Naruto, my father's name is Uchiha Madara.

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Xiangling was shocked, her pupils behind her glasses suddenly contracting: "The attack just now didn't happen?"

With Jugo's monstrous strength amplified by his chakra burst, even a tailed beast jinchūriki couldn't possibly escape unscathed!

However, she quickly regained her composure. At least the female medical ninja was still firmly bound by her Adamantine Lock, so she should be able to…

The thought had barely crossed her mind when she witnessed a scene that nearly shattered her worldview.

A sharp glint flashed in Sakura's emerald eyes. She took a deep breath, and her muscles, which were precisely controlled by medical ninjutsu and contained terrifying power, tensed slightly.

"He's far weaker than Naruto."

Snap... Boom!

The adamantine chains that were powerful enough to bind the tailed beasts were no match for Sakura's pure brute force.

It was as fragile as a rope, and was forcibly stretched and snapped!

Fragments of shattered chains flew everywhere!

"Strange power?!"

Xiangling gasped in disbelief, unable to believe her eyes.

Her sealing technique was actually broken in this way?!

"Hahaha! I'll kill you!"

At this moment, Jugo, who was in a berserk state, saw Naruto appear unharmed, and his violent killing desire once again overwhelmed everything.

He roared and charged at Naruto like a chariot once again, his fist, as big as a casserole dish, smashing straight at Naruto's head. The wind from the punch was howling, and the power was even greater than before!

However, Naruto wouldn't fall into the same trap twice.

He simply shifted his body slightly and easily dodged the powerful blow by the slightest margin.

At the same time, his right hand shot out like lightning and accurately grabbed Jugo's wrist.

"I won't let the same move knock me away a second time."

Before Naruto could finish speaking, he used his waist and abdomen to execute a clean and swift over-the-shoulder throw!

Jugo's massive body was slammed into the sand with a heavy thud, creating a large crater.

Before he could struggle to his feet, Naruto was already straddling his back, unleashing a barrage of chakra-covered fists that rained down upon him!

Bang!Bang!Bang!Bang!

Each punch was incredibly heavy, causing the ground beneath Chongwu to crack and sink, turning the rocks into dust!

Jugo's furious roar quickly turned into a painful groan, and cracks began to appear on his hardened keratin layer under Naruto's fist.

On the other side, Suigetsu had just raised his Executioner's Blade, intending to launch a sneak attack while Sasuke's attention was on Jugo.

"Thousand Birds Stream".

Sasuke didn't even turn around, but coldly uttered three words.

He plunged the Kusanagi sword into the ground!

A violent blue current instantly spread rapidly from the center of the Kusanagi sword, like a spider web, along the damp sand, and instantly surged onto Suigetsu's body!

"Ahhhh!!!"

Caught off guard, Shuiyue was struck by a powerful electric current. Her water-like body was powerless against the lightning, and she let out a shrill scream.

His whole body convulsed violently, emitting wisps of blue smoke, and the decapitation sword fell to the ground with a clang.

Water Transformation Technique becomes its greatest weakness in the face of Lightning Release, which has extremely high conductivity.

"If it can be hydrated, then it will be vulnerable to electricity."

Sasuke then slowly drew his Kusanagi sword and stated the fact in a calm tone.

"Damn it... I'm... I'm numb..."

Shuiyue collapsed on the sand, her body sometimes frozen and sometimes liquefied, trying to shake off the effects of the electric current, but she had clearly lost her fighting ability in a short time.

He watched as his two teammates were utterly crushed by the opponent in the blink of an eye.

Xiangling's face turned deathly pale, and she was about to form hand seals again to cast a sealing spell—

"Your opponent is me."

Sakura's voice rang in her ears like a ghost.

Xiangling didn't even see Xiaoying's movements clearly; she only felt an irresistible and terrifying force coming from the Vajra Chain in her hand!

"come on!"

Sakura suddenly yanked the chain, and Xiangling, unable to maintain her balance, screamed and flew uncontrollably toward Sakura.

What greeted her was a fist that appeared slender but contained the power to shatter mountains and split rocks, which gently pressed against her abdomen.

Xiangling's eyes bulged out instantly, her stomach churned, and she vomited a mixture of acid and bile.

The intense pain and impact instantly robbed her of consciousness; everything went black, and she promptly lost consciousness.

Sakura even thoughtfully held back most of her power at the last moment; otherwise, that punch would have been enough to cut her in two.

Sakura clapped her hands, as if she had just finished a routine practice session.

In order to capture prisoners and extract information, she strictly controlled her exertion.

In the blink of an eye, the once menacing Sound Ninja trio were all lying on the ground, incapacitated.

All that remained was Jugo, who was being brutally beaten by Naruto while being ridden on top of him, his roars growing weaker and weaker.

And Shuiyue, who was lying on the ground and occasionally twitching, and Xiangling, who had completely fainted.

Sai watched all this silently, his paintbrush already put away.

He glanced at the relaxed Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, then at the defeated enemies on the ground, and his mental "database" began high-speed analysis and comparison once again:

Objective: To learn about emotions. Observation subject: Teammates.

Common reactions after a victory in battle: joy, pride, relaxation... Try simulating...

He started trying to force that distorted expression on his face again, an attempt to convey "happiness".

Naruto jumped off Jugo and shook his hands: "This guy can take a beating."

Jugo lay in the pit, his face bruised and swollen, temporarily unconscious.

Sasuke walked over to Suigetsu and pointed at him with the tip of his Kusanagi sword: "These people seem to be Orochimaru's new subordinates. They're quite strong, but..."

Sakura chimed in, "But we were unlucky and ran into us."

She walked over to Xiangling, squatted down to check on her, and said, "She just fainted. It seems we can get a lot of information about Orochimaru out of them."

Just then, Sai's calm, even voice rang out again, his face still bearing that strange expression of effort:

"Mission objective: Enemy personnel captured. Completed."

Enemy combat strength assessment: above average.

Our combat efficiency: extremely high.

Recommendation: Immediately begin interrogation to gather intelligence and continue advancing into the ruins.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura all looked at him again, their expressions still indescribable.

Naruto scratched his head: "Uh... thank you? It still sounds a bit weird though..."

Sasuke ignored him and said to Sakura, "Use medical ninjutsu to keep them weak but conscious. Let's ask them a few questions first."

Sakura nodded: "Understood."

Chapter 306 Interrogation

Sai stood still, his slender eyes blinking slightly, as if he were processing extremely complex data.

He observed Sakura using medical ninjutsu to provide "emergency" treatment to Karin and Jugo—

Make sure they are conscious enough to answer questions, but too weak to pose a threat.

In his view, the delicate balance involved was even more intricate and difficult to comprehend than creating a fake depiction of a super beast.

“Emotional module analysis: The behavior of ‘healing the enemy’ is usually associated with ‘compassion’ and ‘strategic needs’.”

“But Sakura Haruno’s expression was more inclined to be ‘impatient’ and ‘annoyed’.”

He muttered to himself, and the small notebook in his hand reappeared at some point, which he was now rapidly writing down with that peculiar pen.

"The contradiction lies in the fact that more samples are needed for observation."

On the other hand, Hozuki Suigetsu's situation was much more miserable.

His water-like body made conventional rope restraints a joke.

Sasuke merely glanced at him coldly, without even forming hand seals; only a faint blue electric spark flickered at his fingertips.

It was gently touched on the "arm" that Shuiyue was trying to form.

"Holy crap...that's not fair..."

Shuiyue let out a scream as her entire "arm" and even half of her body exploded into water droplets.

It lay sprawled on the ground, convulsing uncontrollably, and it took a long time for it to finally manage to reform.

But the colors all seemed a bit pale, and it weakly roared in protest: "If you're so capable, don't use electricity... Fight me fair and square, you bastard!"

Sasuke didn't bother with him at all, but just gave Naruto a look: Keep an eye on him.

Naruto chuckled and asked a Sand Village ninja nearby for a spare battery for a portable communicator.

Skillfully disconnect the positive and negative wires and touch them gently.

A dazzling spark burst forth.

Shuiyue's face instantly turned even whiter than his hair: "Hey! Golden Retriever! Don't do anything reckless! People will die! People will really die!"

Naruto flashed a smile that mimicked the lazy yet chilling smile Kakashi gave him when he forced him to train.

Approaching step by step: "Don't worry! I'll be very 'gentle,' as long as you behave, this thing..."

He shook the crackling power cord: "It's just for show."