Witty Naruto Life

Chapter 211 Naruto: That was dangerous... Danger from me

the next day.

Leaf Border.

This is the outpost responsible for monitoring the border security zone. In the original story, Pain chose to start from here, clear out the guards, and then launch his attack on Konoha.

At this moment, three men dressed in gray uniforms, looking like Chunin, each held a hand of cards, seemingly slacking off.

"Snapped!"

The short-haired man in the middle slammed a pair of 2s on the table. Seeing the scarred man on his left looking puzzled, he glanced at him sideways and explained:
"2 is the highest card in the deck, even higher than J, Q, and K."

Scarface looked suspicious: "...Could this be a lie?"

"Definitely not."

Scarface glanced at the effeminate man on his right, then remained silent, indicating his agreement.

"Alright, four 5s and a pair of Queens, I win."

The short-haired man finished his combo and stretched. The scarred man stared at him for a long time, then gave him a look that said, 'That's it?'

"Oh!"

Suddenly, a small puff of smoke erupted behind them, and Yamanaka Kaze, wearing a mask and black robe, stepped out, looked at the three Chunin, and bowed slightly.

The scarred man looked completely bewildered and blinked, "Excuse me, who are you...?"

Shan Zhongfeng raised his head and slowly said, "The three of you cannot escape the senses of the mountain clan. There is no need to continue testing me."

Silence fell over the surroundings. The short-haired man in the center smiled and, along with the other two, removed their disguises.

"Oh!"

"Why don't you join us for a game? It'll be quick, three minutes a round," Naruto said to Yamanaka Fu in the middle.

Shikamaru on the left shook his head: "That's just his personality."

"Well then, I hope your personality won't cause any trouble for our next move," Sakura said in a deep voice, looking Yamanaka up and down.

Although Shikamaru's provocation worked, and he reluctantly agreed to participate in the operation, they were not truly part of the same group.

Yamanaka Fu himself said, "This is just a temporary collaboration. The reason I agreed to it was to verify the conclusion that 'Naruto's style of doing things is unacceptable,' and then to completely dissuade them."

Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Shikamaru chuckled and said, "But this 'fighting the Hokage' is quite interesting. I'll play with you after I get familiar with the rules, Naruto."

"Hehe, I can't beat you if you're familiar with the rules. That's exactly the kind of clueless state I want you to be in right now."

Naruto stood up and handed the mask beside him to Sakura.

Sakura took it and said calmly, "This operation requires Tsunade-sama's permission, so procedurally I am the team leader, and you need to follow my orders."

"We'll operate under the guise of the Anbu. For ease of future operations, Naruto's Wind Release ninja identity will be codenamed 'Owl' and added to the Anbu's files,"

After saying that, she paused and added, "This matter has been approved by Lady Tsunade."

Yamanaka Fu's expression stiffened slightly as he said, "There's no need to explain to me. Everyone knows that Lady Tsunade is just your puppet."

Even more rebellious people would privately call Tsunade a 'stamping machine,' meaning that she blindly approves all of Naruto's proposals.

Naruto glanced at Yamanaka Fu with interest. This little guy still had some temper. Interesting. He was worth training.

Sakura completely ignored Yamanaka Fu's words and said, "Everyone, check if you have all your ninja tools."

The two said, "We're all here."

"Fine, now start sensing the surroundings and see if you can pinpoint Kakuzu's location."

Yamanaka Fu was a little uncomfortable with Sakura not calling him by his full name but by his name, Fu. It felt like a smiling but treacherous boss affectionately calling you "Little Wang".

He pursed his lips, then formed a hand seal.

These two are indeed behaving like politicians; they've been mocked to their faces and they don't even talk back...

Silence fell over the surroundings, and the group silently slowed their breathing, trying not to disturb the wind's magic in the mountains.

After a moment, the mountain wind slowly shook its head.

Seeing this, Sakura unfolded the map she had prepared earlier and said to everyone, "Naruto, mark this place with the Flying Thunder God Technique."

"it is good."

She showed the two of them the map and pointed to a certain spot: "Next, we'll walk from north to south along several marked points and search them one by one."

After saying that, Naruto immediately marked his lower body and then gestured for Yamanaka Fu to lift up his clothes.

Shan Zhongfeng immediately resisted: "What are you going to do?"

"Tag you so we can provide support anytime."

"..." Yamanaka Fu glanced at Shikamaru, then at Sakura, and suddenly felt that he had been acting in a very narrow-minded way.

Just now, he hadn't found any clues and was already prepared to be teased by Sakura, but she didn't say anything.

This is different from what my colleagues said before...

His own circle is mostly composed of Danzo's faction and conservatives, and their opinions on Naruto and Sakura are mostly negative.

Yamanaka coughed and lifted his shirt, allowing Naruto to mark his abdomen.

"The reason we don't mark it on your arm is to prevent someone from cutting it off," Naruto explained, then gestured for Yamanaka Fu to follow quickly.

“…Oh.” Yamanaka Fu muttered, quickly catching up with the two.

The weather has gradually turned cooler in the past few days, and dead leaves have begun to appear in the dense forest, making a 'rustling' sound as they fall to the ground.

rustling...

Along the way, they encountered numerous traps, some left by hunters, others remnants of ninja battles, but the vast majority were ready-made traps, their motives unknown. The Land of Fire was vast, teeming with people of ulterior motives and various mercenaries; their purpose in setting these traps remained a mystery.

"There are a lot of steel wires here. Stepping on the explosive tags will cause them to explode. Let me disarm them first." Sakura stood on the tree trunk and said to the two people behind her, beginning to disarm the traps.

As Shan Zhongfeng looked around, just as he was about to turn away from a bird in the sky, he suddenly heard a barely perceptible sound of a rope being cut.

not good!

Shan Zhongfeng felt a chill run down his spine, but the next second he saw a leaf fly past him like a hard patch, embedding itself firmly in a nearby explosive tag, preventing it from burning.

"Don't rush to sense it," Naruto said casually, glancing at him sideways.

“…Yes.” Yamanaka Fu took a deep breath.

He glanced at the withered yellow leaf, now limp and lifeless, which slid off along with the torn explosive tag.

Almost instinctively, he attached chakra to the leaves and precisely destroyed the key part of the explosive tag... Only a solid foundation can achieve this.

The saying goes, "Ten minutes on stage requires ten years of practice off stage." A tiny, almost imperceptible movement can take years of effort to master.

At that moment, Yamanaka Fu acknowledged Naruto's abilities.

He admitted that Naruto Uzumaki was different from what his colleagues had said before; he didn't simply rely on the Nine-Tails to dominate Konoha, but that he himself had some real skills.

The three of them moved on.

Soon, the trees around them went from lush with leaves to broken branches and fallen leaves.

A large amount of fallen leaves had piled up under the tree, and the three people were standing on a tree trunk.

Sakura looked at Yamanaka Fu: "Let's begin right here."

"Yes."

The mountain wind looked up and decisively chose the birds circling high in the sky to perform the Mind Turning Technique.

Naruto looked at him as if he were looking at a rough gem, thinking: practical talents like Yamanaka Fu should all be under his command.

I deeply empathized with Cao Cao, who valued talent...

After a while.

"...Still no." Yamanaka Fu shook his head.

Just as the group was about to continue moving, they suddenly felt the tree trunk tremble slightly, as if something below was moving.

Yamanaka Kaze narrowed his eyes. If it were a human, it would be best to capture them directly. Although they had a layer of disguise from the Dark Division, it would be even better if they could prevent others from discovering their whereabouts.

He immediately turned to Sakura, who did not immediately make a move, but simply raised her hand to tell them not to act rashly.

next moment,
Sakura spoke softly to Yamanaka Fu, who immediately understood that she wanted him to directly control the giant bird to swoop down and check the situation.

Sure enough, the leader's trickery arrived as expected... Yamanaka gritted his teeth behind his mask. If he were to dive down to check the situation and be ambushed, it could very well result in him being injured.

But you must obey orders.

"Yes."

The wind in the mountains stirred, and the bird began to fly lower, but at a slower speed, making it appear more natural.

It didn't specify the speed of the dive.

He continued flying downwards and noticed that there seemed to be something in the pile of fallen leaves below.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of wind breaking behind him, and Shan Zhongfeng glanced back sharply.

It was Naruto. He threw a kunai in his direction, which sliced ​​through the air and shot straight towards him!

Shan Zhongfeng was startled. Surely he wouldn't choose this crucial moment to retaliate, and so directly at that?!
The big bird cried out and quickly adjusted its flight direction, only to find that Naruto immediately fired several more kunai, which bounced off the original kunai and changed its trajectory!

The kunai attacked the giant bird again, and Yamanaka immediately released his mind-turning technique, his main body beginning to retreat rapidly!
Suddenly,

Sakura began rapidly forming hand seals and shouted, "Water Release: Water Wave!"

A loud bang resounded in the air, and towering waves suddenly rose from the dry, barren forest, rushing fiercely towards the direction of the mountain wind!

Shan Zhongfeng was greatly alarmed; this was clearly beyond his comprehension. Instinctively, he pulled out the kunai carrying the explosive tag.

then,

Suddenly, a hand grabbed his wrist from behind, and at the same time he heard a crisp sound.

"Snapped!!"

……

……

pain!
it hurts!

Head hurts!
In a daze, Yamanaka Fu rubbed his throbbing temples, opened his eyes, and found himself lying limply on an unfamiliar tree trunk, with Narumi Sakura, wearing a mask, staring at him beside him.

It appears they are examining his body.

"What's wrong... what happened?" Shan Zhongfeng murmured.

Naruto paused for a moment: "It was a genjutsu trap... You suddenly lost your mind just now and almost blew us both up, remember?"

Shan Zhongfeng was stunned, thinking about his last move.

“That was dangerous… Oh, I wasn’t talking about this illusion trap,” Naruto said, waving the broken talisman in his hand. “I meant I almost thought you were going to betray us. I was ready to teleport right in front of you and kill you.”

Naruto said, patting Yamanaka Fu on the shoulder: "Luckily, Sakura has sharp eyes and noticed you were under a genjutsu right away, otherwise you would be down there meeting Danzo by now."

These words made Shan Zhongfeng break out in a cold sweat.

(End of this chapter)