Naruto the Genius

Chapter 23 Sasuke defected

The first mission of the Anbu was indeed bloody for Naruto, and he also learned some darkness in the ninja world, but in Naruto's opinion, these are some things that are bound to exist in a chaotic world, and it can even be said that they happen every day. However, joining the Anbu can increase a lot of practical experience, which is indeed very helpful for improving strength.

Tsunade had a certain understanding of Naruto's strength, and the first task assigned to her would not be too difficult, so Naruto could be said to have completed it easily.

However, Sasuke, who is also known as a genius like Naruto, has always been in the same class with Naruto. After feeling Naruto's powerful strength, especially after being provoked by Uchiha Itachi last time, he began to doubt his own strength and growth. As a person who bears the hatred of the whole family being killed, the burden on him is unimaginable, and his enemy is very powerful. In this case, it would be strange if he was not anxious.

Orochimaru had always wanted to get the Sharingan, and he saw this in Sasuke, so he thought that Sasuke would come to him in pursuit of power. Just as Orochimaru thought, under the temptation of power, Sasuke voluntarily activated the power of the curse seal and was put into a sealed wooden barrel, and the four-member Sound Ninja team was responsible for sending it back to Orochimaru's base.

Konoha discovered this in time. Tsunade called Shikamaru, who had just been promoted to Chunin, and organized people to chase the Sound Ninja and rescue Sasuke with Shikamaru as the team leader. Naruto was not very interested in this mission. Sasuke left voluntarily in order to pursue strength. In this case, even if Sasuke was caught up, there was no way to make him change his mind, and it was indeed more beneficial for Sasuke to follow Orochimaru for his growth.

However, when Shikamaru came to find Naruto, it would be unreasonable for Naruto not to go, considering the relationship between Naruto and Sasuke. After a simple gathering, the five-man team consisting of Naruto, Shikamaru, Kiba, Choji, and Neji set out. In terms of intelligence, Naruto had to admire Shikamaru, so Naruto had no objection to Shikamaru commanding the team. Kiba was responsible for tracking and Neji was responsible for vigilance, while Naruto kept a certain distance from the team to prevent the whole army from being wiped out.

After chasing for a while, they found that they were very close to the enemy through the smell of the tooth. Shikamaru's team began to approach carefully, but the enemy's ability was completely unknown. Although they were very careful, the four people in front soon fell into the enemy's trap. They were trapped in a dungeon by the fat man of the Sound Four. Their chakra was constantly sucked away. When the chakra was sucked out, they were finished.

Although Shikamaru and the others were in danger, Naruto did not show up immediately. Each of the four had a curse seal and their own special ninjutsu, and they did not know what joint tactics they had. It would definitely not be easy to deal with four people at once. The mission of the four was to send Sasuke to Orochimaru as soon as possible. It was impossible for all of them to stay. It would be more reliable if they came one by one.

Sure enough, seeing that Shikamaru and the others were all trapped, the others left with Sasuke's coffin. Seeing the others leave, Naruto created two shadow clones, one of which attacked the fat man, and the other used Rasengan to attack the earthen prison. Seeing Naruto's appearance, the fat man was also surprised. He didn't expect that Naruto and the others didn't act together. At this time, if he dodges, he will be attacked and the earthen prison will be unlocked. If he dodges, the earthen prison is likely to be broken. The fat man quickly jumped away and fought with one of Naruto's clones with physical skills, and the earthen prison was broken by Naruto, and Shikamaru and the others escaped.

The clones were quickly dealt with by the fat man's powerful strength. Naruto used ten shadow clones to fight him, while Shikamaru and others retreated to the side. Naruto began to make hand seals, wind escape, tornado, fire escape, dragon fire technique, and combined ninjutsu "tornado gale". This move used wind escape to attract the enemy to the center of the ninjutsu, and the rotating airflow created a strong pressure. At the same time, the fire escape ninjutsu, under the strengthening of wind escape, was like a huge fire dragon circling rapidly, which was actually a huge fire tornado. The power was on a higher level than the previous combined ninjutsu, and even the surrounding air was affected, forming a heat wave.

Fatty Jirobo immediately felt the powerful force of the ninjutsu, activated the second state of the curse seal, and used his strongest earth escape technique, and a large amount of earth walls began to rise. However, under the powerful destructive force, Jirobo's earth walls were destroyed, but they continued to rise after the destruction, and a large amount of smoke and dust began to fill the air, making it difficult to see the opponent for a while. Naruto gestured to Neji, and Neji opened his Byakugan and said, "Nine o'clock." Just when Jirobo consumed a lot of chakra and finally blocked Naruto's ninjutsu and began to breathe, Naruto appeared behind him with a unique sound of wind.

Naruto used the Rasengan to hit Jirobo's back. Although his body size was greatly disproportionate, Jirobo was knocked away by Naruto and fell to the ground, leaving a big hole. Even though he was hit by Naruto's move, he did not die immediately. He said with disbelief in his eyes, "I didn't expect that I would be killed by you bunch of useless Genin. The one with yellow hair, are you the legendary genius of Konoha?"

Shikamaru and the others saw Naruto perform such a powerful new ninjutsu and easily defeated such a powerful enemy. At this time, the breeze blew Naruto's white cloak, and Naruto's confident smile made Naruto's image in the eyes of Shikamaru and the others rise to a higher level. Kiba and Neji, who regarded Naruto as their rival, were thinking: "Naruto, this guy, has made great progress every time they meet. Is the gap going to get bigger and bigger?"

After dealing with Jirobo, Naruto and his team continued to pursue. In order to avoid exposing his identity, Naruto tried not to use iconic ninjutsu such as Lightning Release and Water Release, which would make it difficult to deal with the enemy in an instant. However, the enemy still had three people, and it was not so easy to kill them, so a certain strategy must be formulated. Shikamaru proposed to transform into Jirobo to deceive the enemy and take back Sasuke. Everyone else thought it was a good idea, but only Naruto objected.

Naruto thought that the four Sound Ninjas must have been on missions together for a long time and they had good coordination with each other. It would be very difficult to deceive them, and even if we succeeded in capturing Sasuke, it would be difficult to escape from their siege. We could only pretend to have finally gotten rid of Jirobo, so that they would definitely leave one person to stop us, and the others would escort Sasuke first, so that we could defeat them one by one.

Shikamaru was originally the captain, but after hearing what Naruto said, he had to carefully consider Naruto's opinion. Based on Naruto's opinion, he improved it and came up with his own new plan. After discussion, it was decided to implement the new plan.

(End of this chapter)