Witty Naruto Life

Chapter 228 Sakura's Situation

Naruto looked around, trying to find any trace of Sakura.

"There were no signs of a battle, no clues left behind..."

He simply shook Pakkun awake, who drooled and immediately got up after being woken up by Naruto, shaking his head.

"Uh... wait, what happened?" Its fur stood on end instantly as it looked at Naruto.

"Itachi Uchiha made us all fall under a genjutsu... But let's not talk about that for now, hurry up and smell Sakura's location."

“Sakura?” Parker looked around, his expression turning somewhat grim.

Just then, they heard voices coming from behind. Naruto looked closely and saw that it was Sasuke and Haku catching up.

"Naruto, what's going on?" Sasuke asked urgently, but then noticed Sakura's disappearance.

Naruto took a deep breath: "We're not in a hurry. Sakura, who's with me, is just a water clone. If she's gone, she's gone."

"The key question is what happened to her? Was she killed by Itachi Uchiha in a moment of carelessness, or did something else happen to her?"

Naruto is more inclined to believe the former, while Itachi Uchiha may have seen through Sakura's water clones through his Sharingan, and therefore simply took action to eliminate them.

If we're talking about different types of clones, the Shadow Clone, which distributes chakra evenly, is the hardest to see through, while the Water Clone or Lightning Clone, which distributes chakra unevenly, is a step below.

It's perfectly reasonable that Itachi, as a Kaleidoscope user, saw through Sakura's abilities, cleared away obstacles, and created an opportunity for him to have a private conversation with Naruto.

But Sasuke, unaware of the reason, asked Naruto, "What did that guy do to you?"

Naruto immediately gave a brief summary of what had happened, omitting the crucial detail of Shisui's Sharingan.

There is no need to deliberately hide this.

Sasuke fell into deep thought. He glanced at Naruto, but ultimately said nothing.

"Do you have any clues?" Naruto asked tentatively.

“…No, no.” Sasuke shook his head, no longer mentioning the topic.

His mind couldn't help but wander to other things.

Since Naruto and Sakura have been hiding their secrets, it's not surprising that Itachi Uchiha also has his own little secrets.

Moreover, his secret might be directly related to Naruto's secret, which is why he spoke to Naruto alone without mentioning any substantive content.

After thinking for a moment, Sasuke said to Naruto, "Naruto, stand still."

Naruto immediately became alert: "Wait, what are you going to do?"

"I suspect that guy planted a psychological suggestion in you using his Sharingan," Sasuke said bluntly, but Naruto immediately raised his hand to interrupt, saying:
"No, no, don't rush to examine my body!"

We can't let Sasuke examine him casually; he's carrying a crow inside him right now.

If this is discovered, it will cause a major problem.

Sasuke stared at Naruto with a suspicious look, but quickly shrugged: "Okay... Pakkun, Shiba, can you still smell Itachi Uchiha here?"

Siba wagged its tail: "That's good! His scent is much stronger now, which means he's very close to us."

"Sasuke, let's give chase right now!"

“No,” Sasuke retorted immediately, “We can’t be sure if this is Itachi’s trap… Let’s go back to the inn tonight to rest, organize our intelligence, and set off tomorrow morning.”

Haku agreed with his words, while Naruto looked at Sasuke thoughtfully.

Or rather, Naruto is now having a bit of a headache with Sasuke.

The calmer version of Zhu Zi is very composed, but he's also become much more cunning than before...

He keenly noticed Sasuke's restraint just now, and his completely calm and composed demeanor when facing Itachi Uchiha.

This is terrible.

What would a normal person do if they realized that their close friend was hiding something from them?

Shock, confusion, anger.

Now, Naruto couldn't see any similar emotions in Sasuke's eyes; instead, his gaze was much deeper than before.

However, it can't be said that the current Pillar Brother is a mechanical deus ex machina. He was used to being fooled by Naruto and Sakura in the past, so his threshold is now extremely high.

Brothers are close to you, why are you playing tricks on them?
After his experience, Sasuke developed an extremely calm personality. In layman's terms, he has received very professional training and is incapable of breaking down.

maybe……

Naruto nodded and headed towards the inn with the two men and two dogs.

Along the way, they saw many traps that Sasuke had broken. The three of them remained silent, tacitly acknowledging that these were just boring delaying tactics left behind by Itachi Uchiha.

night, deeper.

……

Yuyin Village.

The drizzle fell softly, the pattering sound of raindrops on my straw hat gradually making me feel irritable.

The sounds of voices and footsteps grew louder, and some unsuspecting people began to look towards the village entrance, trying to figure out what was going on.

But none of them could stop the chaos from spreading.

"Hey, something seems to have happened," Naruto's clone looked around, his gaze sharpening, and said to Sakura's main body:

"What do we do now? Should we keep looking for Jiraiya or just run away?"

"what happened?"

He looked at Sakura, who seemed a little dazed, and nudged her gently with his elbow.

Sakura seemed to wake from a dream, and after regaining her senses, her gaze became extremely solemn.

"...My clone with Sasuke was killed."

"what?"

Sakura took a deep breath: "It's all the clones, including the ones I summoned during the operation."

The surrounding noise grew louder, rippling through the rain. Naruto: "Who killed him? Deidara? Obito? Or Itachi?"

Sakura shook her head.

"The mastermind behind it all!"

"boom!!"

There was a muffled sound.

A skinny villager was pushed to the ground, splashing water everywhere, and the crowd around him began to get increasingly dense.

A group of ninja-like figures, blocking the front, began shouting to the crowd:

"Half an hour ago, we discovered signs of an enemy attack at the border. Now, no one is allowed to leave this area. Stay put and submit to our search!"

"This is the will of God; those who disobey shall be executed!"

"The mastermind behind this?" Naruto's eyes widened slowly. Sakura nodded in confirmation, pointing to her own eyes: "See, they're starting to twitch again now."

"Let's go quickly, or I feel like something really bad is going to happen."

"But what about Jiraiya..."

“Naruto,” Sakura said, pulling his hand, “Jiraiya might not be here, understand? Saying he’s still lurking here is just a guess.”

"But could it be that the mastermind did this on purpose, taking advantage of our retreat to corrupt Jiraiya?"

As they talked, they walked in opposite directions, their steps hurried, and the rain began to sway uncontrollably around them.

Hua Hua Hua...

Like stepping into a shallow pool, the not-so-loud sound of the water attracted the attention of a Rain Village ninja in the distance. His pupils contracted, and he immediately shouted, "Stop!"

As soon as this word comes out,
The two accelerated instantly, turned directly at the corner, and disappeared from the group's sight!
"Wait! Don't leave!"

The group immediately began to run, chasing after Mingying like jackals!

Sakura and Naruto accelerated, with Sakura shouting to Naruto, "Let's go around in a circle, and if we don't see Jiraiya, we'll retreat!"

Naruto looked at Sakura, who was almost soaked in the rain, and nodded. They didn't have any more room for trial and error.

Even if we assume, by all accounts, that Jiraiya is really here, Sakura absolutely cannot die here!

beep, beep...

The two quickened their pace, and soon they heard a "whoosh" sound from behind. Naruto took out a shuriken, threw it behind him, and used the ricochet between the shuriken and the kunai to eliminate all the ranged threats behind him!
Sakura's eyes scanned her surroundings. The longer time dragged on, the more convinced she became that Jiraiya couldn't possibly be here.

"Ding! Ding! Ding!"

Sakura kicked away a flying kunai, then grabbed another and deflected the remaining shuriken.

Naruto threw a punch forward, breaking the teeth of the attacker diagonally in front of him and rendering him stiff.

The two men turned from the bustling, wide streets into the alleyways, while at the same time, the enemy began to surround them from all sides, attempting to encircle the two intruders.

beep, beep...

The two appeared in front of Naruto and Sakura. Sakura leaped onto the head of the person on the left and stomped on his nose, breaking it. Then she delivered a heavy punch to the enemy on the right, grazing his temple and causing blood to flow from his ear.

The punch was so powerful that it ruptured his eardrums, and his brain felt as if it had been filled with lead.

The next moment, he was pierced through the heart by Naruto's Flying Thunder God Kunai!

"Damn it! Don't let them get away!"

Upon seeing this, the man who appeared to be the captain turned bloodshot and charged towards them with a violent aura.

But he didn't know that after turning a corner, Sakura would be waiting on his right, and a high-pressure water gun would pierce his head, killing him instantly.

She went on a killing spree, but if she didn't maintain that unstoppable momentum, Sakura's fate would be worse than death.

Naruto continued running after Sakura, shouting, "I'm now pretty sure Jiraiya isn't here either!"

Jiraiya could not possibly remain calm in the face of such a situation.

So either they were taken away, or they're not even here.

probably?

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Countless shuriken came hurtling towards the two of them, almost forming a net of heaven and earth!

Sakura delivered a powerful punch to the side, smashing a thick layer of plaster into the wall and using it to block numerous ninja tools.

"Good grief, now we're wanted by the whole village, huh?" Naruto cracked his knuckles. "So, can we use ninjutsu to control it?"

Sakura, watching the rain lessen in the sky, asked Naruto, "Are you sure you want to go?"

"what?"

Are you sure you want to leave? Don't make a decision you'll regret!

Sakura meant that if something unexpected happened later, the two of them should be mentally prepared for it.

For example, their previous assumptions about Jiraiya were wrong.

Naruto swallowed hard and said to Sakura in a deep voice:

“I think… let’s go. I’m more afraid of something happening to you than to Jiraiya.”

"You are more important than Jiraiya."

Sakura remained silent, but her gaze softened as she looked at Naruto, and she extended a hand to him.

"Take me away, let's get out of here."

At this moment, the drizzle had completely stopped, leaving only droplets of water sliding down the eaves.

Rain Tiger Freedom Technique, dispelled.

(End of this chapter)