A chilling edge, an intense aura.
In this moment, within Naruto's pupils, the scene seemed to become exceptionally clear.
Facing the oncoming assault of Mizuki head-on, this time, Naruto didn't choose to evade but confronted it head-on.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle
The looming, massive silhouette, and the terrifying aura coming at him.
A sudden flash of lightning on Mizuki's body.
The lightning attached to the kunai.
Made Naruto's pupils shrink suddenly, his breath paused, almost unable to react.
The next moment,
Clang!
The two kunai clashed again, but this time, a sharp electric light flashed at the moment, and Naruto's body felt a tingling numbness.
Though not strong,
In that instant, it indeed caused a momentary stiffness in Naruto's body.
"Uh-oh!"
"It's over!!!"
Mizuki stood still, and his pupils flickered with blood-red light.
Chi!
A faint thunderous roar echoed in the air.
A flicker of the shadow's twist.
Mizuki forcefully swung his arm, diverting Naruto's right hand.
The sharp ball at the end,
At this moment, Mizuki unleashed all of his remaining chakra.
"Die!!!"
This strike, he, Mizuki, was determined to win!!!
Can he evade it? Should he evade it?
No!!!
This is my only chance for victory!!!
In the blink of an eye,
In Naruto's pupils, that golden halo became even stronger.
In his slightly crazy eyes,
Naruto's expression turned resolute at that moment.
Seeing this, Mizuki couldn't help but shudder, as if he had seen something terrifying.
This seemingly momentary but crucial hesitation!
Allowed Naruto to gain a tiny fraction of a second.
Naruto's figure twisted, deviating slightly, but instead of avoiding it, he confronted the oncoming figure head-on.
Splurt!
It was the sound of metal piercing flesh.
Accompanied by the kunai's electric light,
It easily pierced a bit off-center in Naruto's chest.
Also due to the brief pause,
Naruto took advantage of this opportunity. In that momentary pause, a hint of murderous intent was so evident in his pupils.
Enduring the severe pain that surged from his entire body to his brain,
Naruto gritted his teeth.
In one second of combat,
Using all his strength, he tightly grabbed Mizuki's body with his left hand.
With his kunai, in Mizuki's shocked expression, he precisely and mercilessly thrust it into Mizuki's left chest.
Splurt!
"The one who's going to die is you!!!"
With cold determination in his unwavering pupils,
Naruto's lips trembled slightly.
A cold word was spoken.
A precise and ruthless strike.
Naruto's kunai pierced Mizuki's left chest more accurately and rapidly than Mizuki's attack.
"Ahhhh!!!"
As Mizuki let out a painful scream,
Without a chance to make any reaction,
Naruto was one step ahead, pulling out the kunai with a powerful twist, causing Mizuki's body to be thrown backward.
Mizuki's figure rapidly flew backward and heavily crashed onto the ground.
One second of silence.
At the spot where the kunai was pulled out, a bloody gash appeared. Bright red blood gushed out uncontrollably.
"You... How could...?"
At that moment,
All of Mizuki's strength faded away as if it had never existed.
In the depths of his eyes, there was gradually dimming despair.
This was Mizuki's last trace of consciousness left in this world.
Soon after, his lowered arm.
Mizuki's last breath disappeared with it.
Cough, cough, cough...
The twist caused Mizuki's attack not to pierce Naruto's heart directly. But despite that, the previous injuries, combined with this latest one, pushed Naruto into a severely injured state.
At this moment, Naruto had no strength left to move.
If Naruto were alone at this time, he might have died from excessive bleeding.
Fortunately, not far away, Iruka was still alive.
The clash between Naruto and Mizuki had only taken a few seconds.
By the time Iruka could react, the battle had already ended.
"Naruto..."
Despite his own injuries, which were not light, Iruka quickly moved to Naruto's side.
For now, he couldn't afford to care about his own wounds.
He looked at Naruto with a heartache, who was covered in wounds.
"Hang in there, Naruto. I'll get you to the hospital right away!"
Iruka quickly interrupted Naruto's words.
At this moment,
Iruka really hated himself. Why was he so weak?
Why did he need his student to protect him?
His own powerlessness,
He had felt it once twelve years ago.
Now, he was feeling it again.
That time, he watched his parents leave and received the news of their death. This time, he watched his student, who was like a little brother to him, nearly die in front of him. His pity for Naruto made him hate himself even more.
For Iruka,
This feeling was truly, truly, very annoying!
"Cough, cough... I'm fine, Iruka-sensei..."
As if echoing his own words,
As Iruka was bandaging Naruto's wounds, Naruto's face, although still quite unsightly, was no longer as pale as before. There was a faint blush on his face, and the rate of healing was much faster than an ordinary person's. Although it couldn't be said to be an instant recovery, the visible repairs and the simple bandaging by Iruka stopped the massive bleeding from Naruto's body.
(End of this chapter)
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