Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Ambush of Kirigakure
"And the soul..."
In a daze, Uchiha Kage once again arrived in his 'dream space'.
"Meeting me is your fortune, from now on you will be responsible for managing the ninjas in this village for me," After reviving Zabuza and Haku, Uchiha Kage placed them in the small village where he had previously placed the wandering ninjas.
"You! Who are you?", Zabuza and Haku looked at their restored bodies in disbelief.
"You can consider me the god of this place, the price for reviving you is to work for me, understand?"
"God..."
Yes, only a god could revive them so easily.
And before...
When Zabuza and Haku's souls ascended, they clearly remembered that their souls were absorbed by the boy before them.
"Alright, since you have recreated us, we will serve you from now on."
Being able to live with Haku again, even in this strange village, Zabuza was indeed filled with gratitude towards the boy before him.
As for Haku, it goes without saying.
———
Knock! Knock!
Just as Uchiha Kage had finished arranging Zabuza and Haku and returned to reality, there was a knock at the door.
"Kage, Kage-kun, may I come in?", Unexpectedly, it was Haruno Sakura.
"Hmm," Uchiha Kage responded, then curiously looked at the girl who seemed somewhat shy after entering.
"It's like this, I, I have something... I want to ask you about medical knowledge, is that okay?", Although Sasuke's injury quickly healed under the effect of the ointment Uchiha Kage provided, Sakura still felt her own inadequacy.
Not being able to help in battle was one thing, but even in medical matters she...
"No," Uchiha Kage flatly refused the girl before him.
"No, no? If it were Ino, you definitely wouldn't refuse...", Sakura's face was filled with disappointment.
"No, I just think you should seek medical knowledge from medical ninjas, not me," Speaking of medical ninjas, Uchiha Kage instinctively thought of the pair of big thunder(bre*t) he had to measure every night.
Tsunade...
Although he could play with her body every night, the real Tsunade...
It seems like it's been many years since he last saw her.
"Is that so? I understand," Hearing this, Sakura had no choice but to dejectedly leave Uchiha Kage's room.
———
"That girl is quite cute, why not get closer to her, I think she...", After Sakura left, another female ninja entered the room.
"Why does Yugao-nee have time to care about such things?", Uchiha Kage was somewhat surprised that Yugao would gossip.
"Could it be you really plan to treat me as your little brother?"
"I-told-you, don't call me nee!"
The usually cold and expressionless Yugao quickly showed a rich array of expressions.
"But... it's not bad to be called that occasionally, and if you really want to be my little brother, I... have no objections."
'Rather, it would be a big welcome.'
From their first meeting until now, Yugao's impression of Uchiha Kage had been getting better every day.
If she really had such a perfect little brother, she felt she might laugh in her sleep every day.
"Is that so? If you give me pocket money every day, being your little brother wouldn't be bad," Uchiha Kage pretended to seriously consider it.
"You..."
'This guy, he's definitely joking again.'
Yugao glared at him in annoyance, then finally got to the main topic, "Enough of this, why did you specifically ask me to come to your room at this time?"
Indeed, Yugao had been invited to Uchiha Kage's room.
"Leave the scroll containing Zabuza's body with me," Uchiha Kage stated his purpose.
"Why? Is the body useful to you?"
"Sort of."
Uchiha Kage did not deny Yugao's speculation.
"Alright."
Yugao didn't think this was something worth pondering, so she readily handed over the scroll containing Zabuza and Haku to Uchiha Kage.
———
"These Konoha brats are really energetic."
That night.
Following Uchiha Kage's group to a nearby rest point, Ao and Mei Terumi were secretly observing the movements of these Konoha ninjas.
"However, that orange-clad brat has a lot of chakra," With his Byakugan, Ao could clearly see Naruto practicing chakra tree climbing with Sasuke.
"These genin don't matter, the main concern is the people inside the house," Mei Terumi naturally wouldn't sit back and let Konoha take Zabuza's body; if possible, she also wanted to extract detailed information about the 'Kirigakure mission' mentioned in the letter from the Konoha ninjas.
"Hmm...", Ao continued to look ahead with his Byakugan.
"Kakashi with the Sharingan doesn't seem to be pretending, his body is indeed very weak, he's still lying in bed."
"Good, then the upcoming action shouldn't have too many complications," Hearing that the enemy's strongest combatant was truly out of commission, Mei Terumi felt much more relaxed.
"However, that Konoha Anbu female ninja handed the scroll containing Zabuza's body to another young boy for safekeeping."
"Oh? That handsome little guy who looks very dashing without his mask?"
"Mei Terumi-sama..."
'Now is not the time to be infatuated with male beauty.'
"That boy also has a lot of chakra, and being so young and already in Konoha's Anbu, his strength should not be weak," Ao dared not underestimate the enemy.
"No problem, I'll personally deal with him later," Mei Terumi believed that with her strength, she couldn't possibly fail to handle such a young boy.
"Ao, you go first and capture those two Konoha genin, cause a disturbance, then I'll take the opportunity to break into the boy's room and steal the scroll," After a moment's thought, Mei Terumi came up with a battle plan.
"Yes!"
———
"Damn it, Sakura is one thing, but why doesn't Kage have to practice tree climbing either?", After struggling all night, Naruto finally managed to climb to the top of the tree step by step.
Sasuke on the other side wasn't much faster.
"Kage is indeed stronger than us in chakra control."
'But why is Kage here? It feels like he's hiding something from us.'
'Forget it, never mind.'
'Now that tree climbing is successful, the next step is to practice water walking, right?'
Sasuke's eyes are only on training and getting stronger.
'Speaking of getting stronger, I wonder when that strange dream dungeon will come again...'
'Completing just one task can increase chakra so much, it's stronger than any training.'
Sasuke really hopes for another dungeon.
"Who's there?"
Just as Sasuke was lost in thought, a stranger suddenly appeared on a nearby tree branch.
"Too slow," Almost instantly, Ao, who had created a shadow clone, silently appeared beside Naruto and Sasuke, simultaneously grabbing their necks.
The elite jounin's taijutsu and speed far exceeded what Naruto and Sasuke could currently reach.
———
"AHHH...!"
Haruno Sakura's scream broke the night's silence.
Originally intending to call Naruto and Sasuke for dinner, she never expected to see such a scene.
Her two companions were being strangled by a stranger, and it looked like they were in mortal danger.
"Sasuke!"
Naruto, while desperately grabbing the hand around his neck, anxiously looked at Sasuke, who was also being strangled and lifted on another tree.
'No... if this continues, Sasuke will die again, this time I have to save him.'
Seeing Sasuke struggling, Naruto's anger quickly ignited, and at the same time, a red chakra burst from his body, enveloping him completely.
"This chakra is?"
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