Kazuo continued placing explosion tags on strategic locations under the bridge whilst still trying his utmost to maintain his stealth so that he wouldn't be detected by anyone nearby.
He placed each explosion tag in spots where they wouldn't be noticed even if someone was trying to look for any changes.
'This should be good enough' Kazuo thought as he nodded with a smile on his face before quickly using the hiding-like-a-mole technique and heading away, after around two hundred meters, he finally headed back above ground.
In his hand, he held a long piece of paper that he had created using part of the concept of the paper shuriken jutsu.
'During that training, I tried to gain more insight into the Jutsu but I only managed to get a breakthrough once I read through all those jutsu from the library, and even then I'm still far from being able to make different paper jutsu.' Kazuo thought before making a hand sign with one hand whilst holding the paper string.
'Kai'
Kazuo thought as channeled his chakra to the paper string and through it, he sent it directly to the explosion tags.
And he waited.
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds...
Four seconds...
Nothing, no explosion.
'What?' Kazuo thought as his guard immediately went up and he started looking around.
'Either the paper tore or someone stopped it.' Kazuo thought before heading toward the bridge once more.
Arriving there in one body flicker, Kazuo finally saw the reason.
Countless shinobi were before him, hundreds of them, as well as a long line of supply carriages, could be seen at the back.
'Oh,' Kazuo thought as he stood out in the open.
The enemy had already seen him.
Looking around he quickly found the reason as to why the explosions had failed.
Whenever he used the hiding-like-a-mole technique a small amount of chakra would be left behind in the earth however to discern it one would have to be an extremely proficient earth-style user.
And the enemy was Iwagakure, a village known for their earth release.
'They used something to reinforce the ground or something similar, expecting people to be hiding underneath and for them to be crushed? While they were wrong in their assumption, they still managed to foil my plan.' Kazuo thought as he stared at the large quantity of shinobi who were facing him.
"Look, it's a tree hugger!" One of them screamed as he pointed at Kazuo.
"Be on your guard, he could be bait." Someone else said, and soon enough the entire shinobi force was looking at Kazuo warily.
A single shinobi appearing in front of a whole army either meant that he was bait or that the shinobi was a kage.
Of course, those were the two options if the enemy was sane of mind, he could just as well be an insane bastard who didn't think at all.
"You're not coming?" Kazuo asked, his voice amplified by his chakra which he had used to reinforce his vocal cords.
It was a pretty simple technique if one knew what to enhance.
"Well then, I'll come to you," Kazuo said before he made a single-hand sign.
*Poof*
With a release of smoke, an identical clone of Kazuo appeared next to him.
The clone instantly began running toward the shinobi whilst Kazuo himself immediately used the bodyflicker jutsu.
This left the enemy slightly confused before one of them pointed out.
"He's just an insane bastard, kill him. We just sensed and there are no enemies in a ten-kilometer radius."
Kazuo's shadow clone continued running until he arrived at the middle of the bridge where he gave the enemy a large smile whilst making a single hand seal.
It was the tiger seal.
"Bye~!"
'Kai'
Merely a split second later, the ground shook as loud thunderous explosions occurred at each of the bridge's supports.
Instantly the bridge started crashing down whilst the shadow clone popped out of existence.
Kazuo already two kilometers away, heard the sound clearly and a large smile sprouted on his face.
'Still, this doesn't mean that I'm out of danger, they will most certainly be following me.' Kazuo thought as he checked on his chakra reserves.
They were almost entirely empty.
Taking out his last soldier pill and popping it into his mouth, Kazuo continued his run through the forest.
Thankfully leaf shinobi were much more proficient in traversing through forests when compared to other villages, so he had the advantage of speed.
'Will my reserves hold out?' Kazuo thought as he continued heading to the location he had told Kakashi and Obito that they would meet up at.
'I can't just leave them either, Kakashi plays a major role in saving this world later on, he's useful, I can't let him die.' Kazuo thought as he started pushing himself further and further.
His speed continued to increase however an aftereffect of it was that his vision blurred even more than before.
He couldn't discern anything around him or in front of him whilst using the bodyflicker anymore.
Finally, after around half an hour, just when Kazuo's reserves were about to bottom out once again, Kazuo arrived at the location.
*Swish*
Appearing in the middle of the small hidden clearing, Kazuo saw two people in front of him.
Both of their eyes were red and they looked like they had gone through an immense struggle.
"Kakashi, you managed to save Rin," Kazuo said before turning his head left and right.
"Where's Obito? We have to get going and quickly, do you have any soldier pills?" Kazuo asked, his voice sounded hurried.
Kakashi simply took out a pill from his ninja bag and threw it at Kazuo who took it and popped it into his mouth.
"Obito's dead" Rin said with a small voice.
"I see, I'm sorry but we have to get going right now," Kazuo said.
His urgent response seemed to finally get Kakashi's attention as he turned to look at Kazuo seriously.
His left eye still looked rather ravaged but clearly better than when he had last seen him.
"A force of around one thousand Iwagakure shinobi is after me right now," Kazuo said as if he were talking about his morning breakfast.
Kakashi's and Rin's eyes widened as they looked at him.
At that moment, Kazuo felt an immense pain spurt in his right chest.
Looking down, Kazuo saw a large rock piercing through his body, it had gone into his back and appeared on the other side, completely piercing him.
'Ah Fuck'
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Waking up back at the Kanabi Bridge, just before he had started placing the explosion tags, Kazuo stood silent.
It had been a while since he had died such a painful death.
'Fuck, think about what I can do.' Kazuo thought as his mind immediately went into action, even though he had died less than a minute ago, he continued not looking back or contemplating his death.
'The enemy is less than five minutes away, I need to finish this as quickly as possible. The problem is that I don't know if I can escape them. Just go for now.' Kazuo thought as he quickly headed under the bridge and placed explosion tags.
Unlike last time, Kazuo focused his efforts on placing tags only at locations with the highest probability of caving the bridge when destroyed.
As soon as he was done, merely two and a half minutes later, Kazuo went above ground and created a shadow clone before quickly popping a soldier pill in his mouth.
Immediately afterward, he started running at his highest speed toward the preselected location where he would meet with team seven.
The Shadowclone meanwhile walked to the middle of the bridge and immediately launched the explosion tags, causing the collapse of the Kanabi Bridge.
After which the clone got dispelled and a small amount of chakra returned to Kazuo, it wasn't much however it was better than nothing.
The soldier pill had already started doing its job and now his regeneration of chakra would be quicker than his expenditure at least for the next minute or so.
Body flicker after body flicker, Kazuo finally arrived at the small clearing in the woods.
It had taken around twenty-seven minutes when compared to the thirty of the last turn, simply because he knew the terrain better.
Looking into the clearing, Kazuo saw both Rin and Kakashi.
Rin was using the mystical palm technique to heal Kakashi further whilst he sat on the ground silent.
*Fsh*
With the sound of the wind, Kazuo appeared in the clearing.
"Get up now. We have to run, an entire army of Iwagakure ninjas is following me." Kazuo said as he quickly took Kakashi by the shoulders and lifted him up.
His words immediately put Kakashi and Rin on their guard.
"All right, did you finish the mission?" Kakashi asked as his eyes narrowed.
"Yes, the Kanabi Bridge is broken," Kazuo said immediately before asking for a soldier pill which he was given a split second later and popped into his mouth.
"Do you have Minato Senpai's kunai?" Kazuo asked as he swirled around and dodged to the right.
A large earth spear of sorts was now at the location where he had been.
'Even with this speed, they still caught up to me.' Kazuo thought as he looked at tens of ninjas appear on the other side of the clearing and completely surround them.
Rin looked to be on the verge of tears as fear took hold of her.
*Sigh*
Releasing a Sigh, Kazuo placed two of his fingers on his wrist and a split second later, he was holding a kunai in each hand.
"Get a hold of yourself, this isn't a battle we can survive if we let fear take hold of our minds," Kazuo said, his voice extremely calm when compared to the situation the three of them were in.
Kakashi nodded and immediately took out a three-pronged kunai and plunged it into the ground.
"It will take a while before Minato sensei arrives," Kakashi said as he took out the short sword from his back.
It was a weapon given to him by the white fang of Konoha, Sakumo Hatake.
"I don't think we can survive this..." Rin mumbled as she looked around at the shinobi forces that were only getting bigger and bigger.
It was at this moment that Kazuo heard a notification-like sound in his mind.
[ Ding! ]
[ A mission has been generated! ]
[ Time Trial ]
[ Survive the Iwagakure forces for three minutes ]
[ Reward: 1% Bloodline Activation, 1 Random Hidden A-Rank Jutsu ]
'As if I give a fuck about that right now.' Kazuo thought as he looked at the now hundreds of shinobi around him.
"Survive three minutes," Kazuo said before he started walking toward the enemy shinobi.
"Can you use the shadow clone Kakashi?"
"Yes"
"How many?"
"Three at most and I'd have almost reduced my chakra to zero by then," Kakashi replied as he continued surveying the surroundings.
At that moment, a voice was heard.
"If it isn't the geniuses of Konoha, The son of the White Fang, Kakashi Hatake, and the monstrous genius who faced the Raikage and didn't die. Kazuo of the Leaf." One Iwagakure shinobi said as he walked into the clearing.
It was obvious by the air around him alone that this guy wasn't your run-of-the-mill cannon fodder.
"And you are?" Kazuo asked, his voice still as calm as ever.
"It's surprising, being able to remain this calm in a situation like this. My name is Kuro, an Elite Jonin of the great stone village." The man, now known to be Kuro said as he raised his head high, the ego and pride could almost be felt as it oozed off of him.
"The Great Iwa? I don't think I've ever seen anyone call the stone that before." Kazuo said as a chuckle escaped from his lips.
Immediately the whole shinobi forces turned their attention toward him.
"You see, people say that there are five great villages in this world," Kazuo said as he came closer to the man, now he was less than five feet away.
Looking at the man in the eyes, Kazuo practically spat out his next words.
"Konoha is the only village that deserves to be called great. If we hadn't created the village system, you stone monkeys would still be tearing each other apart in endless war to this day."
Kazuo said as he gave the man a large smile.
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