"Let me go!"
Inside Uchiha Sasuke's home, Sasuke lay tied up on the ground, struggling fiercely.
Standing beside him were two Ninja, also wearing Anbu masks.
"What Uchiha Clan genius, to be so weak." One person sneered, walking towards Sasuke, slowly squatting down, grabbing Sasuke's hair, and lifting him up. Looking at Sasuke's crimson eyes, he burst out laughing: "Is this the Sharingan? I heard all Sharingan are three tomoe, why does this guy only have one?"
Hearing this, Sasuke was instantly enraged and humiliated. His eyes were obtained at the cost of his entire clan's lives; how could he tolerate such an insult?
"Who exactly are you? Let me go! If you have the guts, fight me head-on!"
Hearing Sasuke's angry roar, the person who had mocked Sasuke kicked him in the abdomen and scoffed: "A kid who isn't even a Genin, wants to fight me? Besides, I'm afraid I might not hold back and accidentally kill you."
After speaking, he burst into laughter.
"Damn it! Let me go!" Sasuke roared.
"Alright, it should be almost done over there. Take him over." At this moment, the other 'Anbu' said.
"Indeed..." The former replied, knocking out the still-howling Sasuke with a palm strike, hoisting him onto his shoulder, and then the two left.
Meanwhile, Chiye had already arrived at Naruto's location.
He stood in a tree, observing the situation below.
It was not optimistic.
The plot here was similar to the original story: Iruka found Naruto, but was severely wounded by Mizuki, leaning against a tree, on the verge of death.
Naruto, to protect Iruka, used all his strength to create hundreds of Shadow Clones to fight Mizuki.
However, here, the plot suddenly changed again.
Naruto did not defeat Mizuki this way; instead, he lost his fighting ability due to exhaustion of stamina and Chakra.
Chiye frowned, surprised and confused. The plot wasn't supposed to be like this. What exactly happened?
Could it be that his appearance had altered the plot?
Seeing Mizuki about to completely eliminate Naruto and Iruka, Chiye was about to step forward to stop him when, at that moment, two dark figures suddenly appeared in front of Mizuki.
The instant he saw these two people, Chiye's eyes widened.
Sasuke!
Why was Sasuke here?
Who were these two people?
From their attire, they looked exactly like the two disguised Anbu who had attacked him earlier.
Could it be that these four people were all Mizuki's helpers?
What exactly was going on?
Such a deviation from the original plot left Chiye completely baffled. He now intended to wait and see what Mizuki was planning.
"Sasuke! Why is Sasuke here? What exactly do you want to do?"
The moment he saw Sasuke, Naruto woke up, struggling to his feet, gasping for breath. He was battered and bruised all over, his face swollen and discolored, standing precariously.
To be honest, just standing now took all his strength; taking a single step felt as difficult as reaching the heavens.
The person carrying Sasuke glanced at Naruto and said to Mizuki with a laugh: "Hey, you couldn't even deal with a dead-last. Mizuki, you're really pathetic, aren't you?"
"Less nonsense!" Mizuki was somewhat exasperated. He had indeed been startled by Naruto earlier, and it was humiliating that both Naruto and Iruka had seen him in such a state. He had finally defeated Naruto and was about to finish him off when these two arrived.
It felt like he was just about to climax, and then someone suddenly pushed open the room door, and then, it was gone...
Mizuki glanced at the unconscious Sasuke and asked, "Did anyone notice?"
"Don't worry, that guy was alone at home and just cursed for a while, pure impotent raging," the person replied.
"That's good. Once I'm done here, we'll go find Lord Orochimaru together," Mizuki said, then suddenly remembered something and asked the other person: "By the way, did you find any trace of Kitsure Chiyo?"
The other person shook his head: "No, I don't know where that kid ran off to. Will our plans be exposed?"
Mizuki shook his head: "Impossible. Everyone is loyal to Lord Orochimaru. It seems we'll have to wait at his house. That kid is a genius. If we can offer him to Lord Orochimaru, we will surely gain even greater power!"
However, just as Mizuki finished speaking, a clear voice suddenly came from above them.
"You guys, still want to kidnap me?"
"Who is it!"
The three were startled and looked around. Due to the many gaps in the forest and the extremely dim light, the voice echoed continuously as if it had its own reverberation.
"No way? You want to catch me, but you can't even recognize my voice?"
"It's Chiye! Kid, where are you! Come out!"
Mizuki was the first to react. He truly hadn't expected Chiye to appear here. As soon as he shouted, he saw a gray shadow pick up Naruto and leap to Iruka's side.
How could that kid's speed be so fast!
Mizuki was utterly shocked; he hadn't even seen Chiye's movements. Not just him, but the two people beside him hadn't seen it either.
"Chiye, you, you're still alive?"
Naruto was pleasantly surprised; he had thought Chiye had... to save him.
"What? You didn't think those two weaklings could kill me, did you? Just kidding! I'm Chiye!" Chiye chuckled, placing Naruto next to Iruka.
"Chiye... you, you must leave here quickly. These three are all stronger than me. You can't handle them alone. Go quickly and find reinforcements!" Iruka said urgently.
"Don't worry, Iruka-sensei. Since I'm here, I'm definitely taking you all with me. Never abandoning a comrade, that's my Ninja Way!" Chiye said, revealing a confident smile, then turned to look at the three Mizuki who were walking towards them.
"No! You leave quickly! I'll hold them off!"
Iruka struggled to his feet, pulled out a kunai from his Ninja tool pouch, and stood in front of Chiye, staring intently at Mizuki, even though his body could no longer sustain a fight.
"Iruka-sensei, you..." Naruto said worriedly.
"As a teacher, protecting my students is my duty." Iruka finished speaking and charged at Mizuki and the others first. He had to buy time for Chiye and Naruto to escape, even if it cost him his life!
"Chiye, quickly take Naruto and go!"
"Overestimating yourselves! Since you're here, then all of you stay!" Mizuki sneered, and along with his two companions, charged at Iruka.
And just as the four were about to clash, a gray shadow appeared beside Iruka.
Then, bang, bang, bang, three loud thuds.
In Iruka's shocked gaze, he saw Chiye, with two punches and a kick, send Mizuki and the others flying.
"Sensei, you're injured, so rest well. Don't worry, I'll be fine." Chiye said, pressing his advantage. He had to take down these three!
They actually wanted to kidnap me, without even considering if they had the ability!
"Chiye, you..."
Iruka stood stunned, watching Chiye fight Mizuki and his two companions. One person facing three Chunin, yet not falling behind in taijutsu.
Chiye was actually this powerful!
Was this still the Chiye he knew?
Turns out this kid was hiding his strength so deeply!
Indeed, this guy and Naruto both have great potential!
And Naruto also hadn't expected Chiye to be so strong. The people he couldn't defeat even with all his strength, Chiye could fight three-on-one. He vowed in his heart that he would definitely catch up to Chiye!