Why Are You Stealing My Credit?

Nara Saku failed to notice the Explosion Release ninja suddenly appearing in his blind spot behind him, but Yamanaka Mei spotted him first.

The Explosion Release ninja's Body Flicker Technique was so fast!

Yamanaka Mei immediately formed hand seals and used her clan's secret technique.

She knew she didn't have enough Yin Release chakra to deal with a powerful Explosion Release ninja, but she could control Nara Saku.

When Nara Saku realized Yamanaka Mei was trying to control him, he didn't resist. With their unspoken understanding, he relaxed his mental defenses.

The three of them had grown up together. When they were very young, their parents had agreed that their children would become the next Ino-Shika-Cho Formation.

They had bathed together as babies. As they grew older, they treated each other's parents like their own, often picking any one of their homes to eat and take an afternoon nap.

After starting school, they had always sat together, building plenty of rapport.

Yamanaka Mei wanted to control Nara Saku and use the kunai in his hand to cut off the hair above his hair tie, which had been turned into an explosive.

Only her mind-control secret technique could take effect regardless of the distance.

Uchiha Ling glanced at Yamanaka Mei. When Nara Saku moved, he had almost thought the boy possessed such keen senses that he could see him standing behind him.

But Uchiha Ling wasn't about to give Yamanaka Mei that chance!

Who was Nara Saku? Asuma Sarutobi's lackey. Uchiha Ling had asked Teacher Yamano afterward and learned that Nara Saku had secretly engineered his early graduation.

Graduating at nine had already made things this hard. He couldn't imagine what kind of hell it would have been to graduate at seven and head onto the battlefield.

Now he had his