"Here, your popsicle."
The store owner took out a popsicle from the freezer and handed it across the counter.
Naruto reached out to catch it, tore off the paper wrapped around the wooden handle, and quickly caught up with Jiraiya who had already walked a few meters away.
Jiraiya was holding a booklet in his hand, recording something as he walked without even raising his head.
The city the two of them live in is small, but the streets are very lively. Both sides are crowded with various shops, and there are many pedestrians coming and going. Occasionally, you can see a few children chasing each other through the crowd.
Naruto took a bite of the popsicle.
At this moment, a sharp sound of breaking through the air suddenly came from the front of the street.
Whoosh!
As soon as Naruto raised his head, he saw a huge Triple-Bladed Scythe flying towards him, with a sharp blade heading straight for his head!
Naruto reacted very quickly and lowered his head immediately.
Phew!
The scythe flew past his hair.
Naruto Before he could get up, the steel cable connected to the back of the sickle suddenly tightened. The sickle that flew over his head turned in mid-air and swept back from behind him!
"Naruto!"
Jiraiya threw away the booklet in his hand, grabbed Naruto by the shoulder, and led him towards the right side of the street.
As soon as the two of them left their original positions, the sickle swept past them and slashed into the wooden pillars on the side of the road.
Click!
The wooden pillar was cut in half, and the sign hanging on it fell down, hitting the middle of the street with a thud.
People nearby finally reacted.
The originally lively street suddenly became chaotic. The stall owner dropped the scale in his hand, picked up the child next to him and ran into the store. Other pedestrians also fled away, knocking over many stalls in the panic, and fruits and goods rolled everywhere.
Jiraiya and Naruto retreated to the other side of the street, raised their heads and looked ahead.
I saw two men wearing Akatsuki cloak standing there.
The man walking in front had a gray slicked back hair and was holding the steel cable connected to the sickle in his hand. The man next to him was tall and wore a mask on his face, revealing only a pair of green eyes.
Seeing the red cloud robes on their bodies, Jiraiya's expression immediately became serious.
However, at this time, Akatsuki's scheduled action time was two days ahead of schedule.
At this time Tsunade and others have just set off...
Naruto threw away the popsicle in his hand and shouted angrily forward:
"Who are you! Why did you suddenly attack me!"
Hidan pulled his arm, and the sickle embedded in the wooden pillar immediately flew back and was firmly caught in his hand.
He picked up the sickle and looked Naruto up and down.
"Is this Nine-Tails?"
"Why are you so dumb?"
Kakuzu turned to look at him.
"Don't be careless, Hidan."
"Ah, ah, I see."
Hidan As soon as he finished speaking, the person had already rushed out.
Triple-Bladed Scythe dragged across the ground, and the sharp blade scratched a trail of sparks on the stone slab. He ran to Naruto, held the long handle with both hands, and chopped off Naruto's head!
Jiraiya grabbed Naruto's clothes and pulled him behind him.
The white hair on his head expanded rapidly, quickly wrapping Jiraiya's body, and the ends turned into sharp spikes.
"Ninpo, Needle Jizō!"
Dang!
Triple-Bladed Scythe chopped hard on the white hair.
The sound of impact exploded on the street, and Hidan felt that what he had chopped was not hair at all. The huge repulsive force was transmitted along the long handle into his arms, making his wrists numb, and the sickle was also bounced back.
"What is this?"
Before Hidan could stand still, Kakuzu next to him had already raised his arm.
His fist suddenly broke away from his wrist, and a large amount of black silk threads poured out from the cuffs, connecting with the fist and flying across half the street, heading straight for Jiraiya's chest!
Jiraiya is always on guard against Kakuzu next to him.
The moment the fist flew towards him, he had already grabbed Naruto's shoulder, and the two of them disappeared in a flash.
Boom!
Kakuzu's fist slammed into the street.
The hard stone slab exploded on the spot, creating a large crater on the ground. The gravel shot out in all directions, and the dust raised also swept in the nearest Hidan.
"Ahem!"
Hidan walked out of the smoke in disgrace and slapped his face a few times with his hands.
"Choke me to death!"
he complained.
"Waiwai, can you hit it more accurately next time?"
Kakuzu retracted his fist and ignored him at all.
Jiraiya landed more than ten meters away and quickly glanced at the two people's positions.
Hidan is responsible for the close entanglement, while Kakuzu has been standing behind and looking for opportunities. If they continue to cooperate with each other, Naruto can easily be hit by a sudden flying fist.
The two people must be separated first.
Jiraiya With both hands Hand Seals, the right palm of his hand was violently pressed to the ground.
"Earth Release, Yomi Swamp!"
Kakuzu The stone slabs within a dozen meters under his feet quickly softened and turned into a large piece of mud. His legs suddenly sank down, and in the blink of an eye, most of them sank in.
Kakuzu reached out to grab the ground beside him, but the mud continued to drag his body downward.
Jiraiya has completed the next Hand Seals.
"Fire Release, Flame Bullet!"
Blazing flames spurted out from his mouth and quickly condensed into a huge fireball, flying towards Kakuzu trapped in Yomi Swamp.
Kakuzu's right arm immediately turned black.
"Earth Release, Earth Spear!"
His body was still sinking, and he could only punch the fireball.
Boom!
The fist hit the center of the fireball, and flames exploded in mid-air, and the scalding heat wave quickly spread to the surroundings. Kakuzu's hardened arms blocked most of the flames, but the cuffs and Akatsuki Cloak were still burned to a large extent, and the body was pushed by the force generated by the explosion and continued to sink deeper into the mud.
Hidan saw Kakuzu trapped, grabbed the sickle and rushed towards Jiraiya.
"Don't underestimate me!"
As he ran, he threw out the sickle, and the three sharp blades rotated and swept towards Jiraiya's waist.
Jiraiya stepped back, Naruto was already in front of him.
"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"
Bang bang bang!
A large amount of white smoke exploded on the street. Naruto and Shadow Clone rushed out of the smoke, and in the blink of an eye, Hidan was surrounded in the middle.
Hidan grasped the steel rope tightly, and the sickle turned under his control, sweeping across the middle of Shadow Clone.
The nearby Naruto turned into white smoke one after another.
More Shadow Clone rushed up from the surroundings. Some grabbed the steel rope in Hidan's hand, some rushed forward and punched him, and several Naruto had already circled behind him.
Hidan simply held the long handle, picked up the sickle and started spinning it in the crowd.
Wherever the sharp blade passed, Shadow Clone disappeared one after another.
White smoke soon enveloped nearby streets.
Hidan couldn't see clearly around him, and could only hear the sound of dense footsteps passing by him. He grabbed the steel cable, threw the sickle into the smoke, and then pulled it back hard.
The sickle circled around the crowd, and a large number of Shadow Clone were hit by the blade.
One of them, Naruto, suddenly lowered his body when the blade swept over him, rolled along the ground into the white smoke beside Hidan, and never stood up again.
Hidan didn't notice this person at all.
He raised his scythe and was about to continue attacking when a bunch of white hair suddenly popped out of the smoke.
"Ninpo, Wild Lion's Mane Technique!"
The swollen white hair quickly gathered in mid-air, almost cutting past Hidan's neck.
Hidan dodge to the left.
The white hair split the ground with a bang, and the gravel flew past his face.
Before he could stand firm, Shadow Clone, who had been hiding under the white smoke, suddenly stretched out his hands and grabbed his ankles!
Hidan's body stiffened.
He lowered his head and saw Shadow Clone of Naruto lying behind the gravel.
"Got you!"
Hidan raised the sickle and cut it downwards.
The white smoke ahead suddenly billowed.
Then immediately after, two Naruto broke through the white smoke and thrust over.
I saw two Naruto's palms holding a huge ball of Chakra.
"Big Ball Rasengan!"
Hidan Lifted his right leg hard, but it was too late.
Boom!!!
The high-speed rotating Chakra hit Hidan's chest hard.
His Akatsuki Cloak was torn open on the spot, and large amounts of blood spurted out from his chest. His whole body was also blown backwards by the Rasengan, breaking the railings and wooden signs on the street one after another.
At this moment, a white Clay Bird suddenly swooped down from the sky above the street.
Deidara stepped on the back of the bird and stretched out his hand to touch Hidan's back. Clay Bird was hit by the force and slid far back. Its wings shook violently for a few times before barely landing on the other end of the street.
Hidan rolled down from the bird and lay motionless on the ground.
Naruto stared there for a few seconds.
"Is it resolved?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Hidan on the ground suddenly moved.
He supported the ground and stood up again. Big Ball Rasengan left a hideous wound on his chest. The broken bones and flesh were clearly visible, and the blood was still flowing downwards.
Naruto's eyes suddenly opened wide.
"How is it possible..."
Hidan tore off the already tattered Akatsuki Cloak, grinning in pain.
"Ah, it hurts..."
At this moment, a series of landing sounds were heard nearby.
Whoosh whoosh!
Several figures appeared from different directions and landed on both sides of the street and on the surrounding rooftops.
In front, Hidan stood up again, and next to him stood Deidara.
Kakuzu on the left also broke free from Yomi Swamp, still covered in a lot of mud.
To the rear left, a man with blue skin and a shark face carried a large knife covered with bandages on his shoulder.
On the roof at the rear right, Itachi Uchiha stood quietly on the edge of the eaves, and the scarlet Sharingan was staring at Naruto.
Kisame glanced at the injury on Hidan's chest and grinned.
"It seems like you two are no match for them."
When Hidan heard this, he immediately glared at Kisame fiercely.
"Stop making sarcastic remarks there!"
Kisame grinned.
Jiraiya's eyes swept over several people one by one.
Hidan and Kakuzu in front have stood together again, and Deidara's Clay Bird is parked behind. Kisame is blocking the other end of the street, and Itachi is standing on the roof looking down at them.
There is no way to leave directly.
"Naruto, come here."
Naruto quickly retreated to Jiraiya, still staring at Hidan whose chest was smashed.
"Who are these guys...?"
Jiraiya did not answer him. He took half a step forward and stood between Naruto and several Akatsuki members.
"I will open a gap for you later. Just run out of the city, don't stop, and don't look back."
Naruto turned his head sharply.
"Pervy Sage! How could I leave you!"
Jiraiya stared at the people around him.
"If I stay alone, I can still find a chance to escape."
"If you continue to stay here, neither of us can leave."
"But..."
Naruto was about to say something when Kisame suddenly inserted Samehada into the ground and quickly Hand Seals with both hands.
"It's better not to discuss it."
"Both of you two can't leave."
"Water Release, Water Dragon Bullet!"
Roar!
The water dragon opened its big mouth and rushed toward Jiraiya and Naruto with the surging water waves!