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The Third Hokage remained silent, lost in thought.
Naruto and Sakura had already said their goodbyes and left, not lingering in the Hokage's office for long.
They also needed to rush to the hospital to visit the injured Sasuke.
Hiruzen Sarutobi watched Naruto's departing figure, tapped his pipe, and seemed to be weighing something.
The next moment, without hesitation, he turned his head and ordered in a deep voice, "Someone come here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a masked member of the Anbu appeared silently and knelt on one knee: "Lord Hokage."
Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression turned solemn as he ordered in a deep voice, "Make arrangements. From now on, all the Anbu personnel responsible for protecting Naruto will be replaced with Jonin-level rank personnel. Also, increase their numbers to three!"
The Anbu member was visibly taken aback upon hearing this, and hesitantly whispered a reminder: "Hokage-sama, the Anbu is currently short-handed. One part is keeping an eye on the Sunagakure delegation, and another part is still searching for Kakashi-senpai's whereabouts. The number of Jonin we can mobilize is probably..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi took a puff of his pipe and waved his hand to interrupt, "There's no need to search for Kakashi anymore! Withdraw all search personnel and select three elite Jonin from among them to immediately join Naruto Uzumaki's guard squad!"
"Yes!" The secret agent accepted the order, and in a flash, disappeared from the office.
Gazing in the direction the Anbu had departed, Hiruzen Sarutobi slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, his expression deep and complex.
……
Inside a ward at Konoha Hospital.
After leaving the Hokage Building, Naruto and Sakura ran all the way to the hospital.
At the entrance to the ward, Sasuke could be seen sitting half-upright on the bed, his right leg wrapped in bandages. He sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, seemingly meditating and cultivating his chakra.
The morning sunlight streamed through the window and fell on his stubborn profile, making the boy's eyes appear even more resolute than his brother's.
Seeing this, Sakura stopped in her tracks and exclaimed softly, "Sasuke... he's injured but still making the most of his time to train!"
Naruto stood beside Sakura, looking at Sasuke in the hospital room with a mixture of admiration and understanding: "Sasuke doesn't intend to let go of any opportunity to become stronger."
As he recalled what had happened before, he couldn't help but clench his fist.
It seems that Sasuke was quite traumatized by that guy who was impersonating Itachi last time.
He didn't rest at all in his dream last night either, insisting on training with Naruto in his dream all night long...
Naruto in the dream world was almost driven crazy by him.
This was the first time Naruto had ever seen that pervert show such a tired expression.
Naruto looked at Sasuke's retreating figure and suddenly grinned, but there was a hint of solemnity in his smile.
He muttered to himself, "Sasuke spends every minute and second getting stronger... I can't fall behind."
Immediately afterward, his eyes sharpened, and his clenched fist trembled slightly. "What's more, that damned masked man dared to infiltrate Konoha so brazenly and kidnap Kakashi-sensei! I will settle this score with him!"
Naruto had secretly made up his mind: no matter what, he would train harder, become stronger as soon as possible, and beat that guy who dared to hurt his teacher and take his parents' lives to a pulp!
……
In the divine space.
Kakashi sat in a corner with his back against a cold stone pillar, his face solemn but his expression calm.
Since Obito said he would starve him into submission, he had to carefully conserve his strength and food.
As a seasoned elite Jonin, he always carries a few ration pills in his ninja tool bag for any eventuality when he goes on a mission.
Kakashi checked the ninja tool bag and found nine soldier pills inside.
Based on a daily consumption of three pills, he can only last for three more days.
There was nothing here except for the eerie stone pillars.
The wisest thing to do is to find a way to conserve your energy.
Kakashi sighed softly: Fortunately, the information was successfully transmitted through a dream last night...
I'm sure the Third Hokage and the others will take action once they receive the news.
With preparations made, it wouldn't be so easy for Obito to do anything to Konoha again.
What's more pressing now is his own predicament.
"Perhaps... I can still use dreams tonight?"
If he could get into the audience today and meet the Third Hokage or Jiraiya, and exchange information, he might be able to find a way to leave.
Or we could enter the dream world where Minato is still alive. Minato is a master of space-time ninjutsu, so perhaps we could learn from him.
Think of this.
Kakashi adjusted his posture, trying to stretch his body against the stone pillar to conserve his energy, while closing his eyes and attempting to relax.
After an unknown amount of time, when Kakashi opened his eyes again, he found that the surrounding scenery had completely changed—
He successfully entered the dream.
However, this time, the scene around him made him frown slightly.
……
The familiar room layout came into view: a single bed, a desk and cabinet, and a door leading to the hallway outside...
All of this seemed to pull him back to his childhood years ago.
Kakashi looked down and saw that his body had returned to the appearance of someone in their teens.
That's right, this is his bedroom in the Hatake mansion when he was a child!
"So it's this dream instance..." Kakashi rubbed his temples helplessly and sighed, "Looks like I drew the worst option."
[Ding! Kakashi Hatake's emotional fluctuations have been detected! Emotional value +200!]
After saying that, he quickly perked up, put on his clothes, and went downstairs.
The mansion was quiet, except for the breakfast his father had left for him on the dining table.
Kakashi glanced at it and knew that his father, Hatake Sakumo, had gone out on a mission early in the morning again.
After finishing breakfast alone, Kakashi pushed open the door and walked out of the house.
The morning air was slightly cool, and there were only a few pedestrians hurrying along the streets.
He walked briskly, heading towards the Konoha Ninja Academy with practiced ease.
As he walked, Kakashi's mind raced, trying to figure out a way to escape.
How can I make the most of this dream tonight?
……
auditorium.
At the same time, a beam of light suddenly shone in a dimly lit part of the theater audience, dispelling the surrounding darkness.
Immediately, four familiar figures appeared out of thin air on the empty seats—it was Jiraiya, as well as Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke!
Sasuke felt a blur before his eyes, and when he came to his senses again, he was already in this mysterious audience seat.
He frowned slightly, clenched his fist with a hint of regret, and muttered to himself, "Another night of cultivation wasted..."
Naruto, sitting to the side, couldn't help but purse his lips upon hearing Sasuke's words: "Sasuke is going way too far!"
However, when Naruto turned his head and saw the white-haired figure sitting on the other side, his eyes lit up immediately, and he leaned over with a look of surprise, "Perverted Sage! Great, you're here tonight too! I was just about to talk to you about something!"
"Hmm?" Jiraiya was still looking around when he heard the familiar address. He couldn't help but twitch his forehead and looked down to see Naruto grinning as he approached him.
He looked Naruto up and down suspiciously, and snorted, "You brat, what are you up to now?"
That brat Naruto, his sudden enthusiasm can't be anything good!
Naruto, his thoughts exposed, scratched his head and chuckled dryly, "Hehe, nothing at all... I just encountered a few problems while training today, and since I happened to run into you in my dream, I thought I'd ask you for some advice!"
Jiraiya's eyes widened in surprise: "What?! I'm busy gathering intelligence all day, and I finally get to sleep and have a dream at night, and you want to drag me into lecturing you?!"
As he said this, he couldn't help but puff out his beard and glare, slamming his fist on the armrest of the chair in anger, "You brat, don't go too far!"
Naruto scoffed, "What do you mean by gathering intelligence? You're probably just going off to play around again! Going to peep at girls taking a bath!"
Jiraiya stood up in anger: "You brat, how dare you make up stories about me like that? Don't you know anything about intelligence gathering? How can you say you're just playing around when it comes to intelligence work?"
[Ding! Jiraiya's emotional fluctuations have been detected! Emotional value +500!]
Seeing that Jiraiya was embarrassed and angry, Naruto quickly waved his hand: "Okay, okay, information, information. Actually, there's just something I don't understand. I'll just ask you for a little bit!"
Sakura, standing to the side, covered her mouth and chuckled.
Sasuke watched this scene silently, nodding thoughtfully: "So... this dream can be used like this?"
In the end, Jiraiya was defeated by Naruto's relentless pursuit.
He rubbed his forehead, sighed helplessly, and said, "Sigh, alright, alright... I just can't do anything with you. So, what's the problem?"
"Great!" Naruto was thrilled that his plan had worked. He gave a fist pump, then cleared his throat and asked Jiraiya for advice on some problems he had encountered during his training that day.
Although Jiraiya looked reluctant, he patiently answered all his questions one by one.
"That's all you need to know, understand?"
Naruto quickly nodded in agreement: "Understood, understood, thank you, Perverted Sage!"
He chuckled and returned to his seat with a satisfied look on his face.
Jiraiya glared at him irritably before stretching and loosening his shoulders, which were stiff from maintaining his lecturing posture.
No sooner had he sat back down than Sasuke quietly leaned over and said, "Um... Jiraiya-sama, I actually have a few questions I'd like to ask you..."
Jiraiya: "???"
[Ding! Jiraiya's emotional fluctuations have been detected! Emotional value +500!]
……
on the screen.
Inside a classroom at the Konoha Ninja Academy.
Kakashi had barely stepped into the classroom when he saw two familiar figures sitting by the window – Obito and Rin.
"Kakashi, good morning!" As soon as Rin saw Kakashi, her previously somewhat awkward face immediately broke into a smile, and she waved excitedly at him. "Come on over, we have an empty seat here."
Kakashi waved and softly replied, "...Good morning."