Seeing Naruto's reckless behavior,
Kakashi's eyes widened as he exclaimed, "Idiot! Don't go!"
Sakura gasped in shock, clutching her head, "Ah, Naruto, what are you thinking?!"
Zabuza landed another kick.
With a 'thud,'
Naruto's body flew in an arc, landing in front of Sakura and Sasuke.
Sakura questioned him helplessly, "Charging in alone, what exactly are you trying to do?! Even Sasuke-kun isn't his match. No matter how spiritedly you charge in, it's useless. As Genin, we have no chance of winning!"
Sasuke said, "Wait, Sakura."
"He's retrieving his forehead protector!"
Sakura: "!!!"
Tazuna: "!!"
Naruto was seen clutching his forehead protector tightly in his hand, the blood at the corner of his mouth adding a fierce edge to his expression.
In the mist,
The slender figure slowly stood up.
Just as he had been knocked down countless times before,
This time, too, he rose again!
Whether it was the malicious children, the villagers with their strange looks,
Or Zabuza, the Jonin in front of him, whom even Kakashi couldn't defeat!
"Hey, you, no-brow!"
Naruto, now standing, clutched the Konoha forehead protector tightly in his hand.
At this moment,
Naruto's voice, exceptionally firm, echoed throughout the mist.
"In your combat handbook, write down my name!"
"Write down the name of the man who will one day become the Hokage of Konoha Ninja Village!"
Naruto took a deep breath.
He re-tied the forehead protector he was holding tightly onto his forehead.
"I am!"
"Konoha Style Ninja!!"
"Uzumaki Naruto!!!"
...This scene played out across the entire Ninja World.
Instantly, the blood in countless Ninja's hearts began to boil!
Konoha.
Forest training ground.
A Konoha squad was watching the passionate scene of Naruto on the screen.
Two individuals with watermelon-shaped hair embraced, tears streaming down their faces.
They both had the same thick eyebrows and wore identical green jumpsuits.
"Lee!"
"Might Guy-sensei!!"
"Lee!!"
"Sensei..."
In a daze, it was as if they saw a towering wave rise beside them!
Might Guy: "That's right! This is the youth of Konoha! The future Seventh Hokage!!"
Rock Lee: "Sensei! I want to be as passionate as Naruto!!!"
Might Guy: "In this passionate atmosphere, let's do a thousand push-ups against the setting sun!"
Lee: "No, Sensei, I want to do ten thousand!!!"
Might Guy: "Lee, you're amazing!!!"
Lee: "Sensei, you're so good to me..."
Might Guy grinned, his gleaming white teeth reflecting the sunlight, exceptionally dazzling.
Lee also grinned.
Two beams of light shot towards the two stunned Genin nearby.
Tenten: "Might Guy-sensei and Lee truly are... a born master and disciple!"
Hyuga Neji: "Indeed..."
Ever since graduating from the Ninja Academy and joining Might Guy's squad, he would often witness the passionate side of Might Guy-sensei and Lee.
Hyuga Neji felt a strong affinity for this.
Within a year, their Might Guy squad had built a deep camaraderie.
Hyuga Neji, who initially struggled with Might Guy-sensei's enthusiastic demeanor, gradually grew accustomed to the squad.
They were all comrades willing to entrust their backs to each other.
Hyuga Neji looked at the screen.
As a member of the branch family of the Hyuga Clan, he possessed the Byakugan Bloodline Limit.
But at the same time, he was branded with the Caged Bird seal.
This was fate.
If everything on the screen became reality,
Would this also be fate?
Uzumaki Naruto... Outside Hidden Rain Village.
Cave entrance.
Uchiha Obito, wearing Tobi's single-eyed mask, showed no discernible emotion.
Seeing Kakashi trapped in the Water Prison,
Obito felt a faint sense of disappointment.
What a waste of the eye he had given him.
Naruto's subsequent performance, however, made him slightly raise an eyebrow.
'Konoha Style Ninja, Uzumaki Naruto'
'The man destined to become Hokage'
How similar.
A ripple appeared in his sealed memories.
Yet, everything for Uzumaki Naruto came true.
While everything for him was destroyed.
This screen also seemed to say,
The entire world is an illusion.
This screen... "Are you prepared?"
Hearing Naruto utter those words, Zabuza let out a mocking laugh from deep within his throat.
"You truly don't learn your lesson, do you?"
Naruto: "?!"
"How long are you going to play Ninja games?"
"When I was your age,"
Zabuza slowly raised his right hand.
"My hands were already stained with blood."
"Now that's what I call interesting."
With that, Zabuza's form shifted, and two consecutive elbow strikes knocked down Sasuke, who had just managed to stand up, once again.
Sasuke had no time to react, spitting out several mouthfuls of blood.
That wasn't all; Zabuza stomped on Sasuke's chest and abdomen, relentlessly grinding down.
Seeing this, Naruto could no longer hold back.
"Damn it, Shadow Clone Technique!!"
Instantly, sounds of "Bang! Bang bang! Bang bang bang!" erupted.
Zabuza briefly observed, "Oh, Shadow Clones. Looks like there are quite a few."
The Narutos shouted in unison, "Let's go, everyone!"
The next moment, nearly fifty Narutos surrounded Zabuza, forming a small pile.
Unfortunately, this was an ineffective attack.
Zabuza swung his sword, and almost all of Naruto's Shadow Clones were instantly shattered.
One of the surviving Shadow Clones threw a fuma shuriken towards Sasuke.
Naruto's shuriken accuracy was not as good as Sasuke's.
At this moment, he chose to throw it to Sasuke.
At least, that's what Zabuza thought at the time.
"Shuriken are useless against me."
Sasuke caught it, then pushed off the ground, using the height to gain leverage.
The fuma shuriken rapidly spun into a circular blade and shot towards Zabuza.
Zabuza still stood motionless in place.
A shuriken of this caliber didn't even require dodging.
As a result, the fuma shuriken passed by Zabuza's clone.
Its target was actually Zabuza's main body.
Zabuza, controlling the water sphere, said, "I see. This time, it's aimed at the main body."
Naruto and Sasuke's target was never Zabuza.
It was to save Kakashi!
A very rational choice.
Facing the overwhelmingly powerful Zabuza, only by rescuing Kakashi was there a glimmer of hope!
However, Zabuza's tone was flat.
"But, you're too naive!"
The next moment, Zabuza caught the fuma shuriken with one hand, gripping it at the center.
Not only did they fail to attack Zabuza's main body, but they even delivered a Ninja tool to him!
Just at that instant,
Another fuma shuriken flew out from the shadow.
"Shadow Shuriken!!!"
Zabuza jumped and crouched in place.
The Shadow fuma shuriken grazed past his feet, missing its target.
Before Zabuza could rejoice,
A 'thud' was heard.
The Shadow Shuriken transformed into a blonde figure.
That figure was Uzumaki Naruto, using the Transformation Jutsu.
Uzumaki Naruto turned and threw a kunai at Zabuza's back.
At such close range,
If Zabuza didn't dodge this strike, it would surely hit his arm.
This would cause Zabuza's Chakra supply to become unbalanced, and the Water Prison would disappear!
If Zabuza dodged,
The Water Prison, without control, would automatically disappear!
A guaranteed victory!
At this moment,
Countless Ninja watching the screen were astonished by Naruto's combat intelligence!
From the very beginning with the Shadow Clone Technique, Naruto had planned the entire rescue strategy!
The countless Shadow Clones weren't just charging in mindlessly!
Instead, they were used to confuse Zabuza's vision!
Naruto's main body seized the opportunity to transform into a Shadow Shuriken, hidden within the fuma shuriken!
Then, with Sasuke's help, he got close to Zabuza!
This chain of schemes!
Even the Demon of the Hidden Mist, Zabuza, who had carved a path through life and death, couldn't have predicted it!
This kind of battle strategy...
Could it really have been conceived by a rookie Genin?!?