The two of them broke through towards the center of the Grass Village from opposite sides. Naruto, with his explosive sounds, attracted more enemies.
In less than three minutes, he encountered five squads. Men above the age of fourteen with the capacity to commit crimes had their "bombs" dismantled, and the women were knocked unconscious and left behind. All the enemies he encountered were ordinary ninjas.
Ninjas ranged from the extremely strong to the extremely weak. The strong could casually create planets and seal away their mothers, while Naruto could now defeat a hundred of the weak.
A typical example was the Mist ninja he kicked to death just after leaving the village; he was a Chunin. This wasn't an isolated case. During the Fourth Great Ninja War, the Allied Shinobi Forces faced the Eighty Thousand Zetsu Army.
The Zetsu were strong enough that the initial contact resulted in a 50% casualty rate for the Allied Shinobi Forces. Simply put, the strength of an average ninja was roughly comparable to a White Zetsu.
This was also the reason for the long-term peace in the ninja world afterward. It didn't have much to do with Naruto. The Alliance lost half of its forces upon engagement, then the Zetsu assassinated them from the shadows,
Madara wiped out an entire Allied Force squadron, and Obito had various trump cards up his sleeve. It was unknown if eighty thousand soldiers could even return with twenty thousand remaining.
One war decimated three-quarters of the forces of the Five Great Villages. What was the point of fighting? Everyone went back and focused on producing more ninja. This was true of the great villages, so the average strength of smaller villages like the Grass Village would be even lower.
A hawk's cry echoed. The signal hawk in the sky screeched in a mournful way. The sound was annoying. Naruto looked around and spotted a watchtower. He plunged his hand into the adjacent stone wall, knocked it down,
used the wall as a shield against the kunai fired by the guards, and threw the wall, scattering the enemy's Fire Release. Jumping up diagonally, he dodged crossbow bolts as thick as a baby's arm, and Naruto charged up the watchtower.
"Lang Yi, Ryuji, follow me. Kazune, you continue..." On the watchtower, the captain was about to assign tasks when Naruto arrived: "Wh-what? So fast!"
"Thump thump thump..."
Naruto, with his Wind Release speed at full power, didn't give them any time. He took down several people in a few exchanges, smashed the base of a giant crossbow next to him, wedged his foot into the top of the crossbow's groove, loaded an arrow, and aimed at the ninja hawk in the sky.
"Shuu..." The crossbow bolt flew past the ninja hawk's side, off by about ten meters. Cursing under his breath, Naruto quickly loaded a second crossbow bolt. "Shuu." "Damn it, even more off this time." Muttering, Naruto put down the crossbow and charged at the incoming enemies.
The crossbow bolt, which he thought he couldn't hit, suddenly had its trajectory altered by another crossbow bolt from the other side, flying towards the ninja hawk. The ninja hawk didn't even have time to let out a cry; it was struck, leaving only two feathers drifting in the air.
Naruto could guess with his hindquarters who had fired the shot. An edgelord was just an edgelord; even at this time, he couldn't forget to show off his skills. Not even acknowledging that he had been showing off by shooting at the "bald eagle" first.
On the other side, Sasuke fired a crossbow bolt. After calculating Naruto's approximate position through the angle, he used his Sharingan to blend into the panicked crowd. He had his own methods. Naruto's fighting style and methods were something he really couldn't learn or afford.
The two of them advanced very quickly, but Naruto was blocked too much, so Sasuke found him first. Seeing Sasuke coming from the side, Naruto asked, puzzled, "How did you get here?"
Sasuke pointed towards the direction of their rendezvous point: "Too many people." "They've gathered?"
"Yeah, I saw it while blending into the crowd. Several squads were rushing towards there, including some of the stronger people in the Grass Village that Karin mentioned."
He guessed the Grass Village had noticed their intention to meet up and were preparing to gather their forces, so he went around them. So the previous ones were just cannon fodder to assess our strength?
Were they planning to defeat us with one wave? Naruto guessed in his mind, then asked, "Can you guess how many people there are?" Sasuke thought about the number of people he had seen, then analyzed the ones he hadn't and estimated, "Two to three hundred." His expression was a little serious. The number was a little high, making it difficult to fight.
Seeing his expression, Naruto made a joke to ease the atmosphere: "Three hundred stragglers, huh?" Sasuke: "??" Did you misunderstand the meaning of stragglers? Naruto led Sasuke toward the rendezvous point, stopping while still a distance away.
Sasuke, with his good eyesight, stared at the figures on the rooftops in the distance: "They're here." The civilians nearby had mostly evacuated. The enemy Grass Village ninjas approached in squads. First to arrive were over forty. The leader, who was very fast, charged to the front and said to the two of them, "You two dared to invade the Grass Village alone. Are you underestimating us?"
"Too big, can't fit it all," Naruto replied. If he wanted to fit you, he'd tell the Ten-Tails to come find you; it had big eyes. Sasuke ignored his teammate, who had a bizarre train of thought. His eyes were observing the surrounding figures and chakra traces. He said softly, "Stall, they're encircling us."
"Got it." The Grass Village leader continued, "You're unaware of your impending doom." He was waiting for the encirclement to complete. The Grass Village hadn't been invaded for many years. These two had to be left behind, or else the Grass Village would lose face. "Wanna bet who among us dies first?" Naruto was still provoking them, or else they might stop chasing halfway through.
"Attack!" The Grass Village leader waved his hand and gave the order. The first thing to move was the ground beneath their feet. Slight cracking sounds indicated that people were about to burst out of the ground. Naruto reacted extremely quickly, taking out the borrowed steel wire and throwing it onto the top of a nearby building,
pulling Sasuke away. "Don't even think about leaving!" The leader slashed a Wind Release at the two still in the air. "Earth Release: Mudslide!" "Fire Release..." There were many opponents. Even if each person only attacked once, it would still be overwhelming.
Naruto didn't linger for even a second, releasing the steel wire in the air and landing with Sasuke, dodging into a nearby building. The building was very tall and imposing; it was specially chosen by Naruto. With his heart set on destruction, he would tear down the most expensive one.
There were too many ninjutsu, and even a strong house couldn't withstand it. With rumbling sounds, Naruto also knew this. As soon as he entered the house, he jumped upwards. "Boom!" In an instant, the house collapsed, and Naruto jumped out of the rooftop with Sasuke. The difference was that Naruto was holding a thick rafter, while Sasuke was forming hand seals.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique." Sasuke's hand seals were very quick, and he spat out a giant fireball. If it weren't for the special situation, Naruto would have wanted to bash him to death with the rafter.
They were here to cause destruction, not to engage in charity. Why were you releasing it? Throwing the rafter towards the crowd, interrupting their footsteps, Naruto met the Grass Village ninjas who had already arrived.
"Back to back," Naruto said. The situation was too chaotic, and there were dozens of enemies. It would be hard to protect their rear without doing so. "Thump." Knocking back the first person's attack, Naruto bent down to dodge a leg sweep in the air.
Sasuke stuck to his back, flipping over and kicking back. Naruto turned around at lightning speed, bracing himself with one hand on the ground and using his other hand to support Sasuke's back, extending his foot to kick the crotch of the person Sasuke was fighting.
"Thump thump" Two sounds echoed. Sasuke kicked the leg-sweeper away, while Naruto's side exploded two eggs. Using his hand to push upwards, putting force into Sasuke's back, he pushed Sasuke away from the trajectory of the third person's blade. Naruto twisted his body, sliding his leg at the fourth person.
In mid-air, Sasuke's legs split apart, kicking at the people on both sides. The two of them, with seamless coordination, danced a waltz of death in the crowd. Forcing back a few people, Naruto stood up, Sasuke landed, still back-to-back.
Sasuke's Sharingan spun rapidly in his eye sockets, analyzing the trajectories of various attacks. Naruto, on the other hand, stared at the enemy's lower bodies, always thinking of detonating a few more.
Two people vs. an entire village. The two of them seemed to have completely forgotten that they were just Genin, with no fear at all. After exchanging blows a few more times, Naruto noticed that these people were much stronger than the ones from before. At the very least, they could withstand his attacks and counterattack.
"Follow me." Naruto
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