It's better to be a rebel ninja than to be a Hokage

When Naruto opened the door to Dazna's house, Sasuke was standing at the entrance waiting for him.

"Naruto, did you notice anything unusual?"

Sasuke observed Naruto's face and clothing and determined that Naruto was not in any danger while patrolling near Dazna's residence.

Closing the door, Naruto shook his head: "No problem, I didn't find any trace of the enemy, so we should be safe for now."

After escorting Dazna home, Kakashi who fell into a coma caused Team 7 to be seriously short of combat power.

If we encounter the enemy again at this time, especially if a Jonin ninja like Zabuza appears again, we will not have enough means to deal with it.

So after Naruto's shadow clone discussed with Sasuke and Sakura, they decided that the three of them would patrol near Dazna's residence in time periods.

If you find the enemy, come back and report the situation.

Or if the person in charge of patrolling did not come back on time to take over, the remaining two people would immediately evacuate with Dazna and Kakashi.

Naruto was the first to take charge of the patrol.

The patrolling Naruto was of course a shadow clone, and the shadow clone unlocked the technique while on patrol.

The information obtained by the shadow clone was immediately synchronized to the original Naruto.

The Naruto who is returning from patrol now is naturally the real Naruto.

"I understand. I'll take turns with you from now on."

Sasuke nodded and prepared to take over Naruto's patrol duty.

Sakura ran over at this time and called to Sasuke who was about to go out: "Wait a minute, Sasuke! Kakashi-sensei has woken up, he has something to say to us!"

After hearing Sakura's message, Sasuke and Naruto looked at each other, and the three members of Team 7 walked towards the room where Kakashi was.

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"I see... your patrol and vigilance are correct."

When Team 7 gathered in front of Kakashi, Kakashi listened to Naruto telling what happened when he was unconscious.

"But I'm awake now, although I'm still too weak to be of much use. But there's no need for you to disperse your forces like this next time."

After thinking for a moment, Kakashi made a decision.

While Kakashi was unconscious, Naruto and his team were forced to conduct patrols.

Now that Kakashi has awakened, if Team 7 disperses, it will become more dangerous than if they stay together.

Kakashi had indeed consumed very little chakra due to excessive use of the Sharingan, and would be in a weak state for the next week.

But he is a Jonin after all, and during the time of recovering his body, what he can do is still incomparable to the three Genin, Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura.

Kakashi can also continue to fight if necessary.

But there is no way to rescue partners who are in danger during patrol.

Bringing Team 7 and their protector Dazna together would make it easier for Kakashi to protect them.

Therefore, concentrating combat power is the best way to deal with danger now.

"But...what if another jonin like Zabuza appears during this time?"

Sakura asked.

No matter how well she studies, she is still a young girl with insufficient practical experience and does not have a comprehensive understanding of many things.

"It's not easy to hire a renegade ninja at the jonin level. Zabuza is probably the only jonin in Cardo's hands."

As the teacher of Team 7, Kakashi patiently answered Sakura's questions: "Our next enemies will at most be Chunins like the Oni brothers, and a slightly larger number of wandering samurai."

"If the next enemy is just a Chunin, we can handle it with just the three of us." Sasuke interrupted the conversation. He looked at Kakashi who was not very energetic at the moment and said, "Kakashi, you should have a good rest. Zabuza, who needed you to take action, is now dead."

"No...I called you here to say this."

Kakashi covered his mouth and thought--

——"Zabuza may still be alive."

Sasuke and Sakura both had stunned expressions on their faces, shocked by the bombastic news that Kakashi suddenly blurted out.

"Kakashi-sensei, why do you think Zabuza is still alive?"

Naruto asked as he glanced at Sasuke and Sakura.

"Normally, the bodies of rebel ninjas would be disposed of on the spot by the rebel hunting team... And the weapon used by the masked boy to kill Zabuza was wrong..."

The small ninja tools commonly used by ninjas are the polygonal dart-shaped shuriken, the small sword-shaped kunai - and the long needle-shaped senbon.

Among these three types of ninja tools, the Senbon has the lowest lethality.

In the hands of a medical ninja, a Senbon can even be transformed from an offensive weapon into a medical device for acupuncture.

Generally speaking, the purpose of using Senbon is to control the enemy rather than to kill him.

Since the masked boy is a member of the Anbu of the Hidden Mist Village, he is responsible for hunting down the rebel ninja Momochi Zabuza.

Then both shuriken and kunai should be better choices.

But in the end he chose the Senbon, which had the lowest lethality.

Moreover, Senbon's target was Zabuza's neck.

Listening to Kakashi's statement-like tone, Sakura was the first to notice something was wrong: "Teacher Kakashi, did you find the problem from the beginning?"

Kakashi looked up at Sakura, and nodded slightly at her questioning gaze.

"That masked boy was probably Zabuza's companion, but I was just holding on at the time... He didn't choose to continue attacking us, but took Zabuza away... We were lucky."

Kakashi noticed something at the beginning, but the situation at that time was too bad to continue fighting.

That's why Kakashi took a gamble.

It seems that I am lucky.

Kakashi's eyes moved between the three members of Team 7, observing their expressions.

Upon hearing the news that Zabuza might still be alive, Sasuke and Sakura both looked worried, as if they were afraid that Zabuza would attack again when Kakashi was weak.

However, compared to Sakura's complete worry, Sasuke's worry was mixed with a hint of rational thinking.

Sasuke was probably thinking about how to respond if he were attacked by Zabuza again.

Especially if Zabuza really launches an attack later, there is a high possibility that the masked boy will appear with him.

Sakura and Sasuke's reactions were all what Kakashi expected.

Kakashi was more curious about Naruto's reaction at this moment.

Naruto showed no sign of worry and just stood quietly by.

Noticing Kakashi's gaze, Naruto raised his eyes and met his gaze.

"Naruto, aren't you worried that Zabuza will appear again?"

"Because Kakashi-sensei, you don't seem worried either."

Naruto's answer made Kakashi open his eyes wide in surprise. Sasuke and Sakura also noticed Kakashi's reaction belatedly during Naruto's words.

How perceptive.

Kakashi just thought Naruto was being intuitive.

After all, that was the impression Naruto gave him.

From questioning the number of bells during the survival drill, to saving Sakura from the hands of the ghost brothers... and now interpreting Kakashi's emotions.

Maybe Naruto can develop into a perceptive ninja in the future...

Kakashi had no idea that Naruto's intuitive and sensitive behavior in his eyes was all deliberate on his part.

The mission level of Wave Country has been changed from C-level to B-level, and may even be infinitely close to an A-level escort mission.

After the mission is completed, Kakashi will definitely report every detail to the Third Hokage, and his report will inevitably fall into Danzo's hands.

If Naruto hadn't led Kakashi astray, the mission report Kakashi submitted would definitely have been discovered by Danzo as abnormal.

But if Kakashi's thinking goes wrong.

Kakashi, who originally belonged to the Hokage faction, only needed to use a little more personal subjective thoughts to describe what Naruto did in the Land of Waves.

It would prevent Danzo from starting to doubt him.

Even if Danzo still doubts him, the mission report because Kakashi was misled by Naruto will create an image of Naruto that suits the Third Hokage's preferences.

Let the third generation continue to choose to protect Naruto.

"Teacher Kakashi, are you prepared to deal with Zabuza?"

Sakura's question brought Kakashi out of his thoughts.

"If Zabuza wasn't dead, he wouldn't have appeared during this period. I've confirmed that Zabuza is 'dead'. Even if this is a fake death, it would consume a lot of his body's functions, so he needs to rest just like me."

"Once he recovers, I will also restore my condition to normal level."

"So don't worry about Zabuza, he will still be left to me when the time comes."