why does Hiruzen always get away with the "what more could i do" crap he spouts at Naruto?

Would you guys be interested in a manga adaptation? If so, is the author ok with it?

Why did you drop it, it is so good, jokes are really good , everything is awesome,

This is a really great fan fiction, you are a great author. I know you haven't touched this in over a dacade, but I hope you come back to it some day...

Naruto in your fanfiction is too dumb, I mean, he's even dumber than in the original manga.

Sucks

7 gates gai would beat bee and 8 gates would solo kumo

The Forrest of death was very disappointing

reread this multiple times over the years

the best written fic in all of existence

I can't keep reading. The overall story is very good and the writing is done well, but there's somehow something in every chapter that manages to annoy me enough to consider dropping it. Well, by themselves, they weren't enough to make me actually go through with dropping it, but when there's one in each chapter, it adds up.

If Yugito says she bears full responsibility, then Konoha should actually make her bear full responsibility, Hizashi style. If Kumo can make Konoha do it, then Konoha should be able to make Kumo do it.

Also, the Hokage's explanation of keeping the secret and his method being better than Kumo's is full of shit.

[She's probably expecting me to go back to the village, the only other option would be to cross the border into Kumo, and that's a pretty risky move.]

He specifically ran to the Konoha side of the inn, so why would continuing to run in that direction lead to kumo?

Also, I really thought that there was going to be another layer to his escape plan when he decided to stick around and fight Yugito directly after tricking her to the river, but no... his master plan to escape her was to bait her into going to the place he actually was...

[ and the Raikage made it very clear he didn't want this mission ending with a bunch of dead Konoha ninjas; we don't need more trouble with them right now.]

But kidnapping the kyuubi jinchuuriki is fine?

The fact that KKumo knows Naruto is a Jinchurriki kinda invalidates the entire reason for him not knowing about it. Maybe you'll explain next chapter...