The Ice Release Ninja Arrives!
Sizzle--!
The bones and ice were pressed together wildly, making an unpleasant sound.
It sounded like fingernails scratching on a blackboard, so sharp it was unbearable.
But to Sasuke, it sounded wonderful.
The thick ice wall completely surrounded him, firmly keeping the countless sharp bone spikes outside, giving Sasuke an exceptionally strong sense of security.
"Hmph... you finally arrived just in time."
The black-haired boy lay weakly in the cat-faced ninja's arms, forcing a smile onto his lips.
"If you were a second later, you'd be here to collect my corpse!"
This was the first time he had ever been so disheveled, yet he felt safer than ever before.
"Idiot... shut up!" The pink-haired girl glared at him angrily, then tore open his clothes to start treating his wound.
"Keep your message to her! I'm not responsible for relaying messages."
"Huh?" Sasuke was dumbfounded, feeling like he'd misunderstood. "Combat-type Ice Clone?"
Hmm, Ice Clone.
It's the kind of thing that doesn't feed back the experience to the main body.
"Ice Release?" Kimimaro was also surprised by the sudden appearance of the Ninjutsu.
"Is that Sakura Haruno Sasuke Uchiha's teammate from the data...?"
At this moment, Kimimaro was in the final moments of his life, his mind was unusually clear, and he quickly came to his senses.
He quickly reviewed the information he had read before the operation in his mind.
Her signature Ninjutsu is--
Water Release: Wind Blade Torrent!
The cat-faced girl who had been hiding nearby suddenly launched an attack!
The thin, silvery line that pierced the horizon once again severed the enemy in half.
Kimimaro's half-dead body slid down from the forest of bones, a look of astonishment on his face...
Thud. The cat-faced girl landed lightly on a horizontally extending bone pillar.
He shrugged at Sasuke.
Although her expression was hidden behind the mask, Sasuke instantly understood what she meant: You got beaten up so badly by someone as weak as this?
"You bastard...!" Sasuke glared at her helplessly, but a smile crept onto his lips.
It feels like I've gone back to the days when we fought together in Team 7.
"Idiot, that was just a sneak attack..." He concealed his faint smile, replacing it with the poker face he used in Team 7, and said, "I could have done the same."
If it were him, and he let Sakura fight Kimimaro to the death first, and then let his Lightning Blade launch a sneak attack, the result would probably be the same; he could still defeat him in one move.
The effects of frontal combat and surprise attacks from behind are vastly different.
Sakura Haruno still didn't speak to him—she was pretending to follow the principle of not gossiping while on a mission in the Anbu —she simply lifted her mask halfway, rolled her eyes with half of her pretty face, and made a face at him.
Combined with her cat-face mask, the effect was quite festive.
"Cough cough!" Sasuke laughed so hard that he choked on his own saliva and blood, almost wondering if he was the first person to laugh himself to death while seriously injured.
He didn't know why he couldn't help but laugh. Was it the festive effect of the funny face, or the joy of escaping death?
Or perhaps these are all secondary reasons?
"Stop laughing, and watch your wound!" The Anbu girl glared at him, her voice muffled from beneath her mask, quite unlike her usual tone.
This was the first time Sasuke had ever heard her speak while wearing a mask.
No, it should be said that this was the first time he had encountered Sakura carrying out orders from the Anbu.
"Let my clone treat your wounds first. I don't know why Orochimaru isn't here; he's probably still on his way... So we need to get out of here quickly!"
Sasuke responded, casually glancing around at the surroundings: an endless forest of bones, Kimimaro's half-completely ossified body—hmm...this body?
The black-haired boy suddenly froze.
Wait a minute... that's not flesh and blood...?
That was a stand that was just a skeleton...?
Sasuke's eyes widened instantly.
"Sakura, Kokoro, he might not be dead yet!"
Ignoring the burning pain in his lungs, he instinctively yelled.
Just as he was speaking to remind her, Kimimaro suddenly appeared on the bone pillar behind Sakura!
Kimimaro... is not dead yet!
And then, suddenly, he appeared behind Sakura Haruno!
After performing the Dance of the Early Bracken, Kimimaro's body had actually transformed into this entire forest of bones, and the extent to which the bones extended was the place where his body could appear instantly.
This is the true power of the Dance of the Early Bracken!
That's a clone, so this is the real body!
Hidden deep within the Dance of the Early Bracken, Kimimaro decisively made his move once he determined the identity of the attacking ninja!
His missing hands have been replaced by wildly growing bones, which have transformed into sharp bone spears and bone swords. They emerged from behind Sakura Haruno and thrust swiftly towards the girl!
Sasuke and Sakura were taken aback when they noticed the unusual Chakra.
Sakura sensed something was wrong when she felt the fluctuation of Chakra. She subconsciously activated Cherry Blossom Impact mode, and then felt a dark wind coming from behind her head.
Kimimaro's Taijutsu attacks were incredibly fast. Even the cat-faced girl with Cherry Blossom Impact activated could only barely avoid the giant bone spear that grew from Kimimaro's left hand by twisting her waist and turning to the side.
Crack!
The cat-face mask is broken.
The hard bone grazed the soft cheek, leaving two long, bloody streaks!
He actually avoided it? Kimimaro a little surprised.
The information clearly states that this girl is Ninjutsu- type ninja, yet her reaction speed is so fast that she managed to dodge his seemingly inevitable attack!
The bone spear only shattered the mask on her face with a cracking sound, then grazed the girl's smooth cheek, leaving two bloody wounds on her flawless skin.
Is this really a ninja skilled in Ninjutsu?
"Nintaijutsu: Wing Chun Hidden Kick!"
Kimimaro's attack failed, and he was met with a furious counter-attack from Sakura Haruno!
Bang!
The kick from her slender, long leg was so fierce and unstoppable that Kimimaro's entire body was reduced to dust in the force of the blow!
"Bone powder...?" The girl withdrew her foot, her delicate brows furrowing slightly. "Did you dodge it?"
Her opponent could move so quickly across the battlefield... That kick was already her fastest kick ever, yet she still couldn't reach him.
Following her sense of Chakra... she unsurprisingly spotted Kimimaro's figure on a bone pillar not far away.
Sure enough, it missed...
I've already activated Cherry Blossom Impact! A chill ran through the girl's heart. That's ridiculously fast!
"How... how did you dodge it?"
She narrowed her beautiful eyes and calmly looked at Kimimaro, asking him a question.
"Do you think I'd tell you...?" Kimimaro replied calmly.
But his inner world was far from as calm as it appeared...
This girl, named Sakura Haruno, stared coldly at the proud and aloof young woman standing before him.
The power of their punches and kicks is almost unbelievable!
This is a bit unusual... Her figure, those slender, straight legs, don't seem like those of Taijutsu- type ninja capable of kicking with such power.
That kick shattered even the half-meter-thick bone pillar behind him... With its power, if it had hit him directly, it probably wouldn't have fared much better than being struck by a direct hit from the Lightning Blade Torrent!
His opponent was an extremely violent ninja whose reaction speed was comparable to the Three-Tomoe Sharingan and whose punches and kicks were as powerful as the Lightning Blade Torrent!
Kimimaro unconsciously frowned deeply.
Tricky.
But... he was still no match for him.
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