"Good afternoon, Naruto.
Good afternoon, Sakura.
Good afternoon, Yamato. What happened to you? What happened to all of you?"
Hawking had just been summoned and, as usual, greeted everyone. But when he saw Yamato lying on the ground, seemingly on his last breath, he froze for a moment.
Wasn't Yamato supposed to be training with Naruto? How had he been injured so badly?
"Hawking, watch out!"
At that moment, Naruto and Sakura hurriedly warned him.
A strange crimson triple-bladed scythe was sweeping toward Hawking's neck from behind.
Smack!
Hawking raised a hand and easily caught the scythe's handle.
To his eyes, an attack with that kind of strength and speed was barely faster than a snail. Naturally, catching it was effortless.
"Looks like your summoned beast has some skill, but it's useless. Get over here!"
Seeing his scythe caught by the humanoid summoned beast brought forth by the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki, Hidan immediately pulled with both hands, intending to drag Hawking over and harvest his life in one motion.
However, Hawking did not budge. Neither did the scythe in his hand.
"How is that possible? I'll pull harder!"
Hidan blinked, seemingly unable to believe Hawking was that strong, then exerted all his strength again.
Hawking still did not move. Neither did the scythe in his hand.
Turning around, Hawking looked at Hidan in front of him, then at Kakashi and Sai, who were being beaten by Kakuzu and could barely hold on any longer. He immediately understood the situation.
He had clearly arrived just as the Fire Temple had been destroyed, with Team 7 joining forces to take on the Immortal Duo.
It seemed Tsunade had replaced Asuma because of his prophecy and sent Kakashi to lead the team instead.
But judging from the current situation, it did not seem to