"Has Konoha lost its mind? Sending a Sending a bunch of weaklings like you to the Budokai?"
"Jerk! Who're you calling weaklings?!"
Naruto exploded with anger at their insults.
"Duh, you genin losers! What, you got a problem with that? Come at me, idiot!"
"Haha!"
The group burst into mocking laughter again.
"Hmph, looks like every village has a few punks who don't know their place!"
Just as Kazama was about to step in and teach them a lesson, Naruto beat him to it. He charged forward, swinging his fists at the group.
But before he could even get close, one of them knocked him flat on his back.
"Called you a weakling, and you're proving it! Begging to get stomped, huh?"
Seeing Naruto sprawled on the ground, the group howled with laughter again.
"You genin don't stand a chance against us jonin. If you even lay a finger on us, you win!"
Slap! Slap! Slap!
Before they could finish, a blur shot past them.
They didn't even have time to react before each one got a stinging slap across the face, leaving them dizzy and seeing stars.
"Damn it! Which bastard ambushed us?!"
As they looked around wildly for their attacker, Kazama casually rubbed his hand.
"Man, you guys have some thick skin. My hand's actually sore from that!"
"Haha!"
Naruto and the other Konoha genin burst out laughing. Even an idiot could tell Kazama was the one who'd struck.
"You little punk! You dare ambush us?! If we don't tear you apart today, we'll crawl on our knees from now on!"
The group charged at Kazama, thinking he was just some ordinary genin.
What they didn't know was that Kazama was a genin stronger than even Kage-level ninjas.
"Well, guess you're crawling from now on!"
Before they could get close, Kazama knocked them all flat again. His attacks looked simple, but they were laced with the power of his otherworldly flames.
And that was only one-ten-thousandth of his strength.
If he'd gone all out, those flames would've burned them to ash.
"You little punk, you're done for! You mess with us Lake Country ninjas, and our prince won't let you off!"
"Lake Country prince?"
Hearing they were from the Lake Country and trying to threaten him with their prince, Kazama burst out laughing.
Back when he was protecting the princess in the Land of Fire, he'd beaten that Lake Country prince black and blue more than once.
"Prince, save us!"
Right on cue, a young man in fancy clothes strutted over.
"Damn it, which dumbass dares mess with my people?!"
The Lake Country prince was too busy showing off to notice Kazama standing there.
"Long time no see, Prince Pervert!"
As the prince ranted and raved, someone stepped in front of him.
He squinted, then realized it was Kazama—the same guy who'd humiliated him back at the Land of Fire's palace.
The prince stumbled back several steps, sweating buckets and shaking like a leaf.
The memory of the thrashing Kazama gave him still haunted him.
"Your Highness, this punk's the one who attacked us! He—!"
"Shut up!"
Before they could finish, the prince spun around and slapped them all silent.
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