Reborn into Naruto World with Tenseigan

“Huh? How come Haku became this strong?” mumbled Raijin.

While Raijin was observing Sasuke, he naturally discovered Haku who seemed to be suppressing both Sasuke and Gamabunta on his own. It’s just that Haku seemed indecisive and didn’t seem to actually want to harm the young Uchiha, otherwise, Sasuke’s situation would have been very bad.

Be that as it may, Raijin was still very surprised by the situation because, in his opinion, Haku shouldn’t be this capable. In Raijin’s opinion, the combination of Sasuke and Gamabunta should be more than enough to defeat Haku, let alone being suppressed by him. But the fact of the matter is that the situation is the opposite and to find out the reason he focused on Haku.

It did not take Raijin very long to notice the presence of Natural Energy in Haku’s body, there were some blackish-bluish markings on his face too, and this could mean only one thing which startled him, “Senjutsu?”

Raijin knew very well that Haku’s achievements under Orochimaru would be much better compared to his canon counterpart who worked under Zabuza, but he never expected Haku to be able to master Senjutsu. Moreover, Haku’s control over Natural Energy is much better than that of Jiraiya, in fact, it’s almost as good as the Shodaime Hokage, and that is a very big achievement.

‘Does that mean Orochimaru-sama has made significant progress in the study of Natural Energy and Sage Chakra?’ Taking into account that not only Haku, but even Kabuto has mastered Senjutsu, so Orochimaru definitely has more information and research materials, and this would allow him to better study Natural Energy as well as Sennin Mode.

Raijin doesn’t believe that Orochimaru wouldn’t be interested in Natural Energy and Senjutsu. He has observed Jiraiya and Naruto, he has heard of the legends of Senju Hashirama, and he has also observed Kabuto, Haku, and Jūgo so he must know the advantages of Sage Chakra.

Moreover, by mastering control over Natural Energy, it’s not impossible to gain a longer lifespan, so Natural Energy would most definitely interest him, even in canon, after the conclusion of the Fourth Great Shinobi War, Orochimaru went on to create special clones capable of absorbing Natural Energy from the environment, so there is simply no way he wouldn’t invest his time in the study of Natural Energy.

Just when Raijin got a little distracted suddenly Haku started another volley of attacks. Water particles in the air started to condense into solid Ice that seemed to come alive and started to encase Gamabunta in it, restricting his movement. The moment Gamabunta was momentarily restrained, several Ice pillars with sharp ends pointing at his neck rose from the ground and surrounded him from all directions.

Of course, Sasuke wasn’t spared either as the lower half of his body including both his hands were encased in Ice while Haku further condensed several Ice Needles in the air with their sharp ends pointing toward him.

“Damn it… this Ice!” cursed Sasuke as a trace of panic and fear appeared in his eyes.

One after another, he has fought against several powerful ninjas including Kimimaro, he also summoned Gamabunta not long ago, as such, his Chakra Reserves are almost depleted, there are several scars on his body, and he doesn’t have much strength left to continue the fight. So having his lower body restrained by Ice and several Ice Needles pointing at him he felt that he might really die today.

Haku naturally noticed traces of fear and panic in Sasuke’s eyes as hesitation appeared in his own, he doesn’t want to kill Uchiha Sasuke, however, it’s a mission given to them by Orochimaru therefore it must be completed, moreover, Kimimaro’s falling condition is also weighing on his mind, ‘The longer I drag, the longer Kimimaro-kun would have to fight… it’s better to end this early,’ with such a thought, Haku took a deep breath and with an apologetic expression, he shot the Ice needles at Sasuke.

Whiish! Whiish! Whiish!

Watching dozens of Ice Needles coming toward him, Sasuke saw death knock on his door, and unwillingly roared in his heart, ‘Damn it… not like this… I haven’t even recovered Tou-san’s eyes yet from that damned Amatsukami!’

But it was useless, and there was nothing he could do to save himself. As the first Ice Needle pierced through his flesh, Sasuke resisted the urge to scream. It had gone through his left shoulder followed by the second needle that pierced his right hand, then came the third needle, the fourth, the fifth, and finally the sixth which was aimed at his Heart.

‘Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!’ Sasuke cursed more and more, but there was nothing he could do, and he felt utterly helpless as he closed his eyes expecting to die the moment the sixth needle punctured his heart; however, the expected pain never came, rather a familiar voice that he did not expect at all reached his ears, ‘Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams: Palm Rotation!’

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

The Ice Needles that were about to kill Uchiha Sasuke suddenly encountered a rotating wall of Chakra and were instantly repelled.

After repelling the Ice Needles, the person in question breathed a sigh of relief, “Phew… made it in time.”

Noticing the familiar voice and the fact that the Ice Needle did not puncture his heart, Sasuke knew who had saved him.

A part of him was happy that he was saved, but a part of him was also furious upon himself that he needed to be saved, and without a doubt, the person who saved him was Hyuga Neji. Sasuke took a deep breath and asked, “Neji, what are you doing here?”

Without looking back, Neji answered, “I noticed that you, Naruto, and Mika-san(?) have used Summoning Jutsu and guessed that you might be in big trouble, so I came here to take a look.”

Sasuke sighed, “I see…” It was as he had guessed. Shaking his head, he put the negative thoughts at the back of his mind, and spoke in a deep voice, “Be careful, the enemy is very strong this time, and they are also capable of using Senjutsu!”

“Senjutsu?” Neji was stunned, then he smiled, albeit nervously, and said, “Don’t worry, I am not the only one here… Lee and Kiyomi-san have also come with me…”

The moment Neji finished speaking, suddenly more familiar voices reached Sasuke’s ears.

“Recall the training… Now, focus all the Chakra at one point… and then release it like an explosion…” Clenching the fist of her right hand, Kiyomi focused her Chakra on it and then released it as she slammed her fist.

At the same time, Rock Lee activated the Gate of Life, and delivered a 1000-pound Roundhouse Kick, “Eight Inner Gates Formation: Gate of Life Open: 1000 Brick Roundhouse Kick!”

Bang! Bang!

Crack! Crack!

Under the double attack of Kiyomi and Lee, the Ice encasing Gamabunta was broken into Ice Dust.

Coincidentally enough, at the same time as Ice turned into Ice Dust, the Bone Spears standing on the battlefield also started to collapse and turn into white dust.

The sudden change surprised everyone, “What’s going on now? Is it because of the enemy’s Jutsu?”

“No, that doesn’t seem to be the case… is it because of Kiyomi and Lee’s attack?”

“Huh? Because of us? There’s no way… our attack wasn’t that powerful, right Lee-kun?”

“Everything is possible with the power of Youth!”

“What are you talking about, it was definitely not the two of us…”

Ignoring the conversation between the four Konoha Genins, Haku immediately looked in the direction of Kimimaro and noticed that he was being one-sidedly suppressed by Naruto. There were several injuries on his body, and he had knelt on the ground, coughing out blood.

‘Kimimaro-kun is already at his limit, we can’t continue this thing anymore…’ With such a thought, Haku no longer paid attention to the situation around him. He quickly approached Kimimaro, and after condensing an extremely sturdy defensive wall of Ice between them and Naruto, he helped Kimimaro get up while speaking in concern, “Kimimaro-kun… we can no longer…”

Kimimaro’s breathing was rugged, the injuries on his body weren’t healing at the speed they normally do, the Cursed Seal of Earth had regressed back and he was having trouble speaking, “Leave… Cough… me alone… Cough cough… go and com-cough-complete… Cough the mission, Cough go quickly!”

Haku was silent, he glanced at Naruto and Garaga on the other side of the Ice Wall, then at Sasuke, Neji, Kiyomi, and Lee standing on top of Gamabunta’s body, and finally at Guren, Mika, and Nue who were slowly approaching their side. He took a deep breath and with a determined expression, he suddenly knocked Kimimaro unconscious without giving him any opportunity to react, then while carrying him on the Ice Mirror, he chose to retreat.

Standing on top of the same Ice Mirror, he approached Guren, and said to her, “We are retreating…”

Haku’s sudden arrival beside Guren and Mika halted their battle. Upon hearing Haku’s words, Mika chose to take a step backward and did not attack the distracted Guren, in her opinion, it would be best if these Otogakure ninjas really retreat.

Guren did not have to ask the reason for Haku’s choice as she noticed the status of Kimimaro with a glance, and agreed, “Alright…” and landed on the Ice Mirror beside Haku as the Cursed Seal on her body regressed.

With Guren on board, Haku controlled the Ice Mirror and left the battlefield. On the way, they came across an Ink bird on which three more Konoha Genins were present, but Haku and Guren did not pay them any attention and left.

While they were leaving, Guren asked Haku, “What about the mission given by Orochimaru-sama?”

“We failed, I will bear the full responsibility,” replied Haku with a determined face. Between the mission and companion, he naturally chose companion.

“Idiot, we are a team, aren’t we? Naturally, I will share the responsibility with you…” said Guren with a sigh.

“Thank you…” Haku thanked Guren.

Guren shook her head and stayed silent. Internally, she couldn’t help but think, ‘You truly are a kind boy.’