The boss is down, so you get to split the loot? Dream on!

"Xi, wake up!" Darui reached out and patted Xi's face, but there was no reaction from her.

"It's no use. Take him with you and let's get out of here first," Yugito low voice. He couldn't be woken up for a while after being attacked by the Two-Tails' power.

Xi is Genjutsu- type ninja with considerable Mental Energy, and her awakening time is relatively short.

Yugito, and secretly resolved that after returning, he must train with Killer B Bee again to achieve more perfect control over the Tailed Beast Transformation.

Knowing the power of the Two-Tails, Darui nodded, helped Xi up, and prepared to leave.

"Where's the other guy?" Yugito suddenly remembered Mei Terumī, who had fought against Nozomi, and asked.

"The other one? You mean that female ninja from Kirigakure?" Darui scratched his messy hair. He seemed to remember finding her in some Grass Pile earlier.

Darui looked around; there were trees everywhere, making him a little disoriented.

"Never mind, let's leave first!" Yugito frowned slightly; they didn't have any more time to look for anyone.

She's just a female ninja from Kirigakure. Although she's quite strong, they need to leave as soon as possible.

Once they get entangled with another squad from Konoha, they're doomed.

Swish!!

Darui, with Hi Yugito having recovered considerably and able to move independently, leaped onto a treetop.

The three figures leaped and bounded through the woods, disappearing into the forest in the blink of an eye.

Not long after, in the forest where the Kumogakure team had just left, another figure landed lightly, none other than Shisui, who had been following closely behind.

"Did you stop here to pick up another companion?" Shisui squatted down and examined the area briefly before determining the three's whereabouts.

The Kumogakure team came and went in a hurry, leaving no time to erase any traces.

After leaving Konoha's unique Code in a secluded corner, Shisui lowered his body and then leaped high into the treetops.

With a whoosh, Shisui's figure darted out and disappeared in the direction the Kumogakure team had gone.

At this moment, Tōka was rushing over, following the marks left by Shisui.

When Tōka appeared in the Forest, the first thing he saw was Mei Terumī lying unconscious in the grass.

"Should we kill her or not?" Tōka squinted, staring at Mei Terumī's sweet sleeping face.

She only looks like a cute girl when she's sleeping peacefully!

After hesitating for a moment, Tōka loosened his grip and then slipped away. Firstly, he didn't want the world to spiral out of his control, and secondly, such a cute girl...

Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey!!

It's not because Mei Terumī is pretty!

Tōka just felt that a familiar Fifth Mizukage was much better than some ugly guy who popped up out of nowhere; at least his looks were guaranteed!

Yes, that must be it! Absolutely, absolutely not because he couldn't bear to hurt a cute girl!

I shook my head, trying to clear my mind of all those chaotic thoughts.

Tōka swiftly weaved through the Tree Shadow of the trees. His mental injury was not something he could recover from in a short time, but at this moment, the stinging sensation in Tōka's head had subsided.

Although I was still very tired and wanted to collapse and sleep, the waves of dizziness were not as severe.

Tōka's Taijutsu are quite good, after all, he trained with Kai.

Their speed was naturally not slow, much faster than Darui, who was traveling with one person, and Yugito's team, whose chakra was exhausted.

The distance between the two sides is closing...

Sudden!

With a deafening roar, a black Mushroom Cloud rose from the nearby Forest.

Tōka's expression hardened, and he secretly perked up.

In the distant Forest, Darui stared grimly at the Three Squads before him: those from Kusagakure, Takigakure, and Yugakure.

Each of the three sides fought their own battles. Upon seeing the Kumogakure team appear, they all retreated and occupied a corner, warily watching Darui and the others.

The explosion just now was clearly because Darui and his two companions had triggered a trap containing Explosive Tag.

"What do we do? It's a team from Kumogakure, and they look injured!"

"Should we take out the ninjas from Kumogakure first?"

"Kumogakure is Five Great Nations, and they often look down on Small Nation like ours. Maybe we can take advantage of them being injured this time..."

The enemies from the three villages, who were originally fighting each other, seemed to stand on a united front the moment the Kumogakure team appeared.

The three parties did not try to hide their whispers; even Darui and Yugito, who were more than twenty steps apart, could vaguely hear them.

Instantly, Yugito was furious. If her chakra hadn't been so low that she hadn't recovered much, she would have slapped these people to death!

"Don't be impulsive, the people from Konoha are right behind us!" Darui quickly reached out and pressed down on Yugito, and since Hii was still unconscious, it wasn't the right time to fight!

"Hmph, just because you don't want to fight doesn't mean others do the same," Yugito slapped Darui's hand away and sneered.

Upon hearing this, Darui noticed that the three people from Takigakure had already rushed up, and the two teams from Yugakure and Kusagakure also targeted them.

Damn it...

The lazy Darui couldn't help but curse inwardly. If it were any other time, he would definitely teach these guys a lesson!

"You take care of Xi, I'll deal with them!" Darui shoved Xi to Yugito and suddenly pulled out his greatsword from behind his back.

Just as Darui's body sank, gathering his strength to charge forward.

A pair of scarlet pupils appeared deep in his mind, followed by the cawing of countless Crows.

The black Crow, a symbol of misfortune and death, instilled a deep sense of unease.

"Genjutsu? It's that kid from Konoha!" Darui's expression changed slightly, secretly shocked by Shisui's speed, while pondering how to escape this illusion.

The Sharingan's Genjutsu isn't so easily broken; I had been careful not to look into the other person's eyes.

Why, suddenly...

They've fallen under Genjutsu?!

Unable to figure it out, Darui decided to put it aside for the time being. Instead, he quickly Hand Seals, and the chakra within his body suddenly paused before surging out like a fountain, disrupting the previously chaotic chakra.

"Untie!"

Basic Genjutsu: Release.

"So it really didn't work..."

Darui's face darkened, and he swung his greatsword to cut down the black Crow that were attacking from the sky. Although he knew that these were Genjutsu, he had no choice but to block all the attacks.

What if a real attack is hidden within the Genjutsu?

In the real world, Yugito saw Darui wildly slashing with his greatsword, managing to repel three Takigakure ninja who rushed at him, but she knew that Darui was under Genjutsu.

How could Darui's Swordsmanship be so haphazard, especially since there was no enemy in front of him at all!

He was just wildly hacking around with a big knife.

The thought flashed through his mind, Yugito quickly approached Darui, gathering the little chakra he had just recovered in his palm and directly injecting it into Darui's body.

Buzz!!

The illusion dissipated, and the sky full of black Crow vanished like ink.

"Thanks." Darui nodded slightly to the panting Yugito, then turned to stare warily at the boy standing on the treetop.

"You black devil, you're pretty fast!" Shisui said teasingly, a slight smirk playing on his lips as he crossed his arms.

Nigger...

Darui's brow twitched. Although he knew the other party was deliberately provoking him, he still couldn't suppress the anger that was surging up in his heart!

Let's continue the game that we haven't decided yet!

"That's what I think too!"

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The two men transformed into two black shadows, closing in on each other; one wielded a large sword, the other Wakizashi.

Clang!!

A piercing metallic clang rang out as two sharp weapons slashed past each other with their movements.

Sizzle...

A Hanabi flashed, and the two shifted their bodies to avoid each other.

In their first encounter, neither side seemed to have gained the upper hand.

Meanwhile, upon seeing another Konoha ninja appear in the field, the teams from Takigakure and Yugakure decided to retreat immediately.

They don't want to confront two of the Five Great Nations so soon, and judging from the current situation, Konoha's reinforcements will arrive soon!

After the teams from Takigakure and Yugakure retreated, the three from Kusagakure exchanged glances but made no move to leave.

They moved outside the field and hid under a Big Tree, clearly hoping to profit from the conflict between the two sides, and watched the Battlefield closely.

Shisui and Darui weren't idle. After their first attack missed, they immediately turned around and charged forward again, weapons in hand.

Crackle!

The two men's arms swung wildly, their two weapons, one large and one small, moving so tightly that each collision generated tremendous force, and Kakkō were visible as they rubbed together.

In less than a minute, the two had exchanged nearly a hundred sword blows.

In other words, on average, the two people must perform four actions per second: charge up, strike, charge up again, and strike again.

To save time, even the action of sheathing the knife was omitted.

"Darui, stop dragging this out!" Yugito watched from the side. She wasn't worried about Darui, but rather about Shisui stalling for time!

Upon hearing this, Darui's gaze sharpened slightly, revealing a serious expression. His arm muscles bulged, and his arms suddenly grew thicker.

The veins on the muscles were clearly visible twitching.

"Drink it!"

Darui stepped forward, plunging three-tenths of an inch into the ground. With a sudden burst of strength, he swung his greatsword as if to send Shisui and the other man, both armed, flying.

In an instant, Shisui felt a tremendous force approaching, and his body suddenly sank, intending to suppress the force.

However, Taijutsu were not Shisui's forte.

He only lasted two seconds before a powerful force lifted Shisui's body off the ground. Once his feet were off the ground, Shisui had even less leverage and power to generate in the air.

"Get up!!" Darui gripped his greatsword tightly and swung it in a semi-circular arc in the air, Shisui flying backward.

Lightning Release: Black Spotted Blade!

Sizzle sizzle sizzle!!

Black lightning bolts appeared on Darui's body, forming the shape of a cheetah, which lunged forward with bared fangs and claws, heading straight for the Shisui in the air.

"Oh no!" Shisui was maintaining his balance and preparing to land when he suddenly felt a terrifying electric current strike him, and his expression changed drastically.

Shisui cannot gain leverage to change direction while in mid-air, but how fast is lightning? Faster than visual perception, so fast that the eye cannot keep up!

At that moment, a familiar voice rang out, sounding like heavenly music to Shisui's ears.

"All-Killing Ash Bones - Dragon Bone Barrier!"

Crackling sounds...

Dense Gray Bones grew wildly, forming a solid bone wall in front of Shisui in the blink of an eye.

The space inside the Dragon Bone Barrier can only accommodate one adult, but that's enough for Shisui!

Sizzle...

A flash of black lightning, and Shisui's body emerged from the skeleton.

Although the frame is not sealed, and a slight current seeps in, the Shisui only looks dark and messy.

In fact, Shisui was not seriously damaged.

"Tōka, why are you all alone?" Shisui flipped backward and jumped, appearing beside Tōka.

"I fired Signal Flare. Kakashi has Ninja Dog tracking him, he'll be here soon!" Tōka's gaze remained fixed on Yugito, as if the latter hadn't recovered much chakra during this time.

"So? Are you confident you can take them down?" Shisui noticed Tōka's gaze and immediately became serious.

"It's not a question of whether we're confident or not, it's that we absolutely must take them down!" Tōka glanced at Shisui calmly, his voice extremely solemn.

"If we can't take advantage of the Two-Tails Jinchūriki being temporarily unable to fight, it will become very difficult for us to win."

"That's right!" Shisui wiped the sweat from his cheeks, his gaze gradually sharpening.

He also realized the seriousness of the problem; it was a very real issue.

To kill... and be killed!

Although Shisui has a cheerful personality and rarely kills his enemies, the situation before him gradually turned his aura cold.

"Tōka, use Genjutsu to support me!" As soon as Shisui finished speaking, he used a Body Flicker Technique to appear behind Yugito.

Upon hearing Shisui's voice, Tōka immediately took action.

Genjutsu: Ten Thousand Leaves Flying!

As the only pure Genjutsu that Tōka has created so far, its effect is to transform the body of himself and his teammates into falling leaves and flying flowers, thereby confusing the enemy and making it impossible for them to distinguish the true location of the Original Body.

The fluctuations in chakra within the body will only be detected by the enemy at the very moment the Original Body attacks.

"Yugito, watch out!" Darui charged towards Yugito with all his might, swinging his greatsword in an arc through the air before slashing fiercely at the fluttering leaves and petals.

The broadsword tore through the air, producing a piercing buzzing sound.

Bang!

A heavy kick appeared Yugito's abdomen, causing her body to arch like a shrimp before she was lifted into the air.

The immense force surged and concentrated at a point in the lower abdomen, Yugito figure to suddenly halt in mid-air before being launched away like a cannonball.

At the same time, Darui's greatsword fell to the ground, cutting a thick, dark crack in the hard earth.

"It's done!" A hint of joy flashed in Shisui's eyes; his kick had been imbued with Lightning Release power.

How heavy exactly? Heavy enough to snap a small tree in half!

With Yugito figure was sent flying backward, crashing into a thick Big Tree. It then flipped over and bent into a bow shape, coughing up a mouthful of blood.

"Yugito!" Darui's pupils constricted sharply, and he immediately abandoned his attack on Shisui, rushing over in a flash.

In his desperation, Darui completely forgot about one person.

A ghostly figure inexplicably floated out of the Void; it was Tōka, holding a sharp Kunai.

He stared expressionlessly at Darui's retreating figure...