Naruto: Nawaki was already dead, how could you bring him back to life?

"Luo Sha is quite honest. After all, he was foolish enough to be tricked to death by Snake Aunt. His favor should be worth something," Chiba thought to himself.

Chiba quickly healed Rasa's injuries; he only regretted that Rasa's injuries weren't severe enough!

"Magnetic Release! I need Magnet Release! I want Magnet Release!"

"Please, I'd trade Jiraiya-sensei's lifelong celibacy for a single Magnet Release technique!"

After praying silently for a while, Chiba looked at the system notification that had lit up.

[Ding! Healing successful! Congratulations, host, you have acquired the skill "Sand Burial"!]

"WTF?!"

The people of Chiba were dumbfounded.

What he wanted was a gold dust burial, a gold dust burial, not some damn sand waterfall burial!

Chiba had been fantasizing about becoming Gaara's father, but now he's become Rasa's "son"—a development Chiba could never have imagined.

["Sand Burial": Gaara's signature move, a cruel technique that uses quicksand to completely engulf the enemy, ending their life with a raging sand waterfall!]

"Forget it, this is fine. This ninjutsu is barely passable, sigh..."

Chiba sighed.

If I had known, I should have stabbed him with that chop; Luo Sha's injury wasn't serious enough!

Chiba stared at Rasa with a resentful look, making Rasa feel uneasy. She subconsciously stood up and distanced herself from Chiba.

"Alright, let's give a round of applause for the two candidates' excellent performance."

At that moment, the examiner appeared in the center of the arena and declared with great enthusiasm, "I hereby declare the winner of this round to be Konoha's Chiba!"

Chapter 55 Uchiha Mikoto, Chiba is controlled!

Now that the examiners have given the results of this assessment, Chiba and his companion, as examinees, can leave the examination room and go to the stands to continue watching the next assessment.

"My performance just now should be enough to pass this test, right?" Chiba thought to himself.

Although the third assessment adopts an elimination system, it is not the winners who pass the assessment, but the candidates' performance in the battle that determines their success.

"Hey, anyway, thank you for... what you just said."

As he watched Chiba walk alone toward the stands, Rasa whispered something behind him.

"Okay, you're welcome."

Chiba waved his hand with his back to Rasa, too lazy to pay attention to the guy, and left the ground floor first.

That bastard Rasa is staying behind to cheer on Karura... Damn it, Chiba Hedo is jealous of everyone who has a partner!

Chiba especially wanted to kill those who had multiple partners!

"Chiba, why didn't you kill him just now! Why did you betray me?!"

However, just as Chiba entered the stands and before he even climbed the stairs...

An enraged child rushed up to him and questioned him angrily.

"Ah this..."

Despite never having had a girlfriend, Chiba inexplicably felt like he had been caught cheating.

"No, I didn't! I did all this for you, Scorpion!"

Although he's not good at coaxing girls, when it comes to coaxing children, Chiba is a natural expert, able to do it effortlessly, like Lao Ba going to the toilet.

scorpion:"???"

He looked coldly at Chiba and said, "Do you think I'm a child? You'd better give me a reasonable explanation, or else..."

"I really did it for you, Sasori!"

Chiba said with a look of grief and indignation, "Otherwise, would I be crazy? What reason would I have to save someone from another village who chased me?!"

"You said you would personally turn Rasa into a puppet, and I've always remembered that. If I kill Rasa here, in front of the Third Kazekage, how can you turn him into a puppet?"

"I wanted to leave Luo Sha to you in the future, which is why I didn't kill him. I was even afraid that if he died now, it would affect the quality of the puppets you make, so I suppressed my displeasure and treated him."

Chiba's words were well-reasoned and supported by evidence, and Sasori's expression softened considerably.

As Chiba said, apart from that, he really didn't seem to have any reason to save Rasa.

"Hmph, this is none of your business. You should have killed him just now."

Sasori snorted coldly and said without any hesitation, "As for that annoying Third Kazekage, I will turn him into a puppet sooner or later. Sunagakure will not allow such a powerful person to exist."

"I see." Chiba scratched his head, suddenly feeling like he was witnessing history.

Speaking of which, he was the one who taught Scorpion the word "awesome" last time, so it seems that he is quite important in this little guy's heart.

After Chiba patiently coaxed Sasori a couple more times, Sasori finally left satisfied, saying that he would give Chiba two beautiful puppets when they met again.

"I don't know if our definitions of 'beautiful' are the same, and also, I want one of those silicone figurines..."

Chiba had just breathed a sigh of relief when, before he had taken two steps, he bumped into Uzuki Yuhi at the corner of the stairs.

"Chiba, your fight just now was absolutely amazing!"

Upon seeing Chiba, Uzuki Yuhi greeted her with a lovesick expression, immediately grabbing Chiba's arm and rubbing against her with a soft cushion, leaving Chiba completely bewildered.

"Ugh, this is so annoying!" Chiba muttered to himself.

He used to be free from the annoyance of pretty girls, but now Mitomonzuki and Uzuki Yuhi keep bothering him, which is making him even more annoyed!

These two women looked very scheming, and Chiba just wanted to keep his distance.

"When I look for a partner in the future, I must find a girl as straightforward as Lady Tsunade!"

"Hmm, but I can't be as short-tempered as Lady Tsunade, I'd prefer someone like Nawaki... Hmm?!"

Chiba was suddenly startled.

What's wrong with him lately? Why does he keep comparing Tsunade and Nawaki when it comes to finding a partner?

"Chiba, are you free tonight? I'd like to ask you to come to my house to check my wound and apply some medicine for me."

Just as Chiba was deeply mired in self-doubt, Uzuki Yuhi spoke up, her pretty face flushed.

"No wonder he was so attentive to me earlier, he just wanted to get my labor for free."

Chiba pouted somewhat unhappily and pulled his arm out of Uzuki Yuhi's arms.

"Why don't you just go to the hospital yourself? It won't cost much. Why did you have to come all the way here to see me?"

After saying that, Chiba turned around and left, continuing to climb the stairs, leaving a bewildered Uzuki Yuhi behind.

……

To avoid trouble again, Chiba cast a transformation spell on himself before sitting down next to Nawaki and Tsunade.

"Chiba, what wrong have you done? Why are you pretending?"

Nawaki recognized Chiba at a glance and teased him with a grin.

"Don't even mention it. I just went upstairs and ran into a tough guy."

Chiba replied somewhat dejectedly.

"People are afraid of becoming famous, just like pigs are afraid of getting fat. You're the one who has all four of those fears."

"Get out of here! You're the pig!"

Just as Chiba and Nawaki were arguing, a man wearing an Uchiha clan robe walked over and spoke to Chiba respectfully.

"Lord Chiba, our young clan leader would like to invite you over for a chat."

In the past, the man would never have been so polite to a foreign boy, but now, it can only be said that the strong are respected no matter where they are.

"How did you recognize Chiba... Oh, right, you have the Sharingan," Nawaki muttered to himself.

"Uchiha Fugaku? What does he want with Chiba?"

At that moment, Tsunade, who was standing to the side, suddenly looked at the man with a scrutinizing gaze.

"I know I know!"

Before the man and Chiba could answer, Nawaki spoke up with a smug look on his face.

"Fugaku-senpai wants to introduce Chiba to a beautiful Uchiha girl. Chiba mentioned it to me before!"

Bang!

With a loud bang, Tsunade crushed the iron fence in front of her, which was as thick as an arm.

"Gudu."

Nawaki swallowed nervously, looking at Tsunade's gloomy face, wondering what he had said wrong again.

"Lady Tsunade, we'll be right back then, so that Brother Fugaku won't be waiting any longer."

"Ah, yes, yes!"

Chiba quickly got up and fled the scene with the Uchiha man.

"Sis, I, I... Yamete!!!"

Seeing Tsunade walking towards him expressionlessly, flexing her wrists, Nawaki let out a bloodcurdling scream.

……

The seat occupied by the Uchiha clan.

From the moment Chiba met Uchiha Mikoto, he made up his mind that he would definitely befriend Fugaku.

She's so beautiful. She's only thirteen or fourteen years old, yet she's already so stunning. The anime didn't capture the cool and aloof beauty that Mikoto Uchiha possesses at all.

"Come, come, Brother Chiba, let me introduce you. This is the Uchiha Mikoto you've been longing for."

Fugaku gestured for Chiba to sit down next to Mikoto, attempting to break down the barrier between the two of them after so many years apart through a joke.

"Hey, Brother Fugaku, what you're saying... I..."

Chiba was speechless and looked helpless. "Brother, calm down, this is your wife!"

"That's right, Fugaku-nii, we're just classmates."