Struck by dozens of chakra bullets, Hatake Sakumo's reanimated body was slowly regenerating.
The short sword in his hand had also developed jagged notches. He had tried to intercept the chakra bullets with his swordsmanship and stopped three-quarters of them, but the rest had torn straight through his body.
The special ninja tools these Hyuga ninja used were harder to deal with than the senbon and poison gas of Sunagakure puppeteers.
Still, if the village could develop tools like these, it must have become more prosperous and powerful than it had been in his day.
Beside him, Kosuke opened his mouth, his face filled with shock.
When had the village become so accomplished at research and development in the shinobi world? An ordinary jonin would probably have died in that concentrated barrage.
Hiashi noticed Kosuke's expression and smiled. "You can retreat without worrying now, Kosuke. We're capable of handling Jonin Sakumo."
Seeing this, Kosuke had to admit that he was getting old. He sighed and said, "Then I'll go reinforce the other defensive lines. Since the village has prepared so thoroughly, perhaps I'll even live to witness the ceremony to elect the Fifth Hokage."
After Kosuke left, Hiashi and Hizashi turned solemn gazes on Hatake Sakumo before them.
Although the chakra bullets had successfully pierced his reanimated body, that had only been possible with a surprise attack. Now that he was prepared, achieving the same result again would likely be extremely difficult.
In other words, they could only defeat Hatake Sakumo in close combat and then seal him.
For the two of them, this was undoubtedly a challenge. After all, Hatake Sakumo was not the only reanimated ninja in the forest; there were many reanimated jonin as well.
After exchanging a glance, Hiashi and Hizashi donned their Chakra Armor, their