The gravely wounded Sunagakure puppeteer never got to finish speaking. Kakashi's heart sank. He didn't dare waste a moment and hurried in the direction the puppeteer had pointed.
A short while later, Kakashi arrived at a long street.
The street was already in complete disarray. Several Joint Force members lay sprawled across the wreckage-strewn ground, dead.
Sunagakure Elder Chiyo was controlling several puppets as she faced off against Upper Moon Two.
Beside Chiyo stood Kiba, a Kumogakure shinobi with one arm hanging limply from an injury, and Kurenai, who was also wounded and panting heavily.
When Kurenai saw Kakashi, her face lit up. "Kakashi, perfect timing!"
With a swish, Kakashi landed beside her. "Are you all right?"
"I'm fine!" she replied, then glared at Kokushibo. "Be careful. He's strong! He's incredibly fast, and his swordsmanship is vicious!"
Chiyo glanced at Kakashi, a murderous glint in her eyes, but quickly suppressed it.
She had recognized Kakashi as the son of the Konoha White Fang long ago.
The Konoha White Fang had killed her son and daughter-in-law during the war, leaving her grandson Scorpion to grow up alone and develop an isolated, extreme personality.
That had indirectly led to Scorpion killing the Third Kazekage and defecting from the village.
The White Fang was dead now. If she wanted revenge, she could only settle the score with his son, Kakashi.
But Chiyo knew full well that the enemy before them was the strongest she had ever encountered. They were also trapped in this mysterious city, so their top priority was to defeat him and escape. She immediately said, "He can ignore damage from blades, and even poison barely affects him!"
"What!?"
Kakashi was stunned.
Kiba added, "Any injury he takes heals right before your eyes. Even if you cut off his arm, he