Naruto: The Information Broker from the Uchiha Clan

Masaki nodded: "What does Lord Gaara need?"

Shaking his head, Gaara's mind sank into the sealed land.

"Hehehe... That stinky fox is in there, I can smell its stench!"

Gaara looked up at Shukaku: "Can you beat it?"

Upon hearing this, Shuhe was taken aback.

Although it was reluctant to admit it, after being beaten down every day for the past few years, it knew that it couldn't beat the little nine-tailed fox.

That's what I think, but I can't say it like that.

"Cough cough!"

“Gaara…you must understand that even a perfect Jinchuriki is fundamentally different from a true Tailed Beast. While you can borrow my power, that stinky fox can unleash its full potential directly…”

Gaara frowned and replied very bluntly, "I understand, you can't win, right?"

"boom!"

Shukaku slammed its paw on the ground: "You brat, are you even listening to me?!"

Gaara nodded: "Well, in that case, can you offer some advice?"

Shukaku rested its chin on its claws, pondered for a long time, and then sighed.

"If we run into that sly fox, we'd better prepare more money."

……

The time for distributing the scrolls passed quickly, but Naruto's shadow clones still hadn't returned.

At this moment, after putting away the signed agreement, Itachi looked at all the genin again.

"The scrolls have been distributed."

As soon as he finished speaking, thirty-six masked members of the Dark Guard appeared instantly and stood clearly in front of each squad.

"Each team will be led by the secret agents in front of you. When the time comes, separate entrances will be opened."

……

Meanwhile, inside the Death Forest.

"Gudong Gudong..."

"boom!"

The little nine-tailed fox casually tossed aside the empty wine bottle it had just finished drinking and began to count its losses with its paws.

"If there are ten squads, that's thirty people. If each person pays ten thousand taels, that's three hundred thousand taels..."

"If each person gets 20,000 taels, that's three million taels? Holy crap! That's ten times more?!"

"Did I miscalculate?"

"This shouldn't be happening..."

"Fine, twenty thousand taels each!"

"Of the three million taels, a large portion still needs to be given to Boss Yun..."

"Eh? I can say that one person only received ten thousand taels! Hehehe..."

"I'm so clever! This way I can pocket over two million taels all by myself! Hahaha!"

……

Behind the little nine-tailed fox, hands on hips and laughing wildly, a wild boar the size of a small hill roared and bared its tusks, except that a wine bottle was hanging from one of its tusks.

"Snapped!"

"boom!!!"

The little nine-tailed fox turned around and pressed its paw down on the wild boar's forehead, slamming the boar's head into the ground with tremendous force.

The wild boar struggled so hard that it shook the ground, but it couldn't stand up.

"Stop messing around, you don't have any money, what are you making a fuss about?"

After making a comment, the little nine-tailed fox raised its paw and unleashed a powerful blow, knocking the wild boar unconscious.

……

At the same time, Naruto, who had just been led to an entrance, looked into the iron fence.

"That voice just now should be the Nine-Tails. Although the chakra is slightly different, it is still recognizable."

Naruto smiled helplessly and said, "It seems this lord is quite active today."

Sasuke glanced behind him: "Has your shadow clone not returned yet? If it's not back by money, I'm afraid it might turn on you."

Hinata, who was standing to the side, opened her wallet and counted the money: "I wonder how much the Nine-Tails-sama wants. I have 80,000 ryo here. If I had known, I should have opened the piggy bank yesterday."

"Need not."

Naruto smiled and looked at the woods behind him: "We're here. We should have enough money, considering we prepared so much."

Upon hearing this, Sasuke asked in confusion, "What are you preparing? If you're not going to ask Aunt Kushina for money, what other methods do you have?"

"Hahaha!"

He chuckled, and just then, three shadow clones arrived, though their appearances were rather...unpleasant to look at.

All three of Naruto's shadow clones had messy, disheveled hair and their clothes were in disarray; one of them even had a piece of his pants missing.

Naruto's eye twitched; it was obvious that his pockets had been searched.

Are a hundred not enough?

How come Sasuke, that bastard, is so popular?

The hundred photos were originally intended to replenish my wallet, but now they're only good for Little Nine-Tailed Fox.

"It was absolutely terrifying; I almost didn't make it back."

"Yeah, yeah, there are actually people who want a photo of you in person, offering six thousand taels!"

"And then you couldn't resist the temptation and let her touch you?"

"Six thousand taels! Getting touched won't hurt you, what's there to be afraid of?"

……

As the shadow clone was speaking incoherently, Naruto glanced at Hinata, who had her head down, and immediately felt a chill run down his spine. He promptly silenced the outspoken shadow clone.

"Hahaha! We've made a total of 460,000 taels, that should be fine now!"

Naruto then moved closer to Hinata, playfully nudging her: "It's just a shadow clone, and it's not selling my photo..."

Naruto glanced at Sasuke, then whispered in Hinata's ear, "These are all photos of Sasuke after his bath, not mine. Let them pass."

Hinata blushed instantly from the warm breath on her ear, so much so that she didn't even notice what Naruto was saying.

"Naruto-kun...it's okay...it's all for the exam..."

Sasuke, who was standing to the side, couldn't take it anymore, and the ANBU who brought them also shuddered.

How do you usually stand it?

"You get used to it after seeing it a lot."

"So... the Hokage's son just went to... sell himself?"

"It seems so?"

……

Shaking his head abruptly, the ANBU member dismissed some unpleasant thoughts.

After checking the time, he said, "Let's get ready to enter, there's one minute left."

As soon as the words were spoken, Class 7 watched as the entrance fence in front of them was opened.

After entering, the Anbu behind him waved to Naruto: "To win this Chunin Exams, the Hokage's only son has made such a great sacrifice. I will definitely tell everyone!"

(⊙o⊙)！

The entrance closed, leaving Naruto bewildered.

What did he just say?

What should we tell everyone?

What the hell!

Naruto dodged and crashed into the fence: "Come back! Come back and explain yourself! No! Shut up!"

Sasuke sighed, "You don't really think these fences can stop the beasts inside, do you? When the entrance is closed, a barrier will rise, and he won't be able to hear you."

Naruto turned around and stared at Sasuke: "What did you just say to him?"

Sasuke didn't dare to meet his gaze: "Um... I didn't say anything, who knows how he interpreted it."

"call……"

Naruto let out a breath: "Alright, we've evened things out."

It's evened out?

Sasuke was somewhat puzzled.

At this moment, Hinata, who had already activated her Byakugan, looked around and said, "The distance is still quite far. Each team entered from a different location. Should we go to the tower first? Or should we find Shikamaru and the others first?"

Naruto hesitated for a moment before replying, "In this five-day scroll battle, let's find someone first. I'm afraid Shikamaru and the others will be eliminated."

Sasuke nodded: "If nothing unexpected had happened to Lord Kurama's side, Shikamaru's team would have been the safest. But now it's hard to say. If they encounter a strong opponent at the start, they really won't be able to hold on."

Naruto then glanced at Sasuke.

With their tacit understanding, Sasuke and Hinata began to keep watch on their surroundings, while Naruto took out a map.

Besides going to the school, the three shadow clones also brought this most important thing.

Although Itachi showed it to everyone before the exam, it would still be very convenient to have a copy.

"Before being taken away by the Dark Guard, we were at Gate 18. To the left of Gate 18 were Gates 17 through 32."