"Stop!"
Jiraiya suddenly stopped and ordered the group to halt.
Everyone obeyed, stopping in their tracks with puzzled expressions. But it didn't take long for them to understand why Jiraiya had called a halt.
"The fighting up ahead seems to have ended."
"Yeah, the explosions and flames are gone!"
"Even the chakra fluctuations have died down."
Clearly, Jiraiya had stopped them because the fierce battle that had been raging up ahead had fallen silent.
There was usually only one explanation for that.
The fierce battle up ahead had reached its conclusion, and the victor had been decided!
"Damn it! Damn it! Are we still too late?"
Sasuke gritted his teeth, his expression twisted with rage.
He had experienced the enemy's strength firsthand, so in his eyes, if the battle was over, it could only mean Shinji had fought desperately, lost, and been defeated.
And after such a fierce battle, Sasuke couldn't even bear to imagine what would happen if Shinji had lost.
Kakashi noticed Sasuke's strange behavior.
He saw an intensely cold aura suddenly surge from Sasuke, while the three Tomoe in his Sharingan spun rapidly.
His heart skipped a beat, and he warned him, "Sasuke, calm down!"
But Sasuke stared ahead with bloodshot eyes and growled under his breath, "I'm going to kill that guy! I'm definitely going to kill him!"
The classmates who had followed them were just as agitated.
Haku in particular looked full of regret. He regretted not forcing his way past Kakashi and going to help Shinji.
If he had gone to back him up in time, he might have been able to save Shinji, even if he couldn't defeat their powerful enemy.
Karin looked anxious as she closed her eyes and sensed the area ahead.
However, the area where the battle had taken place