"So, where's Gato?"
Zabuza avoided Naruto's smug face and turned to Kakashi as he asked.
From what he knew of Gato, the man would never let things end just like that.
Kakashi shrugged, then said, "Actually, Gato did come by while you were unconscious, with his lackeys."
Gato had been brimming with confidence then. Nearly a hundred lackeys had given him more than enough confidence to overrun the bridge.
The sea breeze had carried a faint briny smell that day. Gato had brought his lackeys to the bridge, all of them wielding iron weapons as they swarmed toward the Small Wooden House.
When Naruto saw so many people, all with such unpleasant auras, he had given them a simple welcome.
[Wood Release: Wood Clone]
Ten Narutos had split off, and each had formed hand seals and used the Wood Human Technique.
Since he had not used Kurama's chakra this time, these ten wood humans might have been a little short, but that was compared with the earlier wood human, which had been as imposing as the Hokage Building.
They had stood three or four times as tall as the lackeys.
In other words, even if Gato jumped, he could not have reached a wood human's knees.
Well, Naruto had not had the slightest affection for these lackeys who reeked of murderous intent and helped a tyrant do his evil.
So, as the ten wood humans swung into action, the lackeys had been sent flying, their pale bare bottoms exposed.
Kakashi's mouth had twitched at the sight, and he had silently congratulated himself for ending the bell test early.
If Naruto had played like that back then, wouldn't he have been toyed with to death?
"But Naruto was on watch that day, so they ended up pretty much like you. Except