Naruto 301

Cover 01
Title: Sasuke and Sai
Caption: The swaying leaf... dancing as it alights in a moment of wonder. Even now, he is a proud and radiant legend.

Pg 02
Sakura: Naruto
Naruto: ?
Sakura: This time, we have to... save Sasuke...

Pg 03
Naruto: Yeah...

Pg 04
Sai: Pleased to meet you. I am called 'Sai'.
Sai: And you are Uchiha Sasuke-
Sasuke: Get lost.
Kabuto: ......
Orochimaru: ......
Sai: Even though I've learned how to make this smiling face......
Sai: No matter what I do, I'm still the type of person people detest...
Sai: Naruto-kun hated me since the beginning...

Pg 05
Sasuke: ......
Orochimaru: ......
Kabuto: ......
Sai: But, unlike Naruto-kun...
Sai: Perhaps you're someone with whom I could possibly become allies.
Sai: !

Pg 06
Kabuto: SASUKE-KUN!!!

Pg 07
Sai: ! I'm.. sweating?
Sai: I don't feel anything... I am... emotionless
Sai: Yet just from looking into his eyes... I am unable to recognize myself. Does this mean I fear Sasuke-kun in the depths of my heart...?

Pg 08
Orochimaru: You shouldn't tease Sasuke-kun this way too often
Orochimaru: Since, you know, Sasuke-kun means trouble... even more so than I.
Sai: ......
Sasuke: Do what you want with that guy. I want you to reveal the jutsu to me immediately, Orochimaru...
Sai [to Sasuke]: I have heard quite a bit about you from Naruto-kun.
Sai: He's been searching for you this whole time, it seems, since then... Since three years ago.

Pg 09
Sasuke: Oh, really.
Sai: .......
Sasuke: Let's go, Orochimaru.
Sai: Naruto-kun thought of you...
Sai: He truly thought of you as his brother, I've heard...
Sai: Right, I heard it from Sakura-san.
Sasuke: ......

Pg 10
Sasuke: I have only one brother, the one I desire to kill.
Sai: ......
Orochimaru: So... I will be going as well.
Orochimaru: Kabuto, please create a Bingo Book with these...
Kabuto: These are...

Pg 11
Kabuto: It's...a copy of the official list of ANBU members... from the Hokage's offensive unit, huh...
Sai: ......
Kabuto: Looks like he was the real thing, after all.

Pg 12
Yamato (分身）: Here, huh? The entrance is located on the front side... under that rock structure.
Naruto: Under there... is Sasuke.
Sakura: ...Yeah.

Pg 13
Naruto: All right...
Naruto: We're goin' in. ('ttebayo)
Yamato: Wait a bit-
Naruto: !

Pg 14
Yamato: Before going in, swallow this, Naruto.
Naruto/Sakura: ?
Yamato: Here, you too, Sakura.
Yamato: If we were somehow to be separated...
Yamato: With this, I can immediately figure out your locations.
Sakura: With this...?
Yamato: Simply put, this kind of seed is a tracking device used for pursuit, a ninja tool. It only resonates with my chakra.

Pg 15
Yamato: I slipped the same kind of seed into Sai's clothes and meal earlier.
Sakura: ...!
Sakura: I see... so this is how you tracked him down!
Naruto: When did you manage to squeeze this business in...?
Yamato: Do you remember? I was the first one out of the onsen.
(flashback)Yamato: I'm getting out first, but before that... Naruto, I need to tell you a little something.
Yamato: Why do you think I specifically paid for the huge meal and that entire onsen trip myself?

Pg 16
Yamato: It's really quite fortunate that Tsunade had advised me to keep a close watch on Sai...it all turned out like she said.
Yamato: ... but that's not what's important right now. Go ahead and swallow those seeds.
Yamato: All right! You two, let's go!
Sakura: Right!
Naruto: Yeah!

Caption: As the search continues, will their "friend" (Sasuke) be found....!!? Hearts prepared, now is the time! Into the lair of the snake monster!!!
Next chapter, "During Those Three Years!"


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