Chapter 143 New Difficulty In The Land of Wave Mission

The black chains whirled through the air like twisting serpents, their cold metallic gleam creating an inescapable net of death. In an instant, Team 7 found themselves thrust into a perilous battle.

'The attack method was familiar... but why were there three attackers?' Logan's hand dropped to his side. The ever-changing situation leave him no time to think too much for the time being.

Splurt...

The black chain exerted force suddenly, making an obstructing sound, and then the tied Kakashi was shredded to pieces.

"Ah!"

"Kakashi-sensei!"

The shocking visual impact made Team 7 realize what kind of situation they were in. However, having just left the village, their inexperienced hearts were unprepared to switch instantly into combat mode.

Logan's previously relaxed expression was gone as he focused on the three black-clad figures. He didn't need to worry about Kakashi, who used the Body Replacement Technique to escape, 'Who knew when that guy would reappear to make a dramatic entrance.'

'The pair of Demon Brothers have not changed, but there's one unfamiliar face added.'

Swish, swish…

Three shadows suddenly surrounded Logan, their eerie masks identifying them as Kirigakure's Ninjas, now visible to Team 7.

"This team actually has two Jonin, hehehe, but the result will be the same!" The Kirigakure's Ninja's eyes were cold and furious wild as the chains snaked towards Logan the same way as before, "The second one!"

'Judging by the speed and power he showed, this extra Kirigakure's Ninja..." Logan's face looked a little strange, but it was not because of the iron chains flying towards him, 'Is he a Tokubetsu Jonin?'

The chain was covered with spikes and contained poison. Logan took out two kunai with both hands, delicately turned them on his fingers several times, and calmly swung them in two directions.

"Ding!"

In In the midst of the black tide of chains, Logan's kunai struck precise junctions, halting the encircling force.

With a powerful step and Chakra-enhanced strength, he yanked the chains, causing the Kirigakure's Ninja to falter. The kunai had wedged into the chains, reversing the attack.

"What?" The newly emerged Kirigakure's Tokubetsu Jonin's eyes flashed with shock.

As said before, there were three of them.

Logan was about to make further moves when 'bang', one of the Demon Brothers staggered, and Sasuke stomped heavily on his head.

"You brat!" Seeing his brother spat out blood from the stomp, the other Demon Brother's eyes widened in rage. Just as he was about to extend his free hand—

The three Kirigakure's Ninjas were instantly thrown aside, and the specially installed iron chains on their right hands broke cleanly!

Exhaling lightly, a flash of lightning disappeared back into Logan's hands.

Sasuke, dissatisfied, pursed his lips and without a word, dashed towards the two fallen Demon Brothers. The enraged Demon Brothers stood up as well, shurikens clashing, fists striking, flips, side kicks, grabs, dodges... In the blink of an eye, they were engaged in fierce taijutsu combat.

"Incredible..." Tazuna, Sakura and Naruto were reduced to spectators and couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Damn it, that Konoha's Jonin..." Seeing that the situation was not good, the Kirigakure's Tokubetsu Jonin looked desperate and insane. Mustering all his strength, he charged directly at the defenseless Tazuna.

"Naruto, watch out!" Sakura screamed, as Naruto was between Tazuna and the Kirigakure's Tokubetsu Jonin.

Naruto's mouth was slightly opened. The enemy's right hand, bleeding from the shattered iron tools, approached with a ferocious expression like a demon. The unbridled killing intent rendered Naruto immobile. He wanted to raise his hand to block with a kunai or form the hand seal for the Shadow Clone Technique, but the innate fear of death froze his nerves.

Just as the imminent death was about to strike his face, in a flash, Kakashi, who was originally 'dead', suddenly appeared behind the Kirigakure's Ninja. He stretched out his hand and quickly grabbed the enemy's collar, and without giving him time to resist, he slammed the Kirigakure's Ninja into the ground.

Boom!

The Kirigakure's Ninja made intimate contact with the ground, and Naruto saw clearly the twisted expression on the other party's face, his features contorted, dirty blood seeping through the soil onto his shoes.

Naruto involuntarily took a step back.

Kakashi casually placed a kunai at the Kirigakure's Ninja's neck and nonchalantly said, "It's over."

Kakashi's performance was executed perfectly, but the cruel Kirigakure's Ninja did not surrender. With a roar, he grabbed the half-broken iron chain with his right hand and recklessly stabbed towards the nearby Naruto!

Kakashi frowned, and pressed down with his body and hands heavily, dislocating the joints on the right side of the enemy's body.

It is unknown what this Kirigakure's Tokubetsu Jonin has been through, as the left side of his body was now creaking and whining. He knew that if their mission failed, he would definitely die, and he would rather ruin his body to drag someone down with him!

Splurt…

The broken chain stabbed into the back of Naruto's hand as he tried to block it in panic.

Splurt…

Logan instantly appeared and cut off the enemy's head decisively, causing blood to flow.

"Why are you talking so much? Why don't you just kill him?" Logan glanced at Kakashi in confusion and kicked away the newly-dead body aside.

"I wanted to keep him alive for questioning." Kakashi stood up awkwardly, then paused and looked at the injured Naruto, "I'm sorry Naruto, I didn't expect you to just stand still."

'Hey, hey, that last part was a bit hurtful, you know.' Logan hesitated for a moment, but didn't say anything in the end. He also glanced at Naruto. At this moment, Naruto was already staring at the wound and thinking about life.

'Well, this is a necessary path for his growth.'

Logan then looked at the battle on the other side. Sasuke had already subdued the Demon Brothers. Those two weren't as insane as the recently deceased enemy. Once defeated, they lost their ferocity. Logan then came to Sasuke's side, and helped tie them up efficiently.

"Good job." Logan praised.

"Humph, it's nothing." Sasuke replied proudly. His face was slightly dirty, but he was uninjured. He then glanced back at Naruto.

"Dead last, are you okay?"

"Of course I'm fine!" Naruto had already recovered from the nervousness of his first battle. He shouted loudly in embarrassment and anger, "I just didn't react in time!"

"Naruto, that chain was laced with poison. Don't move too much." Kakashi reminded kindly, but this obviously had the opposite effect. Naruto immediately froze, stopped talking, and his face turned red. Everything that happened today had been terrible for him. The contrast between his bold proclamations of becoming the Hokage and his idiotic performance in the battle is very huge.

"Thank goodness, we're all safe..." Sakura sighed in relief and her body relaxed. She did not participate in the battle just now, but she was still frightened by the bloody and cruel scene.

"So, this is Ninja..." Tatsuna commented with a sigh, making his presence known.

The crisis came and went quickly. After the close call, the group decided to rest on the spot. With the Demon Brothers securely tied, Kakashi interrogated them to no avail.

He then began analyzing the unreasonable situation, and eventually turned his suspicion towards Tazuna for hiding the true nature of the mission.

Logan watched the scene quietly, while his mind was partially elsewhere, 'The plot has changed, is it because of my presence?'

Kakashi questioned Dazuna in a strict manner, and the old man from a small and poor country responded with sweat until he finally revealed the truth

'As soon as we came out, we encountered two Chunin and one Tokubetsu Jonin, this was already close to a low-level A-Rank mission.' Logan glanced at the planned route to the Land of Waves, suspecting it might differ from what he remembered.

With the mission difficulty sharply increasing, it was no longer suitable for Team 7, a Genin Team, to deal with it. In addition, Naruto's left hand was poisoned. So, as the leader of the team, Kakashi made a reasonable decision to abandon the mission and return to the village.

"I swear on the pain in my left hand!"

"I will no longer be afraid and run away from battles. I'll think calmly and fight actively! I won't hide behind others or let Sasuke steal the spotlight!"

"So, the mission continues!"

Logan looked up, surprised by Naruto's determination, 'Despite his shortcomings, Naruto possessed an inexplicable strength. He vowed through pain, and it can be said to be the beginning of his transformation.'

Logan smiled, 'Okay, let's see how the mission changes.'

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