Give and Take

"Toyunoya!"

The invisible slash severed Kazashiro at the waist just as Setsuna had anticipated. Looking at the opponent's body split in two, Setsuna felt an unprecedented sense of pleasure.

Unfortunately, this thrill didn't last long; the creaking Susanoo above him reminded him that the Wind Release wasn't over yet.

"Bang!"

Kazashiro's body turned into smoke and dissipated, proving that the attack was launched by nothing more than a Shadow Clone.

"Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!"

Kazashiro's true form leaped out from the ground beneath his feet. After using Earth Style Wall to block Setsuna's vision, he used Earth Release: Mind Submersion Technique to burrow underground, waiting for Setsuna to reveal an opening.

Kazashiro probed through contact and found that Toyunoya's attack interval was about three seconds. Within those three seconds, unless the opponent used Izanagi, he would have no chance of blocking such a close-range Wind Release.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

It let out a furious roar of resentment, but was instantly Susanoo by the Vacuum Wave.

Feeling his body gradually disintegrating, he knew in an instant that even if he was reluctant to Mangekyō Sharingan, he had to make a decision at this moment.

As Setsuna's body was completely torn apart by the Wind Release, the scattered flesh turned into smoke and dissipated.

The Ninja Blade was thrust out from behind, but Kazashiro dodged it as if he had expected it, and with his White Fang, he deflected the attacking Ninja Blade.

"Damn it, you actually sensed I wasn't dead?"

I couldn't accept the moment my left eye lost its luster.

"Izanagi, a secret technique of the Uchiha Clan, is indeed somewhat of a waste to use the Mangekyō Sharingan to perform."

Ignoring the opponent's only remaining eye, Kazashiro increased the pressure on his hand, imbuing his White Fang with dual-attribute Chakra of lightning and fire.

Feeling the intense heat of the Kazashiro blade, he was momentarily unable to withstand the opponent's attack.

I should have brought a few Sharingan with me.

It flashed through my mind in an instant.

He absolutely cannot afford to lose his last eye now, otherwise the great cause of reviving Madara Uchiha will never be accomplished.

He didn't trust Yaowan, that young upstart, believing he would only hinder Madara Uchiha's plans.

Let that androgynous guy and the grotesque monster stay behind to cover our retreat.

A thought of retreat arose in an instant.

He has to save his own life.

"Susanoo!"

At extremely close range, a skeleton was summoned to cover his body, and a skeletal arm slammed down.

Kazashiro instinctively dodged and prepared for the next attack, only to find that Shana turned and left as if she had made up her mind.

That damn thing got away?!

Eager to avenge Shan and Yiku, he immediately followed, but halfway there he sensed something was wrong.

"Isobu, how about a Tailed Beast Bomb?"

Seeing that none of his own men were on the enemy's escape route, Kazashiro calmed himself down and spoke with Isobu within his body.

"Good."

Isobu didn't say much and directly took control of Kazashiro's body.

A gigantic Tailed Beast appeared Fuyuan on the battlefield, startling everyone.

No wonder our leader never mentioned subduing the Three-Tails, only using its tail as a pretext; it turns out the Three-Tails was with this troublesome brat.

Fuyuan she looked at Kazashiro; the pressure he exerted was no less than that of Hatake Sakumo.

Thanks to Kazashiro drawing Fuyuan's attention, the two Chunin, Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane, were able to catch their breath for a while.

However, they were also somewhat surprised that their Hokage was Jinchuriki, something they had never heard anyone in the village mention before. And was the Three-Tails from Konoha?

"Try this, damn it!"

Kazashiro had no time to care about what others thought; his attention was focused entirely on Shana.

As Chakra coalesced, a black sphere appeared at the corner of Isobu's mouth.

With a "whoosh," it shot off in the direction where it had just fled.

An explosion rang out, and feeling that one shot wasn't enough, Kazashiro fired two more.

This forest, which had been rooted in the Land of Fire for an unknown period of time, turned into a depression after the three Tailed Beast Bomb were fired.

"That Masked Man is probably not going to make it out to be."

Fuyuan sighed, kicked away the two people in front of him, and disappeared underground.

Yaowan's orders to him were to find an opportunity to kill Kazashiro and also eliminate Shana.

He couldn't kill Kazashiro; Shana was definitely dead beyond any doubt, so there was no point in keeping him here.

His escape directly betrayed Hidan.

He was so engrossed in being hit by Uchiha Hikari that he didn't care about Setsuna's life or death at all; all he wanted to do was kill the little girl in front of him.

The scythe in his hand had long since lost its connection with the chains. As early as the first round of combat, Uchiha Hikari had noticed the trouble caused by the chains and used Exploding Tag Kunai to sever them in subsequent attacks.

Then they further increased the distance between them, using ninjutsu to continuously wear down their opponent.

The Mangekyō Sharingan's enhanced observational abilities allowed Hikaru to easily dodge Hidan's self-sacrificing attack.

However, she was also somewhat surprised. She had thought that Kazashiro's talk of immortality was just a joke, but Hidan's ability to still howl and scream after a few fire releases made her realize that Kazashiro was not joking.

"Forget it, I can't waste any more Chakra."

Hidan's Taijutsu are very strong. She tried to use Illusion Technique several times, but Hidan didn't even give her a chance to make eye contact.

Continuing to drag this out could lead to unforeseen consequences, so Uchiha Hikari changed his previous strategy of using ranged attacks and quickly rushed towards Hidan.

"Aha, come on!"

Sensing the light's intention, Hidan, still sporting his signature grotesque laugh, swung his scythe even more vigorously.

"I won!"

Hidan's face was filled with smugness as he watched the scythe in his hand about to strike Hikaru's cheek.

However, the appearance of the red skeleton shattered Hidan's smugness.

The sickle was spread out, and the force of this action revealed a clear weakness in him.

The Kunai slashed through Hidan, and blood gushed out continuously.

"Is it too shallow?"

Uchiha Hikari was taken aback, then kicked out again, and in the instant he jumped up, he grabbed Hidan's hair and slashed him hard once more.

A flash of blade mixed with splattered blood, and the next second, Hidan's head was held in Hikaru's hand.

"Hey, that hurts!"

Hikaru coldly watched Hidan's headless corpse fall. Just as he was about to throw away the filthy thing in his hand, he felt the other party start to shake. The feeling was like the fish that kept struggling when he went to the river to catch fish a few days ago.

As Hidan made his voice, even Hikaru, who had seen many big scenes, couldn't hold back.

She had never seen anything like it before.

"You wretched brat, I'll chop your head off and let you taste this kind of pain, you bastard!"

While Hidan's mind was still racing, Kazashiro, having already deactivated his Tailed Beast Transformation, approached.

"Hmm? There's another brat. Hmph, brat and brat, you'll both become sacrifices for the sandwiched samadhi! Fuyuan, Fuyuan, where are you?!"

Hidan's eyes darted around, searching for Fuyuan.