Do You Want To Become Stronger, Sasuke!

Kazeka's words struck Kiba Inuzuka right where it hurt.

The thought of his adorable Akamaru having to sacrifice his "beauty" for a mission nearly shattered Kiba's heart.

Even Akamaru couldn't stand the resentful look in his eyes and instinctively took two steps back from Kiba Inuzuka. The meaning was clear:

"I always thought of you as my brother, and you want to hit on me!"

"Fine, I'll do it!"

With a reluctant glance at Akamaru and a glare at Kazeka, Kiba Inuzuka resigned himself to using the Transformation Jutsu.

It had to be said, Kiba Inuzuka's Transformation Jutsu was quite reliable.

While not as outrageous as Naruto's Sexy Jutsu, it still transformed him into a rather pretty girl.

Dressed as a farm girl, she appeared even more pure.

Kiba Inuzuka didn't make any unnecessary moves. Just passing by Gato's residence was enough to attract the attention of the Rogue Ninjas inside.

As the saying goes, like master, like subordinate.

Those who could stay by Gato's side were already controlled by their lower brains.

Despite having just received strict orders, the moment they saw Kiba Inuzuka, none of them could resist.

"We've been here for quite a while, when have we ever seen a girl like this?"

"All the girls around here have been scared away by Gato. It's really good luck to run into one. Hey, you two..."

The two leading the group clearly had a habit of bullying the other two. Without even discussing it, they simply ordered:

"We've discovered an anomaly and need to investigate.

You two stay here. Remember, if anything of Gato's is lost, I'll twist your heads off!"

The remaining two were clearly the usual scapegoats, often bullied. Faced with a situation where they knew exactly what the others were going to do, they could only endure it.

They didn't even have the courage to transform into "Hachimi Hachi" and could only watch the two leave with resentful expressions.

Curses like "perverts deserve to die" and "they'll suffer sooner or later for being so brazen" were muttered by the pair.

And as they watched the retreating figures of the two, spitting curses of indignation.

Kazeka had already taken advantage of their distraction and infiltrated the study they were guarding!

On a bridge nearing completion in the Land of Waves, a fierce battle was underway.

Sakura protected the client, Tazuna, hiding in a corner, while Kakashi was locked in a bloody battle with the Mist Village's murderous ninja, Zabuza.

Meanwhile, Naruto and Sasuke were surrounded by a ninja with a Kekkei Genkai—Haku—and were stubbornly resisting.

Although Kakashi's group seemed to have more numbers, Kakashi and Zabuza appeared to be evenly matched.

Haku, possessing Jonin-level strength, was completely overwhelming Naruto and Sasuke.

The only reason they hadn't been defeated yet was because Haku was too kind to kill them!

"Teacher is really taking his time..."

Having completed the mission in Gato's study and arrived near the bridge, Kiba Inuzuka couldn't help but sigh:

"Based on the current situation, Kakashi's Team 3 could be wiped out by the enemy at any moment.

And yet, the teacher hasn't made a move!"

"Kurenai probably also hesitated because she saw the enemy ninja using the Kekkei Genkai—Ice Release Jutsu..." Kazeka responded.

"He can't bring himself to kill, but capturing them alive... Naruto and Sasuke are still putting up a fight.

However, this situation won't last long. Once the opponent's patience runs out, Kakashi's team will be in danger.

Hinata, you'll go and hide near Sakura to help protect her. Kiba, you'll come with me to Naruto..."

Kazeka gave instructions:

"Kiba, pay close attention to my orders and don't act rashly. Don't provoke them!"

"Understood!"

Hinata nodded at Kazeka and moved towards Sakura's direction first.

Kazeka, bringing Kiba Inuzuka along, revealed themselves and strode towards Naruto's location!

"Naruto, how is it? It wasn't a waste coming to my lab last time, was it?

You can now skillfully use a portion of the Nine-Tails' power..."

At that moment, Naruto and Sasuke were trapped by their opponent within the Ice Release—Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals.

This Ninjutsu formed an ice prison five to six meters high, made of countless ice mirrors, which was extremely difficult to break.

Furthermore, the opponent could freely move between the mirrors and constantly launch ice needles.

Even though Naruto had gained considerable defense and recovery power from the Nine-Tails Fox's strength, he could only struggle to hold on.

Watching Naruto's miserable state, Kazeka spoke leisurely:

"How is it? Do you feel the improvement in your strength, and the predicament of not having enough power?

If you come to my laboratory for experiments later, you can become even stronger!"

"Kazeka, what time is it, and you're still bringing up your experiment!"

Standing in the ice prison, Naruto shouted at Kazeka while guarding against attacks that could appear at any moment:

"Hurry up and join forces with us to deal with this ice user!"

"Dodging the topic of experiments by using combat, you really are a coward..."

Kazeka pouted unhappily, then looked at Sasuke on the other side:

"And what do you think?"

"Is it because of you that Naruto has gained such a terrifying improvement?"

Sasuke, one of the Uchiha Four Mad Laughs.

The only publicly surviving member of the Uchiha Clan, he vowed to take revenge on his older brother due to the clan massacre, and was willing to pay any price to gain power.

Because he often paid attention to Naruto, Sasuke was quite familiar with Naruto's strength.

Naruto's actual combat ability was indeed slightly higher than that of ordinary classmates, but it was absolutely impossible for his strength to have increased this much!

Although Sasuke didn't say it, his past performance had always earned him the title of genius from others.

However, now, seeing that facing the same attack from Haku, he was heavily injured, while Naruto still had considerable fighting power.

He was completely engulfed in immense self-doubt.

Now, upon hearing Kazeka's words, he finally understood the reason:

"If you truly possess such power, I don't mind going to your laboratory. Whatever I face, I can accept it!"

"Sasuke, don't listen to Kazeka!"

Sasuke and Naruto had a decent relationship. Seeing that Sasuke was about to make the wrong decision under Kazeka's "guidance," he immediately stopped him:

"His experiments are terrifying, and there are all sorts of horrible side effects. You need to think carefully!"

"To kill that man, I can abandon anything, let alone a trivial experiment..."

Sasuke's words were as chilling as an icy hell:

"However, Kazeka, if I find out you lied to me, I will definitely kill you!"

"Ah, that's easy to say. When I conduct experiments, I always believe in honesty with customers..."

Kazeka nodded, then looked at the ice prison before him:

"You're Haku, right? Speaking of which, you're quite something. In such a fierce battlefield, you actually gave us a chance to talk."

"Because I can sense..."

A mirror of ice materialized out of thin air in front of Kazeka. A slender figure in a kimono, wearing a mask, resembling a young girl, appeared in the mirror:

"You seem to have no killing intent!"