Kakashi shook his head and turned towards Sasuke.
"I have something else to do with Sasuke. If you want to participate in the future round, you need to come with me."
"By the way, good job on coming one day early. If you were one day late, Sasuke might have gotten a chance to compete further."
Sakura's face turned pale as she asked.
"Is it related to that ninja who bit Sasuke on the neck?"
Naruto instantly raised his hand and said.
"That reminds me. That ninja also did something to my stomach. Look!"
He raised his jacket and channeled Chakra into his stomach.
Kakashi and Iruka were about to scold Naruto before they saw a strange seal appear above Naruto's stomach.
"Naruto!"
Sakura couldn't help but feel embarrassed. She would've punched him if Kakashi and Iruka hadn't gotten so serious.
On the other hand, Sasuke looked at the complex seal placed on Naruto's stomach and asked.
"That looks nothing like mine."
"It is not supposed to be."
Naruto waved his hand and said.
"I don't know what that ninja did, but it made my Chakra Control much worse. Its state is similar to before I learned Tree Climbing."
Hearing that, Kakashi nodded his head and said.
"Naruto, you should go with Iruka to Lord Third and talk about your problem. Only he can handle this."
Naruto's face was scrutinized rapidly as he said.
"Then, we will still be able to have Ramen?"
His words made Sakura giggle while Sasuke also smirked. Kakashi showed an eye smile while Iruka shook his head, smiling.
"Naruto, I will bring your Ramen here. But first, I need to take you to Lord Third. Sakura, you can wait here."
Sakura's giggles fell apart when she heard that.
Kakashi held Sasuke and disappeared with a Body Flicker, and Iruka did the same with Naruto.
A few minutes later,
Naruto and Iruka arrived in front of the Hokage's office. After they knocked on the door a few times, the Third Hokage's voice came from inside.
"Come in!"
"Lord Hokage!"
Iruka greeted Hiruzen with a bow while Naruto swaggered in, waving his hand as he said.
"How are you, Old Man?"
At this moment, Hiruzen's sharp eyes sensed something strange about Naruto.
It was just a fleeting sensation, but it felt like he wasn't the same Naruto.
It wasn't Chakra or body style. It was just the feeling that Naruto gave until he waved his hand.
It felt like a mask, but he couldn't pinpoint the true feeling behind that mask.
It was weird because he would only get this feeling from someone like Lord Second or Third.
Naruto gave him the same presence, but he hid it instantly. But for him, that wasn't the case, as he believed it was just dementia.
He couldn't put Naruto on the same level as his teachers.
What he didn't realize was that Naruto just hid his feelings. When Naruto saw the Third Hokage, he also saw the future.
It was the future where the Third Hokage died. He didn't know how he died, but he knew he died fighting his student in an upcoming invasion.
If it were just Naruto learning the information about the future, he would've blurted out everything.
But he didn't just receive information. He received experience.
And that experience held him from exposing such information. He didn't know why he did that.
'Maybe it's because it's just a dream.'
He consoled himself and spoke.
"Old Man, a weird guy did something to the seal?"
He lifted his t-shirt and started inputting Chakra into the seal. Soon, the Eight Trigrams Seal appeared, but there was another seal on top of that.
"Five Elements Seal!"
Hiruzen's voice sounded hoarse.
"Huh? Five what?"
Naruto didn't listen to it carefully, but the information about the Five Elements Seal appeared in his mind.
"Five Elements Seal! It's an odd-number seal that disrupts the flow of even number seal."
"Your Eight Trigram Seal is made by combining two Four Trigram Seals in perfect coordination. This disruption destroys whatever Chakra Control you have."
Hiruzen explained while standing up. He walked up to Naruto and said.
"Naruto, brace yourself! I am going to unlock this seal."
Naruto hurriedly nodded, pulling his clothes up with both of his hands.
[Five Elements Unseal]
Hiruzen slapped five fingers exactly over those five seals so hard that Naruto flew back and fell to the ground.
"Ow!"
Naruto grunted, but soon, he felt the proper flow of Chakra in his body and jumped excitedly.
"I can feel it. My Chakra Control is back. Thanks a bunch, Old Man!"
"It's okay, Naruto. If I hadn't done this, you would've much harder time in the next match."
Hiruzen kindly smiled and shook his head.
"Alright then, Iruka Sensei! It's your turn. Let's go have some Ramen!"
Naruto immediately turned towards Iruka and shouted.
"I will take my leave, Lord Third!"
Iruka bowed towards the Third Hokage and turned around.
Hiruzen shook his head. He was right. Naruto hadn't changed. That was just his feelings.
He looked at Minato's picture and sighed.
"I am getting old."
.............
As Naruto and Iruka made their way to Sakura and joined her, Naruto asked.
"Iruka Sensei, does Old Man Third have students?"
"Of course, he does. Didn't you listen to anything in your class? Lord Jiraiya, Lord Orochimaru, and Lady Tsunade are the students of the Third Hokage."
"But only Lord Jiraiya is a proper ninja in the village. The man who attacked you was none other than Orochimaru."
"There is another female ninja who had received a similar curse seal before. That's why Kakashi took Sasuke to seal that Curse Seal."
Iruka patiently explained. He didn't know a lot about Orochimaru, but he knew a few things about Anko.
And he also knew Anko was Orochimaru's disciple before he betrayed the village.
"Iruka-sensei, why is Orochimaru targeting Sasuke-kun?" Sakura worriedly asked.
Iruka shook his head and said.
"I don't know. Nobody knows what he wants. But remember, he isn't something you can fight or even think of fighting."
"Only Lord Third or Lord Jiraiya will be able to fight him."