Try It If You've Got the Guts

Asuma's expression changed. He never expected that a casual Ninjutsu would actually blast a former Anbu officer who had defected from Konoha. This made him tense and his nerves taut. He was so afraid that he couldn't move. But being stubborn, he didn't want his embarrassing situation to be discovered.

Facing the newcomer, Asuma feigned fear and even laughed, "Perfect, I can capture you and hand you over to the Lord Fourth Hokage."

"You brat!" The deep voice hidden beneath the cat's face carried a hint of anger.

Especially when he saw the aggressive words the kid opposite him spoke.

This greatly displeased Tsuchiya, who had originally come as instructed by Danzo to investigate the current situation of Konoha and check on someone's mission progress.

Unexpectedly, they were ambushed before even entering Konoha.

He was still Chunin by a weak, low-ranking Konoha.

Being discovered by this guy made Tsuchiya's face darken.

As Special Chunin, he Byakugan was only a low-rank Chunin. Although he was not bad, he was no match for him at all.

One is an experienced Chunin, and the other Chunin fresh out of the academy.

There's absolutely no need to compare.

The outcome was decided in a single exchange.

Asuma rushed forward and threw a punch, but it was easily dodged. Before he could react, the opponent chopped him in the neck with a hand strike. As he lay stiffly on the ground, his face contorted in pain.

"With such weak strength, how did you even find me? Never mind." Tsuchiya felt bored, raised one hand, drew his Kunai, and prepared to strike. "I don't want to stay here any longer, I'll take care of you first."

Seeing Asuma about to be stabbed, Kurenai Yuhi yelled and tried to rush forward, but before she could move, she was pulled back.

Yang Xing frowned, puzzled, and asked, "I really don't understand, what's so good about this guy?"

"Asuma saved me, I... I can't leave him here. Let me go." Kurenai Yuhi's face was anxious as she tried to break free.

Unfortunately, Yang Xing wouldn't let go, nor did he want to. Seeing that Kurenai Yuhi was indeed anxious, his expression softened, and he couldn't help but say, "Alright, I understand. In other words, even if he scolds you, you're willing to follow him just because he saved you. Well, am I a little too late?"

"Yang Xing, little brother?" Turning her head, Kurenai Yuhi was looking at Yang Xing with a somewhat strange expression.

Unexpectedly, Yang Xing had already stepped forward, his face calm, and he simply shouted at the ninja in front of him.

"Hey, you upstairs, do you know me?"

"Who are you?"

Turning his head, Tsuchiya was very annoyed. Being disturbed made him want to kill the person. But when he turned his head and looked at the child in front of him, he felt that the child looked familiar, which made Tsuchiya ponder.

"How is Danzo?" Yang Xing Kakuzu with a slight smile, his tone calm. "Hasn't he told you about me? I miss him quite a bit. If you have time, you can invite him to Konoha to have some tea with me, Yang Xing."

"You are that Yang Xing?" Tsuchiya's pupils dilated, and his body trembled slightly.

The body retreated, and in an instant, the Tsuchiya was away from Asuma. The slow retreating motion clearly showed that it was afraid of Yang Xing and looked like it wanted to run away.

Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi Chunin in disbelief at the Chunin who had been so calm, now completely frozen in fear at the sight of a mere child, even showing signs of backing down.

This Special Chunin actually tried to escape.

This left the two of them even more incredulous.

"No way, that guy really didn't make his men remember me? Ah, that's a bit too disrespectful to me." Yang Xing's face showed displeasure, and he even raised his hands as he spoke, "How about I help him out?"

"Yamete!" Seeing Yang Xing raise his hands, Tsuchiya ran away, running very fast, and couldn't help but shout, "Ah, Danzo, help me!"

Who is Yang Xing? He defeated Orochimaru, fought against Danzo and a key member of Root, and instead killed that Root member and severely injured Danzo —a terrifying brat.

Danzo muttered this name every day. As his Danzo, they all understood that besides anger, that muttering was a deep fear of the name.

If even Danzo was so terrified of this person, one can only imagine how insignificant his subordinates were. It was a miracle they weren't scared to the point of collapsing to the ground.

The way he turned and ran away was utterly lacking in grace.

I almost fell off the tree branch.

Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi watched in stunned silence.

"Oh, they ran pretty fast." Watching the other person leave, Yang Xing didn't chase after them; in fact, he had absolutely no desire to do so.

Compared to Kurenai Yuhi in front of us, that Chunin ahead, or rather Danzo, is not worth investigating at all.

Red Sister is much better; she has a great figure and a beautiful face, a million times prettier than that Danzo.

Yeah, only a fool would chase after that ugly guy.

"That, him?"

"Perhaps he remembered something was wrong at home, or maybe he hadn't brought in the laundry because it was about to rain and wanted to go back and collect it."

Nobody would believe that, nobody the hell would believe that.

Kurenai Yuhi absolutely refused to believe it.

Asuma couldn't possibly believe the brat's nonsense. Staring at the brat again, he felt something was amiss.

This is too suspicious. Even if the Fourth Hokage left him alone yesterday and didn't know what happened yesterday, he originally thought it was just good luck. It seems that the Jonin let him go after seeing Yang Xing.

Who exactly is this little brat?

Why? He couldn't even compare to a kid who was two years younger than him. Asuma was filled with resentment and dissatisfaction.

At this moment, Kurenai Yuhi kindly tried to persuade Asuma to take the medicine, but Asuma waved his hand, showing his stubbornness once again.

Never mind, I've told you so many times.

Yang Xing pushed Kurenai Yuhi to sit on the ground, but his expression turned grim.

This was the first time in several days that his expression had changed.

Even when Obito was seriously injured because of him, his expression never changed like this.

"Hey, I was already really annoyed." Yang Xing's face darkened, his tone radiating immense arrogance. "Sister Hong is the one I've set my sights on. I won't tolerate anyone else laying a hand on her except me. If you've got the guts, try again, and I'll make your old man regret ever having given birth to you."

Yang Xing wasn't joking; he truly now possesses the strength to make the Third Hokage regret his actions.

Moreover, such imposing words, and those eyes that exuded a powerful killing intent,

This left Asuma, a child with little experience, speechless, unable to utter a single word. "You..."

Asuma glanced at Kurenai Yuhi, a complex emotion in his eyes. He stood up, brushed the dirt off his clothes, and said coldly, "Kurenai, I understand. You can have your fun with your little brother. From today onwards, don't follow me around anymore. We're complete strangers."