</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Destroyor @ Feb 3 2004, 01:15 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> You are ignore several obvious.

1) There are strange seal and marking all over the barrel, wouldn&#39;t that alone make a ninja stop and ponder what they meant?

2) Yes it&#39;s easy to carry a body then a barrel, but wouldn&#39;t it be easier for that person to walk? It&#39;s pretty suspicious, what if Sasuke is drug and hold stable in that barrel, thousands of possiblities comes to mind. Why risk breaking it open now instead of a later safer time? What if the barrel was a decoy carrying poison gas? What then?

The barrel is so suspicious it&#39;s just common senses not to open it until at a safer location, say, within konoha border. With help and without enemy around. Even if someone is stupid enough to break it open, is it truly wise? Is it safe for both the opener and Sasuke? Do they even have time? I don&#39;t even think they have the chance to break it open since the sound 4 been on their tail the instant they touch the barrel. Please ... enlighten me to all these staggering questions.


edit: They barely caught up, can they truly risk losing them by circling around and try to set trap with no guarantee they would work? Not one of the genin is a trap master. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
1. First, the group we are talking about are genins (shikas first mission as a chunnin). They are not at the level where they know all types of seals. I&#39;m sure that someone like Kakashi may have an Idea. They&#39;re greenhorns. For all they know the seal is meant to keep structural integrity or keep Sasuke asleep for easy transport (tranquilizer seal or what not). Secondly, Naruto is extremely careless. Now your telling me that the loudest, most surprising ninja is going to keep a box that can be smashed in tact. No one gives Naruto any credit, e.g. he&#39;s stupid, lalalala. Now all of a sudden he&#39;s going to be extremely carefull with the box. Very out of character.

2. Neji already stated that it was just Sasuke sleeping in the barrel. Once again your talking about being cautious, a characteristic that Naruto doesn&#39;t have.


I&#39;m not trying to debate on what should have occured. I&#39;m just trying to show you some of the realities of what should of happened, but didn&#39;t because the writers assumed that the characters automatically knew.