"Compound Ninja Art: Strange Wind Turbulent Waves."
Kakuzu's wind and fire masks simultaneously unleashed their respective releases, attacking Ino and the others.
Wind fed the flames.
Towering flames erupted from the ground, spreading across the sky and earth.
There was no end in sight, front or back.
The heat blazed intensely.
"What?"
Facing what seemed like a boundless and terrifying ninja art, Ino and the other three broke out in cold sweat.
Choji was terrified too, but he seemed to have made up his mind. He stepped in front of his teammates and enlarged himself, apparently intending to use his own body to give them a chance at survival.
"Choji!" Ino shouted.
Rumble!
The scorching flames set the air ablaze.
Just then, a massive Chopped Pepper Fish Head leaped up and swallowed Choji, even in his enlarged form, along with the others.
Bang!
Kakuzu's ninja art struck the Chopped Pepper Fish Head head-on.
Sizzle!
The sound of sudden burning rang out.
"Still not quite strong enough."
After saving them, Tobitake Tonbo turned his gaze toward Kakuzu.
So he had used monsters created by Earth Grudge Fear to break the Genjutsu through the mask monsters. What a seasoned veteran.
He had even pretended to be caught in it earlier.
It seemed he had inferred the general effects of the Genjutsu after seeing Hidan's condition.
Kakuzu's ninja art faded away, while the Chopped Pepper Fish Head had been burned to a crisp. Only a thin layer remained, shielding the four of them.
When Ino and the others opened their eyes and realized they had been saved, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
"It was Uncle Tonbo's Eye-Painting Hand." Ino looked back toward the battlefield.
Kakuzu was the most troublesome enemy she had ever encountered.
He could actually break Uncle Tonbo's Genjutsu