Chapter 129
"Naruto-kun..."
Sasuke snorted, "Forget it, that guy can't be stopped. Besides, he has a point. Team 7 is already strong, so we don't need so many tactics and strategies."
"Only the weak need them."
Hinata also nodded, "Alright, then let's go together."
With Naruto leading, Hinata and Sasuke quickly arrived, one on his left and right, and one in front and behind.
Team 7 quickly stood on the branches of three tall trees, looking down with a predatory gaze at the team below.
Naruto crossed his arms and shouted, "Hey, obediently hand over your scroll!"
"Otherwise..."
"Don't blame us for being impolite!"
The team below was greatly alarmed.
"Th-that's Konoha Village's Team 7?"
"The elite squad that killed Zabuza Momochi!"
"What should we do? We can't possibly be their opponents..."
"Should we run?!"
However, the three members of Team 7 had already locked down three directions, completely surrounding their escape routes, leaving them no chance.
"W-we can hand over the scroll. If it's not the same, we can offer it up!"
"But... if it's the same as yours, can you let us go?!"
Naruto was stunned, not expecting them to surrender directly... A man's reputation precedes him, like a tree's shadow.
Subduing an enemy without fighting.
For the first time, Naruto felt... the oppressive presence of a true strong person from himself!
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Naruto felt the thrill of being a strong person for the first time.
Facing the enemy's pleas, he glanced at Sasukeand Hinata, both of whom nodded.
Naruto then said, "Alright!"
The three sighed in relief and quickly took out their scrolls and threw them over.
However... just as Naruto was about to catch them.
Hinata suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Naruto-kun! Be careful!"
Naruto was startled and instinctively kicked out, sending the scroll flying.
Rumble—
Boom!
In mid-air, the scroll suddenly exploded!
"Damn it, was that an explosive tag?!"
Only then did the three realize that the opponents were feigning weakness but harboring malicious intentions, hiding an explosive tag inside the fake scroll. As soon as Naruto caught it, it would explode, causing him serious injury!
If it weren't for Hinata's Byakugan, which discovered the secret in time, Naruto might have been injured!
Naruto looked at the exploding scroll and couldn't help but be furious.
He hadn't been proud for long, and he almost got tricked by these people!
And they even wanted to blow him up!
"Bastards! It seems you refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit!"
"Then don't blame us for being ruthless!"
"Hinata, Sasuke, let's go!"
"Mhm!"
"Hmph."
Hinata was still scared and naturally hated these insidious and cunning guys to the bone.
Sasuke was equally furious.
Because he himself had been deceived.
Team 7 erupted in anger, and this Takigakure team was immediately terrified.
To be honest, they were no match for Team 7 at all.
Naruto leaped down, his anger surging, and with a loud roar, he unleashed a Leaf Great Whirlwind!
The leader quickly blocked with both arms.
But how could he withstand the power inherited from Might Guy and unleashed by Naruto, this Physical Monster?!
Boom—
With a loud bang, the bones in his arms fractured, and he was violently sent flying!
Naruto showed no mercy, pursuing relentlessly, and unleashed his signature killing move a second time!
"Wind Release: Whirlwind Fist!"
Rumble!
With another loud bang, this fierce iron fist, imbued with Wind Release Chakra, slammed heavily into the enemy's chest!
Immediately, the person screamed and crashed heavily into a large tree.
Crack—
The tree trunk snapped!
He collapsed silently to the ground, completely unconscious.
On the other side.
Sasuke and Hinata also didn't hesitate.
A Great Fireball Technique and a set of clean and crisp Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palm left the other two in a miserable state.
In just an instant, this team had suffered a devastating defeat!
Naruto was still a bit annoyed and kicked the captain hard.
Hinata quickly searched the three and soon found the real scroll.
Unfortunately, like Team 7's, it was also a Heaven scroll.
Naruto angrily said, "You bastards, if they were all Heaven scrolls, I really would have let you go, but why did you have to use such methods against us!"
"This is your consequence!"
Hinata also asked in confusion, "The tactic just now could have worked, why did you do that?"
The Takigakure Ninja who was sprawled on the ground said.
"B-because..."
"We couldn't be sure that you would really keep your promise..."
"In the Forest of Death, there are enemies everywhere, and we are all competitors. What if you took our scrolls, whether they were the same or not, and didn't return them, or even beat us up? We would be completely helpless..."
The three members of Team 7 exchanged glances and couldn't really say they were wrong.
Indeed, Naruto would keep his promise, but that didn't mean other teams would do the same.
Of course, saying that wouldn't make Naruto feel any better.
"Hmph, you can stay here and fend for yourselves!"
"Let's go!"
He thought about it and still took the opponent's Heaven scroll.
Since they judged a gentleman's heart with a villain's mind, he would grant their wish and act accordingly!
Not long after Naruto and his group left, they heard the sound of fireworks exploding behind them. It was the signal flare sent by the Takigakure team, announcing their withdrawal.
"Hinata, thanks for the reminder, thank you..."
Hinata, however, said, "It's nothing, or rather... I should have discovered their plot sooner."
Naruto said, "Damn it, sure enough, there are no good people in this Forest of Death."
"We can't be careless anymore!"
Sasuke said, "Aren't you the one being careless? Saying that we are the strongest, and tactics are for the weak..."
Naruto: "...Didn't you agree too!"
Hinata smiled helplessly.
"Alright, Naruto-kun, Sasuke, we were indeed all careless just now..."
"We just need to be more careful from now on."
"Alright..."
...Meanwhile.
Throughout the Forest of Death, undercurrents surged, and danger lurked everywhere.
Sakura Haruno's Team 8, with Inuzuka Kiba's sense of smell and Shino Aburame's Parasitic Destruction Insect Secret Technique, had a natural advantage in this environment.
They had indeed found it to be true along the way.
Avoiding the strong, pressuring the weak.
It was just bad luck that they still hadn't found the corresponding scroll.
Of course, even worse luck was that they encountered the only team possibly more terrifying than Team 7... the Sunagakure trio!
After witnessing Gaara brutally slaughtering Hidden Rain Village Genin, the three were stunned!
The three Hidden Rain Village Genin were named... Shigure, Baiu, and Midare.
The three could unleash a secret technique of senbon like a storm.
"Ninja Art: Senbon Shower!"
Immediately, umbrellas flew into the sky, and then countless senbon rained down from all directions, enough to pierce any enemy like a porcupine!
However... Gaara stood with his arms crossed, his eyes as cold as ever, not moving at all.
The sand beside him automatically defended, forming a Sand Shield, protecting him within.
Countless senbon rained down densely, but they couldn't harm Gaara in the slightest.
Then... his eyes became incredibly ferocious and terrifying. He gently extended his right hand, and a torrent of sand immediately surged forth, completely enveloping the three Hidden Rain Village Ninja.
Accompanied by the cold words "Sand Waterfall Funeral," the terrifying pressure directly crushed and pulverized the three bodies, turning them into a spray of blood and flesh that splattered everywhere!
This hellish scene terrified Sakura Haruno, Inuzuka Kiba, and Shino Aburame!
"W-what kind of monster is that...?"