"Sasuke, I didn't mean to..."
Seeing his mistake, Naruto immediately rushed into the Demonic Mirror Ice Crystals, smiling apologetically.
He was ready to fight alongside Sasuke!
But this action made Sasuke's vision go dark again... "Idiot, Naruto, you moron, what are you doing running in here?!
In this situation, a pincer attack from both inside and outside is the best option!"
Even though he already knew Naruto's nature, Sasuke couldn't help but retort and curse.
Good heavens, he acted too fast... so fast that he didn't even have time to speak!
"You're the idiot... I came here to help you, alright!"
Naruto immediately yelled in dissatisfaction, stubbornly turning his head and refusing to admit it.
But with that turn of his head, his gaze was instantly deeply captivated by Haku's face... "You, you're the pretty older sister from that day!!
Uh... no, no... why, why are you appearing with Zabuza??"
Looking at that beautiful face, Naruto foolishly asked in confusion.
This made both Sasuke and Haku's expressions stiffen... At this point, wasn't the situation obvious??
"Idiot, he's that Hidden Mist boy from before.
Stop with the nonsense, now we can only break through forcefully!
Prepare Wind Release, Naruto..."
Sasuke rolled his eyes and reprimanded him, his gaze fixed on Haku as he prepared to form hand seals.
"Huh??
He, she is that Hidden Mist boy!!
You've got to be kidding me..."
Naruto pointed at Haku, dumbfounded, completely ignoring Sasuke's command.
"Hehe... Naruto, you really are naive!
The facts are already laid out before you, yet you still question them. In that case, let me give you a personal experience..."
Haku glanced at Sasuke, chuckled, and swung the ice senbon in his hand again.
"Cooperate with me using Wind Release..."
Sasuke, having caught the trajectory of the senbon, pushed Naruto away to dodge and urged him, while simultaneously beginning to form hand seals.
"Huh? Wind Release..."
Naruto, who had stumbled and nearly fallen, instantly sobered up, his face bitter as he subconsciously spoke.
His Wind Release was not yet fully mastered!
But seeing Sasuke already forming hand seals, he could only hastily cooperate and form his own.
Now, being forced into action, he could only try... "Don't think you'll succeed..."
Seeing the two of them forming hand seals simultaneously, Haku shouted and once again swung his senbon, shooting them out...
"I still have one hand..."
Sasuke sneered and flashed in front of Naruto, forming hand seals with one hand and using a kunai to block all the senbon with the other, buying time.
"One, one-handed hand seals!!"
Naruto, seeing one-handed hand seals for the first time, was instantly dumbfounded, and his already unpracticed Wind Release immediately lost its rhythm.
"Here it comes, Naruto... Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique..."
Sasuke, who was ahead, didn't know Naruto's situation. He shouted and opened his mouth, spewing a fire dragon.
Compared to the Great Fireball Technique, the B-rank Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique was not only larger in size but also higher in temperature... and of course, faster and more rapid!
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough..."
Naruto, a beat behind, his pupils constricted again, concentrated and shouted loudly.
"Oh no..."
Haku, already shocked by the power of the Great Dragon Fire Technique, was greatly alarmed by the sound and hastily activated his Bloodline Limit to strengthen the ice crystals.
If the two of them escaped from here, he would only be able to restrain one person.
Lord Zabuza would face a two-on-one attack, and then the situation would be unfavorable for them... "Huh??"
But at this critical moment, Haku's movements suddenly froze.
And Sasuke's handsome face simultaneously turned as black as ink... Naruto, who should have activated Wind Release, did not blow out a gust of wind after a high-spirited shout.
This caused the Great Dragon Fire Technique, which was prepared to destroy the three ice crystals in one go, not to instantly fuse with the ice crystals after the fierce collision.
The Chakra, intensified by Haku's burst, re-condensed, completely unharmed...
"Huh??
How could this happen!!"
Naruto instantly had a headache, grabbing his head and shouting in annoyance.
He could imagine that it might fail, but imagination and reality were two different things!
"Now, it's your turn to defend against my counterattack..."
Haku looked at Sasuke's dark face, his eyes glinting with cold light, and directly formed hand seals within the crystals with both hands.
Naruto and Sasuke's strength had forced him to take them seriously!
"Hand seals? This is bad!!
Naruto, follow me and charge..."
Sasuke's face changed drastically as he saw Haku forming hand seals simultaneously from all directions. He quickly called out and charged in one direction.
He quickly took out three shuriken wrapped with explosive tags from his ninja pouch and threw them out... In the original story, Haku didn't use Ninjutsu with hand seals, who knew what they would face next!
"Explosive tags?
Sasuke, you should have told me you had these earlier..."
Naruto shouted in surprise as he saw the explosive tags shooting towards the ice crystals, his gaze full of envy towards Sasuke.
Three explosive tags, nearly a thousand ryo, just thrown away like that!
Truly worthy of the wealthy Uchiha clan, rich and powerful... "Too late... Ice Release Secret Art: Demonic Mirror Ice Burst..."
Just as Sasuke was about to open his mouth to scold him, Haku's voice suddenly echoed from all directions.
In an instant, all the ice crystals suddenly burst open, transforming into sharp ice blades, ice spears, ice arrows, and other sharp weapons...
They shot at Sasuke and Naruto simultaneously from all directions.
Sasuke's urgently activated shuriken explosive tags were also swept along, rushing towards them... [This is bad...]
Looking at this sudden scene, Sasuke's face paled, and he thought it was not good.
Haku, indeed, had a hidden Ice Release Secret Art...
"Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu..."
At the critical moment, Naruto instantly erupted, creating dozens of clones that spread around them to take the brunt of the attack.
This bought them a brief moment to form hand seals!
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique..."
Sasuke quickly seized the opportunity, rapidly completed the hand seals, opened his mouth, and spewed fire in a circle.
The Great Fireball Technique formed a circular ring of fire, temporarily fending off the Ice Release attacks from all directions.
"Naruto, follow me..."
Having done all this, Sasuke let out a low growl, grabbed Naruto, and with a burst of Chakra at his feet, instantly charged out.
With the enhancement of Silent Killing Technique and the Chakra control technique of walking on water, and aided by the insight of his Sharingan, he quickly moved through the gaps between the ice blades and ice arrows...
Transforming into two afterimages, they broke through the encirclement... "Sorry, your attack failed..."
Looking at Haku's stunned face, Sasuke maintained a ten-meter distance and sneered.
Finally, they escaped!
"Ah..."
Just as Sasuke was about to tell Naruto to help Kakashi, Naruto's scream suddenly came from behind him.
[How could this be... I clearly brought Naruto out with me!]
Sasuke froze at the sound, and as he turned his head, his pupils constricted, and he stood still in a daze!
He saw the Naruto behind him disappear with a puff of white smoke...
And within the ice crystals filled with ice spikes, Naruto's main body had already been pierced by several ice spikes.
"Shadow Clone?
I, I brought the wrong person!
How could this be..."
Looking at Naruto, covered in blood, Sasuke's voice trembled in disbelief.
Naruto's main body was right beside him at that time, how could he have grabbed the wrong one!
But still... Damn it, Naruto is the protagonist, how could he die here?!
Through their time together these past few days, Sasuke had completely come to regard Naruto as a true friend.
Now, because of his butterfly effect, Naruto died here. How could this not make Sasuke question life...
Moreover, Sasuke didn't want to lose Naruto as a companion!
This was a bond that could be entrusted for a lifetime...
As Sasuke's emotions fluctuated wildly, the single tomoe Sharingan in his pupils rapidly spun...
In less than a breath, both pupils rapidly split into two tomoe.
And these newly formed two tomoe continued to spin, and waves of ocular power erupted from Sasuke's eyes...