Uchiha Yuzhen had already been locked in combat with Sasori...
For quite some time.
He felt immense pressure!
Sasori's fighting style revolved around puppet mechanisms and deadly poison!
There was nothing unusual about that.
Every puppet master fought that way.
Even Sasori's grandmother, Granny Chiyo, was the same.
But when Uchiha Yuzhen faced the greatest puppet master in history...
He finally understood just how terrifying Sasori was, with the ability to control hundreds of puppets!
Under Sasori's Red Secret Technique...
Those puppets moved with unbelievable agility.
The overwhelming number of puppets, combined with their countless hidden blades...
Kept Yuzhen's nerves stretched taut.
He focused with every fiber of his being, using the Flying Thunder God's instant teleportation to move around the battlefield.
He used it to dodge the attacks filling his field of vision.
Unlike Uchiha Yuzhen, who felt the pressure...
Sasori was utterly shocked!
Even after unleashing his Red Secret Technique...
Honestly, he believed he could wipe out a small country without breaking a sweat.
So taking out one mere Elite Jonin should have been easy.
That was right. Sasori's keen eye...
Had long since assessed Uchiha Yuzhen's overall abilities as a shinobi.
At best, they were on the level of an Elite Jonin.
He was far behind a powerful fighter like Sasori, who had entered the realm of the Kage.
The kid was clearly outmatched.
Yet that troublesome technique alone was enough to drive Sasori nearly crazy!
His Red Secret Technique! He was already controlling nearly three hundred puppets.
Whether he tried burning the kid, binding him with wind, burying him in earth, or cutting him down with blades...
The kid on the other side would simply flick a kunai.
Then disappear.
Every one of those attacks became completely useless!
Like just now...
When Sasori thought he had...
Finally, after carefully planning it all out...
Trapped the kid in a puppet ambush, with nowhere to escape...
Whoosh!
The Uchiha kid caught in the trap had escaped the carefully laid snare with ease.
Sasori completely lost his composure.
"Damn it! How can there be such a shameless Space-Time Ninjutsu in this world?!"
It really was shameless!
Sasori had already figured out that his opponent needed kunai to teleport.
He had long been trying to find a way to stop him.
But Uchiha Style Shurikenjutsu had taught him another lesson!
There was no way to stop it!
That incomprehensible throwing technique let the kunai weave freely between his puppets.
Uchiha Style Shurikenjutsu, combined with that teleportation technique...
Allowed the Uchiha on the other side to attack whoever he wanted.
While nobody could land a hit on him.
When Sasori thought about it, he truly felt that this technique...
Was far too shameless!
Yuzhen flickered through the air, dodging a barrage of puppet attacks.
He had just caught his breath when he heard Sasori's complaint.
He grinned smugly at him. "What's wrong? Already reduced to impotent rage?"
He couldn't help feeling pleased with himself!
After fighting Sasori for so long...
He had a clear idea of what level his strength was at!
The Elite Jonin rating on his status panel...
Was no mistake!
But with the Flying Thunder God...
As long as he didn't do something like Second Hokage Tobirama Senju and stay behind to cover everyone's retreat...
He could generally hold his own against Kage- and Super Kage-level fighters.
That was just how powerful the Flying Thunder God was.
Even in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, it was still a Space-Time Ninjutsu used on the front lines against those "godlike" opponents.
"And could you stop calling your own jutsu shameless?"
"Talking like that only makes you sound weak."
Uchiha Yuzhen hurled insults at Sasori, hoping to throw him off balance.
Besides, how could his Flying Thunder God, enhanced with Uchiha Style, be called shameless?
For truly shameless Space-Time Ninjutsu, you had to look at Obito's Kamui.
That was the most shameless Space-Time ability in Yuzhen's mind!
Sasori knew nothing of Yuzhen's thoughts.
But those insults reaching his ears nearly made his lungs explode.
He was the one being rude? Saying that made him sound weak?
"You're the real insolent brat!" Sasori's face turned icy. "You're nothing but a pathetic rat who can only run away, and now you're acting all high and mighty?!"
Boundless malice poured from Sasori.
Just as he was about to attack again...
High in the sky, in the distance...
A signal flare went off with a bang!
It was unfamiliar to Sasori, but Yuzhen knew it well.
It meant the mission objective had been secured and they could retreat!
Thinking that all he had to do was keep Sasori occupied for a little longer before they could withdraw...
Uchiha Yuzhen's spirits lifted.
"Looks like this is about to end..."
Sasori heard Yuzhen's mutter and sighed helplessly.
"You actually managed to pull this off in the Land of Wind's capital. That Third really has made a fool of himself this time!"
He was glad to see the Third Kazekage suffer a setback.
He had always believed that it was the Third Kazekage's negligence...
That had allowed Konoha to invade the Land of Wind during the last Great Ninja War.
And ultimately caused his parents' deaths!
When Yuzhen saw Sasori complaining about the Third Kazekage, he swiftly moved farther away.
Just as he was about to raise his Ninja Blade and slash with Flame Blade...
Kakashi came running over from a distance.
"Yuzhen, it's time to retreat!"
Kakashi saw the hundreds of puppets and Yuzhen standing at the edge of the battlefield, looking exhausted.
His whole attitude changed.
Before coming here, he had wondered if he could help.
But now, faced with that overwhelming mass of puppets...
He calmly concluded that they should retreat.
At that, Uchiha Yuzhen nodded to Kakashi in the distance to show he understood.
He considered the situation for a moment and immediately made a decision.
Since Kakashi had made it here...
That meant the mission objective had been secured and things weren't too urgent.
So it was time for him to retreat!
With that, he flashed away, dashing toward Kakashi at top speed.
When Sasori saw Kakashi, it was as if something had struck him in the head.
Konoha's White Fang, his sworn enemy.
He knew everything about him.
So the moment he saw Kakashi, he recognized the son of his enemy.
As the saying went, a father's debt passed to his son.
By the time Sasori saw Yuzhen meet up with Kakashi, he had already figured it out.
Those two were going to run!
There was no way he could keep his cool.
"You're not going anywhere! Just stay there and die!" Sasori roared, directing his puppets toward Kakashi and Yuzhen.
He refused to believe that Space-Time Ninjutsu could teleport someone else along too!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Countless puppets unleashed a barrage of attacks.
Blades, Wind Style, deadly poison, and flames...
All struck the same spot in an instant.
But Sasori's expression darkened.
"They really can move someone else along?! Damn it!"
As the smoke cleared, the spot where the attacks had landed...
Held no sign of the Uchiha or Kakashi.
At that moment...
Sasori finally understood that this Space-Time Ninjutsu could carry someone else.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
The enemy's son had escaped...
And the desire for revenge he had spent years suppressing suddenly flared up in his heart.
His gaze shifted toward where the Third Kazekage was fighting.
He watched the Iron Sand flying everywhere over there.
And let out a quiet sigh.
"Your negligence got your own parents killed. Your carelessness this time is what brought things to this point."
With that, he seemed to have made up his mind.
He solemnly put away his puppets.
Then...
He headed toward the battlefield where the Kazekage was fighting the enemy!
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