"Captain Xingyue! Leave this to us!"
Seigetsu Senju suddenly felt the sky darken before her. Looking up, she saw a two-headed ninja hound over ten meters tall.
Kureya Inuzuka stood atop the ninja hound.
She was too stunned to speak. When had Red Night become this strong?
Having left the battle formation early, she had thought that gaining Curse Mark One by following Kawadera had made her quite powerful. She had never expected Kureya Inuzuka's growth to be even greater.
For no apparent reason, a feeling of envy rose within her.
The giant ninja hound leaped into the Sand Ninja ranks, utterly unfazed by their attacks as it wildly swung its claws among them.
Amid the chaos, Kawadera Uchiha darted around the giant ninja hound, occasionally ambushing Sand Ninja who were craning their heads up at the Splitting Hound.
What were they looking at? On a battlefield, could they afford not to watch their footing?
The two worked together with remarkable coordination and astonishing efficiency.
In no time at all, they had cleared out the Sand Ninja behind them.
No more Sand Ninja surged forward, because the Third Kazekage had stopped as well.
Tsunade and Orochimaru arrived almost simultaneously, facing the Third Kazekage together.
The Third Kazekage looked around, searching for the last of the Sannin mentioned in the intelligence report: Jiraiya.
For some reason, Jiraiya had not appeared.
Hanzo needed all three Sannin to deal with him. Was the Third Kazekage not worthy of the same respect?
First Shimura Danzō, then two youngsters.
What was Shimura Danzō worth? Could his Wind Release compare to Sunagakure's? It was one thing for him to overestimate himself; at least he had made a name for himself early and counted as a peer. But these two youngsters wanted to stop him too?
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