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

The first match is Sasuke and Gaara?!

Looking at the two people entering into battle on the field, Naruto suddenly stood up from his position in the stands.

Gaara is the Jinchūriki of the One-Tail, and there is a high possibility that he will transform into a tailed beast during the competition.

I thought there was still some time to prepare before defecting, but now Naruto needs to race against time!

Only Gaara himself knows when Gaara will transform into a tailed beast!

"Naruto, what's wrong?"

Noticing Naruto's strangeness, Kakashi asked curiously.

"I want to find a place where I can see the game more clearly."

This was the reason Naruto gave.

Naruto's words were a matter of course to Kakashi.

In Team 7, Naruto and Sasuke have always had a vague competition.

But usually Sasuke would implicitly regard Naruto as his opponent.

Naruto himself seemed to be completely unaware that Sasuke considered him a rival.

But this unexpected defeat in the Chunin Exam seems to have aroused Naruto's competitive spirit...

"Oh, right--"

Before Naruto anxiously tried to find a good vantage point to watch the battle and leave, he fumbled in his ninja tool bag for a while, as if he remembered something.

"This is a gift I prepared for Kakashi-sensei."

"Gift?"

Kakashi looked blankly at the object in Naruto's hand, and his eyes immediately widened!

"This, this is..."

A calm and battle-hardened jonin, and a recognized elite ninja in Konoha.

What on earth made Kakashi Hatake lose his composure like this?

A brand new collector's edition of "Intimate Paradise"! The limited edition and never-to-be-reprinted edition have proven the value of this edition of "Intimate Paradise" in the eyes of loyal readers.

The copy of "Intimate Paradise" that Naruto gave to Kakashi also comes with an autograph from the novel's author, Jiraiya!

Kakashi took "Intimate Paradise" from Naruto's hands carefully with both hands as if he was looking at a holy relic, and he didn't even dare to let his fingers touch the cover of the book too much.

Kakashi, whose attention was drawn to "Intimate Paradise", did not notice Naruto's departure at all.

After calming Kakashi down, Naruto left but did not go to "find a good position to watch the fight" as he said.

Naruto walked into the public restroom in the duel arena, entered the empty stall, and locked the stall door.

About two minutes passed.

Naruto flushed the toilet, pushed the stall door open again, and returned to the stands.

This time, it seemed like Naruto was really looking for a position with an excellent viewing angle to watch the match between Sasuke and Gaara.

"Naruto?"

Ino's voice sounded beside Naruto.

Three people from Class 10 were also watching the game in the stands, sitting together with their numbers in the same group.

Their position was much better than Naruto and Kakashi's before.

……

On the streets of Konoha, Naruto, who had disguised his appearance using the transformation technique, was observing the Hokage's office from afar.

"Sure enough, the Sealed Book is guarded by someone from the Root."

But fortunately...the Book of Seals is still in the Hokage's office.

This should be the result of the game between Danzo and the Third Generation.

Although it's tricky, it's not troublesome.

If Danzo brings the Book of Seals into the Root organization, it would be tricky and troublesome for Naruto.

The Sealed Book is forbidden knowledge that must be protected by the Hokage.

Perhaps Danzo could get permission from the Sandaime to borrow it.

But Danzo, who was not the Hokage, would never get the Third Hokage's permission to take the Book of Sealing away from the Hokage's office.

The Third Hokage's agreement to guard the "Root" Sealed Book was already the limit of intervention that Danzo could obtain.

It seems that we still have to wait until Orochimaru officially begins to implement the plan to destroy Konoha and snatch the Book of Seals in the chaos.

After making the decision, Naruto withdrew his perception and turned into the "Ichiraku Ramen" restaurant.

"welcome!"

Inside the ramen shop, the chef and manager waved his hand and greeted Naruto enthusiastically.

Naruto randomly chose a seat and sat down.

The hand-tying daughter, Acorus, who was in charge of the store's miscellaneous work, came over to greet them.

"It's a guest I haven't seen before."

Ayame looked Naruto over and confirmed that she had never seen Naruto in a ramen shop before.

She has been running Ichiraku Ramen with her father since she was a child. Thanks to the young person's memory, Ayame's impression of the customers is even deeper than her father's hand-typed ones.

"I'm not from Konoha."

Naruto replied, not showing any fear at Ayame's question.

"Are you tourists here to watch the Chunin Selection Exam?"

Acorus asked again.

Naruto nodded.

"But the game should start now..."

"There were too many people in the duel arena, and I couldn't find a good seat to watch the game, so I just came out... I didn't even have time to eat breakfast today in order to get a good seat."

"After all, the third exam hasn't been held for several years. The Chunin selection exams in previous years all stopped at the second exam."

Shouda also joined the conversation. He had run a ramen restaurant in Konoha for decades and could be said to be well-informed among ordinary people.

"So today's final can be regarded as a grand occasion that has not been seen in many years. It is normal that I can't get a seat."

"Yeah, that's a bummer."

Naruto showed a decadent mood.

"Don't be unhappy, I'll treat you to a bowl of ramen for free!"

Shouda generously stated that he would not charge Naruto for the ramen.

As he said this, his hands started to move.

As expected of someone who has devoted his entire life to studying the art of making ramen, in just a few moments, he had already prepared the meal for Naruto!

"Try our signature ramen!"

The hand placed the bowl in front of Naruto.

The bottom of the bowl touched the table, making a crisp "bang" sound.

The next second, the sound suddenly turned into a loud noise that could be heard throughout Konoha.

Bang-!

Along with the sound of the explosion came the earthquake-like sound wave vibrations caused by the explosion.

"What happened!"

He panicked and protected Acorus by his hands, blocking her.

He no longer had the energy to consider Naruto as a guest.

Naruto rushed out of Ichiraku Ramen the moment the explosion sounded.

Or, it would be more accurate to describe Naruto's departure as "disappearance".

Instead of bewilderingly hitting his hands, Naruto knew exactly what the explosion meant.

——Orochimaru’s plan to destroy Konoha has started!

……

Hokage's office, the secret room where the Sealed Book is kept.

The ninja guarding the Sealed Book was briefly distracted by the sudden explosion.

Naruto took advantage of the ninjas' distraction.

With the help of the Flying Thunder God Seal previously marked in the Book of Seals, he successfully eliminated all the members of the "Root" organization and the Anbu ninjas of Hokage who were responsible for guarding the Book of Seals.

The plan went better than expected...

Naruto sensed the large amount of chakra appearing in Konoha.

Konoha, Otogakure, Sandagakure...

And Orochimaru has reappeared...

This was the opportunity Naruto had been waiting for.

Although it is not as good as Naruto originally planned - in the original work, Tsunade succeeded as the fifth Hokage and sent all of Konoha's jonin out to regain Konoha's dignity that was scattered during the Chunin Exams, a period when Konoha's defense was the weakest.

Naruto is now content.

After all, the Sealed Book was right before his eyes.

All that's left to do next is to take the Book of Seals away and use Flying Thunder God to leave Konoha.

Naruto reached out and touched the sealed book, and a strange phenomenon occurred at this moment.

A large amount of black cipher text suddenly appeared on the sealed book!

These secret codes were fully formed in the blink of an eye, and Naruto had no time to react.

Dense secret characters crawled up Naruto's hand that touched the Book of Seals, up his entire arm - and finally covered his entire body!

Sealing technique!

The thought immediately flashed through Naruto's mind.

The next moment, Naruto felt his vision spinning.

When Naruto's vision cleared, he was no longer in the secret room of the Book of Sealing.

But in a dense forest.

Before he could figure out why he suddenly came to this unknown dense forest from the secret room.

Naruto heard other people's comments about him.

"The reverse summoning technique was successful! Just as Danzo-sama said, the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki really chose to take advantage of the chaos of the Chunin Exams to steal the Book of Sealing!"