Rock away your existence,
Shouting that you are here…
A new journey begins now.
As we survived through the changing seasons,
we gained knowledge and strength, (just looks like a survival game)
But the forgotten memories,
of the feelings abandoned within the flows of time,
have also been lost.
When sinking down, we learned loneliness.
But now we’ve met each other, we are no longer alone.
Unveil your feelings, Those high emotions
Those tears will change your fate.
Pound your heartbeat against the darkness,
We’re sure to meet, Under the same flag of pain
The Missed Target
Naruto, Choji, gather all of them!
I know!
Yeah!
Shadow Clone Jutsu!
Pick it up! Pick it up!
Over here!
Over there!
Don’t lose any of them!
Yeah!
Pick it up!
Over there!
Go over there!
Hey that’s mine!
Partial Expansion Jutsu!
Arm!
Where did that bird go?
Damn it! We lost it!
Over there!
Just a little more…
This is a mission believe it or not!
This is something very important…
I beg you… Please let go of it!
We have trouble, Lady Tsunade!
What is it?!
Those papers scattered throughout the village,
are the plans that were stolen from the carpenter boss.
Currently, Shikamaru and his team have finished collecting all the plans,
and rechecking them.
But it seems like they have collected all of them.
What is the meaning of this?
I have no idea…
Lady Tsunade! We have a report
from those who headed to the Hidden Waterfall Village!
Was there movement?!
Actually, it turns out that it was only a large-scale practice run!
They are saying that they see no signs of an invasion of Leaf Village.
What?!
It seems as though they have already finished their practice run,
and the Hidden Waterfall Village is back to normal.
So Genno and Hidden Waterfall Village have nothing to do with each other…?
Disengage the S-Level Emergency Security Alert!
Order all forces back to village!
Yes!
What in the world was that man plotting?!
Lady Tsunade!
What now?!
The body that the Anbu Black-Ops gathered…
It's…
It’s not Genno…?
What does that mean?
But I thought that Old Man Genno was cornered by the Anbu Black Ops
and blew himself up.
He traded places with a corpse that he had ready right before the explosion…
That’s a huge possibility!
We’re in the middle of confirming that!
Their appearances look similar, but small details bring up questions!
Most likely…it’s another man.
Are you telling me he fooled the Anbu Black Ops!
That means, Genno is…
He’s still alive!
Damn! What is that man up to…?
Over there. Behind that tree.
It’s here!
I see… The Old Man Genno used this hole to get away.
He camouflaged it well.
If it wasn’t for the Byakugan, we would have missed it.
Not only that…
This hole is made so that it closes naturally by the weight of the earth.
If we came here another day later,
it would have been extremely difficult to find,
even with the Byakugan.
And to prove that,
you can barely see any sign of an entrance to this hole.
Akamaru, can you follow his scent?
He’s even got getting rid of his smell covered…
Where could he have gone?
Our conclusion is that…
Old Man Genno is still alive
and there's a possibility that he's hiding in Leaf Village.
He got cornered, and faked his own suicide,
and stole the plans so that he could…
make all of us turn our eyes outside of the village.
He could have already known about the big practice run
in the Hidden Waterfall Village and used that to his advantage.
B-But the Anbu Black Ops started to mark Genno because
they happened to find out that his letter of recommendation was a fake, right?
Was it a coincident…?
Isn’t it strange that a real letter of recommendation was
at the house of the carpenter boss he worked for?
Then what is his true goal?
If we knew the answer to that, we wouldn’t be struggling so much…
Shikamaru!
The only thing I can say now is…
The number of Shinobi in this village currently is at its lowest ever.
We only have a bare minimum of us here!
And most of their eyes are looking outside of the village.
Even if Genno was walking around as he was humming on the streets,
no one would suspect anything of him.
Did he set a trap in the village?!
Could the fact that that he scattered the plans around mean that
he’s already done setting his trap?
No, this is just a diversion to turn our eyes.
We can’t leave this place without any security,
but we have few people…
Then where do we look?
The Academy.
The Academy?
Why the Academy out of all the important facilities in the village?
Out of all the sites Genno worked on,
only the Academy’s repair plan was stolen.
It’s hard to think that it was a coincidence
for it to disappear at this timing.
Byakugan!
Well?
There’s nothing in this room.
Then…move ahead to the next room.
Byakugan!
Seems like there’s nothing in this area
Can’t you look at the entire campus at once?
And we have Hinata too, you know?
That would be possible if we know what the target was,
but we’re looking for something suspicious.
We’ll have to take the basic route.
Hey! Wait a minute!
You’re in the way!
And there’s too many… people here.
Like I said!
All I want is for you guys to come outside even just for a moment!
Our teacher told us to study on our own in the classroom for today!
We can’t go out of the room!
There are no teachers today!
So nobody would know if you left the class!
We used to skip class when lruka Sensei wasn’t looking
when we were younger.
Oh! A delinquent!
– Delinquent! – Delinquent!
We have to check this area!
Besides, all the teachers have gone on a mission to protect the village.
Why are you guys still here?
They must be useless.
What did you say?! We’re also protecting the village too…
Naruto. You’re wasting time
Let’s crush them!
What?
The Expansion Jutsu!
We’re going to tell on you to our teacher!
Yeah, do as you please!
Idiot!
Let’s practice our Kunai Knives.
Sounds good.
It doesn’t seem like there’s anything suspicious…
Hurry up!
Wait!
Come on. I’m begging you to leave!
Naruto!
Where did those kids from the next classroom go?
I don’t know…
They were going to practice their Kunai Knives.
That’s what they were saying.
Oh, yeah, yeah. That’s right.
They’re practicing their Kunai Knives in a place like that?
I’ll do next.
Ok. Do your best!
Do it!
Yeah!
Oh, so close.
They really are practicing…
When we were students at the Academy,
we used to skip class and come here.
The teacher’s couldn’t find us here, it really was great!
I read comic books, and took naps…
That’s right, I ate potato chips.
Well, that’s no good!
You can learn something from those kids.
Even if the teachers doesn’t see you,
you should still commit to your practice!
They’re true models of students!
Wonderful! I’m excited! I’m moved!
I’d like to take class with them!
We wouldn’t want to interrupt. Let’s go.
Yeah…
Naruto…
What?
Did they have that before?
I’m going to get this one!
Ouch!
I had it!
It seems pretty new.
Genno could have made it…
I-I’m going to get Neji or Hinata!
You guys get out of the way.
You’re getting in the way of our practice.
O-Oh I’m sorry!
I’m next!
Byakugan!
It’s a Paper Bomb! lt’s hidden behind the wall!
What, inside the wall?!
It’s completely hidden inside the wall.
But then how do you detonate it…?
Oh, there she is.
Hey! Hinata!
Naruto.
Naruto…
Hinata, go out with me!
Wh-What are you saying at a time like this?!
Huh?
I-I don't know… Go out with you?
You won’t?
I-I’m not necessarily saying no…
Then I’ll just ask Neji then. See you later!
What?
There’s a thin thread attached to the Paper Bomb.
A thread?
It’s probably a special thread used to ignite it.
He's probably is going to detonate it from a distance…
Where is that thread connected to?!
It goes around the classroom and…
It goes outside… towards the training hall…?
There’s a log standing…
This… Could it be?!
Neji! Come with me for a second!
What is it! We’re in the middle of something…
Actually there’s a strange log standing in the training hall over there.
We wanted him to check it.
That’s the triggering device!
Huh?
Try loosening up your shoulders and then throw it.
Shut up.
All right, I’m up next.
There should be a target on the log.
Yeah, there is.
The center of the target is the triggering device!
When a Kunai Knife hits the center…
the device will activate…
And the Academy will explode!
So close!
If you focus, you’ll hit the target.
All right, I’m going to hit this time.
Focus…
And target!
Don’t let anybody hit the target!
All right, I hit the target!
You did it!
Oh?
The tip is cracked. You always have to take care of your tools.
Damn, I thought that I hit the target.
This way! Behind there!
All right… I’m going to hit it for sure!
That’s the spirit!
This looks good!
This time I’m going to hit it!
Bushy Brow!
Stop it, Lee!
What?
Oh, did I scare you?
I’m sorry. I just dropped my Ninja tool… Here.
Bushy Brow, you did it!
I had the target!
Why did you get in the way?!
Be quiet! lf that had hit the target,
the Academy would have exploded!
What…?
For real?
A triggering device in here…huh?
When something hits the center, the Academy explodes.
So there hasn’t been anyone who’s been able to hit the center.
We really were lucky.
We were lucky, huh?
So who started to practice throwing their Kunai-Knife here?
Who? Who was it?
Somebody told us that we'd be praised
if we got better at Kunai-Knife throwing in secret from the teachers.
"in secret from from the teachers…"
Whoever must’ve used Genjutsu to make them think that.
It must be Genno.
What happened?
W-Well… There's more than one thread coming out of the triggering device.
Is that true Hinata?
Yeah…
Byakugan!
True. There's not just one…two…no, three?
Where are they connected to?
Outside of the academy… No!
Wait! It’s hard to see from here.
U-Umm… M-Me too…
Byakugan!
I found one.
I found one, too
Tell us the location.
No, wait. The thread splits again.
Over here too…
Th-This is…
No…way…
It can't be…
Hey! What’s the matter!
There’s Paper Bombs planted all over the village!
It’s not just 10 or 20…
It's countless numbers of them!
What?!
The Village Hidden in the Leaves is a nest of Paper Bombs!
On a checkerboard night
when the stardust’s are rapidly dancing
I just can’t come out and say, “Ah, I don’t want to go home yet.”
Suggestively
Spat at that beloved face!! Mister Cricket
The Trombone gradually going off-key
While on the sweaty center stage does bug me.
But more importantly, the fuzziness I feel in my undeveloped chest,
I wonder if it’s from that coke I just drank?
– Now, the Academy is safe. – All right!
It’s too early to feel relieved.
If he realizes the Paper Bombs are being deactivated,
he might blow up the village by a different method.
Then we have to evacuate everyone quickly!
– Then he'll know what we're doing! – That means…
Pretend we don’t notice anything and get rid of the Paper Bombs.
Everyone, get to it at once!
– Yeah! – Yes.
Next time: “The Powerful Helper”