Chapter 33
Compared to his own wonderful vacation, Naruto couldn't care less about Gaara's situation next to him.
He pulled his teammates along and headed straight into the depths of the dense forest.
As Naruto's group left, the Konoha sealing team followed closely behind.
Sigh… this is just how troublesome it is when a jinchūriki leaves the village.
Although it was called a dense forest, "primeval forest" described it much better.
The trees here were incredibly lush, tall, thick, and huge—comparable to the Forest of Death.
Stepping on the untouched natural ground, Naruto kept looking around, observing the environment.
Other people came here to search for special kunai and improve their rankings.
But he? He came to find the perfect spot to set up camp!
Compared to everyone else, Naruto was basically here on vacation.
Sakyo still wasn't fully on board with Naruto's plan—it was just too crazy.
But since things had already progressed this far, she stopped complaining.
If Naruto was really lying to her, she'd just go all out and snatch kunai from others to secure her rank and early graduation.
The wind rustled through the trees as the group ventured deeper, the surroundings growing quieter.
In such a massive forest, hundreds of academy students felt like nothing—even thousands of ninja troops wouldn't make it feel crowded.
Along the way, Sakura seized every chance to keep making her moves on Sakyo.
But she had no idea—all her efforts were completely blocked by Sakyo, having zero effect while only making Sakyo more and more fed up with her.
Naruto felt powerless about it. He could only mentally apologize to Sakura.
Suddenly, Hinata broke away from the group and ran toward a large tree. In just a few quick jumps, she climbed up and found a special kunai wedged between two thick branches.
Naruto yawned and said to Hinata, "Hinata, we don't need to work hard collecting these things ourselves."
"Didn't you see all those people earlier? They're our toolmen."
Sakura paused her assault on Sakyo and shook her head slightly at Naruto.
She thought he was being way too arrogant…
But after what happened earlier, she also believed Naruto really had the ability to pull off something like that.
It was a very conflicted feeling—Sakura's emotions started rising and falling uncontrollably.
Almost as if sensing her mood, Naruto turned back and gave Sakura a gentle smile. "Don't worry, Sakura. I'll protect you."
"We're bro—friends, after all!"
In Naruto's mind, Sakura was his brother—his best buddy.
But he absolutely couldn't say that out loud in front of her.
Otherwise, Sakura would probably go full dark mode on the spot~
No girl would be happy being treated like "one of the boys."
Hearing Naruto's words, Sakura let out a small sigh of relief, but still stubbornly replied: "Hmph~ I have Sasuke-kun to protect me! Right, Sasuke-kun~?"
"If danger comes, you'll protect me, won't you?"
As she spoke, Sakura reached out to grab Sasuke's arm and get closer.
Unfortunately~
Sakyo coldly glanced at Sakura, took a small step to dodge the "attack."
"I can barely protect myself."
Thinking of the insane plan Naruto had mentioned, Sakyo spoke the honest truth.
She was strong, but not strong enough to handle everyone with ease.
She could only hope that this Uzumaki Naruto—who had been showing freakish power these past few days—would bring her some surprises.
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