Blown up

In the darkness, Douyang lunged straight at the Mist Ninja like a ghost come to claim their lives.

"Bastard!"

"Where's the attacker?"

Cold steel flashed. Douyang harvested the Mist Ninja's lives as easily as cutting wheat. In the span of a breath, seven or eight Mist Ninja had already fallen before their enemy.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique."

One of the Jonin reacted, unleashing Fire Release Ninjutsu to dispel the darkness.

Without the cover of night, Douyang stood exposed before the Mist Ninja.

The Jonin shouted, "The attacker is a Konoha ninja!"

Nearly twenty Mist Ninja surrounded Douyang.

At the same time, a signal flare shot into the sky.

It was easy to imagine that more and more Mist Ninja would converge on him.

According to the plan, Douyang should have drawn the Mist Ninja's fire while retreating quickly at this point.

However, the number of Mist Ninja on the island far exceeded their estimates.

If he retreated now, Kakashi would have absolutely no chance of surviving.

At that thought, Douyang switched his right eye to the Kokugan...

Meanwhile, Might Guy also began hunting the Mist Ninja.

With the Eight Gates Armor Escape activated, Might Guy took down seven or eight Mist Ninja in an instant.

Then Guy retreated while fighting, leading a large group of Mist Ninja after him.

The island erupted into commotion, with explosions and screams ringing out without end.

Kakashi hid in the shadows, keeping a wary eye on the island, but made no rash moves.

It was not yet his turn to strike.

More than ten minutes later, Guy and Shisui successfully withdrew from the island.

But the Mist Ninja had no intention of letting them escape, sending two teams after them in succession to pursue them relentlessly.

"Shisui drew away forty-nine, Guy drew away fifty-four, and Douyang drew away forty-seven."

Kakashi silently calculated the changes in the island's personnel, then finally turned his gaze toward the supply depot.

They had drawn away a total of one hundred and fifty, leaving more than a hundred behind.

The number of Mist Ninja far exceeded their estimates, but Kakashi was not afraid.

Instead, it only strengthened his resolve to blow up the supply depot.

So many guards meant that this supply depot was vital to the Mist Ninja.

"My turn!"

Taking a deep breath, Kakashi rapidly formed hand seals.

Crackle, crackle.

A piercing sound accompanied it, like the cries of hundreds upon thousands of birds.

With lightning in his hand, Kakashi charged toward the supply depot with unstoppable force.

Hearing the sound, Guy and Shisui both turned to look, realizing that Kakashi had begun his attack.

The two glanced at the Mist Ninja around them, knowing that if this group turned back to surround Kakashi, he would have no chance of blowing up the supply depot.

They had to take them all down!

Their expressions hardened. Both stopped, staring at their enemies with grave faces.

The Mist Ninja scattered around them sneered, "Just a little brat, and you dare charge in here. You really don't know your limits."

Shisui remained expressionless. His Three-Tomoe Sharingan spun rapidly as his figure split into seven, all solid bodies, yet all phantoms.

Elsewhere, Guy opened the fifth gate of the Eight Gates Armor Escape, terrifying chakra vapor surging from his entire body.

The faces of the Mist Ninja surrounding them changed drastically...

More than ten minutes later, dozens of Mist Ninja corpses lay strewn across the ground.

Shisui staggered, planting his Ninja Blade in the ground to barely support himself.

After killing nearly fifty of these ninja alone, Shisui had reached his physical limit even without using his Mangekyō Sharingan.

He took a deep breath, recovered a little strength, then sprinted toward the agreed meeting point.

However, when Shisui reached the meeting point, he found only Guy there.

Guy said urgently, "Shisui, you're finally here."

Shisui panted heavily. "The enemies were a little troublesome."

Guy scratched his head and asked doubtfully, "Where's Douyang? He made quite a commotion over there."

Shisui stood to the side, his expression grave.

Shisui had a profound understanding of Uchiha Douyang's strength.

He absolutely refused to believe that Douyang could not break out.

Then there was only one possibility.

Douyang had deliberately stayed on the island.

Shisui said, "Guy, there are around three hundred troops on the island. The three of us could draw away half at most. With Captain Kakashi's strength, even if he succeeds in blowing up the supply depot, he won't be able to escape. Douyang realized that too, so I suspect he changed the plan on the spot and is still on the island."

Guy took a deep breath, turned to look at the island where flames soared into the sky, and said gravely, "Shisui, I'm going back. Kakashi and Douyang need me."

Shisui glanced at Guy, then said solemnly, "Guy, you know that no one cares more about their comrades than the Uchiha."

On the island.

Looking at the supply depot engulfed in a sea of flames, Kakashi sank to his knees, a trace of a smile appearing in his dead-fish eyes.

Though it had been difficult, he had finally completed the mission, and none of his comrades had died because of it.

That was what Kakashi thought at that moment.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

A great mass of Mist Ninja arrived nearby, surrounding Kakashi tightly in layer upon layer.

The Mist Ninja leading them glanced at the fiercely burning supply depot, his face cold. "You actually did it."

Breaking through the pursuit and interception of dozens of people alone and blowing up the supply depot could be called a miracle.

The Mist Ninja leading them could not help feeling admiration.

Kakashi collapsed onto his back in a pool of blood, his vision growing increasingly blurred. He could just make out countless Mist Ninja racing toward him.

The scene inevitably reminded him of the Battle of Kannabi Bridge years ago.

Back then, Kakashi had also been surrounded by countless Stone Ninja, but had ultimately survived.

At this point, Kakashi no longer held any hope of escape.

Because the Fourth Hokage had long since passed away.

Dad, Obito, Rin, Sensei, I'm coming...

Kakashi felt his consciousness quickly grow hazy, and slowly closed his eyes.

"You're a hero. Before I kill you, can you tell me your name?"

There was no response.

The Mist Ninja leading them glanced at Kakashi, who was nearly dead from exhaustion, and sighed softly.

Then he drew his Ninja Blade and slowly walked toward Kakashi.

The supply depot had been blown up. Even though he held considerable standing in Kirigakure, he would inevitably face severe punishment from the Mizukage.

Fortunately, they had caught the culprit.

Whoosh!

Just then, a dark figure appeared in front of Kakashi without warning. Two black rods emerged from his palms, instantly cutting down the two Chunin standing on either side of Kakashi.

That dark figure was none other than Uchiha Douyang.

He had never left the island. Instead, he had used Sukunahikona to shrink his body and hide nearby.

At the critical moment, he saved Kakashi's life.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two more figures descended from above, landing beside Uchiha Douyang.

They were Shisui and Might Guy.

Uchiha Douyang looked at the hundred-plus Mist Ninja, then turned to Guy and said, "Guy, Kakashi is in your hands. Take him away."

Guy looked hesitant.

He glanced at the unconscious Kakashi, then finally bent down and hoisted him onto his shoulder. Looking at Shisui and Douyang, he said, "Hold out here for a while. Once I've settled Kakashi somewhere safe, I'll come back right away."