Powerful Enemy (II)

Early in the morning at the Hokage Residence, Sasuke's hawk arrived at Naruto's office window after a long journey. Recognizing the hawk's owner, Naruto let it in and removed the letter tied to its ankle.

The letter concerned secrets of the Sharingan, which even Naruto couldn't take lightly. He immediately decided to take action himself, leaving a shadow clone to watch over the village.

Outside the Hokage's office, Sarada silently hid behind a door pillar, quietly listening to the Hokage's conversation.

At the village entrance, Shikamaru saw Naruto off, the two standing face to face, saying their goodbyes.

"I'm counting on you to take care of things in the village."

"Yeah."

In the bushes next to the village entrance, Sarada quietly watched Naruto's departure, determined to follow him to find Sasuke.

At that moment, Boruto appeared right on time, cheerfully patting her on the shoulder. "Morning, Sarada."

"Huh?!"

Sarada was suddenly startled, her guilty conscience making her think Naruto had discovered her.

"Well, I guess I should get going too," Naruto said. "Remember to apologize to Boruto for me."

The two nodded in acknowledgement, and Naruto turned and left, using the standard ninja dash, but his speed was remarkable!

"Well, let's go, or we won't be able to keep up with Dad," Boruto said, urging Sarada on while holding a lunchbox in one hand.

She was the one who should be anxious, since this trip concerned her reunion with her father, Sasuke.

But for Boruto, this trip was about awakening the Sharingan; Sarada's talent needed a little forced growth.

Target: Mount Touge Pass. (Seriously, I'm impressed by this place name in the original work.)

On the road, Sarada ran as fast as she could, but even though she was giving it her all, she couldn't even catch up with Boruto's shadow.

Of course, Boruto, running ahead, wasn't trying to compete. He chose to keep the secrets of the Jōgan to himself. Right now, he was using the Jōgan to search for the owner of that special Mangekyō, the little person who looked like a cylindrical melon seed.

Far away, the surrounding terrain looked like it was pieced together from rectangular prisms with sharp edges. On a relatively prominent platform, Shin, cloaked, said to the White Zetsu below.

"Next mission, Shin. Go bring back his daughter." Shin Uchiha gave the order.

"Yes," Shin nodded in response.

Through the power of the special Mangekyō, the boy named Shin instantly appeared before Boruto and Sarada, his pair of three-tomoe Sharingan staring indifferently, as if looking at prey.

"Who are you?" Boruto asked perfunctorily.

The boy replied frankly, "Shin Uchiha."

Just as Sarada was wondering if she and her father were the only remaining members of the Uchiha clan, Boruto shouted, "Okay, you can scram."

"Father said he wants to take you away. It is absolute," Shin said coldly.

Boruto immediately laughed, not holding back, and instantly created a Rasengan and threw it.

The Rasengan's trajectory, under the observation of the Sharingan, was like a perfect parabola. Shin saw through it and slightly shifted his position, dodging this not-so-small probing attack.

"Not bad," Boruto commented.

Shin didn't waste any more words. He took out a scroll from behind him and unrolled it on the ground. As soon as his hand touched the scroll, a special weapon was summoned to his hand. It was the same iron chain, with a scythe on one end and a weight similar to a scale weight on the other.

"You... aren't needed!" Shin said, staring at Boruto.

Shin swung the iron chain in his hand, violently flinging the sharp blade of the scythe, which cut through the air and slashed towards Boruto.

"Boruto!!!"

Sarada exclaimed, throwing Shuriken at Shin, trying to interfere with his attack.

The thin iron chain blocked several Shuriken, but Boruto also used Body Flicker Technique to rush in front of Shin. Faced with the sudden situation, Shin's eyes widened. He saw Boruto approaching, but he didn't have time to react at all.

A Big Ball Rasengan was released point-blank, the Rasengan containing immense mass and power, hitting Shin's face without reservation, instantly killing him.

"That's all there is to it," Boruto said, looking at Shin, who had been turned into fragments by the Rasengan.

"This..."

Sarada was shocked. She thought he would be a difficult enemy, but she didn't expect Boruto to take care of him with one blow.

But the battle wasn't over, because no matter how fast Boruto's actions were, Naruto couldn't be completely unaware. But he was late in arriving, obviously encountering other troubles.

A booming sound swept over them, and the dust on the ground was shaken up. The terrain in the distance visibly changed.

"What's going on?" Sarada looked bewildered.

"Dad must have encountered an enemy," Boruto guessed.

The two hurried over and saw Naruto and another enemy whose body was covered by a cloak, engaged in close combat with Naruto, and the two were evenly matched!

"Who is that?"

"Don't tell me it's another member of the Uchiha clan!" Boruto stammered.

On the field, the cloaked figure and Naruto were fighting fiercely, both with tense expressions, their hands moving so fast they left afterimages. The simple movement speed of the two was comparable to Body Flicker Technique. This was no longer a level that ordinary people could observe.

The two separated in a clash, adjusting their breathing while analyzing their next battle methods.

Naruto, through the collision just now, determined that this person's strength was comparable to a Kage-level ninja, a formidable enemy.

After a brief pause, the two skillfully formed hand seals, both brewing powerful ninjutsu, and the cloaked figure struck first: "Wood Release: Tree World Descent!"

Seeing this, Naruto turned his head and shouted loudly, "Boruto, get out of here!!"

The moment the words fell, countless trees sprouted from the ground, and tree roots, like rivers, spread wildly, instantly surrounding a radius of a hundred miles, trapping all living things in the forest.

The next moment, a figure flashing orange-gold brilliance rushed out of the forest, anxiously paying attention to the distance, worried that Boruto and Sarada were in danger.

He found that Boruto also appeared soon after, bringing with him a terrified Sarada.

"I'm fine, Father, focus on dealing with the enemy in front of you." Boruto led Sarada towards the end of the forest.

The cloaked man smiled coldly, raising his hand to control the forest on the ground, or rather, the green ocean composed of countless trees!

This terrifying Chakra was already comparable to a Jinchuriki!!

Naruto's eyes suddenly became serious. He didn't expect to encounter such a character on the way to investigate the Sharingan. Out of respect for the enemy, Naruto announced his identity, "I am the Seventh Hokage of Konoha. May I ask if there is some misunderstanding that you stopped me in the street?"

Cloaked man: "I don't know, I'm just acting on orders, so please be quiet for a while!"

Trees all over the ground rose from the ground, their height and area increasing geometrically. If the previous forest was just relatively normal trees, then the trees at this moment were at the level of hundred-year-old trees, each tree requiring several people to hug its width.

Faced with such a luxurious lineup, even Naruto's expression changed drastically. While paying attention to Boruto, who had already moved away from the sea of trees, he ran rapidly across the sea of trees, rushing towards the cloaked man's location.

"Naruto Uzumaki, the number one person in today's Shinobi World, but even you, facing Wood Release-level ninjutsu, will have a chasm-like suppression effect, right!" The cloaked man's expression was filled with killing intent, and he laughed madly.

Responding to the cloaked man was Naruto's cleanly executed Big Ball Rasengan! Through the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, which could freely change the form of Chakra, Naruto extended a Chakra arm to quickly push the Rasengan in front of the cloaked man.

"Wood Release: Wood Barrier Wall!"

The cloaked man was not flustered at all, using the Wood Barrier Wall to block the Rasengan's attack, and at the same time forming hand seals to attack, "Wood Release: Multiple Wood Pillars Prison!"

The power of the Big Ball Rasengan easily shattered the Wood Barrier Wall, but the cloaked man had long taken advantage of the terrain to quickly teleport away, the Rasengan didn't even touch his shadow.

And at Naruto's feet, countless square prisons emerged from the ground, like crocodiles lurking in the water, once they surfaced, they would inevitably open their bloody mouths and swallow their prey into their stomachs.

And Naruto was now facing such a situation. Even if Naruto's Body Flicker Technique was fast enough, if the entire green ocean opened the Multiple Wood Pillars Prison at the same time, facing such an indiscriminate attack, unless it was a space-time ninjutsu, he would not be able to escape.

Soon Naruto was trapped in the Multiple Wood Pillars Prison. The Multiple Wood Pillars Prison, with its Wood Release characteristics, was frantically suppressing the Nine-Tails' Chakra, and Naruto's Chakra cloak was dimming at a visible rate.

"Damn it." Faced with this situation, Naruto couldn't help but curse softly.

Seeing the cloaked man walk towards him triumphantly, Naruto, who had a difficult expression on his face the previous second, rekindled his fighting spirit the next moment. The receding Chakra was like a flame poured with hot oil, swaying even more vigorously.

At close range, Naruto instantly condensed a Rasenshuriken. The ear-piercing buzzing sound was like a thunderclap, and the surrounding air currents were stirred by it. The next moment, Naruto broke out of the prison with the Rasenshuriken and teleported in front of the cloaked man.

But it could be seen that the cloaked man seemed to have expected this. He stopped at the same time, and the hand seal was also quietly completed, "Summoning Technique: Triple Rashomon!"

Three thick doors stood in front of the cloaked man. Naruto, who had teleported forward, smashed the Rasenshuriken on the Rashomon. The huge, chaotic air currents continued to churn. The strong impact, separated by the three thick Rashomon, still struck the cloaked man's body.

The black cloak was directly shattered into fragments, and the cloaked man's body also suffered a needle-like attack from the Rasenshuriken. The cells in his body were cut by invisible wind elements.

But just as Naruto breathed a sigh of relief, he saw the cloaked man's injuries heal visibly to the naked eye. In an instant, most of them had already healed. The other party's hideous face showed a mocking smile, staring coldly at Naruto.

"I didn't expect that even the strength of the Triple Rashomon couldn't block your attack. You deserve the name of the strongest in the Shinobi World." The cloaked man praised.

"Why would someone as powerful as you still take orders from others?" Naruto asked in confusion.

"Then why would a Hokage as famous and powerful as you still take orders from the mere daimyo of the Land of Fire? I have no choice but to do so."

The cloaked man said helplessly, but he had no intention of fighting anymore, turning into a gust of wind and slowly blowing away.

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