At the edge of the camp.
Asuma appeared, but the battle had already ended. Two corpses lay on the ground.
"Asuma, Kakashi went after the Sand Ninja who escaped," Yūhi Kurenai hurriedly said when she saw Asuma.
"Stay alert. I'll take a look!"
With that, Asuma vanished.
Asuma tracked the traces Kakashi and the others had left behind while using the Ink Dyeing Sky Dizziness Technique to spread out his senses.
Under Lightning Style Chakra Mode, his speed allowed him to quickly sense Kakashi's Chakra.
However, Kakashi was not pursuing the enemy alone. Another Konoha ninja was with him, which reassured Asuma somewhat.
Even so, he increased his speed.
He had just raised his Lightning Style Chakra Nature Transformation to Level 10, and now he could further enhance the power of Lightning Style Chakra Mode.
The lightning surrounding his body grew denser and more solid, gradually changing from blue to white, then slowly to a pale violet.
Thus, the electric light swirling around Asuma grew increasingly dense and solid, gradually changing from blue to white, and then slowly turning pale purple.
His short-range movement speed rose steadily as well.
A moment later, he heard the chirping cry of Chidori ahead.
He had caught up!
A streak of violet lightning flashed through the darkness.
Asuma descended from the sky and landed on a tree branch, cutting off the Sand Ninja who had just shaken off Kakashi and the other man.
"You are..."
The Sand Ninja turned pale with shock. He had barely begun to speak before his voice turned into a piercing scream.
Violet lightning suddenly burst outward from Asuma's body, engulfing the Sand Ninja and electrocuting him unconscious.
"Asuma!"
"Lord Asuma!"
Kakashi and the other Konoha Chūnin landed one after the other, both looking pleasantly surprised.
Asuma nodded and asked,