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Chapter 98 Cover your head and imagine yourself as me
Wave country, daimyofu.
"You said that Haku and Zabuza who stayed here were just substitutes of similar size?"
When Payne heard the news reported by Jue, he exerted a little force and shattered the table next to him.
Hidan and Kakuzu disappeared without a trace, and Haku, the only person they had contact with before they disappeared, openly provoked them.
Pain then took action himself, running from the Rain Country across the Fire Country to the Wave Country to find Haku and Zabuza, but in the end he only found a substitute.
"Does anyone under their command know where they are?"
"No, they were very cautious and didn't tell anyone where they were. They just left quietly."
Jue's words made Xiaonan, who was not far away, frown slightly, and his beautiful eyes showed displeasure.
She was the one who brought Haku and Zabuza into Akatsuki. It was after Haku went to the Rain Country to find her and proved his strength and financial resources to her that they joined Akatsuki.
Bai had promised to donate all his money to Xiao free of charge. Now that he is gone, where can I go to ask Bai for money?
These would be fine, but now even the character who is most active in making money has mysteriously disappeared because of Bai, which really makes Xiaonan anxious.
Most of the other people in the organization are stubborn and not very interested in money-making tasks. During the time when Jiaodu disappeared, the financial status of the organization was declining.
If this continues, Xiaonan will have to do missions himself to earn money.
"I will go find them." Xiao Nan opened her red lips and said word by word.
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Tian Country, Sound Ninja Village.
Orochimaru moved quickly and efficiently, stuffing all the experimental equipment in the underground laboratory into the space scroll one by one.
"I didn't expect that now the three of us are wanted by Akatsuki, and we don't know who they will send to arrest us." Orochimaru was calm and composed.
Zabuza on the other side felt overwhelmed: "Everyone in that organization is not simple. If only one group comes, it will be fine. If more than two groups come, it will be dangerous."
"Especially the leader of Akatsuki, Pain. His ability is so weird. Just based on those eyes, I feel like we won't need any help from others. We'll just have to die."
As Zabuza spoke, he threw Hidan, whose mouth was sewn shut, into a sealed box and carried him on his back.
Orochimaru put away his things and said slowly: "Don't worry, I don't know whether you will die or not, but I will definitely not die."
Orochimaru had a brief fight with Pein. Although he couldn't beat him, if he wanted to run away, Pein couldn't do anything to him.
When it comes to escaping, Orochimaru has only failed once in his life at the hands of Naruto. Thinking of that contract space, Orochimaru still feels his scalp tingling.
Zabuza didn't want to talk to him, so he turned to look at Bai and asked, "Where are we going this time?"
Bai took out a scroll from her sleeve and opened it to reveal a world map of the ninja world. She scanned it carefully and finally fixed her eyes on the northwest.
"Snow Country!"
"Why go to such a remote place?"
"That place is covered in ice and snow all year round. It's my home turf." Bai explained, "With my current chakra capacity combined with the weather, I may not lose to them."
Orochimaru chuckled softly and said in a hoarse voice: "Confidence in Ice Release? If the person chasing after them is not Pein or Uchiha Itachi, we can dig a trap to ambush them."
After packing up what needed to be packed, Haku and Zabuza left through the secret passage first, while Orochimaru returned to the Audio and Video office.
There were two young men in the office, one with short yellow hair and a sturdy build, and the other with long white hair and a thin build. The two of them sat on the mats and waited quietly.
Seeing Orochimaru coming out of the underground laboratory, the two boys bowed respectfully and shouted in unison:
"Master Orochimaru!"
"Get up!"
Orochimaru took out a space scroll and threw it to the white-haired boy, saying, "Kimimaro, this contains a medicine I recently developed. It should be enough to suppress the disease in your body for one or two years."
"I will be away for a long time, so from today on, you will be the new Yinying. Chongwu will assist you. Try not to take action unless it is a critical moment."
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The air in November was cold, with strong winds blowing. The young man who had just gone out on the street in Konoha shivered for a while, but decided to go home and put on a thicker coat.
This is not the weather for showing grace.
But Temari is a woman who likes to show off her grace.
Even when the weather was only 11 or 12 degrees, she insisted on wearing a beautiful dress before leaving the apartment.
Naruto looked at Temari. Her dress and appearance had changed a lot because of Naruto's preference. The most obvious change was her hairstyle. She originally had four buns tied at the back of her head.
But Naruto has repeatedly complained about his ugliness.
So Temari simply changed her hairstyle to twin ponytails like Tsunade's, but hers were not long enough and only reached behind her shoulders.
At this moment, Temari frowned her thin eyebrows, like a woman in the boudoir, and pouted her lips and said, "When can we meet again?"
"Won't we be together all the time for the next period of time?" Naruto handcuffed Temari himself, and then pulled her out of Konoha.
Most of the trees on the street have withered, the leaves are yellow and dry, and the autumn wind is blowing.
There was a hint of reluctance in Temari's eyes. She was even more reluctant to leave this place than the people of Konoha.
To be more precise, she couldn't bear to live with Naruto.
"Naruto, will you miss me when I go back?"
"If I remember correctly, this is the thirteenth time you've asked me this today."
"Just tell me if you can do it."
"Yes, yes, yes. I will think about it in the morning, at noon, at night, and before I go to bed."
This was the thirteenth time Naruto answered Temari's question. It was always good to leave some beautiful memories for someone who was leaving.
Temari raised the corners of her mouth and stared at Naruto intently. She walked closer and whispered, "When you hug other girls to sleep, you should also cover their heads and imagine that they are me."
Naruto:"."
Why does this sound so outrageous?
Naruto couldn't help but say, "You're so flirty!"
"???"
What kind of pig talk is this?
Temari angrily retorted: "I learned this from you. You are even more coquettish."
Hearing this, Naruto raised his hand and flicked her head hard: "Who are you? You are just a prisoner, and you dare to talk to me like this."
"Honey, I was wrong!"
"Don't shout, we're on the street."
"If you don't want to shout, then don't shout." Temari glared at Naruto with a reproachful look, feeling a little unhappy in her heart.
At this moment, Naruto's grip on the handcuffs suddenly loosened, and he grasped her hands and squeezed them.
Temari smiled shyly and then held it tightly.
Outside the main gate of Konoha, hundreds of Konoha ninjas gathered. Their mission was the same as Naruto's, which was to escort the Sunagakure captives to the border between the two countries of Wind and Fire for handover.
In such a big scene, there are only two people who are mainly escorting, Gaara, the Jinchuriki of Sunagakure, and his sister Temari, and the others are just minor characters.
Correspondingly, the treatment was also different. Ordinary ninjas were locked in an escort car with three or five of them, while Gaara was alone in a car.
After Naruto arrived with Temari, Temari also enjoyed the same treatment as Gaara, riding alone in an escort vehicle.
Temari made a request to the team's captain, Hazuki Sarutobi, asking Naruto to look after her personally. She said that if Naruto looked after her personally, she could lean more towards Konoha after she returned.
Ye Yue gave Naruto a meaningful look and said, "Are you willing to take the responsibility of guarding her?"
After the last conversation with Lady Tsunade, Ye Yue already understood that this little rascal Naruto was not such a simple child, according to what Lady Tsunade said.
He had already learned bad things from Master Jiraiya and turned into a little pervert.
The interaction between this little girl from Sunagakure and Naruto is very strange. Ye Yue is suspicious.
"Ah, I don't care." Naruto scratched his head, acting very casually.
This action again caused Temari's dissatisfaction. She pulled the iron frame of the escort vehicle and glared at Naruto with a pout.
Ye Yue knew that she was probably right. Thinking of Naruto's bold behavior at her house last time, Ye Yue couldn't help but sigh, then reached out and patted Naruto's shoulder.
"Okay, I'll leave this to Naruto-kun, but Naruto-kun you'd better restrain yourself." Ye Yue gave Naruto a special reminder and left.
As the captain of this escort mission, she was very busy and it was impossible for her to stay with Naruto and Temari all the time. Besides, she didn't really want to see Naruto right now.
Because Ye Yue found herself a little strange. After she guessed that Naruto did it on purpose that day, instead of being angry, she felt a little happy.
"It's really strange, am I too lonely?" Ye Yue couldn't help but question her own heart.
No, no matter what, I can't succumb to the desire in my heart.
Sarutobi Hazuki, you are a mother of a child, how can you have bad thoughts about other people? Think about Konohamaru.
Even for Konohamaru's sake, you have to control yourself.
At the same time that Sarutobi Hazuki was condemning himself, Konohamaru collapsed on the ground in the Sarutobi clan's territory, gasping for breath.
After practicing the Rasengan for a whole day, Konohamaru was exhausted.
"Hey, Konohamaru, you're still practicing." Asuma passed by and joked, "Why don't you ask your uncle to give you some guidance?"
"No!" Konohamaru stood up stubbornly: "Brother Naruto has already taught me, I want to practice according to his method."
"Tsk tsk, then it's up to you." Asuma lit a cigarette and walked away from the Sarutobi house with a swaying hand.
He had heard from Kakashi how difficult it was to practice the Rasengan, and he didn't think that a tiny kid like Konohamaru could be taught by Naruto.
Looking at Asuma's departing back, Konohamaru climbed up again: "I will definitely learn it. If I can't, I will be Naruto's brother's assistant to the Hokage in the future."
When children are most desperate, they are always most likely to regard others as the light.
In Konohamaru's current eyes, Naruto is that kind of existence.
On the day he learned the bad news about his grandfather, Konohamaru was in a state of extreme sadness. He had never seen his father since he was a child and grew up under the care of his grandfather. At that time, he asked Naruto if he could protect him.
Naruto said yes, and took action to fulfill his promise by protecting him and his mother when the shark monster attacked.