A volley of shuriken flew toward them. Shiyu's teammates were about to be hit when Kakashi, who was on Obito's back, leaped down with all his strength and drew his White Fang tanto.
"Clang, clang, clang!" Kakashi used White Fang to knock every shuriken out of the air.
Violet, who Kurenai had been carrying on her back, finally came to her senses.
"What on earth happened?" Kakashi asked in shock, staring at the surrounding ninjas.
"So many ninjas..." Violet was astonished, unable to believe that she'd woken up to find herself surrounded by enemies.
"In short, these people aren't Konoha Ninja. They attacked us," Rin explained, bringing them up to speed.
The seventeen ninjas began forming Hand Seals, and more than a dozen Water Release techniques came hurtling toward them.
Judging by their power, they could easily cut a person's body in half.
"Damn it! There are so many of them—and so many techniques!" Even Kakashi felt immense pressure.
"How are we supposed to defend against that? Does anyone know a defensive jutsu?" Violet's face turned ashen.
"Do whatever you can to protect yourselves! We have no way to escape!" Kakashi had a good sense for battle, but he didn't have the Sharingan yet, and so he hadn't copied any basic defensive techniques.
"Let's hope for the best!" Obito did everything he could to shield Rin with his body.
"You Konoha brats are dead this time!" The ninjas were on the verge of victory.
"Shing!"
"Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder!"
At the critical moment, Shiyu arrived using the Flying Thunder God. In his haste, he pointed the Flying Thunder God Formula Kunai in his hand toward the Water Release techniques and used spatial sensing to connect with another Flying Thunder God Formula.
To his surprise, he'd accidentally used Flying Thunder