"Hey, I think you should let me go now." Naruto complained while kicking his feet in the air.
"You're annoying, brat!" One of the supposed Anbu's members said, "Keep talking, and I'll rip out your tongue."
"Then pull it out, ah~" Naruto said provocatively, then opened his mouth wide and stuck out his tongue.
"You're asking for it!"
As they spoke, the two men reached out to grab Naruto's head. However, Naruto was not idle either, and he actually drew a sword from the seal space and slashed at the two men.
Originally, he planned to drag these two into the seal space and let Kyubi swallow them. Anyway, as long as they entered the seal space, they could hardly cause any trouble unless they were extremely powerful Shinobi. However, due to his consciousness needing to enter with the two, he abandoned the idea for safety.
He swung the blade, followed closely by a wind blade.
The two fake Anbu's members jumped in opposite directions, but the next second, Naruto switched positions with a Flying Thunder God Kunai and fiercely pressed the molten lava on the face of the Anbu's members, who had been exposed long ago.
The sensation was more intense than eating extremely spicy noodles.
Another fake Anbu didn't expect Naruto to be so brutal, and was stunned for a second by his companion's melted face. It was this second that allowed Naruto to seize the opportunity.
He threw out three kunai, one of which was a Flying Thunder God Kunai.
Using the same trick, Naruto performed the Lava Release: Face Press Technique again!
A scream erupted and quickly ceased as life drained away.
Meanwhile, Sakura pushed through the crowd, gritting her teeth as she chased the direction where the Anbu took Naruto.
But for some reason, the more she chased, the more people blocked her way.
It felt like everyone in the arena had the same face, and the stands seemed endless. Sakura felt an overwhelming coldness ahead and a chilling sensation under her feet.
All the noise and bustle disappeared, and she collapsed to the ground, almost collapsing.
"Sakura, wake up, Sasuke's here."
A familiar voice woke her up, and Sakura opened her eyes to see Naruto squatting next to her with a mischievous grin.
"Young Master Sasuke is indeed the most useful one to wake you up."
Before he could finish his words, Sakura suddenly hugged him tightly and burst into tears for no reason. Hearing the long suppressed cry, Naruto was confused and felt his shoulder get wet.
He looked up and made eye contact with Ino, who had just broken the Genjutsu and stood behind Sakura, and he felt embarrassed for a moment.
"I'll go find Choji." Naruto handed Sakura over to Ino and quickly ran off.
Choji was sleeping soundly in the crowd, and when Naruto woke him up, his brain was obviously still not fully aware of what was happening.
"Where are the Anbu?"
"What Anbu? You must have remembered it wrongly."
Naruto coughed, helping Choji up and pointing to the purple barrier over the highest stand and the audiences, who were all in deep sleep.
"Choji, the enemy is here."
"Enemy!" Choji's plump body shuddered, "Where's Shikamaru?"
"Next to you." Naruto pointed to the boy in the fishnet shirt lying on the ground.
"Naruto, why don't you help Shikamaru break the Genjutsu?" Choji hurried over and shook Shikamaru desperately, "Shikamaru, wake up! The enemy is coming!"
"Because I don't know how to break Genjutsu." Naruto squatted aside and grumbled.
The order in the venue has collapsed. The Shinobi from Sunagakure and Otogakure have infiltrated the entire village. The audiences in the stands are all under a Genjutsu-induced sleep. At the highest spot, the Hokage's viewing platform was already encased in a purple Four Violet Flames Formation, isolating the Anbu guards from the Hokage.
The Hokage has been isolated, and a large number of Sunagakure and Otogakure's Shinobi are rushing here.
In the arena, Guy and Kakashi had just arrived with Sasuke. The Konoha Crush plan had started prematurely, and Gaara was still at full strength. Now, only the Genin were able to move freely.
"Shikamaru!" Choji shouted while shaking Shikamaru.
"Damn it! Stop shaking me! Are you stupid?" Shikamaru grabbed Choji, "I don't want to get involved in this mess! I'm not going!"
Choji: "…"
Kakashi flickered over and knocked away several flying kunai. He glanced at Naruto, then at Sakura, who came running, summoned his Ninken, Pakkun, and spoke with a serious face, "Team 7, emergency assembly. You've got A-Rank mission: stop Sunagakure's Gaara from destroying the village."
Lee, Neji, and Tenten also arrived. Guy ordered them to assist the Torture and Interrogation Force in protecting Konoha and stopping the enemy. Kurenai's team, consisting of Kiba, Hinata, and Shino, were given reconnaissance tasks.
Asuma hadn't arrived, so Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji were assigned by Kakashi to protect the Land of Fire's nobles. The new generation Ino-Shika-Cho had a special status in Konoha, and these three are not his students, Kakashi couldn't just give them dangerous missions.
"Move out!" Kakashi and Guy ordered at the same time.
The Genin split into groups and immediately disappeared in different directions.
Guy's team, skilled in Taijutsu, was formidable, and each member a monster in their own right. Lee with unrestricted use of the Eight Gates, Neji with Revolving Heaven's absolute defense, and Tenten with her weapons mastery. For these veteran Genin, the task of assisting the Chunin in stopping the invading enemies is not too difficult.
"Kakashi, isn't the mission for Team 7 too dangerous?" Guy kicked a Otogakure's Shinobi away with a Konoha Whirlwind, and said back-to-back with Kakashi.
"Well, I am well aware of the strength of my students." Kakashi said lazily, "Anyway, I believe they are already excellent Genin and can work together to complete the mission."
…
"Is your Cursed Seal okay?" Naruto asked casually during the run.
"Yeah." Sasuke responded coldly.
Sakura didn't say anything, and just followed closely behind the two. The urgency of the mission made it challenging for her. This is a real life-and-death battle, forcing her to discard all distracting thoughts and focus entirely.
As the forest grew denser, the Ninken, Pakkun, who had accompanied the three on this mission, suddenly shrugged and complained to Naruto, "Brat, why do you have such strong smell of blood on you?"
Hearing this, Sakura was startled, and she remembered something. She was under a Genjutsu at that time, and she forgot to ask Naruto how he escaped from the two fake Anbu.
"Me?" Naruto grabbed his clothes and sniffed them as he ran, "I don't smell anything."
"Do you have my nose?" Three black lines appeared on Pakkun's forehead.
"Ah, the two Anbu who caught me started fighting each other. I stood there and watched the excitement for a while." Naruto lied calmly, "There are so many crazy people these days."
"Hey, at least try to lie convincingly. Doesn't your conscience hurt for deceiving a senior?" Pakkun glanced at the blond boy beside him.
"Conscience? I don't have such a thing. Stop nagging." Naruto retorted dissatisfiedly.
"By the way, with the village in such a state, do you think the Hokage will die?"