"Eight Trigrams Palms: Heavenly Spin—Modified!"
Just as Neji ambushed the Second Mizukage, Hayato's voice rang out from the center of the explosion. The Second Mizukage turned to look. That blast, powerful enough to kill the Second Tsuchikage, had actually been perfectly blocked by Hayato, a mere Jōnin from Konoha.
"You Konoha bastards really are a handful!"
Seeing that his clone's explosion had accomplished nothing, the Second Mizukage immediately recalled it to protect himself, but the other Hyuga Clan members were no pushovers either.
The Hyuga Clan ninja in Neji's squad lined up and unleashed Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm together.
The Second Mizukage's clone was made from a mixture of oil and water. Although nimble and versatile, it was also light, which allowed Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm to send it flying.
Meanwhile, Neji had already unleashed Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms on the Second Mizukage, a technique he had not used in a long time. With Neji cutting off every escape route, the weakened Second Mizukage naturally had nowhere to run.
Seeing that the Second Mizukage could no longer move, the ninja from the sealing unit rushed over and sealed him away.
"You bastards are such a nuisance!"
With the Second Mizukage defeated, Sasori immediately sent his Puppet army charging at Neji and the others.
These Puppets were covered in poison. Letting them engage close-combat ninja would invite endless trouble.
"Hey, hey, hey! I'm not about to let you hurt my beloved pupil's friends right in front of me!"
A huge cloud of smoke billowed up in front of Neji and the others. When it cleared, an enormous toad appeared before them. Wearing a kimono and carrying a Greatsword, he was none other than Gamabunta, the boss toad of Mount Myōboku. Standing atop him was Jiraiya.
"Lord Jiraiya, we don't need your