Inside the Kumogakure camp.
The Cloud Ninja Commander-in-Chief, Samuda, stared at the corpse before him, his eyes filled with rage.
"Despicable Konoha Ninja, resorting to such vile tactics!"
Behind Samuda, the Young Ai, veins bulging on his forehead, looked at the charred corpse, and punched down a large tree.
"Brother..."
Killer B, watching his enraged older brother, wanted to say something to calm him down, but didn't know what to say.
"Samuda, let me track down those damned Konoha rats!"
Crackling with lightning, the Young Ai spoke to Samuda.
"Calm down, the attack happened so long ago, those guys have probably disappeared somewhere long ago!"
Stopping the Young Ai's actions, Samuda's face darkened. "The enemy's commander-in-chief is Sannin, one of the Legendary Orochimaru. He is known among the Sannin for his cunning and ruthlessness in achieving his goals. We must be extremely cautious when facing such an opponent; one careless move and we could easily fall into his carefully woven trap."
Samuda believed that the repeated attacks on lone Cloud Ninjas must have been a conspiracy orchestrated by Orochimaru to disrupt their own forces.
"At my speed, I can quickly scout out areas where the enemy might escape!"
The Young Ai, stared intently at Samuda, his fists clenched so tightly they made a squeaking sound.
"Yeah, Brother Samuda, let him go, yeah~"
Killer B also stood up to speak for Young Ai.
Samuda fell silent.
"Let's go, let's compete!"
Seeing that Samuda remained silent, the Young Ai took it as a tacit agreement and immediately prepared to take Killer B with him to track down the Konoha group.
"Etc!"
Just as the two were about to set off, Samuda spoke up again, stopping them.
"Samuda!"
Young Ai could no longer hold back and was about to unleash his family's ingrained temper when he heard what the other person said next.
"Take Toroi with you; how can we possibly find their trail by searching aimlessly?"
In the border forest, Yamanaka Zen, who was following in Kazashiro's footsteps toward the Konoha Ninja headquarters, suddenly stopped and gave Iku a look.
Ichiku immediately came Yamanaka Zen and supported his leaning body.
Seeing the opponent's performance, Kazashiro knew that the Mind Transfer Puppet Curse Mark left by Yamanaka Zen had taken effect, which also meant that an enemy was already tracking him in the direction he was.
I wonder what kind of enemy it is...
Taking out Senbon, Kazashiro prepared for battle.
"Cough!"
With a disturbing cough, Yamanaka Zen suddenly opened his eyes, his expression hidden behind the mask turning extremely ugly.
"There are three enemies: one is the Magnet Release Ninja Toroi, one is the son of the Third Raikage, and the last one's identity is unknown. They are very fast and will arrive at our location in ten minutes..."
"I think it won't take more than ten minutes..." Looking at the blue light rapidly approaching him, Kazashiro swallowed hard to ease the tension in his heart.
Although the identity of the last person in the Yamanaka Zen is unknown, based on experience, it is definitely Killer B, that rap "genius".
Even just dealing with a Young Ai is difficult enough, okay?
That's A, the second fastest in Hokage, and also the longest-lasting in the world of doujinshi—cough, in short, a guy who's both fast and long-lasting.
Is this lineup good enough to beat a high-level A- Jinchuriki in the Underworld?
Do you have paper and pen? I need to write my will.
"They're here!" Yamanaka Zen's voice reached my ears.
Before Kazashiro could even figure out how to write his will, the Young Ai had already rapidly approached him, and he could already hear the crackling of lightning emanating from Young Ai's body.
"Wind Release · Vacuum Great Ball!"
Faced with the rapidly approaching Young Ai, Kazashiro chose to use a wide-range attack Ninjutsu to force him to "crash."
The massive air blast left Young Ai with no way to dodge, forcing him to increase the output power of his Lightning Armor to withstand the attack.
"This level of Wind Release, humph..."
After the huge explosion, the Young Ai stood unharmed in front of Kazashiro and the others, his face grim.
As expected, the hastily used Wind Release failed to completely defeat the Lightning Armor.
Kazashiro ignored the opponent's plan and instead prepared to take advantage of the gap before his Young Ai arrived to defeat him.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere"
Sensing Kazashiro's intentions, Shimura Ikko quickly formed hand seals, feigning an attack to create an opportunity for Kazashiro to strike.
The next second, he was sent flying by a punch from the Raikage who was moving at full speed. The speed was so fast that even Yamanaka Zen couldn't react.
"One warehouse!"
Seeing Ichiku fly backward, Yamanaka Zen, who wanted to use the Mind Body Switch Technique, couldn't aim at his target at all.
"Ice Release: Snow Woman Descends"
Two exquisitely beautiful busts formed from solidified ice appeared on either side of Kazashiro, exhaling icy breaths from their mouths.
The freezing air affected the originally incredibly fast-moving Young Ai, to some extent. He went from being difficult to track to being able to observe his movements with the naked eye.
"Ice Release Ninja?"
The Young Ai, who originally intended to kill all the Konoha Ninja present, changed his mind after seeing Kazashiro's Ninjutsu and decided to capture him alive instead of killing him.
Ice Release: Frozen Cloud.
Ignoring the Young Ai, Kazashiro exhaled Ice Mist mixed with ice crystals.
Even the toughest body has soft internal organs.
I refuse to believe that your lungs are as difficult to repair as your appearance.
"A boring smokescreen!"
Unaware of the chilling aura emanating from the Ice Mist, the Young Ai simply assumed it was a tactic used by his opponent to obscure their Ice Mist.
But soon, the intense pain in his lungs made him realize that the Ice Mist in front of him was not as simple as it seemed.
"Cough, damn it..." The Young Ai cursed under his breath as he was about to rush out of the Ice Mist. As the two Snow Woman maiden half-bodies continued to spew out freezing air, faint ice crystals began to condense on his body, and ice crystals also wrapped around his feet.
Faced with this situation, Young Ai could only increase the output power of Lightning Armor to forcibly break free from the ice crystals binding him.
"Water Release · Water Wave!"
Seeing that the Young Ai was trying to break free, Kazashiro used a Water Release on him.
Upon contact with the freezing air, the surging water instantly transformed into a deluge of ice crystals, which crashed heavily towards the Young Ai.
"So, the outcome is already decided! Probably?"
Just as Kazashiro was about to declare victory, he heard a series of whooshing sounds and quickly dodged to the side.
A large number of square shuriken shot from a distance, several of which struck the Snow Woman statue that was generating freezing air, producing a crisp sound.
"Strange weapons..."
Kazashiro, having dodged the shuriken, looked in the direction from which it had been fired. Soon, a blocky shuriken, much larger than the previous one, seemed to have a directional aim and slammed into the Snow Woman statue, successfully shattering the ice statue with its massive size.