The next day.
Naruto was urgently summoned by Kakashi early in the morning, and the Team 7 team regrouped to prepare for the mission.
Under the big green tree where they agreed to gather, Sasuke was the first to arrive, with a cold face and strange eyes, as if he was troubled by something. The moment he saw Naruto, he just turned his head and said nothing.
Naruto didn't feel anything at all. He found a place on the grass to sit and rest, looking calm.
"Sass, I advise you to sit down and wait. Kakashi will definitely find an annoying reason to be late."
Upon hearing this, Sasuke glanced at Naruto expressionlessly.
"idiot."
Ten minutes later, Sasuke sat down on the grass.
Twenty minutes later, the two of them were lying some distance apart, as neatly as two corpses.
"Sorry!!! I...I'm late."
Haruno Sakura ran over in a panic, her short pink hair rising and falling, her eyes closed and she hurriedly bowed to apologize.
"A group of patients suddenly came to the hospital and were left to help."
Opening his eyes, he suddenly saw two people lying on the ground together.
"Eh?"
Ten minutes later, Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura were all lying on the grass.
Naruto tilted his head slightly, just in time to meet Sakura's eyes, and couldn't help but smile awkwardly at each other.
Sakura still looks the same, with her short hair tied up casually, looking much more capable. The exposed arms are slender and white, the chest is slightly bulging, and the smile is confident and gentle.
Sakura seems to have grown up a lot in the medical department, losing her past naivety and panic.
"Naruto, you seem to have grown a little taller?"
"It should be so." Naruto touched the top of his head with his hand, "It's probably because he eats vegetables, and his appetite has obviously increased."
"But Sakura, your skin seems to have gotten better."
"Eh? Is there such a thing?"
"Yeah, if you don't believe me, ask Sasuke."
"boring."
"Well, you came quite early, it seems you are not late." Kakashi suddenly appeared in the tree, startling the three people below.
"Kakashi-sensei, would you like to see what time it is?" Sakura was helpless.
"Obviously you are late!" Naruto complained.
"35 minutes." Sasuke said with disdain.
Kakashi jumped down from the tree, smiled casually, stared into a dead fish eye, touched the back of his head and said.
"There was a black cat running past me just now, so I..."
...
"This mission is over here. I have to go back to the Hokage Building to submit the mission report." Kakashi said lazily, "The performance of the three of them is pretty good, and Sakura is making rapid progress."
"Anyway, let's disband. There should be new tasks tomorrow. After the Fifth Generation recently took office, all the tasks accumulated must be completed. The situation of other classes is similar to ours."
"Yes!" The three of them responded for a long time, and then they all laughed.
Kakashi scratched his head and smiled. Class 7 was the first ninja class he had led, and it might also be the last one. Before leaving, Kakashi's peripheral vision quickly passed over Sasuke's body.
During this mission, Sasuke's behavior was a little abnormal and he was too impatient.
The four of them dispersed in their own directions, Sakura had to go back to the medical department, Sasuke trained, Kakashi went to work, and Naruto went home and lay down.
Konoha Street.
After wandering aimlessly, he entered the abandoned building with ease.
But after he searched around, he found that the building was already empty.
Tayuya seems to be no longer hiding here, and all traces of him have disappeared. It was dusk, and the last ray of light was swallowed up.
In an instant, the abandoned building went dark
Naruto stood in that corner and watched for a while, mentally guessing that Tayuya had probably joined the other three of the four sound ninjas. In the morning, Sasuke's eyes looked wrong and he was probably going to defect.
Go downstairs and leave.
I found a random place to fill my stomach, but I really didn’t want to cook by myself. I have to continue my tasks tomorrow, so I’d better go to bed early and get up early.
The next day, Naruto arrived at yesterday's meeting place on time, but received a short notice from Kakashi.
Task canceled.
"Why was it cancelled?" Naruto asked.
"I don't know." Sakura said helplessly, "Kakashi-sensei only said that the mission was cancelled. It seemed that there was something important. He asked me to remember to inform you, and then left without saying anything."
"Maybe it's a more dangerous S-class mission."
"Then let's... break up." Naruto yawned and waved his hands and said, "I happened to wake up in the middle of the night yesterday and didn't sleep well, so I went back to catch up on my sleep."
"Yeah." Sasuke turned and left.
"Goodbye, Sakura." Naruto gestured to leave, but was held back by Sakura.
"Naruto, can you do me a favor?" she said.
Konoha Hospital, corridor.
The white walls reflect a large halo of light, and the strong smell of disinfectant lingers on the tip of the nose. The corridor was wet, and it had obviously just been mopped. There were warning signs at both ends, such as "Beware of slipping."
"I'm really sorry, the medical department is really overwhelmed." Sakura couldn't hide her guilt, "If I have to rush a task tomorrow, I might be late again."
"It's just sorting out the information sheet, a small matter." Naruto glanced at the pile of paper on the desk in his office.
He wanted to say that maybe he wouldn't have to carry out the mission tomorrow. Although a team led by a non-guiding Jonin still needs to accept simple C-level missions, the mission cannot be carried out if the team is short of members.
"Thank you, Naruto." Sakura said a little cautiously.
"Sakura, come quickly!!" A head popped up from the end of the department corridor. A ninja wearing a medical department uniform waved anxiously, "Come here and help!"
"Yes, senior!" Sakura hurriedly ran over, her white legs swaying past, and turned around and shouted to Naruto, "I'll treat you to barbecue when you're done."
"oh."
He walked into the empty office, pulled out a chair and started sorting out the information one by one. These were all dropped during the collapse of Konoha. There were too many patients and there was no time to fill in the information.
It was actually not tiring to sort out, but the procedure was a bit cumbersome. Sakura had already told him about these in advance. Naruto followed the established procedure and time flew by.
At noon, Sakura walked into the office with her bones cracking while stretching, and sat down opposite Naruto with a tired look on her face. I picked up a large pile of information and started sorting it out.
"The medical department is really busy, so I'm sorry to trouble you." Sakura said with a hint of guilt, "I originally wanted to call Ino, but she went on a mission today."
When Naruto heard Sakura mention Ino, he couldn't help but think of the scene the night before, and couldn't help but look helpless. I didn't mention Temari's matter if I knew it earlier, but I didn't explain it clearly until the end.
Ino angrily went back to the store, and the matter was settled.
