The three kunai with Explosive Tags attached were dangerously close. If they exploded, someone was bound to lose an arm or a leg.
Just then, Sasuke abruptly crouched and swept his leg across the ground.
The kunai on the ground were instantly swept away.
Boom!
A ball of flame erupted, and the danger that had just descended vanished with it.
"That... that was close!"
Sakura patted her chest, still shaken.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing?"
Naruto shouted.
The three looked at the figures ahead and recognized them as the people from the Hidden Rain Village.
The man in the lead had white hair and carried the Executioner's Blade on his back. His two companions were a red-haired woman and a burly man.
They were Hozuki Suigetsu, Karin, and Jugo, whom they had met once before.
"Just saying hello!"
"Is the scroll you have Heaven or Earth?"
Hozuki Suigetsu asked with a narrow-eyed smile.
"Heaven!"
Before Sasuke could speak, Naruto shouted the answer.
"Interesting!"
Hozuki Suigetsu paused, then smiled.
"Since we have the same scroll, let's go!"
The three were about to turn and leave when Sasuke snapped coldly, "You think you can just leave now? What about that ambush?"
At his words, Hozuki Suigetsu stopped and slowly turned around. "Oh?"
"Looks like they want revenge!"
Karin grew nervous as well. "Suigetsu, let's go!"
Jugo stood quietly without saying a word.
"Naruto, are you really going to let them ambush us without doing anything about it?"
Sasuke asked.
"Of course not!"
Naruto came to his senses, knocked his fists together, and answered loudly.
"Hey, you two! Don't do anything rash!"
Sakura said nervously.
But both boys were clearly worked up already and paid no attention to her.
A moment later, they moved, charging straight at their opponents.
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