When?
As their gazes settled, the three puff-cheeked Chiba clones looked down at the Exploding Tags on their feet, where flames had already begun to burn. Their eyes widened slightly.
Those guys...
Then, noticing their companions' perfectly coordinated movements, all three Chiba clones curled their puffed cheeks into helpless smiles that were difficult to describe.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
In the next instant, three bursts of fire and smoke erupted, instantly swallowing the three Chiba clones.
Tap!
As the fire and smoke burst forth, a light landing sound rang out, followed by a series of scraping sounds as dust and rocks rubbed against each other.
"As expected of my lifelong rival, you've got skills, Kakashi!"
Then came a passionate, fiery declaration.
Might Guy stood quietly before the three clouds of fire and smoke, green Chakra currents billowing around him as his skin had turned dark red. He held up a thumbs-up, flashing a mouthful of gleaming white teeth at the three people behind the smoke.
"Heh..."
Seeing this energetic fellow, Kakashi, who usually appeared so lazy, immediately let his face fall. With two fingers raised in a hand seal, he let out a long sigh.
At the same time, Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi beside him also exhaled in relief, lowering the two fingers they had raised along with Kakashi.
Clearly, they had planted the Exploding Tags on the three Chiba clones' feet. At the critical moment just now, they had detonated them.
The three Chiba clones were clones after all. No matter how impressive Chiba's Solid Clone Technique was, clones were still clones. Even the strongest solid clones could only withstand a few extra nonfatal heavy blows.
Perhaps the impact of the Exploding Tags would not have been fatal to Chiba himself, but it had exceeded the scope of an