"Whoa, even that didn't break it?"
Naruto was startled too. Even a surprise punch in Fox Sage Mode hadn't broken through the man's armor?
"Ugh, wh... what's going on?"
But Kazahana Dōtō clearly hadn't escaped injury after being sent flying. He spat out a mouthful of blood. Even with the protection of his Chakra Armor, pain coursed through his entire body!
Shocked, he stared at the blond boy who had appeared where Nadare Rōga had been standing. When he saw the forehead protector on the boy's brow, his heart sank further—
"A Konoha ninja?"
In a flash, Kazahana Dōtō acted with the ruthlessness of a true tyrant. He grabbed "Kazahana Koyuki," who stood beside him "too stunned to react," and held her in front of him as a hostage.
Yet he failed to notice that the "Kazahana Koyuki" in his grasp had already clenched a fist.
"Don't come any closer! Or she dies!"
"What are you all doing? Hurry up and catch the intru—aargh!"
Agony in his abdomen made Kazahana Dōtō double over, his eyes nearly bulging out of their sockets.
The supposedly frail "Kazahana Koyuki" in his arms delivered a devastating point-blank elbow strike. Before he could recover, Naruto followed without hesitation with a series of rising uppercuts!
Kazahana Dōtō shot straight up, slammed hard into the ceiling, and fell back down. His head struck the floor first, leaving him dazed and bleeding profusely.
Naruto stared in surprise at his aching fist, then at the black armor on Kazahana Dōtō. Though it had a few cracks, it was still holding firm.
Two consecutive full-power blows in Fox Sage Mode, and it still hadn't broken?
"Hey, I'm not buying this! Let's try that move. Sage Art..."
A hint of defiance had just crossed Naruto's face when a voice suddenly rang