"What do you mean, I'm the only one left?"
Those words deepened Kabuto's suspicions.
And what was with Naruto's friendly attitude?
During the first exam, he had clearly been so... cold?
Keeping his guard up, Kabuto casually swept his gaze over the cloth bag Naruto was carrying, which seemed to contain something important.
Naruto slowly approached while dragging the bag, repeating, "All that's left is your scroll."
"What scroll? To be honest, I don't know why, but I searched all around and didn't see any other teams..." Kabuto first sighed, then changed the subject. "Naruto-kun, what's inside that bag?"
Naruto stopped in front of Kabuto and casually opened the bag. Inside was a huge pile of Heaven and Earth scrolls meant for this exam, nearly filling half the bag.
Kabuto Yakushi craned his neck for a look, and his smile instantly froze.
Wait, how did you get so many scrolls?
No wonder I hadn't seen a single team. So you were the one who robbed them all?
And...
Only now did Kabuto seem to understand the true meaning behind Naruto's earlier words: "All that's left is you."
"All that's left is your team's scroll. Hurry up and hand it over." Naruto sounded somewhat impatient this time.
"This..."
Kabuto's mind went blank.
He had never expected things to develop this way.
He had only wanted to gather intelligence. How had he suddenly become the target of a robbery?
In that brief instant while Kabuto was distracted, Naruto made his move.
He was so fast that it exceeded Kabuto Yakushi's imagination.
Naruto's arm seemed to turn into a blurry afterimage. It shot out and pulled back in one smooth motion, as though he had done it countless times before.
Kabuto only felt a lightness at his waist. By the time he fully