this...?
"Anyway, we must be careful. The safest way is to sneak past quietly. When someone who hasn't thought of this layer crashes into the ambushing guy and fights, we can seize the opportunity…"
Sasuke was currently acting as the team's strategist.
"The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it, huh? It's not a bad method, but…" Kizarushook his head, "This method takes too much time. We don't know how long we'd have to wait before the finish line for the perfect opportunity!"
Sakura looked at Sasuke, then at Kizaru. Although she felt that whatever her Sasuke-kun said or did was right, she still hated waiting!
Especially long waits that never seemed to end!
Kakashi-sensei, who was always late for every meeting, always made her furious from waiting!
She knew that for a Ninja, having a short temper and no patience was fatal, but… she still didn't want to wait.
"Nar… oh no, Kizaru, Kizaru, do you have a better idea?" Sakura quickly corrected herself when she saw Kizaru's expression.
Kizaru nodded approvingly, giving her a look that said, 'You're quick on the uptake.' "That's right, remember to call me Kizaru from now on!"
"Give you an inch and you take a mile, huh? Getting a big head now?" Sakura's hair stood on end, her hands firmly on her hips, instantly transforming into a yaksha. "Are you going to speak or not?!"
"Speaking~ speaking." Kizaru knew that it was impossible to reason with a girl right now, because an angry girl simply didn't reason!
He quickly said, "Our squad, besides Sakura, you and I, our strength is definitely among the top tier of all the Genin participating in this exam!"
Sakura felt wronged upon hearing this. I'm too weak, I'm so sorry.
Sasuke's eyes lit up. "You mean…?"
"Exactly! We'll just walk over openly and honestly! What's the point of ambushing in the dark, waiting to sneak attack?! Let's go openly and honestly to block the entrance!" Kizaru was smug.
"We're going to block the entrance too?" Sakurawas a little surprised. "Weren't we discussing how to reach the final tower?"
"Of course we're going to block the entrance! I want to see what expressions those rats ambushing in the dark will have when the blockers become the blocked!" Kizaru said fiercely!
Ever since he came to this world, Kizaru had always been inexplicably suppressed by the guys in this world, especially in terms of strategic combat.
It was as if he was a combat novice!
But he had clearly fought for decades, with extremely rich combat experience.
This huge psychological gap had accumulated a lot of resentment deep within him!
If he didn't vent it, he wouldn't feel comfortable,ski~
Sakura and Sasuke exchanged glances, imagining the scene Kizaru described. For some reason, they both felt that this scene… was quite exciting!
Just imagining it made one tremble all over, reaching climax after climax!
Both of them nodded in unison, agreeing to Kizaru's suggestion!
Seeing that both agreed, the three made a decision together.
Let's go!
Kizaru took the lead, walking at the very front, Sasuke walked at the very back to cover, and Sakura consciously walked in the middle!
After only a few steps, Kizaru suddenly stopped, his face full of surprise and disbelief.
"How is this possible?!" Kizaru was deeply shocked.
"What's wrong?!" Sakura and Sasuke instantly pulled out their Kunai, their bodies slightly bent, ready for battle.
Kizaru, however, had no intention of answering them.
At this moment, all his attention was drawn to the branches of a tree not far away.
To be precise, it was on the three fruits hanging from the branches.
Familiar style, familiar patterns, familiar textures!
This, this, this is… a Devil Fruit!
As an Admiral, Kizaru had seen too many Devil Fruits; he had even eaten the Glint-Glint Fruithimself!
Regarding Devil Fruits, in this current world, no one was more familiar with them than Kizaru!
There could be no mistake!
Those were definitely Devil Fruits!
Kizaru… was truly shocked!
His thoughts were racing!
He never imagined that he would see Devil Fruits in this world!
How could there be Devil Fruits in this world?!
How could it be?!
Could it be… that this world had some connection to the Pirate World he came from?
Kizaru was completely confused!
"Kizaru, what exactly is wrong?!" Sasuke saw Kizaru's expression changing repeatedly, looking restless, and thought he had discovered some danger.
Whoosh~
Whoosh~
Kizaru took two deep breaths, calmed himself down, and stabilized his emotions. He replied lightly, "Nothing, just found some interesting things."
"Interesting things?"
Er Zhu Zi and Sakura were full of curiosity, somewhat puzzled.
Kizaru shook his head, not wanting to explain further. He walked to the tree and picked the three fruits.
Er Zhu Zi and Sakura watched Kizaru's actions, wondering: were the so-called interesting things just those strange fruits?
Although the fruits looked peculiar, they were just ordinary fruits, and there was no astonishing phenomenon. Could it be that these fruits had something they couldn't understand?
The moment he touched the fruits, Kizaru's previously flustered mood instantly calmed down again.
The fruits were indeed Devil Fruits, without a doubt.
However, Kizaru sensed two familiar auras on those Devil Fruits.
One was the unique aura of the Pirate World, and the other was the aura of a guy who made him grit his teeth.
He didn't know the guy's name, but he knew two things:
First, that damned guy had forcibly occupied his body! (Hmm, Author-kun always feels a bit dirty here.)
Second, the culprit for him coming to this world was that guy!
Since these three fruits carried that guy's aura, they must be that guy's doing.
Perhaps that guy was conducting some experiment!
Kizaru understood that since that guy had the means to send his soul into this other world, he probably also had the means to do something like this.
It was just that he still didn't know his purpose~
Perhaps it was another conspiracy against him!
Actually, Kizaru couldn't be blamed for overthinking. Although that guy hadn't made many moves, the mere Dimensional Palm that sent his soul to this Ninja World was enough to make him wary!
Moreover, the system that the other party vaguely mentioned also made him extremely concerned.
"System…"
"What kind of existence would that be?"
...Pirate World.
In Kizaru's office.
"Kizaru" looked puzzled at this moment. "That's strange, why did a heart-palpitating aura suddenly appear just now…"
He had just launched a Dimensional Palm at the location of that aura, but accidentally, he sent the three recently collected Devil Fruits that were there into another dimension.
Even he couldn't find any trace of those three Devil Fruits anymore.
"Never mind, they were just three Animal-type Devil Fruits anyway, no big deal…"