Don't Stop Soseki, I'm Going to Deliver Myself

"This guy actually woke up at the last second!" Asuma clicked his tongue, a look of regret on his face.

"Then let's take care of the others first." Soseki pulled out a shuriken from his tool bag.

"I'll take the left side."

"Then I'll take the right."

The leading ninja's brow twitched violently as he heard this, and he shouted, "Wake up quickly!"

If he couldn't disrupt the flow of chakra within his own body, his comrades could help. However, the problem was that he could only save one person at a time that way.

Therefore, he could only place his hope on his voice having the effect of "bonds"!

However, it had no effect whatsoever!

Seeing a vacuum orb flying towards the left and a shuriken shooting towards the right.

The leading ninja gritted his teeth. He could only try to shoot down the shuriken the opponent had thrown with his own shuriken while sprinting towards the left, intending to knock away his comrade before the vacuum orb hit.

"Phew, good thing I made it!"

But before he could catch his breath, Soseki and Asuma began a new round of attacks.

"Ah! You damn brats, just you wait!"

"No way, again?"

"Are you pigs? Wake up quickly!"

After going back and forth like this three times, no matter how slow he was, he realized something was wrong.

Each time they attacked, the opponents seemed to leave just the right amount of gap, slightly delaying the timing, so that he wouldn't completely lose hope of saving his comrades.

"This isn't right, these two brats are doing this on purpose!" The leading ninja's heart chilled. These two brats were deliberately leaving a sliver of room, making him run around exhaustedly, only to be easily defeated by exhaustion in the end.

Kushina was also surprised. "No one has woken up yet after so long. The normal Fox's Heart Technique would absolutely not have this effect."

"This younger brother of mine seems to be really amazing!"

Seeing the two brats start another round of attacks, the leading ninja roared, his eyes bloodshot as he charged forward, "You damn brats, I'll kill you!"

Being forced by the two brats to abandon his comrades made him feel ashamed and also filled him with extreme rage.

"Oops, it seems I've pushed him too far!" Even as he said this, Asuma's voice held no trace of fear, but was instead filled with excitement.

"A Chunin-level opponent, I wonder how strong he'll be?" Asuma was anticipating this when the opponent's hands suddenly erupted with dazzling purple lightning.

Lightning Release: Pack Attack!

The lightning transformed into a pack of pursuing wolves, opening their gaping maws towards Asuma.

"So fast!" Asuma was startled. The speed of the opponent's lightning release seemed much faster than what he had seen in the village.

"As expected of a ninja from Cloud Village!" Asuma quickly formed hand seals, spitting out balls of flame from his mouth towards the wolf pack.

Lightning and fire clashed, suddenly erupting with dazzling brilliance in the night forest.

Amidst the roaring aftershocks, the leading ninja violently broke through the lightning and fire barrier and charged towards Asuma.

Seeing the scorched enemy charging at him, Asuma's pupils contracted violently. He clearly hadn't expected the opponent to be so ferocious, but thanks to his many battles with Soseki, he was not unfamiliar with such a ferocious assault.

A Substitution Technique allowed him to dodge in time.

The Cloud Village ninja, now in a berserk state, was naturally not satisfied with this outcome. He pushed off the large tree in front of him with his legs, using the recoil to charge at Asuma once more.

"I say, did you forget something, you guy?"

Mountain Squall!

Soseki's voice appeared at the opportune moment, and his fist struck the Cloud Village ninja, who was in mid-air.

Boom!

Like a cannonball, the Cloud Village ninja was sent flying backwards, plowing a long gully in the ground.

"As expected, Soseki is more ferocious!" Asuma muttered, then asked, "Isn't this guy going to be beaten to death directly?"

Beside him, Kushina also nodded with relief. As expected of the younger brother she had unilaterally recognized, beneath his kind heart, he also possessed a ferocious power like hers!

"Hoo~ hoo~ What the hell are these monsters?" In the dust-filled sky, the Cloud Village ninja's terrified voice rang out.

At this moment, he was looking at the fragments on his chest with a look of dread.

If it weren't for this Heart Protection Mirror, he would have been blown to pieces this time.

No, even with this Heart Protection Mirror as a buffer, he was almost shaken to death by the transmitted power.

"However, I won't give you any more chances. I will let you know that Chunin are not something you brats who aren't even Genin can deal with."

"But you were almost killed by us!"

"That was my carelessness."

"But you were almost killed by us!"

"Bastard, bastard, bastard!" The leading ninja roared and charged directly at Asuma.

However, Asuma simply formed hand seals rapidly with both hands, not even showing the slightest intention of dodging.

Seeing the situation, the leading ninja instinctively thought of a possibility, but before he could react, the familiar tremor appeared again.

"Illusion Arts again, break it for me!" The leading ninja knew he couldn't delay. He forced himself to grip his left hand, and the shuriken hidden in his palm dug into his flesh.

A sharp pain struck him, finally freeing him from the illusion.

Then, an overwhelming wave of heat washed over him.

With the experience from last time, the leading ninja quickly rolled away, but half of his body was still caught by the flames.

"Damn it, to be forced this far!" The leading ninja clutched his left hand, glaring at Soseki and the other with bloodshot eyes.

He couldn't imagine that as a Chunin, he couldn't even handle two brats.

If he were facing either one alone, it wouldn't be this difficult. But the coordination between the two brats was too good, and he couldn't wake up any of his useless teammates!

Soseki's face showed no joy or sorrow, but he sighed inwardly, "As expected of Fire Release, it can't kill someone even like this!"

"No, if I don't deal with the genjutsu user first, this fight can't continue." With this thought, the leading ninja gritted his teeth and charged at Asuma again.

Asuma and Soseki didn't suspect anything and instinctively began to form hand seals.

"Three, two, one... here it comes!" The Cloud Village ninja's eyes flashed. He actually predicted the timing of Soseki's genjutsu. Just before being affected by the genjutsu, he unhesitatingly crushed the smoke bomb in his hand.

"Damn it, I can't see the enemy's position!" Asuma thought it was bad, but his hand seals were already complete, so he could only gamble on his luck.

The giant fireball pushed forward, finally rushing into the smoke.

Accompanied by roaring and exploding sounds, the kicked-up dust combined with the smoke to cover most of the battlefield.

Just as Asuma was cautiously guarding against the enemy's movements, a dark figure suddenly rushed out of the smoke, so black it almost blended into the night.

And his target was none other than Uzumaki Kushina.

"Bastard, stop right there!" Asuma saw this and instinctively grabbed a handful of shuriken, firing them at the opponent.

"This is bad, no time to form seals!" Soseki cried out in feigned panic, while inwardly feeling speechless. The idiot in front of him, while charging, still spared a glance with his peripheral vision towards them. Was he afraid they wouldn't know his intentions?

"To be 'fooled' by such a clumsy performance is quite an insult to my intelligence. However, it can be explained as being blinded by concern."

With that thought, Soseki "sent" himself forward.

Thanks to Wei Wo Tao Ge for the 1000 reward, Sleep God 002 for the 200 reward, Heaven Boy Su Hang for the 100 reward, and Zhutian Jie Ke Mang for the 100 reward. I'd also like to thank the reader "Di Di Bo Ji Di Di Bo Bo Ye" for providing the skill name "Mountain Squall." Lastly, a few words off-topic. I checked the recommendation data today, and my collection increment seems to be third from last among the books recommended together, which is a bit awkward. Is it because the book's title and cover are too subtle, leading to very few people clicking on it()? However, my recommendation ticket increment is first, which means most of you who are reading the book have probably given me your tickets. Thanks! (￣y▽￣)~