Naruto the Genius

Chapter 174 Practical Exercise
The album incident was just a minor incident. Sakura was only briefly surprised and didn't pursue it. However, this also changed Sakura's view of Sai to a certain extent. Captain Yamato said: "It seems that after this run-in, the teamwork has improved a bit. Is that right? Naruto." In this situation, Naruto could only nod helplessly. Sakura and Sai didn't express their opinions. But at least, there was no more quarreling for the time being. Captain Yamato seemed to be quite satisfied. He nodded and said: "In this case, we will rush to our destination immediately."

Sakura asked, "Are we staying at the hot spring hotel today?" Yamato refused repeatedly, "No, no, please forgive me. This time I spent a lot of money." Naruto immediately said, "Sakura, if you like, I will treat you next time." Sakura was immediately happy and said, "Naruto is still the best to me." She looked at Captain Yamato and said, "Well, Captain Yamato is also very good."

Yamato said, "Let's not talk about this for now. Let's hurry to our destination." Several people nodded, packed up their things and rushed to their destination. Along the way, everyone was very careful. This was not the Land of Fire. If you were not careful, you might be attacked. When they were about to get close to the Kusagakure Village, they kept changing their routes.

Captain Yamato said: "Everyone, please be vigilant and try to go to secluded places to prevent enemy attacks. This information may also be a trap set by the Akatsuki organization. Although I think the possibility is relatively small, everyone should still pay attention." Everyone nodded and followed Captain Yamato to very secluded places, and did not approach the bridge in the usual way.

First, Captain Yamato came to a high place where he could see the Tiandi Bridge from a distance. Captain Yamato first observed from a distance and after confirming that there were no enemies around, he carefully approached the Tiandi Bridge. Since the expected meeting time had not yet arrived, it was a good opportunity to carefully observe the surrounding situation. Captain Yamato looked around and said, "There is still plenty of time now. We can use this time to conduct actual combat simulations, which will be of great significance to our actual combat later."

Captain Yamato said, "A mission like this requires at least two people to cooperate with each other, so we need to divide into groups. Sakura and I are in a group, and Naruto and Sai are in a group." Sakura felt it was a good idea to be in a group with Yamato, but she would rather be in a group with Naruto. She looked at Naruto and said, "Captain Yamato, since Naruto and I are more familiar with each other, it would be more appropriate for me to be in a group with Naruto." Yamato said, "Because of this, we must pay attention to cooperation with the new members. Any objections to this arrangement?" Since Captain Yamato said so, he must have his reasons, and Sakura didn't know what to say.

Naruto was thinking that Captain Yamato must want him to be in a team with Sai, which had a deeper meaning. Although Sai's words were unpleasant to the ear, he did not dare to have any opinions about Captain Yamato's arrangement for the time being. He looked at Naruto, as if he also wanted to know something from Naruto. Naruto gave Sai a smile, even though he suppressed his emotions and did not care about these things at all.

Captain Yamato found a place similar to the Tiandi Bridge and built a bridge using Wood Release. The actual combat exercise was conducted here. Captain Yamato played the role of Scorpion's spy, while Sakura played Scorpion. Naruto and Sai hid and were ready to take action at any time to capture the spy. The spy played by Captain Yamato appeared first, waiting for the contact person to appear on the Tiandi Bridge. After a long time, Scorpion played by Sakura appeared. This was all discussed in advance. And what Naruto needed to do was to wait for Sakura's signal and take down the spy at any time.

Looking at Sai beside him, it was obvious that he was unwilling to cooperate with Naruto. Even if it was said at the top, Naruto could basically guess that Sai was planning this. Naruto looked at Sai and whispered, "It seems that you are not very willing to cooperate with me. This may be because you think that my strength is not much stronger than yours. You even think that my strength is not as good as yours. In fact, it should be me who is unwilling to cooperate with you." Sai did not speak, but still acquiesced to Naruto's words. Naruto said, "Let's not talk about cooperation first. How about we have a competition. Let's see who takes down Captain Yamato first?" Sai nodded and said, "Let's do as you say, but you will definitely lose."

As they were talking, Sakura had already walked out, playing the role of Scorpion. And Yamato, who played the spy, also appeared, wrapped in a robe, as if to hide his identity. With a gesture from Sakura, Naruto and Sai both rushed out to fight. Captain Yamato also responded immediately, but Naruto did not use his full strength, but Sai worked very hard. First, it was a close-range physical attack. Captain Yamato was also a little surprised by Sai's physical skills, and he was not at a disadvantage during the battle.

At this time, Sakura also untransformed and rushed over, and Captain Yamato quickly turned around and retreated. Sai continued to pursue, and quickly used the Super Beast Pseudo-painting to draw a few lions, and pounced on Captain Yamato. Captain Yamato retreated while making hand seals, and used Wood Release to entangle the lions, and then continued to run away. Sai pursued him relentlessly from behind, trying to control Captain Yamato, and at the same time drew a few snakes to entangle Captain Yamato. Captain Yamato was still a little surprised by Sai's strength. At this age, it is rare to have such strength.

Suddenly, a large number of kunai were shot at Captain Yamato, which were thrown by Naruto. Captain Yamato either dodged or blocked to deal with Naruto's attack. At this time, the snake drawn by Sai was also approaching Captain Yamato. Naruto suddenly appeared behind Captain Yamato, and several wooden sticks stretched out. Captain Yamato, who was good at Wood Release, was trapped by Naruto's Wood Release. Originally, Sai thought he was about to succeed, but he didn't expect Naruto to do it so easily. Looking at Naruto who caught Captain Yamato, Sai couldn't even figure out how Naruto appeared. He finally felt Naruto's strength, and there was a change in his eyes when he looked at Naruto.

Captain Yamato was trapped by Naruto and said happily: "Naruto, you did a good job, that's it." Looking at Naruto, he changed his mind and thought to himself: "With Naruto here, such a simulated battle may be unnecessary, even if the opponent is Orochimaru."

Naruto untied the wooden strips on Captain Yamato, looked at Sai and Sakura and said, "Sai, although individual strength can be very strong, teamwork is the most important. Because your strength has not yet reached the point where you don't need teammates. Although Danzo's training method can train ruthless killers, it can only train killers. A machine without any emotions cannot become an outstanding ninja."

When Sai heard Naruto mention Danzo's name, he was stunned.

(End of this chapter)