Just half a minute earlier,
"Someone's appeared. I don't know who it is."
......
"He's eliminating the Mist Ninja's water clones. Looks like reinforcements."
Pakkun was perched on Kakashi's head, quietly sharing the information he had pieced together from the changes in the scents he picked up with his nose.
Hearing that the third person who had suddenly appeared might be reinforcements, Kakashi made his decision at once. It was a bit of a gamble, but time was short, and he had no choice but to take the risk.
So,
he had Pakkun tell him where the nearest Mist Ninja water clone was.
Then, without hesitation, he used Chidori once more.
At the shrill sound of thunder, Tamaki's heart skipped a beat.
Almost at the same moment, he realized that three more of his water clones had been destroyed, and the piercing thunderclap was rapidly drawing closer.
Tamaki stopped immediately.
He swiftly formed Hand Seals and unleashed a technique toward the source of the sound.
[Ice Release: Ice Wall]
He hadn't considered dodging. Kakashi's thrust was simply too fast to evade. He could only defend himself, and, almost by instinct, he used the Ice Release technique he knew best.
The dazzling ball of lightning slammed into the ice wall.
It punched a deep hole through the wall, and countless cracks spread across its surface. The lightning's intense heat melted the ice, sending up a large amount of steam.
Fortunately, the ice wall didn't completely shatter and collapse.
Tamaki breathed a sigh of relief—but only for a moment. With an enemy like Kakashi right in front of him and another, whose capabilities were unknown, hidden in the mist, he couldn't afford to let his guard down.
He quickly formed Hand Seals, ready to seize the opportunity to attack Kakashi. Even if