"Naruto!"
"Be careful!!"
Sakura and Sasuke yelled.
...
"Huh? Brat, who do you think you are?"
And the two Chūnin who heard Naruto's words looked at Naruto unhappily, waved the chain in their hands, entangled him, and when they were about to tear him into pieces...
Naruto's entire body turned into crimson flames and suddenly dissipated, and the chains cut into nothing but the air.
"Nani?!"
"How is that possible!?"
Before the two Chūnins had time to react, they felt their heads being held by a powerful hand and smashed to the ground.
Boom!
Naruto let go of their heads and stood up slowly.
As for the two Chūnins, they have completely passed out.
"Naruto..."
Sakura stared blankly at Naruto. These two ninjas who killed Kakashi-sensei were beaten by Naruto easily?!
"Fuhh!" Sasuke relaxed his body and returned to his cold look.
"you…"
Tazuna couldn't believe it.
This kid actually defeated two ninjas by himself!?
Was this the strength of Konoha? Were all the genins this powerful? 'No wonder he was able to injure his incompetent Jōnin Teacher!!'
(Kakashi: Are you talking about me?)
"Oh, well done, Naruto~"
Kakashi came out from the side clapping his hands.
"Weren't you dead?"
Tazuna jumped in surprise and then asked suspiciously after calming down.
"Kakashi-sensei, are you alright!?"
Sakura was also very surprised.
"I'm a Jōnin, how could I die so easily?"
Kakashi said helplessly, then looked at Sakura,
"You don't really think I would have been killed so easily, do you?"
"Ah, ah haha, no, never!"
Sakura laughed awkwardly.
Kakashi shook his head, he had seen the situation just now.
Sasuke's performance was good. It was the first time he had encountered this kind of thing, and he still remained calm. He was a good young ninja.
As for Naruto, that was an extraordinary performance, but it was also true that Naruto's speed and power were incomparable to Kakashi, and it was normal for Naruto to have this kind of performance.
As for the Sakura, it was normal behavior. Generally, Genin who just graduated basically looked and behaved like her.
"That's...Tazuna-san, maybe you can explain why a C-level mission involved two Chūnin trying to assassinate you? What are you hiding?"
Kakashi looked at Tazuna indifferently.
It was normal for ninjas to meet other ninjas during their missions.
But if a low-level mission encountered a high-level ninja, it would be very problematic.
"Aren't they Mist Shinobi? Known for fighting to the death no matter what."
"As it is now, it is already a mission above B level. Protecting you to successfully complete the bridge was the mission we agreed upon."
Kakashi stared at Tazuna as if telling if you don't tell the truth, our mission will end here.
"..." Tazuna lowered his head, not knowing what to say.
"You may have a reason, but this is also very dangerous for us. For my students, it is too early to perform such a mission, I will have to drop the mission."
"Huh? Kakashi-sensei, should we just go back like this?"
Sakura said in amazement.
"Do we have to give up the mission just because we met a ninja? We received this mission with great difficulty, and aren't we also ninjas? Kakashi?"
Sasuke also didn't agree to go back like this.
He didn't have time to make a move, the ninjas were dealt with by Naruto very fast, if this continued, they would have to go back and do the missions of looking for cats and dogs, when will he become more powerful?!
Sasuke had a stronger heart to become stronger than anyone present.
For revenge!
...
"This..."
Kakashi was stumped, he didn't want the three kids to get hurt, so he proposed to go back to the village, but it seemed that they didn't think so, Kakashi suddenly looked at Naruto, wanting to hear what he had to say.
"Kakashi-sensei, why don't we listen to Tazuna-san's reason before deciding whether to continue the mission."
Naruto said after some time.
"That's fine, Tazuna-san, this is your last chance."
"Okay, I..."
Seeing that he couldn't hide it, Tazuna could only tell them about the real problem and about the land of waves being occupied by a man named Gato, and to build the bridge that would connect the island to the mainland to enrich the country and get rid of Gato's control, he had no choice but to come to Konoha to seek the help of the ninja.
But because of the limited funds in hand, he concealed the information that Gato hired ninjas to assassinate him and only applied for a C-level mission.
Tazuna hoped that there would be no accidents before he arrived in the country of waves, so even if ninjas attacked him by then, the ninjas he hired would definitely not sit idly by.
Unexpectedly, his whereabouts had been known by Gato, and he was attacked as soon as he left Konoha. Fortunately, Team 7 who took the C-level mission was powerful enough to save his life.
"You... you should have said it earlier."
Kakashi looked at Tazuna and shook his head helplessly.
Fortunately, He was an Elite Jōnin and could completely control the situation. His students were not bad either, and ordinary ninjas couldn't defeat them. Otherwise, if they fought a powerful enemy, they would lose badly.
"What do you say?"
Kakashi asked Naruto.
"Let's help him! Two Chūnin are not our opponents."
Sasuke agreed to continue the mission.
"That... shall we continue?"
Sakura looked at Sasuke, then looked at Naruto, who nodded.
"2 to 1, we can only continue, Kakashi sensei."
Naruto nodded.
"Then continue with the mission."
"However, Tazuna-san, I hope you don't continue to hide things from us. Otherwise, even if you are our client, we will take our own safety as a priority before deciding whether to protect you or not."
Kakashi said seriously.
"Don't worry! Don't worry! There is absolutely nothing else I am hiding!"
Tazuna said quickly, afraid that Kakashi and the others would turn around and leave, then his bridge-building plan would really end in failure, and he would end up dead.
...
After some discussion, the group continued to follow the route.
Fortunately, no other ninjas attacked them.
On the way, Sasuke came up to Naruto and spoke.
"Hey, Naruto, what was that ninjutsu you used to dodge?"
The tsundere Sasuke had been trained by Naruto for the past few years. Whenever he encountered any questions, he would ask them directly and will not shy away or act all haughty.
"Um, Fire Style clone?" Naruto lied.
"Fire Style clone? You also know Fire Style?"
Sasuke looked at Naruto in surprise, Fire Style was Uchiha's specialty ninjutsu!
"Yeah, I know the Great Fireball Technique, and I learned it from you."
"Me?"
"Yeah, you have used it so many times, I have already learned it."
"Then how did you practice the Fire Style clone...?"
Sasuke asked expectantly, this was much better than Body Replacement Technique!
"It's very simple. It's an upgraded version of the Body Replacement Technique. It just replaces the replacement with flames. Your Fire Style ninjutsu training is not deep enough. You can try to develop in that direction. As for whether you will succeed or not, It just depends on how well you understand the Fire nature."
Of course Naruto was just talking nonsense.
"Is that so?"
But Sasuke didn't feel that Naruto was lying to him, and fell into deep thought.
And Kakashi looked at Naruto thoughtfully. He had heard Sasuke's words, and he also remembered the ninjutsu Naruto used to avoid the attacks of those two ninjas, but...
"Was that really a Fire Style clone?"
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