"Good afternoon, Naruto.
Good afternoon, Sakura.
Good afternoon, Yamato, what are you... what are you all doing?"
Adam, having just been summoned, greeted everyone as usual, but then he saw Yamato lying on the ground, seemingly on his last breath, and was momentarily stunned.
Wasn't Yamato supposed to be training with Naruto? How did he get so injured?
"Adam, look out!"
Just then, Naruto and Sakura quickly called out a warning.
Because a strangely shaped, crimson, three-bladed scythe was coming from behind, aiming to reap Adam's neck.
"Smack!"
Adam raised a hand and easily grabbed the handle of the three-bladed scythe.
An attack with such force and speed was no faster than a snail in his eyes, so he naturally grabbed it with ease.
"It seems your summoned beast has some strength, but it's useless. Come here!"
Hidan saw his scythe grabbed by the human-shaped summoned beast that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki had summoned. He immediately exerted force with both hands, wanting to pull Adam directly over and then take his life.
However, Adam didn't budge, nor did the scythe in his hand.
"How is that possible? I'll pull again!"
Hidan blinked, seemingly disbelieving Adam's strength, and exerted all his might again.
Adam didn't budge, nor did the scythe in his hand.
He turned around, looked at Hidan in front of him, then looked at Kakashi and Sai, who were being beaten by Kakuzu and were about to give up. Adam immediately understood the situation.
This was clearly the aftermath of the Fire Temple's destruction, with Team 7 ganging up on the Immortal Duo.
It seemed Tsunade had replaced Asuma with Kakashi as the leader due to his prophecy, sending them directly.
However, the current situation didn't seem much better.
Indeed, the Immortal Duo's raw power wasn't considered exceptionally strong within Akatsuki, but if one didn't know their intelligence beforehand, it was very easy to suffer a great loss.
Furthermore, Naruto hadn't yet learned the Rasengan Shuriken, couldn't use Sage Mode, and was at odds with the Kyuubi. Kakashi's Mangekyo was also not yet easy to use, so it wasn't surprising for the fight to turn out like this.
"Adam, please help us hold him off for a bit, the support squad will be here soon—"
Seeing Adam block the scythe, Naruto immediately breathed a sigh of relief and was about to explain the situation to Adam.
However, he only spoke half his sentence before his eyes widened, and he gasped.
What did he see? He actually saw Adam casually pull, and Hidan, at the other end of the scythe, immediately flew towards Adam as if he were a helpless weak chicken, forcibly pulled in front of him.
Then Adam raised his foot and delivered a whip kick, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, fiercely striking Hidan's stomach.
Hidan's eyes bulged, feeling as if they were about to pop out, then his entire body shot like a cannonball towards Kakuzu, who was chasing Kakashi and Sai.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Kakuzu, unable to dodge, was directly hit by Hidan, the human projectile, and together they crashed through over a dozen large trees, each thick enough for one person to embrace, before finally stopping.
"Crack!"
One of Kakuzu's Earth Grudge Fear masks shattered on the spot.
"So… so strong!"
Naruto, standing nearby, and Sakura, who was maintaining her healing, watched Adam slowly retract his foot, their words a bit stuttered.
Naruto knew Adam was strong, but he never expected him to be so strong. With just one kick, he sent Hidan flying and took one of Kakuzu's lives.
Sakura was even more surprised than Naruto. She had never seen Adam fight, only saw him being polite to everyone, liking to give gifts, and treating people to meals, making her feel he was gentle and easy to get along with.
So she subconsciously thought Adam shouldn't be very strong.
It wasn't until now that she realized this person from another World, who always smiled, was actually this powerful.
"Naruto, what were you about to say?"
After retracting his foot, Adam turned around and smiled at Naruto.
At this moment, Kakashi and Sai also took the opportunity to return. Both were panting heavily, their Chakra clearly running low, barely holding on.
"Adam, we've run into trouble and need your help. Lady Tsunade will surely reward you handsomely afterward!"
Kakashi spoke very directly.
Tsunade had told him about Adam last night, so he knew the most efficient way to communicate with Adam.
Adam's eyes lit up upon hearing this, then he laughed heartily:
"Kakashi, what are you saying? We're all friends, and Naruto is my best friend. Of course I'll help with any trouble.
It's those two guys, right? Don't worry, you all rest here. I'll go help you capture them alive."
He liked people who knew what they were doing when asking for favors, although he hadn't intended to stand by idly anyway.
After all, whether others lived or died didn't matter, but Naruto definitely couldn't die. If Naruto died, it wouldn't be as convenient for him to leave Mount Myōboku.
Although there was still Jiraiya, Jiraiya wasn't as easily fooled as Naruto, and he was mostly out sketching and gathering intelligence, rarely staying in Konoha.
"Who are you? Are you also a Ninja from Konoha?"
At this moment, Kakuzu and Hidan finally emerged from the forest.
That last attack destroyed one of Kakuzu's masks, but he still had three. As for Hidan, he had an immortal body, and by now, his body had recovered from having all his bones and muscles shattered.
"He's the summoned beast that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki transformed."
Hidan stretched his re-grown body and explained garrulously.
"A summoned beast? Are you out of your mind?"
Kakuzu's mouth twitched.
A summoned beast should naturally be a beast. Although some can transform into human form, they still retain some animalistic features. He had never heard of any summoned beast that could completely transform into human form.
"Kakuzu, don't curse me, we're companions! I saw with my own eyes that he was summoned by the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki using a summoning jutsu."
Hidan immediately became displeased.
Kakuzu couldn't be bothered with Hidan. Being summoned by a summoning jutsu didn't necessarily mean he was a summoned beast.
This guy's taijutsu was so strong, he definitely wasn't an ordinary Ninja. If he figured out his identity and he was listed in the bounty station, killing him would be good for money.
By now, he still didn't believe they would lose this battle.
He still had three lives, and Hidan's immortal body meant his fighting power had hardly decreased. On the other side, apart from the helper who had just been summoned, the others basically had no fighting power left.
As for losing a mask just now, it was only because he was unprepared and ambushed.
"Adam, be careful! These two, one is named Kakuzu and the other is Hidan. They…"
Taking advantage of Hidan and Kakuzu's argument, Kakashi quickly informed Adam of all the intelligence while recovering his Chakra.
"The strategy for a bit will still be to separate them first. Naruto, Sai, and I will hold off Kakuzu. Adam, your taijutsu is strong, so you deal with Hidan. Just hold him off, the other squad members will arrive very soon."
"No need for such trouble. I told you, you all just rest."
Adam's figure flashed, and he had already vanished from his spot.