"Naruto, you'd better be all right!"
Lin Guang felt somewhat annoyed with himself. Today happened to be the day he collected his relief payment.
One moment of carelessness, and Naruto had fallen for the trap. If only he had been a little more attentive!
When the exam ended, Naruto had said he was fine. Lin Guang should never have taken him at his word.
Still, could those two ninja up ahead actually find Naruto?
After following them for a while, Lin Guang felt that neither had any plan. They were wandering around like headless chickens.
"Right, if I want to find Naruto, I can just go there!"
The little grove Naruto often took him to came to Lin Guang's mind.
Whenever Naruto pulled some prank, there was an eighty percent chance he would hide there to lie low.
"It's getting later. I have to hurry!"
Lin Guang glanced at the sky and overtook the two ninja ahead.
"Did you just see something flash past? It looked like a kid."
One of them asked.
"The light's bad. You must have been seeing things! What kid would be running around this late?"
The other said, "Let's focus on finding that fox demon brat! These are orders from the Third!"
"True!"
Their conversation over, the two ninja continued searching aimlessly, while Lin Guang was gradually approaching Naruto's location.
"Hey, Naruto!"
After learning from Mizuki that Naruto had stolen the Scroll of Seals, Iruka had searched the entire village without stopping. Only after searching for two or three hours, until it was dark, did he finally find him.
"So you found me. I'd only just learned one ninjutsu."
Naruto scratched his head sheepishly.
"Were you learning ninjutsu here? To think you'd go this far."
Iruka took another look at Naruto, remembering what the Third