Trees Chapter 333 What Zanpakuto? I've Never Owned One!

Naruto knelt before Hinata, the excitement from earlier having completely faded.

Now, he was genuinely worried that Hinata might use this ability against him in the future.

However, Naruto still had some thoughts about Hinata’s newfound power.

"Hinata, can you move your left hand?"

From the moment she activated her ability until now, Naruto noticed that Hinata had remained completely still.

This power was undoubtedly incredible, but it also limited her offensive potential to some extent.

"I can."

Hinata raised her left hand and flashed a peace sign at Naruto.

She even playfully stuck out her tongue at him, making a cute face.

The sight made Naruto’s heart skip a beat.

"Hinata, let me get up first."

"Oh... right."

Realizing that Naruto was still kneeling in front of her, Hinata’s face flushed red. She quickly withdrew her Zanpakuto and released the control over him.

Naruto stood up and pulled out a sealing scroll. Inside were Scientific Ninja Tools that Sakura had given him, as well as some firearms developed by the Scientific Truth Society.

"Hinata, take these for now."

"If you ever run into enemies in the future..."

"First, use your Zanpakuto to immobilize them, then pull out one of these and just spray them down."

Naruto patted the pile of weapons, signaling for Hinata to take them.

However, Hinata didn’t immediately follow his suggestion. Instead, she crouched down, examined the weapons for a moment, and then picked out a heavy Chakra Machine Gun.

"I’ll just use this one."

Thanks to her frequent interactions with Sakura, Hinata wasn’t completely unfamiliar with these kinds of weapons.

She effortlessly lifted the 40kg Scientific Ninja Tool with one hand.

Whether it was intentional or not, she immediately aimed the gun in the direction where Sasuke lay unconscious and opened fire.

Chakra Bullets rained down like a storm, shredding all the surrounding flowers, grass, and trees near Sasuke.

Perhaps due to her Byakugan’s precision, Hinata’s aim was impeccable, and despite firing in Sasuke’s direction, not a single bullet hit him.

The contrast between her petite body and the massive weapon she wielded was striking.

Suppressing the recoil wasn’t even a challenge for her.

It must be known that this thing was originally designed to be mounted on Sakura’s mechanized armor!

Naruto sat on the ground, silently mourning for his future son for a second.

Before this, he had always assumed that his future son would never dare to rebel with him around.

But now, seeing Hinata like this...

‘Forget my son not having a rebellious phase… even I wouldn’t dare to have one!’

"It works great."

After emptying the magazine, Hinata turned to Naruto with a gentle smile and casually stored the weapon away.

"Uh..."

At that moment, Sasuke finally woke up. Rubbing his head, he opened his eyes to find the ground around him torn apart by bullets, dirt and wood chips scattered everywhere. He had no idea what had just happened.

"What took you so long?"

Noticing that Sasuke had regained consciousness, Naruto walked over to check on him.

After all, his parents had warned him that if the awakening failed, the person could turn into a red-haired monster.

"I’m fine."

Sasuke turned his head away and swatted Naruto’s hand off.

The moment he recalled the battle with his Zanpakuto in his inner world, his expression darkened.

The good news is...

He had learned that his Zanpakuto was named Indra and he had gained the power to defeat Naruto.

The bad news was...

Using this extreme Yin power would gradually feminize his appearance, voice, and body!!

And worst of all… when using Bankai, he would forcibly charm Uzumaki Naruto.

‘Goddammit!!’

‘I’d rather not have this kind of power!!’

Sasuke looked up at the sky, suddenly feeling like he didn’t actually need to defeat Naruto that badly.

Anyway...

There was no way he was going to use this ability in front of him!

"Huh?"

"Sasuke, where’s your Zanpakuto?"

Naruto looked him up and down but couldn’t find any trace of Sasuke’s Zanpakuto.

Even Hinata curiously came over to inspect him.

"I don’t have a Zanpakuto!"

"I failed the test!"

Naruto: “???”

Hinata: “???”

Sasuke immediately grew defensive, his neck stiffening as he denied it outright.

This left Naruto and Hinata utterly baffled.

‘Wait, what??’

‘Sasuke’s that weak??’

‘He couldn’t even pass the Zanpakuto’s test?’

"Whatever, it’s fine if you don’t have one."

"As long as you’re okay."

Seeing Sasuke’s grim expression, Naruto assumed he was upset about failing to obtain a Zanpakuto and tried to comfort him.

Hinata nodded in agreement, thinking Naruto was right.

She casually waved her own Zanpakuto in front of Sasuke.

As if saying...

‘Trash.’

‘Have you seen my Zanpakuto?’

"Alright, Hinata, stop provoking him."

Seeing Hinata suddenly getting competitive, Naruto couldn’t help but chuckle. He hugged her head, signaling for her to stop.

"If there’s nothing else, I’m leaving."

Sasuke pulled up his hood, his tone cold.

Right now, he just wanted to get as far away from these two lovebirds as possible… lest he end up like Hiruzen, relying on blood pressure meds to survive.

Besides...

He really didn’t want Naruto to find out about his utterly humiliating Zanpakuto!

Even if it gave him power surpassing Naruto’s, he refused to use it!!

"Alright, go ahead then."

Naruto nodded, still holding onto Hinata as he bid Sasuke farewell.

Sasuke dusted himself off, shoved his hands in his pockets, and turned to leave.

But before he could take two steps, the trio suddenly spotted Uzumaki Stark sprinting toward them in a panic, shouting at the top of his lungs.

“Main body! Main body!"

"Something terrible happened!"

"Shino’s unconscious!!"

Uzumaki Stark’s face was frantic. Ever since the battle with the red-haired monsters, Shino had fallen into a coma.

No matter what he tried, he couldn’t wake him up, not even with the debuff-cleansing milk.

"Huh??"

"What the hell did you do now??"

Naruto’s heart skipped a beat as he stared at the yellow-haired glasses guy.

Sasuke, who had been about to leave, also paused.

"Shino...Shino has been in a coma for several days."

"His vitals keep fluctuating..."

"I even asked Aunt Tsunade earlier, but she couldn’t figure out what’s wrong either."

Naruto rubbed his temples, then pointed at himself.

"Hold on…"

"What makes you think I can do anything about it?"

"Do I look like a doctor to you?"

Naruto was exasperated by the kid’s plea for help, ‘I wasn’t some miracle healer… how the hell was I supposed to save Shino?’

Uzumaki Stark fidgeted awkwardly, only speaking up after Naruto snapped at him.

"Well..."

"Um... Shino’s coma might be related to those red-haired monsters..."

Uzumaki Stark averted his gaze guiltily. Earlier, Shino had used his insects to absorb energy from some of the red-haired monsters.

As for why he did it...

It was because the two of them wanted to study the strange beings, hoping to evolve Shino’s insects further.

But who would’ve thought that shortly after Shino’s bugs evolved and consumed the energy, he suddenly collapsed, convulsing on the spot?

"What did you say?!"

"Shino ate the red-haired monsters with his bugs?!"

Naruto grabbed Uzumaki Stark by the collar, nearly punching him on the spot.

‘Damn it!!’

‘Since when was that cursed stuff something you could just consume?!’