Naruto 427

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Naruto
#427: Reunion
[Side text: Konohamaru dashes out recklessly!! His body shaking, he remembers the promise he made on that day...]
Konohamaru: *pant* // *pant*
Ebisu: Konohamaru-kun! Why did you not flee?! // You have the potential to one day become Hokage of this village!
Konohamaru: *pant* // *pant*
Ebisu: You cannot simply throw your life away like this!
Konohamaru: ......I made a promise a long time ago.
Ebisu: ?

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Flashback!Naruto: If you want the name of Hokage... / ...Then you'll have to go through me to get it!! // From this day, the two of us... // ...are rivals! // One day, I'll battle you for the name of Hokage. // ...You just wait, all right?! // Konohamaru!!
Konohamaru: I made a promise with Naruto-niichan, that the two of us would battle... // That we'd battle one day, for the name of Hokage!
Ebisu: ......

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Konohamaru: Naruto-niichan is my rival!! // That's why I'm never going to choose to run!! // Because that's not the path... // ...that leads to Naruto-niichan!!!

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Fukasaku: Hyahh~~~!
Naruto: Owwwww~~~~~~~~~~!!! // Next attempt, coming right up!!
Fukasaku: You should really get some rest, Naruto-chan. / At this rate, I'm not going to hold up.
Naruto: *pant* // *pant*

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Naruto: That's no good!! / I have to make up for how long I spent on all the other training!
Fukasaku: Don't forget that training like this has never even been attempted before! // Trying to collect natural energy, a skill requiring absolute stillness, whilst in constant motion... // It's like asking someone to look right and left at the same time!
Naruto: Ahhhhhh~~~~~~~~~~~~!
Fukasaku: What?

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ANBU: What is it?
Tsunade: Katsuyu has reached almost all members of the village...

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ANBU: ?! // Wha - ?! // Tsu... Tsunade... sama...?! // ...I'm sorry... // Please, carry on...

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Chouji: Hokage-sama! // We have uncovered the ability of one of the enemies!
Tsunade: Let's hear it.
Chouji: He's male, and appears to be around twenty-five to thirty years of age. // He has six piercings in his nose, and seven in each ear. / He appears to use techniques controlling gravitation and repulsion! // He has the power to draw anything he so wishes towards himself. / And he can repel any kind of ninjutsu attack!
Tsunade: Anything at all?
Chouji: Yes! / However, when he does use this ability, there is an interval of around five seconds before he can use another technique!
ANBU: A mere five seconds...

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Tsunade: Excellent findings! / We should be able to avoid plenty of casualties with this information. // Use Katsuyu to send this information to everyone else!
ANBU: Yessir!
Chouji: Team Chouza, however, in the act of protecting Kakashi-sensei... / ...took on two enemies at once, and I believe I was the only survivor...
Tsunade: Head back to them immediately! / They need to be transported to the hospital. If we hurry, they can still be saved.
Chouji: !! // What?!! // You mean... my father...?!
Tsunade: Indeed...

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Chouji: Ahh... aahhh... // Thank goodness! Thank goodness...! // ! // Kakashi... What about Kakashi-sensei?!
Tsunade: .........
Chouji: ......
Tsunade: Move out, Chouji.
[Sign: Autopsy Room 3 // On Duty // Shizune // Oyone // Kumadori]

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Someone: Unghh...
Preta!Pain: ......!

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Preta!Pain: !!
Tsume: Gatsuuga!!

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Kiba: Mother - up there!
Akamaru: Ruff!
Tsume: I know!!
Tsuma'sDog: He must have used the body as a shield...
Tsume: Yes, I thought so... / Just as we've heard, it looks like this one is weak against physical brute force!
SomeGuy: *pant* // *pant*

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Shibi: Shino - let's go all-out to eliminate this one.
Shino: Yeah.
TenTen: Can't we rest just a little first?! / We're all worn-out from the mission already!
Guy: .........

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Lee: Is something the matter, Guy-sensei?
Guy: Don't you think an awful lot of birds have been speeding away from the village for a while now? // As though they're running from something...
Neji: I have a nasty feeling as well... / I think we should head back immediately.
TenTen: Whaaaaaaaaa~~~~?!!
Guy: Let's move, team!!

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ANBU: ! // ! // To the rear! // ! // !

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ANBU: Six piercings in the nose, and seven in each ear... this guy, huh...
Tsunade: ......?! // You're...
Deva!Pain: It has been a while, Tsunade-sama... // You are now the last remaining of the Sannin.
[Insert text: A fated reunion... Pain confronts Tsunade!!]
[Bottom text: Tsunade in terrible trouble...!! Next issue, "As The Hokage"!!]