The Sharingan Gamer

Hearing Neji's words, the entire team came to a halt.

Even the impatient Naruto did the same. Shikamaru had specifically warned him not to be rash when facing the enemy, and it was clear that this time, Naruto had listened.

"Neji, can you see what the enemy is doing?" Shikamaru asked, rubbing his temples with a grave expression.

Neji nodded. "They're resting."

"Resting?!" Shikamaru repeated to himself.

"That's right. They couldn't have defeated two jounin so easily."

Having figured this out, Shikamaru was about to begin laying out his battle plan when the previously silent Kyosuke suddenly spoke. "I have an idea."

In a dense part of the forest, the Sound Four were quietly resting.

They seemed to be sleeping soundly, but in reality, they had already set up a warning system. This system was Kidomaru's summoned beast, a giant spider. Kidomaru could summon many spiders of various sizes depending on his chakra output. At this moment, countless spiders were hidden in the trees and undergrowth for several dozen meters around them, acting as an early warning system. It was unlikely that anyone could pass through this forest without being detected by his summoned beasts.

Time passed, second by second.

Just then, Kidomaru's closed eyes suddenly snapped open.

He tapped a nearby tree with his finger, and the other three members of the Sound Four twitched slightly. Although they remained in their original positions, as if still asleep, Kidomaru knew that they were already awake. This would surely make the enemy careless, and then they could turn the tables.

After a long while, just as Kidomaru and the others were growing impatient, several figures suddenly leaped out from a distance and rushed toward them.

These figures were the Konoha Genin, led by Naruto.

Strangely, Kyosuke was not among them.

Seeing the enemy finally appear, the Sound Four suddenly stood up. Sakon looked at Naruto, who was in the lead, and sneered, "So it's just a few brats."

"Aren't you a brat too?" Naruto shouted, charging at him.

At the same time, Shikamaru, seeing the smile on Sakon's lips, had a bad feeling.

He immediately used his "Shadow Possession Jutsu" to restrain the impulsive Naruto, while shouting, "Fall back!"

"Heh heh, you noticed," Sakon said with a cold laugh.

At the same time, a series of explosion tags hidden in the undergrowth suddenly ignited.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

A series of explosions shattered the silence of the forest.

Shikamaru and the others emerged from the smoke, looking a bit worse for wear.

Naruto, seeing the cratered ground, felt a pang of fear. If it hadn't been for Shikamaru...

"Thanks," Naruto said to Shikamaru without turning his head, his eyes fixed on the enemy.

Shikamaru was also seriously assessing the enemy. He shook his head and ignored Naruto's thanks. In his eyes, what he had just done was what any Konoha ninja would do, so there was no need for thanks.

As Shikamaru was analyzing the enemy's intelligence, he was surprised to find that one of them was missing.

His pupils contracted, and he was about to warn the others.

Unfortunately, he was a bit too late.

"Earth Release: Earth Prison Dome of Nothingness."

A rather plump figure suddenly appeared behind them and, with his ninjutsu, trapped them all in a stone dome.

"You guys go on ahead. Let me play with these brats for a bit," this plump man, Jirobo of the Sound Four, said.

"Heh, don't play too rough," the only female ninja, Tayuya, said, shooting him a disdainful look. She then picked up the sealed wooden barrel and sped off into the distance.

The remaining two said nothing more. After giving Jirobo a warning look, they also left.

"Alright, the nuisances are gone. We have plenty of time to play," Jirobo said with a vicious smile, then placed his hands on the ninjutsu that was imprisoning them.

At the same time, the trapped Genin suddenly felt their chakra being continuously absorbed by this strange ninjutsu.

However, none of them, including Naruto, showed any signs of panic. They didn't even try to break the ninjutsu as they did in the original story. It was clear they had something to rely on.

Jirobo, sensing this, couldn't help but feel a bit puzzled. In the past, whenever enemies were trapped, they would do everything they could to escape. He had never seen anyone as calm as these brats.

"Have they given up?" Jirobo could only try to understand it this way.

What he didn't notice was a small snake slithering behind him, stopping only when it was right beside him.

Then, an arm suddenly shot out of the snake's mouth.

In the palm of this hand was a long, cold sword, its blade aimed at a vital point on his back, and it thrust forward.

It wasn't until the faint whistle of the blade reached his ears that Jirobo belatedly realized the danger.

Just as he was trying to dodge in terror, the arm suddenly elongated and pierced his heart.

"Ugh..." Jirobo's entire body trembled violently. He then slowly collapsed, lifeless.

Jirobo, dead!

With the caster's death, the Earth Prison Dome of Nothingness shattered.

"Cough, cough," Naruto and the others said, coughing as they walked out of the dust-filled smoke.

"Wow, Kyosuke, that was amazing," Naruto said, praising Kyosuke loudly, seeing that the enemy was already dead.

Shikamaru and the others also nodded in appreciation.

Kyosuke looked at their somewhat disheveled appearance and asked with concern, "Are you all alright?"

They exchanged a look and silently shook their heads.

Seeing this, Kyosuke immediately said, "Then let's go."

Although Shikamaru was a bit strange as to why Kyosuke was so concerned about Sasuke, now was not the time to delve into it. So, after a nod, the recovery team set off again.

Although the first battle had been won with little effort, everyone knew that the biggest challenge was yet to come.

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