Naruto: If I ask you to kill Sasuke, you will become a succubus?

Why did he say that - was Shino hurt? Was he miserable after I left? Did he feel like I took advantage of his feelings?

He is a member of Shino's clan.

He seemed to care about Shino.

Is he on good terms with Shino?

If he died, would Shino be sad?

If I kill him, Shino and I...will he hate me?

"You little brats, don't think defecting is just a game of house with your friends!"

Zabuza's voice suddenly sounded in my mind.

"…From the moment you decided to leave, you were destined to stand on the opposite side of the people who remained in the village…show how a rebel ninja should act! This is good for you, and it is good for them. The clearer the boundaries you draw, the more ruthless you are, the more relaxed both sides will be…"

I stiffly said, "That's because... he's too easy to deceive."

But why should I say that?

I don’t know myself.

I just thought about what Zabuza said and felt that we should distance ourselves from each other and cut off ties, so I just went along with what he said.

I suddenly felt a little regretful - in fact, I could have said nothing.

I obviously didn't do anything.

But if Shino knew that I said such excessive words, perhaps he would no longer care about me and would feel that it was not worth it to suffer for me.

That's good for him...right?

I actually wanted to ask him, what purpose did I achieve?

But just like Zabuza said, since you have already defected, don't act like you are aggrieved.

I can't prove anything with words alone - how can I convince the enemy with nothing?

Thinking too much about words during a battle would only distract my attention and would be meaningless, so I decided to remain silent and not give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage.

But my previous words seemed to have angered the other party: "Since you said so... then I will let the bugs eat your body completely as the price you should pay."

Before the Aburame family's ANBU could finish his words, Haku had already launched a fierce attack on him from countless mirrors.

Countless books were like a violent storm, shooting towards him. The momentum was so huge, even more fierce and violent than when they trapped me, Naruto and Sasuke before.

Bai doesn't want to kill people and doesn't like fighting, but the ability displayed by the enemy is so terrifying that Bai almost died in his hands without even seeing him. If he shows mercy, we will be the only ones to die.

His Thousand Killings Water Flying pierced into the opponent's body, but the enemy's body was twisted and deformed, and finally dispersed into a pile of black flying insects - the insect clones.

In this situation, the silent killing techniques that Haku and Zabuza are good at are completely unusable, because in the fog, the insects of the Aburame clan have the advantage.

A whirlwind blew from above our heads, and Gaara and I looked up at the sky. A young ANBU who looked like Lord Sai was sitting on the back of the ink bird he had drawn himself, and the ninja from the Aburame family was standing behind him.

In order to prevent his bugs from attacking, which were difficult to detect with the naked eye, I summoned Susanoo to cover Gaara and me.

But defense alone cannot defeat the enemy.

Gaara's gravel rushed towards the sky, like a big hand that violently smashed the young Anbu's ink bird.

The two of them landed lightly, and the young man unrolled the Anbu scroll, and two lions jumped out from the paper.

Gaara was about to wave his hand to control the sand and gravel to crush the two lions, but his expression suddenly changed.

The Aburame ANBU said dimly: "Bugs... may seem fragile, but they are the most resilient animals in the world. No matter what kind of environment they are in, they can survive tenaciously... no matter how dangerous your gravel is, as long as there is a gap, there is room for bugs to survive... they will follow your chakra to find you."

I controlled Susanoo and knocked the two lions away with one punch. I turned around and said in surprise: "Gaara?!"

Gaara looked down at his palms, and I noticed that his fingertips were already turning purple.

Such a tricky and terrifying ability——

How can we defeat him?

Why would such a powerful person be willing to obey Danzo's orders and work for him?

I twisted Gaara's fate and helped him get rid of the poison, but I felt that I couldn't let him and Shiro continue to fight against the Aburame family.

"Gaara, please assist me," I said, "I will deal with the Anbu of the Aburame family."

But Gaara knew that my ability, "Twisting Fate", would not work on me. If I were also infected with his insect poison, I could save Haku and Gaara, but not necessarily myself.

He frowned and said, "But——"

"It's okay," I comforted him and persuaded him, "Have you forgotten my other ability? As long as I can defeat him, even if I'm poisoned, as long as I don't die immediately, I can find a way to get him to remove the poison for me."

Gaara pursed his lips, his abilities had always been far beyond his peers, even stronger than many adults older than him. This was probably the first time he found himself so powerless in a battle.

I am extremely grateful that Neji did not come out with us. At least, he is safe for now.

But on second thought, I couldn't feel at ease.

Is he safe?

The partner of the Anbu who attacked Gaara in Konoha before seemed to be a ninja from the Aburame clan. Is that partner the same person as the Aburame clan member in front of him?

Did the ANBU who used secret techniques similar to Ino come? He didn't show up, was he hiding in the dark, or somewhere else?

Will Konoha's Anbu split into two groups. Will the other group go to find the Land of Waves?

No, I must end this quickly and then go back to check on the safety of Neji and Zabuza!

And seeing that the attack missed, the young Anbu drew the ink bird again and took off again with his companion on board.

There is no advantage if they are in the air and we can only stay on the ground.

"Gaara, can you make me fly?"

Gaara nodded and said, "Sure. I can try to carry you in the sand."

"Then I'll leave it to you! I'm going to catch them in the sky!"

Gaara stopped talking. His gravel gathered under my feet and condensed into a solid piece of loose soil. I took Susanoo and watched the ink bird fly higher and higher. I squatted down, condensed the chakra under my feet, and jumped up suddenly -

In mid-air, I stretched out my Susanoo and tried to grab the black bird in my palm.

However, the young ANBU was extremely skilled in controlling his creations, much more so than my first aerial combat.

His ink bird sometimes glided sideways, sometimes turned around, sometimes dived as a feint, and then soared into the sky, making my Susanoo look extremely heavy and clumsy.

Although it can protect me as armor, it is also a huge target.

In mid-air, its every move is extremely obvious and cannot be hidden at all, which makes it easy for the enemy to judge my next move and avoid it in time.

When I was caught by Gaara again, I was no longer in a hurry to attack. Instead, I squatted on the sand cloud, frowning and looking at the ink bird that had landed not far away.

Even though I couldn't catch him, with Susanoo here, he didn't dare to get close to us. We confronted each other, looking for an opportunity.

I pulled out the white fang, and the Raikiri burst out with a dazzling light, attached to the blade, and shot towards the ink bird.

I saw the black bird flapping its wings rapidly outside the white light, trying to dodge, but what I wanted was not to be hit, but to be blinded for a moment by the dazzling light.

Taking this opportunity, I released Susanoo, jumped up and pounced on them. In mid-air, I bit the hilt of White Fang's sword, and my ten fingers flew out chakra lines, heading towards the Ink Bird.

The young Anbu drew an ink lion in the air again, and it pounced towards me. It was clearly a fake object painted with ink, but it had sharp teeth like a real beast. Even though I no longer had Susanoo to protect me, I still didn't need to distract myself to deal with it.

I jumped up and down in the air, and Gaara's sand always caught me steadily and prevented me from falling. At this moment, his sand would also protect me.

That is my second layer of armor.

Even though we didn't fight together very often, perhaps because we were once one in body and mind, we worked together very well.

The sand flow swept the Ink Lion away from me, and it exploded into a pool of ink in mid-air.

My chakra line stuck to the ink bird and summoned Susanoo again. This time, they had no way to dodge!

I saw the young ANBU wave his ink again to summon an ink bird, then gave up on this one and jumped onto the back of a new one.

If all goes well, his companion should also jump down without hesitation and be caught by him.

Unfortunately, my Susanoo has already captured the Aburame family's ANBU along with the Ink Bird in my hand.

Gaara's sand cloud caught me again. I took out the white fang in my mouth and controlled Susanoo to raise the Anbu of the Aburame family in front of me.

I reached out my hand to the Susanoo package and removed the mask from his face, however, underneath the ANBU mask, he was still wearing a black mask covering his eyes.

I'm very familiar with the style of that mask.

I have seen him before.

"You are... the brother who taught Shino how to train during the Chunin Exams?"

Aburame Tone, I remember his name.

He was silent.

The eye part of his mask seemed to have special lenses sewn on.

His ability is so tricky that I think Danzo must be worried that he will be controlled by someone. If the lens can block pupil techniques, I must take off his mask.

But Aburame Togen's skin quickly turned purple just now.

"If you touch me," he hissed, "you will be poisoned instantly and die in agony."

I stared at him. He would definitely not close his eyes at this moment because he had to observe my actions to determine whether he could escape.

I pulled open his mask and looked at his unprepared expression. The pain piercing my bones came from my fingertips. I could hardly force a smile: "I won't let you close your eyes when you are ready."

My fingertips were dyed purple, and the purple quickly spread across my palms and extended toward my arms.

And I have seen his memories.