Sarutobi Hiruzen gave him a little teasing, then quickly returned to the matter at hand,
There were still some people he hadn't dealt with. The Jinchuriki was so young that she couldn't have come here alone.
Sarutobi Hiruzen scanned the area. Wearing the [Immortal Dragon King] had also greatly enhanced his senses.
He immediately locked onto two Mist Ninja fleeing into the distance a thousand meters away.
Bang!
A violent rush of wind came from behind, making the panicked Mist Ninja turn pale.
Obviously. The guy behind them had subdued the Six-Tails in just a few moves. There was no way they could stand against him.
Before either of them could react, a blur flashed past and pierced one man through the chest, blasting him to pieces.
It was a pebble kicked by Sarutobi Hiruzen, fired like an anti-aircraft shell.
Seeing what had happened to his companion, the other Mist Ninja clenched his teeth, and blood immediately trickled from the corner of his mouth.
By the time Sarutobi Hiruzen reached him, he had already stopped breathing.
"A suicide soldier..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen sneered. Did the Mist Ninja not know that, in front of Konoha's Yamanaka Clan, being alive or dead didn't matter—you had no secrets?
He used the Yamanaka Clan's secret technique to rummage through the Mist Ninja's memories and found something unusual.
"Tree saplings guiding the Mist Ninja?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen picked up one of the Mist Ninja's right hands and noticed a green branch wrapped around it.
Before he could take a closer look, the green branch abruptly sprang to life, growing into a thick trunk that coiled around Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Sarutobi Hiruzen gave a slight shake, shattering the Wood Release wrapped around the [Immortal Dragon King], then looked toward a spot in the forest.
More precisely, he was looking