Inside the Naka Shrine, unconscious Anbu lay everywhere, all beaten down by Naruto.
But Naruto showed no joy. Instead, he grew increasingly anxious.
"Wood Release: Four Pillar Prison!"
Huge timbers erupted from the ground, forming an enormous wooden prison in an attempt to trap Naruto.
Yet after cursing under his breath, Naruto still chose not to dodge. Instead, he hurled shuriken through the air toward the kunai held by a purple-haired Anbu woman reclining on the ground!
Clang!
The leading shuriken struck with perfect accuracy, knocking away the kunai the Anbu woman was driving toward her own heart.
Before she could make another move, a second shuriken hidden behind the first sliced across her wrist almost immediately, leaving her hand hanging limp and unable to exert any strength.
But Naruto was now trapped inside the wooden prison.
"You're a real pain! Can't you see your comrades are trying to kill themselves?"
"They're simply using a sensible method to hold you here. And judging by the results, it's even more effective than my jutsu. Quite impressive."
At that flat response, Naruto turned to glare furiously at the Wood Release Anbu, who was talking back while still forming hand seals.
But before he could blast the wooden cage apart, another Anbu over there started playing a throat-slitting game with his ninja blade.
"Will you cut it out!?"
With no time to escape the wooden prison, Naruto could only form hand seals and create a shadow clone, which delivered a solid flying kick to the man.
That Anbu wasn't stupid either. He moved his blade toward his throat slowly, clearly intending to make Naruto stop his suicide attempt.
But the instant Naruto's shadow clone kicked the ninja blade out of his hand, he struck with lightning speed and a heavy blow, dispersing the