"Hinata, don't feel sorry for Shukaku. That guy needs to suffer a little before he understands who truly treats him well."
Naruto nuzzled against Hinata's now slightly fuller, delicate body.
Using her Byakugan, Hinata looked into the distance and saw Shukaku standing there pitifully, allowing Kakuzu and Hidan to punch and kick him.
Hinata felt a pang of sympathy and could hardly bear to watch.
"Shukaku is really so pitiful." Naruto rolled up his sleeve, revealing that half the skin on his arm had already been burned black.
Hinata was shocked, having no idea when Naruto had suffered such a serious injury.
"When I used the Flying Thunder God to teleport, Kakuzu caught me once. His Fire Release scorched my arm."
Hinata looked heartbroken.
Hinata took out some ointment and gently applied it to Naruto's burn, carefully smearing it over the injured area on his arm.
Feeling the cool ointment and watching Hinata's focused expression, Naruto felt that this was the greatest bliss in the world.
In truth, such a burn was nothing to Naruto. Using the Nine-Tails' chakra, he could recover in a short time.
But if he wanted to stay this close to Hinata, feel her breath, and admire the concern in her eyes, then he could not leave the injury on his arm to the Nine-Tails.
Elsewhere.
Hidan and Kakuzu were struggling to figure out how to find the person who had been causing trouble behind the scenes.
Hidan was even lying on the ground, recovering his strength.
But at that moment, a gigantic sandy-yellow butt suddenly appeared in the sky.
Before Hidan could react, that enormous sandy-yellow butt slammed viciously into his face.
At the same time, One-Tail Shukaku maintained a clapping motion, and his palm struck the completely defenseless Kakuzu.
Boom.
Kakuzu was sent flying