No one knows Hokage better than me

Arriving at Naki Island, Naruto and the others walked out of the stronghold after the staff finished stamping the scroll.

It was already dark at this time, and traveling at night was inherently dangerous. Coupled with the weather, the sea was not calm. After weighing the situation, Konoha Team 7 decided to spend the night on Naki Island and continue their journey early tomorrow morning.

Although Gaara was not afraid of danger, Kankuro was exhausted from paddling for six or seven hours continuously, so they decided to spend the night on the island.

As luck would have it, the two teams were interested in the same cave, so they met by chance.

Seeing that they were Konoha ninjas, Kankuro and Temari instinctively became alert.

Naturally, Sasuke and Sakura also tightened their nerves and were ready to respond to the enemy at any time.

Naruto saw that the Sunagakure team had no ill intentions, and he had personally seen the outstanding performance of the gourd-carrying ninjas in the preliminaries and the first round of the official competition. He couldn't help but said excitedly:

"Ah, I know you. Aren't you the ninja from Sunagakure Village who took the Chunin Exams with us? I remember you called me Shouluo, right, right?"

Naruto looked excited. He heard from Mr. Iruka that the Sunagakure team in front of him had passed the second extreme survival exercise in only 76 minutes. Looking at it up close, it was indeed extraordinary.

Temari stared at Naruto with a black line on her face and said angrily: "Gaara can't remember his name, so don't scream it, he's such an annoying brat."

"Ah, I remember, just call me Gaara. Tell me, how do you control Sunako? I really want to learn it." Naruto had an expression that made Temari feel disgusted.

With the three-star fan in front of her, Temari planned to get rid of these brats before Gaara got angry.

As a result, Gaara was not only not angry, but also felt that the hot-blooded boy with yellow hair and blue eyes in front of him was very kind, as if they had a good relationship in another world.

Gaara stopped Temari, took two steps forward, and said calmly: "I have been able to control sand since I was born, so I don't know how to teach you."

Naruto was a little disappointed and thought: "No wonder you are so strong. The ability to control sand is hereditary. I envy you so much."

Temari and Kankuro said they did not accept this statement. If it was really hereditary, why wouldn't they

Gaara smiled slightly, controlled the sand to write the word "love", and said: "As long as there is love in your heart, you will become stronger."

"Yeah" Naruto nodded wildly.

Sasuke felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere. He was afraid that the Sunagakure team would almost weaken the vigilance of the three of them first, and then take the opportunity to take action.

After all, we are still in the competition. Every time we eliminate a competitor, our probability of winning will increase by a few points.

Gaara saw Sasuke's thoughts and remembered the latter's eyes in the Chunin Exam finals, and couldn't help but said: "Your name is Uchiha Sasuke, right? I won't hurt your team."

"After all, this is a competition. If there are no competitors, the competition will be meaningless."

Although the other party said this, Sasuke would not believe it easily.

On the contrary, after hearing this, Naruto laughed heartlessly and said, "Why don't we stay here together tonight?"

Although Temari and Kankuro are older, they listen to Gaara in everything. Seeing their brother nodding, they said nothing more.

Make a bonfire and sit in a circle.

Naruto, Gaara and the others took out all the snacks they had brought and shared them together.

"This is my favorite dish, the Kankuri Gan family's molten gold yokan. Come and try it, too." Naruto handed the snacks to the hands of the three Suna ninjas like a bribe.

Temari yelled at Naruto just now, how could she have the nerve to take the other person's things now?

So in order to avoid embarrassment, she picked up a snack and started eating. When Naruto handed the molten gold yokan to her, she rejected him with her eyes.

"Temari, the quick-frozen glutinous rice balls must be boiled with hot water before you can eat them." Kankuro didn't know what Temari was thinking, but he put the raw glutinous rice balls into his mouth.

Eating uncooked noodles and being beaten by everyone's gaze, Temari's head was literally smoking, and she was so embarrassed that she exploded.

The guy in Konoha seemed to have no strength and couldn't understand his eyes at all. He thought the other party didn't see it and even placed the molten gold yokan in front of him.

Seeing that he was almost cooked, Gaara helped Temari take the molten gold yokan and said calmly: "Temari, this tastes really good, much better than raw glutinous rice balls."

There was no need to open the pot, Temari swallowed the glutinous rice balls dryly, and then yelled at Kankuro: "I just like to eat raw glutinous rice balls, what's wrong?"

Kankuro looked innocent, it was clearly Gaara who was talking about Temari, why was he being yelled at?

Sakura has a delicate mind and naturally understands the sophistication of people just now.

Not to mention how happy she was to see Temari blush so much. If it weren't for her good acting skills, she would definitely laugh like a pig now.

Gaara no longer cared about Temari and handed a bag of generously packaged snacks to Naruto: "This is the shredded camel meat, a specialty of our Sunagakure Village. You should also try it."

"Um"

Naruto said as he took the bag of snacks, then opened it and pinched some in his mouth, then handed the snacks to Sasuke and Sakura.

"It's delicious" Naruto sighed sincerely.

Gaara looked proud and asked: "Really?"

"I'm really not lying to you." Naruto nodded, inexplicably remembering what Ji Zhixing often said.

Gaara was in a good mood, and while Naruto was chewing the snacks in his mouth, he asked the former: "Why do you have such thick dark circles under your eyes?"

Gaara paused for a moment, and then said calmly: "My sleep quality is not good, and I often suffer from insomnia, so I have dark circles under my eyes."

Naruto completely believed what the other person said, took out two cartons of milk from his bag, handed one to Gaara, opened one and drank it himself.

After finishing the drink in one breath and burping, Naruto wiped the corners of his mouth with unsatisfied feelings and smiled: "Drinking a little milk before going to bed will help improve sleep."

"Thank you" Gaara said politely.

Then the two teams chatted for a while while eating. After insisting on destroying all the snacks, they fell asleep still unfinished.

Early the next morning, when Naruto and the others woke up, the Sunagakure team was no longer around.

"what"

A scream woke up Sasuke and Sakura. They suddenly woke up from their sleep and asked: "What's wrong?" "What happened?"

Naruto pointed at the place where Sunagakure team rested yesterday and was dumbfounded. Sasuke saw that the corner of the cave was empty and couldn't help but secretly regret it.

He was afraid that the Sunagakure team had a conspiracy, so he stayed up late last night. As a result, he got up later than Naruto this morning.

As for Sakura, she slept soundly than anyone else. She leaned next to Sasuke and had a shameless dream. It would be weird if she didn't oversleep.

"Damn it, they set off secretly without waking us up" Naruto puffed up his cheeks angrily.

Only then did Sasuke understand the true purpose of the Sunagakure team: to eliminate competitors without fighting.

When the staff stamped the scroll, Sasuke and the others saw the current situation of the game.

Currently, the five ninja village teams of Tobacco, Grass, Yu, Taki, and Rain have been eliminated, and there are still six teams left on the field.

According to the rules of the competition, only five teams will be allowed to enter the Hakusan Town stronghold.

In other words, as long as one team can be eliminated, the ninjas of Sunagakure Village will definitely be qualified to continue the final stage of the competition.

"How could we fall for such an obvious trick?" Sasuke gritted his teeth.

Then he said urgently: "Naruto, Sakura, let's set off quickly. We must reach Hakusan Town before the Sunagakure team."

"Okay" Naruto and Sakura said in unison.

Then Konoha Team 7 hurriedly left the cave and rushed to the beach.

In fact, Gaara originally planned to wake up Naruto and the others, but was stopped by Temari.

According to her, since Gaara wants to find the meaning of the competition, he cannot let his competitors down.

As simple as Gaara, he actually believed this. He quietly slipped out of the cave with Temari and Kankuro, and took advantage of the whitening of the east to leave Naki Island by boat.