Shukaku: "Let Me Take the True Thousand-Armed Kan'on Head-On? What Did I Do to Deserve This? Bring It On!" (Continued)

Sasuke set off the explosives.

Naruto quickly retreated as well.

Boom!

But after the disgust faded, Gaara still stood where he was, while even more sand gathered around him.

He was still protected by the sand's absolute defense.

Sasuke had thrown out a full thirty Exploding Tags just now—enough to blow Kakashi to death more than a dozen times.

"What the hell is this sand?"

Naruto was a little stunned.

"We can't beat him? He has absolute defense, and even Exploding Tags don't work?"

Sasuke was equally shocked.

Naruto had created an opening for him just now, allowing him to set off the explosives. They had never rehearsed that coordination before, but it had worked well enough.

Yet... they still couldn't hurt Gaara.

So had that bombardment been a complete failure?

"Still use Exploding Tags." Kitahara Kaede spoke up at that moment. "But mark the positions."

"Thirty-three centimeters above Gaara's head, then one hundred and twenty-two centimeters to the right from his shoulder."

"Then twenty-seven centimeters below his left shoulder."

"Then fifty-five centimeters beside his left foot. Remember, place three there."

"Then forty-four centimeters above his right knee."

"Throw Exploding Tags toward those locations first," Kitahara Kaede said.

"In... those directions?" Sasuke hesitated.

The positions Kitahara Kaede had given were too precise. He couldn't simply fling the Exploding Tags anymore; he had to attach them to kunai and use those kunai for positioning.

That meant he needed some time to prepare.

"Those exact directions," Kitahara Kaede said. "After doing that, you might see something interesting."

"Something interesting..." Sasuke didn't quite understand, but he obediently started attaching Exploding Tags to kunai.

"..." Gaara glanced over at Kitahara Kaede.

That look caught everyone in the group's attention.

``` Observing Kitahara Kaede (^_-) Small Group

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