Naruto was directly practicing the Flying Thunder God Technique in actual combat, which made Jiraiya frown.
"This kid Naruto, daring to practice the techniques of the same Ninjutsu in actual combat. I really don't know what he's thinking." Jiraiya, who was hiding nearby, shook his head and said.
The Genin from Kusagakure Village weren't a threat, but there was still an experienced jonin.
After multiple observations, the jonin from Kusagakure Village had already discovered that the elusive ninjutsu Naruto was using was actually Space–Time Ninjutsu.
Marks needed to be set in advance, and that oddly - shaped three - pronged Kunai was the marked teleportation point.
Every time Naruto teleported, he would first slash at the air. Only after completing half of the attack motion would Naruto teleport there.
Naruto's whole set of actions was very fixed.
"Hey... I didn't expect you to master Space–Time Ninjutsu. I really underestimated you." The jonin from Kusagakure Village said, "However, after you've used this ninjutsu multiple times, I've completely seen through the pattern in your repeated operation process."
Just then, Naruto tightly grasped a kunai with both hands and stabbed it forcefully into the air in front of him.
"Now's the time!" The jonin from Kusagakure Village quickly formed Hand Seals and shouted, "Fire Release! Great Fireball Jutsu!"
A large fireball instantly appeared, and the target of the jonin's attack was one of his own village's genin.
The Jonin from Kusagakure Village thought to himself: I have to sacrifice you because once that brat Naruto makes an attack motion, he will definitely teleport to the place where the three - pronged Kunai is located.
The fireball enveloped a genin from Kusagakure Village and completely burned him into a skeleton.
As planned, Naruto was also supposed to teleport to the genin's side and happen to be hit by the Great Fireball Jutsu. Naruto and the Kusagakure genin would be burned to death together.
The Jonin from Kusagakure Village showed a victorious smile. He thought he had taken out Naruto.
"Geez... You're so heartless, even going so far as to hurt your own people." Naruto scratched his head and said, "You're really terrifying."
"What?" The Jonin from Kusagakure Village was stunned. Why was Naruto still standing there? According to the plan, shouldn't he have teleported to the genin's side?
The Jonin from Kusagakure Village was in a daze for a while before asking, "Why are you still standing there? Shouldn't you have teleported to that genin's side?"
"Do you think I'm stupid?" Naruto pointed at the genin corpses all over the ground and said, "The genin you just burned to death was the last one. With you eyeing me nearby, if I teleported over, I'd definitely become a target."
Actually, Naruto had noticed it long ago. Naruto used the Kusagakure genin to practice the Flying Thunder God and killed them one by one, but the Jonin from Kusagakure Village never stepped in to stop him.
Just based on this, Naruto had already guessed what the Jonin from Kusagakure Village was up to.
The Jonin from Kusagakure Village just watched as his comrades were killed without lifting a finger. He mainly had two purposes.
First, it was to use the genin as bait and use their lives to figure out the secret of Naruto's Space–Time Ninjutsu.
The first objective has been accomplished.
Second, let Naruto kill most of the Kusagakure Genin. When there's only one Kusagakure Genin left, Naruto's target will be that Genin, and he'll definitely teleport next to the last Genin.
According to the Kusagakure Jonin's plan, when there's only one Kusagakure Genin left on the field, it's the best moment to kill Naruto.
The plan was great, but reality often doesn't go as planned.
Because the Kusagakure Jonin just watched his comrades being killed by Naruto without offering any help, Naruto had already seen through his scheme. So when there was only one Kusagakure Genin left on the field, Naruto didn't teleport there.
As Naruto had expected, the Kusagakure Jonin indeed launched an attack, unleashing a Great Fireball Jutsu that burned the Kusagakure Genin to a skeleton.
"My strategy outshines yours," Naruto said in a pretentious manner. "It's wiser to offend a Konoha Jonin than to provoke a Konoha Genin. Otherwise, you'll end up dead."
Naruto continued, "I deliberately used the same Ninjutsu against a group of Genin multiple times. Do you really think that's all I can do?"
"Damn it! I'm a Jonin, and you're just a Genin!" the Kusagakure Jonin roared. "Even if you've mastered Space–Time Ninjutsu, as long as I keep my distance from the three - pronged Kunai, you won't be able to do anything to me."
With an angry look on his face, the Kusagakure Jonin put some distance between himself and the three - pronged Kunai and circled around to get close to Naruto.
"Heh," Naruto sneered, looking at his opponent with a contemptuous look.
At this time, Jiraiya wanted to step in himself. After all, it was already a miracle that Naruto had managed to kill so many Genin. It would be very difficult for him to deal with a Jonin.
The Kusagakure Jonin avoided the three - pronged Kunai and circled around to get close to Naruto. Then he quickly formed Hand Seals and shouted, "Fire Release: Phoenix Tail Flower Jutsu!"
Countless small fireballs turned into a rain of fire and fell towards Naruto.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto shouted as he created numerous Shadow Clones to block the rain - like small fireballs.
Naruto secretly and successively threw several three - pronged Kunai.
Seeing so many three - pronged Kunai flying towards him, the Kusagakure Jonin was so scared that he quickly dodged.
"I can't get near these three - pronged Kunai. I must keep my distance," the Kusagakure Jonin thought, fixating all his attention on the three - pronged Kunai. He didn't realize that Naruto's real body had already approached him.
With a smile on his face, Naruto threw the three - pronged Kunai merely to distract his opponent. He never had the intention of using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Sure enough, his opponent was truly terrified by the Flying Thunder God Technique. All his attention was on the three - pronged Kunai, and he became as skittish as a bird startled by the twang of a bowstring.
By simply throwing the three - pronged Kunai, Naruto made his opponent keep dodging. And his opponent failed to notice that the direction he was dodging in was precisely where Naruto was.
Naruto reached out his hand and placed it on the Kusagakure Jonin. The next instant, Naruto and the Kusagakure Jonin vanished together.
Even Jiraiya was shocked.
Jiraiya leaped out of his hiding spot, looking around and saying, "Where's Naruto? He vanished with that Kusagakure Jonin?"
"Byakugan!" Hinata angrily activated her Byakugan and took the starting stance of the Gentle Fist. Right in front of Hinata, a three - pronged Kunai was embedded in the ground.
After Hinata got into position, the next second, Naruto teleported in with a Kusagakure Village Jonin.
"Gentle Fist!" Hinata glared, her palm strikes were as swift as punches and as fierce as gales, every move lethal. Each palm strike landed on the Kusagakure Jonin's meridians all over his body.
The Kusagakure Jonin still couldn't figure out how this little girl from the Hyuga clan suddenly appeared right in front of him and was attacking him with the Gentle Fist.
Actually, when Naruto sent Hinata away before, he secretly gave her a three - pronged Kunai. This was also one of Naruto's goals.
He wanted to test whether the Flying Thunder God Technique could be combined with Hinata's Gentle Fist.
Hinata's Gentle Fist required close - range combat, as it could only unleash its terrifying power up close.
The Flying Thunder God Technique was not only a Shifting Body Technique, but also a spatial Ninjutsu. If he used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring the enemy in front of Hinata, they could complete a coordinated attack.
"It works! They can be combined." Naruto watched Hinata excitedly.
"Ah—" Hinata struck with ferocity, completely different from her usual delicate self. Once she started attacking, she wouldn't stop until the opponent had no power to fight back.
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