Naruto: The Information Broker from the Uchiha Clan

"Logically, after distributing the scrolls, there are only about fifteen minutes left out of the thirty minutes, and the speed of a regular genin isn't particularly fast..."

"Based on our travel speed and the maximum distance I can sense, the Shikamaru squad and Sai squad that left from the left will only be between gate 17 and gate 90."

Naruto gestured with his hand on the map, indicating a range.

"After that, since Karin's squad and Neji's squad set off after us, we won't know their range. However..."

Sasuke said, "However, Neji has the Byakugan, and Karin has superhuman sensory abilities. With their intelligence, they should notice this, meaning the last one to leave should be able to deduce our approximate location."

"Neji-nii... gave me a note."

Hinata took out the note, and saw that it only had one name written on it: Shikamaru.

Naruto laughed.

"Couldn't this guy just tell me directly? But he is indeed quite smart, knowing to use the first team to set off as the rendezvous point."

Sasuke glanced at Naruto: "If we just tell you directly, we'll probably only see Shikamaru's corpse when we get there, and there will be countless ambushes surrounding it."

Uh! →_→

Naruto, speechless, scratched his head. That was indeed the case.

"Alright, let's go. With Shikamaru's intelligence, he'll definitely figure this out. We can keep an eye on Sai's team along the way."

……

Gate No. 32.

The newly arrived Iwagakure genin squad rushed towards the center as soon as they entered.

As they passed through the forest, past towering trees, all three men appeared somewhat solemn.

"The teacher didn't originally recommend this Chunin Exam; those people were just too strong."

Don't scare yourself.

"Although we signed the agreement, that Konoha Jonin just said that there is a special entity in this training ground, which is supposed to be protecting us."

"But...but he said that thing will eat us..."

"It's just to scare people. If all the genin die here, Konoha won't be able to explain it."

……

As the group was talking, a bright orange figure flashed past in front of them.

"stop."

The leader of the Iwagakure team glanced at the female teammate next to him, and then saw her place her hands in a hand seal on the ground.

"Om..."

The buzzing sound spread through the ground, and the girl stood up and shook her head: "No, but we all saw that figure just now."

"Could...could there be something scary?"

Another Iwagakure genin trembled slightly. In fact, he had been unwilling to participate in the Chunin Exams from the beginning, if not for being forced by his teammates.

"Don't overthink it. We've only just entered the arena; what danger could there be?"

The words had barely left his mouth when a small black shadow appeared head-on, moving so fast that it was impossible to avoid.

"boom!"

The bottle hit him squarely on the forehead, knocking him unconscious.

"flat!"

Amid exclamations of surprise, the two helped their teammate up, looking somewhat bewildered at the wine bottle on the ground.

"This is... a wine bottle?"

"Who is it?!"

"There's no way the nearby entrances could have found us so quickly. You're cheating! A Konoha genin?"

I'm going to report you!

"Konoha is unfair!"

……

With a roar, the little nine-tailed fox leaped down in front of the two.

A paw picked at an ear: "What did you just say? I didn't hear you clearly."

The next moment, the little nine-tailed fox leaped up, its size instantly increasing.

"Roar!!"

"belch!"

The ferocious roar was ruined by a final hiccup.

The little nine-tailed fox blushed slightly, but then ignored it and directly controlled its nine tails to swing behind it, snapping the giant tree in half.

"A brat from Iwagakure?"

"Gu..."

Swallowing hard, the two, still lucid, looked at the giant beast before them.

"Nine-nine-nine...a nine-tailed fox?"

Little Nine-Tailed Fox was taken aback. It had been a long time since she had heard this name, but it was quite fitting for this moment.

"boom!"

A claw slammed down in front of the two little devils, cracking the ground.

"How unlucky can I be? I ran into the big boss right at the start?"

"Don't eat me!!!"

The little nine-tailed fox waved its paw impatiently: "Shut up! I'll eat you if you keep making noise!"

In an instant, the cowardly Iwagakure genin shut his mouth, trembling but not daring to make a sound.

"Um...do you have money?"

? ? ? (丿○Д○)丿

The little nine-tailed fox stretched out its paw and rubbed it together: "Twenty thousand taels per person. Pay up and I'll let you go, understand?"

"I understand!"

Trembling, he took out his wallet, counted out 60,000 taels, and respectfully placed it on the ground.

"Nine-nine-nine... Lord Nine-Tailed Fox... This is sixty thousand... Please, I beg you to let me go."

The little nine-tailed fox stretched out its claws and took the money, placing it directly under its rear end. However, its vertical pupils remained fixed on the little devil who had just taken out the money...

Twenty thousand taels per person... isn't that a bit too little?

But if I go back on my word, it would make me seem a bit shameless...

correct!

If that's the case, why not just release them and then arrest them again?

I'm so smart, hahaha!

"Get lost, or I'll catch you again!"

"Yes, yes, we'll leave right away."

The two genin helped the leader, Ping, up and then quickly left.

They had only taken a few steps when one of the girls swung her kunai and knocked her companion's backpack to the ground.

"Shinichi, what are you doing...?"

"Shut up!"

Just then, the little nine-tailed fox ran up behind them, grabbed their backpacks, and said, "Kids, you dropped your bags."

Without turning his head, he roared, "That's your backpack, Nine-Tails Lord, not ours."

As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly slipped away.

Little Nine-Tailed Scratches the back of its head. This little brat is quite clever.

Huh? You don't have to split what you found in half!

"Sigh... This year's candidates are really too careless. They've lost so much money just like that. I'll keep it safe for them."

As she spoke, Little Nine-Tailed Fox picked up her backpack and shook it, then threw the kunai and explosive tags aside. She took out all the money from her wallet and counted it over and over again.

"No, no, I can't be blinded by short-term gains. There are still many more students who have lost money and need my help!"

"Yes! That's it!"

……

"Shikamaru, do you and Naruto have a plan for how to meet up?"

Ino looked around nervously.

Although she had undergone arduous training because of Yun, this was the first time she had experienced such an assessment that required signing an agreement.

Shikamaru shook his head: "No. Most of the candidates in this joint Chunin Exam are very strong, so we didn't discuss that as a precaution."

"Huh?"

Ino panicked: "What do we do then?"

Shikamaru looked around: "Wait!"

"After entering the protective net, a barrier will rise up. This will be our only coordinate point. While other candidates may also search along the protective net, most will likely choose to ambush around the tower."

Choji asked in confusion, "Why?"

Shikamaru smiled and said, "Most of the really strong guys won't target us; they'll only target Naruto and Team 7."

"Based on Naruto and Sasuke's performances, after their strongest powers were sealed, their goal for passing the second test was to obtain the corresponding scroll as soon as possible, then hide in the tower, and finally complete the mission as quickly as possible to avoid being surrounded."

Ino thought for a moment and replied, "So strong teams won't search along the protective netting, while we can use this as a coordinate to wait for the rendezvous."