91: Chapter 91 The Golden Figure in the Eye of the StormThe firelight engulfed our vision.
The air was filled with the smell of burning, a stench of hair, cloth, and dirt mixed together.
"Fire Release: Head Carving".
Accompanied by a deep chant, the enormous fireball landed and exploded into a rolling sea of fire.
Kakashi forcibly twisted his body, using the debris of the Earth Flow Wall as cover to barely land.
His chest heaved violently, and his left hand was charred black—the price he paid for being hit by the aftershock when he forcibly neutralized the false darkness with the Lightning Blade.
"Chakra.is almost gone." Kakashi bit his tongue, trying to stay awake with the pain, but the Sharingan in his vision was already starting to blur.
"Is this.Kakuzu's oppressive aura?"
Kakuzu stood on a protruding rock, while two masked monsters behind him emitted piercing screechs.
Although it was missing two hearts, the old monster's chakra reserves were still so vast that they inspired despair.
The wind fanned the flames.
The sea of fire seemed to be alive, whipping up flames tens of meters high, threatening to turn the forest into scorched earth.
"Damn it."
Kakashi was panting heavily, and the Sharingan under his forehead protector was turning slower and slower.
Chakra is depleted.
Even a Jonin would find it difficult to withstand such a barrage of ninjutsu.
"It's not over yet."
Kakuzu raised his hand.
Countless black, vascular tentacles emerged from the ground, like predatory pythons, and instantly coiled around the two people behind them.
"ah--!"
Before Ino could even swing her kunai, her wrist was tightly bound by black threads.
"Heart Turns Around." Before the seal was even finished, another black line had already tightened around her neck, lifting her into the air.
Choji roared and tried to multiply his limbs, but Kakuzu's tentacles were faster, instantly locking his joints like steel bars and abruptly interrupting the flow of chakra.
"A young heart is always full of vitality."
A glint of greed flashed in Kakuzu's green eyes.
He is in need of a heart.
I lost one for no reason just now, but I can replace it now.
The tentacles tightened.
Ino rolled her eyes, gripping the black line around her neck with both hands, her fingernails snapping and bleeding.
Feeling of suffocation.
The smell of death filled my lungs through my nasal cavity.
"Ino!Choji!"
Kakashi's eyes widened in fury.
He forcibly mobilized the last bit of chakra in his body, trying to focus his gaze on Kakuzu's arm.
Divine power.
If only that hand could be broken.
Vision is blurred.
The black magatama spun in my pupils, but could never take shape.
My body can't keep up.
That feeling of powerlessness overwhelmed Kakashi like a tidal wave.
It's too late.
Kakuzu's right hand had transformed into a sharp black spear, aimed at Ino's still-beating chest.
"Become a part of me."
Pfft.
No sound of a sharp blade piercing skin was heard.
Instead, a crisp snapping sound was heard.
collapse.
The black tentacle that was about to pierce Ino's heart broke in two without warning.
The cut is as smooth as a mirror.
Immediately afterwards.
A violent gust of wind descended from the sky.
boom!
The ground collapsed.
Smoke and dust rose everywhere.
Kakuzu instinctively leaped backward, landing on a tree trunk a dozen meters away, his eyes fixed on the center of the smoke and dust with a sinister gaze.
"who?"
Ino and Choji fell to the ground, breathing in the fresh air in large gulps.
Cough cough.
Ino covered the purplish-blue marks on her neck, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.
She looked up.
The smoke and dust cleared.
A not-so-tall figure blocked their way.
The figure was wearing an orange and black coat, and golden hair was dancing wildly in the wind.
He didn't turn around; he just stood there, like an insurmountable mountain.
Naruto looked at the data stream in front of him, a barely perceptible smile playing on his lips.
He waited behind the tree for a full three seconds until the fear in Ino's eyes reached a critical point before making his move.
After all, providing help in times of need is far more valuable than adding to someone's already good fortune.
"Naruto.Naruto?"
Ino stared blankly at that figure, her heart skipping a beat.
When did that prankster from before become so.reliable?
That sense of security even surpassed that of Kakashi, who was now slumped on the ground.
"Sorry I'm late."
Naruto turned his head to the side.
His azure eyes swept over the disheveled crowd, his gaze as calm as a bottomless lake.
There was no passionate roar.
No unnecessary words.
"Take them back."
He said this to Yamato, who had just arrived.
Yamato glanced at Naruto, then at Kakuzu in the distance, and his Adam's apple bobbed.
This kid's aura.has changed.
"Be careful, that guy has five hearts."
Kakashi was being supported by Yamato, his voice weak.
"I know.But two have already broken, haven't they?"
Naruto turned around and faced Kakuzu directly.
The post-rain sunlight pierced through the clouds, shining on him and casting a long shadow.
Kakuzu narrowed his eyes.
My gaze fell on the lines of Naruto's beard.
"A nine-tailed brat?"
A sinister grin spread across Kakuzu's grotesque, stitched-together face.
"I just wanted to earn some pocket money, but I didn't expect to get such a big deal."
"The heart of a Jinchūriki should last a long time."
The masked monster behind him opened its mouth wide, and lightning and flames began to gather.
greedy.
Naked greed.
Naruto watched this scene without a trace of emotion in his eyes.
He even felt like laughing.
In the system's evaluation framework, this guy's current "greed value" is practically red.
It's all nutrients.
"You want my heart?"
Naruto raised his right hand.
There were no hand seals.
Chakra gathered wildly in his palm.
It's not your average blue.
Instead, it was a high-density, almost white chakra mixed with wind-attribute properties.
Buzz—!
A piercing noise rang out.
It was a high-frequency shriek, like metal rubbing together.
Four tiny wind blades began to rotate around the central sphere.The speed was so fast that even the surrounding light began to distort.
Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.
Although it's only a semi-finished product.
The terrifying wind blades spun rapidly, constantly cutting Naruto's own palms.The blood that had just seeped out was evaporated by the wind pressure, and then the wounds healed instantly under the effect of the Reversal Technique.
Destruction and regeneration alternate wildly in the palm of your hand.
This ruthlessness, showing no mercy even to oneself, makes the destructive aura even more chilling.
Kakuzu's sinister smile froze.
Having lived for over eighty years, his intuition, which had once fought the First Hokage, was screaming alarm bells.
Danger.
Extremely dangerous.
"What kind of technique is that?"
Ino covered her mouth, her pupils reflecting the white halo spinning in her hand.
The wind ruffled her blonde hair.
She looked at Naruto's profile.
Cool and focused.
That posture of wielding destructive power made her feel a sense of unfamiliarity, yet it also possessed a fatal attraction.
My legs feel a little weak.
It wasn't just because of the suffocating feeling I had just experienced.
It was also because of the figure in front of me.
strangeness.
It's so unfamiliar.
The Naruto who used to only play pranks and make a lot of noise now exudes a cold and oppressive aura that is even more terrifying than that of his enemies.
But this terror became her only lifeline at that moment.
Naruto ignored the gazes behind him.
He looked at Kakuzu as if he were looking at a lamb to the slaughter.
"Since you like hearts so much."
Naruto flicked his wrist, and the storm in his hand emitted an even sharper hiss.
"Then hand over everything of yours."
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