"Gaara? Gaara!!"
After waiting for a while, Baki found that there was no movement in the cocoon-like sand ball in front of him. It didn't look like there's a big battle at all and it didn't look like Gaara was going to lose his temper and start killing.
It was too quiet.
"Is Gaara under control?"
Baki remembered that the sand didn't attack Konoha Anbu who was here just now. So he stepped forward suspiciously and then poked the sand cocoon with his finger. In the next second, the whole sand cocoon seemed to lose its strength and fell to the ground with a snap.
But the two figures inside have disappeared!
"Gaara!!"
Whoosh!
"I hope that Anbu can get away."
Hayate rushed towards the Hokage building quickly, worrying about the Anbu Jōnin who had just saved him.
Although he was only a special Jōnin, he was promoted by relying on his Transparent Escape Technique and there are very few Ninja who are as good at Leaf Style Swordsmanship as him. His strength is still good. But, even then he was almost killed in one move by the hands of that Sand Shinobi Jonin.
It can be seen from this that the ninja named Baki is definitely not an ordinary ninja. At least, he must have the same strength as an Elite Jōnin like Anbu directly under the Hokage.
"Instead of worrying about others, why don't you worry about yourself~"
A voice rang in Hayate's ears, followed by a sharp attack.
"What?!"
Boom!
Hayate jumped away and rolled.
"Dodged? As expected of the chief examiner, your instincts are not weak at all."
Kabuto stepped on the tree, adjusted his glasses and smiled gently.
"Ahem...You are Yakushi Kabuto, the ninja of Konoha. But it seems that you should be a spy of Sand Shinobi."
Hayate held his stomach and said with difficulty.
At this time, a deep wound was cut on his hand, but he noticed that there was no weapon in the hand of Kabuto.
"That's it. You heard it right. In short, the plan can't be exposed yet, so can I ask you to die here?"
After talking, his figure disappeared instantly.
"Damn!!"
Hayate took his hand behind his back, but only then remembered that he didn't bring back the sword with him.
In desperation, he could only take out his kunai to respond. The next second, a faint blue light appeared in Hayate's eyes and he raised his hand to resist.
The light passed through the Kunai and Hayate watched as his Kunai was cut off.
"If you only rely on kunai in your hand, then I'm sorry, it seems that it can't save you."
As a hand was about to cut Hayate's neck, suddenly, out of nowhere, another hand appeared and grabbed Kabuto's wrist.
"You...how did you come back so soon!?"
Kabuto looked at the masked Anbu in shock.
"Senpai!"
Hayate shouted in surprise.
It was the second time. In a short period of time today, he was saved twice by this Anbu.
"He can't die yet, he's still useful."
After Naruto said that, he put his free left hand on Hayate's shoulder.
"Senpai, what are you..." Hayate looked at him puzzled. What does this sentence mean?
[Special Escape Technique is detected on Hayate Gekko. Should it be saved or not?]
"Saved."
[It has been saved.]
The next second, Hayate disappeared under the vigilant and puzzled eyes of Kabuto.
Naruto let go of his hand and placed it in his pocket.
Kabuto stepped back quickly, looking at him solemnly.
This Anbu is not an easy opponent like Hayate.
"Don't be nervous, Kabuto. Actually, Orochimaru and I are pretty good friends."
"Who are you?" Kabuto asked in surprise.
This guy knew Orochimaru and he was sure that he was with Orochimaru. He remembered that he hadn't exposed himself.
Naruto undid the transformation technique with a bang, and shocked Kabuto immediately.
"Uzumaki Naruto?!"
"I think communicating with you with my real identity should reassure you."
"Why...why do you want to stop Hayate Gekko from reporting to the Third Hokage that Sand Shinobi and I plan to destroy Konoha?"
Kabuto was going crazy at this moment. He is seriously lacking in information, so he couldn't make a favourable judgement on the sudden situation at this moment and couldn't come to the conclusion whether Naruto was an enemy or a friend.
"You can ask Orochimaru this question, I think he will give you the answer."
"Then...shall I leave first?" Kabuto tried to leave.
Judging from the situation of the fight just now, he is definitely not Naruto's opponent.
"Kabuto, do you want to work for me? You are a very good intelligence-gathering talent. It's a waste of you to do things for Orochimaru."
Naruto suddenly said to Kabuto.
"I will not betray Orochimaru-sama." Kabuto shook his head and refused.
"Don't worry, I'll tell you two things first."
"Please say."
"Firstly, Danzo is dead and the root is already in my hands. So, your target of revenge has been solved by me indirectly.
Naruto said calmly.
"How is that possible?! That's Danzo! How did you do that?!"
Kabuto looked at Naruto in astonishment. The news was nothing short of nonsense.
Leaving aside how powerful Danzo is, how can Naruto solve the problem with so many root ninjas alone?!
Kabuto was in disbelief.
"You should go to Orochimaru to confirm this, after all, he also knows about this matter."
"..The second thing is that if you are willing to serve me, I can help you resurrect Nonō Yakushi."
Naruto raised his fingers and said something that made Kabuto's pupils dilate and his heart trembled.
"I..."
"Don't worry. It's not the resurrection from Impure World Reincarnation, but...a complete resurrection without any side effects~"
Naruto said with a smile.
"Before the end of the third Chūnin exam, you have enough time to think about it. I look forward to your reply. Sayonara~"
After Naruto finished speaking, he disappeared instantly.
"Wait!!"
The second condition had really moved his heart.
He still can't forget the scene when she died in his hands.
Nor can he forget his hatred for Danzo, for Roots in general.
Since Nono's death, Kabuto had lost the meaning of self-existence. Until he met Orochimaru and regarded Orochimaru as his everything.
But now someone suddenly told him that he can resurrect the most important person in his heart. How could that not make him excited?
…
A laboratory somewhere in the Root.
Orochimaru still couldn't suppress his desire to study, so he found a laboratory under Naruto's watch and began to study Sharingan.
Full of doubts, in order to get an answer, Kabuto ran to find Orochimaru overnight.
"That's what happened, Orochimaru sama. But was he really Uzumaki Naruto?"
"That's right. Only Naruto-kun has this ability. But he actually took an interest in your talent, which is really interesting."
Orochimaru licked his lips and couldn't help admiring that Naruto had the same vision as his own.
"So, Danzo really died at his hands?"
"Of course, the entire Root now belongs to Naruto-kun, including this laboratory."
"I see, Orochimaru-sama."
"So, are you going to agree to Naruto-kun's condition and leave me?"
Orochimaru suddenly turned around and asked.
"How is it possible? I will not betray Orochimaru sama's will."
Placing his hand on his spectacle, Kabuto smiled gently.
...