Naruto, my father's name is Uchiha Madara.

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He took one last look at Hinata as she was carried away on a stretcher, his eyes filled with worry.

Then, he suddenly turned his head, his icy gaze like a sharp sword, piercing once again at that proud and aloof figure.

“Neji,” Naruto’s voice was deep and powerful, filled with unprecedented seriousness and fighting spirit, “Remember this, I don’t care about your fate. You hurt Hinata, and I will make you pay the price.”

Neji paused slightly, without turning around or responding.

He straightened his back and walked back to the stands step by step in silence.

Like a prisoner carrying a heavy burden, his shadow stretched long under the lamplight, appearing exceptionally lonely and heavy.

Chapter 85, Match 4: Naruto vs. Kiba

The medical room was filled with the distinctive cool smell of disinfectant.

Naruto sat by Hinata's bedside, looking at her pale but steady sleeping face, and a huge weight was finally lifted from his heart.

Hinata coughing up blood and fainting just now had terrified him.

He clumsily tucked Hinata in, muttering, "Get some rest, Hinata. When you wake up, I'll buy you a super deluxe ramen set from Ichiraku! The kind with three extra servings of chashu!"

These words made Minato, who was inside the sealed space, cover his face once again because of his son's low emotional intelligence.

After confirming that Hinata was alright, Naruto quietly slipped out of the medical room.

As soon as they returned to the main grandstand passage, they heard Hayate Gekko's signature cough accompanied by the announcement: "The winner... cough cough... Sunagakure, Kankuro!"

"Huh? It's over?" Naruto squeezed to the railing and peered into the arena.

However, someone unexpectedly turned around and asked, "How is Hinata?"

"Sasuke? Thank goodness! You're alright!"

Upon seeing Sasuke return to the arena, Naruto excitedly rushed over and hugged him.

Sasuke, looking disgusted, stopped Naruto's movements: "Let go of me, you idiot!"

"Great!" Sakura, watching the interaction between the two, showed no intention of helping.

Sasuke finally managed to push Naruto away.

Naruto then replied with a grin, "Hinata is fine, she just needs to rest for a while and avoid strenuous activity. What about you?"

"Kakashi helped me put a seal on it, which temporarily suppressed that thing." As he spoke, Sasuke pointed to the cursed seal on his shoulder.

The two of them peeked over and saw that, sure enough, there was a ring of sealing sorcerers around the three-tomoe seal.

Naruto looked towards the arena and asked, "How's the exam going?"

"look by youself."

In the center of the arena stood a ninja dressed in Sunagakure attire, but whose body was contorted at an unbelievable angle.

He was being carefully lifted onto a stretcher by the medical team; it looked like many of his joints had been dislocated.

Kankuro, meanwhile, leisurely tidied up his puppet "Crow," which was wrapped tightly in bandages, with a relaxed smile on his face.

The puppet behind him didn't seem to have moved much at all.

"What happened? So fast?" Naruto was completely bewildered.

Sakura, standing next to her, crossed her arms and looked knowing: "That girl named Kenmei is as flexible as clay; her normal attacks can't hit any vital points."

"Kankuro is very clever. He deliberately created an opening, pretending to be entangled by the opponent's strange jujitsu. As a result, the 'Kankuro' that Kenmi Sumi caught was just a puppet disguised as him!"

"The real Kankuro was hiding behind the puppet and controlling it all along."

"When Kenmei thought she had captured the main body and relaxed her guard, her joints were locked by a mechanism that popped out from the puppet, and she immediately lost her fighting ability."

"A typical puppeteer tactic, cunning and effective."

Wow! You can play like that!

Naruto suddenly realized, and then his fighting spirit returned. "But those tricks won't work on me!"

Sasuke leaned against a pillar, closing his eyes to rest and recover his strength. Upon hearing this, he merely gave a cold "humph".

Clearly, they disdain this kind of "shortcut" way of winning.

"Group Four,"

Hayate Gekko's voice rang out again, with a hint of urging, "Ahem... Naruto Uzumaki, versus Kiba Inuzuka! Please enter the arena!"

"It's my turn!"

Naruto's eyes lit up, and he instantly forgot about the little incident from earlier.

With a graceful somersault, she cleared the railing and landed steadily in the center of the field. The clean and crisp movement drew a small gasp from the stands.

Kiba, along with Akamaru, came down the steps from the other side.

Akamaru seemed to sense his master's fighting spirit, barking a few times at Naruto and showing his little white teeth.

The two stood in the center of the field, staring at each other.

The air was filled with a familiar atmosphere, a mixture of competition and a refusal to give up.

Ya looked at the blond, spiky-haired guy opposite him, scratched his own hair, and suddenly grinned.

He asked a question that stunned everyone: "Hey, Naruto! All these fights, big and small, that we've had since the Ninja Academy... how many have we actually fought? Twenty or not?"

Naruto stroked his chin, pretended to think for two seconds, and then gave a "I'm calculating very seriously" look: "Hmm... I can't count them all, but I only remember that you've never beaten me."

That last smile made Ya's forehead crease into a clear "I" shape: "You bastard..."

He took a deep breath, pointed at Naruto, and gave a somewhat smug smile. "No matter how many matches there are! Today's match is absolutely different!"

Naruto lowered his hand and blinked his azure eyes.

Then he flashed a smile even brighter than a tooth, even more smug, and brimming with a knowing look: "Oh? Is that so? But I have to remind you of a sad fact—"

He deliberately dragged out his words, then suddenly raised his voice, pointing his finger at Ya's nose: "No matter how many matches we play! The result is the same! You! Never! Have! Ever! Beaten! Me! Hahahaha!"

In the stands, Sakura couldn't help but laugh out loud and quickly covered her mouth.

"That idiot..."

Sasuke's lips twitched slightly.

Shikamaru covered his face: "Ugh...this is so troublesome, these two hot-blooded idiots..."

Choji: "Potato chips...want some? I feel like this is going to be a farce."

Ino sighed, "Seriously, Naruto's ability to stir up trouble is still so strong."

Shino pushed up his glasses but didn't say anything, since what Naruto said was true.

Akamaru: "Woof woof woof!" (Translation: Boss! He looks down on us! Bite him!)

Kiba's face instantly turned a deep liver color, and steam seemed to rise from his head: "Damn it—Naruto! Akamaru! Let him see the results of our special training! Go!"

"Tooth tooth!"

Kiba and Akamaru instantly transformed into two rapidly spinning gray tornadoes, carrying sand and violent chakra!

Like two roaring earth dragons, they possessed the power to crush everything in their path.

They charged fiercely towards Naruto, who was laughing with his hands on his hips in the center of the arena, from the left and right!

The scale of the attack was even more terrifying than that of the Death Forest!

Wow! Not bad!

Naruto praised the technique, but his face showed no panic. Instead, he was excited and eager to try it out: "However, this technique won't work on me! Earth Release: Heart Decapitation Technique!"

Just as the two fangs were about to collide with him, Naruto clasped his hands together.

Then, with a "plop," he plunged headfirst into the ground like a diver and disappeared!

Rumble——! ! !

Two violent tornadoes crashed into the spot where Naruto had disappeared, creating a deafening roar and sending dust and debris flying into the sky!

Two deep furrows were plowed into the ground!

However, when the smoke cleared, the spot was empty.

Chapter 86 Groundhog Tactics

Ya and Akamaru released their teeth from the "Tooth Through Teeth" state, landed on the ground, and cautiously looked around.

The familiar roar of "tooth swipes" and Naruto's cheeky dodging style once again caught the attention of the three "fathers".

Nine-Tailed Lazy Sheep yawned: "It's that little dog and that brat again? I've seen that trick hundreds of times, don't you get dizzy? I can smell their dog hair even with my eyes closed."

Madara didn't care about these things, but was more interested in Naruto's way of dodging: "Ever since he learned this Mind Decapitation Technique, Naruto's Earth Release techniques have become increasingly slippery, like a ground rat."

Minato looked at Naruto gently and said, "After all, Naruto's experience in the Forest of Death has indeed helped him grow a lot."

Kurama scoffed: "The game these two brats are playing reminds me of the time when you and Hashirama fought your way to the Valley of the End."

Minato pondered, "It is said that the battle between the First Hokage and Madara-san leveled the surrounding land."

Madara proudly raised his head: "Of course, this world is too small. If it weren't for Hashirama, the whole world wouldn't be enough for me to play in alone."

Kurama chuckled, "Don't listen to his nonsense. Old Madara was beaten all the way to the Valley of the End by Hashirama back then, looking like a rabbit being chased!"

Upon hearing this, Madara's face instantly darkened, and the image of Susanoo's skeleton appeared, seemingly ready to continue: "You scumbag fox! Have I been too nice to you these past few days?"

"That was a strategic retreat! It was to find an opportunity to counterattack! How could it be compared to this lowly, dredging behavior?!"

Nine-Tails immediately perked up, standing up in the cage and wagging its tail defiantly: "Yo yo yo! Getting impatient! Old Madman, you're getting desperate! You've been hit where it hurts, haven't you? Strategic retreat, huh? Running away is running away! Make it sound so sophisticated!"

Madara had already activated his human form Susanoo and stood in front of Kurama: "Shut up! You stupid fox who's been locked up for decades! It seems you've been in a cage for too long, your brain has degenerated to the level of that little dog outside!"

The nine tails bristled, their nine tails dancing wildly like flames as it slammed against the sealing iron bars: "What? I'm not a dog! Come in and fight me one-on-one if you dare!"

Minato Daichi stood between the two, blocking their mental clash, and looked at them with a forced smile: "Mr. Madara! Kurama! Please calm down! Naruto is still in the match! And... uh... Kiba and Akamaru seem to be about to unleash their ultimate attacks! Don't you want to see them?"

Minato skillfully employed the "distraction" technique.

On the field, Kiba and Akamaru stood back to back, alert, their sense of smell and Akamaru's dog nose at full power, trying to detect any movement underground.

"There! Akamaru!" Kiba suddenly turned and roared!