Two new Fanfics posted
Life in the Honkai World Starting from Zero
Genshin Impact: I Became a God and Entered the Gacha Pool
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Kankuro naturally wasn't going to foolishly explain what his ability was. Facing Naruto's confusion, he simply shrugged with a bored, uninterested look. This flippant attitude only made Naruto even more furious.
"You weird guy I'm definitely going to beat you this time!"
"With just you? I'll admit you've made me a little angry. Once I deal with this little brat first, it'll be your turn next. Heh heh."
Immediately after, Kankuro clenched his other fist, preparing to deliver a harsh blow to Konohamaru. But before he could act, another sharp sound of something cutting through the air rang out.
"Hiss " In the next moment, Kankuro felt a sharp pain explode at his wrist. Grimacing in pain, he had no choice but to release Konohamaru, whom he had been choking. Seeing this, Naruto quickly pulled Konohamaru over to keep him from being harmed again.
"Damn it who was that?!"
When he saw the bloodstained stone on the ground, Kankuro realized what had attacked him. His heart immediately filled with irritation at being startled by something like this. It was far too embarrassing.
"Don't bother looking. I'm right here."
At those words, everyone immediately turned toward the source of the voice. In the distance, Sasuke was sitting on a tree branch, casually tossing a stone up and down in his hand. Clearly, he was the one who had just stopped Kankuro.
"Heh, pretty cool." After getting a clear look at Sasuke, Temari couldn't help letting out an admiring comment. It seemed Konoha's environment really did produce more handsome guys than their Sunagakure.
"So it was you, huh."
Kankuro's thoughts were completely different from Temari's. In his eyes, the other was just showing off. He immediately took down the crow puppet wrapped in bandages from his back, preparing to teach this guy who had ambushed him a proper lesson.
"Hey, Kankuro are you really planning to use that here? If this blows up, Baki-sensei will definitely chew us out."
As Kankuro began unwrapping the bandages, Temari beside him couldn't help frowning. They had come to Konoha for an important mission. Attracting too much attention here wouldn't be good.
"It's fine. I'm just going to teach him a lesson nothing too big. You can relax."
"Then be careful."
Seeing that Kankuro was unmoved by her words, Temari had no choice but to give a reminder and step back to the side, silently praying in her heart that things wouldn't escalate too much.
"Stop it, Kankuro."
Just as the puppet was about to be fully unpacked, a new voice suddenly rang out. Upon hearing it, Kankuro's expression instantly turned to one of terror, as if he had recalled something horrifying.
Looking over, not far from Sasuke, a red-haired boy with a massive gourd on his back was hanging upside down from a tree branch. His face was cold and emotionless.
What stood out most were the scarlet "愛" (love) mark on his forehead and the deep black panda-like circles under his eyes, as though he hadn't slept in a very long time.
"I… Gaara, I was just "
After noticing Gaara was also present, Kankuro didn't just stop his hands; even his voice began to tremble, as if the other were some immense terror.
"Shut up. Didn't you hear me? Go back."
"Okay… okay, got it."
After Gaara emphasized it again, Kankuro didn't dare say another word. He could only tremble as he agreed, clearly terrified of the other.
"Hmph." Seeing Kankuro's frightened state, Gaara ignored him and turned his head toward Sasuke instead. He had seen the other stop Kankuro earlier it was somewhat interesting.
But before he could open his mouth to ask anything, another voice came from above the two of them. Realizing there was actually a third person here, Gaara's eyes filled with disbelief. He clearly hadn't expected someone to slip past his perception and get this close.
Sasuke, on the other hand, reacted completely differently he looked as though this was nothing unusual. With Gaara already there, he had some mental preparation. More importantly, this voice was very familiar to him.
"Exactly this is how it should be. No need for all this fighting and killing. Isn't it better if everyone just gets along peacefully?"
The last one to appear was naturally Furina. After all, the sand brat had already started showing off right in front of Sasuke as Sasuke's teammate, she naturally had to help him regain some face.
And looking at the results now, it was pretty effective. Gaara's shocked expression clearly wasn't faked. That meant the points she had just spent to ensure she could bypass his perception hadn't been wasted.
[Speed: Special Jōnin (672/20000) Special Jōnin (20000/20000)]
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"Heh, interesting. Who are you?"
Looking at Furina sitting on the branch, swinging her legs with relaxed ease, Gaara first showed a serious expression, then broke into a sinister grin as if a hunter had discovered an intriguing prey.
"Redhead, shouldn't you introduce yourself first before asking someone else's name?"
"If you want to know my name, you'll have to prove you have what it takes."
Seeing that he wasn't getting the answer he wanted, Gaara clearly wasn't pleased. The killing intent radiating from him surged uncontrollably toward Furina.
At the same time, sand began pouring continuously from the gourd on his back. Without a doubt he was ready to make a move.
"Looking to die." Discovering that even now Furina still looked completely relaxed as if she hadn't even noticed his actions a feeling of being underestimated instantly surged in Gaara's heart.
He no longer cared about any consequences. Under his control, countless streams of sand arrived beside Furina in the blink of an eye. He intended to crush her in the way he knew best.
But the moment the sand began to gather around Furina, the next instant it was as if it had been blasted apart all the sand encircling her exploded outward in every direction.
Before Gaara could regain control of the sand and attack again, Furina had already appeared beside him still hanging upside down showing off and, before he could react, delivered a whip-like kick straight to his abdomen.
Facing this sudden assault, Gaara was instantly sent flying backward. Because of the sheer speed, the loud crash when he collided with the ground made others wonder if something serious had happened to him.
"Gaara!" ×2
Whether the others were worried or not was unclear, but Temari and Kankuro definitely were. They knew exactly what Gaara's role was in coming to Konoha this time. If something went wrong here and it exploded out of control, the mission would fail before it even began.