Unsealing the Barrier!

"The cave is five kilometers from our current position. It covers roughly six hundred square meters, and there's a barrier outside it that encompasses the entire mountain." In the forest, Kurenai's team had rendezvoused with Kakashi's team and Might Guy's team. Kurenai held a branch and drew on the ground.

"A barrier... Can we break through it by force?" Kakashi asked, looking at the crude map on the ground with a headache.

"No." Hinata explained, "I examined the entire barrier. The Chakra is distributed evenly, with no weak points. An attack on any part of it would be dispersed."

"Can you tell what kind of barrier it is?" Might Guy asked.

"It's a Five Seal Barrier. The boulder blocking the cave entrance has a talisman marked 'Forbidden' on it, while the other four talismans are placed at these four locations." Kurenai marked the other four spots on the ground and said gravely, "We tried to approach them, but there are barriers around those four locations as well—and they're also Five Seal Barriers."

"What?!" Kakashi and Grandma Chiyo were both stunned. There was actually such a method in this world?!

"They're separated by such a great distance?! It seems the enemy has a Grandmaster-level Barrier Master. This is troublesome." Grandma Chiyo lowered her head, the wrinkles on her face deepening.

"What's wrong?" Naruto asked blankly.

"A Five Seal Barrier nested within another Five Seal Barrier—no one has ever heard of such a thing! In that case, we'll need thirty people to unseal the barrier." Kakashi explained.

"That's the optimistic scenario. I'm worried that unsealing the outer barrier will trigger a chain reaction." Grandma Chiyo looked at Sakura and asked, "Did Tsunade Hime teach you barriers?"

"No..." Sakura shook her head. Her talent was limited; learning Medical Ninjutsu alone had already taken