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
Wow. There's a lot of new houses being built around here.
I hear it's been a bit of a construction boom recently.
Seems like a lot of the construction sites are short handed
and they're hiring carpenters from people outside of the country, too.
Even I know that.
Oh, Old Man Genno!
Oh... Naruto.
Who is he?
He's a carpenter from the Land of Sand.
He likes ramen, and we bump into each other at Ichiraku.
How about we go there after this?
Yeah!
Here you go, thanks for waiting!
Thank you for this meal!
Thank you.
Ichiraku's ramen is the best, after all!
Isn't it so? Isn't it so?
I'm sorry, but can I have some water...?
Sure!
Thank you for this meal!
That was fast!
Are you full already?
No... Not really...
Then, I'll give you mine.
Lucky!
Hey, Naruto!
The two of them are always like this.
They act as if they're really grandfather and grandson.
Oh come on, Sakura, stop being so harsh.
There're lots of other people who complain. Like Grandma Tsunade.
And there's Shino, Ino, Kiba, and Kakashi Sensei...
But I guess you're the harshest, Sakura.
Come on, Naruto!
That's only because you're always at fault!
Now, now, Sakura calm down. You hair will turn gray... Ouch!
- Looks like it's time - Just leave it and eat up already!
- I got to business... - But I got nothing left!
- Hey, hey. - Help me, Old Man Genno!
Crisis The Hidden Leaf 11 Gather
Damn!
What is it? Fog?
Well, I guess it doesn't matter...
Lady Tsunade.
I'm sorry to bother you during your sleep,
but the man that the Anbu Black Ops have had marked...
Has made his move?
He is currently on the run.
On the run?
Are you telling me even with the array of the Anbu Black Ops,
we still can't catch him?
Who is he?
You must know his identity by now.
There was nobody in the recent Bingo Book
that fit his description,
but when we checked an older Bingo Book...
Genno?
Genno the Trapper?
You do know of him?
He should be quite old by now.
I hadn't heard his name in a while,
so I thought that he had already retired, but...
I never would have thought that he was infiltrating the Leaf Village.
I guess I can't fight against old age.
No... I guess I should say this is just what I expect of the Leaf Anbu Black Ops.
We want you to hand over the thing you took from the master carpenter' house.
You think I would still be holding onto that thing?
I've had a long life as a Shinobi...
I guess it wouldn't be so bad to close the curtain at this time.
Though I regret that I won't be able to see
the end of the Leaf Village with my own eyes!
Paper Bombs!
Retreat!
Are you saying that someone
is planning a huge attack against the Leaf Village?!
That would be the only reason anyone would want those plans
besides carpentry purposes.
Genno's last words suggest that as well.
It's going to take some time to decipher those plans,
but it's too dangerous to depend on that.
The enemy may attack us any minute.
Activate the S Level Emergency Security Alert!
Leave the least amount of men necessary here,
and all other men are to secure the border!
Attack anyone who tries to cross the border!
Don't allow them to attack the village, no matter what!
Such great weather!
Naruto!
Oh! Sakura!
That sound like a big pain in the ass.
I think you'll be able to do it. That is why we left you in the village.
At the very least, is there any way that we can get more people?
Under these circumstances, we can't turn over more people to you.
They're the greatest line up for you, aren't they?
The greatest... huh?
Fog? Last night's weather didn't seem like it was going to be foggy.
How strange... Was it all a dream?
Doesn't it seem like we're really low on people?
That's what I was thinking, too.
From the looks of it,
the village must be under special security alert.
What?! For real?! I didn't notice it!
You should notice these kinds of things. You're a Ninja.
But if we're in a state of emergency,
it's a huge deal for the village, isn't it?
Why haven't they told us anything?
That's why Lady Tsunade is calling us.
Come in.
Lady Tsunade, I brought Naruto.
Shikamaru...
So you must've been left out, too.
Huh? What are you taking about?
Nothing...
Oh, hey Shikamaru. About last night's weird fog...
Did you see it?
Stop it. You were just dreaming.
There was no fog.
See. I told you...
That was a smoke screen.
Smoke screen?
I'll explain once everyone gets here.
- Huh? - Naruto, Sakura...
The reason why we left you out of
the S-Level Emergency Security Alert unit
is because we wanted you to work under Shikamaru
for a special mission.
What?
Well, that's the case.
First, I want you to gather the people I'm about to name.
Hey, calm down, Naruto!
But it's already past the time we w ere supposed to gather!
Not quite. To be accurate, we still have twenty more seconds.
Seems like he's here.
Oh? Everyone's already here?
No matter how you look at it, you're the last one!
Everyone's here now. Then let's begin.
I'm sure that you all have already noticed.
The village is currently under the S-Level Emergency Security Alert.
It all started when...
The smoke screen last night, right?
You guys noticed it?
Of course.
The bugs were being noisy...
Huh? I didn't notice it.
You're always so out of it!
SAME LEVEL AS CHOJI! I didn't notice it either...
WORSE THAN NARUTO!! Could it be then that I'm worse than Naruto?
Worse than Naruto... Worse than Naruto... Worse than Naruto...
So what was that?
It seemed like something involving the Anbu Black Ops.
So I stayed put...
Yeah, that's correct. The Anbu Black Ops were involved.
Just as I thought...
It was late last night.
A man that the Anbu Black Ops had been marking for the past two weeks
had snuck into the home of Leaf Village's top carpenter boss...
And he stole the plans of our village's important facilities from the secret safe.
Plans?
So what's so bad about that?
He just stole the plans for the facilities, right?
Just stole? You're so...
Naruto...
For example, let's say the plans for the fort that surrounds the village
fell into enemy hands...
By analyzing those plans in detail,
the enemy could figure out the most efficient way
to break into the village.
Now let's say that there were plans for Lady Tsunade's mansion.
If you were to examine those plans,
you could find out how to get the Lady Tsunade's room.
And if the plans were to get into the hands of an assassin...
That's really, really bad.
Last night's smoke screen was...
something that suspect spread as he was running away.
I see...
In the end, Anbu Black Ops cornered him in the Western Forest...
He killed himself before they could get him to talk.
Unfortunately, when he committed suicide,
he wasn't in possession of the plans he had stolen.
If the plans have already fallen into the hands of the enemy...
it'd be a re-enactment of the nightmare of the Destruction of Leaf Village.
In order to prevent that from happening
The S-Level Emergency Security Alert was deployed this morning.
So, what is the mission for those of us who were left behind?
Find out the location of the stolen plans and bring them back.
That's our mission.
It's like finding a needle in a haystack.
We just need to investigate the path he took
and people he was acquainted with.
It turns out that the guy was famous for being a top level trap technician.
It's a huge possibility that he left traps where the plans are.
It's definitely plausible.
I understand. We'll follow your instructions.
I'll do it.
Then let's start the investigation.
Turns out that the man had snuck into the village
a few months ago and worked as a carpenter.
Th This guy...
His name is... Genno
You're kidding me.
There's no way! Old Man Genno loved the ramen at Ichiraku!
He would never do anything that would destroy the Hidden Leaf Village!
Listen... There's no way that a guy who's sneaking in to an enemy village
would show his bad side.
He played the part of a good guy to let people's guard down.
There is no way that anyone who loves ramen could be a bad person!
No. That's not true Naruto.
Choji... You tell him. Put some sense into this guy.
Anyone who loves Ichiraku's ramen can't be a bad person!
Choji!
Gosh, I can't depend on anybody...
This is a list of the stolen plans.
I'm so embarrassed we lost our important plans...
I can't show my face to Lady Tsunade.
Which construction jobs were Genno involved with?
None of them.
But wasn't he working under you?
I don't allow outsiders to work on any construction
that involves the safety of the village.
That old man only worked on residential construction.
Which means...
There's little possibility that he snuck some traps into the construction.
I think it's impossible.
We should check everything, just in case...
I'm counting on you.
Lady Hinata, please take care of these.
Y Yes!
I'll go too.
Me too.
I've mentioned it earlier, but there is a possibility
the the plans haven't fallen into the enemy's hands yet.
It's possible that he could have hidden it while he was running away.
And it's our mission to find that.
Understood.
It's the start of a treasure hunt. I'm depending on you Akamaru.
Go!
Ino and Sakura, you guys go check the old man's body.
There might be some clues.
What?! Us?
I got it.
All right! You just want me to go right?! I'll go!
Sakura, are you really okay with this?
I have to be. I'm training to become a Medical Ninja.
I can't be afraid of something like this.
That might be the case for you, but...
Now... master carpenter.
Can you tell us everything you know about Old Man Genno?
The old man came to Leaf Village about three months ago...
He came to my place with a recommendation letter
from a famous master carpenter from the Land of Sand.
As you may already know,
there's a bit of a construction boom in Leaf Village.
Every place is in need of more people.
And we needed more hands ourselves,
so we decided to hire him right away.
His carpeting skills... were all right, just average.
I didn't feel the urge to hire him permanently,
nor did I feel like I wanted to fire him right away.
He took his job seriously.
He was perfect to hire when we were short on people.
But after a while,
I found out that the recommendation letter he brought was a fake.
This is the recommendation letter he brought.
And how is this a fake?
There was a guy who brought a recommendation letter
from the same master carpenter more than ten years ago.
I just happen to find that recommendation letter,
so I compared it and I noticed that the handwriting was different...
And that recommendation letter?
It's over there in that cabinet...
Oh? Where did I put it? I know I put it here...
It's okay if you don't have it.
I'm sorry.
For us, we really didn't care if his recommendation letter was a fake
as long as he didn't do anything bad.
I just thought that I should let things like this be known to Lady Tsunade...
I didn't think that the old man was
a Shinobi from another country and that he would steal our plans...
I still can't believe it.
Hey, is it really that old man's doing?
I can't believe it either.
There're no signs of traps...
All right.
This is where the old man lived, huh?
He always paid the rent on time.
He really was quite proper...
Once in a while he'd come home after drinking with his carpenter friends,
but he would never cause trouble.
Well, I did predict it, but there are no clues...
I found it!
What did you find?
A special bonito broth, refreshing udon and light broth super thin udon!
We're not looking for food!
But usually if somebody is living by himself,
he'd probably stack up on a bit more food...
There's only instant cup udon.
Didn't he eat out a lot? I hear that he went to Ichiraku a lot...
Right, Naruto?
Oh... Yeah.
If he cooked himself, he could have eaten more and saved money...
Choji, we're not talking about you.
That old man barely talked about himself...
Just as I expected.
Oh, but he did happily talk about
how he became friends with one of the kids in the village.
He might have heard something from the old man.
Oh, I wonder about that.
What you mean you wonder about that?
We won't know until we find the kid and question him, won't we?
But it seems like there's no need for us to look for him or question him.
What?! Then, where is this guy!
Idiot, that kid is you, Naruto!
What?! Me?!
Yeah, there's no mistake about that.
You're Naruto Uzumaki?
Huh?
We want you to talk with us for a bit.
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?