Chapter 37
"Waaaaah~"
Accompanied by Iwa-kun's gradually fading cries in the darkness, Naruto burst into laughter—extremely unrestrained.
Where did this little thief come from, daring to target him?
Since that was the case, Naruto didn't hold back either.
In just a few moves, he almost took even the necklace from his mom.
At that moment, Sakyo poked her head out from the cave, looking at Naruto who was acting crazy.
"It's going to get cold soon."
Naruto seemed to hear something. He turned back, saw it was Sakyo, and asked: "Little Sasuke, what's up?"
Sakyo stepped in front of him, lowering her voice and gritting her teeth: "Don't give me weird nicknames in front of other people."
Naruto also whispered back: "Got it, Little Sakyo. So that means… in private I can call you 'wifey' now?"
Seeing Naruto being cheeky again, Sakyo felt annoyed for a second before letting it go.
She'd pretty much become immune to this side of him.
"I meant the food's getting cold."
Sakyo reminded him, then decisively turned and walked back inside.
Naruto chuckled happily. As expected, his Little Sakyo was the caring type—worried he'd eat cold food and get a stomachache.
Even though on the surface she always acted like she couldn't stand him, got mad at everything, and kept her distance… she was still so thoughtful~
Tap~
A figure flashed rapidly between the branches. In a brief glimpse, Naruto only caught that it was someone dressed as Konoha ANBU.
"Konoha ANBU? What are they doing here?"
Naruto glanced toward where the figure disappeared, puzzled.
Normally, he knew there were ANBU around him, but those stayed hidden—he couldn't spot them.
This one clearly didn't have Naruto as the target.
If he remembered correctly… the direction they were heading was toward the Land of Rain.
"Ding~ Mission 2 issued: Intercept the Root ninja heading to the Land of Rain.
Reward: Lightning-Style Chakra Activation + Lightning-Style Chakra Mastery."
Hearing the system, Naruto subconsciously blurted out: "Holy crap, that guy's from Root!"
No matter what, the grudge between Naruto and Root was real.
Even without the system issuing a mission, if Naruto knew he'd run into Root members in the middle of nowhere like this, he'd definitely cause trouble for them.
But first, he needed to shake off the ANBU monitoring him—and make sure no one noticed.
Naruto pretended he hadn't seen anything and calmly returned to the cave.
Once inside, he spoke directly to Sakyo: "Sasuke, I have something to take care of. I need your help."
Seeing Naruto unusually serious, Sakyo didn't waste time: "Sure. What do you need?"
Naruto quietly glanced outside the cave and said: "I need you to help me cover for the ANBU surveillance."
Without hesitation, Naruto formed hand seals: "Transformation Technique!"
Poof~
A puff of white smoke, and Naruto transformed… into Sakyo—still the female version, without any male disguise!!!
Inside the cave, Hinata and Sakura stared in shock: "Huh???"
Sakura sucked in a cold breath: "Wh… what??"
"A girl version of Sasuke-kun?"
"Uzumaki Naruto! Damn it! Stop doing these weird things!"
Angry, Sakura charged at Naruto and headbutted him.
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