Nobuo-wuo

Let me educate you on a classic ninja expression: When one is unsure what to do, one reports the situation to someone else and lets THEM deal with it.

Hi hiiii! Watcha doin' here? This place is super duper dangerous!

You're Nobuo?! You're not quite what I expected... Sai told me to tell you the Sakura Genin aren't human. They're Thick Branches transformed into ninja by magic.

Oh noes! That's terrible! Thanky-boos for coming all the way here to tell me! But this place is dangerous, so you better get to safety while you can!

And in this case, we'll report the situation to Nobuo. He was sent here to investigate...something. I don't know where he is, maybe in the Castle Tower? But you'll recognize him by his awesome bamboo hat. I tried to steal it from him, but it didn't work.

(Perfect! Nobuo's the person Akai wanted to find in the first place.)

You will help me. You WILL help me! WHOOSH! You'll help me, right? I mean, it worked, right?

We'll report the situation to Nobuo. He was sent here to investigate...something. I don't know where he is, maybe in the Castle Tower? But you'll recognize him by his awesome bamboo hat.