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Menma continued to look at Kakashi with a chilling gaze.
Swish!
"Menma..."
The next moment.
Without waiting for Kakashi to say anything...
His right hand reached out directly.
Squelch.
With precision and perfect force, it plunged into Kakashi's left eye socket.
A piercing pain struck.
Caught completely off guard and unable to react...
Before Kakashi could even cry out in pain...
"Argh!!"
Menma's right fingers hooked ruthlessly, forcibly gouging Kakashi's Sharingan out of its socket, dripping with blood.
An empty black hollow remained.
Blood overflowed from the wound.
Kakashi, already heavily injured, grew even weaker after Menma's brutal extraction.
Yet Menma's expression remained unmoved.
Looking at the Sharingan in his palm, at such close range, he could clearly sense a faint, special fluctuation.
An energy far exceeding that of an ordinary tomoe Sharingan.
Menma nodded lightly.
He then pulled a nutrient vial from his pocket and gently placed the Sharingan inside.
This was a Mangekyō-level Sharingan. Not only was it a sharp weapon against Obito Uchiha, but due to its possession of the most unique space-time dōjutsu ability, it would also provide significant assistance to Menma's future research.
As for whether this would attract Obito's attention prematurely? What was that? Without this incident, would Obito simply ignore him?
Menma didn't care about that. The benefits far outweighed the so-called risks.
After all, such rare research material was truly hard to come by.
"Kakashi, you were not wrong, and I have never resented you. It's merely a difference in our stances. If you want to blame someone, blame the Leaf, blame this world."
Menma looked at Kakashi with cold eyes.
Swish!
With a flip of his hand, a kunai reappeared.
As those words fell...
He stabbed fiercely toward Kakashi's throat.
The icy blade.
The piercing chill that could be felt.
The moment the blatant aura of death rushed toward his face...
'Obito...'
The final image frozen deep in his brain, surfacing in Kakashi's heart, was not his father, nor Minato, nor even Rin Nohara whom he had killed with his "own hands," but Obito Uchiha.
That name etched deep into his soul.
Kakashi slowly closed his eyes.
And just at that moment.
"Menma! Stop it!!"
Suddenly.
A roar rang out.
A golden figure flashed over.
Radiating the strongest chakra aura that had erupted from him.
An azure sphere materialized on his single palm.
A surging aura permeated the air.
A blatantly monstrous rage rushed forward.
Seeing Menma about to kill Kakashi, Naruto finally couldn't suppress his emotions. Just like when Pain killed Hinata in front of Naruto in the original story, his anger was completely catalyzed.
Menma was his biological brother, yes.
But Kakashi was the "brother" who had accompanied Naruto throughout his childhood.
The difference in emotional attachment was obvious.
Even the Genma Shiranui of the past couldn't be compared to him.
This was human nature.
But it was also...
An extremely ironic facet.
"!?"
Forcibly breaking through Sasuke's interception, Naruto rushed straight over.
Feeling Naruto's unconcealed rage this time...
Watching Naruto close in on him, Menma's expression became colder than ever before.
He still had no intention of stopping his movement.
Even if he had to tank this Rasengan, Menma was determined to kill Kakashi.
But right at this moment.
From the left side.
"Partial Expansion Jutsu!"
A slightly deep voice rang out.
Before hearing it, he had already sensed the heavy chakra aura.
Whoosh!
A massive palm pressed down swiftly from the left.
A pincer attack from front and side.
Forcing Menma to abandon his attack.
Whoosh!
Pushing off with his feet...
He retreated rapidly to create distance.
Bang!
Boom!
Heavy blows landed on both sides.
Accompanied by violent tremors spreading out, a cloud of dust billowed into the air.
The next second.
On either side of Kakashi, who was collapsed on the ground...
Naruto and another figure with an incredibly robust physique stood guard.
That fiery red hair, almost identical to Menma's, and the exclusive secret technique just released... The moment he saw that figure...
The name of the newcomer surfaced in Menma's mind.
'Choza Akimichi!!'
After Torifu Akimichi passed away for unknown reasons, the strongest person in the Akimichi clan today was this Choza Akimichi. Moreover, among the Jonin of the Hidden Leaf, Choza Akimichi's combat power was among the best. In the Ino-Shika-Cho trio once famous throughout the ninja world, Choza Akimichi was the one responsible for the main offense.
His own strength, boosted by secret techniques, was solidly at the Elite Jonin level.
Not to mention the Akimichi clan's exclusive secret pills.
Although the original story only had Choji Akimichi's combat example as reference data...
It could be foreseen that once Choza Akimichi took the secret pills, especially the red pill, his individual strength after entering Butterfly Mode would likely leap to the quasi-Kage or even Kage level.
'A troublesome guy has arrived.'
Menma looked at Choza Akimichi not far away, frowned slightly, and muttered to himself.
And along with Choza Akimichi's arrival...
On the other side...
Neji Hyuga and Shino Aburame also appeared. Naruto was able to break through thanks to their subsequent assistance.
Otherwise, with Sasuke's current strength, Naruto would absolutely not have been able to break through. In the original story, he had the Nine-Tails chakra boost and still lost to Sasuke.
Now?
Clearly, under normal conditions, "Minato Naruto" [implying Naruto with Minato's traits/talent but no Kurama influence at the moment] was stronger than "Uzumaki Naruto" [base form].
But compared to the "Uzumaki Naruto" who could use the Nine-Tails chakra, he was still a notch weaker.
He definitely wouldn't be a match for Sasuke, who could now enter the Cursed Seal Level Two mode.
"Kakashi-sensei, how are you? Are you okay?"
In the distance.
Naruto squatted down hurriedly, looking at Kakashi with his caved-in abdomen, battered appearance, and empty left eye socket, his face full of worry and anxiety.
"Cough, cough... I'm fine... Naruto... don't worry..."
Kakashi replied very weakly. The corner of his mouth twitched into a slight smile, but the extra effort pulled at his wounds, causing an irrepressible look of pain to appear on his face.
He was in critical condition.
If not treated immediately, his life would likely be in direct danger.
Fortunately, Choza Akimichi hadn't come alone.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Following behind...
Several figures leaped out in sync.
All were wearing the standard uniforms of the Hidden Leaf Anbu. Clearly, these were the true Anbu under the direct command of the Hokage, one hundred percent obedient to Tsunade's orders.
Among them was a medical ninja.
Upon landing, he immediately went to Kakashi's side. Gentle green light bloomed from his hands as he began basic treatment for Kakashi directly.