How Kurama Leads Naruto Astray-Chapter 494

"Sasuke, Sakura?". Naruto, pulling Hinata, walked out from the other side of the road, a smile appearing on his face when he saw them.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen normal people.

"Naruto?". Sakura subconsciously turned her head.

Sasuke, who was talking to Neji and Shikamaru, also turned to look.

"Neji, Shikamaru, you guys are here too?". Naruto waved hello. "And Tenten, Temari, Ino, Choji, Kiba, and Shino, are you all eating ramen?".

"We just ran into each other.". Shikamaru nodded in acknowledgment.

Naruto greeted them one by one, but at the end, he frowned, looking strangely at Shino, who was at the very end of the line.

Choji, eating potato chips, looked at Naruto strangely: "What’s wrong, Naruto?".

Naruto didn’t answer, but touched his head in confusion: "It feels like... someone’s missing?".

In his memory, there should be twelve people... but there are twelve people here, so why does it feel like someone is missing?

He couldn’t figure it out.

Neji walked up to Hinata, looked her up and down very seriously, and then nodded: "Hinata, even though you and Naruto are officially dating, I think doing ’that’ sort of thing too early could cause some problems.".

Hinata’s face turned red: "N-no...".

She was still a little shy, Naruto wasn’t in a hurry, only Kazayahana Koyuki wanted to be with Naruto as soon as possible, but was a loser.

"Well, that’s good.". Neji nodded in satisfaction.

At least he doesn’t have to worry about Hiashi chasing after Naruto.

"Neji, everyone here has the right to say that, except you.". Sakura covered her mouth and giggled.

Ino nodded in agreement: "That’s right.".

Hinata was slightly stunned, not quite understanding what they meant.

And Naruto... the moment he heard those words, he opened his mouth wide and looked at Neji, full of admiration.

"What are you admiring him for?!". Neji’s face turned red, and he turned around and went back into the group. He didn’t dare to speak anymore. Until there were other scandals, his scandal would be the spice of the twelve ninja.

So, it was best to keep quiet.

Hinata was confused as Naruto pulled her away, and they stood in line behind Shino.

At the same time, he smiled and leaned close to Hinata’s ear, explaining the meaning of Sakura and Ino’s words to her.

A moment later, Hinata’s face was completely red, like a boiling teapot steaming with heat. Although shy, she still looked at Tenten with a look of admiration and envy, admiring Tenten’s courage and envying Tenten’s success.

Tenten’s face was also a little red.

She had been a little proud when it was first mentioned, but now that it had been said so many times, that delayed shyness slowly rose to her head.

"Ahem.". She coughed

once and said, "The person you said was missing should be Lee. He’s learning new body skills from Guy, and he’s doing frog jumps around Konoha thirty times to learn them.".

Guy and Lee wouldn’t be at Ichiraku Ramen right now.

Naruto suddenly understood: "No wonder I felt like someone was missing, it was Lee.".

Temari raised her hand: "Did you not notice there’s a person from the Sand Village here?". M.Ι.

Naruto was silent.

Temari’s mouth twitched: "I’m not surprised, Naruto.".

"Is that my fault?!". Naruto rolled his Byakugan. "You and Shikamaru like each other, and you come to Konoha to see him every so often. I’m used to it.".

Temari’s face turned red, and she looked at Shikamaru subconsciously. Shikamaru... he didn’t have much of an expression, he just calmly grabbed Temari’s hand.

It was a fact, was there a need to blush?

Ino noticed something was wrong, and she asked strangely: "Weren’t you gone from Konoha this past month? How do you know about Temari and Shikamaru?".

Naruto tilted his head: "Ah, didn’t those two start flirting with each other after the Konoha crush plan? After that time, I had Kurama’s ability to sense good and bad feelings, and the feelings they showed for each other were both ’like,’ so what’s there to not know.".

"Huh?". Ino looked at Temari and Shikamaru with her mouth wide open. "I thought they only got together recently!".

"And why didn’t you say so sooner!". Ino roared at Naruto.

How much gossip had she missed out on!

Naruto shrugged: "You guys didn’t ask.".

Ino clenched her fists. If she could beat Naruto, she would have given him a combo of punches.

In front, Sasuke turned his head to look at Naruto: "Naruto, is Kurama still sleeping?".

The smile on Naruto’s face faded a little, and he nodded in response: "Yeah, he’s been sleeping for more than a year now, since the end of the ninja war.".

As he spoke, he touched the back of his head: "But Kurama said he’s planning to sleep for ten or twenty years and told me not to bother him. It shouldn’t be a big problem, and even if there is a problem... it’s not my business.".

A year ago, Kurama couldn’t accept that his second-stage human form was Kaguya’s, so he shut himself in. After shutting himself in, he returned to Naruto’s inner world, declaring that he would sleep until the Boruto series and told Naruto not to bother him.

Then he lay down.

At first, Naruto thought Kurama was joking, because who sleeps for more than ten years at a time? But then he thought about Kurama’s long lifespan, and it seemed like it was really possible.

Thinking about this made Naruto feel a little...

Excited!

That was Kurama, asleep, about to not be woken up!

Naruto couldn’t wait to run into his inner world and mess with Kurama.

There wasn’t a single part of Kurama’s body that was normal, his whole body was covered with ’正’ characters written by Naruto.

Why write ’正’?

Good question, Naruto refused to answer.

In short, this year has passed, there was no Kurama rambling in his ear, no crazy person saying crazy things in his ear every day, Naruto’s life every day was wonderful.

Most importantly, without Kurama, Naruto no longer has to worry about being pointed at no matter what he does.

Sasuke agreed with Naruto’s mood at the moment: "I guess if it really goes as he says, it will be more than ten years before he wakes up. By then, the two of us will have grown to surpass him, and it won’t matter even if he throws a fit.".

Naruto’s eyes lit up: "You also want to...".

Sasuke’s mouth turned up: "Of course...".

The two looked at each other and at the same time let out a ’hehehehe’ laugh.

Kiba, so hungry that he needed Akamaru to stand up, shuddered and moved away from the two of them with a look of disgust.

Even Akamaru couldn’t laugh at that kind of laughter.

Sakura supported her forehead, looking at the two of them and shaking her head helplessly.

"Well, the world is at peace now, and there’s nothing wrong with that.". Tenten shrugged and looked at Neji as she held his arm.

Neji’s face turned red: "I hope the future will be as peaceful as ever.".

"Don’t worry, with them around, the future will change.". Shikamaru crossed his arms and smiled as he looked at Naruto and Sasuke.

Temari stood next to him and reached out to hook his arm like Tenten did. Shikamaru froze for a moment, but then completely relaxed.

Ino looked at them with some envy, and then looked at herself: on her left was Choji, eating potato chips, and on her right was Shino, who didn’t say a word.

"I want to find a handsome guy too.". Ino was unhappy.

Hinata looked at Naruto’s side profile, completely satisfied.

Outside of Konoha, two green figures were yelping ’wyyyyyy’ as they jumped around Konoha like mythical green monsters.

At the bookstore, Kakashi looked up in confusion, still holding the latest copy of "Make-Out Paradise" in his hand.

In the hospital, Jiraiya sneezed loudly: "Ah... Tsunade, let me explain, I really wasn’t peeping, and I wasn’t gathering materials. I just wanted to reminisce about the past, who knew I would be caught...".

In the Hokage’s office, Tsunade laughed as she listened to the gossip Shizune was telling her.

Far away, Konan stood in front of a grave.

She reached out and a white butterfly landed on her fingertip. She looked up at the sky.

A delicate smile appeared on her face.

"It seems our dream has come true.".