Beaten like this with just one punch? A Jonin!?

In this situation, could Yeyu still escape?

Yeyu looked up at Mizuki in the tree.

He asked, "Teacher Mizuki, are you planning to become a rogue ninja?"

Mizuki looked at Yeyu, his expression displeased. "You brat, what kind of attitude is that? How dare you speak to me like that?"

Mizuki still tried to use his teacher's authority to intimidate Yeyu.

But how could Yeyu possibly be intimidated by the aura of a mere Chunin?

"Teacher Mizuki, it seems you really are planning to become a rogue ninja."

"Do you really think you've already won?"

Mizuki drew a kunai and said coldly, "Kid, blame your bad luck for living here."

Iruka shouted, "Yeyu, run! You are no match for him."

In Iruka's eyes, Yeyu was just an intern ninja who had just graduated from the Ninja Academy.

He wasn't even a formal ninja yet.

Having only mastered the Body Replacement, Transformation, and Clone techniques, he would be easily killed by Mizuki in an instant.

However, Yeyu did not listen to Iruka.

He said calmly, "Teacher Mizuki, I will ask you one last time: are you truly going to become a rogue ninja?"

Mizuki looked at Yeyu, frowning, not understanding why Yeyu kept asking this question.

Annoyed, he roared at Yeyu, "Yes! I am going to be a rogue ninja, so what? Are you going to try and arrest me?"

Yeyu didn't ask anything else, simply murmuring to himself, "That's good!"

Upon hearing this, Mizuki suddenly felt a terrifying chill.

"BOOM!"

"RUMBLE!"

A streak of light flashed by.

Mizuki suddenly felt excruciating pain all over his body.

The next moment, he appeared on the ground.

The ground was struck by immense force, shattering and cracking into countless fissures that spread for over a dozen meters.

A crater several meters wide appeared beneath Mizuki, and he lay in the center, covered in blood.

Mizuki felt only a surge of intense pain before losing consciousness.

Yeyu stood beside him, his hand still emitting steam.

His expression was calm, and he didn't even glance at Mizuki.

He slowly walked out of the crater.

This sudden scene left Iruka and Naruto, who were watching from the side, completely stunned.

It wasn't until Yeyu closed the door that Iruka finally reacted.

"Ye-Yeyu, Yeyu is actually this strong?"

Looking at the crater several meters wide and Mizuki's bloodied state, Iruka naturally understood what had happened.

But Yeyu, who had mediocre grades back at the Ninja Academy, possessed such terrifying strength.

He feared that if he were to face Yeyu, he wouldn't fare much better than Mizuki.

Naruto's mouth was still hanging open in shock.

After a long while, he turned to Iruka, trembling. "Iruka-sensei, is he... is he really Yeyu?"

"The Yeyu who rarely spoke at school?"

"He wasn't this strong at school. During combat practice, he was nowhere near this powerful."

"Or is it that Teacher Mizuki is actually just weak?"

If Mizuki, lying unconscious on the ground, could hear Naruto's words, he would likely be furious.

Iruka shook his head. "No, it's not that Mizuki is weak; it's that he is too strong."

"He clearly never showed his true strength while at the Ninja Academy."

"Perhaps he simply didn't care to reveal his true power to anyone at the academy."

Naruto wanted to say that he would definitely surpass him one day.

But at this moment, looking at Mizuki's blood-soaked appearance, he couldn't bring himself to say it.

Could he smash a crater this large into the ground with a single punch?

"What would happen to me if I were hit by his punch?"

Just thinking about it, Naruto hurriedly shook his head. "No, I wouldn't get beaten into a state like that by him."

Naruto was afraid, truly afraid for the first time.

Although he had been caught often while pulling pranks everywhere in the past, he had basically never received any real punishment because the Third Hokage was protecting him from behind the scenes.

Even if other ninjas had objections, so what?

As long as the Third Hokage didn't allow him to be punished, he could act recklessly.

If they scolded him, it would just go in one ear and out the other, and he would dare to do it again next time.

But looking at this bloody scene now, Naruto realized very clearly that if he provoked Yeyu, he really would end up beaten into such a miserable state.

Iruka took a deep look at Yeyu's house and walked over to Mizuki.

He lifted him up.

He had to take Mizuki back and explain everything clearly to the Third Hokage.

In particular, he had to make the matter regarding Yeyu clear to the Third Hokage.

Iruka's thoughts were simple: Yeyu was so powerful that if the Third Hokage judged him based on his performance at the Ninja Academy, he certainly wouldn't be assigned a good instructor.

By telling the Third Hokage about Yeyu, Yeyu would surely be prioritized for special training.

As Yeyu's teacher, Iruka was truly looking out for his best interests.

However.

Iruka hoisted Mizuki onto his shoulder and looked at Naruto. "Let's go, Naruto. Take the Scroll of Sealing and let's go see the Third Hokage."

Naruto looked back at Yeyu's house; he still hadn't recovered from what he had just witnessed.

It was truly too shocking, too bloody.

It was the most terrifying sight Naruto had ever seen.

It also made him very afraid.

For the first time, he felt that he could actually die.

He didn't dare stay there any longer.

Naruto hurriedly followed behind Iruka with the Scroll of Sealing.

They arrived at the Hokage's office.

The Third Hokage looked at the blood-covered Mizuki and the blood-stained Iruka, assuming that Iruka had defeated Mizuki.

The Third Hokage first looked at Naruto sternly. "Naruto, do you know how dangerous the Scroll of Sealing is?"

"It contains many dangerous forbidden techniques sealed by the First Hokage; it cannot be lost, nor can it be leaked outside the village."

Naruto had not yet snapped out of what had just happened.

He hadn't even paid attention to what the Third Hokage was saying.

The Third Hokage frowned slightly, confused. "Naruto, are you listening?"

Naruto was startled and blinked. "Huh? Old Man Hokage, what did you say?"

Iruka hurriedly explained, "Lord Hokage, Naruto is just shaken by what happened earlier."

The Third Hokage looked at Mizuki, who was lying on the floor covered in blood.

He assumed Iruka was referring to the battle between Mizuki and himself having frightened Naruto.

"Sigh, Naruto, after you become a ninja, you will eventually have to face these things."

Hearing this from the Third Hokage, Naruto was terrified. "Huh? Old Man Hokage, do you mean that I will encounter people like Yeyu in the future?"

"But, but will I really become as strong as him in the future?"

The Third Hokage looked at Iruka in confusion.

He didn't even know of Yeyu's existence.

Yeyu had been too ordinary before, with mediocre grades.

He hadn't been active at the Ninja Academy either.

Iruka immediately told the Third Hokage what had just happened.

The Third Hokage was stunned after hearing it.

"You're saying that a student who just graduated from the Ninja Academy beat Mizuki into this state?"

"And you didn't even see the process clearly!?"

The Third Hokage thought Iruka was lying to him.

Because it sounded too much like a fabrication; how could someone be that strong?

According to what Iruka had just said, Yeyu's strength was at least at the level of a Jonin.

Even an average Jonin couldn't beat Mizuki into this state in an instant.

And it wasn't through ninjutsu, but through taijutsu.

This was simply a fantasy.