Bang!
Naruto had originally been resting in his hotel room. Karin had only been out for less than two hours, yet somehow the door to his room was opened again.
"You are... Karin! Bastards, what are you doing? Let Karin go!"
Naruto had wanted to ask who this group of people was, barging into his room all at once, but he immediately saw Karin tied up.
Seeing Karin captured, Naruto's mind went blank for a moment. Then his face darkened as he demanded that the group release her.
"Hehe, I never expected Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki to deliver himself right to our door! Is this truly heaven helping Kusagakure?"
Seeing Naruto's grim expression, Matsuru Noyaku looked thrilled.
At that moment, he seemed to see Kusagakure ruling the Ninja World.
"What exactly do you want?"
Faced with the undisguised delight on Matsuru Noyaku's face, Naruto thought that the mission he and Karin had come to Kusagakure for—to steal the "Box of Paradise"—had been exposed.
What Naruto did not know was that Kusagakure simply wanted to use him as the key to open the "Box of Paradise" because he had appeared here.
Neither side knew the other's secret, yet both wanted something from the other. It was a delicate situation.
"It's not about what we want. It's about what you want. Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki secretly infiltrated Kusagakure and brought along a traitor from our village.
If this matter spread throughout the Ninja World, would Konoha still have anything to say?
Wouldn't I be justified in suspecting that Konoha intended to launch an attack on Kusagakure?"
With a hostage in hand, Matsuru Noyaku could tell Naruto was holding back out of concern for Karin. He no longer worried that Naruto would suddenly lash out and attack him.
Honestly, although he had ultimately agreed to