"Is there… support?"
The leader of the Wave Ninja looked up at the figure standing on top of the earthen wall. His face darkened.
"Konoha's Anbu? Your village is really generous—sending Anbu just to babysit a group of little kids."
"It seems these children aren't simple. No wonder they could wipe out my forces!"
Anbu?
The four conscious genin froze.
There was actually Anbu protecting them?!
By now, Kiba had already fainted. Choji had collapsed while shielding Shikamaru. Ino had also passed out after being struck directly.
But strangely—Ino's consciousness appeared in the Fabrication System chat group, able to watch through Hinata's live broadcast.
"That's…" Hinata's Byakugan flickered. She gasped. "Itsuki-kun! That's Itsuki-kun!"
"Itsuki?" Shino and Shikamaru both looked stunned.
Their old classmate? Since when was he Anbu?
And his strength—blocking the Wave Ninja leader's enhanced strike head-on—was beyond anything they imagined.
Shikamaru remembered how Itsuki's power had gone out of control during the Genin Exam, so he had his suspicions. Shino, however, was completely lost.
[Yamanaka Ino: Itsuki is here? Ahhh! Why did I faint at the perfect time?! Hero saves beauty and I missed it!]
[Haruno Sakura: …Didn't Itsuki just save Shino? What does this have to do with you, Ino?]
[Yamanaka Ino: If I were awake, he'd have saved me on a rainbow cloud!]
[Tenten: I didn't expect Itsuki to actually protect you guys. I'm so jealous I'm crying. @Hyuga Hinata, don't waste this chance!]
[Hyuga Hinata: I… I don't know what to do…]
[Uzumaki Karin: Itsuki-kun is still as handsome as ever. With him here, you'll be safe.]
[Mitarashi Anko: That idiot Asuma couldn't even protect a few students, and now he has to let Brother Itsuki bail him out. What a disgrace to Konoha jonin! If anything happens to Kurenai, I won't forgive him!]
[Yamanaka Ino: Huh? Sister Anko, since when are you defending Kurenai-sensei?]
[Mitarashi Anko: One thing at a time. She's my best friend—my sister!]
"I don't think you're ordinary either."
Itsuki looked down at the Wave Ninja leader, voice calm.
"You're not just a bandit. That medicine you drank—what was it?"
"Who knows?" The leader's face twisted, but unease flickered in his heart.
Judging from Itsuki's power, he wasn't confident in victory. And if the fight dragged on, the drug's effect would wear off.
Swish!
Two figures suddenly appeared on the earthen wall, flanking Itsuki.
It was Asuma and Kurenai.
After all, they were jonin. The trap hadn't killed them—only delayed them.
If Itsuki hadn't intervened, their students might not have survived.
Both looked battered. Kurenai's expression was steady but pale, while Asuma's clothes were shredded, hair singed.
"You… you're alive?!" The Wave Ninja leader's eyes widened in shock.
He had struggled against just one "Anbu." Now two more Konoha jonin stood unharmed.
Escape. He had to escape!
Asuma and Kurenai exchanged surprised glances at Itsuki's presence, but now wasn't the time to ask questions.
"Do you really think detonating tags could kill Konoha jonin?"
Asuma drew out his chakra blades, sneering.
"Wishful thinking."
Though caught off guard by the trap, his reflexes had saved him. An elite jonin's survival instincts were second nature.
"Sorry, Anbu comrade." Asuma's voice sharpened as he glared at the Wave Ninja leader. "Thanks for protecting my students, but from here on, this is between him and me."
"I can't forgive anyone who harms my precious subordinates."
Itsuki shrugged, stepping aside, as if to say, be my guest.
The Wave Ninja leader's eyes flashed. He spun on his heel and bolted—vanishing into the mass of bandits.
Asuma chased, but bandits swarmed in to block him.
Unlike the genin, Asuma showed no mercy.
His chakra blades, empowered with the Flying Swallow technique, cut down everyone who dared to obstruct him.
Screams filled the air as bandits fell, one after another.
The leader had hoped to use them as shields to stall time. But Asuma cut through them effortlessly.
And then—
The drug wore off.
The Wave Ninja leader stumbled, muscles shrinking rapidly, skin sagging, chakra leaking away.
He collapsed to the ground, withered to skin and bone.
Even without Asuma's blade, he looked moments away from death.
"H-how… could this be?" His voice cracked in disbelief. "Impossible! He never told me the side effects were this severe!"
Asuma loomed over him, gaze filled with pity. "Seems you were used. Any last words?"
"Impossible… impossible…" the man muttered, mind broken.
Asuma shook his head. Interrogation was pointless now. He would bring the body back to Konoha for the record.
"This kind of transformation…" Itsuki murmured, touching his chin.
"What is it?" Kurenai asked curiously.
"…Nothing." Itsuki shook his head. Though he had his suspicions, it wasn't the time to speak.
Swish!
Another masked Anbu appeared beside Itsuki, clothes dripping with water.
"Relax, she's with me," Itsuki said lightly.
It was Tsubaki, who surfaced once the battle was over.
"Captain, your timing was perfect!" she said, eyes bright with admiration.
Though Itsuki had only acted once, that single move had changed everything.
"Itsuki! Itsuki! Is that you, Itsuki?!"
From below the wall, Ino had regained consciousness. She waved frantically at him.
"…Long time no see, Ino."
Itsuki smiled faintly and removed his Anbu mask.
Now that his identity was exposed, there was no point in hiding it.
"So young?" Kurenai and Tsubaki both froze in surprise.
Tsubaki knew Itsuki was twelve, but still—seeing him unmasked, that calm strength in such a young face—she couldn't help feeling conflicted.
Before, she had unknowingly leaned on him for reassurance.
But now, confronted with his true age, she suddenly felt a little ashamed of her dependence.
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