Chapter 42

【“It seems that they have lost consciousness...” Shikamaru made a judgment on the status of the children in the cabin. 】

【At this time, two female knights dressed similarly to Timothy walked into the metal creation. The female knight in blue armor impatiently started the machine and said angrily: “How long do we have to take care of these guys!”】

【“Ah, it’s not good to be impatient.” Another female knight in green armor reminded, and then looked at the children in the machine and said coldly: “As long as we get the Grayer Stone, these children will be useless. Just bear with it.”】

【The blue-armored female knight also knew the purpose of her and others. While pulling the other handle on the machine, she said indifferently: “But we still need some troops.”】

【With these words, Shikamaru, who was observing outside, saw two flesh-colored spheres generated from the machine and slid out of the room along the pipe. After a few breaths, the spheres turned into the armored men who looked exactly the same as those seen before. 】

【Scared by the scene in front of him, Shikamaru accidentally leaked his breath. The two female knights in the metal room immediately noticed someone peeping, but when they rushed out of the room, Shikamaru's figure had disappeared. 】

["Are these armored soldiers made of those children?"]

["It feels like something was extracted from those children as raw materials. It can't be something like vitality!"]

["No wonder these armored men can still move normally after being fatally injured. It turns out that they are not human at all!"]

["It seems that the purpose of these people is to find the so-called Grayer Stone. If it's not surprising, He Yan from the caravan should be the insider."]

"It's too much. How can you treat those children with such an attitude." Hyde, who had always been calm, suddenly became very angry. He looked at Timsi, who had a gloomy face, and said apologetically: "Timsi, I want to apologize to you. I didn't expect Camilla and the others to look at the noble sacrifices made by those children in this way. I will let them reflect on it later."

Although he was in a bad mood, Timsi knew that those children voluntarily sacrificed themselves for their ideals, so he would not think that Hyde was a bad person for this reason. He shook his head and replied: "I'm fine, Lord Hyde, I understand their feelings, and I have long been prepared to sacrifice myself for the creation of an ideal town!"

[The sky gradually darkened. On the caravan side, Naruto only realized that Timsi had left until now. At the same time, he learned from He Yan that Nilugu was also missing, so Naruto immediately associated the two with leaving together. ]

[Naruto, who originally thought that the commission had been completed, only noticed that this was not the designated destination of the mission after He Yan's complaint, and now he even lost the mission target. 】

["If I had known this, I should have asked the more outstanding Sand Village." He Yan said with a look of regret, and the looked down upon Naruto couldn't stand hearing such words, so he shouted: "Really... I know!"]

["This old man is quite insightful, knowing that our Sand Village is better than Konoha."]

["Puff! The more outstanding Sand Village, sorry, I remembered something happy!"]

["In fact, this sentence is not wrong in some aspects, because Sand Village is poorer, so for the same price of the task, Sand Village can hire ninjas of higher level than Konoha."]

["Hahaha! Don't say such big truths everywhere, just say it on the sky screen, pay attention next time! ”]

[“It turns out that being poor has its advantages, lol!”]

[“Don’t let me know who you are, I’ll let you know how powerful we are in the Sand Village sooner or later!”]

[“To be honest, Naruto is so easy to deal with. I feel like I can just use provocation to throw the difficult work to him.”]

[“If it’s a battle, he would rush to do it without you asking. This is obviously the most dangerous part of the mission, but why do some people enjoy it so much!”]

[“He’s a battle maniac, there are a lot of such ninjas in the ninja world.”]

[“I don’t feel this trait in Naruto!”]

“Really, you always say bad things about me when you have nothing to do....” Naruto muttered unhappily.

[Sakura came to the valley where Naruto fell, and found the remnants of the bonfire on the grass, as well as a lot of traces of carriages and horses, so she had a definite search direction. 】

【On Naruto's side, after promising to bring Nilugu back, he finally caught up with Timothy in the fog. Naruto walked up to him and said unhappily, "Give me back the cat!"】

【Timothy didn'tThere was a response. Naruto followed his sight and saw a huge fortress stretching in front of him. Naruto looked at the huge monster in front of him with a shocked face, then looked at Timothy and asked, "Who are you..."]

["My name is Timothy. Come on, let me introduce you to Lord Hyde." Timothy was still talking to himself as usual, and walked straight to the fortress without waiting for Naruto's response. Naruto had no choice but to follow him. 】

["Hmm? Is there something wrong?"]

["No, just followed him like that?!"]

["Isn't Naruto afraid that it's an enemy trap or something!"]

["Hahaha, he probably doesn't have that idea in his mind!"]

["I can see that Naruto thinks that Timsi is not a bad guy because he saved the caravan's children, but it's different for others. Does he think that the companions of good people are necessarily good people?"]

["Naruto is really lucky to be able to grow up to the age where he can deal with the monsters. To be honest, if any normal ninja had done the outrageous things that happened to him, he would have died long ago!"]

["Naruto's team leader and master Don't you teach them seriously? That's incompetent!"]

["Hey! Why do you have to remind them? Isn't it better not to teach them? Do you want Konoha to have another Naruto who is serious, cautious and stubborn!"]

["Why... Because I belong to Konoha!"]

["No matter what is sent on the sky, it is no longer a secret, so there is no need to worry about it."]

["Yes! Everyone should believe in Naruto's brain, he can't remember these rules and regulations!"]

Kakashi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. It seems that there are still some people who understand that Naruto's character is not something that he, a team leader, can change casually.

Jiraiya, who is returning to Konoha, doesn't think there is anything wrong with Naruto's behavior. Compared with the few disciples he accepted before, he thinks Naruto's character is closer to him.

Minato Namikaze in the Death God's belly was a little embarrassed. Although he was very pleased that Naruto could develop such an optimistic personality, Naruto, if possible, it would be better to be a little more cautious.

(To be continued)