Naruto: Naruto's Uchiha girlfriend is too arrogant

Chapter 154 Bidirectional Gravity

"Let me show you my true speed."

Bai's voice carried an undeniable resolve. The next moment, his figure flashed and darted through all the ice mirrors like a ghost! His speed was so great that it was impossible to pinpoint his location!

Satsuki immediately activated his Sharingan to its fullest extent, locking onto the rapidly moving figure... He saw it!

Although the visual effect was as bizarre as teleportation, under the dynamic vision of the Sharingan, Satsuki clearly saw that it was not a real spatial jump, but rather that Haku used the smooth surface of the ice mirror and a special footwork to increase his movement speed to an extremely astonishing level!

However, even though his eyes could barely keep up, Zuo Yue solemnly discovered a fatal problem—his body… couldn’t react at all to his movements!

Her brain issued commands to block or dodge, but her muscles couldn't react in time! This feeling of helplessly watching the attack come at her made her feel powerless.

"clang!"

Just as Bai's true form emerged from an ice mirror and his senbon needles pierced towards Zuo Yue, a crisp sound of metal clashing rang out.

The kunai landed precisely in front of the senbon, firmly blocking its path! The one wielding the kunai was none other than Naruto, who had appeared before Satsuki without anyone noticing.

For the first time, the expression beneath the white mask showed a noticeable change, a mixture of astonishment and disbelief.

"What?! You actually managed to keep up..."

Naruto smiled confidently. "Sorry, but because you're as slow as a tortoise, I couldn't help but intercept you."

This wasn't a boastful taunt, but a statement of fact. For Naruto, who had once used the Flying Thunder God Technique to fight the Fourth Raikage, renowned for his speed, and experienced that realm of extreme speed, the speed Haku was displaying now was indeed... somewhat lacking.

Seeing this, Bai knew something was wrong and immediately used the momentum to retreat rapidly, his body disappearing silently into the ice mirror behind him as if merging into water, trying to regain his footing.

The next moment, Bai decisively changed his attack method. He no longer sought close-range attacks, but began to move erratically and at a faster speed between all the ice mirrors, while throwing countless ice scrolls from all directions and angles like a storm!

These ice spikes attacked from every possible direction—up, down, left, and right—almost completely blocking any space for dodging!

Faced with this overwhelming, saturation attack, Naruto simply calmly formed hand seals—

"Wind Release: Cyclone!"

In an instant, a powerful and controllable whirlwind suddenly formed around Naruto, enveloping him and Sasuke in an invisible shield!

No matter how tricky the angle or how many ice needles Bai throws at the same time, once they enter the whirlwind's range, they are immediately swayed by the chaotic and powerful airflow, either colliding with each other or being swept away directly, none of them able to penetrate this wind barrier.

"Alright, do you have any other tricks up your sleeve? I need to go help Kakashi-sensei; I can't waste any more time here."

Naruto watched Haku still moving rapidly and probing within the ice mirror, and decided to stop delaying. He silently pleaded, "Please, Kurama, lend me some chakra."

The communication with the behemoth within his body went exceptionally smoothly. Almost the instant the thought flashed through his mind, a vast and warm orange-red chakra surged forth from his body like boiling water!

A blazing energy cloak instantly enveloped Naruto's entire body, emanating an ominous yet powerful aura, and gradually coalesced behind him into a solid and restless red tail composed of pure chakra.

Against Haku, the power of just one tail is more than enough. After all, as "Naruto," he can't use ninjutsu like the Flying Thunder God Technique or the Rasengan. The Tailed Beast Chakra Mode is currently the fastest way for him to end the battle as "Naruto Uzumaki."

"...This form really can't last too long after all..." Naruto deliberately frowned and said in a slightly strained tone, "I have to end the battle as soon as possible before my body can't take it anymore."

His seemingly weak words immediately had an effect. Satsuki, who had been somewhat frustrated and confused by Haku's absolute speed, was instantly jolted awake by his words and abruptly raised her head.

"Wait a minute... Naruto! Could this form be...?!"

Satsuki immediately remembered Kakashi's warning—Naruto has a powerful and dangerous force sealed within him, and overuse could cause irreparable damage to his body! A huge sense of terror gripped her heart in an instant.

Hearing Satsuki's worried exclamation, Naruto quickly turned his head and comforted her in as relaxed a tone as possible. "It's okay, Satsuki. As long as the battle ends quickly." He even deliberately added, planting a small lie, "If I fail... I'll leave the rest to you."

If that's the case... then Satsuki shouldn't feel despair or even have such extreme thoughts because of the power difference anymore...

Naruto thought to himself that he still felt lingering fear about the incident in the original work where Sasuke defected due to the power gap.

Although I really don't want it to come to that... if Satsuki really leaves again, Naruto will definitely spare no effort, using all of King's resources, even if it means exposing his identity, to find him at each stronghold, kill Orochimaru first, and then bring Satsuki back safely.

Naruto was also a little troubled, hoping that his overly heavy feelings wouldn't put pressure on Satsuki.

However, Naruto was unaware that he had far underestimated the true significance of the bond level displayed on the system interface, which had already "surpassed calculation."

The 5000-point reward seems to be just the maximum value the system can provide, seemingly only corresponding to around level ten. But in reality, this is simply due to the system's limited capabilities.

If every emotional fluctuation that Sasuke experiences because of him, and every deepening bond he forms, could be completely converted into concrete points, then Naruto would probably immediately gain enough energy to instantly fly into space and twist off the heads of those arrogant Otsutsuki with his bare hands to kick around like a ball.

For Zuo Yue now, with both parents alive and a warm family, the desire to avenge herself against Uchiha Itachi is no longer the core motivation or her only dream to become stronger.

Now, the only possibilities that could drive her to defection are perhaps two extreme scenarios.

First, since Naruto himself chose to become a rogue ninja, she would naturally follow without hesitation.

The second... is Naruto's death. And if the second scenario were to actually happen, many people would likely be implicated.

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