"All right, it's too dangerous here. I have to get you two out of here."
Iruka grabbed one of them in each hand and headed out.
"Let go of me!"
Naruto kept shouting and struggling.
Sasuke, meanwhile, kept muttering a name. "Akagi... Shinji, Akagi... Evil God?"
Could the person I saw in my dream really exist?
He couldn't help recalling that strange, distinctive symbol from his dream. It was exactly the same as the one he had just seen on the back of that man's neck!
"I have to get to the bottom of this!"
Inside the domain-Heavenly Wheel Hourglass.
Hiruzen Sarutobi panted, his body already stained red with blood.
Although he had paid a considerable price, he had also discovered a way to counter the enemy's guaranteed-hit attacks.
He had to counterattack the instant he was struck, destroying the sand blades and other attacks.
That way, although he would still be injured, he would suffer only superficial wounds rather than being killed outright.
Although it still left him on the defensive, it was the best method Hiruzen Sarutobi could think of for now.
Even so, people still collapsed from blood loss because their injuries were too severe.
More importantly, he had discovered something else.
The sand beneath their feet was constantly sinking. Although he hadn't noticed at first, he could be certain of it now.
He didn't know what would happen if he let the sand keep sinking, but it most likely wouldn't be anything good.
"Sand Curse Transformation: Hell Sand Thorn Spear!"
"Ah!"
In a moment of distraction, the enemy hiding in the sand launched another attack. Countless sand thorn spears shot out of the yellow sand beneath their feet, proving even more troublesome than the sand blades in the air.
In the blink of an eye,