Blacksmith From Hokage

After all the props were collected, Kuroyoshi returned to the players' stage to watch the battle.

The players in the field are Temari and Shikamaru.

It was the second time that Kankuro played against Aburame Shino.

However, Kankuro chose to abstain in order to preserve his strength.

Shikamaru Temari in the third round of the match were on top.

but……

"Did Shikamaru abstain from voting?"

Looking at the arena, Shikamaru hiding behind the tree and thinking about problems with a frustrated expression, Kuroyoshi was a little curious.

In the anime, Shikamaru is also preparing to abstain.

As a result, Naruto kicked him from behind.

Now that Naruto hasn't arrived at the duel, I don't know who asked him to go to the competition.

Looking at the expression, it doesn't seem like you have changed your will.

"Kurayoshi, you are too much!"

Just as Kurayoshi was thinking about it, Naruto's voice came from behind.

Okay, don't think about it.

Kuroyoshi smiled and turned to look around. Naruto's figure happened to come out of it.

Naruto came to Kurayoshi and said angrily: "I promised to help me practice, but after throwing me to Pervy Sage, he ran away by himself!"

"I can't help it!" Kuroyoshi shrugged, looking helpless, "That's the legendary Sannin, I can't compare to him when I shoot a horse."

"That's true!"

Naruto nodded in agreement. Then, after a turn of the conversation, he believed: "Kurayoshi, I have become much stronger this month. When it falls, we will see you in the finals."

"You still have to beat Gaara first!"

Hearing Kurayoshi mentions it, Naruto remembered that his opponent in the first round was Gaara.

The conflict on the street a month ago, in the second qualifier, Gaara's invincible posture when he crushed his opponent, all made Naruto feel a lot of pressure.

Although he has become stronger this month, he is still not 100% sure to win the game.

but……

Even if you are not sure, you can't lose the momentum.

Naruto's momentum rose instantly, "Just Gaara, I will definitely win."

"Yes?"

A faint voice came from behind.

Naruto's body stiffened and turned slowly, only Gaara looked at him calmly.

However, although the expression is very calm, the bloodshot eyes are full of murderous intent, which is chilling.

Naruto shivered subconsciously.

Then he plucked up his courage and stepped forward, pointing at Gaara to provoke, "Yes, I want to be Hokage's man! How could I lose to someone else!"

"very good!"

Gaara's mouth raised slightly, and a sneer was outlined, "Only in this way, it is interesting to kill."

After speaking, he glanced at Kurayoshi, who had been watching the show, then turned and left.

Sand Shinobi's player stand is on the opposite side.

He just saw Naruto and wanted to come over and take a look to see what kind of guy this person like himself is like.

result……

Ha ha!

...

Seeing Gaara's back disappear into the darkness in the passage, Naruto's legs softened and reached the ground.

"What kind of look is that!" Naruto couldn't help but said with fear: "That hatred seems to kill everyone, and..."

"envy!"

"Eh?"

Naruto looked at Kurayoshi who suddenly interrupted, blinked, and asked, "You know that?"

Kuroyoshi smiled and said, "Gaara is like you, with a monster sealed inside."

"He's the same as me?"

Naruto was a little surprised, as if he had never thought that there was another person in the world who encountered the same thing as himself.

"Not bad." Kuroyoshi nodded, and said: "It's not just that the monster is sealed in the same body, but your experience when you were young is also very similar, but he is a bit more miserable."

Naruto didn't speak, but waited quietly.

Kuroyoshi leaned on the railing, looking up at the white clouds floating in the sky.

"He is sealed with Shouhe, because the seal is incomplete, he dare not sleep from birth, otherwise he will be taken away by Shouhe."

"Moreover, people fear the monsters in his body, fear the power, and thus fear the people who are afraid of the sealer monsters. This is the clearest point compared to you!"

"what!"

Naruto nodded and said sadly: "No one wants to approach me. They look at me with fear, fear, and hatred. No matter what I do, they can't get approval. That kind of look..."

Looking back at his childhood, Naruto couldn't help shivering when the villagers looked at him.

"You are okay!" Kuroyoshi smiled, "Although most of the villagers are afraid to hate you, but I, Iruka, Shikamaru and others recognize your existence."

"Yeah!" A smile appeared on Naruto's face. "Sometimes I can't help thinking. If you weren't here, I wouldn't know what I would be like. I can't help thinking about it every time. Everyone feels scared, that kind of me is absolutely unacceptable to me now."

"However, Gaara has taken a path that you absolutely cannot accept!" Kuroyoshi sighed: "Not only adults, children of the same age are also afraid of him, and even, because long-term inability to sleep leads to mental instability, his father Fengying thought about it. To kill him, let the only uncle who loves him die in Gaara's hands."

Naruto couldn't help shaking his hands.

He thinks in another way, if he kills Iruka himself, what will happen if he kills Kuroyoshi?

It is totally unimaginable.

"So, seeing you who are also Jinchūriki have friends and caring people, he is very jealous, so jealous that he desperately wants to kill you!"

"……call!"

Naruto was silent for a while, then let out a deep sigh of relief.

He stood up, turned around, and looked at Gaara who was back at the Sand Shinobi player's stage with firm eyes.

"I will defeat him, and I will save him from hell!"

"Really." Kuroyoshi smiled lightly, "I look forward to your performance."

At this time, there was warm applause from the audience.

The two looked down the court, Shikamaru bound Temari with a shadow and gave up.

However, although lost.

But the cheers and applause of the audience were all given to him.

He brought a wonderful intellectual showdown for everyone.

Shikamaru Temari retired, and Hayate shouted towards the players' stand: "The next game, Gaara vs. Naruto."

"It's your turn." Kuroyoshi looked at Naruto.

"Um!"

Naruto nodded and jumped straight down.

Gaara, on the other hand, is a sand instant, dissipating like a sand incarnation, and like sand gathering and forming in the field.

Seeing the two seated, Hayate nodded, "Then, the game begins."

However, neither of the two moved.

They stood five meters apart, looking at each other.

The fumigation wind blows, and a puff of sand is set off.

Naruto looked at Gaara's indifferent eyes and expression, feeling a little complicated inside.

"I heard Kuroyoshi talk about your situation."

"Um?"

"There is also a monster sealed in me."

Naruto stroked the seal on his belly, as if to confide, and as if to mutter to himself, "Being scared, hated, alienated... I have also experienced this, but..."

Naruto raised his head and looked at him firmly, "I will never become like you. I will never let go of this hard-won bondage, and I will take you from the hell I have experienced before. pull out!"

"you are--"

The sand rises like a sea wave, rushing towards Naruto with Gaara's anger.

"Say something inexplicable!"

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