Splitting into Two Groups Again, Encountering Yuki Haku

Just as Naruto and the others split into two groups, another team of ninja quietly left Konoha, heading in the exact same direction as Naruto's group.

No one except Naruto noticed this, but Naruto did not take it to heart; after all, plenty of ninja went out on missions every day.

Naruto had only one thing on his mind right now: could he catch up to Sakura? Should he kill Sakura?

To say he and Sakura harbored deep hatred for each other would be an overstatement.

Although Sakura's attitude toward Naruto in the original story was quite infuriating, ever since Naruto time-traveled here, he had teased her multiple times, tricking her into kissing him and other such things.

He figured Sakura's obsessive determination to chase after Sasuke right now was probably related to Naruto playing pranks on her using the Transformation Technique.

After all, in Sakura's eyes, the person who had kissed her before was none other than "Sasuke."

Thinking about it this way, the anger in Naruto's heart smoothed out a bit.

Well, I'll just play it by ear.

Naruto thought to himself as he ran:

Killing her doesn't seem to have a sufficient reason, and not killing her won't have much of an impact on me.

However, do I need a reason to kill someone? Do I not?

Carrying Hinata on his back, Naruto let his mind wander until ten minutes later, when his heart suddenly stirred, and he subconsciously raised his head to look ahead.

After traveling for another hour, Sakura's scent actually split into two paths again.

What should they do?

Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi called Naruto over, frowning as they pondered:

"This Sakura is simply too cunning. Who knows what method she used, but she keeps splitting her own scent into multiple trails."

"Kurenai, we'll