"This is your Class 7's C-rank mission this time: escort this Mr. Tazuna back to the Land of Waves to build a bridge. Mr. Tazuna, once the candidate is confirmed, this mission can be considered to have begun."

The Third Hokage's shadow clone looked at the old drunkard in front of him and began to read the C-rank mission request verbatim.

When the salted fish reluctantly accepted the request, Tazuna, who seemed to still be drunk, immediately started causing trouble. After all, an unreliable adult and three even more unreliable kids couldn't possibly protect him from Gato's attack.

However, before he could even utter a word, a sense of impending doom washed over him, jolting him awake from his slightly drunken stupor. He then nodded earnestly.

Seeing Tazuna's current suspicious and paranoid state, Lin Nian, who had personally caused all of this, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, the team consisting of elite Jonin Zabuza, special Jonin Haku, and two Chunin who were just extras was not something that other Jonin teams in Konoha could handle.

Unfortunately, this year's graduating genin squad consists of only three classes. If he, as the strongest among them, doesn't step up, he'll really be throwing the cat out the window.

Whether others can survive this or not is unclear, but the remaining six main characters definitely won't survive, so it can be considered that the capable are doing more work.

After a long and arduous journey, with the panting salted fish and Tazuna bound hand and foot with the Diamond Lock by the little blond hair and swaying violently in mid-air, they finally stepped into the Land of Waves. With the appearance of two small puddles, Lin Nian finally knew that the story had begun!

"Why don't you go?"

Lin Nian gestured with her eyes to the cool-looking guy who was holding a knife and didn't look like a ninja, hoping he would go and handle the situation.

However, Sasuke doesn't want to make a move against this weakling who barely reaches the level of Chunin. After all, he's quite curious whether he could forge a sword worthy of the scabbard if he melted down all seven ninja swords.

"Not interested. Why don't you send Naruto instead?"

Lin Nian deciphered the information contained in the little cool guy's crimson Sharingan, and glanced at Naruto Uzumaki, who had now put Tazuna down but seemed to be a little taller than in the original story...

"I'll go! Otherwise, that decapitation blade will be even more embarrassing than not hitting anything at all. It'll just be aimed directly at the head!"

Thinking about the strange image of Naruto Uzumaki being split open with a single slash, and wondering why Naruto Uzumaki, who had been treated well by Sasuke Uchiha all these years, still didn't grow tall, Lin Nian had a thought, and two towering trees instantly grew out of the puddle.

Accompanied by two mournful cries, traces of blood were left on the dark blue-silver tree.

brush…

A strange sound rang out as a huge object was thrown into the air, but in the next instant, a flash of lightning appeared in front of Lin Nian and slashed through him, directly splitting the decapitation blade that was heading straight for Lin Nian's chest in two.

Then, accompanied by the chirping of a thousand birds, and with a helpless look on Xianyu's face—"How come this kid uses the Chidori better than me?"—he rushed straight into the grove.

boom!

With a loud bang, Zabuza, who had just used a Water Wall in a hurry, was punched away by Sasuke Uchiha.

Its equally impressive mastery of the monstrous strength punch, after incorporating the Chidori, directly gave this A-rank ninjutsu the potential to advance to S-rank.

The moment he shattered the water barrier with a punch, he also slashed directly at Zabuza's chakra connection to release water jutsu, causing Zabuza, who had finally landed after being thrown back, to start convulsing all over.

"You...you're underestimating me!"

A terrifying pressure of chakra erupted, and the cool guy stared at the scarlet three-tomoe jade, his body crackling with lightning as he pointed his sword at Zabuza Momochi.

After all, how dare they look down on him, on Uchiha Sasuke? That's the greatest disrespect!

"Cough cough cough... Hehehehehehe... A few years ago, rumors circulated in the ninja world that the Uchiha clan was wiped out by the S-rank rogue ninja Uchiha Itachi, leaving only one young child alive. But I never expected that you would actually..."

"Mentioning him is the most foolish decision you've ever made..."

The chilling words that echoed in his ears sent a shiver down his spine. Before he could react, his mind was filled with a pair of scarlet three-tomoe jade pendants.

Then, as bright red blood blossomed, Zabuza Momochi, an elite Jonin, fell to the ground, lifeless, his face filled with shock and disbelief.

With a slight flick of his wrist, Sasuke shook the blood off the blade, turned and walked away, silently sheathing his sword. Only then did Sasuke, who had finally realized the true fighting strength of his three disciples, finally retract his dead fish eyes.

He raised his headband in surprise, his three tomoe spinning incessantly, filled with confusion and bewilderment.

However, the three tomoe that were revealed still made him realize something was wrong. He quickly shouted "Be careful!" and then ran towards Sasuke. After all, putting aside the fact that he was of the same clan as Obito Uchiha, just looking at how well Obito used Chidori, which was almost divine, he was the successor sent to him by the heavens!

Before he could even use a Body Flicker Technique to close the distance, he saw a slender figure, who looked only a few years older than Uchiha Sasuke and the others, suddenly appear, wielding countless ice spikes and attacking the blind spot in Uchiha Sasuke's vision.

"They finally came out. This scene feels so familiar!"

A burst of purple lightning suddenly erupted, shattering all the ice spikes. Uchiha Sasuke drew his sword and turned to slash, slicing through Haku's neck with perfect accuracy.

Amidst the specks of crimson ice flowers formed by the chilling air, this handsome man, whose name could be ranked among the best in the entire Naruto world, also quietly faded away.

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