Tenten's Defenses Shattered, Naruto: Cannot Coexist with Evil

"Then what should we do?" Tenten looked bewildered and turned to look at Naruto. "Kusagakure is too chaotic. We can't just hold a knife to their leaders' throats and interrogate them about whether they have bad intentions, can we?"

"Why not?" he countered.

"What?" Tenten looked at Naruto in astonishment. "Are you serious? There are ninjas from the Land of Grass in the Allied Shinobi Forces, right? What if something happens if we do this?"

"No 'what ifs'? Ugh, Tenten, are you stupid?" Naruto sighed, seemingly understanding something, and said with a helpless expression, "You don't really think I'm just going to let this go, do you?"

"Yes, that's right."

"Disguise, isn't that a ninja's basic skill?" He stared at Tenten for a while. "You've been acting strange lately, Tenten."

"W-what's wrong?" Tenten felt a little guilty under his gaze and couldn't help but take a step back.

"You seem a bit slow on your brain lately, not very bright," Naruto said casually as he walked forward. "You seem to have something on your mind, and you got completely drunk last night."

"You've never been like this before, it's really strange."

"No, what was I like before?" Tenten followed Naruto slowly, her voice not sounding very energetic.

"Before, well, it wasn't like this now." He thought for a moment and said, "Tenten, don't think so much. Things on the battlefield are not something you can decide."

"I don't know what's wrong with me lately, my emotions are easily affected." Tenten lowered her head. "But it's not something I can control. I feel like I've fallen far behind."

"We were all laughing and joking together before, but now you're all getting married, or becoming clan leaders, and I'm all alone."

"And Rock Lee," he reminded him.

"Rock Lee doesn't care at all, he's heartless," Tenten Tian muttered under her breath, rolling her eyes.

"Tenten, I have to remind you, Neji got married." Naruto suddenly stopped and looked at Tenten with a strange expression, who blushed.

"No! It's not what you think, you, you, you're so perverted!" She hurriedly waved her hands.

"What's wrong with me? Am I a pervert?" Naruto paused on his toes and continued walking forward. "Can you hide your thoughts? You couldn't hide them before. You were acting strangely Neji got married."

"Tch, what right do you have to talk to me like that! You big pervert!" Tenten pouted.

"What? What! How am I a pervert?" he protested, "You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want! You're slandering me!"

"That's true, you and Sakura are too." Tenten said halfway and then stopped.

"How can that be the same?" Naruto stopped again and looked back at her. "Did I confirm my relationship with anyone back then? Who did Sakura confirm her relationship with?"

"We're both single, so what's wrong with it being consensual? Besides, these are two different things. When have you ever seen me have any feelings for a married woman?"

"That's sophistry!" Tenten retorted, somewhat unconvinced.

"Never mind what the debate is about, just tell me if it's right or wrong?" He grinned, thinking to himself, "Dude, you were probably playing with dolls somewhere while I was exploiting the bug."

"Yes and no!" Tenten said angrily. "You're just twisting the facts! You've fooled us like this before, and I'm not listening to you!"

"Fine, fine, you have a bad temper, I'll listen to you." Naruto said nonchalantly, walking forward with his hands in his pockets.

Upon hearing this, Tenten was taken aback, her brows furrowing slightly. Based on her understanding of Naruto, she knew he would never be so easy to talk to; how could he possibly swallow this insult?

Sure enough, a voice drifted faintly from ahead.

Anyway, I'm not interested in married men.

"I'm not interested either!" Tenten nearly exploded, her chest heaving, wishing she could jump up and beat him up. "I'm not interested in married men!"

"Who knows?" This guy has a knack for being sarcastic and sarcastic; how could a little girl like Tenten possibly be a match for him?

"You!!!"

Despite the bickering along the way, Tenten didn't seem as unhappy as she had been at the beginning. Occasionally, when the two fell silent, Tenten no longer had that blank look in her eyes.

Half a day later, the two of them stumbled and trudged to the outskirts of Kusagakure. Naruto pointed down at a tall building and said.

"That's the center of Kusagakure. Although we don't know which force is in power now, we don't need to worry about it."

He cracked his knuckles, a cruel smile spreading across his face.

"We don't need to give those people from Kusagakure any face. We just need to put a knife to their throats, and they'll naturally understand what to say."

"Won't this be a bad idea?" Tenten asked with a worried look.

Although she wasn't a rigid person, she had never done anything so daring. To put it mildly, it was an accidental intelligence breach; to put it more seriously, it was disrupting the unity within the Allied Shinobi Forces.

Especially at this critical juncture in the Genin world, doing such sensitive things is truly courting disaster.

"Isn't that obvious? Of course it's not good. We've already put a knife to their throats, how can it be good?" Naruto pouted.

"But didn't you say that? To put a knife to the necks of the high-ranking officials of Kusagakure!" Tenten wasn't afraid of him and glared at him, clearly somewhat unconvinced.

"Are you stupid?" Naruto said, speechless. "What does what Sasuke Uchiha did have to do with me, Naruto Uzumaki? As for you, aren't you Karin from Kusagakure?"

Tenten Tian was stunned, and for the first time, she began to question the meaning of life in this world full of routines.

Karin swallowed nervously and turned to look at Naruto.

Will this work?

"You'll know once you try." Naruto didn't explain why he was using Sasuke Uchiha's name, because most people didn't care about the truth.

Otherwise, who would have asked Sasuke jumps out to clarify rumors?

He held Sasuke in his heart as a brother, and even though they had been separated for many years, he still thought of Sasuke Uchiha whenever something happened. He didn't believe in the "I won't offend others unless they offend me" mentality; to prevent Sasuke from provoking him, he had to provoke Sasuke first.

Basically, just throw whatever mud at Sasuke and that's it, don't worry about the consequences. The Uchiha Clan are lunatics; the harsher you are with them, the less they'll go crazy.

He really didn't want to face an Uchiha Clan who could go crazy at any moment and drag him into it. If Sasuke had a child, then he should die even more. He had to stay away from Sasuke.

"Why do you seem to have a grudge against Sasuke? Weren't you guys teammates before?" Naruto asked hesitantly. "It's like you Tenten had a grudge."

"Nonsense!" Naruto declared righteously, "Sasuke has betrayed us, betrayed the village I cherish most. I Cannot coexist with evil."

Tenten:"."

The two entered the village. Before Naruto could use his Transformation Jutsu to transform into Sasuke, Tenten tugged at him and whispered something.

Something seems off.

"I can tell, this village seems to be looking for someone," Naruto said in a low voice. "Something must have happened. I'll go find out."

Afternoon.

Naruto stood in front of the Kusagakure Building, looking up expressionlessly. The blinding Nikko almost made him squint, and he could only vaguely make out the Grass symbol hanging high above.

He now resembled Sasuke Uchiha, a smile on his face.

The office door was pushed open, and he spoke as if he were an old friend visiting.

"Have you found out who beat you up yesterday?" Naruto glanced at the mission officer, his gaze sweeping over his fat face, his voice calm.

Bang! The mountain of flesh stood up, teetering on the verge of collapse.

"It's you!"

The angry roar was deafening. The Fat Pig Mission Officer's chubby fingers, as thick as radishes, trembled as he pointed at Naruto and cursed through gritted teeth.

"You lowly beast!"

"Do you know who I am? How dare you assault a nobleman without cause!"

Do you know who I am?

"Who are you?!" The fat pig was stunned. Right, who is this person? There isn't even Forehead Protector on his forehead.

"Since you've asked so sincerely, I'll mercifully tell you, I am Sasuke Uchiha!" Naruto said, slapping the man hard again.

"Tell me! Did you get someone to join the Allied Shinobi Forces? Was it your idea? Do you want to die?!" Naruto stomped on the fat pig's face, but didn't use much force.

The Fat Pig Mission Officer, unaware of any threat to his life, immediately launched into a tirade of curses.

"I'll have you killed right now! Damn it! You piece of trash! You damned commoner! What are you anyway? I can crush you with one stomp!"

The officer was so angry that he trembled all over. In his rage, the two-hundred-pound mountain of flesh could only utter harmless insults like "beast" and "bitch".

Tsk, Naruto just casually mentioned what he was asking about, and that Fat Pig Mission Officer, who's like a brainless idiot, immediately got angry.

However, it's better that this Fat Pig Mission Officer is a bit stupid, as he can get some information out of him.

Naruto stood there lazily, and while the Fat Pig Mission Officer was panting, he glanced at him and replied in a refined and easygoing manner.

"You motherless wretch!"

"Guards! Guards! Take him down!"

*Slap! Naruto walked straight up to the Fat Pig Mission Officer and slapped him hard across the face. The mission officer's face contorted in rage as he was knocked to the ground.

"Didn't you eat?" Naruto jumped onto the table, grabbed the fat pig by the collar and shook him fiercely. "You're shouting so softly, shout louder! People would think you're mourning your mother."

Three or five ninjas rushed in from outside. The Fat Pig Mission Officer's face was as red as a twisted tomato as he pointed at Naruto and yelled. The ninjas pounced on him, Naruto was pinned to the ground.

"Hand him over to jail! Kill him!"

"Damn it! You lowly beast!"

"Wild dog!"

From Naruto's perspective, the world seemed to slow down countless times; the angry roars and reprimands gradually faded into the distance. The Fat Pig Mission Officer's furious voice grew ever more deafening, like heavenly music.

Hehe, it's done. Now it's up to Tenten.

As Naruto was being taken to the dungeon, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind: Was he guiding a perfectly good young girl down the path of cunning and ruthlessness?

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"He's gone mad, he's gone mad." An old voice chuckled dryly, then seemed to choke on its own phlegm as if it had jammed.

Inside the Grass dungeon, in a cell for three.

The corridor between several cells was lit only by a single oil lamp, its wick no bigger than a soybean, casting a heavy shadow over the cells. The ventilation window was high up, easily blocked with two fingers.

"Can you shut up? I know he's crazy," Naruto said, finally losing his temper, sitting on the damp straw with a slight frown.

The old man looked somewhat embarrassed, his dirty white eyebrows drooping, his face resembling dried-up cured meat.

His face was completely obscured in the darkness, but it was clear that he had only a few front teeth left, and when he breathed, his mouth was wide open, it sounded like a blower.

The madman in Cao Wumu Huo's mouth was a middle-aged man with a large frame. It was unclear how long he had been imprisoned; he was covered in thick body hair and reeked of a foul odor, like a black bear.

"His name was Kaimoku Kumaichi. He killed his entire family of four, along with four or five Chunin, and escaped. Heh heh, guess what he was doing when he was captured?"

The old man's voice was intermittent, like a drop of urine that couldn't be emptied, and he seemed quite pleased with himself.

"Eating meat! Hehe!"

"Don't sleep too soundly at night. The old man is getting old and his flesh is getting dry. It's the tender and delicate children like you who are the most delicious."

"How about we take turns keeping watch tonight? You keep watch for the first half of the night, and I'll keep watch for the second half."

Naruto thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay."

"Clever." The old man breathed a sigh of relief.

Late at night.

Naruto's breathing gradually evened out. The old man occasionally glanced in the direction of Kaimoku Kumaichi, his gaze wary. Only when looking at Naruto did a loving look appear on his face.

The old man silently got up, pulled a kunai from under the damp straw, and moved it without a sound. Gripping the sharp kunai, he rolled over and plunged it fiercely into the dark figure lying on the straw.

The old man's movements were incredibly swift and fluid, yet... thud! There was no sensation of the needle hitting a person; it missed.

He was startled, his aged eyes frantically searching for Naruto's figure, but the cell was so small, where could that person have gone?

The ground was dark, and the walls of the cell were indistinct. There was a gap behind Kaimoku Kumaichi, that madman! But... when did that happen?

The old man dared not touch Kaimoku Kumaichi for the time being. What he had just said was not entirely false; Kaimoku Kumaichi was indeed a complete madman.

Right now, he could only grope his way forward along the wall, taking one step forward, the rustling sound in the darkness making him extremely uneasy.

Fortunately, no one was awakened. The old man adjusted his breathing and took another step forward. This time, no sound was made, and he smiled with relief, his tense muscles unconsciously relaxing.

Whoosh! Naruto descended from the sky, his hands crossed, and with a crisp snap, he broke the old man's head.

Before the old man could even scream, his body went limp like a sack.

Naruto caught him and quietly dragged the old man to the ground. This scene of filial piety and love was Kaimoku Kumaichi.

He opened his eyes early, though he didn't know when. Perhaps it was when Naruto silently climbed onto the prison roof, or perhaps it was after the old man's kunai-like piercing sound woke him up.

Kaimoku Kumaichi stared intently at Naruto, and Naruto, noticing this, turned around and gave him a friendly smile.

"What a coincidence, you can't sleep either?"

Kaimoku Kumaichi looked like a black bear. He sat there motionless, yet he exuded a strong sense of dominance. His murky eyes swept over you, sending shivers down your spine.

However, Naruto didn't care at all, put the kunai into his clothes, and said to himself.

"I offended someone, a fat pig, and that person arranged for this old man to impersonate a death row inmate to kill me."

"I was unlucky, but not stupid. This old man may look thin, but his muscles are full, dense, and resilient. He doesn't look like a death row inmate; he looks more like an assassin."

"The old man thought I couldn't see it, taking advantage of my youth and ignorance, hehe."