Chapter 62:
'Sasuke, you can't kill anyone. Remember — you absolutely cannot kill with your own hands… I don't want to be the only one left…'
Naruto's voice echoed in Sasuke's mind. Right now, what worried him most was that if Sasuke killed someone, he would be corrupted by Indra's will.
'I know… I'm not that stupid. You be careful too. Since their goal is to make the Nine-Tails go berserk, they'll definitely try to set a trap for you later…'
Sasuke's mind was very clear right now. He had long known that some people in Konoha had no concept of a bottom line.
Previously, they had skimmed their living expenses just because he was eating too comfortably. Now, to force out the Nine-Tails' power…
They probably planned to use his life to stimulate Naruto, right?
'By the way, there are quite a few red-eyed crows in this area. They are not enemies…'
Naruto couldn't directly say the red-eyed crows belonged to Uchiha Itachi, but he could at least make Sasuke less wary of them. If danger appeared, the crows could also save lives.
'Crows… When we get back, I want an explanation from you. For now, let's deal with these wolves first. You be careful too — don't let those bastards succeed!'
Sasuke clenched his fingers tightly around the kunai he had taken from his pouch. It still carried a chill.
Since Naruto had specifically mentioned it, he would trust him.
But some things were being hidden from him, and he was still angry about that!
'Okay!'
Naruto touched his ninja pouch. The total number of shuriken and kunai combined was very few. Besides the ones used for training at home, these were the ones he had replenished a few days ago after receiving their living expenses.
But right now they couldn't let the wolf pack pass, so they could only…
First, cut down branches to block the path!
When acting, you have to go all the way…
"Awooo——"
After the wolf pack was blocked by a wall of fallen branches, an angry howl came from behind the wolves.
The wolf king?
"I didn't expect to run into wolf pups today. Your Lord Uzumaki is here! Since you've come, don't even dream of leaving!"
Naruto gripped the kunai tightly in his hand, shouted once, and continued moving sideways.
Right now, he and Sasuke's goal wasn't to fight the wolf pack head-on, but to cut down trees!
"That's right. Those two brats are doing something strange?"
Behind the wolf pack, two masked Root members watched the scene ahead with confused expressions.
They had thought that at the very least the two boys would run for their lives, which would allow the prepared group on the other side to close in.
But now, after splitting up, Naruto and Sasuke were only jumping between trees. Except for the branches they chose to land on, they were cutting down all the others to block the path.
Were they worried that the wolf pack would break through and hurt the other students?
"Their chakra is probably almost exhausted. These branches won't hold for long. As long as the wolves take a detour, they won't be blocked. As expected, these two brats have no common sense about survival…"
The other person's voice sounded muffled. When his gaze landed on Naruto, it was filled with resentment.
He was the one who had previously been assigned to cause trouble for these two kids. But the matter of skimming their living expenses had been discovered by the Third Hokage, and he had already been demoted from vice-captain to ordinary member.
If he failed Lord Danzo's mission this time as well, he might be directly disposed of as a failure!
"I still feel something's off. Should we send a signal now and have the others come over too?"
As Root members, they had carried out many missions.
But with the current situation, if they tried to surround and kill the two boys separately, it seemed pointless.
"No, let's wait and see. They're almost forming a circle…"
Watching Naruto and Sasuke slowly getting closer, the two Root members' eyes gleamed.
The place where the two boys would converge should be right in front of them. With just a little manipulation, they could make Uchiha Sasuke fall into the middle of the wolf pack. At that time…
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