Sound Ninja: Things Became Desperate

"Uh... Kiba, are you kidding me?"

Hearing Kiba's words, Naruto looked at Kiba Inuzuka with suspicion:

"What do you mean he's become 'girly'? You mean his fighting style looks reckless, like a crazy shrew?"

"No, I mean it literally!"

Perhaps it was because he was Kazeka's teammate, or perhaps it was due to the incident with Haku, but Kiba was very sensitive to personality changes:

"His strength has indeed surged significantly, but at the same time, his personality has also changed. I feel like this is Kazeka's doing!"

"Kazeka's doing? We've been fighting Zaku this whole time, I didn't see Kazeka make a move. Besides..."

Naruto said incredulously:

"Isn't Kazeka our friend? Why would he help the opponent?"

"Kazeka has many methods. He could have used surgery silently. I haven't seen it, but it doesn't seem impossible.

Besides, I think Kiba's right. This guy has indeed changed..."

Sasuke had also undergone quite a few experiments by Kazeka. Seeing Zaku's appearance, he felt a sense of familiarity:

"But Naruto's right. Kazeka wouldn't do something like boosting an opponent's strength for no reason.

There must be another reason. Perhaps we can start with Kiba's suggestion!

I've been observing for a while. As Zaku's combat power increases, he seems to have become more shy.

Yes, literally shy. He seems very afraid of his clothes being torn!"

"Sasuke, you've got to be kidding me, right?"

Hearing this, Naruto was even more surprised:

"Is this guy going to scream in terror just because a few pieces of his clothes are torn? That's too ridiculous!

Hey, no way..."

Seeing Zaku's face show a hint of panic and even take a step back at his words, Naruto was stunned:

"I was just joking, you're not actually afraid of your clothes being torn, are you?"

"Tearing my clothes or something..."

Zaku swallowed with difficulty:

"I... I'm not scared!"

Naruto: "...I still don't quite believe it..."

"Swish!"

Too impatient to argue with Naruto anymore, Kiba Inuzuka, who had already lost his patience, directly threw five or six Kunai at Zaku.

This time, Naruto saw clearly. While defending, Zaku desperately avoided having his clothes torn by the Kunai, even if it meant getting scratched on the back of his hand.

Seeing such a bizarre scene, the three of them exchanged glances again, revealing mischievous smiles!

"Ninjutsu--Shadow Clone Technique: Clothes Tearing Jutsu!"

"Fang Over Fang Clothes Shattering Technique!"

"Kunai Throwing--Clothes Breaking Technique!"

The impromptu jutsu were applied with great skill by these three mischievous brats. Zaku's peculiarity even accelerated their skill growth.

If the Zaku opposite them were a girl, Naruto and the other two would never have been able to do this.

But since he was a male, the three of them held nothing back!

As if to prove the terrifying power of Kazeka's potion, the once brave Zaku was now filled with despair.

Even though his strength had been greatly enhanced, Zaku was terrified even if a sleeve was torn.

Cries of "Stop," "Let me go," and "Pervert" came one after another.

In the end, Zaku, whose chest clothing had been torn off in a large piece by Kiba Inuzuka, finally broke down.

He clutched his chest tightly with both hands and, to everyone's shocked gaze, began to cry pitifully!

"Uh..."

Zaku before them was too pitiful to behold. Naruto couldn't help but nudge Sasuke beside him:

"Are we going too far..."

"Naruto, don't misunderstand..."

Seeing Naruto's action, Sasuke quickly explained as if he had been caught doing something wrong:

"I was just trying to end the fight quickly. I really didn't mean to tear Zaku's clothes.

You have to believe me, I have no interest in that Zaku!"

"I didn't think you were interested in Zaku in the first place, and why are you explaining to me!"

Hearing this, Naruto shivered violently and instinctively took a step to the side.

"Sasuke, I really think you should see a psychologist recently!"

"You two, stop fooling around at a time like this..."

Kiba Inuzuka glanced at the two of them helplessly, then at Zaku, a complex expression appearing in his eyes.

"This Kazeka guy, did he mess up his brain during experiments and become a pervert!"

"My... God!"

It wasn't just Kiba Inuzuka who thought this. At this moment, Dosu looked at Kazeka with the same expression he'd use for a pervert.

"You, you're a pervert, aren't you!"

"Hey, hey, hey, you need to speak clearly..."

Kazeka shot him an displeased look.

"I admit, after blowing you away, I used an extremely brilliant technique to perform a quick and nearly undetectable surgery on Zaku from afar.

This method is so brilliant it can indeed be called perverse, but from the way you're speaking, it's as if I myself am a pervert!"

"Aren't you?"

Dosu glared fiercely at Kazeka.

"You turned Zaku into that effeminate appearance, do you have any other explanation!"

"Hey, hey, hey, this is a very important scientific research achievement, it's nowhere near as lewd as you think..."

Kazeka quickly defended himself.

"The original intention for researching this potion was to target high-ranking officials of various countries and the decision-making layers of ninja villages.

Think about it, as the brains of a country and a ninja village, these people need to have extremely calm judgment.

Once my potion is successfully deployed and they lose their composure, their personalities change drastically, and they start nitpicking each other over trivial matters...

At that time, without any external threats, they themselves would be the cause of their own downfall!"

"Nonsense!"

Having interacted with Kazeka for some time, Dosu didn't believe Kazeka's explanation at all.

"Putting aside other things, we in Otogakure also have information channels.

If the effects of your potions were used, it would definitely cause major chaos somewhere, and news like that can't be contained.

But I haven't heard any information about that!"

"Ah, it's a long story..."

Kazeka sighed.

"At the current stage, the technology for developing the potion is not yet sufficient. Its duration is short, it's easily detected, and it's easily cured.

With the effort it takes to use this potion, it would be more convenient to just use poison.

If I want to further update the potion, I will need a lot of time, energy, and even resources.

Just in these three aspects, I lack in all of them.

Perhaps, this is the regret of a genius researcher!"

Dosu: "..."

Looking at the sighing Kazeka, Dosu felt like he'd been hit by a truck. Just as he was about to scold Kazeka again, he suddenly froze.

Since Dosu was affected, what about his remaining teammate, Kotone?