NIP Chapter 283 Is Kizaru still cunning?
Chapter 283 Is Kizaru still cunning?
Chapter 283 Is Kizaru still cunning?
His words, like the warm winter sun, shone into Naruto's heart, dispelling the gloom in his heart. All the burdens he had endured over the years seemed to vanish in that moment, leaving him feeling relieved.
Naruto felt a lump in his throat as he looked at his other self. A heavy shackle was breaking in his heart, and a powerful force was bursting forth from the depths of his soul.
However, a deep, steady voice suddenly rang out. It was then that Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had been silently observing, had stood up straight, his expression solemn and complex.
"Naruto, I'm sorry, I can't allow you to do this."
As he finished speaking, Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes were filled with helplessness and complex emotions.
"Tsunade has just taken over, and the situation in the village is very unstable. Revealing Naruto's identity under the current circumstances will only cause unnecessary turmoil, which will seriously threaten the stability of the village."
"Hmph!" The only response from Hiruzen Sarutobi was a disdainful snort from Naruto in his dream world. "The stability of the village? For the sake of so-called stability, the son of a hero can live year after year in discrimination and hatred? Such stability is nothing but a false facade built on lies and injustice; it's utterly meaningless!"
Naruto in his dream world clearly didn't buy into this explanation.
"One lie often requires another to maintain it. When it accumulates to a certain extent, the backlash will only cause the villagers to lose faith in the leadership. At that point, how will future generations protect Konoha? How many people will still believe in the Will of Fire?"
Naruto's question in the dream was truly piercing.
Xiang stood to the side, listening with a pounding heart.
She nervously gripped the hem of her clothes, glancing back and forth between Naruto and Hiruzen Sarutobi in her dream, barely daring to breathe loudly.
[Ding! Xiang's emotional fluctuations have been detected! Emotional value +300!]
Hiruzen Sarutobi remained silent for a moment, his brows furrowed.
As the Hokage, he certainly understood the injustice Naruto had suffered and the consequences of lying to the villagers, but considering the uproar that the truth might cause if it were revealed to the public, he still dared not take the risk.
He was not in a position to interfere in politics. Before becoming Hokage, he was willing to risk his life to cover the rear, but after becoming Hokage, he never dared to take risks.
Torn between guilt towards Naruto and the heavy responsibility of maintaining the village's stability, he was caught in a dilemma.
The current situation in the ninja world is already turbulent, with many powerful enemies lurking in the shadows.
Once chaos breaks out in the village, it will inevitably be vulnerable to attack.
"well----"
Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed helplessly, his gaze towards the dream Naruto was complex, mixed with a hint of regret.
"You're too emotional right now."
"Perhaps it would be better for everyone if you could calm down for a while."
As soon as he finished speaking, a blurry black shadow shot out from behind Hiruzen Sarutobi.
It was none other than the ANBU ninja who had been standing behind him like a shadow.
With a swift movement, he created a sharp gust of wind and silently blocked the path between Dream Naruto, Naruto, and Kaori.
Beneath the animal mask, a pair of cold eyes stared at them without a trace of emotion, revealing a murderous intent.
However, this is just the beginning.
Immediately afterwards, two members of the Anbu, also wearing animal masks, appeared out of thin air like ghosts, landing precisely on either side of Naruto and his companions' retreat route, blocking them completely from their current location.
In the blink of an eye, the three members of the secret service formed a perfect triangular encirclement, trapping the three little ones in the center.
The three men in black stood like three silent, cold statues, not uttering a word, yet exuding a chilling and menacing pressure.
Although they haven't made a move yet, the invisible pressure they exude is already unmistakable.
This sudden turn of events caused Naruto and Kaori's expressions to change drastically.
Naruto felt a sudden sinking feeling in his heart.
"Third, third-generation grandfather?!"
He stared wide-eyed in disbelief at the tense scene unfolding before him.
He never imagined that his kind and gentle grandfather, the Third Hokage, would treat "him" so differently.
Use the shadows.
In an instant, shock, confusion, and grievance welled up in my heart.
Xiang's face turned deathly pale, and her body trembled slightly with fear.
She instinctively shrank behind Naruto, her voice trembling as she shouted at the ANBU, "What do you want?!"
Naruto, in the eye of the storm, faced this sudden encirclement without showing the slightest panic or fear.
He still wore a confident smile, his orange figure standing tall and composed.
"hateful!"
Naruto gritted his teeth, watching the three Anbu members closing in step by step. Despite having a thousand questions in his mind, he couldn't care less about them at this moment.
Even if "the me in the dream" is strong, there is only one person, while the other side consists of three well-trained elite members of the Dark Guard!
In any case, he couldn't just stand by and watch his other "self" face such danger alone.
Thinking of this, Naruto took a deep breath, quickly raised his hands, crossed his index and middle fingers, and was about to form a hand seal.
"Wait, Naruto."
A soft sound suddenly rang out, and a hand, seemingly out of nowhere, firmly pressed down on Naruto's wrist as he formed hand seals, stopping his movement.
It was Naruto from the dream world.
Naruto was startled, and his hand seals were forced to stop.
"W-Why are you stopping me?!" Naruto cried out anxiously in a low voice, "There are three of them, and you're all alone—"
Naruto in his dream gave him a confident smile and gently shook his head, saying, "Don't worry, leave it to me. They're just three Anbu members; you don't need to lift a finger."
He turned to the side and lowered his voice to add, "Your task is to protect Xiang and not let her get involved."
Leave this to me.
Naruto stared blankly at the confident look on the face of the Naruto in his dream, and for some reason, the panic in his heart subsided a little.
The other person's smile has a kind of magic, making people subconsciously choose to believe him.
"But—" Naruto still hesitated, looking worriedly at the three ANBU members surrounding them.
Naruto in the dream waved his hand gently at him, signaling him to step back to Kaori's side.
"Take good care of Xiang, and leave the rest to me. Trust me, okay?"
When their eyes met, Naruto sensed the certainty in the other's eyes.
He was startled, his tense shoulders gradually relaxed, and he nodded.
"Okay—I believe you!"
Seeing this, Naruto in his dream smiled with satisfaction, then turned around and turned his gaze back to the three Anbu members in front of him.
A sharp glint flashed in his eyes.
Of course, the reason why the dream Naruto stopped Naruto was not out of bravado, but after careful consideration.
His gaze swept quickly across the surrounding situation, his thoughts racing in an instant.
When only he takes action, the nature of the situation is completely different.
After all, he comes from another world and is just a passerby staying here for one day. No matter how much commotion he causes today, he will leave when his time is up.
All grudges will vanish with his disappearance, and will not have much to do with Naruto in this world.
But if Naruto takes action himself, the meaning changes completely.
This would escalate into a major incident where the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki openly rebels against the Konoha leadership, enough to shake the foundations of the village.
Regardless of the reason, even if it is resolved smoothly, this matter will leave an indelible rift between Naruto and the village.
The dream version of Naruto would never put Naruto in such a dangerous situation.
Furthermore—in his dream, Naruto's lips curled slightly upward as he glanced at the dense residential buildings and streets around him.
This is, after all, the central area of Konoha, and it is densely populated.
These secret agents, fearing the consequences, would never dare to use large-scale destructive ninjutsu.
The scope and methods of combat were implicitly limited to close-quarters fighting and small-scale spells.
This actually gives me an advantage.
Thinking of this, Naruto's eyes sharpened even more, and his aura instantly became piercing.
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
In the dream, Naruto's hands moved swiftly, forming hand seals with fluid, graceful movements.
Bang!Bang!Bang!
With a few crisp popping sounds, the orange figure of the Six Paths, identical to the original, suddenly appeared around him.
"Protect them!"
Naruto gave the order in the dream world.
Six shadow clones immediately formed a circle, protecting Naruto and Kaori in the center, and simultaneously assumed a defensive stance, instantly breaking the Anbu's numerical advantage in the encirclement.
What started as a three-on-two encirclement quickly turned into a seven-on-three standoff.
"Should we create six shadow clones for defense?"
The leader of the ANBU ninjas directly in front of him hissed softly, his heart skipping a beat.
"Is he really going to face the three of us alone?"
Immediately afterwards, Naruto in his dream reached into his robes with his right hand, and when he stretched it out again, he had a uniquely shaped three-bladed kunai in his hand.
The kunai was engraved with the Flying Thunder God Technique formula, its surface gleaming with a cold light.
The moment that familiar trident kunai appeared in Naruto's hands in the dream, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had been calmly watching the battle, suddenly widened his eyes and his pupils contracted sharply!
"Flying Thunder God Kunai?! Oh no—could he use that technique?!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi understood better than anyone the meaning behind the Kunushi sword.
If this dream version of Naruto truly possesses the Flying Thunder God Technique, these three Anbu members wouldn't be able to stop him at all.
The situation is probably spiraling out of control.
Thinking of this, Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but feel remorse.
He personally handed this kunai to Naruto early this morning!
He meant well and wanted to make amends to Naruto, but unexpectedly he has become a weapon in the other party's hands.
But the arrow was already on the bowstring, and it had to be released.
Now that things had come to this, Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the unease and regret in his heart, and his expression became solemn again.
He could no longer hesitate.
"Take him down!" Hiruzen Sarutobi's gaze darkened. After a pause, he added, "Be careful—don't hurt Naruto!"
"yes!"
The three secret agents received their orders at the same time and sprang into action in the next second!
The next moment, the three of them trembled simultaneously, transforming into three arrows that shot out from three different directions toward the dream Naruto surrounded by shadow clones.
Three dark figures moved with lightning speed, closing in on their target in the blink of an eye.
The operative in front charged straight at the target, while his comrades on both sides attacked from the left and right simultaneously. The three coordinated perfectly, clearly all being battle-hardened elites.
However, despite the combined attack from three sides, Naruto in his dream world still wore a calm and confident smile.
He didn't even move an inch, just stood there quietly, and suddenly raised his right hand!
call out!
The specially made kunai, engraved with the Flying Thunder God Technique, flew out of his hand, transforming into a cold silver streak of light, accompanied by a piercing whistling sound, and shot straight towards the ANBU member rushing towards him!
Flying Thunder God Kunai?!
The pupils of the ANBU member pointed at by the kunai suddenly contracted!
The illustrious deeds of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, are known to everyone in Konoha.
Whether it's the Yellow Flash or the Flying Thunder God, they are legends they've been exposed to since childhood!
Almost the instant the kunai left his hand, all the muscles in his body tensed up to the extreme as if by conditioned reflex, and his mind raced at an unprecedented speed.
Is it bait? Or a feint? Where will he land?!
The ANBU member kept a close eye on the kunai flying at high speed, while also keeping half of his attention on the slightest possible movement of the dream Naruto's real body out of the corner of his eye.
He has made full preparations to deal with any surprise attack from any angle and in any way!
however.
What happened the next second completely overturned this member of the Dark Guard's understanding—
No, it should be said that it overturned everyone's understanding!
The real Naruto in the dream remained standing still, with a confident smile on his face, and not even the shadow beneath his feet moved an inch.
But at the same time.
Swish swish swish swish swish!
Six strange sounds, as if space itself were being torn apart, exploded simultaneously in the arena!
The six shadow clones that were originally standing guard around Naruto in the dream suddenly disappeared without warning!
"Varied-?!"
Before the member of the Dark Guard directly in front could finish his exclamation, everything suddenly went blurry—
Six dazzling golden flashes appeared out of nowhere and instantly surrounded him!
No, not just in front of him, but in all six directions—front, back, left, right, above, and below him—all escape routes were completely blocked!
Six shadow clones of Naruto in his dream, six iron fists wrapped in surging chakra, simultaneously slammed towards him!
Each punch tore through the air, producing a sharp whistling sound, and a gust of wind swept across the face—
Oh la oh la oh la oh la oh la!
Six dull thuds of flesh colliding rang out almost simultaneously!
With a dull thud as bones shattered, the ground cracked and caved in from the series of blows.
Because of the orders given by the dream Naruto, he focused all his attention on the dream Naruto's main body and the Flying Thunder God kunai, and didn't pay any attention to the movements of the six shadow clones.
Caught off guard.
The ANBU member didn't even have time to parry before he was slammed to the ground, and everything went black—
What's even more alarming is that the attacks of these six shadow clones did not end there.
One of the shadow clones had already reached out and caught the Flying Thunder God Kunai precisely, then flung it towards the second ANBU member on the right!
The ANBU member on the right was stunned by the instant death of his comrade. Before he could even recover from the shock, a Flying Thunder God Kunai suddenly appeared in front of him, aimed straight at his face!
The whole process was so smooth and seamless that it left no room for thought.
cheated!
The second member of the Dark Guard had barely formed this thought when six golden figures appeared around him like ghosts.
An equally flawless combined attack!
An equally devastating offensive!
Oh la oh la oh la oh la oh la!
Six more muffled, synchronized explosions!
In the blink of an eye, the second member of the Dark Guard followed in his companion's footsteps.
In the blink of an eye, two corners of the triangular encirclement had collapsed!
The last remaining member of the secret service was so shocked that he swallowed hard and froze in his tracks.
But in that instant, the Flying Thunder God Kunai had mysteriously appeared before his eyes!
Just as he was about to form a hand seal, he was engulfed by a sky full of golden light!
Then consciousness plunged into boundless darkness—
Fortunately, Naruto in the dream world acted with restraint, and although the three were seriously injured and unconscious, their lives were not in danger.
From the moment Naruto threw the Flying Thunder God kunai in the dream to the moment all three Anbu members fell to the ground, the entire process took only a few seconds.
In an instant, the wind stopped.
But the entire street fell into a deathly silence.
Naruto in his dream world deftly twirled the kunai in his hand and then put it back in his pocket.
He remained calm and composed, his gaze sweeping over the three unconscious ANBU members before looking up at Hiruzen Sarutobi, who stood frozen in the distance.
Naruto stared wide-eyed at the scene before him, frozen in place as if petrified.
Another self————
one person----
In an instant—
They defeated three powerful Konoha ANBU members?
"Wow—that's amazing—"
Naruto swallowed hard, feeling his mouth dry.
The storm of attacks was so fast that he could barely see it, and he couldn't even make out Naruto's figure in his dream before it was over.
What terrifying speed and power that was!
So handsome!
Is this really something I, Naruto Uzumaki, can do?
[Ding! Naruto's emotional fluctuations have been detected! Emotional value +400!]
Naruto felt his blood boiling, and an irrepressible desire surged from the depths of his heart.
One day, he too will become as powerful as the person before him!
Xiang stared in disbelief at the haphazardly scattered Anbu members on the ground and the still composed Naruto from the Dream Realm. Her mind went blank, and she even forgot to utter a cry of surprise.
[Ding! Xiang's emotional fluctuations have been detected! Emotional value +500!]
Not far away, Hiruzen Sarutobi stood frozen in place, his forehead beaded with cold sweat.
He had suspected that the Dark Division might fail.
But they failed so easily and quickly.
His hand holding the pipe trembled slightly uncontrollably, his face filled with shock and disbelief.
After a moment of deathly silence, the veteran Hokage, who had experienced countless battles, murmured with difficulty, "Flying Thunder God Technique Second Stage—no! This is even more exquisite group teleportation tactic—"
"He—he actually mastered the Fourth Hokage's technique—and he uses it so terrifyingly—"
This breathtaking scene involuntarily reminded Hiruzen Sarutobi of the legendary "Yellow Flash of Konoha" that had shaken the battlefield years ago.
However, at this moment, the young man in front of me is no less impressive than that legendary figure from back then!
[Ding! An emotional fluctuation from Hiruzen Sarutobi has been detected! Emotional value +600!]