# E72 - The Quietly Approaching Threat
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**[01:27] ---**
I sure was young...
back then...
**[01:37] ---**
*Good work...
*on the Feudal Lord escort.*
**[01:46] ---**
*What's your beef?!*
**[01:51] ---**
*I protected the king, the Feudal Lord
*just as you told me to do!*
**[01:56] ---**
*Why don't you even attempt
*to acknowledge me?!*
**[02:01] ---**
*King...huh...?*
**[02:03] ---**
*How about acknowledging me
*at least a little bit, Dad?!*
**[02:07] ---**
*You don't understand...*
**[02:10] ---**
*how difficult and important a battle
*to protect the king is.*
**[02:16] ---**
*I understand that people died.*
**[02:19] ---**
*But sacrifice comes with
*a Shinobi mission.*
**[02:24] ---**
*You can't possibly
*understand now...*
**[02:28] ---**
*the true significance of
*protecting the king.*
**[02:34] ---**
*You just don't want to
*acknowledge me!*
**[02:50] ---**
Now I get the feeling...
**[02:52] ---**
I kind of understand what
you were talking about.
**[02:57] ---**
I'm sorry I left the Hidden Leaf...
and just did whatever I wanted.
**[03:07] ---**
I have no regrets, though.
**[03:18] ---**
Now I feel like it wasn't so bad
being born into the Sarutobi Clan.
**[03:25] ---**
You properly fulfilled your duty
as leader of the village...
**[03:36] ---**
You were a cool dad...
**[05:13] ---**
*The Quietly
*Approaching Threat
*
**[05:23] ---**
Heave ho, heave ho... heave ho...
**[05:26] ---**
Carrying lumber is a mission, too!
**[05:28] ---**
Let's do our best to carry it.
Heave ho...
**[05:32] ---**
Whoa!
**[05:33] ---**
Wh-What's the matter?
**[05:38] ---**
L-Let's take a little break.
**[05:40] ---**
We're not used to this kind of work.
**[05:45] ---**
You guys are a sorry bunch.
**[05:48] ---**
The village has been saved and
the Fifth Hokage was unharmed.
**[05:51] ---**
But that was because of the great efforts
by Brother Naruto and the others...
**[05:57] ---**
We have to do our best with
whatever we can do,
**[06:00] ---**
so we'll also be able to
support the village!
**[06:03] ---**
Well said.
**[06:06] ---**
You guys are the ones who will support
the Hidden Leaf in the next generation.
**[06:09] ---**
And it seems Naruto played a huge role
in the earlier incident.
**[06:13] ---**
Iruka Sensei.
**[06:16] ---**
I'm happy to
have such amazing students.
**[06:23] ---**
Konohamaru. I'm okay now.
**[06:27] ---**
If we all work together,
we'll be okay no matter what happens.
**[06:41] ---**
Next!
**[06:44] ---**
Next!
**[06:48] ---**
- Next!
- Yes!
**[06:51] ---**
Next! Next! Next!
**[06:54] ---**
Next!
**[06:56] ---**
You're too slow! Next! Next, next!
**[07:00] ---**
Next!
**[07:02] ---**
What's the matter?!
Where are the next documents?!
**[07:04] ---**
Oh, uh...that's it...
You're finished!
**[07:09] ---**
I see.
**[07:13] ---**
Th-This is a first, isn't it?
**[07:16] ---**
You don't usually take your work
this seriously, Lady Tsunade.
**[07:19] ---**
You could say that.
**[07:24] ---**
It seems there was quite the commotion
over just a couple of thieves...
**[07:29] ---**
That's pathetic, Princess Tsunade.
**[07:33] ---**
Just from this...
**[07:34] ---**
the Hidden Leaf Village will turn
into a laughingstock
**[07:38] ---**
amongst the surrounding lands
and the Feudal Lord.
**[07:41] ---**
It seems your orders
are slow in coming
**[07:45] ---**
and then become forestalled!
**[07:49] ---**
Your slow decision-making
endangers the village.
**[07:53] ---**
It's all your responsibility as the Hokage.
Bear this firmly in mind!
**[07:58] ---**
*Those old geezers
*and their big mouths...*
**[08:02] ---**
*Who knows what they'll say if
*unfinished work continues to stack up...*
**[08:07] ---**
Damn it!
**[08:09] ---**
Oh, that's right.
**[08:10] ---**
The report from the one
**[08:12] ---**
who was sent to contact
Lord Jiraiya has arrived.
**[08:17] ---**
I see. So he's back...
**[08:32] ---**
You got hospitalized again because
you tried to act cool and snuck out
**[08:36] ---**
even though your injury hasn't healed yet.
**[08:41] ---**
It says in this book that the bonds
of friendship grow deeper
**[08:43] ---**
if you rush to a friend who's in a jam...
**[08:47] ---**
That's a comic book, right?
You're so random these days.
**[08:54] ---**
Here...
**[08:57] ---**
What?
**[08:58] ---**
It seems women who like
you will feed you.
**[09:04] ---**
Well, it's not like
I'm testing you or anything...
**[09:08] ---**
Look you...
**[09:09] ---**
Sakura.
**[09:12] ---**
S-Sakura...
I-I can't eat anymore...
**[09:18] ---**
Oh, but if you insist I eat, then...
**[09:23] ---**
Eat until you die!
**[09:27] ---**
Yo! Hm?
**[09:30] ---**
I-I can't breathe...
**[09:32] ---**
Sakura fed Naruto an apple...
**[09:36] ---**
Which means...
**[09:37] ---**
Oh, for crying out loud!
**[09:39] ---**
Why can't I have someone normal
on my team?!
**[09:42] ---**
Huh?
**[09:43] ---**
Huh?
**[09:44] ---**
What happened?
**[09:54] ---**
*Attacks by what is suspected to be
*the same two-man Shinobi team*
**[09:57] ---**
*in seven locations in five
*neighboring lands have been verified.*
**[10:01] ---**
*Although they have not yet succeeded
*in invading the Land of Fire,*
**[10:04] ---**
*judging from their line of action,
*it's only a matter of time...*
**[10:10] ---**
Lady Tsunade?
**[10:14] ---**
*So the Akatsuki Organization
*has gone into action.*
**[10:32] ---**
Let's do this.
**[10:33] ---**
Hold it.
**[10:35] ---**
Before doing that...
**[10:36] ---**
I must pray to my god.
**[10:43] ---**
You're always
such a pain in the neck.
**[10:46] ---**
It's a pain
in the neck for me, too.
**[10:49] ---**
But the commandments are strict,
so I have no choice, do I?!
**[11:01] ---**
You probably think
you've got me cornered...
**[11:05] ---**
But you don't.
**[11:07] ---**
I lured you guys here, you see!
**[11:23] ---**
Now that I know
you are with the Akatsuki,
**[11:25] ---**
I cannot let you escape.
**[11:29] ---**
Oh, man...
We're trapped, Kakuzu...
**[11:33] ---**
No problem.
Actually, this is favorable for us.
**[11:37] ---**
In the name of Yugito Ni 'i
of the Hidden Clouds...
**[11:41] ---**
I'll kill you!
**[11:42] ---**
Huh...? What?
**[11:44] ---**
What's up with that,
"I'll kill you," stuff?
**[11:46] ---**
When people show me all
that enthusiasm and stuff...
**[11:50] ---**
I start to get irritated.
**[11:52] ---**
And when I'm irritated,
I become enraged.
**[11:55] ---**
And when I become enraged...
**[11:57] ---**
Shut up, Hidan.
**[11:59] ---**
Okay. okay...
**[12:01] ---**
But you know,
when I become enraged,
**[12:04] ---**
I start feeling like,
**[12:05] ---**
"I don't care about our objective.
I just want to smash everything."
**[12:09] ---**
Knock it off, Hidan.
The objective is absolute.
**[12:13] ---**
This mission doesn't go along
with my religion in the first place.
**[12:17] ---**
The motto of the Jashin religion
is mass slaughter.
**[12:21] ---**
Leaving people alive goes
against the commandments.
**[12:25] ---**
From the outset,
**[12:26] ---**
I'm not inclined
to take part in a mission
**[12:28] ---**
that breaks
the commandments.
**[12:30] ---**
I may not look it,
but I'm quite devout!
**[12:34] ---**
So not being able to kill
is a pain in the neck.
**[12:38] ---**
So how about we settle this
by talking things over?
**[12:42] ---**
Talking things over, you say?
**[12:46] ---**
*What's up with this guy?*
**[12:54] ---**
Why don't you
just come quietly?
**[13:03] ---**
Stop messing around!
**[13:05] ---**
Huh...? Looks like that's a no.
**[13:07] ---**
Are you an idiot?
**[13:29] ---**
Come on. Are you kidding me?
**[13:36] ---**
What's up with this Jinchuriki?
**[13:39] ---**
She's totally morphed into a Tailed Beast.
**[13:46] ---**
Oh man...
**[13:50] ---**
Uh-oh!
**[14:06] ---**
Hot!
**[14:07] ---**
Don't cats have sensitive tongues
for hot stuff?
**[14:13] ---**
So this is the Two-Tails monster cat
known as the wraith...
**[14:17] ---**
And I'm a rat in a cage, no less.
**[14:22] ---**
This is not amusing...
**[14:26] ---**
Oh-ho.
**[14:28] ---**
So you made a great showing
while I was gone, huh?
**[14:31] ---**
Where the heck were you,
Kakashi Sensei?
**[14:34] ---**
Oh...nowhere special.
**[14:38] ---**
Asuma Sensei.
**[14:41] ---**
I knew you'd be here.
**[14:43] ---**
Kakashi, got a minute?
**[14:46] ---**
I want to talk to you...
**[14:49] ---**
Naruto, Sai...
Here, a get well gift!
**[14:52] ---**
Yikes!
**[14:54] ---**
I've had enough apples...
**[15:00] ---**
I hear you checked out what
was happening outside...
**[15:04] ---**
You could say that...
**[15:15] ---**
What a nice day.
**[15:17] ---**
Hm? Yeah...it is.
**[15:21] ---**
Naruto and Sakura are
coming along very well.
**[15:25] ---**
And so are Shikamaru,
Choji and Ino...
**[15:29] ---**
The next generation is
growing up quickly.
**[15:32] ---**
They'll overtake us just like that...
**[15:35] ---**
Come on.
I still won't be giving in to them.
**[15:42] ---**
But this is something the Hidden Leaf
should be very pleased about.
**[15:49] ---**
So...
**[15:51] ---**
What did you want to talk about?
**[15:52] ---**
Hm? Oh, as it happens...
**[15:58] ---**
There you are...
I finally found you.
**[16:01] ---**
Kurenai...
Did you need something?
**[16:04] ---**
I heard Asuma was here, you see...
**[16:08] ---**
No kidding...?
**[16:11] ---**
So, Asuma...
What did you want to talk about?
**[16:16] ---**
Uh, I'll tell you later... Sorry.
**[16:28] ---**
*Now I really want to know...*
**[16:35] ---**
What're you doing, Naruto?
**[16:37] ---**
I don't have the time to be
lying around here.
**[16:41] ---**
I need to get back to my training...
**[16:43] ---**
That being said, you're still...
**[16:50] ---**
I'm still too weak.
**[16:54] ---**
That's why...
**[16:56] ---**
That's exactly why...
**[16:58] ---**
I have to get stronger
to get power that won't hurt everyone...
**[17:01] ---**
Power that will protect everyone.
**[17:03] ---**
That's why I have to get stronger.
**[17:08] ---**
Naruto...
**[17:10] ---**
Well, hold your horses...
**[17:14] ---**
Right now, your training is
to heal those wounds.
**[17:17] ---**
Kakashi Sensei!
**[17:19] ---**
And let me make this clear to you,
in particular, Naruto...
**[17:22] ---**
Huh?
**[17:24] ---**
If you leave the hospital,
what awaits is training so severe
**[17:27] ---**
you'll wish you'd stayed
in the hospital longer.
**[17:29] ---**
So be prepared for that!
**[17:32] ---**
R-Right...!
**[17:34] ---**
I-I understand...
**[17:36] ---**
*Okay...
*Now he won't push things too far.*
**[17:41] ---**
Sakura...
**[17:42] ---**
Y-Yes...?!
**[17:43] ---**
I've got something to take care of.
So I leave the rest to you.
**[17:47] ---**
What...?
**[17:48] ---**
Make sure you don't let him
overdo things...
**[17:51] ---**
Bye!
**[17:56] ---**
Oh man, isn't he slick!
**[18:03] ---**
I read the report.
**[18:05] ---**
Does it look like Naruto will be able
to learn a new Jutsu?
**[18:13] ---**
How about it?
**[18:16] ---**
I don't know.
**[18:17] ---**
No way.
**[18:19] ---**
I'm not sure...
**[18:22] ---**
But he can probably do it...
**[18:24] ---**
That new training approach
is yielding results, after all.
**[18:27] ---**
And more importantly...
**[18:30] ---**
He has a clear objective.
**[18:35] ---**
Sasuke...huh?
**[19:12] ---**
It's already been thirty minutes.
Aren't you done yet, Hidan?
**[19:16] ---**
Shut up!
Don't interfere with the ritual!
**[19:20] ---**
Ouch...
**[19:23] ---**
Can't you skip some of that
**[19:26] ---**
perverse praying
you do each and every time?
**[19:29] ---**
Let's get right to the next one.
**[19:31] ---**
This is a pain in the neck for me too.
**[19:33] ---**
But I have no choice
but to follow the commandments.
**[19:36] ---**
And what do you mean by skip?!
**[19:39] ---**
That's blasphemy against God!
**[19:44] ---**
*One more to go for our mission.*
**[19:51] ---**
*One by one...*
**[19:55] ---**
Next is the Land of Fire.
**[21:38] ---**
For crying out loud.
**[21:39] ---**
That Naruto is already starting his training,
even though he's still on the mend.
**[21:43] ---**
Knowing who he is,
there's no doubt he'll get reckless.
**[21:46] ---**
Getting stronger through
sheer determination
**[21:48] ---**
just isn't done anymore.
**[21:50] ---**
And excessive training could
also have a reverse effect.
**[21:53] ---**
Not only that, he also has
the physical idiosyncrasy
**[21:54] ---**
that allows him to work much harder
than other people.
**[21:57] ---**
The least I can do is help him
in whatever way I can.
**[22:02] ---**
Next time:
"Akatsuki's Invasion"