Naruto: Passerby and Returnee

Chapter 111 Enemy Forces Appear

The meeting place for the second day was the training ground, but everyone arrived. Rather than saying that the four of them had breakfast together and then went out together, they chose a secluded corner that was usually deserted.

Sensing the impending crisis, Jiraiya advocated for a swift resolution to the conflict, rebuilding trust, clarifying the situation, and working together to address the crisis. Ninjas typically employ fighting styles heavily influenced by their family and mentorship. While Sasuke might be able to execute a flawless defense, Boruto, being a child, was bound to lose his temper. Therefore, Jiraiya planned to use training as a pretext to instigate a friendly spar between the two children. Given Naruto's strength, probing Boruto's weaknesses would be a piece of cake.

Their plan was brilliant, but plans never keep up with changes. The four had barely settled into their positions on the training field when an annoying voice came from above.

"Unexpectedly, the plan has been disrupted." An unnaturally pale figure, carrying a fishing rod that glowed red, hovered above their heads. Facing the four of them, he smiled nonchalantly, "I'll just harvest the troublesome ones along with them~"

Sasuke and Boruto were the first to assume a defensive stance, with Boruto even gritting his teeth as he shouted the name of the guy who didn't look like a normal human.

"Ura-style!"

Urashiki didn't think the number of people was a problem at all. He was very relaxed and thought that no matter how many people there were, they were just ants. Without the Seventh Hokage, Sasuke Uchiha couldn't pose a threat to him.

"You guys arrived first, as expected, you always get in my way."

Acting on his ninja instincts, Jiraiya stepped forward to block the two children, frowning as he asked Sasuke, who was standing beside him, "Who is this guy?"

Before Sasuke could answer, Urashiki greeted his target with a familiar greeting, "Finally, I meet you~ Naruto Uzumaki."

Naruto raised an eyebrow, took a half-step forward to block Boruto, and said, "I don't know you."

"Hmph, but you're too famous!" Urashi swung his fishing hook without warning.

Sasuke and Boruto knew how dangerous that seemingly insignificant fishhook was. One kicked Jiraiya away and leaped into the air to slash at him, while the other pulled Naruto aside to avoid it. Although the two coordinated well, the fishhook was too fast. Urashiki had somehow swung his rod a second time, aiming directly at Naruto's abdomen.

However, this seemingly sure-fire attack missed its mark, as Naruto deflected it with a wave of his hand!

Both sides were shocked by the result, especially Urashiki! Since he came to this world, apart from that brat who used iron sand as a weapon and the Seventh Boss who was too fast to be locked on, he had never encountered a defense that he could not break, let alone have his fishing hook knocked away by someone's bare hands!

A thin layer of pale golden chakra enveloped Naruto's hand. Just as he had expected, the weapon was actually a creation of Yin-Yang Release. He could certainly defend against it with a similar technique, just as he could touch Truth-Seeking Balls without injury when he was in Six Paths Sage Mode. Naruto was very good at seizing opportunities, especially against experienced speed-type ninjas. He immediately grabbed the fishing line and pulled it hard against the ground, causing Urashiki, who had instinctively gripped his weapon, to fall from the sky.

No matter the world, Sasuke is always the one with whom he has the best teamwork. We can think of a way to block the fishhook later; taking down Urashiki is the most important thing right now!

Sasuke charged forward with his sword, the lightning on the blade instantly reaching Urashiki's eyes.

Pu Shi's white eyes emitted a blue light, and rings of patterns instantly appeared, rewinding everything around him.

The Seventh Hokage hadn't previously demonstrated the ability to deflect fishhooks, but that was only because he was too fast for me to catch. Could it be that simply having the chakra of a tailed beast could block an attack? That's illogical! None of the other Jinchuriki could do that, so how did he manage it? I never imagined even young Naruto was this troublesome. If only I hadn't been interfered with.

"I don't know you."

"But I know you!" Urashiki, having changed tactics, pulled out a fish basket instead of a fishing rod. He really didn't want to waste the chakra he had painstakingly collected, but what could he do when his opponent could control the fishing hook?

We still need to subdue them first.

A giant wave, like a tidal wave, gushed out from a small fish basket. It seemed to be the chakra of the Mizukage. Its size was enough to scatter the four people opposite.

"Grab me!"

Naruto's shout was loud enough for Urashiki to hear. He looked down, bewildered, only to see that Jiraiya was the only one who had actually carried out the order, while Sasuke and Boruto were the ones being captured. The moment the four touched each other, their figures vanished from the spot.

Damn! Space-time ninjutsu? It's Sasuke? Isn't Sasuke supposed to either teleport to another dimension or swap objects? If they just run away like this, finding them will be the biggest problem!

As it turned out, he was overthinking things.

Once freed from the fish basket, the water no longer belonged to him. Several waterspouts rose from beneath his feet, completely surrounding him. When Urashiki was entangled by the waterspouts, he tried to increase the range of his escape technique, but the lightning followed the water flow with almost perfect precision, momentarily numbing him. At this moment, he finally relaxed his carelessness slightly and quickly deployed a shield, thus avoiding being struck on the neck by Sasuke, who had teleported using Amenotejikara. A massive chakra reaction appeared in his Byakugan vision, but the chakra didn't spread widely; instead, it was concentrated in a small sphere. He didn't know what kind of bizarre chakra manipulation this was, but his intuition told him that if he had been hit, he might be finished.

Urashiki wasn't one to sit idly by and wait to die. After knocking Sasuke away, he immediately unleashed several streaks of red light in that direction, no longer caring whether they would injure Naruto who was holding the ball. As a Jinchuriki, he shouldn't die from taking a few hits.

However, to his utter surprise, his opponent didn't make any attempt to dodge, but instead threw a chakra ball directly at the red light! In his Byakugan's vision, Urashiki clearly saw that the chakra-concentrated, pitch-black object flying towards him at an illogical speed. He could even see inexplicable spatial cracks appearing around the black ball. A palm-sized object could actually cause spatial instability! What if it hit him…?

"Click"

The black ball collided with Urashiki's red shield, but it was not hindered in any way. Instead, it punched a small hole and flew straight towards Urashiki's forehead.

A flash of blue light appeared, and everything reversed.

"I don't know you."

Upon hearing those words again, Urashi instinctively shuddered, a feeling rising within him that he had never experienced before, and that should never have been born in this backward place.

That was the fear of death.