"Secret Technique: Shadow Stitching!"
"Secret Technique: Mind Bewildering Technique!"
"Secret Technique: Insect Evil Swarm Scale Technique!"
Within the forest, one secret technique after another was unleashed. Under the onslaught of such powerful abilities, Kakuzu and the Earth Grudge Fear clones could only struggle to hold on.
Ninjutsu collided, and the spreading shockwaves reduced the forest to ruin. Nara Shikamaru and the other two kept their eyes fixed on Kakuzu's true body. They did not seek to kill him, only to hold him back.
Under these circumstances, Kakuzu had been completely pushed into a desperate situation.
The strength of the older generation of Ino-Shika-Cho and Aburame Shibi exceeded his imagination. If it had been any one of them alone, Kakuzu was confident he could defeat them easily. But Ino-Shika-Cho had always fought as one.
During the Third Shinobi World War, the three had once held Ōnoki back head-on. Now, they were even stronger than they had been then.
"Secret Technique: Super Multi-Size Technique!"
Akimichi Choza roared. His right arm, already transformed into that of a giant, swelled even further. A colossal fist that seemed to fill heaven and earth slammed down, shaking the ground.
The wind-attribute masked monster fighting him shattered first, placing Kakuzu in even greater danger.
Setting aside the battle on Ino-Shika-Cho's side for now, elsewhere at the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Tea...
A fierce battle had already begun. What should have been wilderness was now covered by a lush forest. Vines coiled around one another, binding an unconscious figure tightly like human arms.
"Damn it! Youth never admits defeat! Seventh Gate, Gate of View, open!"
With a furious roar, green chakra suddenly burst from an ancient tree below. A figure whose entire body had turned deep red shot out, having pushed