Seeing this, Naruto immediately wanted to say something to stop him, Senga saw through his thoughts and glared at him.
"Naruto, do you know what 'simp' means?"
Naruto was taken aback. Although it was the first time he had heard this word, he still vaguely understood its meaning.
Senga continued,
"Being a 'simp' isn't necessarily a bad thing; your father was quite the 'simp' when he was pursuing your mother."
Naruto immediately became interested upon hearing this and hurriedly asked,
"Really? Daddy too...?"
"Hmph, I'm telling you this just to tell you that being a simp is fine, but you need to consider who you're simping on and whether she's worth it. Otherwise, you'll only end up with nothing!"
In Senga's eyes, Sakura was definitely not someone Naruto should fawn over. In terms of status, Naruto was the son of the Fourth Hokage, and once announced, he would be a prominent prince of Konoha, while Sakura was just a ninja from an ordinary family.
It wasn't that Senga looked down on Sakura's status as a commoner ninja; what bothered him was that Sakura had repeatedly brought up Naruto's orphanhood, saying things like, "Look, doesn't he have no parents?"
And then there's the "If there's trouble, then give me a lot; if there's no trouble, then give me whatever I want" attitude, which really makes Senga feel no goodwill towards Sakura at all.
After saying that, Senga shook off Sakura's hand and said coldly,
"If I see you doing something like that again, you can forget about having that hand."
Under the watchful gaze of the Mangekyo, Sakura could only nod frantically, Yamato stepped in to smooth things over.
"Senior Senga, Sakura and Naruto have always had a good relationship. She didn't mean it just now, please forgive her!"
Senga shook her head indifferently, turned off the Mangekyo, and walked away in one direction.
Naruto thought Senga was leaving. Although he hadn't spent much time with Senga, he could tell that Senga was genuinely good to him, and since Senga was Minato's friend, he really didn't want Senga to leave.
So he called out to Senga's retreating figure.
"Senga! Where are you going?"
Senga paused, then said without turning her head,
"Go check on that Sasuke. What? You want to go?"
Upon hearing that he was going to see Sasuke, Naruto immediately became excited and asked,
"Senior Senga, may I come with you?"
A barely perceptible smile appeared on Senga's lips as she spoke softly.
"Your legs are your own body, why are you telling me where you're going?"
Upon hearing this, Naruto was overjoyed. He scurried over to Senga and said with a cheeky grin,
"Then I'll have to trouble you Senga Chiga!"
Senga rolled her eyes, then continued walking forward.
Sakura and Yamato exchanged a glance, then silently followed.
Kabuto rushed back after Orochimaru's defeat, accompanied by Sai.
Sai's mission this time is first to deliver Danzo's letter to Orochimaru and gain his trust.
Now that Orochimaru has been subdued by Senga, he has lost his mission objective and can only move on to the next mission, which is to assassinate Sasuke.
Danzo, the sixth son of the Uchiha Clan, maintained his consistent view of them: that they were all terrorists and a potential threat to Konoha Uchiha Clan, and that they should be eliminated before Sasuke fully matured.
Therefore, Sai went to Orochimaru's lair first, intending to assassinate Sasuke.
Inside Orochimaru's lair,
In the dark passage, Sasuke stared coldly at Sai opposite him and asked,
Who are you?
Sai, with a professional fake smile on his face, said,
"My name is Sai, I just joined Team 7. You must be Sasuke Uchiha?"
Upon hearing that Sai was from Konoha and had taken his place in Team 7, Sasuke suddenly activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and coldly stared at Sai in front of him.
Sai Sasuke's Genjutsu and landed on his bottom.
Fortunately, Sasuke only intended to scare him and quickly dispelled the Genjutsu, merely letting out a disdainful snort.
"Hmph, so what brings you here? You don't mean to take me back to Konoha, do you?"
Sai swallowed hard and said,
Naruto, who wants to bring you back to Konoha, has always considered you a brother!
"Shut up!"
Sasuke interrupted Sai abruptly, appearing beside Sai in a flash and saying coldly,
"I only have one brother, and that is Itachi!"
After saying that, Sasuke walked past Sai and headed straight outside.
Sai was stunned by Sasuke's ruthlessness, and some of his views had changed during his time with Team 7.
Originally, he was just a ruthless mission machine in Danzo's hands, but after meeting Naruto, this guy who was very similar to his brother, he regained his sense of being "human".
He had originally intended to test Sasuke's reaction, but he didn't expect to receive such an answer.
Sai felt sorry for Naruto, and remembering the task Danzo had given him, he grabbed his sword and stabbed at Sasuke, who had his back to him.
However, under Orochimaru's tutelage, Sasuke's strength had increased dramatically, and it could be said that Sasuke at this time was not on the same level as the rest of Team 7.
He sidestepped and kicked Sai, sending him flying backward. Then he drew the Kusanagi Sword from his waist and infused it with lightning-attribute Chakra.
The Kusanagi Sword crackled with blue lightning and emitted a piercing crackling sound; this was one of the results of Sasuke's training: the Chidori Blade.
Sasuke rushed toward Sai, who had fallen to the ground, and thrust his sword toward his chest.
Just as the Chidori Blade was about to pierce Sai's chest, a loud shout rang out from the entrance of the passage.
"Sasuke! Stop it!"
"Um?"
The voice was so familiar to Sasuke that he actually stopped attacking and turned to look in the direction from which the voice came.
He spotted the figure with the golden spiky hair at a glance— Naruto Uzumaki.
As for Senga, who was next to Naruto, Sasuke completely ignored her.
This was Sasuke's first time seeing Naruto since the battle at the Valley of the End, and his feelings were quite complex.
Although he just told Sai that his only brother was Itachi, that was just a lie.
Sasuke had so much he wanted to say to Naruto, but the words that came out were...
"Naruto? Are you here to kill me too?"
Naruto was taken aback, then looked at Sai behind Sasuke and asked, puzzled.
"Sai, what did you just do?"
Sai didn't say anything. He had been saved by this guy who looked like his older brother, so he naturally couldn't bring himself to say that he had just tried to kill Sasuke.
Sasuke glanced at Senga beside Naruto and said calmly,
"Are these the helpers you found? You don't actually think you can defeat me in my current state with just a few of you, do you?"
Senga raised an eyebrow, slowly lowered the arms she had been holding in front of her chest, and took a step forward.
The small white snake coiled around his waist looked up at Sasuke as if he were looking at a fool...