Kagura watched with a smile as the remaining six figures slowly vanished into the forest.
After confirming that the six had truly gone far away, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, deactivated the Eight Inner Gates, and sat down on the ground.
Although his taijutsu had now progressed to the point where he could fully control the opening of the Fifth Gate, the Gate of Limit, he could not avoid the normal backlash.
At the same time, he quickly stopped maintaining the Sharingan and covered one eye with his hand.
He was not as invincible and powerful as he had appeared earlier.
Kagura Only Felt every muscle in his body groaning. The all-over soreness made him unwilling to move even a finger.
It was not just his body sounding alarms. After overusing the Sharingan, the most fatal thing was the waves of throbbing pain in his head.
The veins at his temples bulged, and it felt as though the blood vessels there could burst at any moment.
Seeing Kagura's condition, Tsunade ignored her own injuries and hurried over.
She anxiously massaged his temples, staring at him with concern.
After quite a while, the throbbing pain finally began to fade. Only then did Kagura lower his hand and let out a soft breath.
Seeing Tsunade's worried expression when he looked up, he smiled easily and said,
"I'm fine. I just overused the Sharingan a little.
We need to leave quickly.
The chances are slim, but those people might come back.
If they do, we'll truly be in danger."
Tsunade nodded in agreement, and the two helped each other to their feet.
After hesitating for a moment, Tsunade said to Kagura,
"Wait for me a moment."
With that, she limped toward the rear.
There was someone lying in a blood pool