"Scatter and break out!"
Fox ignored the mockery from Pakura and the others and swiftly issued his orders.
With the tables turned and them surrounded, staying together would only make them sitting ducks. Scattering was their only chance of survival.
The other two Konoha squads did the same, each bursting into their fastest sprint and charging in different directions, trying to tear an opening in the encirclement.
The Sunagakure ninja naturally would not let them have their way and immediately split up to pursue them. Before long, screams rang out; clearly, someone had been hit.
Squad B-5 was under immense pressure as well.
"Gray Wolf, left flank! Night Owl, right flank! Aoda, cover the rear with me! Go!"
Fox roared, swinging his short blade with his sole arm. His chakra surged as he unleashed a sharp blade of wind, temporarily driving back the two Sunagakure Chunin charging at him head-on.
Gray Wolf and Night Owl did not hesitate, immediately charging in the directions Fox had indicated.
Lin Ze stayed close beside Fox, using both fists and feet to knock away every shuriken and kunai flying toward them. Whenever he encountered a low-level ninjutsu, he shattered it with a single punch. The taijutsu prowess he displayed secretly alarmed the Sunagakure ninja surrounding them.
But Pakura's icy gaze seemed almost tangible as it fixed on the strongest group, Squad B-5-or rather, primarily on its youngest member, Lin Ze.
Pakura calmly instructed the Sunagakure Jōnin beside her:
"Leave that brat to me. As for the others, wipe them all out. Leave no one alive!"
"Yes, Lady Pakura!"
The Sunagakure Jōnin immediately accepted the order and led the remaining forces in an even fiercer assault toward Gray Wolf and Night Owl, trying to stop them from escaping for good.
Pakura herself walked unhurriedly toward