Thanks, Bro, for the Big Sword

Naruto sensed something was off not long after leaving.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the trees by the roadside.

Two people had come from afar and hidden themselves among the nearby branches.

He had thought they were ninjas returning to the village, but clearly, they were not.

Unlike the village's ninjas, these two had utterly unfamiliar Chakra, brimming with rampant malice.

They were definitely enemies.

Standing so close, did they seriously think no one in their group was a sensory ninja?

They really underestimated Naruto.

But who were they after?

Naruto's gaze swiftly swept over the members of the team.

Kakashi: possible.

Kakashi-sensei had been through war and carried out missions for years. He could very well have accumulated quite a few enemies.

Tazuna: also possible. As the client, he was the one they were supposed to protect.

But were the enemies ninjas?

A mission involving this kind of threat had to be at least B-rank, didn't it?

Sakura and Sasuke: ruled out immediately.

Wait, there was also himself.

He was no different from Sasuke and Sakura.

Still, his parents he had never met seemed to have had plenty of enemies. It would not be strange if some had come looking for him.

Fortunately, Uzumaki Naruto was already invincible!

But how had these two recognized him?

Forget it. Fight first!

"Thieves, you dare keep staring? I'll gouge your eyes out!"

With a shout, Naruto swiftly flung out six shuriken.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

Empowered by Wind Release Chakra, the six shuriken flew fast enough to break the sound barrier.

The two people in the trees did not react at all before they were struck!

"Argh!"

With miserable screams, the two fell from the trees and slammed heavily onto the ground.

Naruto's shout alerted everyone to the anomaly.

Kakashi immediately stepped forward, shielding the three kids and the client behind him as he turned to ask for information.

"Naruto, what happened?"

"Kakashi-sensei, two people full of malice were watching us and wanted to attack us. I now have every reason to suspect that these two came to take revenge on me!" Naruto nodded. Yes, that was exactly it. It definitely was not because his hands had been itching and he had attacked first.

You?

For a moment, Kakashi did not even know where to begin with that.

Naruto had only left the village once. Where could he possibly have gotten enemies?

Leaving everyone where they stood, the veteran Jonin Kakashi went forward alone to inspect the situation.

On the dry yellow leaves lay two ninjas wearing Hidden Mist forehead protectors. Judging by their headbands, they seemed to be rogue ninjas.

Each of them had three huge bloody holes in his body. Blood poured freely, and their completely ruined organs could be seen through the wounds.

They were breathing more out than in, clearly on the verge of death.

At that moment, the others came over as well.

From a distance, Sasuke's pupils shrank sharply when he saw the horrifying wounds.

It was his first time seeing enemy corpses, though he was only dazed for an instant.

Still, the severity of those wounds surprised him greatly.

Could shuriken really deal this much damage? Or was there some technique I didn't know about?

It completely overturned his understanding.

Sakura also glanced at the corpses, then turned her head to sneak a look at Naruto.

Today, she had gotten to know Naruto all over again.

Naruto looked kind of cool when he attacked just now!

Compared to the two of them, Tazuna was the most shocked.

This blond kid was actually this strong? He took down two legendary ninjas just like that?

He gave Naruto a long look.

He decided that from now on, he should stand closer to this blond kid—no, closer to this ninja.

Finally, after some internal analysis, Kakashi had already formed a guess, but he did not voice it.

He warned, "Naruto, the next time you encounter an enemy, unless you already have a plan, you cannot just attack directly like that."

After thinking for a moment, worried that he might dampen Naruto's enthusiasm, Kakashi added,

"At the very least, we cannot act so rashly before we understand the situation."

"I understand, Kakashi-sensei. I just didn't expect them to be so weak. They couldn't even dodge my shuriken. Next time, I'll definitely ask for your opinion first."

Naruto indicated that he understood.

Ninjas had their own underworld too.

And the underworld was all about social etiquette.

This was not wartime. Before fighting, people first tested each other, exchanged a few pleasantries, then decided whether to fight.

Great, he had learned another lesson.

"Alright, the village can handle things here. Let's continue on."

Under Kakashi's lead, the team set off again.

With the client accompanying them, the five traveled slowly. It would take several days just to leave the Land of Fire.

The journey was fairly peaceful, and they did not encounter any more assassins.

At last, the group arrived in the Land of Waves.

The moment he entered the country, Naruto felt deeply uncomfortable.

"There's too much water, it's damp, and there's fog all the time. You probably can't see the sun more than a few times a month, and your clothes never dry. I don't like this country at all."

The instant he stepped onto solid ground, Naruto bluntly voiced his opinion.

"Naruto."

Sakura tugged at his sleeve, hinting that he should consider Tazuna's feelings.

Naruto glanced at Tazuna and asked bluntly, "Sometimes you think the same thing too, don't you, Mr. Tazuna?"

"Haha."

Having something to ask of them and worried about being found out along the way, Tazuna gave an awkward laugh and went along with him.

"You get used to living in a place like this from childhood, but after visiting other countries once, I really did become envious. The environment in your Land of Fire is excellent."

"What next? Which way do we go?"

Skipping over their idle chatter, Sasuke walked ahead.

All he cared about was whether enemies would appear next.

"That way."

Tazuna pointed in a direction, then emphasized once more,

"From here on, you have to get me home safely!"

"Yes, yes."

Kakashi answered rather helplessly.

The old man had repeated it several times along the way, making Kakashi even more certain of his earlier guess, though he had yet to expose the truth.

Without solid evidence, he decided to keep it confidential for now.

As for keeping watch, with Naruto around, that was enough.

Somewhere in the forest, Momochi Zabuza hid behind layers of leaves and watched the approaching group.

The moment he spotted a familiar figure, he understood.

"So that's it. Konoha's Copy Ninja Kakashi. No wonder the Demon Brothers lost to him."

"Hm?"

Zabuza saw a blond-haired Genin who seemed to have only recently graduated pointing toward his hiding place.

At the same time, the blond kid turned sideways and said something to the others.

"A sensory ninja? Looks like I've been discovered."

Suddenly, he grinned viciously. "In that case, let's say hello!"

He drew the great sword from his back and flung it with all his strength. The heavy, razor-sharp Kubikiribōchō spun as it flew!

Whoosh, whoosh—

With that weight, speed, and sharpness, anyone grazed by it would be sliced in two at the very least.

"Get down!"

Kakashi shouted a warning.

When he turned around, however, he saw Naruto, at the very front of the group, still standing perfectly upright.

"Naruto!"

He wanted to warn him again, but it was already too late. The Kubikiribōchō had flown right before him.

Naruto turned a deaf ear to Kakashi's warning.

He was already invincible, so why should he dodge?

This thing?

Small potatoes!

Facing the spinning Kubikiribōchō that whipped up a gust of wind, Naruto waited for the right moment, turned, and delivered a flying kick.

Bang—

The sole of his foot struck the hilt dead on.

Then something miraculous happened.

The Kubikiribōchō, carrying tremendous kinetic force as it spun with a whoosh, whoosh, came to an eerie stop.

Thud—

It fell to the ground.

It was like an extremely long aerial pass being lightly cushioned by a football king's toe as it landed, instantly tamed and brought to a steady stop without bouncing back up.

Kakashi, who had been watching all along, and Zabuza, who was preparing to leap to his planned position, both stood dumbfounded.

"Is a giant sword shaped like a door even a weapon?"

Seeing the sword on the ground before him, Naruto curiously bent down to pick it up, instantly feeling that ninja weapons truly came in all kinds.

The moment he touched the weapon, a notification appeared.

[Limited-grade weapon detected—Kubikiribōchō. Recycle?]

Huh?

Naruto was stunned.

This weapon could actually be recycled?

[Kubikiribōchō recycled. You have obtained 100,000 ryo, Chakra +10000, Skill Point +1]

He truly had not expected this.

He had already transmigrated to another world, yet someone was still sending him gifts.

"Thanks, bro, for the big sword!"

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