When Naruto defeated those five death row inmates, he created over a hundred shadow clones. The death row inmates watching him immediately grew wary and quietly withdrew, as if they had never appeared at all.
When night fell, the forest immediately became eerie.
In the darkness, figures constantly leapt from tree to tree, and the sounds of fighting could occasionally be heard.
As the executioner, Naruto was attacked shortly after nightfall.
The death row inmates gave him almost no chance to rest, appearing one after another. Even with Naruto's immense Chakra reserves, he could not withstand such intense fighting. By the latter half of the night, he was constantly on the run.
Fortunately, Naruto eventually found a tree hollow. Only by hiding inside did he escape the death row inmates' pursuit.
When dawn arrived, the chaotic battle gradually subsided.
Climbing out of the tree hollow, Naruto's eyes were vacant and his face was terribly pale. He looked utterly exhausted.
After remaining on high alert all night, Naruto was not the only one in this state. The surviving death row inmates were the same.
His stomach suddenly growled. Naruto only wanted to find something to eat, then get a good night's sleep.
He began searching for food. Along the way, he occasionally came across corpses. When he saw a body hanging from a tree, a look of sorrow suddenly appeared on his face.
Number 92.
A rope was looped around his neck, his eyes bulging wide and his tongue hanging out. He had been hanged alive from the tree. His body was covered in horrifying wounds, as though he had endured brutal torture before his death.
Naruto jumped into the tree, untied the rope, and lowered Number 92's body to the ground.
He might have been scum, but they had known