After walking for a while, Naruto waved his hand, and the three of them stopped together.
"It seems we've been discovered."
Walking over so swaggeringly, it would be strange if they weren't discovered, Sakura and Sasuke thought to themselves.
Sure enough, the next second, two burly men jumped out of the bushes.
One of them drew the Long Sword from his back, looked at the three little ones, and said, "Oh? Looks like one of the three-man rookie teams from Konoha. Our luck's not bad."
The other one was also smug: "The smart thing to do would be to hand over your scrolls yourselves, or don't blame us."
Sasuke turned his head to Naruto and said, "One each."
"Alright." Naruto thought, Actually, you can have them all. I'm not a kill-stealer. But since you're being so polite, then I won't be.
The Grass Ninja with the sword was displeased and said, "Very arrogant, aren't you, you two brats!"
The other one chimed in: "Don't even know how you died when the time comes!"
Naruto wanted to laugh, but he held it back. We're fighting, need to be serious.
Sasuke threw a Kunai, and Naruto followed suit.
The two Grass Ninja tilted their heads to dodge, and were about to start mocking: "Rookies are rookies, that's all they've got..."
Lightning flashed on Sasuke's body, and his left hand had already pierced through the man's chest.
Naruto disappeared from the spot, instantly appearing at the location of the Flying Thunder God Kunai, a Rasengan pressed onto the other man's head.
Actually, it wasn't necessary to go to such lengths to deal with these two, but Naruto and Sasuke both wanted to try out their new moves.
It was the first time Sasuke's Chidori had actually pierced someone, and it was also the first time Naruto's Flying Thunder God had been used in actual combat.
Anyway, these two Grass Ninja weren't good people, and their threats just now showed they wanted to kill, so there was no psychological burden in killing them.
The two Grass Ninja collapsed. Sasuke coolly shook his hand.
Naruto took out a flask of water from the scroll and threw it to Sasuke to wash his hands. Recalling his actions just now, he felt that this move, the Eye-Poking Revolving Rasengan, was indeed cool enough.
"Sakura Bro, search the bodies. I'll go ahead and see about the remaining one," Naruto said.
Sasuke also followed silently. These two weaklings were obviously the two small Chakra clusters Naruto had mentioned. He was curious how strong the big one was.
Sakura nimbly searched the bodies of the two Grass Ninja. It wasn't that Naruto wasn't considerate of her, but they were all ninja, so there was no way she'd be scared by corpses.
Moreover, Sakura was studying medicine, not some ordinary girl, so examining corpses was a small matter.
Naruto and Sasuke quickly found the hiding place of the third person.
A girl, with red hair, red eyes, glasses, and wearing a Hidden Grass Village Forehead Protector, was about Sakura's height. At this moment, she was leaning against a tree, looking at Naruto and Sasuke with fear.
Sasuke frowned: "Are you sure she's the stronger one?"
Sakura had searched the two Grass Ninja's bodies and found nothing. At this time, she also followed, looking at Naruto suspiciously.
"In terms of Chakra alone, yes, she is. It's just that, judging from her appearance, she doesn't seem to have learned any ninjutsu, or even undergone much training," Naruto explained casually.
The blonde one is so handsome, and the black-haired one behind him is even more handsome.
Sakura became alert, feeling that this woman's gaze was off, and quickly stood in front of Sasuke, watching her warily.
Karin snapped out of it, realizing this wasn't the time for such thoughts. Trembling, she held out the Earth Scroll in her hand, "This is our scroll, please don't kill me!"
Sasuke and Sakura looked at Naruto.
"She... might be related to my family," Naruto said, taking the scroll and asking directly, "Do you know about 'Uzumaki'?"
Karin was taken aback. I'm related to a Konoha ninja? But this handsome guy seemed easy to talk to, "N-no, I don't know."
"I see..." It was normal for her not to know. Since the Land of Whirlpools was destroyed, the survivors of the Uzumaki Clan had probably gone into hiding.
Those people probably didn't dare to tell their children about the Uzumaki Clan, fearing they might let something slip and bring disaster upon their families.
Thinking of this, Naruto said, "Come with me to see someone. Both your teammates are gone, you probably don't plan to continue the exam, right?"
"Ah, yes." Karin was sent to participate in the exam by a bald-headed man from the Hidden Grass Village. Karin's task was to provide treatment for her two teammates. And the way to treat them was—to let them bite her.
Now that both teammates were dead, there was no point in staying here, and she could be eaten by wild beasts at any time. It was better to go with this handsome guy. If they really were related, joining Konoha would be better than being bitten by those people in the Hidden Grass Village.
Naruto contacted Kushina through Line 9 Telephone Line and arranged to meet her at the Hokage Office. Leaving a ninja from another village here probably required the Hokage's approval.
So Naruto created a Shadow Clone.
As soon as the clone appeared, without a word, he pulled out a small disc and stuck it on his chest, with 001 written on it. No one knew where he got it.
Naruto resisted the urge to punch him, patted the clone's shoulder, and said, "Bro, this time it's serious business, can you be reliable? I'm begging you."
Number 001 patted his chest and said, "You can rest assured when I handle things."
Then, he put his hand on Karin's shoulder and disappeared.
It's because you're handling things that I'm not reassured, you idiot!
Ignoring the clone, Naruto held up the two scrolls and waved them at his two teammates, saying, "Let's go, to the Central Tower."
From the entrance to the tower was only five kilometers, and it wouldn't take long to get there if they just hurried. But they might encounter other examinees, as well as all sorts of poisonous snakes, insects, and beasts along the way. The sooner they got to the tower, the better.
...
On the other side, the clone brought Karin to the Hokage Office.
"Eh, Pervy Sage, why are you here?"
Only Jiraiya and Minato were in the office, seemingly discussing something.
"Naruto? Shouldn't you be taking the second exam? Why are you here?"
Minato looked at Karin, who hadn't reacted yet, and asked, "And who is this?"
"Could it be that you met a pretty girl during the exam and couldn't wait to bring her back to meet the parents?" Jiraiya, that old lecher, looked at Karin's red hair and said with a sudden realization, "Oh~ worthy of being father and son, the aesthetics are almost the same!"
"I'm just a Shadow Clone, the real body is still in the exam. The process is roughly like this..." Number 001 briefly summarized Karin's characteristics and said, "Let Mom confirm when she comes."
The door to the office was pushed open with a bang, and Kushina rushed in, "Where is she?"
Number 001 pulled the timid Karin in front of Kushina, "Mom, take a look, is this my long-lost sister?"
Minato: ??
Karin: ?
Jiraiya: !!
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