Ao Guang eyed Naruto suspiciously. "I saw some serious malice in your eyes. Did you just feel an urge to kill me?"
Naruto was startled. He had no idea why he felt that way. Though he was no passionate do-gooder, and was even a little cold, he certainly wasn't an outright villain. As long as people didn't provoke him, he was usually easy to get along with. Yet just now, he really had felt an urge to beat the man before him to death.
Naruto hurriedly waved his hands, awkwardly trying to cover it up. "No, no! Why would I think that? Besides, you helped resolve the hidden danger inside me. I, Naruto Uzumaki, am not the kind of person who repays kindness with betrayal." Unfortunately, his acting was so terrible that anyone with eyes could tell he was hiding something.
Ao Guang's playful expression instantly turned as cold as the depths of winter. His voice chilled them to the bone. "I saved you out of kindness, and you want to kill me? Looks like I never should have bothered being a good person. Well, it isn't too late. Since I saved your lives, I'll take them back now." As he spoke, he suddenly appeared before Naruto and Hinata. Without thinking, Naruto grabbed Hinata's hand and prepared to escape with the Flying Thunder God Technique. But something unexpected happened: the technique that had never failed him before failed now.
Naruto realized he couldn't use his Flying Thunder God Technique. He could gradually sense its spatial marks, yet he couldn't teleport, as though all the space around him had been sealed. As Ao Guang's palm drew closer, Naruto grew increasingly calm.
The instant Naruto realized he couldn't dodge, he turned and pulled Hinata into his arms, shielding her with his body