A corner of the chaotic battlefield.
Asuma wiped the blood seeping from his forehead and grinned: "I thought you were strong, but you're just mediocre!"
"Tch!"
Hidan spat, his expression very annoyed.
Kakuzu aside didn't look too good either.
As soon as they encountered Asuma's squad, Hidan's customary Triple-Bladed Scythe was sucked away by a Cloud magnet release ninja in Asuma's squad using Magnet Release.
Then, two experts from the Hyuga clan joined forces and easily suppressed the unarmed Hidan with Gentle Fist.
Kakuzu's situation was slightly better.
He was facing Asuma whose comprehensive strength was inferior to his, but the gap between the two was not large, so after a struggle, Asuma only suffered some minor injuries.
The injured Asuma's morale was high instead: "Everyone push harder, solve these two first, then go support others!"
In the previous Target No. 7 operation, when rumors spread that Shinji's 'Takamagahara' simulation had serious deviations, he worried whether his squad's simulated combat in 'Takamagahara' would be ineffective.
Now after fighting, although the real situation deviated from the simulation in 'Takamagahara', this deviation was completely within an acceptable range.
In other words.
As long as there were no accidents, the sniper squad he led targeting Kakuzu and Hidan could really kill these two formal Akatsuki members!
After a brief pause, the fierce battle broke out again.
Hidan, having lost his weapon, was suppressed by two Hyuga clan members, completely unable to spare a hand to help Kakuzu.
And under the siege of Asuma and a dozen elite ninjas, Kakuzu gradually fell to a disadvantage.
Rumble!
Amidst the huge explosion flames, Kakuzu barely scrambled out, most of his red cloud cloak burned, looking incredibly wretched.
Rustle...
Casually tearing off the burned red cloud cloak, Kakuzu said: "Since you seek death, I'll fulfill your wish!"
After the red cloud cloak was torn off, the four masks of different colors on his back swelled rapidly. Then these masks broke free from his body one after another, turning into four masked monsters formed by countless black threads.
Seeing this, Asuma shouted: "This is the opponent's secret technique 'Earth Grudge Fear'. Only by defeating all his masks along with his main body can we completely kill him!"
Seeing Asuma instantly saw through his secret technique, Kakuzu's face became even gloomier: "Shinji Uchiha's 'Takamagahara' huh. If I knew earlier, I would have killed that Uchiha brat first!"
Hidan in the distance shouted at this time: "Kakuzu, come help me quickly! These two guys' Gentle Fist can seal my chakra points, too troublesome!"
"Fool!"
Cursing secretly, Kakuzu focused his attention on Asuma opposite.
Undoubtedly.
This Konoha Jonin with the 'Twelve Guardian Ninja' sash around his waist was the core of the opposition. Only by solving him could the deadlock be broken.
Just as Kakuzu was slightly distracted, suddenly a golden light flashed, and he and the four mask clones surrounding him were all knocked flying.
"Well done, Chiriku!"
Asuma was overjoyed and took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack on Kakuzu.
In the original timeline, Chiriku, who died at the hands of Kakuzu and Hidan and was a fellow 'Twelve Guardian Ninja' with Asuma, was also recruited by Asuma into his squad.
Not long after, under everyone's siege, Kakuzu lost two masks successively, completely falling into a dead end.
Huff huff...
Kakuzu panted heavily, unable to hide the exhaustion on his face.
He also caused considerable casualties to Asuma's squad, but this obviously didn't help. With core members like Asuma and Chiriku present, he couldn't change the battle situation alone.
He glanced sideways at Hidan in the distance and found Hidan's situation was even worse than his. Suppressed by two Hyuga clan members throughout, if not for his immortality, he would have died countless times.
"Damn it!"
He cursed secretly.
His and Hidan's combination was actually a typical assassination type. As long as the target didn't know their intelligence, no matter how strong, they might fall into their hands.
But such a combination was obviously unsuitable for ninja army combat. Moreover, the opponent fully mastered their intelligence, dividing and conquering him and Hidan, making them unable to cooperate effectively.
Seeing victory in sight, Asuma shouted: "Everyone hold on a little longer, we can solve them soon..."
Pfft...
Suddenly, a hand pierced Asuma's chest, interrupting his words.
Asuma lowered his head, looking at the hand piercing his chest from behind which was just a blur. If not for the blood outlining a silhouette, it couldn't be seen at all: "Trans... Transparent Release?"
At this time, Ranmaru behind Asuma revealed his figure and said to Kakuzu: "You seem to be in trouble?"
Kakuzu said somewhat unhappily: "Meddling!"
Ranmaru pulled out the arm piercing Asuma's chest, casually shook off the blood sticking to the arm, and then looked at Hidan not far away.
Although Hidan's hard power wasn't great, the 'Curse Technique: Death Controlling Possessed Blood' was weird and hard to guard against. As long as he could get the target's blood, Hidan could easily curse and kill them. So the Akatsuki organization obviously couldn't let Hidan die easily.
"Asuma!"
"Captain!"
Chiriku and surrounding Asuma squad members exclaimed one after another.
Like Asuma, they didn't notice Ranmaru sneaking over either, so seeing Asuma fall, they all panicked.
Swish...
With a Body Flicker, Ranmaru arrived in front of the magnet release ninja keeping Hidan's Triple-Bladed Scythe. Under the opponent's horrified gaze, he pierced the opponent's chest with an arm strengthened by 'Steel Release', then snatched the Triple-Bladed Scythe, threw it fiercely to Hidan who was being beaten in the distance.
"Yoho!"
After receiving the weapon, Hidan immediately swung it widely, forcing back the two Hyuga clan members suppressing him, and then rejoined Kakuzu.
Just as Kakuzu and Hidan were about to start killing, 'Satori' who was constantly harassing the Ninja Village Alliance in the air suddenly turned and sped away into the distance.
Seeing this, Kakuzu frowned: "Damn! Hidan, follow me!"
'Satori' suddenly leaving obviously meant something went wrong with the 'Box of Ultimate Bliss'. Associating it with the Ninja Village Alliance sending some manpower to search for the 'Box of Ultimate Bliss' earlier, Kakuzu hurriedly abandoned the battle in front of him to deal with the problem over at the 'Box of Ultimate Bliss'.
Because 'Satori's war potential had been confirmed. With it present, it was enough to pin down thousands of ordinary ninjas of the Ninja Village Alliance. So before breaking through the Ninja Village Alliance headquarters, the 'Box of Ultimate Bliss' allowed no loss.
"Damn, I wanted to settle accounts with these guys properly!"
Although cursing, Hidan obediently followed Kakuzu, chasing in the direction 'Satori' left...