Naruto: Experience Pain, Start by Copying the Entire Shinobi World

The dappled sunlight in the forest flashed past the two as they moved at high speed.

Nohara Rin followed behind Sengen, but her mind was constantly on the situation of the other group.

Given Obito's personality, he's bound to argue with Kakashi again.

Are you worried about them?

Qianxuan's voice suddenly came from ahead, startling Lin.

"Huh? Hmm... Obito, he's always so impulsive."

Lin answered softly.

"Are you worried about Obito, or Kakashi?"

Qianxuan didn't stop walking, but his tone carried a mischievous smile.

Lin's cheeks flushed, and she instinctively retorted:

"I...of course I'm worried about our whole squad!"

"Yeah?"

Qian Xuan turned his head and glanced at her.

"But why do I feel like your gaze keeps drifting towards Kakashi?"

"I don't!"

Lin's voice rose eight octaves, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

"A man who constantly talks about rules and tasks is boring and old-fashioned."

Qian Xuan seemed not to hear her rebuttal and continued to comment on himself.

"What do you like about him? Do you like how he discusses the correct format for writing task reports with you on dates?"

"You're talking nonsense!"

"Perhaps he's more interested in men."

Qianxuan dropped a bombshell.

Lin stumbled and almost tripped over a tree root.

She stared wide-eyed at Qianxuan's retreating figure, momentarily at a loss for words.

What on earth is this senior thinking?!

After walking for about half an hour, Qianxuan stopped without warning.

"Let's set up camp here."

"Huh?"

Lin glanced at the sky; the sun hadn't completely set yet.

"However, we're still quite a distance from the rendezvous point designated by Minato-sensei..."

"It went too smoothly."

Qian Xuan looked around, his eyes sharpening.

"Since we separated from Kakashi and the others, we haven't seen a single enemy. This is abnormal."

He took off the scroll and ninja tool bag from his back and threw them on the ground.

"Come help us set up the traps."

Although Lin didn't understand, she still followed his instructions.

The traps set by Sengen were completely different from those taught at the ninja academy.

There was no complicated structure, only the simplest tripwire and a few explosive tags hidden under fallen leaves.

However, the locations he chose were extremely tricky, all of them being blind spots and places that people would subconsciously overlook.

Seeing his cautious demeanor, as if an enemy was lurking behind every tree, Lin recalled the rumors about him circulating in the village.

In every mission, he was the only survivor.

Previously, like everyone else, she thought it was because he was an omen of bad luck, or even because he had sacrificed his comrades.

But now, watching him skillfully set up one deadly trap after another, Lin suddenly understood.

Perhaps he survived not because of luck, nor because of his cold-bloodedness.

It was because he was more afraid of death than anyone else…

……

In the woods on the other side.

"What kind of look is that?"

Obito finally couldn't stand Kakashi's disdainful look and snapped.

"You've been staring at me ever since just now!"

"I'm wondering why Mr. Minato entrusted Rin to him instead of to me."

Kakashi's voice was icy cold.

"Someone like you, who's at the bottom of the class, can't protect anyone at all."

"What did you say?!"

Just as the two were about to start arguing again, two dark figures darted out from the bushes beside them like ghosts, moving with astonishing speed!

"Earth Release·Yellow Spring Marsh!"

One of the Iwagakure ninjas slammed his hands into the ground, instantly turning the ground beneath Kakashi and Obito's feet into a sticky swamp that firmly gripped their feet.

"When?!"

Kakashi was startled.

"It's over, you brats from Konoha."

Another tall Iwagakure ninja grinned maliciously, his giant axe whistling through the air as he brought it down on his head!

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

In the critical moment, Obito forcibly formed hand seals, and a huge fireball erupted, temporarily forcing the Iwagakure Jonin back.

Kakashi seized the opportunity to break free from the swamp, pulled Obito behind him, and looked at the two enemies in front of him with a serious expression.

They are all jonin.

"Toshiro, these two brats are yours."

The ninja using Earth Release glanced at Kakashi and Obito, then looked in the direction of Sengen and Rin, his voice hoarse.

"I'll go take care of the other two."

"No problem, Qingshui."

The Iwagakure Jonin named Toshi shouldered his giant axe and grinned.

"Perfect for stretching my muscles."

Upon hearing their conversation, Obito's pupils suddenly contracted.

The other two!

They're going to kill Lin!

"Don't even think about it!"

Obito roared and chased after the Iwagakure ninja named Aoshui without thinking.

"Idiot! Come back!"

Kakashi tried to stop him, but it was too late.

Aokiji looked at Obito rushing towards him, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes.

He ignored Obito, and with a flash, he charged straight at Kakashi at an even faster speed!

His target from the beginning was this seemingly calmer, more threatening white-haired boy.

Kakashi reacted extremely quickly, immediately raising his kunai to block.

Ding!

The crisp sound of metal clashing echoed through the forest.

But Qing Shui's speed was too fast. When his first attack missed, he twisted his wrist and the kunai in his other hand was already slashing towards Kakashi's eye!

too fast!

Kakashi only had time to turn his head to the side.

Pfft—!

A line of blood ran from the corner of his right eye all the way to the center of his eyelid.

A sharp pain shot through him instantly, and his right eye's vision was swallowed by a sea of ​​blood and darkness.

"Kakashi!"

Obito's eyes widened in fury at the sight.

Qing Shui struck successfully, but did not linger in the fight.

He glanced at Kakashi, who was covering his eyes and staggering backward, then looked at Obito, who was being beaten down by Toshiro, and sneered.

"It seems the other two are the real culprits."

After saying that, he vanished into the forest in a flash, chasing after Qianxuan and Lin.

……

"Senior, aren't we... going to make a fire?"

As night fell, Nohara Rin hugged her knees, looked at the pitch-black forest around her, and asked softly.

"If you don't want to be a sitting duck, don't start a fire."

Qianxuan leaned against a tree, his eyes closed, his voice languid.

The darkness and silence made one's senses exceptionally sharp, and also intensified Lin's unease.

She wanted to find something to talk about to dispel the tension.

"Senior, is your dream... really just to work at Konoha Hospital?"

"Um."

Qian Xuan didn't even bother to open his eyes.

Why?

"High pay, low workload, and close to home."

Lin was taken aback by his answer. She couldn't believe that someone who could say something like "I want to conquer Lady Tsunade" could have such a simple and unpretentious dream.

"Anything else?"

She pressed for an answer.

Qianxuan remained silent for a while, seemingly deep in thought.

"Probably... she wants that stupid woman who always loses at gambling to at least keep winning with me."

Lin was stunned.

Why are we bringing up Lady Tsunade again?

She wanted to ask something else.

Qianxuan's half-closed eyes suddenly snapped open.

A chilling killing intent flashed across his body.

"They're here."

Before he finished speaking, the first tripwire he had set up in the distance was silently triggered.

Qianxuan grabbed Lin's wrist and dragged her behind a huge tree, while simultaneously covering her mouth tightly with his other hand.

"Don't make a sound."

His voice was extremely low, like a cold wind blowing close to the ground.

A figure, like a black panther, silently landed where they had just been.

It was that Jonin from Iwagakure named Aoshui.