The Coordination of Sage Technique and Yin Release

Pakura?

At the sound of that name, Hidezawa's gaze changed.

Was his luck really this good?

According to Danzo's plan, she was his mission target. He truly hadn't expected to run into her here!

But on second thought, it made sense. At this time, Pakura was desperately hunting down Kirigakure ninja while also holding back Ōnoki's southward advance.

This earned her tremendous prestige, but it also made Kirigakure hate her to the bone. In the end, they even stopped fighting Sunagakure just to kill her.

"Just how far has this gone already?"

Hidezawa stroked his chin. He wasn't sure whether Pakura had already been hailed as the village's hero.

Then, in preparation for confronting Iwagakure, they planned to "let Pakura suffer a little" and sell her off to Kirigakure. (Anime Episode 505)

To be honest, Sunagakure's intelligence was insufficient. Or rather, even Konohagakure probably never expected Sunagakure to decisively sell out one of their own, so there was no intelligence on anything like this.

If it had been Konohagakure...

"Damn it, what a pair of Wolong Fengchu!"

Hidezawa silently cursed before looking at Shisui beside him.

"Senior, that's a big fish."

"Mm."

Shisui frowned as he looked into the distance, seemingly deep in thought. Yet from his eyes, it was clear that he was itching to make a move.

Clearly, he was worried about Pakura's strength and Sunagakure's reinforcements. There were quite a few enemies on the other side as well, but he truly did not want to let such a big fish slip away.

After a long while, he finally made up his mind.

"Prepare to act. End this as quickly as possible. If things go wrong, retreat immediately in case they have backup reinforcements."

"Yes!"

Hidezawa and Yugao nodded at the same time. Although their squad had never discussed the matter of a "captain" in detail from beginning to end—

Judging by his record, strength, and backing, Shisui was the most suitable choice. No matter what, he was Uchiha's genius!

Unfortunately, Shisui had been dropped into the team out of nowhere and had been set up by Hidezawa on his first day. Coupled with his personality, no one brought up the matter.

But at a critical moment like this, he needed to make the decisions and shoulder the responsibility.

If anything really goes wrong, there'll be someone to take the blame.

As they slowly drew closer and hid along a sloped bank of yellow sand, Hidezawa raised his head and looked at the valiant Pakura not far away.

He watched her use her unique Scorch Release to hunt down Kirigakure ninja, watched her evaporate the already scarce Water Vapor and leave those Kirigakure ninja in a miserable state.

Now he understood why Kirigakure insisted on her death. This woman's Scorch Release truly countered Kirigakure.

And this woman was seriously fierce!

"Things are looking good now, and we have Shisui Uchiha too, but it's better to prepare some extra insurance."

Hidezawa muttered to himself. He still had 3 Free Points, and after thinking it over, he simply put all of them into Yin Release!

Free Points: 0
Yin Release: LV3

Almost instantly, knowledge of Yin Release usage and advancement methods similar to Madara Uchiha's flooded into Hidezawa's mind.

He immediately understood the principles behind it and knew how to better wield this power.

But at that very moment, Pakura's Sunagakure squad had nearly finished wiping out the remaining Kirigakure ninja.

Their formation was also rather scattered. Seeing this, Shisui's eyes instantly transformed into Sharingan.

"Move!"

The moment he spoke, he charged out first, rushing toward Pakura ahead.

As he sprinted, his hands rapidly formed seals.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique."

A massive fireball roared toward the Sunagakure squad ahead, immediately startling Pakura's team in the distance.

"Who's there?"

They had just finished clearing out a wave of enemies. Some of them were injured and all of them were exhausted; they never expected more enemies to appear!

"Don't panic. Prepare for battle. I'm here."

At that critical moment, Pakura immediately spoke up to steady her comrades. At the same time, several orange-red fireballs instantly appeared behind her.

The fireballs floated around her, their scorching aura seeming to warp everything nearby.

One of her orange fireballs neutralized Shisui's Great Fireball Technique, but Shisui rushed in front of Pakura at that very moment. Their battle was on the verge of erupting.

"Senior, let's move too."

Hidezawa put on his mask, then nodded to Yugao beside him. The next moment, he directly activated his Cursed Seal and charged out.

The Wind Country's environment affected him somewhat. At the very least, he could no longer use Water Release.

Besides, they needed a quick battle, so he had no intention of holding anything back.

As he felt the power within his body rise rapidly, Hidezawa's speed increased once again. He flashed past like a phantom.

In an instant, he had rushed in front of a Sunagakure ninja!

"What?"

The Sand Ninja was utterly shocked by that speed. He could not keep up at all!

Hidezawa showed no mercy. A kunai appeared in his hand, and ignoring the face before him that was filled with astonishment, he viciously brought it down.

Blood sprayed out. The Sand Ninja clutched his throat and dropped to his knees, blood constantly flowing through his fingers as his body began to twitch uncontrollably.

Meanwhile, Hidezawa twisted his body and burst forth with astonishing speed again, charging toward another Sand Ninja!

"Die!"

Hidezawa was fierce, but the members of Pakura's squad were no pushovers either.

Their comrade's death ignited their fury. The moment Hidezawa approached, this Sunagakure ninja charged straight at him with a kunai in each hand.

"Your courage is commendable, but your speed falls just short."

Hidezawa in his Cursed Seal state was no joke. He quickly took a sidestep to evade the Sand Ninja's kunai, then drove his elbow viciously into the man's waist as he turned sideways.

The Sand Ninja recoiled involuntarily in pain, but he did not forget to throw both kunai at Hidezawa.

The whistling of the two kunai cutting through the air drew closer. Expressionless, Hidezawa casually swung his own kunai.

Clang—

Clang—

With two soft metallic clashes, the two kunai fell to the ground, while Hidezawa's kunai shot toward the Sand Ninja almost instantly!

The kunai viciously pierced the Sand Ninja's body. Hidezawa merely glanced at him before immediately leaping away.

"Wind Release: Great Vacuum Cannon!"

"Wind Release: Wind Cutter!"

"Wind Release: Wind Blow Cut!"

The moment he left, several Wind Release techniques bombarded the spot where he had been. The wild sand filling the sky became even more frenzied.

Perhaps his devastating combat performance had drawn more attention toward him.

However, Yugao had already joined the battle, and Shisui had tied down Pakura. That left him with little to worry about. Besides, he intended to conduct a proper experiment now.

"Yin Release can't enhance Taijutsu, but it can have a good effect on ninjutsu. In that case, combined with my current Cursed Seal state..."

Landing steadily on the ground, Hidezawa overlapped his hands to form a seal. In truth, he did not need to go through so much trouble now.

His Earth Release had already reached LV6. He could even skip quite a few hand seals, but he still needed to keep up appearances.

Watching the Sand Ninja draw closer and closer, Hidezawa suddenly smiled coolly as natural Chakra and Yin Release Chakra surged within him.

"There are some people in the ninja world you absolutely cannot afford to provoke, such as..."

Someone with cheats like me!

"Sage Technique: Yin Release: Earth Stone Dragon!"

The soft sandy ground suddenly shook violently. In the next instant, yellow sand scattered as an Earth Dragon nearly fifty meters long burst from the ground!

The massive dragon roared toward the sky. Its enormous body and deafening roar sent chills through everyone's hearts.

Even Hidezawa froze when he saw this, a question surfacing in his mind.

"Is this a Wood Dragon or an Earth Dragon?"