Fortunately, the second squad was far enough away that we had time to spare, despite the fact that at the moment of the attack, its speed increased, demonstrating the presence of a sensor in the compound.
The brothers had no such ability, and so when we flew at the enemy - Kinkaku and Ginkaku, clad in their cloaks, were at this very moment using their paws to tear to pieces the fighters who could do almost nothing against them, judging by the tracks, just rolling over all the traps they had prepared - we had the opportunity to strike them in the back, almost taking them by surprise.
Almost, because at the last moment, the brothers tossed aside the victims, whose remains no longer resembled human beings, merely bloody pieces of meat, and raised their chakra limbs toward us.
Samehada went through them like a hot knife through butter, absorbing the chakra with a satisfied rumble and sandpapering through the body of the nearest shinobi, tearing off the cover, inflicting lacerations and throwing him far back with a barely audible crunch from the force of the blow, in which I put all my speed and body mass.
The sannin who had let me pass ahead of him also collected a bloody tribute, literally slicing a chunk of meat off the other brother's arm and deep into his left shoulder, but under the influence of the veil, the wounds had a much smaller effect than they would have compared to normal ninjas.
Except Orochimaru didn't think to stop, sending Ginkaku in the other direction with a powerful kick to the side.
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A quick exchange of glances and we rushed after the first brother, while the second was pounced upon by a pair of immediately created kage bunshins and summoned massive snakes. They won't hold the jinchuriki for long, but now the count is on seconds.
Another of my doppelgangers has dragged the surviving Konohovians behind him with threads of chakra, simply unable to react to the changing situation at our speeds.
The pseudo-jinchuriki was just getting to his feet, surrounded by bubbling red chakra and with the beginnings of two tails behind him-the wounds were already healing, confirming my earlier assumptions about the Kyuubi's power on them-but we were closing in, and we had no intention of letting him reach the next level of strength.
Orochimaru used the katana as a spear, extending the arm several meters and piercing through his enemy's thigh, before slicing him from the inside and slashing at his other leg in one powerful move.
- Rraaaa!!! - Kinkaku, who had begun to collapse onto his side, fell to his four limbs and let out a thunderous cry of fury and pain.
At the same moment that Samehada was already descending on him, biju chakra rushed from the pseudo-jinchuriki's body in all directions, with an intensity more akin to an explosion, crashing into us with the relentlessness of a multi-ton block. Kirigakure's great sword was able to absorb most of the chakra directed at him, but the physical force of such a blow was such that it threw us backwards.
- Kinkaku!
The roar of the second brother almost breaking through the temporary barrier - the barriers the clones had put up were cracking, barely holding the rampaging Ginkaku inside, as he tore through the summons - showed us that we should hurry.
- Kuchiyose no jutsu (summoning technique)!
Orochimaru was on the head of a giant black and green colored snake as he landed, and I took a moment to activate my sharingan and use my shunshin to get right next to the jinchuriki and with a single movement of Samehada, cut off the tails of the Kumo shinobi who hadn't recovered in time.
Despite the obvious signs of age on his face, Kinkaku proved that he wasn't considered an elite elite for nothing. The lightning-fast kick to my chest, reinforced with purple chakra, knocked the spirit out of me and could have broken my ribs and damaged my internal organs, so strong was it if not for the presence of Shikotsumyaku's subcutaneous armor (Dead Bone Pulse). The bone cracked in some places, deflecting the pulse, but recovered very quickly.
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