Naruto

Early the next morning, Naruto packed up his luggage and rushed to the gate of Konoha Village, only to find that the place was already crowded with bustling crowds. Lively discussions, far-fetched rumors, and burning will to fight, all of this was...

It was no different from the exam two years ago.

"Naruto! Long time no see. Why are you still as thin as before? Are you not used to eating food on the mountain?" A plump, hedgehog-headed ninja squeezed his way to Naruto from the crowd and reached out to pat his shoulder.

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"Not everyone likes to be as plump as you, Choji." A female ninja with short golden hair also walked up to him, carefully looked at Naruto's current attire, and said with a smile, "Naruto.

Renjun looks more and more manly."

"Haha, there is no such thing." Naruto laughed, "On the contrary, Choji and Ino, you both look much more mature than before."

He looked around and asked doubtfully: "By the way, why didn't I sense Ya's chakra? Isn't their class going to take the promotion exam this time?"

"Teacher Kurenai and everyone in his class have all passed the exam and become chuunin." Choji tore open a bag of shrimp crackers, and there was no hint of envy or jealousy in his words.

"Hmph, it's all Asuma-sensei's fault. We all passed the last exam, but he actually planned to pass all three of us, saying that our performance was not good enough to make us chuunin." Ino snorted.

He let out a cry, extremely angry.

"In the end, Tsunade-sama decided to eliminate the two of us. Shikamaru successfully advanced because he entered the last round of the finals." Choji added to Ino while chewing shrimp crackers.

"This time is just the right time for Asuma-sensei to see your true strength!" Naruto smiled and cheered for them.

"Oh, that's right, Naruto-kun. This time, I must let Mr. Asuma understand that I, Yamanaka Ino, am not a flower vase ninja!" Ino replied with high spirits.

"Quiet!" A majestic female voice reached the ears of the genin, suppressing all the noise. Everyone looked at the sound and saw a beautiful figure wearing a fiery red feather, holding a Hokage hat in one hand, standing at the gate.

In the open space, she watched the restless genin quietly. Behind her were the ten jounin and chuunin who led the team for this operation, including Sakura, Neji and Shikamaru.

"This trip to Sunagakure Village is difficult and dangerous, and the selection is strict. Some of you may never come back once you go." Tsunade said solemnly, "Those who want to quit now still have time."

Everyone was silent.

"Very good, very good." Tsunade nodded slightly and raised her voice a little higher: "This time you are representing Konoha Village and the Country of Fire to compete with other ninjas. Tell me, you are confident in safeguarding Konoha.

Glory?"

"Yes!" The outstanding genin who were recommended by their respective mentoring jounin vibrated their throats and replied resolutely.

"Okay, then I wish you all a safe journey and a triumphant return!" Tsunade gave a fist-cup salute, nodded to Neji beside her, and left in a dashing way.

"Next, read out the list of members assigned by each team leader:"

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"Responsible members of Nara Shikamaru: Kuraki Hei, Morishita Anju, Nakadai Kunihiko, Akimichi Choji, Yamanaka Ino, Uzumaki Naruto."

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"In this operation, each team leader will lead their team members towards the Kingdom of Wind. They must arrive at Sand Hidden Village within fifteen days. Those who exceed the deadline will automatically lose their qualifications." The team leader Hyuga Neji finished reading out the action plan and put away the scroll.

He ordered loudly: "Every team sets out now!"

"I didn't expect that I was right! This time we have to thank you, Shikamaru-sama, for taking care of us." Naruto gestured to the new chuunin who was standing under the tree waiting for the team members, and said with a chuckle.

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"You guy, you have been with those toads for a year and a half, and your temper has not changed at all." Shikamaru put his hands in his pockets, curled his lips and complained, and then turned to Ino and Choji behind him.

He said hello, "You are all here too."

"This time I must be proud and proud. I can't lose to Sakura again! I..." Before Ino could finish expressing his ambition, he was interrupted by a voice that sounded like a bird chirping, "Excuse me, are you our leader?"

Ninja Nara Shikamaru?"

Everyone turned around and saw a black-haired girl about thirteen years old, looking timidly at Shikamaru, with a hint of hesitation in her dark eyes.

"Well, you are Anju Morishita, right? Go and call your two companions. The other three team members are already here." Shikamaru said lazily, pouting at Choji and the others.

"Kunihiko! Biewei! I found our leader!" The girl raised her arms and shouted loudly.

"Coming, coming!" Two teenagers about the same age as Xingshu agreed from a distance, and ran to Shikamaru out of breath.

"Okay, since we all have to act together in the next ten days, let's briefly introduce ourselves to each other. My name is Nara Shikamaru, I am the leader of this team, and I guide the Jonin Sarutobi Asuma."

"My name is Kuraki Hei, and I guide the jounin Shiranui Genma." The tall, dark boy took the lead in speaking. There was a delicate ninja sword hanging on his waist.

Shiranui Genma? Wasn't that his father's personal bodyguard during his lifetime? Now he's also taking care of new people?

"My name is Anju Morishita, and I guide the Jonin Shiranui Genma." The black-haired girl stood on tiptoes and said with a smile. The colorful hairpin on her head did not seem to be a simple decoration.

"I...my name is Nakadai Kunihiko, and I am also the instructing Jonin, Shiranui Genma." Another ninja who was a little thin seemed a little shy, but Naruto sensed a strong wind-attribute chakra aura on his body.

"I am Akimichi Chouji, guiding the Jounin Sarutobi Asuma."

"I am Ino Yamanaka, guiding the Jounin Sarutobi Asuma."

"My name is Uzumaki Naruto, and I guide the Jounin Hatake Kakashi. Nice to meet you!"

"Hatake Kakashi? I heard Mr. Genma say that he is the apprentice of the Fourth Hokage, so he is very good at swordsmanship. Since you are his subordinate, you must also be good at using swords, right?" Bingwei was excited.

He stepped forward, touched the handle of the knife with his right hand, and looked at Naruto eagerly.

"...My sword skills are very poor, and I rarely use the Ninja sword as a weapon." Naruto shook his head.

Of course, this "very poor" is compared to the kunai and shuriken that he played so well with.

"That's really a pity..." Bingwei was slightly disappointed and put down

The right hand on the hilt of the knife.

"We can exchange combat experience on the road, so we are not in a hurry." Shikamaru looked at the rolling mountains in the west and said calmly, "Now we should hurry up and start on our way."

"Yes! Captain!"

Six days later, Shikamaru's team was trudging through the Demonic Desert of the Kingdom of Wind. The flying yellow sand reduced the visibility to less than a hundred meters. As far as everyone could see, there was only endless sand.

Dust, and the hot wind that never stopped.

"Ah!... Is this the daily life environment of the ninjas in Sunagakure Village? I... Bah, bah, bah!" As soon as Bingwei finished speaking, he was given a mouthful of sand. He quickly turned to the leeward direction and poured water with water.

I rinsed my mouth.

"Don't forget to put on the mask when you talk." Shikamaru wore a pair of goggles on his head and a white mask on his face. Even the ponytail usually tied behind his head was tightly covered by brown cotton.

Covered.

"Most of the settlements in the Kingdom of Wind are located in oases in the sand. They can't be like this damn place..." Naruto covered his mouth and whispered, "Who would like to eat sand if they have nothing to do?

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"You...did you hear anything?" Bang Yan stopped, his eyes surrounded by gauze showing a look of horror.

"This is... a huge reptile that is moving quickly towards our position. Get ready to fight!" Shikamaru quickly made a judgment on the current situation, rushed to the front of the team, threw a few shurikens, and fired a few

The crisp sound of metal colliding came from the front.

At the same time, a long scorpion tail with a hook at the tip emerged from the long yellow sand and stabbed towards Shikamaru's position with unparalleled speed, but he rolled to his side to avoid it.

"Wind Escape? Wind Blade!" Kunihiko formed a seal with both hands and shot out a milky-white chakra air blade from the palm of his right hand. It shot towards the root of the scorpion tail, but was easily bounced away by the hard carapace with a clang.

A white mark was left.

"How could..." Bang Yan was slightly stunned.

"Slashing damage has no effect on its shell. Puncture or blunt blows must be used." Even in the ever-changing battle, Shikamaru's mind remained calm.

"Rain rain!" Bingwei unsheathed his white blade, and the sword light fell like a storm. Each blow accurately hit the weak connection between the scorpion tail carapace segments, bringing out a large amount of blue blood, but relatively

Considering the huge size of the poisonous scorpion, it can only be regarded as a skin injury.

Xingshu took off her hairpin, and her silky black hair instantly stretched out, like sharp thorns, piercing the poisonous scorpion's body from the wound that had just been poked by the soldier.

She formed a seal with her hands, and her hair was instantly disconnected from the back of her head. All the broken hair strands were submerged into the poisonous scorpion's body from the newly opened wound. She controlled the hair to move around in the poisonous scorpion's body, following the blood circulation.

The system launched an attack on all its internal organs.

Just when everyone wanted to show off their skills and work together to defeat the first opponent they encountered on the way to the Chunin Exam, the giant scorpion suddenly withdrew its claws and left behind these little ones who dared to offend it. Four pairs of

His feet were swinging wildly, as if he had encountered some formidable enemy, and he quickly ran away from their eyes.

"Animals have keener perceptions than humans. They can often detect upcoming disasters and avoid them in time." A calm voice sounded from behind everyone, clarifying their confusion, "Ten kilometers ahead, there is an overwhelming disaster.

A sandstorm is sweeping towards us, with wind speeds of about 300 kilometers per hour."

"Three hundred kilometers per hour sandstorm? Are you sure?" Shikamaru, who was about to take out the sand shelter tent from the scroll, stopped his futile movements when he heard Naruto's words and asked in disbelief.

"This storm is mixed with the breath of chakra, and someone is causing trouble. Stay where you are, and I will protect you." Naruto narrowed his eyes, clasped his hands in front of his chest, and golden chakra emerged from his body.

flame.

"Immortal method? Wind escape? Emerald barrier!" Countless small cyan wind blades were generated out of thin air around everyone, rotating at high speed along the circular path, and soon built an airtight hemispherical shield, covering all the people.

Everyone was enveloped in it.

"嗞——" The barrage composed of sand and dust densely hit the emerald barrier, and was then cut into pieces by the wind blade with a speed of more than 2,000 kilometers per hour. There was a harsh noise like a chainsaw cutting a metal surface,

It reached everyone's ears from all directions of the Emerald Barrier.

"It's amazing..." The three new members of the team looked up at the figure wrapped in golden flames.

"Naruto seems to have become stronger than before..." Ino Shika Die and the other three secretly said in their hearts.

Five minutes later, the piercing noise suddenly stopped, and the wind blades whirling around everyone gradually stopped, revealing a blue sky, and a mysterious figure floating in the air, wearing a black robe with red clouds.

Naruto had long known the identity of the visitor through the chakra induction in Sage Mode. He sighed helplessly, and under the shocked eyes of everyone, his body was lifted up by a gentle wind and flew to the same height as the mysterious man.

Location.

"Penn, if you have any conspiracy, please explain it quickly. I still have exams to take, and I don't have time to fool around with you." Naruto flexed his wrist and said indifferently.

This time, he could clearly sense invisible threads emanating from the black rod and receiver on Tiandao Payne's face, connecting to a distance beyond the reach of his eyesight.

"You are really an interesting person." Payne looked at the six people left on the ground and said playfully, "You have obviously mastered such a powerful power, but you still want to play house with these weaklings.

game."

The naked ridicule made the six ninjas clenched their fists angrily, but the deep feeling of powerlessness made them loosen their fists again.

"Trash like you who treat human life as nothing, you have no right to comment on their strength or weakness." Naruto raised his right hand, palm upward, and the tiny ice blades gathered irregularly, collided, rotated, and compressed in a very short period of time.

, and finally condensed into a giant spinning dart that reflected brilliant light.

"Immortal magic? Ice escape? Super large jade spiral shuriken!"

The huge dart was wrapped in the white ice mist formed by the condensation of water vapor, and spun towards Payne. Payne raised his right hand, and a Shinra Sky Sign was released from the eyes of Samsara, and the powerful repulsive force acted on the Spiral Shuriken.

, and bounced it back all of a sudden.

But before Payne could recover, the giant dart made a "bang" sound and turned into Naruto's shadow clone, drifting away in the wind in the white smoke. At this time, Naruto's body also used a feint to win.

time,

Ready for another round of attacks:

"Immortal method? Thunder escape? Shenxiao!"

A purple electric light as thick as an adult's thigh was like a heavenly judgment, passing through Payne's body and sinking into the ground, opening a large hole. The strong lightning strike burned the latter's body to black, and the metal fragments on his chest continued to fall, revealing

The beating blue core at the heart.

As Payne fell to the ground, he looked at the blond boy with his eyes like growth rings, and whispered: "Oh, Naruto-kun, those ninjas hiding under your protection are what caused this world to stagnate.

The root cause of the raging war. I believe that one day, you will see it all clearly."

When Naruto was confused by these words, he suddenly sensed that the chakra fluctuations in Pain's blue core were getting stronger and stronger. He secretly said "Oops" and returned to the surface in an instant, using the nine-tailed coat to kill Liu.

People were protected inside.

"Boom——!" Mechanical fragments with dozens of times the speed of sound were centered on Payne's position and flew out in all directions. The nine-tailed chakra coat with relatively low defensive power soon crumbled in the impact and was about to collapse.

was penetrated, and even if he activated the Flying Thunder God Technique at this time, Naruto could not guarantee that he would be able to move everyone to a safe position before the attack arrived.

At the critical moment, he opened his arms, chakra flowed on the surface of his body, and blocked all the debris with his body.

After the dust settled, Naruto turned his head and looked behind him to confirm that everyone else was safe. After taking a long breath, he returned his attention to the burning wounds on his body.

The ribs were broken, the left arm was penetrated, the liver was ruptured, the knee joint of the right leg was dislocated, and the rest were superficial trauma.

It's okay, it's a minor injury that can heal on its own, but the fragments must be taken out first. Naruto collapsed on his back on the sand and said to himself in his heart.

("The battle you just fought was as amateurish as a kid shooting around with a machine gun." Kyuubi sneered, wagging its tail.

"Hey, Jiulama, when did you learn the metaphors from my previous life?" In the mental space, Naruto touched the back of his head and giggled a few times.

Minato taught him a serious lesson, "As a qualified ninja, no matter what crisis you encounter, you should stay calm and pay attention to details. It shouldn't be difficult to detect Pain's self-destruction just now, right? There are many ways to prevent attacks, right?

If you hadn't had the good health your mother inherited from you, you would probably be dead by now."

"That's what my father criticized." Naruto lowered his head in shame.)

"Naruto! Are you...are you okay?" Shikamaru led everyone to run in front of Naruto. Seeing that his clothes were stained red with blood, he asked nervously.

"It's just another trick by the enemy... Shikamaru, please put down my backpack. There are a lot of fragments in my body and I need to have surgery to take them out immediately."

"But we don't have anyone..."

"I do it myself."

"There is no anesthesia and gauze..."

"I do not need."

Shikamaru did not argue with Naruto anymore and carefully took off his backpack: "What then?"

"Help me take off your shirt."

After Shikamaru did as he was told, all the dense wounds on Naruto's body were exposed in front of everyone's eyes.

The blond boy showed a peaceful smile to the uneasy crowd, raised his relatively intact right hand, and chakra condensed into a scalpel at his fingertips. The next moment, under the horrified gaze of everyone, he stabbed the knife

He dug into the wound on his chest, stirred it up, and dug out a metal fragment about the size of a coin that was covered in flesh and blood.

"Well...it's no problem now." The wound that had just been stretched by Naruto began to close at a speed visible to the naked eye, and after ten seconds it became intact. Naruto didn't wait for the wound on his lung to heal completely.

He then extended the scalpel to his abdomen, opened the wound in his abdominal cavity, and removed the fragments embedded in the surface of his liver.

A quarter of an hour later, Naruto finally completed the operation, clapped his hands, put on his clothes again, and put on his backpack. He stood up suddenly, looked at the bloody metal fragments on the ground, and a flame erupted from his palm, destroying all the metal fragments.

The flesh and blood were burned to char, and then the fragments were put into the pocket.

"There's no need for you to look at me like you're watching a monster." Naruto said helplessly when he saw everyone's dull expressions.

"Anyway, you saved our lives again, thank you, Naruto." Shikamaru sighed, putting aside his chaotic thoughts, and bowed solemnly to Naruto.

"We are all good friends, why are you saying such things to outsiders?" Naruto patted Shikamaru on the shoulder, with a sunny smile on his face.

"Are you really okay, Naruto-kun? I think you lost a lot of blood just now." Ino looked at the blood stains on his clothes and asked worriedly.

"My physique is different from that of ordinary people. To put it simply, I can withstand beatings better." Naruto waved his hand and smiled easily.

"Since you're fine, let's continue setting off. According to the original plan, we will arrive at the first border town of the Kingdom of Wind, Green Valley, tonight." Shikamaru took out the administrative map of the Kingdom of Wind and pointed.

He said while looking at the green area in the picture.

"Green Valley? It sounds like a pretty good place!" Dingci stepped forward, looked at the location carefully, and said, "It's only over a hundred kilometers away from us."

"Green Valley Town is one of the few naturally formed oases in the Demonic Desert. Groundwater originating from the Land of Sichuan flows here and seeps out from the soil. The rich water source makes the area within 20 kilometers around

They are all covered with green grass." Naruto tapped his forehead protector and recalled the literature he had read, "Green Valley Town is also the largest trade hub in the eastern part of the Kingdom of Wind. We should be able to meet many people who are traveling with the caravan here.

Ninjas coming from other ninja villages may also encounter sand pirates who are famous for their ferocity along the way."

"Sand pirate?"

"Ah, they are bandits who make a living by robbing travelers in the desert. But you must not confuse them with those bandits in the Country of Fire who usually only steal property and do no harm to anyone. If they fall into their hands, not only will they die, but they will be killed.

, they will also tantalize the victim's skin into leather, and the meat and blood will also be made into fine dishes." Naruto explained in a low voice.

"These beasts!" Bingwei put his right hand on the handle of the knife and snorted coldly.

"Okay, if we really encounter this group of sand bandits, let's wipe them out. It's still important to hurry up now." Shikamaru waved his hand and took the lead in heading towards Green Valley Town. The others looked at each other and followed closely.

Behind their leader.