"...That's the mission. We must keep the Fire Temple's ninja monks safe."
As one of Konoha's senior leaders, Kakashi Hatake naturally knew that the Fire Temple had sent people to help with the village's reconstruction not long ago.
Now that they were in trouble, Konoha's ninja naturally had to give them their full support.
Whether they could defeat the enemy was another matter, but the Fire Temple's ninja monks absolutely could not suffer too many casualties.
At that thought, Kakashi glanced at Naruto, who was running at the very front of the team. His mind was not on the mission at all.
After hearing Sasuke's name, Naruto had no room in his heart for anything else.
Still... Sakura seemed quite composed.
Kakashi glanced at the calm Sakura. She really had matured considerably compared to before.
Boom!!!
An explosion rang out!
The Fire Temple's gates crashed down, scattering fragments as flames and lightning spread into the surroundings.
Several figures went flying into the temple. Sasuke Uchiha stepped into the Fire Temple with the Kusanagi Sword in hand, followed closely by Jūgo and the other two.
Watching the ninja monks who had rushed over at the noise surround them, Sasuke said coldly, "Karin, find the target first!"
"Understood!"
Karin raised her fingers and began searching for the target inside the Fire Temple.
The fluctuations of the Nine-Tails Chakra were far too conspicuous, so she quickly found their mission's target.
"He was at the back mountain just now, but after hearing the commotion here, he's already heading this way at speed!"
"Good. Now we won't have to go out of our way to find him."
"Cut the chatter, Suigetsu. You and Jūgo, take care of these ninja monks!"
"Hahaha, I'm going on a killing spree!"
"Leave it to me!"
Suigetsu let out