"Hey, I think it's about time you let me go," Naruto complained, kicking his legs in midair.
"You're awfully noisy, brat!" one of the ANBU said. "Keep talking, and I'll tear out your tongue."
"Then tear it out! Ahhh~" Naruto opened his mouth wide and stuck out his tongue, deliberately provoking him.
"You're asking to die!"
As they spoke, the two reached for Naruto's head. But Naruto had not been idle either. He actually drew his sword from the Sealing Space and slashed at them.
He had originally planned to drag the two into the Sealing Space and let the Nine-Tails devour them. After all, once someone entered the Sealing Space, unless they were an outrageously powerful ninja, they could hardly make any trouble. But since his consciousness would have to enter with them, he abandoned the idea for safety's sake.
His katana struck first, followed closely by Wind Blade.
The two ANBU ninjas leaped away in opposite directions, but the next second, Naruto used a Flying Thunder God Kunai to switch places, viciously pressing molten lava onto the face of the ANBU ninja whose disguise had long been exposed.
The sensation was even more intense than pickled cabbage instant noodles.
The other fake ANBU had not expected Naruto to be so brutal. He froze for a second at the sight of his companion's bone-exposed face. That single second gave Naruto the opening he needed.
He threw three kunai, mixed with a Flying Thunder God Kunai.
The same trick again—Lava Release: Face-Pressing Technique!
The moment a scream rang out, it abruptly stopped as life faded away.
Sakura pushed through the crowded mass of people, gritting her teeth as she chased in the direction where the ANBU carrying Naruto away had vanished.
Yet for some reason, the more she chased, the