Naruto: Off the Rails from Tsunade’s Lap Pillow!

"Lord Hokage, be careful!"

Four Jonin from the Shimura clan rushed to Natsume's side right away.

Taking advantage of the confusion, they quickly took up positions at the four corners around Natsume.

Rasa took two steps back while holding a teacup in his hand.

The next moment, a deep red barrier rose from the ground.

"Damn it, what are you doing?"

Kurenai Yuhi, who was also trapped in there, instantly felt something off and demanded, "Is the Shimura clan rebelling?"

"This is not a rebellion."

The middle-aged ninja leading the group said in a deep, serious voice, "Natsume is far too young. Under his leadership, Konoha has no hope for the future. We're just trying to get Konoha back on track and welcome a real Hokage."

"Interesting,"

Rasa sipped his tea and said, "Lord Hokage, it seems you have to deal with your internal affairs first."

"But is Lord Kazekage planning to interfere?"

Natsume glanced at Hizashi Hyuga and the others who were blocked and asked.

But considering the gravity of the situation, they held back from taking action.

"This is merely a response to the Hokage's humiliation of Sunagakure Village earlier."

Rasa smiled indifferently, "You always have to pay the price for saying the wrong thing, right?"

"Where are the other members of the Shimura clan?"

Natsume asked casually, "I'm afraid four of you can't achieve much."

Tadomichi Shimura proudly revealed himself. The situation was so favorable that he just couldn't hold back.

Hizashi Hyuga and the others couldn't provide support for the moment.

Natsume was trapped by the barrier.

And there was also Danzo Shimura who hadn't made a move.

How could they lose?

"Did you ever think about today's outcome during the meeting two days ago?"

Tadomichi Shimura asked cheerfully.

"All the clan's elites are here,"

Natsume didn't answer his question. He scanned the ninjas behind him and couldn't help but sigh.

There were nine of them in total, all Jonin.

For a ninja clan, having nine Jonin is quite an accomplishment.

The Shimura clan has clearly sent everyone, going all out.

"Uncle Hizashi,"

Natsume suddenly called out.

"Lord Hokage, what are your orders?"

Hizashi Hyuga had already activated his Byakugan and assumed a Gentle Fist stance as he confronted Baki.

On both sides of him stood Might Gai and Kakashi Hatake.

"The Shimura clan is trying to assassinate the Hokage and stage a rebellion. I command you to arrest them."

Natsume said calmly.

"But..."

Hizashi Hyuga was stunned. Shouldn't the top priority be to break the barrier and get you to safety?

Sunagakure Village's stance is clear; they're siding with the Shimura clan.

Although Konoha's envoy group is powerful, there aren't enough of them to take on an entire ninja village.

The most reasonable order would be to retreat.

"The Hokage is in such a dire situation yet still dares to boast,"

Tadomichi Shimura sneered when he heard this. "As expected, he's just too young and naive!"

"Shut up!"

Natsume raised his hand and punched out.

The barrier instantly cracked and turned into stardust, vanishing in the wind.

Tadomichi Shimura opened his eyes in disbelief.

What's going on?

Did I fall into an illusion?

This is a barrier constructed by four Jonin.

Tadomichi Shimura was confident that even the Hokage couldn't break it for a while.

Kurenai Yuhi let out a sigh of relief.

But she didn't run away.

Instead, she stood beside Natsume and took out a Kunai.

She knew very well how she got everything she had now.

If the Shimura clan's rebellion succeeded, she would naturally lose the privilege of being the Hokage's secretary.

This was something she couldn't allow.

Rasa frowned.

Is this all?

Natsume's punch just now was delivered so effortlessly.

It made Rasa think that the four Jonin of the Shimura clan were too pathetic.

He thought to himself that he had to step in.

"Sister Kurenai, go to Uncle Hizashi."

Natsume glanced at Kurenai Yuhi and was quite satisfied with her performance.

If she had turned around and run away, no matter how beautiful she was, it would have been meaningless.

"Be a good girl and don't worry about me."

Seeing her hesitation, Natsume said again, "This is an order."

Kurenai Yuhi hesitated for a few seconds and then jumped off the high platform.

Now there were only Natsume, Rasa, and five Shimura clan ninjas led by Tadomichi Shimura left.

"Kill him!"

Tadomichi Shimura stared fixedly at Natsume.

The other four immediately formed Hand Seals.

But the next moment, they were all kicked away by Natsume and landed near Hizashi Hyuga.

Tadomichi Shimura's heart skipped a beat.

He didn't even see Natsume's movements clearly.

A sense of crisis welled up.

He immediately left the high platform, leaving Natsume to Rasa and the unknown whereabouts of Danzo Shimura.

Tadomichi Shimura gathered with all the Shimura clan ninjas.

The battle immediately began.

"Whoa! Leaf Whirlwind[b]Leaf Whirlwind[/b]!"

Might Guy immediately turned into a green storm and rushed out.

Kakashi Hatake revealed his Sharingan and formed Hand Seals with both hands.

Kunai Lightning Cutter[b]Kunai Lightning Cutter[/b]!

He compressed the Lightning Cutter into a Kunai and shot it forward at an extremely fast speed, surpassing Might Guy and stabbing directly at the ninja in front.

Blood immediately splashed.

"Kakashi! The youth competition begins!"

Might Guy didn't care about being robbed of the kill. Instead, he got excited.

Wind Release: Great Vacuum Cannon[b]Wind Release: Great Vacuum Cannon[/b]!

Tadomichi Shimura immediately launched a counter - attack.

He took a deep breath and spat out several Wind Release light balls from his mouth.

This chapter isn't over!

"Be careful!"

Kurenai Yuhi reminded.

She quickly formed Hand Seals and activated Genjutsu.

The attacker's vision blurred, and he was immediately wrapped by a giant tree.

Kurenai Yuhi appeared on top of him and stabbed a Kunai into his neck.

Although her Genjutsu is nothing compared to Itachi Uchiha's, she is already an outstanding Jonin among them.

Ordinary ninjas would easily fall for it.

Seeing that the Shimura clan ninjas were in a tough battle, Baki narrowed his eyes and didn't hesitate to join the fight.

Wind Release: Blade of Wind[b]Wind Release: Blade of Wind[/b]!

Sharp Chakra like a knife emerged from his fingertips. In an instant, an extremely thin circular wind blade about twenty centimeters in diameter was formed.

In the original story, Hayate Gekko was instantly killed by this Ninjutsu.

Baki casually flicked his hand, and a wind blade shot towards Kakashi Hatake at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall![b]Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall![/b]

How could Kakashi Hatake ignore Baki?

He reacted the moment Baki made the hand seals.

He channeled his chakra into the ground, and a dirt wall carved with a dog's head rose up.

But the wind blade only paused for two seconds before breaking through it.

A shrill bird cry rang out.

Lightning Cutter![b]Lightning Cutter![/b]

The wind and lightning clashed, instantly erupting with intense fluctuations.

"The First Technician of Konoha really lives up to his reputation," Baki said seriously.

As soon as he finished speaking, he launched a fierce offensive against Kakashi Hatake.

The battles around them did not affect the high platform.

"The Hokage is young, but he has great composure. How can he stay calm like this?" Rasa asked in surprise.

"Likewise," Natsume smiled and asked, "Kazekage-sama, why aren't you taking action? What are you waiting for? Just call out the Jinchuriki."

"You know?" Rasa's eyes narrowed, and a bad premonition welled up in his heart.

Natsume had even guessed the existence of the Jinchuriki, which meant he had anticipated this.

He knew it was a trap but still stepped into it.

Either he was stupid, or he was confident.

But Natsume was obviously not the former.

Due to the uneasiness in his heart, Rasa directly smashed the teacup.

Sand Binding Coffin![b]Sand Binding Coffin![/b]

In an instant, countless quicksands sprang up from the ground and wrapped the two of them up in a spinning motion.

Rasa frowned.

Although he knew this was Gaara's personality, this indiscriminate attack still made him a little dissatisfied.

After all, I'm your father.

Rasa waved his hand, and a large hole appeared in the sand wall in front of him, allowing him to leave.

Only Natsume, who was submerged, was left.

"Die!" Gaara stared at the scene with killing intent all over his face, extremely excited.

Rasa was slightly stunned.

This was too easy.

The next moment, the quicksand was immediately shaken away.

Natsume appeared unscathed.

Rasa wasn't very surprised.

"That's it!" Gaara raised his hand.

Sand Drizzle![b]Sand Drizzle![/b]

Natsume's feet were immediately entangled by the quicksand.

While fixing him in place, a yellow rain fell from above his head.

Like bullets, it pierced through his body.

But the expected scene of blood splashing did not appear. Instead, he turned into a puddle of water.

It was a Kage Clone.

"Gaara, it's a pleasure to meet you for the first time," Natsume appeared in front of him with a smile on his face.

Gaara expressionlessly hooked his finger.

Instantly, the quicksand on the ground turned into a huge hand and slapped out directly.

Natsume clenched his fist, passed through the huge hand, and slammed down.

"Ah!" Gaara let out a shrill scream.

He had a layer of sand shield from his mother, Karura, which could automatically defend.

Therefore, he had never been broken through his defense since childhood and had never felt pain.

But Natsume easily broke through this layer of sand shield.

Rasa couldn't help but widen his eyes.

What the hell?

At this moment, he understood that the previous barrier failure was not because the four Jonin of the Shimura clan were incompetent, but because Natsume was just too incredible.

Gaara, who was suffering intense pain, suddenly had a lot of sand appear around him, quickly forming a round shield.

Desert Wave Technique[b]Desert Wave Technique[/b]!

An extremely powerful defensive ninjutsu.

In the original story, Sasuke Uchiha could only barely break through a bit of its defense with his Lightning Cutter[b]Lightning Cutter[/b].

Natsume clapped his hands together and entered Sage Mode[b]Sage Mode[/b].

Sage Art: Chakra Enhanced Strength[b]Sage Art: Chakra Enhanced Strength[/b]!

He punched out again.

The entire sand shield exploded with a loud noise.

Gaara was sent flying backwards and landed on the ground, coughing up blood.

"Ah!"

His body quickly swelled and turned into a huge mass of yellow sand.

"Hahaha, I'm finally out!"

The excited voice of Shukaku rang out.

Following that was its fat body that was large enough to block everyone's sight.

The battles between Baki, Kakashi Hatake and others were forced to stop.

Because Shukaku was simply too big and had seriously affected them.

Moreover, tailed beasts and jinchuriki had always been feared by ninjas.

"We're sure to win!"

Baki showed a confident smile.

On both sides of him were Kanpo and Temari who had rushed over.

They were trembling all over as they stared at Shukaku.

Such a colossal creature was simply unbeatable.

"On the contrary, Kurenai Yuhi's face turned pale."

Not only her, but also many Konoha ninjas felt desperate.

In everyone's knowledge, only tailed beasts could deal with tailed beasts.

And this time, the Nine - Tailed Jinchuriki, Naruto Uzumaki, hadn't come at all.

"It seems I have to use that move," Might Guy said seriously, "Kakashi, this was originally reserved for you, but now I have to use it."

"Ohh!!"

"..."

Kakashi Hatake knew he was talking about the Eight Gates Formation[b]Eight Gates Formation[/b].

But leaving it for me? Isn't that a bit too much?

"Kid!"

Shukaku's loud voice rang out.

It looked at Natsume and slapped its belly hard with its two little chubby hands.

Wind Release: Air Bullets[b]Wind Release: Air Bullets[/b]!

Among all tailed beasts, it's unique. It's the only one that has learned how to use ninjutsu.

Maybe it was because it had less chakra.

The other tailed beasts rely on brute force. Brute force gets the job done; just go all out without thinking too much.

This also led to a situation where jinchuriki were far more powerful than tailed beasts.

For example, after Naruto Uzumaki activated various modes, his performance exceeded that of Kurama.

The most direct example was actually Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Although she was more powerful in terms of strength, she had no combat experience and was eventually sealed by Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha.

If it was Madara, he'd have knocked them off right then and there.

Actually, Gaara without Shukaku in the later stage performed even better.

Because their relationship wasn't that good, and he wasn't a perfect jinchuriki, so he couldn't unleash his full power.

A super - large wind ball formed in the air and smashed towards Natsume.

"Let's be real, it's kinda a waste."

At least that's what Rasa thought.

Natsume calmly formed hand seals.

Just as the wind ball was about to hit him, a wall made of water appeared in front of him.

"Is this the Water Formation Wall[b]Water Formation Wall[/b]?"

Rasa's pupils shrank, and his face was full of surprise.

An ordinary Water Formation Wall[b]Water Formation Wall[/b] was only about two meters tall.

But this one was actually twenty meters tall.

This was no longer a Water Formation Wall[b]Water Formation Wall[/b], but a wall that reached the sky.

As the battle went on, Rasa increasingly felt that something was amiss.

Natsume's strength had exceeded his expectations time and time again.

He was somewhat glad that he hadn't intervened himself.

Considering the strength with which he could punch through Gaara, this frail - looking boy really couldn't withstand it.

Thankfully, Natsume was still human.

And his opponent was Shukaku[b]Shukaku[/b].

"Damn it! I hate water the most!"

Shukaku slapped its belly again.

Wind Release: Sand Bullet Shot[b]Wind Release: Sand Bullet Shot[/b]!

Gigantic sand bullets, as big as basketballs, swept out in a deluge.

"Damn it..."

Just as Might Guy was about to open the seventh gate of the Eight Gates[b]Eight Gates[/b], he abruptly froze.

In an instant, centered around Natsume, countless trees shot up from the ground and grew rapidly.

A rare sight appeared in the desert that had been barren of greenery for ages.

A forest[b]forest[/b] replaced the yellow sand.

Wood Release: Nativity of a Sea of Trees[b]Wood Release: Nativity of a Sea of Trees[/b]!

Natsume mused that since he aimed for a spectacular effect, he might as well go the whole hog.

Although some people might associate it with the mysterious Wood Release[b]Wood Release[/b] user from a few years ago, the persona he had used before, he wasn't afraid now that he was the Hokage[b]Hokage[/b].

Moreover, he looked completely different from that persona, both in appearance and age.

He had just graduated from the Ninja Academy[b]Ninja Academy[/b] back then.

It was hardly possible to think they were the same person.

Most importantly, the Sarutobi clan[b]Sarutobi clan[/b] had already revealed their Wood Release[b]Wood Release[/b] ability before.

They would probably think that Natsume's Wood Release[b]Wood Release[/b] also came from the same source.

"Is that Wood Release[b]Wood Release[/b]?!"

Hizashi Hyuga and the others watched the scene in front of them in utter shock.

Natsume waved his hand casually, and all the sand bullets were blocked.

It was as easy as drinking water.

A look of awe and admiration appeared on Kurenai Yuhi's delicate face.

She had previously met Wood Release[b]Wood Release[/b] ninjas from the Sarutobi clan[b]Sarutobi clan[/b].

But their Wood Release[b]Wood Release[/b] was only slightly more powerful than ordinary elemental ninjutsu.

It was nothing like the terrifying Wood Release[b]Wood Release[/b] of the legendary God of Ninjas, Hashirama Senju.

However, Natsume's Wood Release[b]Wood Release[/b] could resist Shukaku[b]Shukaku[/b].

This was undoubtedly different.

"What the hell is this?"

Kanpo was trembling as he stared at the suddenly - appearing forest[b]forest[/b].

"Quick, retreat!"

Baki looked at the spreading trees with a solemn expression. He grabbed his two apprentices and fled backward.

The other ninjas from Sunagakure Village[b]Sunagakure Village[/b] did the same.

Those who were slow were immediately engulfed in the sea of trees, screaming in pain.

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