Hey boys, listen up!
Humans aren't such a big deal
Who needs tomorrow anyway,
so don't hide your fists
You're not old enough
to sell your dreams away to uncertainty
Hey boys, you're the only ones
who can pull the trigger in your heart
All the kids said
We're living in this senseless, ridiculous,
awesome world right at this moment,
All the kids said
Don't forget every truth or lie
All the kids said
We're way too young to die
In this empty town lined with empty faces
All the kids took off
into this windless night
Because they want to change something
Deep Cover?! A Super S Rank Mission
It could be that way...
Sure enough, Ichiraku ramen is the best for getting energized!
One more, Pops!
Coming right up!
Huh?
One more, you said, eh...?
Just when I thought you'd snuck out of your hospital room
and were doing some training...
You guys want some, too?
Pop, here's the tab.
Thanks for your business!
Jeez, I'm fine!
Naruto, even if it looks like you've healed on the surface, you're still battered.
It's not like that! I have to train and get stronger!
Yeah yeah, after you've healed completely.
Damn it! I have to keep my promise to Sakura without further delay!
Sakura... You're so pathetic.
Naruto...This is a... once in a lifetime request...
Please bring... please bring Sasuke back.
I couldn't do it! I wasn't able to stop Sasuke!
At this point, the only person who would be able to stop Sasuke...
who would be able to save him...
Is you...Naruto...
All I did...was cry... All I did was totally rely on Naruto.
I didn't do anything myself.
Naruto tried to bring back Sasuke even if it meant his life...
What can I do for Sasuke now... ?
I just have to put my life on the line and do it!
It's futile. The ropes are made of a maiden's black hair.
And the knot is a Shinobi reverse butterfly knot.
It won't be easily untied.
Give me a break.
I have to start training as soon as possible and get stronger.
Then do as the Medical Corps says and rest quietly.
Come in.
Oh...
Sorry, Sakura...
I'd like to get moving immediately if possible, but...
He has astonishing recuperative power, but overdoing it is a big no no.
I'm okay!
Be a little more patient!
Just wait a little longer! I'll keep my promise, no matter what!
No...
It's okay...
Up until now, I was totally reliant on you...
and I did nothing, so...
What's the matter, Sakura...?
Did something happen?!
No... I'm was relieved to see you doing well.
This time, I'll do my best.
Sakura...?
I heard you snuck out of the hospital.
Do you want to train that badly?
Pervy Sage...? My... apple!
Well well, things look like they're going smoothly.
Don't you worry. I'll train you hard right away.
Umm... about the training.
I was wondering if you could wait a little while longer.
Hmm?
I'm not saying I don't want to train.
But I remembered some odds and ends I need to take care of.
Oh?
Odds and ends, huh?
Come on. Please?
Come in!
Oh, I've been spotted, huh?
I'm guessing, you want to peep?
No matter how long you wait, I won't show anything.
Wh Who'd peep at an old lady?!
N -No, I take that back!
Actually, I've come to make an earnest request to you as the Hokage.
Talk.
This time, I'll do my best.
It couldn't be that Sakura's going to...
This might be...my last look...
Sakura...
How did you?
I know what you're thinking!
That there'd be nothing I could do even if I were to go...!
But I hate myself just standing here doing nothing!
Always being a hindrance to and taking advantage of everyone...
Not being able to do one single thing respectably...
It's useless to stop me!
I won't stop you...
You should do it until you're satisfied.
But... I'm going, too.
But...
It's become just the two of us...
But we're a three-man squad, right?
Yeah.
You guys...
Oops! Pervy Sage?
This person...is Jiraiya, one of the legendary Sannin?
If you, without permission,
go out past the border of the Village Hidden in the Leaves...
you know at least that you'll be sent to prison as Rogue Ninja, right?
It's no use stopping us!
I won't stop you.
You've been given a mission by Lady Hokage.
You're to investigate and report on the Land of Rice Paddies
where the Village Hidden in Sound is and where Sasuke has been taken away.
The mission is set to be carried out in a group of three.
As of now, you will work under me. You got a problem?!
It seems they're the biggest of fools.
They won't stop even if you tried.
At this rate, we'll lose two important subordinates!
You'll recognize it as a special mission
with the goal of investigating the Village Hidden in Sound, right?
I have no choice, huh...?
But I have a condition.
Bring the two back alive. Got it?
Sure, even if it costs my life.
It's too dangerous of a mission even with that Jiraiya going with them...
Sasuke...
That's the Land of Rice Paddies where the Village Hidden in the Sound is.
It's that Orochimaru's headquarters.
Take sufficient caution and proceed.
It's kind of anticlimactic...
Here I thought a bunch of Orochimaru's followers would greet us!
Is this really the Hidden Sound Village?
It seems to be a peaceful, quiet and nice land, but...
No, we still haven't entered Village Hidden in the Sound.
This is the Land of Rice Paddies.
Land of Rice Paddies?
It's a small land that's nothing special.
The feudal lord was a foolish lord who hungered for powerful military strength
in order to make the land disproportionately larger.
And then Orochimaru probably won favor with some fast talking...
Of course, Orochimaru himself wasn't thinking about making the land stronger.
He just had an ambition to make himself stronger and to carry out revenge...
That's why there's nothing in this area that points to his presence.
Really? And so, Pervy Sage...!
Don't call me Pervy Sage!
That's right... He's one of the legendary Sannin, so...
He's just a lady loving perverted Pervy Sage!
What?!
More importantly, where's the Village Hidden in the Sound?
Beats me... I don't know...
What?!
We don't know where it is, so we're going to investigate, right?
You've got a point, but...
But how do we find it?
There can't be a place where people are without food and ladies.
People gather where there's food and girls!
- Where people gather, there's news. - There goes Pervy Sage's bad habit.
He's planning to sow his wild oats under the guise of a special mission.
First off, finding a traveler's town with lots of hot ladies is the top priority!
Every land should have a traveler's town.
Lodging
This is a traveler's town... right?
Looks like nobody's living here anymore.
No, I feel the presence of people...
And the smell of face powder!
- Naruto, take it out. - Take what out?
Don't act as you don't know!
In anything one does, a war chest is necessary, right?
What! Are you after my wallet? Man!
What?! This shouldn't be it! Try jumping!
Huh?!
No! Stop!
One, two, three... Is this all you got?
That's all of it, really!
- Here... - Huh?
It's not much, but please use it.
No! Sakura, there's no need for you to give that to him!
But, it's money for gathering information, right?
Right-right. This should be enough.
You guys go on ahead to the outskirts of the post station and wait!
Wh Why?
It's too dangerous ahead from here. It's a mission for adults.
Hmm, the smell of face powder's from here.
Welcome...
A long came a sucker just begging to be parted from his money.
We should be able to pulverize him.
Food and Drink! And young women!
Even if you give the Pervy Sage money,
he's just going to sow his oats without gathering any information, anyway.
Sow his oats...?
Y Yeah... I don't really know about it, but...
You know, make out blah blah blah...
It's fine! If I can be of at least some help...
I'm always a hindrance who can't do anything, so...
It's not like that!
In the first place, if you hadn't taken the action...
I'd still be tied to the bed!
Brothel
Even in different lands, there are young women everywhere.
So? Why don't we move to the room in the back?
I want to talk more relaxed.
Nice, nice.
Then first, settle up the tab for here, okay?
What, am I already drunk on this cheap drink...?
Aren't there like three too many zeros?
You like to joke, do you?
If you value your life, leave all you've got on you here.
I see how it is.
Master Jiraiya's late.
I'm sick of waiting.
Naruto!
Who's there?!
Who're you?! Are you one of Orochimaru's followers?!
What? Was I wrong?!
Damn it.
That kid had erased his presence until he'd gotten that close.
I won't let him get away!
Don't move!
Wh Why?!
Makibishi Spikes!
Naruto!
Wh What?!
- Hold it! You jerk! - We won't let you get away!
Naruto, what's that?!
Pervy Sage? What did you do?!
I'll tell you later! Anyway, let's get out of here!
Why?!
Companions of the person just now?
If they're Orochimaru's followers, with my Shadow Clone Jutsu, I'II...
No, no! Don't get the wrong idea!
They're just bodyguards from a rip off bar!
R-Rip-off bar?!
First and foremost, this mission has to be carried out in strict secrecy!
There'd be no point if you were to use Ninja Art and stand out!
You! Carry the bags!
The one who's totally standing out is you, Pervy Sage!
You have a point.
This is wrong! Will we really reach Sasuke like this?!
When I recalled the parts one by one,
I felt as though I had understood everything
Faded words which I kept so close to me
Speechless nights, a hint of warmth
and this distant yearning for you
I live, simply repeating this cycle
Held in my two hands A droplet of time
Softly clutching forgotten memories Lost words
I'll keep these thoughts...