Bab 100: MSIN: Chapter 99
Asuma, who was being carried like a dog leash by the dog, stubbornly twisted his neck, enduring the pain in his chest and abdomen, to maintain his vision, trying to see the situation on the battlefield.
Although he was the son of the Third Hokage, he had to admit that Haori, his classmate, deserved the reputation he had earned in Sunagakure. In terms of strength, he was indeed a cut above Asuma.
Then, his pupils reflected the scene of Haori's clones attacking Pakura from both sides.
From Asuma's perspective, he couldn't see Pakura's expression or demeanor, but he felt as if he sensed the panic of this renowned female ninja... Faced with an unexpected, sudden, and deadly attack, who could maintain their composure throughout?
The hero of Sunagakure, killed by the White Yaksha of Konoha...
For Konoha, would this be good news?
For Sunagakure, would this be bad news?
But whether it was good news or bad news, even if it spread, it wouldn't have any consequences.
Just as Pakura had said to Haori earlier, would the two great ninja villages, who had just achieved peace, restart hostilities because of this?
No. No matter who killed whom, it was just the death of a single ninja. It wouldn't affect the overall peace.
So, Haori could kill with confidence.
Perhaps Haori had figured this out from the beginning, or perhaps he hadn't thought that much about it. In any case, after the battle began, he had been giving it his all.
However, there are always so many unexpected events on the battlefield. They could turn a future that was about to become reality, something that was about to happen, into a fantasy.
If the one-on-one battle could continue, Haori's two clones might sever the head of the Sunagakure hero in the next instant. Or maybe Pakura had already prepared a counterattack and could defeat Haori's clones at any time.
But neither of these scenarios happened.
As it turned out, Pakura didn't die at Haori's hands.
This was because of a sudden disruptor.
A barrage of shuriken came raining down.
First, their shadowy forms were seen, then their whistling sound was heard as they tore through the air.
This was a large-scale, covering fire, as if someone had used the Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu multiple times.
The shuriken plunged into the ground with a "plop" or pierced into the trees with a "ding."
Haori's main body reacted quickly, naturally. He pulled his legs up diagonally, as if leaping out of the water, his back almost parallel to the ground. Then, he pushed off the ground with his hands, his arms bent, his muscles straining. With a leap and a push, he easily flipped onto a branch several meters high.
However, his clones, because of this sudden attack, had to abandon their assault on Pakura, even though her soft neck was right in front of them...
Because the opportunity to attack was fleeting, the chance to kill her was lost.
Haori's two clones and Pakura retreated in three different directions. The Amegakure ninjas also temporarily stopped their attacks.
Because another force had arrived on the battlefield, the battle fell silent again for a while.
Haori knelt on the branch. First, he canceled the Clone Jutsu... It was best to recover some chakra right away if possible. Every bit of chakra would give him a better chance of winning in the unknown battles ahead.
Then, he held onto the tree trunk with one hand and looked down... His direction and height allowed him to face the new enemy directly.
There were fifty of them, each wearing an Amegakure forehead protector, but their attire was completely different from ordinary Amegakure ninjas.
The three leaders...
Were the Second, Seventh, and First...
No, they were orange hair, purple hair, and red hair like Kushina's.
It took about a hundred years of hair care, hair growth, hair nourishment, and anti-hair loss to create such a diverse range of hair colors in the ninja world. It also became one of the external characteristics used to identify certain ninjas.
For example, red hair like Kushina's meant that the person's identity was likely to be the Uzumaki clan, a clan that had lost its country long ago.
The countless shuriken just now were not made of iron but of paper.
As for the sheer number and high speed, someone had used a combined jutsu.
Paper Shuriken Jutsu.
And Wind Release: Crackling Wind Palm.
But it seemed like their goal wasn't to kill the enemy, but to prevent Haori and Pakura from attacking each other. They had merely forced Haori and Pakura back and didn't use any follow-up attacks.
Considering their current location and the characteristics of the three leaders, the identity of this new group of ninjas was clear.
Akatsuki.
And their leaders, Yahiko, Konan, and... Nagato.
Haori could make this judgment.
Yahiko and Nagato, to be honest, their facial features had changed so much from his memories that Haori couldn't immediately confirm their identities. But Konan, and her signature paper-based attack, should be recognizable to anyone who knows the main villains of Naruto.
Once her identity was confirmed, the identities of those around her could be deduced.
He never expected to encounter the legendary prophesied child and the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths here...
The still-young Akatsuki organization, and their three leaders with their somewhat naive ideals.
Could he defeat them here?
Haori was tempted, but he immediately suppressed the thought... It was too crazy.
After all, he didn't know how much those Rinnegan had been developed.
He didn't know that even Konan, who was more gentle, could plant 600 billion explosive tags. She could kill him fifty times without any problem.
Not to mention the long-term future, but comparing the present, Haori was still practicing his half-baked Water Release jutsu, while Nagato, with those eyes, instantly mastered all five chakra natures.
After a moment's consideration, Haori naturally didn't act rashly.
Just looking at Nagato's red hair... mainly the Rinnegan under that red hair, Haori wouldn't act rashly. That was a true cheat.
Under his control, the Splitting Dog's split bodies began to merge, reforming into a single entity. It didn't attack but carried the three Konoha ninjas backward, step by step.
Until they were out of the range of the firelight, retreating into the dark forest.
Although he didn't know why Akatsuki had come here, Haori was already on high alert.
But only Haori was aware of this. Pakura didn't recognize the Akatsuki leaders.
When she saw the forehead protectors worn by the ninjas who had just arrived on the battlefield, she naturally assumed they were Amegakure reinforcements.
"Pesky pests!"
She spat out these four words.
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