"Foolish little brother, do you really think you can defeat me just because you've awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan?"
Itachi grabbed Sasuke by the neck and slammed him against a tree trunk, leaning in close to his ear. "Do you know why it was so easy for me to subdue you? Hatred gives rise to strength. But your hatred… isn't enough…"
"Damn it!"
Feeling Itachi's overwhelming power, Sasuke knew clearly that even at his peak, he couldn't have defeated him.
Meanwhile, Naruto was rushing towards the training grounds.
Phew, it's been a while since I trained. I can't slack off now.
Images of powerful figures flashed through Naruto's mind. To truly intimidate them, he knew he had to work even harder.
"Whoosh!"
Naruto's feet tapped lightly on the tree trunk, and his body swiftly shot away. …
"Boom!"
"Ugh…"
Having kicked Sasuke away once again, Itachi looked at him expressionlessly. "How many more times will you make these pointless attacks? Foolish little brother, you only waste time on useless attempts. This is why foolish people will never get stronger."
"Are you done with your act, Itachi!"
With a Shunshin, Naruto stood on the tree trunk, looking down at Itachi.
Just now, the moment Naruto arrived at the training ground, he sensed something was off.
Moreover, the faint words coming from the forest were also reminding Naruto that something must be happening there.
After rushing to the destination, Naruto saw the scene here and naturally spoke out to stop it, which led to the current situation.
"Itachi, it's that Nine-Tailed Demon Fox brat, things are getting troublesome."
Kisame Hoshigaki held Samehada with a look of vigilance, his expression tense.
"Naruto Uzumaki?"
Itachi let go of Sasuke and turned his head to face Naruto coldly.
"Hah!"
With a punch aimed at Itachi, Sasuke was filled with a mad stubbornness.
"Swish! Boom!"
Without even turning his head to look at Sasuke, Itachi threw out a back elbow, which Naruto, who had arrived quickly, blocked.
"Kusanagi Sword!"
"Swish!"
Naruto summoned the Kusanagi Sword and drew a bloody gash on Itachi's arm, who hadn't reacted yet. Naruto stared coldly at Itachi, "Isn't it about time you stopped?"
"Naruto, don't interfere!"
Sasuke, blocked behind Naruto, shouted urgently at Naruto and was about to attack again.
"Sasuke, stop it."
Naruto said to Sasuke calmly.
"Naruto, you just don't understand, that bastard..."
"Enough!"
Naruto impatiently interrupted Sasuke and signaled to Itachi, "Come with me."
"Kisame, stop my brother."
After giving the order to Kisame, Itachi followed Naruto.
"You bastard! Stop right there!"
Sasuke chased after Itachi like a madman.
"Kid, it's not good to go against your brother like this."
[G] Kisame Hoshigaki swung Samehada, blocking Sasuke's path, and looked at Sasuke with a playful expression.
"Get out of the way!" Sasuke glared fiercely at Kisame Hoshigaki and attempted to retaliate.
"Water Release: Water Prison Technique!"
Raising his hand, Kisame Hoshigaki summoned a water sphere, trapping Sasuke inside. He looked at Sasuke impatiently, "Kid, just stay in there quietly."
"Kid, you called me over, what do you want to say?"
Itachi looked at Naruto, who had turned to face him, and asked calmly.
"What do you think of my strength?"
Naruto didn't answer Itachi's question, instead, he posed another one.
"Very strong."
Itachi nodded in acknowledgement, "But what does that matter?"
"How about we make a deal?"
Naruto looked at Itachi with a smile.
"A deal?"
Itachi frowned at Naruto, "Tell me about it."
"I'll motivate Sasuke for you, and you tell him the truth."
Naruto proposed the terms of the deal.
"What?"
Itachi's brow twitched. "What do you mean?"
"You understand, right?"
Naruto turned and walked away. "Whether you agree or not is up to you. Either way, you've achieved your goal, haven't you?"
"This kid... he's not simple."
Looking at Naruto's back, Itachi had a new definition of Naruto in his mind.
"Kisame, retreat!"
Itachi's voice echoed from within the dense forest.
"Tch, are we leaving already? How boring..."
[G] Kisame Hoshigaki released the Water Release: Water Prison Technique and turned to leave.
"Naruto, didn't I tell you not to meddle?"
Watching Naruto emerge from the trees, Sasuke charged forward.
"Smack!"
Raising his hand, Naruto caught Sasuke's fist. Looking at Sasuke, Naruto said calmly, "How do you think your strength compares to mine?"
"Are you mocking me?"
Sasuke was almost losing his mind at this point.
"Bang!"
A punch landed on Sasuke's face. Watching him fall to the ground, Naruto said coldly, "Come find Itachi when you're stronger than me."
"Damn it!"
Watching Naruto walk away, Sasuke punched the ground hard, his eyes full of resentment.
"Damn it, why am I so concerned about Sasuke?"
Walking back, Naruto asked himself internally, but couldn't find an answer.
"Maybe it's because he's afraid Sasuke will cause trouble and drag him down with him?"
Naruto rationalized to himself.
"Naruto!"
As he was walking, a shout made Naruto flinch.
"Don't you run away!"
Seeing Naruto's posture, the person shouted again.
"Uh…"
Maintaining his forward-leaning stance, Naruto awkwardly scratched his head and greeted, "Anko… sis, I didn't expect to meet you here, haha, what a coincidence."
"Yeah, what a coincidence."
Anko walked over, a look of amusement on her face. "But why does it look like you're about to run away?"
"No, no..."
Naruto gave an awkward smile, his legs seeming to tremble slightly.
"What? Scared?"
Leaning against Naruto's stiff body, Anko pulled out a gleaming kunai from behind him and gestured with it at his face.
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