Chapter 98: One Against Two
After the golden figure appeared, he raised his finger lightly, aimed at the poisonous thorns, and said softly:
"Hadō #4: White Lightning."
An arc flashed from his fingertip. A bolt of lightning shot out and precisely destroyed all the poisonous thorns attacking Hinata.
After White Lightning eliminated the thorns, it didn't stop there. The arc flickered and continued toward Sasori.
Seeing the flashing white lightning, Sasori was startled and quickly dodged.
After repelling Sasori, Kurenai and Sakura exhaled in relief. Then they looked at the figure who had appeared.
The golden figure had blond hair and blue pupils.
Seeing that familiar face, Kurenai, Sakura, and Hinata were all stunned. Their eyes widened slightly in disbelief.
Tears glistened in Hinata's eyes. She covered her mouth with her slender hand, her body trembling slightly, unable to hide the excitement in her heart.
Hinata opened her mouth slightly and said in a soft, trembling voice:
"Naruto..."
"Is it Naruto?"
Hinata called out softly.
Hearing the gentle girl's voice behind him, Naruto didn't look back. He didn't agree either. He just sighed.
Then Naruto raised his head and looked coldly at Sasori not far away—the one who had tried to hurt Hinata.
At that moment, Sasori had just barely dodged White Lightning. He squinted at Naruto, who had suddenly appeared.
Seeing Naruto's appearance, Sasori narrowed his eyes. After a moment, he made a cold, hoarse voice:
"Who are you?"
Naruto sneered and said lightly:
"Your Akatsuki organization has been looking for me night and day. Don't you know who I am?"
Sasori was stunned.
Then the words that Akatsuki's leader Pain had said not long ago appeared in his mind. Capture the Jinchuriki, especially the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
That blond hair and the clearly crossed-out Konoha headband instantly reminded him of Naruto's identity.
Sasori's pupils shrank. He said darkly:
"Are you Uzumaki Naruto?"
Naruto nodded lightly and said:
"Exactly."
Seeing Naruto nod, Sasori frowned deeply.
He had heard from the Akatsuki that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki had defeated Hoshigaki Kisame and Uchiha Itachi. Although he hadn't seen those two fight with his own eyes, Sasori knew their strength was nothing to joke about.
He hadn't expected the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki who had defeated those two to appear in front of him right now. What was even more unexpected was that the one who had defeated them was just a kid. Sasori could hardly believe it.
Seeing Sasori's surprised expression, Naruto said lightly:
"What, you can't believe it?"
"Your Akatsuki wants to capture tailed beasts so badly. Now that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is standing right in front of you, is it really that hard to accept?"
Sasori frowned, then smiled coldly. He said hoarsely:
"I didn't expect you to come right to me. If that's the case, then I'll take care of you for Kisame and Uchiha Itachi."
Akatsuki's leader Pain had already given the highest order—capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Now that Naruto was right in front of him, Sasori didn't want to back down just because Naruto had defeated Kisame and Itachi. On the contrary, he wanted to capture Naruto himself.
It made sense. Everyone in the Akatsuki had extraordinary abilities. No one bowed to anyone else. Even though Naruto had defeated Kisame and Itachi, Sasori didn't think Naruto was stronger than him. Instead, Sasori wanted to prove he was stronger than both of them. He also wanted to see what kind of strength Uzumaki Naruto had to defeat them.
After Sasori finished speaking, the tail on his back suddenly lifted. The sharp, poisonous tip of the tail stabbed fiercely at Naruto.
Seeing this, Naruto snorted coldly, murderous intent flashing in his eyes. Even if Sasori hadn't attacked, Naruto wouldn't have let him go. Sasori had dared to attack Hinata. That had truly touched Naruto's reverse scale and made his killing intent surge. What's more, this enemy was from the Akatsuki.
Just as Sasori's tail was about to stab Naruto, Naruto's eyes flashed.
His red Sharingan spun slowly. Huge pupil power burst out.
In an instant, a hexagram appeared in Naruto's pupil.
Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan—open.
After opening his Mangekyō, Naruto's vision changed dramatically. In Naruto's eyes, the tail attacking him was clearly visible, as if it had slowed down several times.
Then he moved his body. His figure disappeared instantly.
Sasori was stunned. Before he could react, he was shocked to see Naruto suddenly appear in front of him, having moved without him noticing.
Naruto held a black blade in his hand. That blade was Senbonzakura.
Naruto appeared in front of Sasori, raised Senbonzakura, stared at him with indifferent eyes, and swung the blade down.
Seeing this, Sasori's pupils shrank. He quickly pulled his tail back to block.
But then something happened that Sasori couldn't believe.
When his huge, indestructible tail stopped in front of Senbonzakura, Senbonzakura cut right through it with one slash. That tough tail was chopped into two pieces instantly.
And it didn't stop there. After Senbonzakura cut through Sasori's puppet tail, the blade kept going. The next moment, it slashed into Sasori's puppet body.
Then everyone saw the hunched puppet of Sasori get cut to pieces by Senbonzakura in an instant. The puppet shattered.
Countless fragments flew into the air.
After the puppet shattered, Sasori's real body quickly escaped from the puppet, narrowly dodging the attack. If he had stayed inside, he would have been cut in half by now.
Sasori looked at his shattered puppet in horror. He couldn't believe it. The powerful puppet he had carefully created was like a blank sheet of paper. It had been easily chopped to pieces by Naruto without even putting up a fight.
This was a powerful puppet carefully crafted by Sasori. As one of his main weapons, this puppet's defense was strong enough to resist A-rank ninjutsu. But at that moment, it couldn't stop a single slash from Naruto.
Just as Sasori was in shock, before he could react, a shocking sound rang out through the sky. It attracted everyone's attention.
A Rasengan had condensed in Naruto's hand at some point. The Rasengan gave off white light. Around it, the air spun like a sharp blade at high speed, forming a shuriken shape.
Wind Style: Rasenshuriken.
After the Rasenshuriken was formed, Naruto glanced indifferently at Sasori. Then, under Sasori's horrified gaze, the Wind Style Rasenshuriken was thrown.
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