Konoha: I Have a Gravity Training room

"You probably can't imagine why the treasure was stolen from behind by the thief? Because the thief deliberately befriended Naruto and the others from the start, using flattery to deceive them and make them think he was one of them. The three of them are still too naive and can't even distinguish between truth and lies. When dealing with the approaching thief, they weren't wary of this thief, which is why the thief succeeded."

"And that's not the most crucial part! The most crucial part is the huge problem with the three of them cooperating!"

"Regardless of right or wrong, Hinata just blindly trusts Naruto's judgment. Kiba and Naruto are competitive with each other, trying to be the first to defeat the thief during the mission. As a result, they messed everything up. Watching it gives me a headache. Why did they make me supervise this team!"

Natsuki and Shino: ...

Only Tenten empathized: "Exactly! Why did they make me supervise this team!"

Then, Tenten also shared her experience, which almost brought Neji to tears.

It seems there are other victims like him!

Shino, however, said: "The Aoba Team I'm supervising is fine. I'm just sightseeing the whole time."

Tenten and Neji immediately said with certainty: "Of course! Xiao Li is always reliable, and Runya and Megumi were trained by Natsuki. What problems could there be?"

Shino was speechless. He naturally understood this reasoning and also expressed sympathy for their experiences.

537 But there was nothing he could do. He was just lucky to be supervising Aoba Team.

Natsuki asked again: "What did Tsunade-sama say?"

Shino replied: "When I submitted the mission report, Tsunade-sama was furious and specifically called Naruto, Sakura, and the others to the Hokage Office to scold them. She even said that if they still couldn't cooperate well, they shouldn't participate in the next Chunin Exams, which scared Naruto and the others into quickly trying to make amends, but Tsunade-sama was determined to teach them a lesson."

Wow! How miserable!

Natsuki wanted to laugh, but he also knew he couldn't laugh at this time.

After all, the Fifteen Genin are friends, and laughing at friends is unkind behavior.

However, Natsuki knew things wouldn't end that easily. After some time, there would definitely be similar missions. Tsunade needed to ensure these three Genin teams had the strength to participate in the Chunin Exams.

"By the way, what about Shikamaru and Sasuke?" Neji rarely asked about these two.

After all, they were promoted to Chunin together, and he had even fought alongside Sasuke before. As for Shikamaru, he had always been involved in important village matters. It was also curious what the two of them were doing now.

Natsuki had heard some things: "It seems they formed a team with Kakashi-senpai and went on a mission."

(cbbe) As for what kind of mission, Natsuki wouldn't bother to inquire. Moreover, this team looked quite powerful. Kakashi and Shikamaru were intelligent types, Kakashi and Sasuke had strong combat power, and Shikamaru was skilled in support. It would be a piece of cake for their three-person team to complete missions; there was no need to worry at all.

Even if they encountered a special situation, it wouldn't be difficult for the three of them to escape.

After finishing their meal, Tenten and Neji had also vented their frustrations and felt much better.

Tenten said she wanted to see Natsuki's Water Giant, and Neji and Shino were also curious upon hearing this, so the four of them went to the riverbank together.

Natsuki looked at the river surface, clapped his hands, and shouted: "Water Release: Water Giant!"

The next second, a ten-meter-tall giant appeared on the water surface. After all, they were in the village, and making the giant too big could easily scare people, so ten meters was fine. But even at only ten meters, it was majestic and made people shiver just by looking at it.

"As expected of Natsuki, this jutsu is amazing!" Shino praised very directly.

"Indeed, just looking at a Water Giant like this is frightening. Its destructive power must also be very strong. It won't be easy for enemies to deal with," Neji commented.

The next second, the Water Giant punched the ground, directly creating a large pit, verifying Neji's words.

Neji and Shino both gasped, clearly having underestimated the Water Giant's strength. This punch was both fast and strong. If hit, there would definitely be no chance of survival. The key was that the punching speed was also fast, making it difficult to even dodge.

Natsuki and Tenten were standing on the giant's head at this time and shouted down to the two below: "Neji, Shino, try attacking it. I want to test the Water Giant's strength."

Upon hearing this, the two naturally didn't refuse.

Neji directly used Eight Trigrams Empty Palm. The violent air pressure struck the Water Giant's calf, but it only chipped off a small piece of the Water Giant's calf.

Shino released a swarm of insects that completely covered the Water Giant's calf. However, the Water Giant's Chakra was endless, and the insect swarm couldn't drain it all, so naturally, they couldn't destroy it.

The demonstration ended, and Tenten was still very excited.

Neji and Shino didn't know what to say, and at this moment, they were deep in thought.

After all, the gap between them and Natsuki was too large. Continuing like this wouldn't be good for their friendship. In the future, Natsuki might not feel secure leaving his back to them. This wouldn't do.

Perhaps, they should also become stronger!

A few days later, Natsuki received a notification and quickly went to the Hokage Office.

"Natsuki, you're here."

Tsunade directly handed over a scroll, "No need for pleasantries. This S-Rank mission requires you to go."

Natsuki opened the scroll and looked, immediately showing a surprised expression. This was because members of the Akatsuki had appeared again. There was intelligence indicating that two men wearing black cloaks with red clouds were frequently entering and exiting the Exchange Shop. Konoha Ambu suspected the Akatsuki had some scheme and quickly reported the news to Tsunade.

"Exchange Shop? Could it be Kakuzu and Hidan? By the way, have Kakuzu and Hidan teamed up now?"

Natsuki mused inwardly, keeping a calm expression: "Okay, I'll go."

Tsunade instructed: "Be careful. It's best not to alert them first. We still don't know what their objective is."

Natsuki nodded, then flashed away with Flying Thunder God Technique. He went home and told Tenten, prepared his things, and immediately set off without any hesitation.

He had been waiting for S-Rank missions for a long time. He wanted to quickly complete three S-Ranks and then go see the Senju's library.

As for this mission, Natsuki wasn't worried.

He just needed to go take a look and confirm that the other party was Kakuzu. At that time, he could just write down the information about Kakuzu from the original story. As for Kakuzu's teammate, if it wasn't Hidan, he wouldn't bother. Anyway, he would be killed by Kakuzu sooner or later. If it was Hidan, then he would focus on recording Hidan's immortality information, so that Asuma wouldn't die again, leaving Kurenai a widow.

Although the Third Hokage was an old man, Asuma was a good person. Any help he could give was worthwhile.

Natsuki's speed was very fast. Traveling by giant eagle, he reached the vicinity of the Exchange Shop in the Fire Country, which was that mysterious toilet, in less than a day.

He didn't go in, but stood guard outside the toilet, and quite far away, observing with the Telescope Technique.

After waiting for two days, the two individuals dressed in black with red clouds finally appeared.

One was wearing a Taki Hidden Village headband with a slash on it, wrapped and masked, and carrying a corpse. It was Kakuzu, the Akatsuki's money-making expert. The other had a slicked-back hairstyle and held a three-bladed scythe. It was Hidan, the Jashin follower.