Chapter 85 Everyone who heard the news

【the next day,

Naruto went to Ning Ye's house early in the morning, but he never thought...

"Sasuke? Why are you here!?"

Naruto looked at Sasuke with disbelief as he was eating breakfast at Ning Ye's house.

Sasuke replied calmly,

"What's my business here?"

Naruto then looked at Ning Ye again.

"Ning Ye, why is Sasuke here so early in the morning?"

Ning Ye replied,

"You're talking about Sasuke. Last night, Sasuke and I finished our mission and came back too late, so I let Sasuke stay at my place."

"Nani!!"

Naruto was horrified and pointed at the two people with a trembling finger.

"You, you... your relationship is so good?"

Sasuke replied with some pride,

"Naruto, you may not know as much about Ning Ye as I do."

"What did you say!!! Humph! Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Naruto made an expression that said, "Sasuke, I don't believe anything you say."

Then Naruto said confidently,

"Hmph, when I become Hokage, I won't be able to easily know the jobs of both of you."

Sasuke looked at Naruto strangely when he heard this.

"From what I know, you should still be a Genin now. How can you talk about becoming a Hokage when you are not even a Chunin?"

Naruto immediately became depressed again, but he quickly cheered up.

"Well, that being said, what about you, Sasuke? You're not a Genin like me, are you?"

Sasuke said lightly,

"I'm sorry, Naruto. Ning Ye and I no longer use your level system because of work."

"ha?"

Naruto obviously didn't react.

"Let me give you a simple example. I am now on the same level as those jonin, or maybe even higher than them."

"What? Impossible, absolutely impossible! Sasuke, you are already a jonin?"

Naruto didn't believe Sasuke at all.

"Humph, I'm going to go find Granny Tsunade now and ask her to assign me an S-rank mission so that I can quickly become the Hokage. Sasuke, just wait and see!"

After saying that, Naruto rushed out of Ning Ye's house. 】

[Uzumaki Naruto: Wait, Granny Tsunade, are Ning Ye and the others really equivalent to jonin? ]

[Tsunade: Ning Ye is now the leader of the Root, and his position is even higher than these elders. ]

[Jiraiya: Sasuke is now acting as Ning Ye's right-hand man. Under normal circumstances, some jonin have to obey his command.]

[Uzumaki Naruto: Eh, doesn’t that mean I’m the lowest ninja level!? ]

[Sarutobi Konohamaru: Hehehe, don't worry, Naruto-nii-san. You can take part in the Chunin Exam with us next time.]

[Kaze Festival Moeka: Well, Naruto-nii, please give me your guidance. 】

[Ise Udon: Yes, I appreciate your guidance. 】

[Uzumaki Naruto:...]

What the hell? I will have to take exams with these three little kids in the future?

【Hokage Building,

"What? A gold bar escort mission? Isn't this a C-rank mission? Isn't there a more exciting, more adventurous mission?"

Naruto complained to Tsunade.

Tsunade directly refused.

"The missions are done step by step, and this is all for your safety."

Naruto continued to complain when he saw this.

Just then a man hurried in with a document and handed it to Tsunade.

Seeing that it was an urgent report, Tsunade did not dare to neglect it and started to read it directly.

When she saw the beginning of the letter, her brows furrowed, but when she read the end, her brows relaxed a lot.

After reading the letter, Tsunade's expression was still very solemn.

Tsunade said to Kakashi and the others,

"Akatsuki has taken action."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and Naruto spoke first,

"Akatsuki? Could it be the one that Sasuke's brother joined?"

"Ah."

Kakashi narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Their target is the tailed beasts. So they have already started to capture them."

Tsunade nodded.

"Yes, the Akatsuki organization attacked the Sand Village this time. The Kazekage Gaara was almost taken away by two members of the Akatsuki organization, but fortunately our people arrived in time, otherwise the Kazekage would be in danger.

They wrote this time to alert us to the news of Akatsuki's actions and to find an opportunity to reward our rescuers."

Uzumaki Naruto breathed a sigh of relief.

"Phew, luckily Gaara is okay."

Kakashi looked out the window.

"Has Akatsuki finally started to act?"

Tsunade replied,

"No, they have already started taking action some time ago."

Sakura said,

"Master, do you mean during the Chunin Exams?"

"Yes, the leader of Takigakure asked me about the whereabouts of the participants from their village. I thought it was just a simple disappearance at first. It was not until Gaara sent a letter saying that Kaede was the Jinchūriki that I realized that the Akatsuki organization had already started to act at that time."

Sakura said,

"Could it be Uchiha Itachi and his companions?"

"No, Uchiha Itachi and his companions left the Kingdom of Wind after attacking you, so it could be someone else."

Naruto was shocked when he heard this.

"Nani! Sakura, you met Sasuke's brother! Are you hurt? Are you okay?"

"It's ok Naruto, I was only slightly injured at that time, but I recovered quickly and now I'm fine. But I was lucky at that time. I heard from Yu No that they encountered a sandstorm at the critical moment, so Itachi and his companions evacuated."

"Really? Hahaha, Sakura is really lucky."

Tsunade, who knew the truth, sighed and thought,

"Alas, it should be said that I was unlucky. If there hadn't been that sandstorm, Uchiha Itachi and his companions would have been dealt with by Ning Ye long ago.

But the one who rescued Gaara should be Ning Ye, who went to the Sand Village to rescue people without a word last night. How come he didn't inform me at all?"

In the end, Naruto followed Kakashi and the others and had to do the escort mission. 】

One day later,

Temari, who was still leisurely on her way to the Sand Village, happened to meet Kankuro and others who were on their way to Konoha Village to discuss future countermeasures with the Hokage and to deliver their rewards.

"Hmm? Kankuro? Is this your mission?"

"That's about right, sister. Since you're here, come with us."

"Oh, okay."

On the way, Kankuro also told Temari what happened in the past two days, and Temari was stunned on the spot.

What the hell? Gaara was attacked and almost taken away by Akatsuki? How come so many things happened in the few days I was away?

However, when Temari heard that someone in Konoha had rescued Gaara, she was relieved and felt that she should go along to express her gratitude.

Hokage Building,

After Tsunade read the more detailed report given by Ning Ye, she nodded and then said to Ning Ye,

"Since you are the one who saved this family, you should accept their gratitude.

But I still don't understand why you still want to hide your true identity? Theoretically, with your current strength, there are very few people who can threaten you. "

Ning Ye took off his mask and smiled.

"Don't be fooled by the surface of things, there is a lot of water involved."

After saying this, he put on his mask again and left. 】