After devouring the Nine-Tails Chakra, Naruto received information from his shadow clone.
He had previously dispatched a shadow clone to wait outside Konoha for Asuma to come out, and trailed him in secret.
Because of his defection and sudden re-appearance in Konoha, as well as the killing of three Root ninja, Tsunade and Danzo grew furious at the same time and dispatched a large number of ninja to search the Shinobi World.
Right at this moment, Kakuzu and Hidan happened to come to the Land of Fire and were discovered by Team Asuma; thus, Asuma's bad luck arrived, and his doom was at hand.
Much like in the original story, Team Asuma stood no chance against Hidan and the untransformed Kakuzu.
The bizarre nature of these two men's abilities meant that even with Shikamaru's genius-level intellect, he could not instantly come up with a flawless countermeasure.
Information was of paramount importance to a ninja!
Unfortunately, in their very first engagement, they had to rely on sacrificing their lives to gather intelligence on the enemy.
When Naruto's shadow clone discovered that a battle between the two sides was about to begin, he immediately left a Flying Thunder God Mark nearby and vanished.
Having just finished absorbing the Yin Nine-Tails in Yukigakure, Naruto received the shadow clone's message and excitedly used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring Hinata, the Impure World Reincarnation Kushina, and Minato Namikaze near the battle site.
"Naruto, what are we doing here?" Kushina asked curiously.
She understood her son less and less. Although the chakra she had previously left inside Naruto allowed her to perceive what happened in the outside world, it was only intermittent.
It was mostly only perceivable when Naruto experienced strong emotions and the seal was affected, such as when he felt angry and