In the night sky, long trails of flame streamed from Delta's heels as she flew at astonishing speed. At the edge of her vision, Amegakure's silhouette had already appeared!
Delta grinned viciously and accelerated. "Naruto Uzumaki, I'm coming to take your life!"
Whoosh!
Suddenly, without any warning... a Yomotsu Hirasaka portal appeared ahead!
"!" Delta noticed it, but she was moving too fast to stop and plunged headfirst inside!
Whoosh!
The Yomotsu Hirasaka portal closed, and in an instant, all was still.
When Delta recovered her senses, the night sky was still the same, but the land beneath it was no longer the same land!
Delta was bewildered. What just happened? I seemed to pass through a black window, and suddenly I was in this godforsaken place!!
Just then, a quiet greeting abruptly rang through the eerie air. "Hey, Delta. You're as hotheaded and impatient as ever..."
"!" Delta whipped around and saw a blond young man dressed in black sitting on the eaves of an abandoned building behind her!
He was none other than the target she had come to assassinate!
"Naruto... Uzumaki!!!!" Delta was furious and alarmed. "How did you know I was coming?! Did Amado tip you off?!"
Naruto said, "Do you really distrust your dear old father that much...?"
Delta said, "Ridiculous! I don't run on chakra. You shouldn't be able to sense me at all! Who else could it be besides that old bastard?!"
Naruto said, "Sound reasoning, but you guessed wrong..."
Delta surveyed her surroundings. "What is this place?"
Naruto said, "This is the auction house in the Land of Lightning's Underground Black Market. Earlier today, three of your accomplices were punished for participating in an illegal auction. As you can see, the auction house has been shut down, so we can go as