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Chapter 55: Unexpected! An Encounter with Team 7
Chapter 55: Unexpected! An Encounter with Team 7
After leaving the Divine Meteor Valley, Yuyi Xuan Yue now found himself in an ordinary town.
Although the several letters from the Fourth Raikage, Ay, had stirred unease in the ninja world, life went on as usual for the common folk who were not involved in the affairs of ninjas.
Take this small town, for example; it rarely saw any ninjas throughout the year, and its residents continued to live their peaceful lives.
However, today, in addition to Yuyi Xuan Yue, there were several uninvited guests with forehead protectors of Konoha.
"Sasuke, are you alright? Why don't we take a rest here?"
Sakura carefully supported Sasuke, who was wrapped in bandages, and asked with concern.
After Tsunade successfully became the Fifth Hokage, due to Kakashi having another mission, the newly formed Team 7, consisting of Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto, had taken on a B-rank mission in the Land of Tea. During the mission, they had encountered the rogue ninja Midori Aoi, who had stolen the Sword of Raijin. Although they had managed to defeat her, Sasuke had sustained serious injuries.
As Sakura had not yet learned medical ninjutsu, she could only provide basic first aid to Sasuke and planned to seek further treatment upon returning to the village.
After a long and tiring journey, they passed through this town, and noticing Sasuke's fatigue, Sakura suggested they take a break.
Naruto enthusiastically raised his hand in agreement, "Yeah, yeah! Sasuke, you're covered in cold sweat. Let's take a rest here. I'm hungry too; let's get something to eat first!"
Hearing this, Sasuke's expression changed.
Seeing Naruto, who was now full of energy despite also sustaining injuries during the mission in the Land of Tea, Sasuke's thoughts turned to the fact that they had been able to defeat Midori Aoi mainly because of Naruto, and a nameless anger suddenly rose within him.
He coldly replied, "No need! Let's head back to Konoha now!"
With that, Sasuke forcefully shook off Sakura's supporting arm, gritting his teeth and enduring the pain as he strode away.
"Sasuke!!!"
Sakura, filled with worry, quickly chased after him.
Seeing this, Naruto could only follow, scratching his head as he asked, "Sasuke, are you sure you don't want to eat something? Or should I carry you?"
Although Sasuke knew that Naruto's offer came from a simple and genuine place, he couldn't help but overthink, and he clenched his fists, continuing to ignore them as he walked ahead.
Until he looked up and saw someone walking towards him.
"Danger!!!!"
In that instant, Sasuke's exceptionally keen senses kicked in, and his pupils constricted as his two tomoe Sharingan activated on its own.
He halted in his tracks, staring intently at the person walking casually towards them, and a bead of cold sweat unknowingly formed on his forehead.
"Sasuke, what's wro-"
Sakura, who had been running to catch up, was confused by Sasuke's sudden stop and was about to ask a question.
Sasuke suddenly snapped out of his daze and grabbed Sakura's arm, pulling her forcefully behind him.
The force was so strong that it caused a pained expression to appear on Sakura's face.
"Sakura!! Sasuke, you jerk..."
Seeing this, Naruto rushed forward angrily.
But before he could reprimand Sasuke,
Suddenly!
Naruto's eyes caught a glimpse of someone familiar in his peripheral vision.
"It's...it's you!!!!"
Naruto pointed at the person, his face filled with excitement.
What was his name again?
He had forgotten for a moment.
But he remembered that not long ago, this guy had threatened to harm Tsunade-obaasan and forcibly taken away a ninjutsu scroll.
"You thief! Naruto-sama has finally found you!"
Without waiting for a response, Naruto eagerly rolled up his sleeves, ready to use the Rasengan he had learned to teach the person a lesson.
"Wait, Naruto!"
Although Sasuke didn't know who the person in front of him was, his keen instincts told him that this person was extremely dangerous.
He wanted to stop the reckless Naruto from rushing into a potentially deadly situation.
Naruto had just taken a step forward when his body froze.
It wasn't that Sasuke had truly stopped him.
Instead, Yuyi Xuan Yue cast a calm glance in their direction.
Just a single glance.
Yet, the usually fearless Naruto found his body seizing up, his face turning pale, and his whole body shaking uncontrollably.
"What...what is this?! Move! Why aren't you moving?!"
Contrary to his outward appearance, Naruto's heart was screaming in rage.
But it was to no avail.
In that moment, Naruto felt like he had reverted to his initial state of blank astonishment, fear, and bewilderment, similar to when he had first left the village on a mission and witnessed Kakashi sensei being brutally sliced into pieces by two ninjas.
He had intended to take action.
But that single glance from Yuyi Xuan Yue had left him utterly paralyzed.
"What's with this guy! He wasn't like this before! Why? Why has a single glance from him reduced me to this state?!"
Naruto's heart was filled with confusion, and his spirits sank to the depths.
Sasuke and Sakura shared similar sentiments.
Sakura, clueless about what had just transpired, felt an indescribable pressure bearing down on her, leaving her breathless.
Beads of sweat formed on Sasuke's forehead.
He struggled to remain standing and managed to glance at the calmly approaching Yuyi Xuan Yue.
Suddenly, he was reminded of Zabuza Momochi from the Land of Waves and Orochimaru! He had been overwhelmed by the killing intent they exuded back then.
It was akin to a young wolf, newly endowed with strength and lacking any combat experience, facing a wolf king in its prime, drenched in the blood of countless victims—a natural suppression.
But this was different.
This was entirely different.
The approaching figure didn't emanate even a wisp of killing intent, and the ordinary townsfolk went about their business, chatting and laughing as they pleased.
Yet, that casual, indifferent glance held such power.
When his gaze fell upon them, it was as if an elephant had passed by an ant, inadvertently leaving the latter in a state of extreme shock, creating an overwhelming sense of disparity.
Yuyi Xuan Yue never expected to encounter Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura here.
Musing on how small the world was, he took the opportunity to scrutinize the three main characters' real faces, filled with nostalgia.
Afterward, as the trio trembled with apprehension, anxiety, resentment, and, ultimately, disbelief, he continued on his way as if nothing had happened, striding past them with his original pace, completely indifferent to their presence.
After his resurrection and return to Konoha 60 years later, Yuyi Xuan Yue felt that the Reverse System, though still a bit slow at times, was mostly synchronized with the timeline. The system's importance in his eyes grew with each passing day.
It was evident that Sasuke, Naruto, and their "classmates" would appear in the series of missions the system would assign in the future, and not just once or twice.
To avoid situations where the mission targets were absent, Yuyi Xuan Yue decided not to take any action against the three youths before him.
After all, he had specifically asked the system what would happen if a mission target died and was revived through the Impure World Reincarnation Technique—would it still be possible to complete the mission? The system had responded with confusion, mocking him for thinking that the dead could undertake tasks.
As for his own completion of the newbie mission while he was still technically dead, the system had explained that he had always existed in its eyes.
Apparently, in the system's view, even if he died, he was still alive and had to complete his tasks.
What kind of absurd conclusion was that?
Oh well.
This wasn't the first time the system had acted erratically.
Yuyi Xuan Yue had grown accustomed to it.
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