Chapter 308 Farewell

Then Naruto looked at Shion again. There was a hint of reluctance in Shion's eyes, but she still nodded slightly.

Naruto continued, "Then we should say goodbye. There are other places waiting for us to go. Thank you for the hospitality of the Demon Kingdom during this period." After that, he turned and looked at Sasuke, Sakura and Kimimaro, signaling everyone to get ready to leave.

At this moment, the thoughtful Shion seemed to see through the decision Naruto had already made in his heart.

She was extremely anxious, and took a big step forward in a hurry, with a look of reluctance on her face, and said hurriedly: "Naruto, Sakura, are you planning to go back? Why are you in such a hurry? It's so nice here, and we haven't gotten to know each other well enough. Can't you stay for two more days?"

After saying this, her clear eyes were filled with hope, and she just stared at Naruto intently, as if as long as Naruto nodded in agreement, she would instantly break into the brightest smile.

Naruto scratched his head, a trace of helplessness on his face. He looked at Sakura beside him, then looked at Shion's expectant eyes, and said softly: "Shion, we also want to stay a few more days, but there are still many things to do."

Sakura also nodded in agreement, but she still smiled and said to Shion: "But next time we have a chance, we will definitely come to play with you again. This experience is really unforgettable."

The hope in Shion's eyes dimmed a little, but she still pulled herself together, lowered her head slightly, and muttered softly: "Well, I knew you couldn't let go of the things in the village."

Naruto looked at Shion's lost look, walked up to her, patted her on the shoulder and said, "Don't be sad, we will come to see you again when we have time."

After hearing this, Shion slowly raised her head, a hint of anticipation rekindled in her eyes, and the corners of her mouth slightly raised: "Really? Then you are not allowed to regret it, I will always wait for you."

"Of course I won't regret it. Let's make a pinky promise." Naruto stretched out his little finger. Seeing this, Shion burst into laughter and also stretched out her little finger to hold Naruto's.

Sakura watched this scene from the side and couldn't help but smile knowingly. This warm and slightly parting scene seemed to be frozen in time at that moment.

In this seemingly peaceful atmosphere, suddenly, a rapid and sharp bird cry came from the distant sky, which broke the tranquility of the moment and echoed in the air.

Hearing the sound, Sakura subconsciously raised her head and looked towards the sky, only to see a messenger eagle flapping its wings and flying back and forth in the air. Its posture was agile yet revealed a bit of urgency, and its sharp eyes seemed to be urging something.

Sakura quickly stretched out her right hand towards the messaging hawk, her arm stretched out steadily.

Almost at the same moment, the messenger eagle seemed to know Sakura's intention. It flapped its wings violently and flew straight towards Sakura's arm, landing steadily on it. From time to time, it gently scratched Sakura's arm with its claws and made a few low calls.

Then, Sakura skillfully removed the message tied to the sharp claws of the communication hawk, unfolded the note, and read it attentively.

Naruto watched Sakura's series of actions from the side, his heart full of confusion, and asked: "Sakura, what's wrong? What news does this communication eagle bring?"

Sakura frowned slightly. After she read the content of the message carefully, she raised her head and said to Naruto with a serious face, "This is the news from Lady Tsunade. Kakashi told her that I am with you. She specifically instructed us to take time to go to the Fire Temple to check the situation on the way back to the village."

"Recently, the area has been a bit unsettled. The letter said that tomb robbers have become particularly rampant. Almost all the nearby cemeteries have not escaped their clutches. There are traces of thefts everywhere."

Sakura said as she frowned with a confused look on her face.

"But the strange thing is that those tomb robbers turned the cemetery upside down, but none of the burial objects were lost."

"This is obviously unreasonable. They went to such great lengths to do this. It seems like they are not after money or property."

"I think maybe they are looking for something special in the cemetery, but I don't know what it is that makes them go to those cemeteries so eagerly and frequently."

Sakura looked at Naruto, her eyes full of worry. After all, this matter had an unusual and weird aura.

When Naruto heard this, the relaxed expression on his face instantly disappeared, replaced by solemnity and seriousness.

He slowly loosened his hand from Shion, looked at Shion with a bit of apology in his eyes, and said, "Then we really have to go. You must take care of yourself by yourself. When we finish dealing with things here, we will come to see you again if we have the chance."

Ziyuan's eyes were full of reluctance. She opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something to keep him, but in the end she swallowed the words back and just nodded gently.

Shion just stood there quietly, staring at Naruto's receding back without blinking, her eyes seemed filled with inextricable attachment and reluctance.

Her lips trembled slightly, as if she wanted to call Naruto, but she was afraid of delaying his work, so she could only swallow her words of pleas to stay.

Her feet seemed to have taken root, firmly planted in the ground. She was reluctant to move even a little, hoping to see the gradually blurry figure a few more times.

Every time she blinked, she was afraid that Naruto would disappear completely in the next second. The reluctance in her heart was like a silk thread, entangled in her heart, making her feel that her breathing became a little heavy.

Until Naruto's back completely disappeared into the distance and could no longer be seen, Shion's gaze still stubbornly remained in that direction, unwilling to move away for a long time, as if as long as she kept looking, Naruto would appear in front of her again.

At the border of the Fire Nation, there is a village that was originally peaceful and harmonious, but now it seems to be trapped in a nightmare.

Billowing black smoke was rising from every corner of the village, ruthlessly obscuring the once blue sky.

In the village, the surviving villagers were running among the ruins with anxious and tired faces. They did not even bother to wipe the soot and sweat off their faces, and tried their best to save those companions who still had a glimmer of life and had not yet died.

The collapsed houses, broken fences, and the scorching marks everywhere, this dilapidated scene all indicate that the village has just suffered a fierce attack from some extremely powerful beings, and this disaster is like the claws of the devil, ruthlessly tearing apart their once stable lives.