"Wait a moment..."
Uchiha Sasuke loudly called out to Uehara Naraku.
The original confidence and arrogance on Sasuke's face gradually faded, replaced by a shadow: "Do you know Uchiha Itachi?"
"I do."
Uehara Naraku squinted his eyes and smiled: "I barely escaped from his grasp! So I have a lot of information about him. If you want that information, defeat me in the Forest of Death!"
There wasn't anything wrong with what he said.
After all, when Uehara Naraku first joined the Akatsuki, he was indeed defeated by Uchiha Itachi's Sharingan. However, at that time, Uehara Naraku was a bit lenient, and his strength was only a tenth of what it is now, if not less.
"Very well!"
Uchiha Sasuke clenched his fists, a surge of fighting spirit filling his chest, as he sneered at Uehara Naraku: "Since you're so cooperative, once I defeat you, I might spare your life."
"Then let's look forward to meeting again."
Uehara Naraku waved amicably, leaving with Kaguya Kimimaro and Haku.
Just after separating from the Seventh Class, Haku couldn't help but ask: "Uehara, why does it feel like Itachi-senpai and his brother have very different personalities..."
"Yes."
Kaguya Kimimaro nodded in agreement.
Kaguya Kimimaro almost never disagrees with anything Haku suggests.
After nodding, Kaguya Kimimaro continued: "Itachi-senpai is very modest, almost treating everyone he meets with courtesy, but why is his brother always so arrogant..."
"Because he needs a beating!"
Uehara Naraku shrugged it off, looking indifferent: "Self-proclaimed geniuses always have a bit of arrogance. Once they get beaten, they become much more docile."
Afternoon.
Two thirty.
The entrance to the Forest of Death opened.
Uehara Naraku looked up at the forest bathed in sunlight and walked in slowly: "Kimimaro, Haku, go ambush at the tower. Before I get there, don't let anyone enter the tower. It'll give you a taste of bullying the younger ones."
"Understood."
Kaguya Kimimaro and Haku nodded earnestly.
No matter what the task, Haku would carry it out seriously.
As for Kaguya Kimimaro, he would do whatever Haku asked him to do.
After the two left, Uehara Naraku rubbed his hands excitedly: "There are so many treasures here, so which mine should I dig first? Let's leave it up to destiny to decide and see which team of kiddos is the nearest!"
Destiny, activate!
Forest of Death.
Hyuga Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba, and Aburame Shino of the Eighth Class, using their strong perception abilities, set up a trap through Aburame Shino's Insect Controlling Jutsu, easily dealing with a team of enemies and collecting their Heaven and Earth Scroll.
Inuzuka Kiba looked at the defeated team of enemies, proudly saying: "We have a great advantage in survival exercises!"
"..."
Hyuga Hinata wasn't comfortable with bragging.
Although her status was high enough, due to being scolded by her father since she was young, she appeared a bit self-conscious, now just looking down at her little fingers.
Aburame Shino extended his hand, a small black bug on it trembling, causing his brows to furrow.
"Kiba, Hinata, let's head to the tower quickly!"
Aburame Shino suddenly looked up at his two teammates: "My bugs are telling me it's very dangerous to stay here, the insects in the forest are all terrified!"
"Huh, but didn't we not detect anyone else?"
Inuzuka Kiba looked up in surprise, reaching out to cuddle his small dog: "Hey, what's going on with Akamaru?"
"Woof!"
Akamaru barked nervously, curling up in Inuzuka Kiba's arms.
Hyuga Hinata looked tense, whispering: "I also feel a sense of crisis; I'll use the Byakugan to check... Byakugan·Open!"
The moment Hyuga Hinata's Byakugan vision opened, her face changed dramatically, because sitting on the tree behind them was a young ninja, unnoticed until now.
Hyuga Hinata quickly turned to look at the tree behind her!
"As expected of Konoha's Byakugan..."
A young ninja landed in front of them, holding a wild fruit, and took a bite out of boredom, greeting the three youngsters of the Eighth Class: "Good afternoon, my name is Uehara Naraku. For the next three seconds, please take care of me."
"Three seconds?"
Inuzuka Kiba looked puzzled.
The next moment, his eyes widened!
A tremendous force struck Inuzuka Kiba, sending him flying and crashing heavily into a tree!
Hyuga Hinata's Byakugan had long noticed Uehara Naraku's movements. Raising her palm, she shouted loudly, "Gentle Fist·Eight Trigrams..."
Thud!
The little Byakugan girl was also kicked away!
Aburame Shino attempted to dodge Uehara Naraku's attack, but Naraku reached out his hand, grabbed his throat, and effortlessly slammed him to the ground.
"Three seconds, just right."
Uehara Naraku discarded the half-eaten wild fruit and slowly walked over to Inuzuka Kiba, reaching out to take the Heaven and Earth Scroll from him.
Akamaru bravely jumped off Inuzuka Kiba, barking madly at Uehara Naraku, "Woof woof woof woof woof..."
"Oh, I almost forgot about you."
Uehara Naraku reached out, grabbed the little puppy Akamaru, and was about to knock it out with a punch.
"Wait!"
Inuzuka Kiba clutched his chest and said in a deep voice, "Don't hurt Akamaru. We've lost. I'll give you whatever scrolls you want!"
"No way."
Uehara Naraku punched Akamaru unconscious, casually tossing it onto Inuzuka Kiba, and then rummaged through his bag to pull out the two Heaven and Earth Scrolls, "I'm not only gonna take down your little dog, but I'm also taking your scrolls!"
After saying that, Uehara Naraku grabbed the scrolls and vanished.
The three little members of the Eighth Class exchanged bewildered and stunned looks.
After checking Akamaru's injuries, Inuzuka Kiba cursed viciously, "That bastard is so mean! Picking on Hinata, a girl, is one thing, but he didn't even spare Akamaru!"
"..."
Hyuga Hinata nodded instinctively.
Aburame Shino remained quite rational and said in a low voice, "This was to make us lose combat power directly, but at least he didn't kill us, which means we still have a chance to collect scrolls again within these five days."
"We just have to start over."
Inuzuka Kiba sighed, struggling to stand up, and said in a deep voice, "The next time we meet him, we must be careful and cautious. We can't be so powerless again!"
"...Mm."
Hyuga Hinata rubbed her small tummy and nodded timidly.
On the other side.
Uehara Naraku was in a pretty good mood. The reward for defeating the Eighth Class was much higher than the reward for defeating a Kazekage.
If it weren't for Konan and Nagato's kindness toward him, Uehara would really regret not choosing to start in Konoha more and more.
Side Mission: Collect Heaven and Earth Scrolls from Chunin Examination (1/1), Mission Completed, Reward 300 Gold Coins.
Side Mission: Defeat Inuzuka Kiba (1/1), Mission Completed, Reward Skill Hunting Rhythm.
Hunting Rhythm: Enter stealth and accelerated state, while directly perceiving the precise location of all enemies within 2 kilometers for 20 seconds, minimum Chakra consumption of 20 points, cooldown 55 seconds.
This skill is simply a must-have for wilderness survival.
Although Destiny's detection range is very high, the Chakra consumption is also very large. Even just continuously locating enemies for a few minutes consumes thousands of Chakra points, far less than Hunting Rhythm's perception.
After all, the Chakra consumption of the Hunting Rhythm skill is too low. Uehara Naraku can continuously keep Hunting Rhythm's perception on without qualms.
Not to mention that this skill also has an inherent stealth effect.
Side Mission: Defeat Akamaru (1/1), Mission Completed, Reward Summoning Pendant Magic Cat Yumi.
Summoning Contract: Summon Magic Cat Yumi, consumes 1,000 Chakra points, and can maintain Yumi's presence by consuming 1 Chakra point per second.
Side Mission: Defeat Aburame Shino (1/1), Mission Completed, Reward Skill Void Swarm.
Void Swarm: Can summon a swarm of Void Swarms, each Void Swarm consumes 40 Chakra points, cooldown 4 seconds; when the Void Swarm kills a unit, it sacrifices the corpse to summon a new Void Swarm; the Void Swarm cannot be more than 10 kilometers away from the summoner.
Uehara Naraku fell into deep thought.
If he gets provoked and goes crazy in the future, transforming into a world-destroying villain, he could directly summon a Void Swarm and attempt to kill all life in the Ninja World, just that we don't know how tough these Void Swarms are...
If ordinary ninjas could take them down with just a few punches and kicks, then that would just be amusing.
After all, no matter how many ordinary ninjas there are in the Ninja World, they can't withstand Uchiha Madara summoning meteors.
Side Mission: Defeat Hyuga Hinata (1/1), Mission Completed, Reward 100 Gold Coins.
"..."
Uehara Naraku's mind was full of question marks.
No way, this is Hyuga Hinata, the hugely popular female lead in Hokage, how can it only reward 100 Gold Coins? 100 Gold Coins is the worst reward!
Uehara Naraku couldn't help but pull up the system panel again, looking at the task regarding Hyuga Hinata. It was full of nonsensical stuff, making him not even want to look!
"Is there no decent mission?"
Uehara Naraku knocked on his forehead, sighed, and said, "Forget it, I'll go harvest other crops first!"