Chapter 345: The Fated Team 7

"The opponents at the level of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist didn't even have a chance to struggle..."

"What level of strength has he reached now..."

Seeing Yu effortlessly kill Kurosuki Raiga, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, and Konoha's rogue ninja Aoi Rokusho, who wielded the Sword of the Thunder God, Kakashi's grave expression did not relax in the slightest. "And the 'script' he mentioned—could he be planning something..."

"He looks even younger than Kakashi-sensei..."

The three Genin kids beside him were already stunned by the scene before them. Naruto, with his spiky blonde hair, gaped, "He... he actually... killed the enemies that even Kakashi-sensei couldn't defeat so easily..."

"Damn it, the enemy we struggled so hard to face was taken down by him in an instant..."

"So what was the point of us fighting so desperately just now!!"

On the other side, the heavily injured Sasuke clenched his fists tightly, hating his own powerlessness. At this rate, when will he be able to kill that man?

"Really?! So...so cool!!"

Among the three, Sakura stared at Yu with infatuation, her second personality screaming internally, "Forehead girl Ino... you probably never imagined that there could be someone in this world even cooler than Sasuke, right?!"

"Hey! Who the hell are you! How dare you interfere and kill my opponents!!"

Ignoring the varied expressions on the faces of the three kids beside him, Yu had just returned Entei to Kaio's alternate space when he noticed a flash of orange before his eyes. Naruto Uzumaki had run all the way up to him, glaring fiercely. "Even if you hadn't intervened, I, Naruto Uzumaki, could have defeated that annoying guy just now!!"

"Naruto! Stop right now!!"

Seeing Naruto's reckless move, Kakashi hurriedly stepped in to stop him.

Though he had once been an acquaintance in Konoha, considering everything that had happened with Yu over the past few years and all the incidents he had caused, there was no one more dangerous in the world right now than him.

Moreover, no one could determine Yu's purpose for suddenly appearing here, nor could they be sure of his current attitude towards Konoha. No one could guarantee that he wouldn't suddenly attack and kill everyone present in the next moment.

"Kid, don't you remember me?"

Seeing the brash Naruto yelling at him, Yu found it somewhat amusing. After all, a loud voice and a thick-skinned nature are common traits of all hot-blooded anime protagonists.

"You... you are..."

Naruto was about to retort when Yu called him "kid," but upon meeting Yu's young, handsome face, he was taken aback. His gaze became somewhat unfocused, and his thoughts seemed to drift back a few years...

"It's not those who become Hokage that are acknowledged by everyone, but those who are acknowledged by everyone that become Hokage."

A sentence he had always remembered suddenly flashed through his mind like a bolt of lightning. Naruto's blue eyes widened abruptly, "You're the big brother from back then?!"

"Naruto, you idiot, you actually know such a handsome guy?!"

Surprised that Naruto knew this charming, white-haired handsome guy, Sakura, in a lovestruck manner, immediately leaned over.

"Yeah... I met him in Konoha before..."

"He even treated Hinata and me to Ichiraku Ramen back then!!"

Naruto, now fully recalling, explained to Sakura beside him.

"I remember now! It's you?!"

At this moment, Sasuke on the other side also finally recognized Yu. His emotions suddenly became extremely agitated as he pulled out a Kunai and charged forward, "You're that man's and Shisui's friend! Die!!"

"This is really interesting..."

"After all, I once taught you Ninjutsu in the Uchiha Clan, and now you want to kill me so badly..."

Facing Sasuke charging at him with a Kunai, Yu's lips curled into a playful smile as he lightly flicked his finger.

Bang!!

Without any surprise, Sasuke, holding the Kunai, was tripped by nearly invisible Chakra Threads in the air and was sent flying to the ground.

"You're too weak..."

Yu's casual words pierced Sasuke's fragile heart like a sharp sword, "That's why Itachi doesn't even have the interest to kill you..."

"I'm too weak? So that man doesn't even have the interest to kill me??"

Lying helplessly on the ground, Sasuke's eyes were hollow, and he muttered Yu's words to himself. He remembered that man had once told him the same thing.

"Don't mention that man's name in front of me again!!"

But snapping back to reality, hearing Yu mention that cursed name again, Sasuke, driven to a near hysterical state by the intense mental strain, growled in a low voice. His originally black eyes gradually turned blood-red, with a black Tomoe spinning continuously within them.

Awakened the Sharingan?!

To Yu's surprise, Sasuke, who hadn't fought Haku like in the anime, awakened the Uchiha Clan's Kekkei Genkai Sharingan after being provoked by a single sentence. Yu raised his eyebrows, wondering if this was destiny's arrangement.

"Why..."

"Why didn't a powerful guy like you kill that man when you suppressed the Uchiha Clan?!"

"If you had killed him back then... none of this would have happened..."

Lying helplessly on the ground, the newly awakened Sharingan, Sasuke, couldn't help but shed tears.

"Sa... Sasuke, he..."

Naruto and Sakura, who had never seen Sasuke like this, were stunned. Only Yu and Kakashi present could understand the pain and resentment in this child's heart.

"Yu-sama!!"

At that moment, two voices suddenly broke the somber atmosphere on the bridge.

A slight breeze blew past, and two youths appeared behind Yu, seemingly out of nowhere.

Such speed...

Kakashi widened his Sharingan in shock. He hadn't even noticed when these two youths had approached, indicating that their abilities were at least at the Jonin level.

These two kids...

How is it possible...

Moreover, what shocked Kakashi even more was that the two boys who suddenly appeared behind Yu were not much older than Naruto and Sasuke, at most around fourteen or fifteen years old.

"Did you get here so quickly... Are you feeling better?"

Seeing that Haku and Kimimaro had followed the marks he left and caught up, Yu simply nodded without paying any attention to Kakashi and the others' surprised looks.

"Much better. I'm fine now, Yu-sama."

Hearing Yu's concern, Kimimaro immediately responded, his pale face finally showing a bit of color.

"Oh right, I forgot to introduce them..."

"They are my subordinates—Haku and Kimimaro..."

Noticing the astonished looks from Kakashi and the others, Yu introduced Haku and Kimimaro to them.

But soon, in the next second, his Observation Haki seemed to sense something. His gaze, somewhat playful, fell on the confused Water Mist on the bridge in front of him. "But now it seems there are still quite a few unlucky guys who don't understand the situation here..."

"Raiga and Aoi Rokusho, those two useless wastes..."

"I told you, ninjas can't be trusted..."

Sure enough, just as Yu finished speaking, an untimely voice reached their ears.

A middle-aged man in a black suit and wearing black sunglasses emerged from the mist, leading over a hundred samurai and ronin, surrounding the entire bridge.

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