Although the two seemed to be handling the situation with ease, they were on the defensive, without any time to cast ninjutsu. If this continued, victory would eventually belong to... Naruto. As long as the enemy couldn't kill him instantly, he could exhaust everyone there.
Unfortunately, Karin's flashbang went off, not giving him the chance. The location where the flashbang appeared had shifted. It should be the weakest point in the enemy's encirclement.
The Grass Village leader, who was watching the battle, had a gloomy expression. "There are accomplices?! Go check it out!" Seeing the signal flare, Sasuke, while blocking attacks, asked, "Withdraw?"
"Withdraw? Alright," Naruto hadn't really had enough fighting yet; he wanted to kick a few more, but a plan was a plan. He could only come back again later. He asked, "Are there any acquaintances of hers?"
Karin had mentioned some of her enemies' characteristics, but Naruto felt it was too chaotic and hard to remember. He had Sasuke memorize them instead. Plus, Sasuke had the Sharingan and could see clearly.
"Tss." During the conversation, another tear appeared in his clothes. This was already the seventh tear, making him look like a ragpicker.
"You think you can withdraw without asking me!" the ninja who had slashed Naruto shouted, reminding everyone. Even with his back turned, Sasuke knew who Naruto was fighting based on his previous observations and said, "That's him."
"Alright, big fox, a little something slow." "Oh, hic" The fox spirit, who had been watching anime, burped loudly and channeled his chakra. This time, it wasn't watching anime; it was paying attention to Naruto's condition.
Outside, Naruto's sudden acceleration caught the enemy off guard. He grabbed Karin's enemy and charged, using him as a meat shield to break through a few people: "Keep up." If he didn't break through, then it couldn't be helped, but if Sasuke couldn't keep up, he would have to raise his daughter by himself, which Sakura refused to do.
No, if he had died, where would his daughter come from? Naruto grabbed the meat shield and charged heedlessly, with Sasuke defending attacks from behind.
The Grass Village leader, upon hearing those words, had completed the hand seals and the ninjutsu was ready. He slammed his hands on the ground: "Earth Release: Earth Prison!" "Rumble..." Thick earth walls, almost a meter wide, rose from the surroundings,
forming a semi-circle that closed in from above. "Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld." There weren't any other ninjutsu this time; the other ninjutsu had too large a range and would injure his own allies. Unfortunately, Sasuke had seen this ninjutsu once before, so it was ineffective the second time.
Through the Sharingan's foresight, Sasuke had already completed the hand seals, saying, "Lightning Release: Ground Flash." It was obvious he had borrowed this from some dead guy, hmm, borrowed. What's the point of being a Uchiha if you can't copy a few techniques?
The electric current, channeled through Sasuke, was injected into the Mudslide, Lightning Release was effective against Earth Release, and the swamp was difficult to maintain, slowly collapsing.
Naruto, upon hearing him say "Lightning," had used the person in his hand as a fulcrum, jumping up to prevent the electric current from harming an ally. The electric current was very fast. Sasuke had calculated the time and grabbed Naruto's small leg, pulling him down and dodging several kunai.
The moment he landed, Naruto grabbed the meat shield and continued charging. Using the light from the streetlamps, the Grass Village leader looked at the two who were about to reach the earth wall: "Don't bother. I have those earth walls under..."
"Boom!"
"Ptooey." The meat shield, already numbed by electricity, spat out a mouthful of old blood. Naruto broke through the earth wall, carrying Sasuke away, leaving the Grass Village behind. "Chase!" The leader waved his hand, saying, "Send a signal to notify the ambush." Karin's sensory ability was very strong; other than White Zetsu, no one could evade it.
She chose a very perfect breaking point. There were only two or three people, and the two of them quickly broke out of the encirclement without much effort. Naruto charged forward, carrying the person in his hand, while Sasuke reduced wind resistance behind him, having slightly activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
His eyes, redder than Itachi's mangekyō, were constantly scanning him. He could see that Naruto's chakra was different from before. This power, which seemed to be explosive enough to destroy everything… was really strong. Thinking about his own outfit, Sasuke clenched his fists.
If I could also wield this power... The leader, was it? Naruto didn't know what he was thinking. As he reached the edge of the village, he looked back at the pursuers, who were about 300 meters away. That was how fast they were.
To say about fighting, Naruto might not beat many people, but when it came to running, there were probably not even ten people in the entire ninja world who could outrun him when he used Kyuubi chakra.
Unfortunately, he was a hot-blooded youth who could turn a vampire into a popsicle with his passion; all he wanted to do was charge. Afraid he hadn't fully provoked them as a tank, that the Grass Village wouldn't follow him,
Naruto pulled out a stone tablet from his sealing scroll and stood it up next to him. The handwriting on the stone tablet was vigorous and powerful, sinking deep into the stone by five centimeters. It clearly wrote "You brats, Grandpa's leaving."
After running a distance, he looked back to check the effect. He happened to see the leader kicking the stone tablet to pieces. Ugh... Should have known I'd swap it out for a steel one. After running past the ambush point, Naruto handed the nearly unrecognizable but still breathing meat shield to Sasuke.
"I'll go back for another round to gather them all up so the flashbangs can hit more people." That was the main reason; the secondary reason was that Naruto wanted to kick the nuts of the person who broke the stone tablet. He gestured towards Karin's location, then turned and ran back towards the Grass Village.
His speed, after letting go of the person, was even faster than before. The opponents also knew Naruto was formidable, so they slowly retreated while on guard, waiting for the main force to arrive.
However, the arrival of the main force didn't bring him any benefits, only five flashbangs. The flashbangs in the dark night made them unable to open their eyes, while Naruto's black sunglasses gave him excellent vision.
Strike while the iron is hot, go for the nuts. Naruto kicked out. Sensing a powerful gust of wind coming at him, the opponent jumped backward and then... "Ah!!!" Out of the dozens of people, only these two ninjas didn't get hit, as they are special ninjas.
The main force from the Grass Village arrived. Naruto retreated at lightning speed, returning to Sasuke's side. Sasuke had already completed his hand seals, and the chakra he spat out through the breathing hole of the gas mask condensed into a fireball.
The principle was probably the same as Kakashi spitting fireballs and water releases through his face mask. "Wind Release: Great Breakthrough." Naruto again injected Wind Release into the fireball.
The huge fireball, infused with Wind Release, illuminated the surroundings, charring a patch of grass, and rolled toward the Grass Village group. "Water Release: Water..." Two Water Release ninjas were channeling chakra and preparing to defend when a strange throbbing came from their chests: "Thump thump..."
They could feel that this wasn't their own heartbeat. Covering their bulging chests, one of the people changed his expression drastically: "This is!" "Useless idiot, Earth Release: Earth..." Other people, seeing that the situation was wrong, quickly scattered. Those who couldn't get out of the way lay on the ground, reducing the damage.
After the fireball passed, a few people's backs were charred, while the Water Release ninja was covering his chest, which was growing larger and larger, and shouted, "Everyone, don't use Chakra!"
Naruto and Sasuke didn't move a muscle. Behind them, Karin walked out. In front of everyone, she handed Naruto a box and, after checking the person in Sasuke's arms, handed them a stack of money. The money was Naruto's, meant to fake a transaction, as he and Sasuke were playing the part of mercenaries.
After acting, Karin excitedly and nervously walked towards the group from the Grass Village. She knew that according to the plan, she would be captured, and she knew what kind of severe torture she would face at the hands of the Grass Village in order to find Sasuke and Naruto, but how could the pain in her body compare to the pain in her heart?
Seizing a fallen man, Karin straddled him, picked up a rock, and smashed it into his mouth. One smash, two smashes... "Oogh..." Saliva, blood, bits of flesh, and teeth filled his mouth, preventing the man from saying a word. Putting her arm near his mouth, she pressed down hard. The oozing blood stained her arm red.
Pressing and pressing, Karin cried, picked up the rock, and continued smashing his mouth, shouting hysterically: "Bite! Bite! Bite!" The man beneath her initially resisted, but before long, his legs twitched, and he stopped moving. Karin had no reaction, still shouting, still smashing.
Under the starlight, on the grassy ground, the young girl's lamentations echoed. Every lamentation seemed to tell of her past experiences. The sprayed blood stained her hands, her clothes, her entire body, just like her crimson hair. After smashing him, the young girl mechanically walked towards the second person, carrying the rock.
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