Ino unleashed a smooth little combo.
Sakura Haruno immediately broke down and started a pathetic catfight with Ino.
Seeing this, Iruka hurriedly stopped them. "Hey, hey, hey! This isn't a combat exercise!"
Ino and Sakura Haruno kept clawing at each other.
Sasuke wanted to poach Naruto.
He found Naruto and asked to join his team.
His goal was to have some deeper "banana interaction" with Naruto during the Survival Exercise.
Naturally, Naruto turned him down.
Because if Sasuke joined, he would definitely keep challenging him.
In that case, Naruto and Hinata's fun vacation would be ruined.
Ino and Sakura Haruno discovered that Sasuke was trying to poach Naruto.
The two girls immediately joined forces against their common enemy and drove Sasuke back to his seat.
Afterward, the two of them settled on a compromise.
They would let Naruto choose!
Naruto looked at Ino.
Ino swept back her beautiful golden hair, her face full of shy embarrassment.
Then he looked at Sakura Haruno.
She had interacted with Naruto before, so she understood him quite well.
Sakura Haruno raised her hand and swore, "I'll definitely behave myself and won't cause any trouble."
Naruto said, "You."
Sakura Haruno added in her heart: Otherwise, let me grow up quickly, win Naruto's heart, punch Hinata, and
kick Ino...
Naturally, Naruto knew nothing about that.
Thus, Sakura Haruno, Naruto, and Hinata successfully formed a team.
The next day.
Everyone gathered.
It was called a Survival Exercise.
But in reality, it was just making the Ninja Academy students bring enough supplies and spend the night outdoors.
After all, that was all a ninja really needed.
Though Naruto's team only had three people, they had brought an incredibly comprehensive range of supplies.
Pots, bowls, ladles, tents, canteens, flint, food, and even insect repellent.
The Survival Exercise was held in a forest within Konoha.
The place was rarely visited and could be considered wilderness.
Under the organization of the Ninja Academy instructors.
The Survival Exercise began.
Naruto's team set out from the starting point and followed the river upstream.
They eventually found a patch of higher ground and set up their tent.
Okay~
The Survival Exercise mission was completely finished!
It was that simple.
After all, it was only for ninja students to get some practice.
Naruto saw that Sakura Haruno really had not gone lovestruck and was instead sitting quietly.
That made him rather pleased.
Naruto took Hinata's hand and said to Sakura Haruno, "Sakura, watch the camp for now. We're going to the river to fetch water."
Sakura Haruno had been resting beside the tent.
Her eyes lit up when she heard Naruto's words.
But when she looked up, Sakura Haruno saw Naruto holding Hinata's hand.
Hinata stood shyly behind Naruto, while Naruto wore a broad smile.
Sob, sob, sob~
They were so perfect for each other!
Sakura Haruno felt a little dejected.
Afterward, Naruto and Hinata went to fetch water.
Sakura Haruno waited for a while and realized they still had not returned.
"Fetching water... takes this long?"
Sakura Haruno followed the grass to the riverside and saw Hinata reclining beneath the shade of a tree.
While Naruto rested his head on Hinata's lap...
"Sigh... Why did I even come?"
Sakura Haruno returned to camp and began letting her imagination run wild.
Elsewhere.
After fetching the water, the two lay beneath the shade of the tree to rest.
Naruto enjoyed Hinata's lap pillow and could see her flushed little face from below.
At that moment, Kurama's voice appeared in Naruto's mind. "Naruto, someone's coming."
Naruto sat up, his brow furrowing slightly.
Hinata's emotions, which had only just calmed, were stirred up again. She softly asked Naruto, "Naruto-kun, are you feeling unwell?"
"No... no." Naruto said to the worried Hinata, "Hinata, go back to camp first."
Though she did not know why, Hinata decided to follow Naruto's decision.
Before leaving, Hinata activated her Byakugan and looked around.
Her expression stiffened slightly.
These people...
They were probably here with ill intent!
Hinata knew full well that she was not strong enough. Even if she stayed, she would not be able to help much.
She might even hold Naruto back and make him divide his attention to protect her.
So Hinata softly said to Naruto, "Naruto-kun, I'll go find Teacher Iruka."
"No need. Just go back first." Naruto reassured Hinata and gave her a confident smile. "Don't you trust me?"
"I... I trust Naruto," Hinata replied.
Thus, Hinata left.
But instead of returning to camp to wait, she went to find a teacher nearby.
Although Naruto had told Hinata not to worry.
It was still dangerous. How could Hinata possibly not worry?
Once Naruto was the only one left by the river.
Those people finally could not hold back any longer.
"The Hyuga Clan heiress has left. Move."
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~
Masked figures clad in ninja attire emerged from all around.
Naruto sat beneath the shade of the tree, surveying the surrounding ninja.
He calmly asked, "Are you ANBU, or Root?"
These people did not waste words with Naruto. They directly surrounded him and closed in step by step.
Naruto stood up, his expression gradually turning serious.
The leading ninja said, "Sealing Team, prepare!"
Kurama said, "Heh heh, a bunch of trash like you dare dream of sealing this old man?"
Its voice entered everyone's ears.
Every one of them paled in alarm.
"The Nine-Tails' seal is gone? How is that possible!"
"No, my lord's intelligence cannot be wrong."
"Naruto Uzumaki wants to release the Nine-Tails, but he does not have the ability to survive having the Nine-Tails extracted."
"So the Nine-Tails' seal is still intact! Everyone, do not panic."
"Restrain this brat directly, then begin transferring the Nine-Tails."
Kurama grew angry when it heard their words.
It sent its Chakra into Naruto and said, "Naruto, kill these vermin!"
A terrifying, violent crimson Chakra appeared around Naruto's body.
That ominous Chakra belonged to the Nine-Tails!
"Kurama, your Chakra is pretty strong."
Naruto raised his hand and looked at the Nine-Tails Chakra cloak condensing around his body.
Kurama snorted. "Of course!"
At that moment, a sharp female cry came from outside the encirclement.
"Stop!"
An ANBU appeared.
She leaped to Naruto's side, drew her ninja sword, and said coldly, "I've already sent the intelligence to Lord Hokage. If you don't want to die, leave immediately!"
Naruto tilted his head and saw that the person shielding him had long purple hair.
He curiously asked, "You're... Uzuki Yugao? Were you the one monitoring me?"
Uzuki Yugao said speechlessly to Naruto, "How did you know who I am? And..."
"Even if Hayate told you that you're the Fourth Hokage's son, you still can't expose my real name!"
Seeing Naruto and the suddenly appearing ANBU actually chatting as though no one else existed.
The Root leader said disdainfully, "Tch~ Just a trash ANBU. Kill her and transfer the Nine-Tails!"
These Root ninja were clearly extremely strong.
The moment the battle began, Naruto saw countless things flying toward him.
There were insects, ninja tools, ninjutsu...
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