"Intruder!"
The Kusagakure ninja present were no pushovers. The instant they saw Naruto, they reacted, rising to prepare for battle.
Several chains lashed toward Naruto, while several Kusagakure ninja raised their hands and used techniques to immobilize him.
But with a flash of golden light, Naruto vanished from where he stood, and all their attacks struck empty air.
Splat!
The sound of blade piercing flesh echoed through the secret chamber. At some point, Naruto had appeared behind one of the Kusagakure ninja. A longsword materialized in his hand and pierced straight through the man's heart.
"Such speed!"
The Kusagakure ninja were horrified. Before they could even readjust themselves, golden light flashed again and again, until Mui was the only living Kusagakure ninja left in the chamber.
Kusagakure was an exceptionally weak shinobi village. Its only notable strength was its skill at navigating diplomacy between opposing sides. Naturally, the upper ranks of Hozuki Castle gathered here varied greatly in ability; there were even several Chunin among them.
"Y-Yellow Flash!?"
The sight before him shook Mui to the core. The figure who had instantly killed twelve Kusagakure ninja made him recall the Fourth Hokage of Konoha, Minato Namikaze, slaughtering fifty Iwa Ninja on the battlefield. He had watched that battle from afar.
"With this little strength, you want to become one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages?"
Naruto flicked the blood droplets from his longsword and looked at Mui.
Mui's nerves immediately tightened. His opponent had instantly killed every high-ranking official present while deliberately leaving him alive. More likely than not, Naruto wanted something from him.
Hozuki Castle had always been a neutral force in the Ninja World, and Kusagakure was extremely weak. Though it had a poor reputation in the Ninja World, no one really took Kusagakure seriously. The only thing