Kiba Inuzuka: I'll Sacrifice Myself!

"Kazeka, you truly surprise me..."

While continuing to deal with the three attackers, Kurenai Yuhi commented on Kazeka:

"When a teammate is caught in genjutsu, injecting your own Chakra into their body to help them break free isn't difficult.

But the difficult part is breaking free from my genjutsu in the first place. It seems my evaluation of you was a bit too low!"

"It's not that difficult..."

Kazeka shrugged his shoulders:

"Unlike other ninjutsu, genjutsu fluctuations are a bit peculiar. For that reason, I specifically operated on myself beforehand.

The moment my body detected the genjutsu's fluctuation, I severed my optic nerves. I can just stitch them back up after the genjutsu is released..."

Kazeka touched his recently sutured eye sockets, then spoke to Kiba Inuzuka:

"Kiba, what do you think? You'd really like to have such a convenient ability, right? We're a team from now on, and I'll often do this convenient surgery for you for free!"

"I appreciate the offer, but for now, I still want to resist genjutsu with my own strength..."

Just seeing Kazeka's terrifying act of self-harm was enough to know that if he experimented on him, he would undoubtedly endure inhuman and terrifying torture. Kiba Inuzuka would have to be out of his mind to agree:

"Let's not think about anything else right now and focus all our efforts on fighting Teacher Kurenai.

Now that the genjutsu has been broken, Teacher might use other means to create an opening for an attack to hide the dolls!"

"Kiba, your vigilance is good, but who says I didn't leave with a doll just now?

Whether you're caught in genjutsu or helping others break free, there are moments of distraction..."

Kurenai Yuhi chuckled softly and pointed to a large tree in the distance, where a clock had appeared at some point:

"There are forty minutes left. You know, compared to fighting me, the task of finding the dolls is even more daunting!"

As her voice fell, Kurenai Yuhi's figure slowly dissipated. Clearly, this figure was also a genjutsu.

"Two consecutive uses of genjutsu, and seamlessly connected at that. Teacher Kurenai's strength is truly terrifying..."

Kiba Inuzuka exclaimed, then looked puzzled:

"But why did she leave? I thought Teacher Kurenai would fight us while making us search for the dolls."

"You just said Teacher Kurenai is strong. Her previous fight with us was just to test our skills..."

Kazeka squinted and yawned:

"Since the taijutsu test is over, there's naturally no need to waste any more time. Let's just move on to the next test!"

"That makes sense, Kazeka. Your brain is really sharp..."

Kiba Inuzuka gave Kazeka a thumbs-up, then looked at the ninken beside him:

"Akamaru, can you smell the trail of that doll?"

"Woof... Woof!"

"Hmm?"

Having grown up with ninken, Kiba Inuzuka could understand some of their feedback. However, at this moment, he looked at Kazeka hesitantly:

"According to Akamaru's rough search, targets with the same scent have been placed in three locations!"

"Byakugan!"

Upon hearing this, Hinata didn't hesitate and activated her Byakugan. She scanned her surroundings and then replied:

"Ak... Akamaru is right. Teacher divided the doll into three parts and placed them... scattered in different areas!"

"So?"

Kiba Inuzuka still treated Kazeka as the team leader:

"Should we split up or attack together?"

"There's still time. When facing the unknown, we should definitely go together first and check out the closest location!"

Kazeka waved his hand, also activating his Byakugan, and led the way towards the nearest target.

The training ground wasn't very large, and the three quickly arrived in front of a large tree.

There was a tree hollow in the middle of the large tree. Through his Byakugan, Kazeka saw the head of a rabbit doll lying alone inside, separated by the tree trunk.

"Ex... Except for a special Chakra lingering on it, I haven't found any other traps... yet."

"Akamaru said the same thing..."

Hinata and Kiba Inuzuka gave the same conclusion as Kazeka. Kazeka pondered for a moment, then spoke:

"It seems this is a trap that needs to be triggered by contact. It's also Teacher Kurenai's test for us, Kiba..."

Kazeka patted Kiba Inuzuka's shoulder:

"I'll leave this first probe to you. Is that okay?"

"As a ninja, I have to take risks to gather information. There's nothing to say about that..."

Kiba Inuzuka's expression turned grim for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure. In the next second, he reached directly into the tree hollow and grabbed the doll!

Boundless blood-red light swallowed everything around them. The setting sun was like the eyes of an evil god, gazing at Kiba Inuzuka with boundless malice.

Crimson-brown withered trees formed a circle, like a prison, tightly imprisoning him.

Kiba Inuzuka stood in the center of the prison, bound to a wooden cross.

The branches of the withered trees began to grow wildly, their sharp thorns piercing Kiba Inuzuka's body.

Although he knew he was in an illusion, the intense pain still violently assaulted Kiba Inuzuka's body!

"Waaaaaaah!!!"

A piercing scream echoed through the forest. Even though Kazeka immediately injected Chakra, waking Kiba Inuzuka from the illusion.

But everything he had experienced in the illusion had brought Kiba Inuzuka to the brink of collapse, his body going limp like noodles on the ground!

"It... it was just a test, right? How could Teacher Anko use such an excessive ninjutsu..."

Seeing Kiba Inuzuka's miserable state, Hinata couldn't help but ask worriedly:

"Judging by Kiba's condition, he clearly needs to be sent to the hospital!"

"Wait!"

Kazeka reached out, stopping Hinata, who was about to act:

"Although he's been injured, these are wounds that can heal. When we carry out missions in the future, we'll suffer even more severe injuries than this. If we quit halfway because of such a small matter, it proves that our ninja way is nothing special..."

Facing Hinata, Kazeka's words softened considerably, yet they still starkly exposed the essence of being a ninja.

He grabbed Kiba Inuzuka by the collar and dragged him directly to another large tree where a doll was hidden.

Hearing this, Hinata also quickly reacted to Kiba Inuzuka's plight:

"I... In that case, Teacher Anko must be testing our spirit of sacrifice, to share the damage together..."

Looking at the head of the doll Kiba Inuzuka was tightly holding, Hinata bit her lip slightly and trembled as she reached for the doll's torso.

Just then, Kazeka stopped her. In her confused gaze, he leaned down and whispered something in Kiba Inuzuka's ear.

Upon hearing this, Kiba Inuzuka seemed to suddenly receive an adrenaline shot, and he abruptly revived from his near-collapsed state!

"Leave it to me!"