(I sometimes forget to update here... sweats manually)
At the critical moment, two rows of extremely tough curved bones sprang from Kimimaro's back. Tsunade's fist slammed into them head-on, instantly bending both rows of curved bones inward into an astonishing arc under the monstrous force of her punch.
Whoosh! The Third Hokage, who had originally been restrained by Kimimaro, left behind only his Hokage robes within the bone prison.
"An Escape Technique!? In that brief instant when I was distracted..."
Crack, crack! The curved bones snapped one after another. Although new bones replaced them, Tsunade's monstrous strength was truly not something an ordinary person could withstand head-on. Knowing he could not hold on any longer, Kimimaro borrowed Tsunade's force to "launch" himself away.
At that moment, the two layers of the Four Violet Flames Formation gradually vanished. Three of the Narutos at the four corners went poof, and Naruto himself leaped down beside the Third Hokage, who was now clad in black battle armor.
"Are you all right, Grandpa Hokage?" Naruto asked with concern.
"Heh heh... This old man isn't that useless yet." The Third Hokage smiled. When he had been fighting for his life on battlefields, juniors like Kimimaro had not even been born yet.
"You brat, did that bastard Orochimaru brainwash you so thoroughly that you went insane?" Tsunade clenched her fists and said coldly to Kimimaro, whose second Curse Mark state had made him barely human.
"You understand nothing at all... To me, Lord Orochimaru is the entire meaning of my life." Kimimaro endured the intense pain that constantly wracked every inch of his body as he spoke calmly.
"Grandma Tsunade, go deal with the wounded below first. Grandpa Hokage and I are enough to handle this guy," Naruto said.
"Hmph." Tsunade understood what took priority. This