In Konoha, Naruto lies down

When the two groups of people met each other's eyes, the Pig, Deer and Butterfly trio felt a slight chill on their necks, and a sense of fear of being stared at by a wild beast rose from the bottom of their hearts.

Fortunately, the three Sand Ninjas did not continue to walk towards the three people, but changed direction and headed towards the Hokage Building.

"So scary, that guy with the gourd on his back." Ino said, patting her chest that looked like a lotus leaf, with a lingering fear on her face.

"I hope we don't run into them in the Chunin Exams." Shikamaru swallowed and echoed with a pale face.

"Crash! Crunch!" Shikamaru was frightened and tilted his head back to pour a bag of potato chips into his mouth.

.......

"Temari, I heard that this village also has a tailed beast jinchuriki." Kankuro, who was walking on the road carrying an inflatable... no, a puppet mechanism on his back, said to his sister Temari.

"Yes, it's the most powerful Nine-Tailed Fox." Temari had a huge folding fan hanging behind her back, and she was wearing a shoulder-baring fishnet dress, with a hint of displeasure on her face.

Chapter 37 Nine Tails (Seeking follow-up reading)

Kankuro was about to say something sarcastic, but then he remembered that his dearest brother, the ruthless Jinchuriki, was standing next to him, and he immediately gave up the unnecessary idea.

The topic came to an abrupt end.

The Jinchūriki is like a humanoid self-propelled nuclear bomb. Whoever uses it will be afraid of it.

Kankuro was afraid, afraid that his own brother would transform and slap him to death.

Gaara remained silent throughout the whole process and didn't seem to take what the two said to heart.

The three of them entered the streets of Konoha, and their strange attire immediately attracted the attention of passers-by.

But he only glanced at them a few more times. These two days were the days when the Chunin Exams began, so it was not surprising to see a few Genin from other villages on the street.

In the crowd, a young man in a gray short-sleeved shirt was strolling leisurely, holding a drink. His blond hair was unusually striking, and his face had a lazy look.

Naruto no longer needs to take the Chunin Exam, and Kakashi is busy training Sasuke and helping Sakura with her physical training.

Anyway, Naruto was left alone.

In addition to wandering the streets all day, his biggest hobby is to go into the game hall of Konoha, use the transformation technique to become an adult, and then go in to play marbles.

He didn't wear the Konoha forehead protector, so his smooth forehead was exposed, and he was playing around with his yellow hair.

Since the Sandaime didn't want him to take part in the Chunin Exam, he simply let himself go.

Naruto wanted to take the Chunin Exam purely to stimulate the system to pop up the option. If it didn't, he wouldn't be too disappointed.

Even if he took a step back, he could still take the opportunity to find Hinata to unlock the Nine-Tails progress. The feeling of getting stronger while flirting with girls was really comfortable.

"Little fox demon, get out of here now. I won't sell you anything!" The mask shop owner glared at Naruto with a gloomy face and said with disgust.

Naruto, who was choosing a fox mask, turned his head when he heard this. He first stared at the boss deeply, and then unexpectedly put the fox mask on his face.

Step by step, he walked towards the boss.

The owner of the mask shop was frightened by Naruto who was wearing a fox mask without saying a word. He stepped back suddenly and fell to the ground.

When he turned his head to look at Naruto, the direction where Naruto was standing was empty.

"Are you looking for me?"

Naruto's voice suddenly sounded, but he was right behind the mask shop owner.

The boss fell to the ground, supporting himself with his hands. He looked up and saw Naruto standing behind him, wearing a fox mask and leaning over to stare at him.

"what!!!!"

"Monster!"

"Hahaha, what's the matter? Uncle, are you so timid?"

Screams of fear rang out, mixed with Naruto's unbridled laughter, attracting the attention of passersby on the street, who looked at the scene in the store with horror on their faces.

Naruto didn't care, he walked up to the boss and took off the mask on his face, then asked with a bright smile.

"Uncle, are you selling masks?"

"Sell...sell!" The mask shop owner was frightened and dared not say any more sarcastic words.

"Oh." The smile on Naruto's face suddenly disappeared at this moment. He threw the mask lightly on the ground and said softly.

"But I don't want it now."

As he spoke, he stomped the fox mask on the ground, crushing it to pieces. Then he turned around and kicked the mask stand beside him.

The force was so great that the mask on the shelf shattered instantly with a bang.

The mask shop owner was so frightened that his face turned pale. He stared with wide eyes at his mask stand shattering and collapsing.

However, Naruto just glanced at the boss who was sitting on the ground, then threw a handful of banknotes into the air and left with a smile on his face.

Naruto smiled as he watched the villagers on the street looking at him with either fear or horror. He thought to himself that he was a Jinchūriki and owed no one anything.

Why should I give in to those idiots?

You want me to be a nuclear weapon and yet you don't give me a good face? Why?

"That's the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, right?" Kankuro, who was passing by in the crowd, asked, nodding in the direction Naruto left.

"Probably." Temari nodded, frowning slightly.

"Let's go and meet him," Kankuro suggested, with an eager look on his face.

"Don't meddle in other people's business!" Temari flatly refused, lowering her voice and saying, "Don't forget our mission. That nine-tailed brat doesn't look like someone you can easily mess with!"

But before Temari could finish her words, Gaara, who had been silent all the way, walked in the direction Naruto left and followed.

"Gaara!" Temari reached out to grab him, but was stopped by Kankuro beside her with a snap.

He shook his head at Temari with a rare serious expression and said.

"It's best not to interrupt that guy when he makes a decision."

Temari remained silent, but could only retract her hand. Sighing, Temari could only call for Kankuro to follow her.

This time, the Sand Village participated in the Chunin Exam held by Konoha not only for the exam, but also secretly formulated an attack plan to destroy Konoha.

Temari and her two siblings were also an important part of the plan and were sent to Konoha in advance to take the exam and obtain intelligence.

It is precisely because of this that Temari did not want to encounter any unexpected problems before the mission even started.

In the alley, Naruto suddenly stopped.

[Nine-Tailed Fox's approval 13.2%]

The last time during Hinata's date, the progress bar soared very quickly, from 2.3% to 6.7, and finally soared to 13.2% during the fireworks.

Compared to 2.3%, 13.2 means that Naruto has used one-ninth of the Nine-Tails' power alone, and can even open one tail.

He turned around and saw the three people from the Sand Village standing outside the alley.

His gaze lingered on Temari's off-shoulder fishnet for a moment, and he thought that the atmosphere in Sand Village was indeed more open. He couldn't help but recall a Temari fan art he had seen before he traveled through time.

Gaara stared at the yellow-haired man in front of him and spoke.

"I smell the scent of my kind from you."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he showed his old chuunibyou syndrome. Naruto knew that Gaara was still in his rebellious period at that time, so he didn't bother with him too much.

After all, he is the legitimate prince of Sunagakure, and beside him stands the Sunagakure princess Temari, and a young prince Kankuro who has no interest in the throne.

The three of them looked a bit non-mainstream, which made Naruto lose the desire to communicate.

He waved at Gaara and said with an impatient look on his face.

"I'm not from the Burial Love Family, how can I be the same as you?"

"What family?" Kankuro asked in confusion.

"You guys take your time playing, I'm leaving." Naruto waved his hand, turned around and was about to leave.

But as soon as he raised his foot, a murderous aura suddenly surrounded him. This strong murderous aura came from behind him, that Gaara who loved playing in the sand.

Naruto looked back, and the Nine-Tails Chakra rushed directly to his face. His face suddenly turned into a half-human, half-fire fox, and he bared his teeth and roared at the three Sand Village siblings.

"Go away, don't make me say it a second time."

Chapter 38 Change

Outside the alley.

Temari and the other two stood in the sunlight, completely stunned. Even Gaara put away his murderous intent and looked at Naruto in horror in the shadows.

"Let's go!" Temari lowered her voice, not caring about anything in such a hurry.

She quickly grabbed the hands of her two rebellious brothers and led them out of the alley without looking back. She only let go after they had walked a long way away, panting heavily.

"What is that?" Kankuro, whose face was painted with purple striped camouflage, had empty eyes and his hands that were holding the wall were shaking.

Kankuro still remained rational, knowing that Gaara standing next to him was also a monster, and he hated the word monster the most, so he didn't say anything harmful or useless.

"Nine...Nine-Tails." Temari was shaking all over, her calves were too tense and were still in a spasm.

"How could there be such a terrifying thing in Konoha?" Kankuro's purple lips trembled as he recalled the scene when Fang Cai saw it.

........

"Nine-Tails?" Maki, the leading jonin of the Sunagakure team in the room, frowned and glanced at the three of them. "How is that possible? You must have been tricked by that brat."

"Were you fooled?" Temari and Kankuro looked at each other, but Gaara didn't react at all and continued to stand there indifferently.

"Teacher Maki, what do you mean?" Temari asked hurriedly with cold sweat oozing from her forehead.

The senior ninja called Maki by Temari had a square face and wore a black tights lining and a brown vest of Sand Village senior ninja on the outside.

He had a white cloth draped over his head, covering the left half of his face. His tone was serious, with a hint of decisiveness.

"You don't have to worry too much." Maki said, "The Nine-Tails reappeared in Konoha more than ten years ago. It is believed that the mature Jinchūriki is dead."

"The current Jinchūriki of Konoha is just an ordinary brat, and he can't control the power of the tailed beasts at all."

Having said that, Maki paused, looked at his three little disciples and spoke.

"What you just said was the facial transformation of the tailed beasts. That's something only a perfect Jinchūriki can do. If Konoha really had such a Jinchūriki, how could we possibly formulate a plan to destroy Konoha?"

"Teacher, what you mean is... that brat can't really control the Nine-Tails, but is just pretending to be able to transform into a tailed beast to scare us?" Temari asked in surprise.

"Of course, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence that the most important Jinchūriki of a village happened to pass by in front of you." Maki nodded.

His eyes seemed to have seen through Konoha's conspiracy, and he showed a stiff smile that made me gradually understand everything.

"The Chunin Exams are a competition for each village to showcase the strength of the new generation. How could Konoha miss this perfect opportunity to shock the Sand Village?"

"I see." Kankuro nodded. Although he still felt something was wrong, it didn't matter anymore.

Since the leading ninja said so, and the ally in this cooperation has extremely reliable intelligence, there is naturally nothing to doubt.

Temari also breathed a sigh of relief, then gritted her teeth and said viciously.

"That guy actually teased us, don't let him fall into my hands again!"

Gaara, who remained indifferent, just glanced at them coldly but did not speak to correct them.

The moment he lowered his head, his eyes were filled with fighting spirit.

He knew best whether it was the pressure from the tailed beast, and there was no doubt about it, it was the Nine-Tailed Beast.

The next day, heavy rain fell in Konoha.

Led by Kakashi, Sakura and Sasuke went to the Hokage Building to submit their registration information for the Chunin Exam. The three of them walked in the rain holding umbrellas.

Under the pink umbrella, Sakura broke the silence and mustered up the courage to ask Kakashi's back in front of her.

"Kakashi-sensei, why can't Naruto take the Chunin Exam with us?"

Kakashi stopped walking and turned to look at Sakura.

"It's the Hokage's order, there's nothing we can do about it."

"But..." Sakura swallowed, her knuckles pale as she gripped the umbrella in the heavy rain, "But we're a team, aren't we?"

The sound of the rain blocked out most of the outside sounds. Sakura could only shout to make Kakashi hear her voice. The rain wet the tips of her cherry pink hair.

Her voice was slightly trembling and hesitant.

"You taught us, Kakashi-sensei, that we are a team. So...so we shouldn't leave Naruto behind like this!"