Naruto: Naruto's Uchiha girlfriend is too arrogant

"Damn it! Is it you who's been playing tricks?!"

After the raging hurricane subsided, Kado barely managed to regain his footing. Upon hearing Menma's cold and murderous declaration, he immediately roared in fury, trying to mask his inner panic with the volume of his voice.

"Who are you?! How dare you ruin my plans?! Do you know who I am?! I am the head of the Kado Group!"

Despite his loud shouts, his body betrayed him as he retreated repeatedly, quickly hiding in front of the thugs he had brought, who were clearly a motley crew wielding clubs and swords.

On the other side, Naruto continued to feign exhaustion, pretending to be slightly tired from excessive exertion, while secretly watching his shadow clones perform with great interest.

Satsuki's expression was extremely solemn. Although she didn't know the exact identity of the newcomer, the suffocating sense of oppression was undeniable. Without hesitation, she shielded Naruto even more tightly behind her.

"A mask? Who is this person?"

Sakura looked at the strange fox mask and black robe, feeling as if she had heard of these features somewhere before, but couldn't quite place them.

She instinctively looked towards her most reliable teacher, Kakashi, seeking an answer. "Kakashi-sensei, who is this person...?"

However, her question caught in her throat—because this was the first time she had ever seen Kakashi, who was always calm and composed, with such immense, almost undisguised fear in his eyes! His pupils were even trembling slightly.

"Naruto! Satsuki! Sakura! Listen up!" Kakashi's voice was more urgent and stern than ever before, but his gaze was fixed on the figure not far away, not daring to move an inch. "No matter what happens next! Absolutely! Absolutely do not fight that person! That's an order!"

Fox mask, black robe... this combination is a feature that Kakashi will never forget, even in his eternal life.

He had seen this figure with his own eyes, and had even fought fiercely with the henchmen of this organization, "Jin".

The most profound impression was of the destructive ninjutsu called "Great Spiral Wheel Fear"—it hovered in the sky above Konoha Village as if the end of the world had arrived.

That terrifying power, capable of easily destroying a country or a village, and that earth-shattering spectacle, had long been a nightmare he could never erase from his life.

The leader of [Jin]... Why... would someone of that caliber be here? ...Things have completely spiraled out of control!

At this moment, Zabuza Momochi also recognized the newcomer's identity. In a sense, he and Menma were "colleagues"—both were people who tried to change the order by force.

But Zabuza knew very well that Menma was completely different from him, the one who had failed to assassinate the Mizukage and could only flee in disgrace. The person before him was a terrifying being at the pinnacle of the ninja world, capable of single-handedly taking on an entire ninja village, and genuinely feared and respected by the Five Great Nations!

However, all these considerations about power, influence, and danger were now completely irrelevant to Zabuza.

Bai is dead...

A profound emptiness and despair engulfed him. At this moment, all that filled his heart was a pure... will to die.

Menmana's gaze, seen through the fox mask, swept over Kado, who was still grinning maliciously and recklessly relying on his superior numbers, as well as the group of eager thugs in front of him.

Do these small fry really think they can overwhelm me just because they have a numerical advantage?

He slowly raised one hand, aiming it at Cardo and his henchmen.

Kakuzu, standing to the side, bowed slightly and asked in a respectful tone tinged with excitement, "Chief, dealing with these guys doesn't seem worth your personal attention, does it? Leave it to me."

His voice betrayed an undisguised delight—being able to rob one of the world's richest people "legitimately" made Kakuzu, who was obsessed with money, extremely happy.

"No," Menma said, "You have more important work to do later. Do you still remember how to do the basic interrogation techniques of a ninja?"

"Hmph hmph hmph..."

Kakuzu chuckled, a dangerous glint in his green eyes. "That's something ingrained in my bones, of course. Although it has been quite a few years since I've done it myself, rest assured, I will not let you down."

He had already begun plotting how to pry the passwords to all the bank accounts and the treasure location out of Kado.

When Kado saw Menma raise his hand, he was terrified and scrambled to the back of the crowd, screaming at the top of his lungs, "Quick! You guys take down that charlatan first!"

Driven by money, the group of thugs responded with a chaotic shout, drawing their samurai swords, spears, and even axes as they surged forward.

"You think you can defeat all of us by yourself...?!"

However, before the leader of the thugs could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a dizzying sensation! He was horrified to find that his vision was rapidly plummeting, and finally, with a "thud," he crashed onto the bridge surface.

Then, to his horror, he realized that he could no longer feel his body at all!

Then... before even fear could fully spread, darkness instantly swallowed all his consciousness.

It wasn't just this one thug. Apart from Kado, who was deliberately left behind, all the henchmen he brought were decapitated at the same time and in the exact same way—instantly severed by invisible yet incredibly sharp wind blades!

Just before all this happened, Naruto had already taken the initiative, quickly raising his hand and covering Sasuke's eyes from behind.

"Satsuki, don't look." Naruto's voice whispered in her ear.

Satsuki's body stiffened slightly, and then she heard the sickening sound of flesh being cut and the thuds of heavy objects falling to the ground. She immediately understood what was happening outside.

No! I have to protect Naruto! Her intense worry made her instinctively try to break free from Naruto's grasp.

But just then, Naruto spoke again, "Trust me, listen to me, everything will be alright."

These words were like flipping a switch, instantly relaxing Satsuki's tense body. Naruto had discovered long ago that whenever he used this tone to get Satsuki to obey, Satsuki would...unable to resist obeying?

On the other side, "Kakashi-sensei...?" Sakura's vision was also promptly and effectively blocked by Kakashi's hand.

Although the path of a ninja is destined to be accompanied by killing and bloodshed, it was far too early for these newly graduated genin to witness such a large-scale, instantaneous death. Kakashi absolutely did not want his students to be left with lifelong psychological trauma at this moment.

In an instant, the battle—or rather, the massacre—was over.

Kado trembled violently, staring in disbelief at the hellish scene before him—all his support, the dozens of thugs he had hired, were now headless corpses scattered across the ground. Blood flowed like a stream across the bridge.

The man in the fox mask merely raised his hand... and no one even saw what he did... In an instant, all his "power" was wiped out!