The northwest direction of the forest is relatively quiet, with not so many children playing around, but it also means unknown dangers!
Thirty-six people, nine teams, it is impossible for all of them to be in the other two directions.
So there must be someone waiting for them ahead, but they don't know who it will be.
"Kazuki-kun, look over there, there are fruits!"
Ino pointed to a tree in front of her and said.
Then she wanted to run over to pick some fruits for Kazuki to eat, but Kazuki held her back.
"Wait a minute Ino, there's a trap there."
"A trap?"
Ino panicked and almost fell into the trap because of her impulse.
But after a quick look, she didn't see any trap.
At this time, Sakura glanced at Ino and teased, "I don't know who ate the fruit core and threw it by the tree without dealing with it. Do you really think we are stupid?" The small fruit core was lying on a pile of grass that looked very discordant.
A little careful observation would reveal that it was a trap.
But Ino seemed to be a little insensitive and didn't see it.
"Who are you calling stupid, wide forehead!"
"Huh? I didn't say anything about anyone?"
Seeing Sakura pretending to be stupid, the two were about to quarrel, but Kazuki stopped them.
"Okay, stop arguing, it's not a big deal."
"Snort!"
"Hmph!"
The two girls looked at each other, snorted coldly, and turned their heads away.
Kazuki was a little helpless.
The two of them were obviously best friends, but they were inexplicably jealous.
Although the two girls were very friendly most of the time, they would occasionally make sarcastic remarks about each other.
"Do you want to come out by yourselves, or do you want me to pull you out?"
Kazuki no longer paid attention to the two women and turned his attention to the person who dug the trap.
However, it seemed that the other party still had a fluke mentality and was unwilling to come out by himself.
So Kazuki could only pull them out by himself.
He walked to the clumsy trap casually, kicked away the grass on it, and revealed the pit below.
Childish!
But the next second, countless shurikens suddenly flew from both sides!
"Hmm?"
Kazuki was a little surprised.
He didn't expect that the other party deliberately set such a crude trap for a deeper calculation.
But it would be too naive to think that he could be defeated with a few shurikens!
He didn't even draw his sword, and threw a few shurikens to block the shuriken trap.
However, just when Kazuki was concentrating on dealing with the trap in front, something unexpected happened in the back!
Naruto, Choji suddenly jumped out and attacked Ino, Sakura, and Hinata.
Because Ino and the other two were all focused on Kazuki, they did not take precautions and were caught off guard by the three.
Seeing that they were about to be subdued by the two, Kazuki hurried to rescue, but suddenly felt a sense of crisis.
He glanced down and found that a shadow had approached him at some point!
Shadow imitation technique!
Kazuki, who knew that this technique was powerful, immediately used the body flicker technique to disappear on the spot.
Shikamaru, who was hiding in the dark, sighed. What a pity!
Making a crude trap under the fruit tree lowered the opponent's vigilance and made the opponent think that Shikamaru was a novice, while he was more experienced.
But when he dismantled the trap with arrogance, he triggered a new trap.
At this time, the opponent would be surprised and feel that he underestimated Shikamaru, but he only overestimated Shikamaru a little.
Kazuki must still think that he is on a higher level, because his strength crushes everything!
At this time, letting teammates sneak attack Kazuki's companions who are off guard, the so-called care will cause confusion. Even if Kazuki is strong, he will definitely relax his vigilance.
At this time, Shikamaru can use the shadow imitation technique to catch them all in one fell swoop!
Everything is well calculated!
But unfortunately, Kazuki is too cautious, so all his calculations failed.
Kazuki, who avoided the shadow imitation technique, knocked down Naruto and the others in a few moves, and Shikamaru did not resist stubbornly and surrendered obediently.
Anyway, it's just a practice exercise, just play it casually.
Shikamaru didn't want to be too serious, not to mention that they had almost no chance of winning against the team that Kazuki was in!
"Shikamaru, you are so cunning, I almost fell into your trap!"
Kazuki curled his lips and kicked Shikamaru.
If he had been hit by the shadow imitation technique just now, he would have been in trouble!
After all, even in later generations, even Kage-level strongmen are not immune to the shadow imitation technique!
Shikamaru scratched his head and said dejectedly, "If we had known that you were coming, we would have run away."
With their previous plan, even Sasuke would have a high probability of being defeated. Unless he is as familiar with the Nara clan's shadow imitation technique as Kazuki, he will be defeated if he is a little careless!
"Damn it! Choji! Shikamaru! How dare you plot against us!"
As the elder sister of the two, Ino immediately caught them and scolded them.
The two admitted their mistakes like children who had done something wrong, which made Kazuki's mouth twitch.
If they had known that they couldn't afford to offend Ino, why did they fight?
"Sakura, are you okay? Are you injured?"
Just when Kazuki was speechless, he suddenly found that Naruto had jumped to Sakura's side and asked about her well-being.
But Sakura was not interested in him.
"What do you care? Stay away from me, you idiot!"
"I just care about you, Sakura!"
Sakura ignored Naruto and ran to Kazuki for comfort.
"I was so scared just now. Fortunately, you came in time, otherwise I would be in danger!"
Looking at Naruto's jealous and angry expression, Kazuki found it funny and then touched Sakura's pink head under Naruto's cannibalistic gaze.
"It's okay, I will protect you."
"Uh-huh!"
"Damn Kazuki, I'm not done with you!!!"
Seeing his beloved girl seeking comfort in someone else's arms,
Kazuki felt a little sympathetic towards him, but he didn't approve of him.
A dog that licks the bootleggers won't die well!
After eliminating Shikamaru and the others, Kazuki and the others continued to move forward.
However, they didn't meet any other teams along the way.
Bored Kazuki simply took the three girls on a picnic.
One person picked up firewood, one went to pick fruits, and one went to catch fish.
Kazuki lay down and enjoyed the success of the three people's labor, feeling so happy!
However, this peace didn't last long because of Sasuke's arrival.
"Now that you are here, come out. Don't hide anymore."
After Shikamaru's lesson, Kazuki became more serious and created a shadow clone to guard against Sasuke and his friends.
So as soon as Sasuke and his friends approached, they were discovered by Kazuki.
After being discovered, Sasuke and his friends no longer hid and came out openly.
"Sasuke, are we really going to challenge Kazuki?"
Akamaru in Inuzuka Kiba's hand groaned in fear. It was obvious that Kazuki was someone they couldn't afford to offend. In addition, Kazuki's position as the top student had always been unshakable, so Inuzuka Kiba was unwilling to take action against Kazuki.
Similarly, Aburame Shino and another passerby didn't want to take action.
Sasuke snorted coldly and walked straight past without paying attention to Inuzuka Kiba's opinion.
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