"AAAAAAAH!!!"
Zhenyou's anguished scream was enough to make anyone who heard it weep.
The men on the battlefield who saw Zhenyou's condition instinctively clenched their legs together.
The Rogue Ninjas Huangshi and Guqi exchanged a glance from afar, both seeing a hint of unease in the other's eyes:
These people were vicious. They needed to get away as soon as possible!
It was a good idea, but reality was cruel.
After fighting for a while, they had already confirmed that Team 8 was no pushover—and they even had a Jonin backing them up.
Huangshi, a Chunin, could indeed get the better of Kazeka, but the man's ability to control and harass his opponent was giving Huangshi a serious headache.
And now Hinata, who had already dealt with her opponent, had joined the fight against him too!
However, before they could make a move, Kazeka had already started putting pressure on Kiba Inuzuka:
"Kiba, Hinata already finished off her opponent. What are you still messing around for?
As a team member, don't drag everyone else down!"
"Damn it, my opponent's no pushover. There's nothing I can do..."
Kiba Inuzuka yelled at Kazeka:
"This guy's a lot like the legendary Tsekuri Clan from Kirigakure. He can keep growing a layer of bone armor over his body for defense.
Akamaru and I have chewed through six or seven layers already, but he regenerates much faster than we can bite through them!
I can beat him, but it'll take time!"
"Damn it, battles are decided in the blink of an eye. How can we afford to waste time like this?
Aren't you dragging the team down with what you're doing right now?"
"Battles depend on the situation and the opponent!"
"How pathetic..."
Kazeka didn't care at all about Kiba Inuzuka's reply:
"Look at Hinata. She finished off her opponent in no time and came over to help me.
You're not going to wait until the rest of us are done fighting before you finally beat that weakling, are you?"
"That's exactly right..."
Hinata joined in without mercy:
"As a teammate, you've managed to waste so much time. You're completely useless...
It looks like Team 8 will have to choose a new teammate!"
"Kazeka, Hinata, that's enough..."
Hearing their relentless insults, Kiba Inuzuka was starting to lose his temper:
"If you've got something to say, just say it!"
"Kiba, I don't mean anything by it. I just think your abilities are gradually falling behind the rest of our team.
First, you'll become Team 8's weak link, and then we'll slowly leave you behind. You can't keep going like this..."
As he harassed Huangshi, Kazeka tried to reason with Kiba:
"Let me experiment on you. I'll turn you and Akamaru into even more powerful fighters!"
"You bastard, you're only saying this because of your evil experiments..."
Kiba Inuzuka glared viciously at Kazeka, but as he struggled against his opponent, he couldn't help admitting that Kazeka was right about one thing.
When it came to getting stronger, Kazeka knew what he was talking about!
"Fine, you devil. I accept your terms. But there's no time to do your experiment now, is there?"
"Quite the opposite. The experiment requires you to take a drug beforehand so your body can adjust for a while. So just don't resist..."
During a lull in the fight, Kazeka tossed Kiba Inuzuka a vial of medicine.
It shattered in midair, releasing a small cloud of red mist that quickly dispersed. Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru inhaled it.
"Uh... What is this feeling..."
Kiba Inuzuka focused on his body and found that his Chakra was more active and his body more agitated.
A primal urge to destroy was surging through his mind!
Kiba glanced at Akamaru, who seemed just as restless, and called out:
"Akamaru, get ready—Fang Over Fang!"
As Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru spun faster and faster, two destructive whirlwinds converged.
Rather than disrupting each other, they combined into an even more powerful attack.
The boy and dog kept biting through the layers of bone armor growing over Guqi's body.
Unlike their previous attacks, this one was clearly much stronger. The bone armor couldn't grow back fast enough to keep up with Kiba Inuzuka's biting.
The armor on Guqi's body rapidly dwindled before their eyes.
His frame, which had looked massive beneath the armor, soon returned to its skinny shape.
And without the armor to protect him, his body was instantly left a bloody mess!
"Is this how powerful the major villages are?"
Watching this as he continued to grapple with Kazeka, Huangshi wore a rare look of shock:
"One vial of medicine was enough to boost a ninja's attack power by that much.
And it doesn't seem to have many side effects... No, wait!"
Huangshi had just been about to say that the medicine had few side effects, but Kiba Inuzuka's next actions made him shut his mouth.
"Power! I can feel the power! This attack feels incredible! Kazeka, you really know your stuff..."
The surge in his strength and the smoothness of his violent assault swept away Kiba Inuzuka's worries. He felt so exhilarated that he wanted to roar!
He couldn't just believe what everyone else said about Kazeka.
He had already decided that once this mission was over, he would go to Kazeka's Laboratory and undergo the rest of the experiments.
But when the fight ended, the blood in his veins stopped boiling, and Kiba Inuzuka regained his senses. Suddenly, something felt wrong!
Once Fang Over Fang was finished, he was supposed to end up away from his target. It was a hit-and-run move.
But now he was clearly lying on top of his opponent, with something in his mouth!
As his reason gradually returned, Kiba Inuzuka realized in shock that he and Akamaru were biting down on Guqi from either side!
Guqi was still resisting, but the pain was overwhelming, and his resistance was growing weaker by the second!
"Uh..."
Feeling what he was doing, Kiba Inuzuka hurriedly let go.
However, perhaps because Akamaru was smaller, the drug hadn't fully worn off for him yet.
His normally adorable appearance now had a frighteningly crazed edge.
He was not only biting Guqi in a sensitive spot, but also tearing at him.
Guqi was on the verge of collapse, wracked with unbearable pain, and too weak to fight back.
Even Kiba Inuzuka, the one who'd started it all, couldn't help feeling sorry for him!
"Oh no!"
At first, Kiba Inuzuka didn't think much of Akamaru's attack.
But the longer he watched, the worse his expression became. Finally, he grabbed Akamaru by the scruff of the neck:
"That's enough, Akamaru. Stop biting him.
Thinking of you as a purehearted dog girl, then seeing what you're doing now... I can't stand by and let this guy defile you!"
Huangshi: "Σ(°△°|||)︴"
Looking at Kiba Inuzuka now, then remembering Hinata's behavior earlier, even Huangshi—a Chunin who had seen plenty—couldn't help asking:
"Are you Konoha people all this unhinged?"
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