"What! You finally agreed! You definitely won't regret this decision." Naruto was especially energetic and excited early that morning.
Because Gaara had decided to hand over the One-Tail, Shukaku.
"Naruto, how exactly are you planning to extract the tailed beast from my body?"
"Don't rush. Let me make some preparations first." Naruto wore a mischievous grin.
Half a day later, they were in a particularly secluded mountain range a thousand miles outside Konoha Village.
The place was rarely visited, so it would not draw Konoha's attention.
Subduing the One-Tail, Shukaku, was an extremely dangerous operation, so Naruto intended to gather his close friends.
Hinata Hyuga, Itachi Uchiha, Orochimaru, Yamato, Zabuza Momochi, Kabuto, Haku, and Karin.
Of them all, only Yamato knew nothing. Naruto had inexplicably brought him there with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Looking at all the people before him, including Itachi and Orochimaru as well as several others he did not recognize at all, Yamato demanded, "Naruto! What exactly are you doing? Who are these people?"
"Let me introduce them." Naruto introduced them one by one. Yamato found nothing strange about the others.
But when Naruto introduced Zabuza Momochi, Yamato was dumbfounded. How had the Hidden Mist Village's rogue ninja, Zabuza Momochi, known as the Demon of the Hidden Mist, come to Konoha Village?
"Zabuza? The Demon Zabuza?" Yamato could not believe it.
"Don't be afraid. Zabuza Momochi has lived in Konoha for three years already. You're an ANBU ninja of Konoha, yet you never noticed?"
Yamato's mouth fell open in shock.
Naruto turned and walked over to Gaara, patting him on the shoulder. "Let's work together to remove Gaara's seal and release the One-Tail!"
"Hmph, this job is seriously life-threatening. I need to be paid extra." Zabuza Momochi said.
*I can finally help Naruto again. This is