Ch-31 'Burning Finger 1'.

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At this moment, Sasuke was practicing his swordsmanship when suddenly he received all the memories of his shadow clone. After sorting through them, Sasuke sheathed his sword and departed to inform Jugram.

Currently, in the training ground, only he and Jugram were present, as the other members of the 'Sternritter' had left for missions with their respective Jonin instructors.

Jugram, who had been meditating, opened his eyes upon sensing Sasuke's arrival. Looking at Sasuke, who had just approached him, Jugram asked, "Sasuke, is there something you need?"

"No, I came here to inform you that we are going on a C-rank mission outside Konoha," replied Sasuke.

Jugram nodded and said, "Okay, then let's go. After preparing, let's meet at the gate of Konoha."

Sasuke nodded, and both Jugram and Sasuke left to prepare materials for traveling outside the village.

After almost an hour, every member of Team 7 met at the gate of Konoha.

"Are you sure these brats will be able to protect me?" asked Tazuna.

"You don't have to worry. I'm a Jonin and will be sufficient to protect you," said Kakashi. As he spoke, he discreetly restrained Naruto with his hand, knowing Naruto was quite angry at Tazuna for calling him a brat.

Afterward, everyone departed from Konoha. While leaving, Jugram sensed the presence of two ninjas on a tree to his right and immediately deduced that they must be the 'Demon Brothers' of Kirigakure. However, Jugram not only sensed the presence of the 'Demon Brothers' but also detected another individual on a tree to his left, of whom he was unaware.

"The presence of this person is unexpected," thought Jugram as he continued moving with Team 7 without mentioning anything about the presence of these three.

Team 7 continued moving towards their destination, the 'Land of Waves'. After traveling for quite a distance, they crossed a small puddle of water on the ground.

Jugram and Sasuke, possessing sharp sensing abilities, could discern the presence of two people in the water puddle. Despite this, they continued moving, ignoring the water puddle.

As soon as Team 7 passed the water puddle, the 'Demon Brothers' emerged from hiding and attacked Kakashi, who was at the rear of the team.

Gozu and Meizu, the 'Demon Brothers', wielded their retractable shuriken-styled chains and sliced Kakashi into pieces. This was apparent to others, but both Jugram and Sasuke could see that Kakashi had used the 'Substitution Technique' just before being sliced. Thus, it was not Kakashi who got sliced, but rather a wooden log.

Then, sensing Jugram's potential danger, the 'Demon Brothers' turned their attack towards him. They aimed their shuriken-styled chains at Jugram, attempting to slice him. However, Jugram swiftly unsheathed his sword and, in a single strike, cut the shuriken-styled chain in half. As a result, the chain connecting both brothers was severed.

Sasuke chose Gozu as his opponent, and Jugram selected Meizu as his, but both of them were holding back against Meizu and Gozu. They wanted to ascertain who the actual target of assassination was for these two. Jugram, of course, knew that the 'Demon Brothers' were targeting none other than Tazuna. However, he couldn't openly reveal this fact, so he played along.

Soon, Meizu and Gozu broke free from their engagements with Jugram and Sasuke and launched their attack on their real target of assassination, Tazuna. Naruto, who had been standing dumbfounded after witnessing the surprise attack, was struck by Gozu's claw as Gozu pushed Naruto aside to reach Tazuna.

Finally, it became clear that the target of the 'Demon Brothers' was none other than Tazuna. Jugram stated, "I will take the one on the right."

Sasuke understood that Jugram was referring to the attacker on the right, so he chose the one on the left.

Both Jugram and Sasuke moved at incredible speed, appearing in front of Tazuna to defend him from the 'Demon Brothers' assassination attempt.

Jugram simply punched Gozu in the face. As Gozu recoiled in pain, Jugram kicked him in the gut, sending Gozu flying until he crashed into a tree.

On the other hand, Sasuke attacked Meizu with his sword. Meizu defended himself with his iron claw, but Sasuke's strength forced Meizu to take a few steps back. Seeing this as an opportunity, Sasuke pointed one finger towards Meizu and executed the move 'Burning Finger 1'.

A beam of fire shot from Sasuke's finger and struck Meizu's left shoulder, destroying his left arm.

Meizu fell to the ground, shouting in pain.

Both Jugram and Sasuke acted swiftly, tying the 'Demon Brothers' to a tree.

After tying up the 'Demon Brothers', Sasuke looked towards stupefied Naruto and said, "Loser."

Just then, an angry voice interrupted, "What do you both mean by allowing these two to get near me? I could have been killed by those two," exclaimed Tazuna.

At that moment, Kakashi appeared beside Jugram and Sasuke and remarked, "You both did a good job."

Seeing Kakashi completely unharmed, Naruto and Sakura were surprised, but Jugram and Sasuke, who knew the truth, were not surprised at all.

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