E413 - Hopes Entrusted to the Future
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Hopes Entrusted to the Future
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He's not on the north route.
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He isn't on the south or
west routes either!
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Where could Lord Gaara
have gone?
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The massive sandstorm
seems to have passed.
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Lord Gaara?!
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What's the big commotion?
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Stop making a fuss and
resume the Second Exam.
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Yes, sir!
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Hurry! Prepare to resume
the Second Exam!
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It's unusual for Houichi
not to send a message.
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Did he fail?
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Lord Gaara!
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Fugi…
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I've wanted to have
an in-depth discussion with you.
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Well then…
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What did you want to talk about?
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I've always thought of you as
a valuable citizen of the Hidden Sand.
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Of course, I still do.
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I am humbled.
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In the past, words like "citizen"
and "friend" were just that…
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Mere words that held
no meaning to me.
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For a long time after I was born,
even though I recognized these words,
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they were not part
of my existence.
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Oh. And when did these concepts
become real to you?
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When I infiltrated
the Hidden Leaf Village
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with the intent to destroy it.
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There, for the first time,
I met someone I could call a friend.
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Ironically, he was an enemy
who belonged to the Hidden Leaf.
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Although he and I
shared similar circumstances,
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he empathized with the pain of others,
and shared in their joy and tears…
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Meeting him made me realize…
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how precious and important
the word "friend" is.
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And it made me want
to become like him…
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a human being who is valued
and needed by others.
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Lord Gaara, you are and
will always be,
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a person who is essential
to the Hidden Sand.
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All this time, I've been considered
a military weapon to be feared.
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And that continues to instill fear even
in the hearts of the Hidden Sand.
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But that's—!
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I know.
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If this were not so,
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my own father would not
have tried to kill me six times.
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I am aware of the deeply rooted opposition
to my tenure as the Kazekage.
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Should I accept position
or should I turn it down?
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It was a dilemma for me.
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But after my friend, the Leaf Shinobi,
taught me about friendship,
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I thought it over and decided…
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that I wanted to heal the pain
I had caused everyone.
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But it's been difficult to
get the people of the Sand
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to believe that I am sincere.
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There was a time I felt the wounds
that I inflicted on my people
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would never heal.
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I thought I should just disappear
from the Sand Village,
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then the fear would
finally disappear too.
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But I found there were people who,
without any prejudice,
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accepted my feelings.
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You are frightened of yourself.
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When you handle a weapon,
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you must suppress your feelings
and become emotionless.
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Y-Yes, sir!
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I once met someone just like you
in Hidden Leaf Village.
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Through sheer perseverance,
he has become a fine shinobi.
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Shira, I predict you will be
as good a shinobi as him.
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These shinobi have to come to accept
and rely on my guidance,
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and are maturing steadily.
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We're almost there.
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But we still need one more scroll.
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Well, a lot of things happened.
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Let's forget about passing
the Chunin Exams until the next time.
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In that case, I don't know
if we'll get a scroll,
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but there's someone
I want to fight just once.
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That person received guidance
from Lord Gaara
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and developed into a shinobi,
just like me.
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There's something
I want to confirm
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by fighting someone who received
the same teachings as me...
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We did it!
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We made it! We made it!
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But we still only have
the "Heaven" scroll…
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It can't be helped.
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We're physically at
the end of our limits!
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If I hadn't stopped along
the way for a personal battle…
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Don't say that!
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That's right.
This is all we can do right now.
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I'm sure we'll get
another crack at it.
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Thank you!
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What is it?
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Shira, please fight me.
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If I lose, you can have this.
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It's senseless for Sand
to fight Sand.
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We've already made a decision.
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Hey!
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This is useless to us!
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Take it!
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Really? You're a lifesaver!
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We can't accept it.
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What?
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Truth be told,
we don't want the scroll.
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I just want to use this opportunity
to fight you, Shira.
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Fight me?
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You and I both…
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have been taught
by Lord Gaara.
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We are the ones who will carry out
Lord Gaara the Kazakage's will…
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and support
the Hidden Sand Village.
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I want to make sure
we deserve that right.
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Fine. I accept your challenge.
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Is this okay?
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If that's what you wish, Shira.
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Y-Yeah…
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Thank you, Shira.
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Who are they?
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The promising youthful power that
will sustain the future of the Sand…
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I believe in them and
have high hopes for them.
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Those who wish to hunt me
are free to do so…
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However, do not involve those youths.
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I don't want them colored with
hatred and vengeance.
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Come on, Matsuri!
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Right!
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There were times when
I doubted myself as the Kazekage.
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But after coming into contact
with them,
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I realized that perhaps even
someone like me can accomplish things.
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I want to erase hatred
from Hidden Sand Village,
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and create bonds with people
I can call friends…
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Friends who understand and
share each other's pain.
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If you object, then take my head.
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But leave them out of this.
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Come on.
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Thank you very much.
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Please take this.
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– Huh?!
– Huh?!
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This won't work…
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Lord Gaara has matured indeed.
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Perhaps we old soldiers
worried needlessly.
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We must let the horrible
memories of the past
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fade into the darkness...
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And leave it to the next generation
to build a new future.
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I alone was responsible
for all of this.
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Please accept these.
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Two "Heaven" scrolls
are not acceptable!
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Oh, but that's—!
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No, no, no!
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I can't reveals any details, but there were
extraordinary circumstances
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that prevented us
from collecting scrolls!
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Please ask Lord Kazekage!
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It doesn't matter what circumstances
there were. No means no!
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You are stingy!
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– Now, now…
– Just give it up.
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No…! I can't just give up!
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Cancel the Third Exam?
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I'm sorry.
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I can't go into details,
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but this is a domestic matter
within the Sand.
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Then how do we determine
who passed the Chunin Exams?
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We've prepared detailed reports
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about each team's performance
in the Second Exam.
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I'd like the respective villages
to use them
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to decide whether their participants
should be promoted to chunin.
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Well, these exams were meant
to test their ability
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to carry out missions as chunin…
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It can't be helped if
things turned out like this.
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But the participants put their lives
on the line to cross the Demon Desert…
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Will they be satisfied with this?
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I understand that.
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Looks like the Third Exam
is cancelled.
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What happens to
the Chunin Exams then?
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I did have a bad feeling
about this…
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Does that mean all that effort
was for nothing?!
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We continued to the very end and
didn't give up, so we should be okay.
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Those who dropped out midway
are the ones who should be worried.
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I sort of feel sorry for them.
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All we gained was hunger
and exhaustion.
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That's no gain!
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At the very least,
perhaps we gained self-confidence.
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Exam participants!
I commend your hard efforts!
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With the passage of time,
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our shinobi world needs
a new system with new laws.
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Until today, we shinobi were
required to sacrifice
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even the lives of our comrades
for the sake of our laws and rules.
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But I have realized that we have
something even more precious
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than rules and regulations.
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That is friendship,
with our fellow villagers, our fellow shinobi,
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and the bond we share with others
who understand the same pain…
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I believe that
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each of you who stands here now
knows exactly what I mean.
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Therefore, I deem
the Third Exam unnecessary…
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Furthermore, I am rescinding part of
the requirements for the Second Exam.
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So what does that mean?
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For each of you standing
here right now,
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a detailed report of your performance
will be sent to your respective villages.
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Your Kage will make the final decision
on your promotion.
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That means we have
to wait longer?
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But it also means we still
have a chance, correct?
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When you reach
the northern border, be careful.
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Thank you.
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Yome, since you're going up
there too, try to be nice!
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Huh?! What? Huh?!
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We got assigned to
the same place by chance, that's all!
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Yeah, sure!
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Go for it!
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Yome, let's go!
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Hey, wait up!
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I hope they're going to be okay!
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We've gone through the report
from the Hidden Sand,
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and your Chunin promotion
has been approved.
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Thank you.
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And I'm going to assign you
to an S-rank mission right away.
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Today's corpse is really light.
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I can tell by experience…
this one is a woman.
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The highest tower in the village where
we always deliver these bodies…
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You know what that's for?
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In our village, isn't it usually where
the ashes are enshrined?
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It was originally built as
a memorial to honor the dead.
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NO TRESPASSING
If that's the case, why is it off-limits to
even relatives of the dead?
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Like I know...
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Rumor has it that Lord Pain
is up there.
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Huh? That's ridiculous…
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It can't be true.
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Rumor… It's just a rumor.
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Anyway, I'm going to check it out...
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Just like you said, it's a woman.
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It's Ajisai the chunin.
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She just passed the exams recently.
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Her very first mission after becoming
a chunin…ended like this?
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Thank you very much.
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Oh…Lady Angel!
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Bring the next one, quickly.
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Yourou!
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I know… We're being followed.
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Fuu… Let's go to that rocky area for now.
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What? How boring.
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We don't know who you are…
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But we've been on to you
for a while now.
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I told him to stop…
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since not being able to kill you
is such a pain in the butt.
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Say, mister! Aren't you a former
Hidden Waterfall?
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What?
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I know you! After your failed Hokage
assassination attempt,
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you stole the hearts of
the village elders and escaped…
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You're Kakuzu!
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Kakuzu?!
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Impossible! How old does
that make him?!
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I always thought if
I got to meet you,
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I'd like to be your friend!
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Kakuzu… Is she stupid?
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I wouldn't know.
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I deserted the village
a long time ago.
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How about we start out as
casual acquaintances over tea?
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I didn't come here today
to become your friend…
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Well, that's too bad…
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I've gone over
your Second Exam reports.
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And…Hinata, Shino, Kiba,
Choji, Ino and Sakura…
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You six passed with flying colors
and are promoted to chunin!
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After all, we didn't have
the second scroll…
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Komugi, Gennai, Inaho…
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You will be given another chance
next time.
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Finally…although they did not
collect two scrolls,
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they performed admirably…
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and are more than qualified
for promotion.
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Lee and Tenten,
you are now chunin.
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Lady Tsunade!
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Team Guy is one for all, all for one!
How can Neji not be included…?!
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Just let me finish!
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Neji Hyuga is given a special
double promotion to jonin!
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The Kazekage himself noted,
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"In particular, Neji's performance
was most impressive and"
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"due consideration has
been given in this report."
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He's already proven himself to be
more than capable as a chunin.
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Way to go, Neji!
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Congratulations!
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Thank you very much!
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Thank you to you both.
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I made it to chunin because
of Team Guy's teamwork.
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Our three-man squad is forever, right?
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Yes, I hope so.
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I finally overtook Naruto!
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He's going to be so mad that
he missed the Chunin Exams.
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I wonder what kind of training
Naruto is doing now…
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It will soon be time to
wrap up training
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and return to Hidden Leaf Village.
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Ouch!
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That chest wound still hurts, right?
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Pervy Sage, you just rest up!
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I'm gonna continue my training!
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Hang in there, Naruto!
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What's going on?! My Medical Ninjutsu
isn't working on him!
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It's probably because Nine Tails
has been extracted out of him!
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But there's a way to save him!
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That's why we're hurrying!
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There's someone else where Sasuke is.
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Do you recognize the chakra?
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No, but it has
a real nasty feel to it.
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Next time on Naruto Shippuden:
"On the Brink of Death"
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Is this the end of the line for him?
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ON THE BRINK OF DEATH
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Tune in again!
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