"Damn it!"
Seeing the trees he had created being cut down by a barrage of Shadow Blades before reaching Hakushi's body, Yamato's face turned extremely serious.
But he couldn't help but feel a bit puzzled in his heart. Shouldn't this person's power be more than just this?
And why is the opponent so young?
"Captain Yamato!"
"Didn't I tell you to go on ahead?"
Yamato looked helplessly at the three subordinates surrounding him and sighed.
"What the heck is going on? Why did a fight suddenly break out?"
Naruto looked perplexed at Yamato.
"Didn't you hear me call out his name just now, Naruto? He's called Chiba Hakushi."
"Chiba... Hakushi... Hmm... huh???"
Only then did Naruto suddenly react, staring at Hakushi with shock.
Being stared at with such a shocked look by Naruto, Hakushi also found it strange. What kind of idiot look is that?
To be honest, Hakushi was indeed quite interested in these mysterious individuals.
Especially since the other party seemed to have arrived here using Space-Time Ninjutsu.
He remembered when he attempted to unseal the Dragon Vein power before, it indeed caused a temporal distortion.
Could there be a connection between the two?
"So... this person is Teacher Kakashi's..."
Naruto's shock instantly turned to anger, and he charged towards Hakushi without hesitation.
Sakura stood there stunned, forgetting to speak.
Sai had a contemplative look, not quite understanding what was going on.
Involving the matter of the Second White Fang, he had a feeling things were getting complicated.
Is this person really the one from the Land of Demons? Sai wondered inwardly.
He is so young.
"Wait, Naruto!"
Yamato shouted anxiously from behind.
Naruto's charging posture was entirely at the level of a Genin, but his Chakra far exceeded mine... is there some plan behind using such a stance to fight? Hakushi couldn't help but wonder.
With that enormous Chakra inside him, why is his battle level so amateurish?
Thus, Hakushi took a step back, not daring to make direct contact with this ninja named Naruto, while the Shadow Dancer condensed a Shadow Blade, slashing towards Naruto.
Boom!
The sound of an explosion echoed in the middle of the road.
In front of Hakushi's eyes, black matter was scattered around, and Hakushi recognized it as black ink.
The ink-formed creature collided with the Shadow Blade, allowing Naruto to narrowly avoid a fatal blow.
He saw that the ninja named Sai was wielding a pen, sketching something on an unrolled scroll.
"Interesting, using Yin Style Ninjutsu like me. And that face and eyes, with a distinctive temperament, could he be a hound of Danzo? Honestly, I'm getting increasingly curious about your identities."
Hakushi smiled a bit.
At first, he thought these people weren't Konoha ninjas, but thinking it over, they seemed like Konoha ninjas.
Their expressions and actions were difficult to fake.
This piqued Hakushi's curiosity.
"You bastard, stop pretending here! Give me back Teacher Kakashi!"
Naruto yelled there, forming seals with his hands, and instantly, a Shadow Clone identical to his body appeared beside him.
A Chakra Sphere gathered in Naruto's right hand, mercilessly targeting Hakushi's body.
Yamato sighed and could only coordinate with Naruto, using Wood Style Ninjutsu to cover Naruto's actions on the side.
"Rasengan!"
Boom!
A crater appeared on the road as Hakushi dodged the attack from the Chakra Sphere and Wood Style, and Shadow Blades appeared, slicing horizontally towards Naruto's limbs, intending to sever them.
Slash sounds were heard.
Shadow Blades severed Naruto's limbs.
Afterwards, Naruto transformed into smoke and disappeared in mid-air.
Hakushi snorted, seemingly having eyes on his back as he slightly sidestepped to let the attack from behind miss, and forcefully grabbed Naruto's right hand holding the Chakra Sphere.
"Ah!"
Naruto's pained face twisted, sweat pouring down.
"The trick of bypassing to attack from the rear using smoke is good, but it's useless against me. With this, let's settle—"
Hakushi stopped talking as he sensed a terrifying and familiar Chakra surging from Naruto's body.
The struggling Naruto in Hakushi's hand, his face twisted to the limit, was wearing a layer of red Chakra Feather Robe, with a visible red Chakra tail forming behind him.
It's the Nine-tailed?
Isn't that thing supposed to be inside Uzumaki Kushina?
What's going on here?
Hakushi was suddenly taken aback.
The Shadow Blades created by the Shadow Dancer clashed fiercely with the red Chakra tail, generating an extremely terrifying explosive airflow that blew Hakushi's body out of the quiet room.
"Cough! I didn't expect it to be the Nine-tailed, I was so shocked that I didn't react in time... Kid, who exactly are you?"
Hakushi coughed lightly, with a tone of caution.
Never expected to encounter such bizarre and extraordinary things at this moment.
More than the insignificant minor injuries on his body, Hakushi was more concerned about how the Nine-tailed Chakra emerged from Naruto.
The Konoha's Nine-tailed Jinchuriki should be that woman Uzumaki Kushina, when did it become this blond-haired boy?
Too many bizarre things, Hakushi's mind was somewhat unable to process, not understanding the current situation.
Naruto didn't answer, emitting a beast-like roar, charging straight towards Hakushi.
A force stronger than Naruto pushed him back from a distance.