I Really Don't Like the Way You Look at Me

The rest of the rookies were the same, all stunned by the killing intent radiating from Team 7!

Only Neji remained calm. As the disciple of his own freakishly powerful brother—

This was their normal state!

In the opposing group, by the corner of the wall, the Sand Village trio watched the three members of Team 7!

Cold sweat covered Kankuro's forehead, while Temari's expression was exceptionally grave!

Gaara licked his lips and muttered to himself:

"Interesting, interesting!"

"I can already smell that delicious scent of blood!"

Gaara was excited. He had never expected this trip to yield such a great harvest!

The killing intent of the three of them made everyone except Gaara avert their eyes!

Cold sweat poured from many foreheads. They no longer dared meet the trio's gazes and lowered their heads deeply!

"Is that all?"

"A bunch of trash!"

"I preferred it when you were acting so arrogant just now!"

"Remember this!"

"Don't be too cocky on someone else's turf!"

Sasuke looked at everyone's reactions and ruthlessly spat out trash talk without the slightest courtesy!

Naruto glanced at Gaara. He was extremely displeased with that guy's gaze—this was not the first time!

"Little panda!"

"I really don't like the way you look at me. Want to have a round early?"

"Keep looking at us like that, and I'm afraid I won't be able to stop myself from killing you!"

Naruto wore a fierce expression as wisps of red chakra flickered around him, cold and violent!

"This is bad!"

Sasuke and Sakura's hearts tightened, and they both grabbed Naruto! They had seen this state more than once!

One hand pressed against Naruto, Sasuke stared coldly at Gaara!

"If you don't want to die!"

"Then take your eyes off him!"

"If you drive him berserk, no one here can stop him!"

Gaara looked at Naruto, but his gaze was no longer the same as before. Now, it was curiosity!

It was not because he feared Naruto and Sasuke's threats, but because he had sensed that aura—the same aura he carried within himself!

We're the same kind!

Moreover, the aura emanating from Naruto even made the monster inside him somewhat afraid!

Even that restless chakra had quieted slightly. Gaara was very curious!

Why, when Naruto was clearly the same kind of person as him, could he still have friends?

Were they... not afraid of him?

Gaara lightly swept his gaze over Sasuke, Sakura, and the other rookies behind them!

Were these people... all his friends?

In that instant, Gaara's interest in Naruto surpassed everything else!

He desperately wanted to understand why!

"Naruto!"

"Calm down!"

Sasuke had a headache. Seeing the aura around Naruto grow increasingly violent, he became anxious!

"Naruto!"

"The teacher's here!"

"Teacher!"

"Huh?"

"Sakura, where's the teacher?"

Naruto instantly sobered up and looked around, but he did not see Tian Ge anywhere!

"You're good!"

Sasuke gave Sakura a thumbs-up! Why hadn't he thought of that?

Naruto had always been a little traumatized by their teacher, unlike Sakura and himself!

From the very beginning, Sasuke had resolved to risk his life, so no matter how cold their teacher was, he had never thought much of it!

As for Sakura, after their first meeting, he did not know what she had figured out!

She had been working desperately hard ever since and normally did not show much fear toward their teacher.

Only Naruto had been scared into trauma on the first day. Ever since then, he had always been somewhat afraid of their teacher!

Sasuke could not understand why Naruto remained so afraid!

"Sakura!"

"You lied to me!"

Naruto pouted, looking very unhappy!

"Naruto!"

"Sorry, but... I had no choice!"

"You almost went berserk just now. In my panic, this was the only thing I could think of!"

"You can ask Sasuke. The two of us could barely hold you down!"

Sakura hurriedly explained herself to Naruto. With Team 7's current bond, she did not want Naruto to misunderstand anything!

"Sasuke?"

Naruto looked at Sasuke, his eyes full of questions!

"It's true. If you were conscious, we wouldn't be worried!"

"But you don't even remember the state you were in just now. That definitely isn't good!"

Sasuke nodded lightly. After all this time, the two of them had gained quite a bit of experience dealing with Naruto's condition!

If Naruto consciously activated that tailed state himself, then there was usually nothing to worry about!

Even if he reached five tails now, he could last for two or three minutes!

But once he entered that form while unconscious, he would not recognize friend from foe!

And he would enter the tailed state very quickly. That time, if their teacher had not been there, the consequences would have been unimaginable!

Their teacher had also told the two of them to watch Naruto and not let him fall into that state!

Apparently, their teacher had undone some kind of seal for him so that he could gradually familiarize himself with this power!

However, it was also very dangerous. Naruto could easily enter a berserk state!

At first, neither of them paid much attention to it, until last month, when that training experience had been too dangerous!

Sasuke and Sakura had fallen into danger several times, and Naruto had erupted every time!

The first time Sasuke and Sakura saw Naruto in that state, they had been scared senseless!

After Naruto dealt with the enemy, he had actually tried to attack the two of them!

With the serious injuries they had suffered at the time, they could not even run away!

Of course, given Naruto's state at the time, they probably could not have escaped even if they had not been injured!

If Tian Ge had not appeared, the two of them would likely have died!

Thinking of this, Sasuke looked at Naruto and suddenly had a guess about why he feared their teacher so much!

Because every time Naruto went berserk, Tian Ge would appear and do nothing else!

He would merely activate his Byakugan and stare at Naruto's stomach, then Naruto would recover!

Every time Naruto recovered, the first thing he saw was Teacher Tian Ge's Byakugan!

Could Naruto have been afraid of their teacher all this time because of that?

The more Sasuke thought about it, the more likely it seemed, because whenever their teacher entered that state, killing intent would always radiate from him!

And Naruto was most afraid of their teacher when he released killing intent. Under normal circumstances, he could even joke around with him!

But once their teacher began releasing killing intent, Naruto would start trembling!

Both Sasuke and Sakura had noticed this!

At first, they thought Naruto was afraid of killing intent. But when facing an enemy's killing intent in battle—

He would only become more ferocious, without showing the slightest fear!

Sasuke concluded that Naruto only feared their teacher—or rather, the thing inside him was afraid!

"Um... Sakura!"

"Thank you!"

Naruto felt somewhat embarrassed. He had just been blaming Sakura!

He knew the consequences of going berserk himself. Sakura and Sasuke had told him to control his emotions!

"It's fine!"

"As long as you don't blame me for lying to you!"

Sakura said with a smile. She did not mind Naruto asking Sasuke to confirm it just now, either!

That was just how he was!

She had long gotten used to it!

"Ha!"

"Of course not, how could I?"

Bang!

Just as Naruto finished speaking, the classroom door was suddenly kicked open with brute force!

A group of burly men dressed in black walked in!