"Brat, what kind of nonsense are you spouting?" the Kumogakure leader snarled angrily. When had he fallen so low that a child barely a few years old could threaten him?
"Lightning Style: Lightning Piercing Light!" His hands flashed through seals, and a ball of lightning appeared in his palm before transforming into a curved bolt that lashed toward Naruto Uzumaki.
"Mm..." Bound up, Hinata immediately looked worried.
Sigh. A trace of Yang Style power surfaced in Naruto's palm, and he simply thrust his hand forward.
Smack!
Before the Kumogakure leader's disbelieving eyes, the lightning was scattered with a single blow, unable to harm Naruto in the slightest.
"Who... is this brat?" he muttered instinctively, taking a step back as cold sweat uncontrollably seeped from his brow. He had absolutely not held back just now. Even a Konoha Jonin would not have been able to take that head-on, yet that child had simply reached out and dispersed it.
"Whether before or now, people just never listen. Problems that could clearly be solved through communication always have to be settled with violence."
Naruto spoke helplessly and stepped forward. Yang Style erupted, and endless pressure surged toward his opponent. It was not killing intent, yet it possessed a force even more terrifying and intimidating than killing intent.
With a muffled groan, the Kumogakure leader involuntarily staggered backward, his will to resist gradually weakening.
But in the next instant, he sensed something was wrong. He bit down hard on his tongue, and blood mixed with piercing pain flooded his mouth, instantly jolting him awake.
A Kunai was already pressed against Hinata's throat. With a savage expression, he said, "Don't come any closer, or I'll kill her right now!"
Naruto stopped, looking at him with detached eyes. In both his past and present lives, this