Chapter 70
"What... happened...?"
"Her comrades arrived."
Naruto pulled Sako's hand, fleeing at top speed.
"Hidden Mist does not have the concept of comrades. To them, every colleague is an object that can be discarded at any time..."
Sako faced the wind, looking back.
Many Kunai were stuck in the enemy female Ninjalying on the ground, and the bloodstains dyeing the ground red were expanding.
The cruel side of the Ninja world was revealed to Sako for the first time.
It also made her realize that the world she lived in was never a simple one.
I'm going to have psychological trauma... Sakomurmured in her heart.
So.
"That person, she..."
"She died." Naruto answered calmly, "We have no reason to care about her. She is an enemy..."
The sound of pursuit came from behind, and Sakoforced herself to shift her attention to fleeing.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The sound of Kunai and shuriken cutting through the air echoed, making Sako feel very close to Shinigami.
Until... a Kunai trailed by fireworks flew over.
The enemy actually used an explosive tag!
That was a powerful weapon that even Chunin had to budget carefully for.
Boom!
Explosion, roar.
Sako felt herself being thrown into the air.
Was I blown to death?
No way~!
I'm still just a child~!
Thump.
Sako fell headfirst to the ground: "Ouch~!"
"Run, brats!"
The enemy's sinister laughter came from nearby.
Sako tried to move her body and found that she still had arms and legs.
That's great... Sitting on the ground, she looked back.
Because of the explosive tag's explosion, the nearby grass was ignited.
The air distorted, smoke wavering.
Standing on the grass, Naruto's tall figure made an inexplicable tremor rise in Sako's heart.
But the next moment, Sako's mood went from cloud nine to rock bottom.
"This guy..."
Sako, with a pale face, looked at Naruto, who had taken a fighting stance.
"He's not planning to go 1 against 5, is he?"
That's right, the enemy's preliminary assessment was 5 people.
"It's over~!"
Uzumaki Naruto is crazy.
He was severely affected by delusions, which influenced his actions.
Don't let his calmness fool you; it's all a result of self-hypnosis. Chunibyo... no, hysteria is like this.
Although she was the one who dragged him into this situation, if she hadn't suggested hunting wild boars, none of this would have happened.
But... if she had known he had such severe hysteria earlier, she would never have brought him out~!
By now, he should have been at Konoha Hospital, getting his brain checked!
Now he actually wants to take on 5 people alone.
He's probably even fantasizing about a massacre afterwards... he's beyond help.
Sako sighed.
Chapter 11: Flee? Of course, counterattack!
"Hurry and run, Uzumaki Naruto..."
Sako gestured to Naruto, suggesting that if they tried harder, they might still be able to escape from the enemy's encirclement.
Naruto: "Run?"
This word seemed to trigger some kind of stress response.
Naruto left Sako with his back.
He turned his head slightly, and Sako couldn't see his face very clearly in the darkness.
But at that moment, Sako had a feeling, she didn't know if it was an illusion.
Uzumaki Naruto's blue eyes shone with an extremely sharp light.
The next moment.
Naruto pulled out a Kunai and threw it with an incredibly cool posture.
—Although it was useless.
The wobbly projectile naturally achieved nothing, which made Sako even more desperate.
"Look, this brat can't even throw a Kunai straight!"
The five Hidden Mist Ninja, approaching from a distance, immediately let out sinister jeers.
But the next moment, what happened made them shut their mouths.
Naruto stepped forward and sprinted.
He ran to the first enemy and kicked him.
The loud impact, accompanied by a bone-chilling sound of bones breaking, sent the enemy flying instantly.
This scene of a "flying person" reminded Sako of her first meeting with Uzumaki Naruto, which also involved such a flying person.
Clatter.
Naruto, landing, moved his hands slightly and put on the goggles hanging around his neck.
He did this, of course, to conceal the eyes that had already turned into scarlet vertical pupils beneath the goggles.
"This brat...!"
The four Ninja, immediately realizing something was wrong, all took up their stances.
Whoosh!
A katana was swung.
"Watch out~~!!"
Sako shouted loudly.
Before she could even finish, Naruto flashed and crouched down.
The katana that swept over his head ripped through the air.
Naruto, half-crouching, suddenly charged forward and crashed into the enemy's body.
The opponent, sent flying, slammed hard into a nearby boulder.
The stone shattered like snowflakes.
The katana that had slipped from the enemy's grasp was picked up by Naruto.
Then, he turned and threw it, and the flying katanapierced through another person's body.
"Three left..." Naruto whispered the number of remaining enemies.
"Th-this..."
Is this still that Uzumaki Naruto guy?
Sako looked at the scene before her, unable to help but express her thoughts.
Naruto's movements were comparable to the most well-trained Ninja.
Following that, Naruto charged into the enemy ranks and began to engage them in close combat.
Shouts, the sound of weapons cutting through the air, fighting sounds... all of this was a scene Sakohad never witnessed before.
Sako, who had originally thought Uzumaki Narutowas crazy, had no choice but to believe the posture he displayed.
Standing in the wind.
Sako's fringe swayed, sparks flew, the smell of burning explosive tags stung her nose... So this is the world of Ninja.
As the last enemy fell.
Naruto, having easily resolved the battle, breathed a sigh of relief.
This battle was actually quite dangerous for him.
After all, he only borrowed a tiny bit of the Nine-Tailed's power; he didn't cover himself with the Tailed Beast Cloak, nor did he sprout tails. One slip-up and he could genuinely get injured.
But if he were to rashly sprout tails in front of Sako, it would lead to unpredictable consequences.
"Y-you damn brat..."
The Hidden Mist Ninja lying on the ground looked up, clearly unable to believe that their entire group would be wiped out by a brat.
Who exactly is this blonde-haired kid?!
"But do you think this is over? Heh heh..."
With that, he collapsed again.
"Let's go." Naruto ignored the opponent's typical villainous threat, directly walked towards Sako, and gestured for her to leave with him.
"Oh, oh..."
Having experienced what just happened, Sakosubconsciously followed Naruto's arrangements... Along the way, Sako observed Naruto's back, feeling both familiar and strange.
She didn't know what kind of environment Narutohad grown up in.
Her mother had said that he had been alone since childhood, his parents having sacrificed themselves to save the Village.
This meant that in such a harsh environment, he had to survive on his own, like a stray dog or cat, in cruel growing conditions.
Because no matter what, Uzumaki Naruto could not possibly have left the Village to perform missions, defeat enemies, or anything like that...