographic book.

"You actually want to provoke me to fight against an opponent that I can't win? I think you want me to die, Sasuke."

Hearing Kakashi claiming to be inferior to Giyu, Sasuke's mood improved a little, and he hummed and said nothing.

Sakura suppressed her dissatisfaction in her heart, with a formulaic smile on her face: "Kakashi-sensei, Ya and the others have received B-level missions, when will it be our turn?"

"That's it." Naruto added: "If we are still allowed to stay here doing odd jobs, then I will be like Anjuro back then, and create a lot of shadow clones to take over all the low-level tasks in Konoha. This way The lowest remaining mission is B-level..."

[This is already a threat! 】

Sakura turned to look at Naruto in surprise, [But, well done! ! ! 】

"Ah, regarding your next mission, this kind of thing..." Kakashi put the corner of the book against his forehead protector, "How should I put it? It seems to have nothing to do with me."

"What did you say?"

"Have you reached the point where you don't care anymore?"

"Itachi really misjudged you! I'm going to report you to my dad!"

"Hey, hey, hey, can you just listen to me?"

Kakashi quickly stretched out his hand to block the imminent attack of his subordinates, "I mean, during the next period of time, I have another very important task to perform, so I have to temporarily entrust you to other superiors. Bear it.”

"I see." The three of them nodded, turned around and left.

"Wait a minute," it was Kakashi's turn to be confused this time, "Is that it? Don't you even ask where I'm going and who will replace me?"

"But," Sakura turned her head with an innocent little girl's expression that loves to tell the truth, "No matter who you are, there can't be a worse adult than you, Kakashi-sensei, right?"

"Even if we are required to train with that thick-eyebrowed man," Sasuke was next, "at least we can see some visible progress, although we will experience some aesthetic challenges."

"Besides, since it is a particularly important task, Kakashi-sensei, you must do your best, and don't be afraid of spending more time." The last one was Naruto, "Slow work can only produce fine work, the reputation of the village is I’m counting on a jounin like you.”

In this way, the three of them walked further and further, heading directly to the Hokage Building. It seemed like even if they couldn't find a replacement, they planned to ask the Hokage directly.

"Oh, the graduates of Konoha's class are so irritating in their words. I always feel that they are inexplicably familiar."

Kakashi sighed and put away the yellow book, planning to go home and pack up before setting off to the Land of Rain.

About two months later, the Earth Country Council held the Chunin Examination.

After the incident three years ago, Konoha formed a temporary alliance with the Iwa ninja against the Kumo ninja on the condition of releasing thirty Earth Country jounin. Therefore, Konoha, as an ally, must also participate in this chunin exam. , the great names of the Land of Fire will also be present.

Since the great names of the Fire Country are going to show their support, the great names of the Rain Country who are living as diners in the Fire Country must also show their support.

So even though he had absolutely no control over the Rain Ninjas, he still issued an "order" to Sanshouyu Hanzo in the name of the king of the country, asking him to "send the best group of young people from the Country of Rain" to participate in this event. The Second Chunin Examination.

And Kakashi went to the Rain Hidden Village specifically to convey this "order".

[I wonder if Hanzo the Sanshouyu will blast him out with the detonating talisman...]

Of course, the order was just an illusion.

The real purpose of the Hokage sending Kakashi to the Rain Country is because the food purchased by the Rain Country from the Fire Country in the past year was less than one-tenth of the previous years, which led to some landowners in the Fire Country hoarding food and running out of food. Made a lot of money.

In addition, they haven't found any traces of Yu Ren in the outside world for a long time. But if he doesn't accept commissions from foreign countries, how will Yu Ren rely on to make a living?

What happened in the Kingdom of Rain to cause the above two anomalies?

This is the real purpose of Kakashi's investigation this time.

"I hope nothing surprising will happen."

Just as Kakashi walked to the door of his house, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura also came to the Hokage Building.

Before the three of them entered, they noticed bursts of weird laughter coming from the newsstand outside the building.

"Guest, your saliva is going to drip on my book..."

"Hey, I'm so sorry, I have to praise you!"

A white-haired man with broad shoulders and exaggerated clogs squatted in front of the stall like a dustpan, admiring the pictures of lingerie models in a housewife magazine in broad daylight.

He rubbed the corner of his mouth and commented loudly as if no one was watching: "In the past, it was difficult to find the unique charm of mature women in those little girls who had never experienced anything in the world! Well, as a man who stands upright, I want to To truly grow, you have to start from something like this..."

"Elder Jiraiya."

The standard trio of Uchiha + Hinata + Yamanaka of the New Guard stood behind Jiraiya.

"Please don't embarrass us. Less than three hours after you came back, twelve villagers have already reported to us that you behave carelessly and speak frivolously.

"If this continues, we will go to Elder Fugaku to apply for an arrest warrant against you."

Jiraiya, like Uchiha Fugaku and Nara Shikaku, became Konoha's current advisory elder three years ago.

Nara Shikaku is responsible for the assessment and evaluation of Jonin, and Uchiha Fugaku is in charge of the security team, patrol team and diplomatic affairs inside and outside the village.

Most people in the village have no idea what responsibility this elder Jiraiya bears. They only know that this guy shows up in Konoha only every ten days, and every time he does so, he will be sued by the bathhouse owner. The claim highlights the feature of "I don't know what its use is, but the maintenance cost is very high".

"Didn't you already arrest me once and ask me to run away?"

Jiraiya grinned widely and slapped the leading security team member hard on the shoulder, "The food of your security team is too bad, so I won't go this time. Let me think about it, I will be there for lunch today..." "

His eyes moved around the crowd, and then he immediately pointed at the particularly conspicuous Uzumaki Naruto: "I'll go to his house to eat!"

Naruto, who was pointed out, took a step back and exchanged a look with Sasuke and Sakura: "I have a bad premonition..."

Sasuke felt dizzy when he remembered the scene when he and Naruto were taken to the Fire City to watch a movie by Jiraiya last time: "Our temporary boss..."

"Is it him?" Sakura's smile froze on her face.

[An adult worse than Kakashi-sensei actually appears! 】

"It's me, Toad Sage. Didn't Kakashi tell you?"

Jiraiya turned into a ball of smoke and disappeared on the spot, and Peng appeared behind the three people with a sound.

He held Sasuke's left shoulder with one hand and Sakura's right shoulder with the other, "Oh, young people, don't judge books by their appearance! What do you think this is?"

The three people who were in a gloomy mood just now heard this and took a closer look. Jiraiya pulled out a mission statement. There was a heroic signature at the bottom, which was the three characters of Jiraiya.

"Is this an A-level mission?!"

Sasuke's voice suddenly rose and he immediately read out the above content: "Help the people of the Land of Waves drive away two mysterious ninjas who are obstructing fishing and shipping. The reward is... 500,000 taels?"

Sakura then read: "The client, Cardo."

She pondered for a while, then raised her head and looked at Jiraiya and asked loudly: "Is it Kado, the big boss of the shipping company?"

"That's Kado." Jiraiya nodded.

"But I heard that this Kado is a famous smuggler. Rare animals and even humans are within his business scope. I heard that this guy was caught several times and was bailed out with money."

Naruto was a little resistant. Although the A-level mission could get him out of his boring daily life, if he helped such a person...he didn't know how to face Giyu.

"There is nothing wrong with what people do and what they do not do. Just because a ninja accepts a mission does not mean that he must complete it. However, I forgot to tell you, there is a backside to this mission description..."

With that said, Jiraiya turned over the piece of paper, "These are the portraits of the two ninjas that Cardo wanted us to drive away."

Noticing that the expressions on Naruto and Sasuke's faces changed from confusion to solemnity, Jiraiya grinned confidently: "How about this trip to the Land of Waves?"

"Of course I want to go!" Naruto and Sasuke said in unison, and then looked at Sakura who was confused.

The latter didn't think much and nodded immediately, but immediately asked: "But, is there anything special about these two people? They are both wearing masks, so nothing can be seen..."

"This mask is the key."

Naruto unfolded the mission description, pointed to the fox beard on the mask and said, "These two masks are almost identical to the ones Giyuu made for us!"

Due to different experiences, the character's personality has been changed a lot compared to the original one, but only the core remains unchanged. The protagonist of the first few chapters of this volume is Naru Sasakura, and Hashira will describe it from their perspective, so don’t read it if you don’t mind.

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