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"Anrokuzan!"

Sara stared at the Mukade that had appeared and shouted, "I've already cut off the Dragon Vein's flow. I will never allow you to use Dragon Vein Energy to create weapons of war. In the name of the Queen of Roran, I order you to stop developing puppet weapons and release the enslaved people immediately!"

"Heh... so you already know this much. Then I can't let you keep living!"

Anrokuzan chuckled. "There are plenty of puppets to replace you, and my puppet army is already complete!"

Sara and Naruto's expressions changed at once, because the surrounding puppets had begun closing in.

Gengetsu listened and sneered inwardly, already out of patience. "No need to waste words on him. Anrokuzan is Mukade, and Mukade is Anrokuzan—a guy who put his brain to the wrong use and has a narrow vision!"

Anrokuzan turned his gaze toward the masked Gengetsu. "An ANBU ninja from Konoha? Foolish kid, how could you possibly understand my ambitions? As for Mukade, heh heh heh... I forgot that lowly name long ago. Now, I am Roran's minister, Lord Anrokuzan!"

"Tch!"

Gengetsu sneered, removed his mask and put it away. Bringing his hands together, he opened his mouth and spat out a water blade. It shot forth so quickly that Anrokuzan could not react in time, piercing straight through his head!

"So fast!"

Naruto could not help crying out in shock.

"Hurry up and save the people! That little trick won't do anything to this guy!"

Gengetsu shouted. Then he spun around and spat again. As he slightly turned his neck, the water blade swept sideways, slicing apart puppet after puppet in its path.

"That's amazing!"

Naruto shouted, then pulled Sara along to rescue the civilians of Roran. But he immediately came to his senses. "Huh? He's clearly younger than me, so why am I listening to him?"

"Whatever, I won't argue with him for now!"

Naruto shook his head without slowing down.

"You ignorant brat! In Roran, my power is limitless!"

From the platform, Anrokuzan roared. The head Gengetsu had pierced had already restored itself. With a movement of both hands, even more puppets swarmed in to attack.

"Hahaha!"

Anrokuzan laughed loudly. Then he spun around and flung back his robe, transforming in the blink of an eye into a six-legged spider with a human head. Staring at Gengetsu, he laughed. "Look! This is my ultimate body!"

Gengetsu's expression tightened, then he curled his lip. "Ugly as hell!"

"Konoha brat, die!"

Anrokuzan flew into a rage, his blade-like legs slashing down at Gengetsu at high speed.

Lightning crackled around Gengetsu as he repeatedly flashed aside to evade. Though he had not fully mastered Lightning Release Chakra Mode, more than two months of training had gotten him started, allowing him to increase his speed to a certain extent. And his taijutsu sparring with Uchiha Shinsui over those two months had not been for nothing either. Compared to his first mission, both his speed and agility had improved greatly.

Anrokuzan's attacks were powerful, but he could not hit him!

However, Anrokuzan was not alone. He also had an enormous puppet army. Gengetsu had already seen that Naruto and Sara had been stopped by the puppets again.

Using both fists and kicks, Gengetsu smashed apart seven or eight puppets in a row before shouting, "Kakashi!"

"Got it!"

Kakashi, who had just finished placing two Exploding Tags, raised one hand. "Explode!"

Boom! Boom! Boom...

Puppet after puppet was blasted to pieces, but Naruto froze. "Kakashi... sensei?"

"What are you standing around for? Get the people out of here! The Dragon Vein must be sealed completely, or that guy is immortal!"

Gengetsu shouted, bringing his hands together again. Water vapor condensed around him and rapidly gathered into a massive current that spiraled upward, forming a huge water dragon. Baring its fangs and claws, it blasted the charging Anrokuzan away.

But his assault did not stop. A Rasengan formed in his left hand, while lightning emerged in his right, accompanied by the chirping cry of Chidori.

After all this time, Gengetsu no longer needed hand seals to use Chidori and Raikiri!

Naruto, who had just rescued the civilians of Roran, froze again when he saw the two techniques. "Rasengan and Chidori... how does he know them too?"

Didn't the Pervy Sage say that Rasengan was the Fourth Hokage's technique, and only he and I could use it?

And wasn't Chidori something only Kakashi-sensei and Sasuke could use?

Who is he?

Naruto's head filled with questions.

At that moment, Gengetsu used the Water Body Flicker Technique, speeding across the water's surface. With his hands spread wide, a Rasengan in one and Raikiri in the other, he smashed and severed all of Anrokuzan's blade-like legs. Then he leaped onto Anrokuzan's back and pressed both hands down at once.

Boom!

The earth shook, and the ground collapsed into a huge crater. Anrokuzan's massive body was blasted underground by the Rasengan, while his back was pierced through by powerful lightning.

However, Gengetsu knew full well that as long as the Dragon Vein was not completely sealed, Anrokuzan could regenerate with Dragon Vein Energy. He had only temporarily defeated him, so he immediately flashed away.

"Sorry, I'm late!"

The moment Gengetsu landed, Minato's voice sounded beside him, followed by three figures touching down.

"No, your timing is perfect!"

Gengetsu smiled.

Looking at the puppet fragments scattered across the ground, Minato could not help praising him. "Well done!"

"Big brother!"

At this moment, Naruto and the others stepped forward as well. Gengetsu's face darkened when he saw them. "Why haven't you left yet?"

Naruto fumed inwardly. This guy actually thinks I'm in the way? He's seriously underestimating me, Naruto Uzumaki!

He was about to speak when Anrokuzan's voice rang out from the massive crater once more. "Sara, don't even think about escaping! Today is the day you die—go join your mother! And you, Konoha insects, behold the power of the Ultimate Puppet Weapon I created!"

Before he had even finished speaking, the scattered puppet fragments on the ground shot into the crater.

"Brother Minato, seniors, this guy can use Dragon Vein Energy, so his Chakra is practically limitless. As long as the Dragon Vein isn't completely sealed, he can keep regenerating. Therefore, Sara must completely cut off the Dragon Vein Energy!"

Gengetsu made a long story short.

"So that's why Anrokuzan is so determined to kill Sara!"

Naruto understood.

"I see!"

Minato nodded, then said to Naruto, "Naruto, protect Her Majesty the Queen. Take everyone to shelter, then completely cut off the Dragon Vein Energy supply!"

"Yes!"

Naruto and Sara nodded and hurriedly led everyone away first.

At that moment, a gigantic puppet climbed out of the crater. It was an enormous puppet weapon with a human upper body and the lower body of a centipede!

"What?!"

Kakashi stared at the colossal creature before him in shock, feeling that such a monster was simply impossible to fight head-on.

Gengetsu was equally shaken. Only by facing it up close could one truly sense the terrifying power contained within that massive body.

Against something this huge, Susanoo and Wood Release are probably the only effective options! But even Madara Uchiha would probably get beaten to death by this unkillable thing!

He grumbled inwardly, but his hands came together. The water on the ground immediately gathered, forming streams that tightly bound Anrokuzan.

"Even if his Chakra is limitless, he must have a weakness. Before the Dragon Vein Energy is completely cut off, we have to find it. We must split into three groups, just in case!"

Watching Anrokuzan gradually break free of his restraints, Minato swiftly made his decision and divided the team into three groups. Kakashi and Gengetsu formed one group, Choza Akimichi and Aburame Shibi formed another, while he went to join Naruto as the third group's intercepting force.

Minato, Choza Akimichi, and Aburame Shibi quickly retreated. Gengetsu formed hand seals and created four Clones to surround Anrokuzan, then turned to Kakashi. "Kakashi, are you ready?"

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