Hinata Hyuga's Team vs. Kurotsuchi, Suigetsu, and Sakura; Hinata's Strength

Gaara stood where he was. Fine cracks appeared in his Sand Armor, but there was no anger in his eyes—only a flicker of excitement.

"Good..."

he said softly, warmth entering his voice for the first time.

"Finally... someone can shake this defense."

His expression changed.

The coldness gave way to the fiery passion of a warrior who had met a worthy opponent.

"Then let me show you my true Sand Release."

The sand around Gaara began spinning at high speed, forming a Sandstorm Tornado!

Faced with the overwhelming sandstorm, Naruto and Sasuke both turned grave.

Just then, Karin's voice suddenly rang out.

"Brother! Sasuke! I can sense the core of the sand, five meters behind his right side!

That's the node where the Chakra flows!"

"A node?"

Naruto froze.

"It means that's the control center of the technique!"

Sasuke understood at once.

"Destroy it, and the entire sandstorm will collapse!"

"How do we do that?"

Naruto asked as the sandstorm closed to within ten meters.

Sasuke's Sharingan spun wildly.

"We need to attack the node itself and the two main Chakra streams connected to it at the same time!"

"At the same time..."

Naruto gritted his teeth.

"I can't do that alone!"

Naruto could not clearly sense where that node was.

"I can."

Sasuke said, beginning to form hand seals.

"But I need you to buy me three seconds."

"Three seconds, got it!"

Naruto took a deep breath. This time, he did not create Shadow Clones. Instead, he gathered all his Chakra into his feet.

"Body Flicker Technique!"

His body became a golden flash as he charged straight into the sandstorm!

He moved so fast that three afterimages trailed behind him!

"What is he doing?!"

Cries of alarm rose from the stands.

The sand eyes above saw Naruto's movement and