Kakashi Hatake was surrounded by more than a dozen Hozuki Castle guards.
Watching Naruto Uzumaki and Shikamaru being taken away drove him completely berserk.
He recklessly burned through the chakra in his body, unleashing the S-rank ninjutsu Lightning Release: Lightning Blade.
Arcs of electricity enveloped his entire body, and he moved so fast that he became a blur.
Crackle!
Kakashi Hatake concentrated the powerful current in his palm and slammed it into the Hozuki Castle guards before they could react.
These guards were certainly formidable and could keep Kakashi Hatake tied up for a short while.
However, the Lightning Blade that Kakashi Hatake unleashed at full power in his fury was not something ordinary ninja could withstand.
The two Hozuki Castle guards before him had no chance to dodge and were burned to charcoal by the powerful current.
Kakashi Hatake seized the opportunity to break out of the Hozuki Castle guards' encirclement.
Though his talent was extraordinary, his chakra reserves were rather lacking.
At full power, he could barely unleash Lightning Release: Lightning Blade fewer than ten times.
During such intense combat, however, Kakashi Hatake's rate of chakra consumption nearly doubled.
Moreover, although unleashing Sharingan: Kamui consumed mental energy, excessive mental depletion also accelerated his chakra consumption.
Between all these factors, Kakashi Hatake had less than half his chakra remaining by the time he broke out of the encirclement.
In his fury, however, Kakashi Hatake paid no attention to any of this.
Using the lingering power of Lightning Release: Lightning Blade, he desperately moved toward the edge of the battlefield, trying to catch up with the Hozuki Castle guards who had taken Naruto Uzumaki and Shikamaru away.
As for the other youths who had come to their "rescue"...
In his fury, Kakashi Hatake had completely forgotten about them.
Anger could