HPDBC Chapter 193: Urgent Mission: Onto the Land of Sound!
Chapter 193: Urgent Mission: Onto the Land of Sound!
Chapter 193: Urgent Mission: Onto the Land of Sound!
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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
-Author notes-
Chapter 193: Urgent Mission: Onto the Land of Sound!
On the next day, Naruto received a call to attend a meeting at the Hokage's office.
Initially, he had assumed that Jiraiya had returned to the village so his presence would be required. But after being unable to sense the man's presence inside the range of his 'Divine Senses,' this thought was discarded.
When he opened the door of the room and glanced inside, he noted that Shizune was missing from her usual spot next to the Hokage.
Tsunade sat at her chair while glancing at some papers, and two men in jonin outfits stood before her.
"I have an urgent mission for you, Naruto," she told him without lifting her eyes from the papers.
Naruto closed the door and walked closer. One of the men standing there was Kakashi, who gave him a gesture of acknowledgment.
The other one, he had never seen before without the mask, but he had felt his peculiar aura before. On the day he arrived at the village...this was one of the ANBU who came to face the One-Tail Beast along with Kakashi.
His physical looks were very ordinary, other than his peculiar headband that also covered the sides of his face. He had short brown hair with dark eyes and wore the standard Jonin uniform.
"Must be a difficult one," Naruto commented.
After all, a mission that required two ANBU ninjas and him, could not be anything less than an SS rank.
Tsunade finally glanced at him and began to explain. "Two years ago, Uchiha Sasuke defected from Konoha while also killing one of his teammates in the process."
Naruto shook his head. "There is no need for that. I always have access to my supplies. I'm ready to leave whenever you want to."
Kakashi could not see any scrolls on him. Naruto was just dressed in his usual simple attire consisting of martial arts robes and sandals. At most, he could have a small storage scroll inside the robes, but not much more.
Still, this was not the time to question him about that.
"Well then... let's leave." Kakashi calculated that it would take them close to half a day to reach the border, but after that, they would need to move at a much slower pace since they had to be wary of sudden enemy attacks from all sides.
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As they were passing through the gates, the brown-haired man finally decided it was time to introduce himself at least.
"It's good to finally meet you, Naruto. My name is Yamato."
"Are you no longer in ANBU?" Naruto asked.
This seemed to surprise him a bit. "How did you know that?"
"You are not as good at hiding your presence as Kakashi. I remember you from the day you went after the Sand Demon," Naruto told him.
"Oh...that day. I see." It was true that Yamato had seen Naruto before. He had actually seen him many more times before that one. But it was not something he wanted to admit.
Or the fact that he had been chosen to keep an eye on him.
"Okay, enough talking. Let's keep a fast pace until we reach the border," Kakashi ordered. "Unfortunately, there is little more information to share, so we will maintain communication to a minimum in order to prioritize speed."
As he said this, Kakashi jumped on top of a tree and began to increase the pace while Yamato and Naruto followed behind.
'Sasuke...' There were a lot of thoughts running through his mind right now. He could not wait to see his former student...there were a few things he wanted to tell him.
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