Under the night sky, the kunai reflected a cold gleam as it viciously stabbed toward Naruto's back!
The Cloud Ninja leader's cruel grin widened! He seemed to already see Naruto's blood splattering everywhere.
This brat was closely connected to that blond bastard who injured me, wasn't he?
I'll collect some interest from you first! At the critical moment, Naruto grabbed Hinata, leaped straight up, and narrowly dodged the descending kunai.
Shielding Hinata behind him, Naruto pulled a device from his clothes and aimed it at the Cloud Ninja leader.
"Don't come any closer!"
The Cloud Ninja leader stared wide-eyed at the thing in Naruto's hand for a long moment.
Then he let out a derisive laugh!
"Brat! Are you trying to make me die laughing with that thing? A lousy tube, and you think it'll make me let you go?"
Rather than dodging or retreating, the Cloud Ninja leader even stepped closer.
He arrogantly pointed at the left side of his chest.
"Shoot here! Let's see just how powerful that thing of yours is!"
Hinata, huddled behind Naruto, trembled violently. Even Naruto's fingers gripping the Gun Barrel were shaking.
He had possessed this weapon for some time, but he had never used it against anyone.
He only guessed that it was powerful based on Uncle's description.
But he had no idea what its actual power was.
"Brat, don't even have the courage to act? In that case, I'll be taking the girl behind you."
The leader sneered sinisterly, his right hand already reaching toward the trembling Hinata behind Naruto.
"Don't hurt her!"
A surge of strength came from nowhere. Naruto squeezed his eyes shut and fiercely pulled the trigger.
Pfft!
The Kumogakure leader's pupils trembled, and the hand aimed at Hinata froze in midair.
Hinata, hiding behind Naruto, covered her mouth as she stared at the scene before her in shock.
Even Naruto, who had pulled the trigger, stood with his mouth agape, his azure eyes filled with stunned disbelief.
The leader's eyes shakily lowered. On the left side of his chest, exactly where he had pointed, there was now a thumb-thick hole.
"Brat... I actually..."
Before he could finish, all color drained from his pallid face. Like a toppled brick, he fell straight backward.
"Boss!!!"
The nearby Cloud Ninja saw the scene as well, and their eyes instantly reddened.
Their boss was dead!
Killed by that brat!
"You killed our boss! Die!"
The Cloud Ninja surrounding Namikaze Mirai immediately changed direction and charged at Naruto with hatred in their eyes!
The two Jonin-level Cloud Ninja also immediately rushed toward Naruto.
After recognizing Namikaze Mirai's identity, they no longer held any hope of defeating their enemy! During the Third Great Ninja War, Namikaze Mirai had once stopped a sky full of kunai with a single finger. Even now, many ninja still marveled at that astonishing sight.
This blond brat clearly had a close relationship with the Blue Flash.
If they could capture him, perhaps they could use him as leverage and take Hinata away! A heavy force suddenly landed on their shoulders, halting their charge and forcibly dragging them back.
Two hands rested on their shoulders respectively. Namikaze Mirai stood between them, his eyes curling into smiling crescents.
"Since my nephew wants to play the hero saving the beauty, I'll have to trouble you two to stay here and watch."
With the Electromagnetic Railgun and the Magnetic Fluid Clone he had set up, Chunin-level Cloud Ninja posed no threat to Naruto.
But Jonin were different.
Those who could become Jonin were the backbone of a ninja village.
They had no weaknesses in ninjutsu, taijutsu, or genjutsu.
They might unexpectedly pose a threat to Naruto.
As his uncle, he naturally had to eliminate potential dangers in advance.
A bead of cold sweat slid down their foreheads, and their Adam's apples bobbed nervously. The two Kumogakure Jonin whose shoulders Namikaze Mirai held did not even dare entertain the thought of resisting.
Their legs felt as though they were filled with molten lead, heavy and frozen in place.
Namikaze Mirai's voice was gentle, so gentle that not a trace of killing intent could be heard.
Yet that very gentleness sent a shiver of terror through them, as if they had been targeted by a demon!
This was the infamous Blue Flash of the Third Great Ninja War!
They could only swallow hard and place their hopes on the five companions charging at Naruto.
Five seasoned Chunin against a brat wielding some strange ninja tool—no matter how they looked at it, it should have been a guaranteed victory, right?
But why did the Blue Flash look so relaxed, even faintly expectant...
"What do we do?"
Hinata anxiously clutched Naruto's shoulder, her pale eyes filled with fear.
Today was her birthday banquet. She had not even had time to change out of her splendid celebratory kimono, which had already gathered quite a bit of dust during their repeated pursuit.
It made her appear both noble and pitiful.
Naruto looked at Hinata like that.
Strength appeared from nowhere, and he stepped in front of her, tightly gripping the Electromagnetic Railgun in his hand.
"Don't worry, I'll definitely protect you!"
Naruto was not much bigger than Hinata. Compared to the five vicious-looking adults, he appeared especially frail.
Yet for some reason, Hinata's panicked heart settled a little.
"Brat, die!"
The Cloud Ninja at the front had already arrived, his kunai stabbing down in fury.
Naruto squeezed his eyes shut. Almost on instinct, he pulled the trigger in his hand.
A flash of blue light streaked past.
The charging Cloud Ninja dropped with a thud. Carried by momentum, he slid several meters before collapsing behind Naruto to the right.
His eyes were wide open!
Blood spilled from his mouth!
An identical hole to the Cloud Ninja leader's had appeared on his chest!
"That move again!"
The Cloud Ninja behind him shrank their pupils.
That was the move that killed the boss! What kind of ninja tool was this, an instant-cast ninjutsu?
Only after feeling no pain from an injury did Naruto crack open his tightly shut eyes. He glanced around, saw the enemy lying nearby, and finally breathed out heavily in relief.
"That scared me to death!"
Pulling the Electromagnetic Cannon's trigger required little force, and firing it produced almost no recoil.
Naruto did not feel much about having killed the Cloud Ninja.
In his eyes, he had merely used the weapon Uncle gave him to defeat the bad guys bullying Hinata! "Use ranged attacks!"
Having witnessed the power of the Electromagnetic Railgun in Naruto's hand, the remaining Cloud Ninja no longer dared approach and threw several kunai in succession.
"What do we do?"
Little Hinata went pale with fright, all color draining from her fair cheeks.
Naruto was equally panicked.
Was he supposed to use the Electromagnetic Cannon in his hand to knock away the kunai?
But there were too many of them!
The kunai were already right before them, and Naruto could even feel the stinging gusts they brought.
"Uncle!"
He abruptly shut his eyes.
Clang! Clang! Clang! There was no sensation of flesh being pierced, no pain at all. All he heard was a series of crisp metallic collisions.
Naruto cautiously opened his eyes and gaped in shock.
Hinata behind him was also stunned by the sight before her.
Viscous Silver Fluid shot out from Naruto's shadow beneath his feet, spread through the air, and transformed into a curved Metal Shield that firmly blocked every kunai!
The remaining Cloud Ninja stared blankly as well.
What the hell!
So many of them, yet they still could not do anything to a brat?
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