Chapter 70: Did I Ever Say You Could Leave?
Naruto grinned. Those words from Kankurō just now— the insults— included him.
He couldn't just pretend he didn't hear.
Besides—how could Naruto let someone talk trash in front of him and walk away unscathed?
Even if they didn't die, they'd have to shed a layer of skin, right?
At that moment, Naruto spoke toward the three who were about to leave:
"Hey—you didn't really think you could just walk away like that, did you?"
The three froze mid-step!
Even Gaara's perpetual poker face showed a slight flicker.
Kankurō spun around instantly, glaring viciously at Naruto.
"You've got some guts, huh?"
"Are you actually trying to keep us here?"
Temari looked at the handsome blond boy in surprise.
He was good-looking, sure. But maybe not the brightest.
Did he really think everyone outside Konoha was trash?
Gaara stayed silent, seemingly giving tacit approval to Kankurō's actions.
Naruto's words had thoroughly pissed him off!
He'd changed his mind.
Whatever Kankurō wanted to do next, he wouldn't stop him!
As long as they didn't kill anyone.
Everything else was fine.
Breaking arms and legs, leaving them alive—that was acceptable!
Naruto cracked his neck, warming up before the fight.
"You're right. I never said you could leave."
The other teammates behind him all turned to look at Naruto in unison.
"That guy's not easy to deal with—especially that weird puppet. It looks really strong."
"Do you need our help?"
"Naruto-kun, let me help too! I don't like the look of that guy!"
Sasuke was hiding behind a tree trunk on the other side.
Watching everything unfold!
He didn't choose to step out immediately.
Instead, he planned to quietly observe from the side.
He wanted to see just how strong Naruto was now.
Ding—Congratulations, Host has triggered a choice mission.
Choice 1: Teach Kankurō a harsh lesson. Let him know the terror of Konoha genin!Reward: Advanced Flying Thunder God Technique!
Choice 2: Let Kankurō leave and apologize to him.Reward: Coward Title ×1!
Hearing the mechanical system voice suddenly in his ear,
Naruto's eyes lit up.
Flying Thunder God!
That was his cheap dad's signature move!
Although it was an S-rank space-time ninjutsu developed by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju,
it was Minato Namikaze who made it famous worldwide.
It brought him immense renown!
Plus—the system had already made the hint so obvious.
Did Naruto even have a choice?
"I choose one!"
With great excitement,
Naruto said in his mind.
Ding—Choice completed successfully.
Reward obtained: Advanced Flying Thunder God Technique!
Mastering even the regular Flying Thunder God was already incredible.
Let alone the advanced version.
In speed and explosive power, it had to be significantly stronger than the original!
After all—system products are always top quality.
When Naruto used Chidori earlier,
he already felt it.
That thing was way more powerful than the Chidori Kakashi released.
Feeling the subtle changes happening in his body,
in an instant,
Naruto had fully grasped and comprehended the essentials of Flying Thunder God.
In that short moment,
it felt as if he had already used Flying Thunder God thousands of times in combat.
He was extremely familiar with it.
Every secret and key point of the technique
was deeply engraved in his mind.
As if he had been born knowing it.
"Brat—you're the one courting death! Don't blame me when your arms and legs get broken later!"
Kankurō was enraged. He pulled the white cloth off again.
His five fingers moved—chakra threads instantly connected to Crow.
Creak—creak—
The puppet's joints made grinding sounds.
In this moment,
the lifeless puppet came alive once more!
Crow's mouth split all the way to its ears.
Toward Naruto's direction,
it spat out a barrage of razor-sharp kunai.
As if it wanted to turn them all into porcupines.
Kankurō had no intention of sparing
the teammates standing behind Naruto either.
He would definitely show restraint.
But that restraint only meant not killing Konoha genin.
Maiming them, or severely injuring them—
that wasn't his concern.
If they wanted to blame someone,
blame themselves for provoking him earlier.
"Too much! He's firing so many kunai!"
"What do we do? We can't dodge them all!"
"Akamaru—let's go! Fang Over Fang!"
"Woof woof!"
"That's troublesome… what a pain."
Kiba and Akamaru spun together into
two high-speed black whirlwinds, knocking away some of the incoming kunai!
Next, Aburame Shino moved as well.
Buzz buzz…
Dense swarms of black insects
poured out from inside his clothes.
In mid-air they formed a solid shield.
Ding ding—
The sharp kunai struck the shield
with loud metallic clangs.
Every single one was blocked.
As for why Naruto hadn't acted yet—
it wasn't because he didn't use kunai.
In the past, proper ninjas barely used kunai anyway.
Naruto didn't want to either, but right now he had no choice.
Sigh…
He casually picked up a few kunai from the ground.
Following the memories in his mind,
he consumed a bit of his chakra
and quickly placed seals on them.
"You're finished!"
A ruthless glint flashed in Naruto's eyes.
He flung the kunai.
Whoosh—
The kunai tore through the air with a sharp whistle.
Everything happened too fast!
The teammates behind him were all stunned.
In school, Naruto had never used kunai.
Even when he did,
his accuracy was… cough… hard to watch.
In short—Naruto's kunai throw right now was far more powerful than before!
Even Kankurō and the other two were stunned.
Temari narrowed her eyes slightly, preparing a countermeasure.
But in the next instant—
Kankurō burst into loud laughter.
Because the kunai flying toward them
wasn't aimed at them at all.
It was striking Crow.
The material used to build Crow was top-grade special metal.
Thick-skinned and tough.
How could it possibly fear kunai?
But not long after—
Kankurō's laughter stopped.
His face was filled with shock.
Not just him.
Everyone present was dumbfounded.
Everything happened too quickly.
From Naruto picking up the kunai to throwing it—only a few breaths of time.
What shocked them wasn't the kunai throw itself!
It was Naruto's figure—suddenly appearing right beside the kunai.
No one had reacted in time to what just happened.
Naruto gripped the kunai in one hand.
In the other—
a deep blue Rasengan appeared!
In mid-air, he executed a gorgeous spin
and slammed the Rasengan straight into Crow's back!
Crack crack crack—
Something breaking sounded.
A massive hole was blasted open in Crow's chest!
The scene fell into dead silence.
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