Electromagnetic Railgun! Naruto Wants to Help Uncle Fight Bad Guys!

"Naruto, you should stay here. It might get dangerous soon."

"No, I want to go with Uncle."

Naruto shook his head.

"There's going to be a fight, you know. For your safety, Uncle can only be at ease if you stay here!"

Namikaze Mirai ruffled Naruto's hair.

Although those Hidden Cloud ninjas weren't particularly strong, they posed a significant threat to the current Naruto.

He couldn't just stand by and watch his nephew fall into danger.

"I have this!"

Naruto ran to the bedside table, rummaged around, and pulled out a metal device, waving it boastfully at Namikaze Mirai.

The silver barrel reflected a cold gleam in the moonlight.

The front of the grip had a trigger, and two parallel, narrow metal rails formed the shape of the barrel.

An Electromagnetic Railgun! Namikaze Mirai had given it to Naruto as a self-defense weapon for his birthday!

"I almost forgot you had that!"

Namikaze Mirai's eyes crinkled in a smile.

This weapon, which he had personally developed, perfectly integrated Chakra and scientific systems.

The Chakra storage device could convert Chakra into high-voltage electricity, then use the accelerating rails on both sides to fire ultra-high-speed projectiles!

If used by surprise, even a Jonin might suffer a significant loss!

But even with such a weapon, Uncle still couldn't be completely at ease! In the dim night, a large amount of viscous silver fluid suddenly seeped out from behind Namikaze Mirai. It flowed and converged, slowly transforming into an identical likeness of him under the night sky.

"Protect Naruto."

Namikaze Mirai ordered.

"Understood!"

The figure disintegrated into viscous silver fluid, flowing into Naruto's shadow.

"Huh, Uncle, what's that?"

Naruto lifted his foot in alarm.

Something strange seemed to be residing in the shadow beneath his foot, making it darker than usual.

"You'll find out soon."

Namikaze Mirai smiled, ruffling Naruto's hair.

A Magnetic Fluid Clone! This was a physical clone he had developed using magnetic fluid as its core! Compared to conventional clone techniques like Shadow Clones or Water Clones, it possessed some incredible abilities.

"Time to go, Naruto!"

Namikaze Mirai picked Naruto up.

"Okay!"

Naruto closed his eyes.

Swoosh! The two vanished.

Only a cold wind blew in through the window, making the curtains in the empty room sway.

"Quick! Before those idiots notice us, if we just get this girl back to the village, we'll have endless riches!"

Under the cover of night, the Hidden Cloud leader, clutching the unconscious Hinata, greedily licked his lips.

The Byakugan! If they could decipher the secrets of this bloodline, the Hidden Cloud Village would usher in an unprecedented era of prosperity! At the very least, they could use this girl to cultivate a generation of descendants with the Byakugan bloodline.

Accumulating generation after generation, perhaps a entirely new ninja clan with the Byakugan bloodline could be born within the Hidden Cloud Village!

"Boss, it looks like there's something ahead!"

The voice of a subordinate beside him pulled him out of his fantasy.

"What's going on?!"

The leading Hidden Cloud ninja frowned unhappily.

They had carefully chosen this route.

And since it was late at night, there shouldn't be any active ninjas visible in the entire Konoha Village. So what could be going on? "Ahead... it looks like there's someone?"

Someone?! The leading Hidden Cloud ninja froze, looking in the direction his subordinate pointed.

His eyes immediately widened.

What the hell?

Blond hair???

And two blonds, one big and one small? Were they being blocked by blonds?! He looked several times, finally confirming that he hadn't misseen due to nervousness; there really were two blonds blocking their path!

"Are you looking to die? Only two of you, and you dare block my way!"

The Hidden Cloud leader didn't dodge, instead accelerating his charge.

A cruel glint flashed in his eyes as he gripped a kunai in his right hand and thrust it down viciously!

A slight curve appeared on Namikaze Mirai's lips.

He's noticed I'm not dodging, but charging straight at him?

Interesting!

He waved his right hand, and a blue electrical arc flashed by.

Bang! The charging Hidden Cloud leader suddenly felt as if his abdomen had been hit by a cannonball, his face contorted, and he nearly threw up his breakfast.

Like a kite with a snapped string, he arced through the night sky, flying backward and landing on the ground far away.

"Boss!!!"

The Hidden Cloud ninja rushed over, eyes red.

When they helped their leader up, their pupils immediately constricted.

The clothing on his abdomen had been burned through by the high temperature, revealing charred, bleeding skin. The leader was clutching his bleeding abdomen, curled up in pain like a shrimp.

"Boss, are you okay?"

"What are you looking at?! Hurry up and kill him!"

Suppressing the intense pain in his abdomen, the leader gritted his teeth, his eyes bloodshot as he stared at Namikaze Mirai.

This man must die.

No matter who he is, since he found us, we absolutely cannot leave any survivors! "Yes!"

The remaining Hidden Cloud ninja stared at Namikaze Mirai, their eyes filled with hatred.

Hinata, who had been tucked under the leader's armpit, was flung away during the commotion and finally woke up, groggily rubbing her head.

"My head hurts. Where am I?"

She scanned her surroundings and her body trembled in fright.

A group of menacing ninja surrounding two blonde ninja? Wasn't she just going to relieve herself? How did she end up here?

"Naruto, that girl is all yours!"

Noticing Hinata had woken up, Namikaze Mirai smiled and looked at Naruto beside him.

"Mhm, don't worry, Uncle!"

Naruto nodded seriously.

"You damned bastard, you injured our boss! We definitely won't let you get away!"

The surrounding Hidden Cloud ninja simultaneously charged at Namikaze Mirai.

Two Jonin, five Chunin, is it?

A faint smile played on Namikaze Mirai's lips.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Accompanied by several sounds of cutting through the air, several metal kunai were thrown, blocking all of Namikaze Mirai's dodging paths.

"Metal kunai?"

Namikaze Mirai paused slightly, then smiled faintly.

"It seems you haven't recognized me!"

He stood still, neither dodging nor avoiding.

The Hidden Cloud ninja who had thrown the kunai all froze, stiff and dazed where they stood.

They watched as the kunai, which had been flying at high speed just a second ago, suddenly seemed to enter a viscous liquid. Their flight speed drastically slowed, and finally, they all stopped, silently suspended in the night sky.

This scene was too shocking.

So much so that several seconds passed, and the Hidden Cloud ninja still hadn't snapped out of it.

It's unknown who was the first to speak, trembling.

"Blue Flash..."

Meanwhile, Naruto, who had bypassed the battle zone, finally reached Hinata's position.

In Hinata's startled expression, he took her hand.

"Come with me, my uncle and I will protect you!"

Naruto flashed what he thought was a brilliant smile.

Soon, his expression stiffened slightly.

Hinata, in front of him, covered her mouth with her other hand, her pure white Byakugan filled with terror as she stared behind him.

A shadow enveloped Naruto and Hinata.

The Hidden Cloud leader, his left hand clutching his bleeding abdomen, his face contorted in a sinister grin, a cold sneer in his eyes.

"Brat, die!"