Naruto had specifically chosen this mission.
He had an ulterior motive.
But for now, they had to finish the mission first.
After the village chief explained the situation in detail, Naruto came up with a reliable plan.
"We'll use Shadow Clones and the Transformation Jutsu to turn into the kind of children those kidnappers like to abduct."
"We'll use Shadow Clones as bait to lure the enemy out."
After hearing Naruto's words, the village chief immediately felt much more at ease.
It seemed this blond brat had some real ability after all.
However.
The village chief still had a question. He asked Naruto, "Esteemed ninja, what happens after the kidnappers come out?"
"Of course, we kill every last one of them," Naruto said matter-of-factly.
Human traffickers deserved to die, no matter where they were.
Naruto did not consider himself a harsh-punishment advocate.
But when it came to human traffickers, there was truly no need to hold back.
Hearing Naruto's words, the village chief felt immensely satisfied.
Now that there were Konoha ninja here, he wanted to see how those kidnappers could keep acting so arrogantly.
The plan went very smoothly.
Those kidnappers even worked overtime on weekends.
Naruto's Shadow Clones successfully drew out several kidnappers.
Meanwhile, Naruto's team hid in the grass nearby.
Kakashi secretly observed those ninja and said to Naruto, "They're Rogue Ninja from the Hidden Mist. There are probably Jonin among them."
"Yeah." Naruto nodded and said to Sasuke, "teme, did you see them? Go kill them. Just leave one alive."
Sasuke looked at the kidnappers surrounding Naruto's Shadow Clones, each holding a ninja blade and looking utterly vicious. His teeth clenched in fury.
No reason was needed to hate human traffickers.
Sasuke was about to move out when he suddenly felt something was wrong.
He stopped