Kai charged at Naruto once more, hurling shuriken continuously as he advanced, trying to disrupt Naruto's rhythm.
This time, he noticed that the four remaining shadow clones had formed a fixed formation.
They split into two pairs, with one clone shielding the other. The ones in front drew their kunai to deflect the incoming ninja tools, completely blocking Kai's line of sight to the clones behind them.
At that moment, Naruto's offense appeared unusually cautious.
Seeing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded repeatedly. He knew Naruto possessed vast chakra reserves, yet instead of abusing the Shadow Clone Technique, Naruto was fully leveraging his combat intelligence.
He carried himself like a true chūnin.
Naruto stayed hidden behind his clones, occasionally throwing kunai from Kai's blind spots to disrupt his timing. Kunai clattered across the ground as the two sides remained locked in a stalemate, maintaining a fixed distance.
Suddenly, the Naruto hiding behind the clone on the right leaned out and formed the Tiger hand seal!
Kai's eyelid twitched violently—Fire Style!He immediately twisted his body to dodge!
While airborne, he caught sight of Naruto forming seals, a faint mocking smile on his face.
Naruto's chakra nature was primarily Wind. He hadn't learned any Fire Release techniques at all. The hand seals had been nothing more than a feint.
Just then, Kai heard something burst out of the floor beside him—a hand shot up and grabbed his right leg!
"Earth Release: Decapitation Technique!"
Kai was startled. Instinctively, he swung his right arm down to strike the hand gripping his leg—then he heard:
"Oh!"
The one holding his leg released the shadow clone.
At the same time—
Thud! Thud! Thud!
"AAARGH!" Kai roared in pain. Looking down, he saw that three kunai had struck him in rapid succession, piercing his arm, abdomen, and left thigh. Blood streamed from the wounds.
Kai's gaze snapped toward the spot where Naruto had first released the purple smoke. There, a hole large enough to hold a person had appeared in the ground!
From the very beginning, Naruto had laid a trap—and at this critical moment, he had dealt Akado Kai a devastating blow.
"How does it feel?"The four Narutos slowly approached him. One of them held a steel wire, its other end connected to the three kunai embedded in Kai's body.
"Oh, by the way—I never learned Earth Release or the Decapitation Technique. I was just trying to scare you."
"W-what…?" Kai sucked in a sharp breath, pain etched across his face. From start to finish, he realized he had been completely played.
The Naruto in the center shook his head. "Honestly, your battlefield awareness is still too poor."
"What are you talking about?!" Kai's eyes turned bloodshot. He had indeed been thoroughly outmaneuvered.
But the central Naruto merely shook his head again, pulled out a kunai, and lightly flicked it through the surrounding air.
Snap! Snap!
On the empty battlefield, the sound of steel wires being cut rang out, accompanied by the continuous rasp of metal sliding against metal. Upon closer inspection, the kunai scattered around the field began to tremble.
Clank!
"AAAAAH!" Kai screamed once more.
To his horror, he discovered that transparent steel wires were attached to the ends of the kunai surrounding him. The wires intertwined and tightened, completely locking his body in place.
This tactic was inspired by the Naruto anime arc "Itachi: True Legends," during Itachi's battle against the Root operatives.
In truth, it wasn't complicated at all. The key was to constantly draw the enemy's attention while secretly setting up the trap. By the time the opponent realized they were already wrapped in an invisible steel-wire net, it was far too late.
At this moment, three of the four Narutos were already pulling on the wires in their hands. With their combined strength, Kai was utterly unable to move.
Still refusing to admit defeat?
The fourth Naruto let out a cold laugh and pulled a scroll from his ninja pouch.
He suddenly looked toward a certain section of the stands."Watch closely! This is the proper way to use killing tools!"
Though he didn't name anyone, Tenten immediately understood what Naruto meant.
"Oh my god… he's calling me out in front of everyone…"
Her heart began racing uncontrollably.There was no turning back now.
Naruto fully unfurled the scroll in his hand—it stretched nearly two meters long. All the sealing formulas on it were aimed directly at Kai as Naruto pressed his palm gently onto its surface.
The scroll exploded with a thunderous roar.
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
Countless kunai and shuriken shot toward Kai like a storm of arrows, while a massive black shadow followed close behind!
So-called use of killing tools meant this: immobilize the enemy first—then turn them into a living target.
"N-No! I surrender! I surrender!"
At last, Kai lost all courage. In a desperate shout, he cried out to Hayate Gekkō!
Hayate didn't dare hesitate. Sensing the lethal barrage rushing in, he flashed forward, slicing through the steel wires binding Kai, then grimly activated his unique technique to intercept the flying weapons.
"Leaf Sword Technique: Dance of Three Suns and Three Moons!"
A violent gale split into three streams, attacking the weapons from every direction at once. In a flash of steel—
BOOM!!
Sword-powered wind blades blew away most of the ninja tools, some of them shattered outright!
The entire training ground was instantly reduced to chaos.
In the original story, only monsters like Rock Lee or specialists like Tenten could cause this level of destruction.
Tenten covered her mouth with both hands, her eyes shining with shock, admiration—and a hint of envy.
He only trained with me for such a short time, yet he's already this good…She felt flustered for a moment, but quickly steadied herself.
He'll probably come to me for advice again in the future, won't he?
Those who had been openly hostile toward Naruto earlier, like Kankuro and Temari, now wore expressions they could barely hide—equal parts frustration and resentment, as if thinking, How did this brat get away with it?
Top-tier fighters like Sasuke, Neji, and Gaara all stared at Naruto with fierce, aggressive gazes. Sasuke in particular looked exhilarated, as if he wanted to devour Naruto on the spot—don't misunderstand, he was simply desperate for a one-on-one fight.
When Naruto let out his thunderous roar toward the stands, Sakura narrowed her eyes slightly, her gaze suddenly sharp and alert.
Naruto himself felt nothing special. To him, this had been nothing more than a routine teaching exercise.
"Are you okay?" he asked, looking at the slightly trembling Kai.
Kai was nearly terrified, but he still held on, sneering at Naruto. "That was just a mistake. Don't get cocky!"
Naruto laughed. So he's arrogant again the moment he's out of danger, huh?
With that thought, Naruto deliberately raised his voice and asked, "Huh? You said you want to become my disciple?"
His voice echoed loudly, instantly drawing everyone's attention.
"Sorry, Kai," Naruto said apologetically—then a trace of mockery appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"I don't take students."
With those words, he turned his gaze toward Orochimaru in the stands.
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