Return to the Village

Samui, Omoi, Karui decided to take the corpse of Yugito Kumogakure, and then they parted ways.

Watching the three figures gradually disappear, Uzumaki Hane finally withdrew his gaze. At this moment, Uzumaki Hane's expression was serious Jiraiya, "Jiraiya-sensei, those two, Tobi and Zetsu, left to search for the Tailed Beast. Do you think they might come after Naruto?"

Jiraiya hearing this, Jiraiya's expression also turned serious. After all, they were very close to the Land of Fire, so their target was very likely Naruto.

Jiraiya pondered for a moment, then said, "That's very likely. It seems we should hurry back to the village."

Uzumaki Hane nodded and said, "Okay, Jiraiya-sensei."

The two then quickly disappeared into the forest, heading towards Konoha.

Naruto, Kakashi, Sakura, Sai, and Yamato had arrived near the Fire Temple. As it was getting dark, Kakashi suggested that they stop and rest.

Kakashi said, "I'll look around."

Just then, Naruto was heading towards where Sakura was resting when suddenly, the bushes in front of him began to move.

Naruto shouted, "Who goes there?" Shuriken his right hand and flew into the bushes.

The bushes rustled rapidly, and a huge wild boar emerged, its eyes bloodshot as it stared at Naruto. It charged fiercely at Naruto, its two enormous tusks gleaming with a cold metallic light.

Naruto yelled and turned to run, with the wild boar in hot pursuit.

As Naruto ran, he shouted, "Kakashi-sensei, help! Sakura, Sakura... help! Sai..." Kakashi, Yamato, Sai, and Sakura all stared at Naruto speechlessly. It was truly unexpected; how did he suddenly get chased by a wild boar?

Sai shouted, "Naruto, watch out, I'm coming to help you." With that, Sai moved and rushed towards Naruto.

Sakura shook her head and rushed towards Naruto.

Naruto ran frantically, with the wild boar hot on his heels. As the boar drew closer, Naruto saw its long tusks charging towards him and was startled. He tried to dodge, but a hole appeared under his feet, Naruto to lose his balance and roll forward, crashing into a large tree before coming to a stop.

Coming to his senses, Naruto ignored checking his injuries and immediately looked ahead. He saw that the wild boar had already charged in front of him, its eyes bloodshot and staring intently at Naruto. Naruto could also smell the stench emanating from the boar's mouth.

At that moment, Sakura descended from the sky, landing in front of Naruto and shouting loudly. She punched the boar on the head with a crack, and Naruto seemed to hear the sound of bones breaking. The boar was launched into the air and flew ten meters away, crashing heavily to the ground. It grunted a few times but couldn't get up again.

Naruto looked at Sakura with emotion and said, "Sakura..." before rushing towards Sakura.

Sakura disdainfully blocked Naruto with her hand, but Naruto didn't want to give up and tried to pretend to be clueless and hug Sakura. Sakura saw through Naruto's intention, frowned, and said, "Get out of the way." She punched Naruto to the ground.

Naruto lay on the ground, looking at Sakura with an innocent expression, clearly afraid that Sakura would get angry again. At this moment, Naruto noticed a piece of paper in his hand, Naruto it up, and looked puzzled.

At that moment, Sai arrived, but his eyes remained fixed ahead as he said, "Naruto, Sakura, look over there." With that, Sai pointed forward.

Naruto and Sakura followed the finger and looked ahead. They saw a cemetery, which had clearly been vandalized and looked like ruins. Their expressions hardened; their mission was to find a group of grave robbers who specialized in stealing the corpses of powerful ninjas.

Naruto immediately stood up from the ground, and the three of them cautiously approached. The cemetery looked like it hadn't been damaged recently, so all three of them became wary, fearing that grave robbers might still be inside.

Suddenly, a dark figure darted out from the bushes. The figure was incredibly fast and reached the three of them in the blink of an eye. Sai was caught off guard and was kicked away in one fell swoop, crashing heavily to the ground.

Naruto and Sakura were startled and called out worriedly, "Sai..."

After kicking Sai, the shadowy figure spun around and kicked Naruto again.

Naruto, enraged, stomped his right foot forward, and with a bang, their feet collided. Naruto, slightly lacking strength, stumbled back several steps.

Seeing that Naruto and Sai had been defeated, Sakura shouted, stomped her foot, and the ground instantly exploded into pieces. She then threw her right fist at the dark figure.

The shadowy figure looked at the broken ground beneath Sakura's feet and felt the force of the punch coming towards him. Startled, he raised his perception of Sakura's threat to the highest level and quickly retreated.

Boom! Sakura punched the ground, creating a huge crater, followed by a long crack that stretched towards the dark figure.

The shadowy figure's eyes narrowed. He thought he had overestimated Sakura, but he had underestimated Sakura strength. He took a few quick steps backward.

At this moment, Naruto had regained his balance, looked at the dark figure, and shouted, "Damn it..." before charging towards it.

The shadowy figure watched Naruto approach rapidly, then suddenly swung its right hand, unleashing a crescent-shaped shockwave that hurtled towards Naruto. Naruto leaped away, dodging the attack. Bang! The shockwave scraped three long gashes across the ground.

Naruto's eyes narrowed, and he thought to himself, "Could this be Chakra- style chakra transformation?" Unfortunately, the black shadow leaped up and appeared above Naruto's head, Naruto down with its right hand. A crescent-shaped wave of energy swept down, and Naruto didn't have time to ask any questions.

Naruto leaped backward again, leaving three long cracks in the ground once more.

Naruto quickly Hand Seals, unleashing the "Multiple Shadow Clone Technique." More than a dozen Shadow Clone appeared around Naruto, all rushing towards the shadowy figure.

The dark figure leaped up, shouted, and waved his right hand, unleashing a massive crescent-shaped shockwave that crashed down. Bang! Bang! Bang! Naruto's Shadow Clone all vanished into smoke.

Naruto quickly Hand Seals, unleashing the "Shadow Clone Technique," and four Shadow Clone appeared around him, continuing their charge towards the dark figure.

The shadowy figure was enraged and tried to swing its arms, but found that its body was bound. Naruto rushed in front of the shadowy figure and punched it away.

The dark figure crashed heavily to the ground. Naruto, bewildered by what had happened, stared at his fist, his face full of confusion.