blogombal Chapter 337 The Black Hand, Furious at Their Inaction
Chapter 337 The Black Hand, Furious at Their Inaction
Chapter 337 The Black Hand, Furious at Their Inaction
The land of grass, the bridge of the gods.
Hidden in the distance, the water gate watched the flames erupt on the bridge.
First, a watchtower at the south end of the bridge collapsed, a result of Choza's Multi-Size Technique. Then, the battle began, with various ninjutsu flying everywhere.
Not long after, at the bottom of the bridge, a dazzling burst of lightning erupted, which should have been Kakashi's Chidori. Then, a series of exploding tags resounded through the sky.
The battle came suddenly and ended just as quickly.
First, Choza's side retreated, but Minato clearly saw that at least two Jonin led small teams to pursue Choza.
After that, the commotion under the bridge gradually disappeared. Although he couldn't see it, Minato could vaguely sense it through his senses. Kakashi and the others had also retreated, and six Iwagakure members were chasing after them.
Next comes his time to act.
Minato vanished in a flash, reappearing near the bridge pier. In the shadows there was a Flying Thunder God Kunai, which Kakashi had left behind before he left.
Seeing that no one was around, Minato acted quickly, releasing explosive tags from his storage scroll and attaching them to the bridge piers.
This was a huge project. To ensure the safety of the Kannabi Bridge, Iwagakure used Earth Release techniques to reinforce the entire bridge.
Destroying it completely won't be something that can be done with just one or two explosive tags.
Time passed second by second, and the water gate had already been affixed to the two bridge piers. However, to achieve the desired effect, at least six more bridge piers needed to be installed.
Looking at this "massive" project, Minato couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Iwagakure was really crazy, reinforcing the bridge like this. He couldn't help but speed up his movements even more.
While Minato was busy blowing up the bridge, Kakashi was also facing a choice.
"Kakashi, how can you improve without experiencing life and death? We have our trump cards now, yet we're still so timid and hesitant. How can we catch up with Taichi like this?"
Obito's words were like a demonic chant, constantly eroding Kakashi's resolve, until he said, "Catch up with Taichi's pace."
Finally, he broke through Kakashi's defenses. His chest heaved violently, and his eyes were fixed on Obito's scarlet eyes.
"You're right, but you guys go first. I'll stay here and hold them off for a while, otherwise no one will be able to leave."
"Kakashi, you—"
Obito wanted to argue, but Kakashi interrupted him sharply.
"Stop talking nonsense. Only I can do this mission. Your skills are far from sufficient."
With that, he tossed the Flying Thunder God kunai to Obito.
"Listen, you idiot, here's a kunai for you. Activate it immediately if things go wrong. Training is fine, but don't actually lose your life."
Kakashi sensed the Iwagakure ninja getting closer and closer behind him, and then said, "I can only buy you a little time. There will definitely be other Iwagakure ninjas who slip through. You must be careful."
He stopped in his tracks, stood still, adjusted his breathing, and waited for the Iwa ninja to arrive.
"Kakashi————"
Obito couldn't help but look back at Kakashi, who was getting further and further away. He solemnly put the Flying Thunder God Kunai into his ninja tool pouch and fled quickly with Rin.
As the figures disappeared into the dense forest, a dark shadow appeared on a large tree not far away.
"You're so young. You made such a decision with just simple illusionary guidance and mental manipulation. Luckily, you didn't call that brat over, or this charade wouldn't have been able to continue."
On the other side, Kakashi, who remained behind, gripped his short sword and watched the six Iwa ninja approaching from the opposite side.
"Oh, so you left one to die." Firelight scoffed. "Hey, silver-haired brat, do you think you can hold us all off by yourself?"
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"How will you know if you don't try!"
Kakashi points his short sword forward, adopting an upper-level stance as his starting position, clearly indicating that he is taking offense as defense, or even abandoning defense altogether.
"Be careful, this kid is strong."
The demon leech spoke up to warn him, the burning pain in his chest constantly reminding him that the brat in front of him was not someone to be easily dealt with.
"Firelight, you and I stay here to deal with him. Big Stone, you take the others and go after the other two."
The Jonin named Oishi nodded slightly, waved behind him, and led three other Chunin to bypass Kakashi's defenses.
"How can I let you pass?"
Kakashi roared and instantly moved to block Oishi and the others.
Suddenly, a figure shot out from the side, slashing at Kakashi's chest with a blade.
"Your opponent is me."
Then the voice of the leech came, truly insidious.
Kakashi had just sheathed his sword to block the attack when he felt something strange under his feet. Before his brain could even give the order, his body was thrown several meters to the side.
Immediately afterwards, a spike pierced through the original spot, and judging from the location of the upward thrust, Kakashi felt his anus tighten.
The exchange ended in a draw, but the group of Iwagakure ninjas had already taken the opportunity to disappear from Kakashi's sight.
"Obito, Rin, you two need to be careful from now on. This is all I can do."
Kakashi thought to himself, then calmed down and prepared to deal with the enemy in front of him.
On the other side, Obito and Rin were fleeing at high speed ahead. By this time, they had used up all the simple traps they had prepared in advance, and could only try to disrupt the enemy's pursuit by randomly disturbing the footprints behind them.
However, the effect was negligible. After escaping for less than 20 minutes, the two were caught up by the Jonin Oishi, who had gone ahead.
Earth Escape - Flying Gravel.
Dozens of head-sized rocks hurtled towards Obito and Rin, blocking their escape route.
The two had indeed become skilled, and with just a simple change of footwork, they avoided the ninjutsu attack.
The two exchanged a glance, understanding each other without needing to speak, and charged towards the Iwa ninja from the left and right respectively.
Fire Release: Great Fireball.
Obito spat a large fireball at the Iwagakure boulders, and then charged towards the boulders himself, right after the fireball.
But Da Shi didn't even look at it, and quickly formed a hand seal.
Earth Escape·Earth Flow Wall.
An earthen wall rose up in front of the fireball, blocking both the fireball and Obito's attack route.
At that moment, Lin had already rushed to the front of the large stone.
As a medical ninja, Rin only knows one Water Release: Water Rumble Wave and doesn't know any other offensive ninjutsu. However, she has made some progress in taijutsu under Taiichi's guidance.
Now, when he fights against Oishi, he can actually manage to hold out for a few moves.
If Obito's attack had followed up at that moment, the two of them could have held out a little longer.
Alas————
When Obito emerged from behind the earthen wall, he saw Rin being kicked away by an Iwa ninja, rolling far away on the ground.
"Lin!"
With a roar, Obito broke through his limits in a flash and appeared beside Rin in the blink of an eye.
He helped Lin up from the ground and saw blood gushing from the corner of her mouth.
"Lin, Lin, are you alright!"
Obito has lost his composure.
"Ahem, Obito, quick, call for backup."
Rin struggled to stand up, constantly reminding Obito.
"Yes, yes, we need to call Taiyi over."
By this time, Obito had fully regained his senses and realized the fatal mistake he had made.
He overestimated himself and underestimated the strength of Jonin.
This not only harmed himself, but almost harmed Lin as well.
Fortunately, it's not too late yet.
He suddenly reached into the side pocket of his ninja tool pouch, where the Taiichi Flying Thunder God Kunai was stored.
However, upon purchase, it turned out to be completely empty!
The hope on his face froze instantly, turning into incredulous horror!
He looked down and frantically searched, discovering that a neat tear had been cut into the side of his ninja tool bag at some point.
Everything inside, including that special kunai that was like a lifeline, had vanished without a trace!
"No—it's impossible! How could it be gone? And how could the ninja tool pouch be torn?"
Obito's voice was distorted by extreme fear and despair. He searched desperately, but found only a tattered leaf in his empty ninja tool bag.
In the distance, from the shadow of a large tree's roots, the half-black, half-white Black Zetsu quietly emerged from the ground.
Between his fingers, he was toying with a kunai of a special shape, the very kunai that Obito had been longing for.
He then grinned maliciously, and a peculiar branch extended from the roots of a large tree beside him, its edges sharp as a blade.
The branches took the kunai from his hands, wrapped around them, thickened them, squeezed them, and in the blink of an eye twisted a handful of kunai into a pretzel before shrinking into the ground and disappearing.
"Now, no one will bother us anymore."
A sinister laugh echoed through the woods, but no one heard it.
A chilling despair instantly overwhelmed Obito Uchiha.
The glaring crack in his ninja tool pouch seemed to mock his foolishness and arrogance like a gaping maw.
The team's last lifeline disappeared from him; he personally destroyed their only escape route.
"Rin, the kunai—it's gone!"
Obito's voice was hoarse and trembling, filled with apocalyptic fear and immense regret.
Fear is about to kill Rin and Kakashi.
He regretted his overestimation of his abilities at the time.
Upon hearing this, Lin's body trembled violently, and she stumbled, nearly falling again.
She turned to look at Obito, her eyes filled with disbelief. How could he lose something so important!
You can see that Obito was so anxious that tears were streaming down his face, but he swallowed all his blame back down.
"Focus on fighting, Obito. This time, you might really be going to die!"
Rin's words were like steel knives; although there was no blame, they made Obito wish he could disappear into a crack in the ground.
But he has more important things to do now.
He wiped away his tears, gripped the kunai in his hand, and stood in front of Rin, his eyes fixed on the approaching boulder.
"Lin, you go first. I'll hold him off for a bit and create an opportunity for you."
"Oh, how touching. But you underestimate the Jonin too much. Did you really think they could escape?"
After saying that, he didn't give Obito and the other two a chance and rushed forward.
Obito's Sharingan widened, a tomoe in his eye spinning wildly as he tracked the movements of the Iwagakure Daishi.
He used his kunai to slash horizontally, blocking the stabbing attack from the large stone, and then swung his left leg towards the opponent's waist.
"Oh, Sharingan, but it's only a one-tomoe Sharingan."
Oishi's disdainful laughter rang out as he stepped back to avoid Obito's sweeping attack, closing in on Rin from behind.
The Sharingan can see even the movements of a Jonin with just one tomoe, but unfortunately Obito's own abilities were not good enough; his eyes could see, but his body could not keep up.
By the time he turned around, Daishi had already approached Lin again. He could only watch helplessly as Lin's defenses were broken through by the opponent in just a few moves, and she was kicked away again.
This time the injury was more severe, and Lin collapsed and immediately fainted.
Just then, the three Iwagakure Chunin who had been thrown off by the boulder also arrived.
"Take that Konoha brat who's lying on the ground away and find a place to meet me."
"Lin————"
Just as Obito was about to rush to the rescue, Oishi's figure appeared in front of him.
But he couldn't care less about any of that at the moment. Seeing Lin being lifted up by the three men, he disappeared into the dense forest in a few flashes.
Obito let out a beast-like roar, and immense sorrow, anger, self-blame, and helplessness erupted in his chest like a volcano.
The tomoe in his eyes spun wildly, almost forming a line. Then the tomoe began to split, one becoming two, and the scarlet background became even deeper.
Stimulated by this, Obito's single-tomoe Sharingan advanced to the two-tomoe Sharingan.
A powerful aura surged forth amidst intense emotional fluctuations, while a surge of new chakra continuously generated within the body.
My strength has increased, and my eyesight has improved.
Obito clearly felt himself becoming stronger, and the enemy in front of him seemed to be easy to kill.
With boundless confidence, he brandished his kunai and charged towards the Iwa ninja once more.
"Hoo, hoo, beside."
His strength has indeed improved. He used to only be able to last four or five moves, but now he can barely manage to fight back and forth.
pity----
"Oh, so this is the advancement of the Sharingan? This is truly the first time I've witnessed it. I'm so lucky today!"
Oishi calmly swung his arms, blocking, thrusting, slicing, and chopping, using only the most basic moves to manipulate Obito at will.
"hateful!"
Intense resentment fueled Obito's anger, causing him to strike with increasing speed and his eyes to swirl rapidly with the tomoe in his eyes.
"grumble."
The cry of a thousand birds pierced the sky as Kakashi's figure swiftly advanced, rushing from the dense forest to the Iwa ninja in an instant.
Suffering has no obstruction, suffering has no breaking.
The hastily thrown Daishi could only barely turn his body, and his left arm was pierced by Kakashi's Chidori.
It was just a hair's breadth away; it would have pierced his heart. Before he could even feel the lingering fear, his body was carried away by the powerful force.
The boulder, having landed, dared not linger for a moment, disappearing into the dense forest in a few flashes.
"Why are you still here? Where's Lin?"
Kakashi was also in a sorry state. He was panting heavily and looking around warily. His clothes were tattered, and several knife wounds, each more than ten centimeters long, could be vaguely seen on his body.
"Kakashi, Rin—Rin has been captured!"
Obito's voice was hoarse and cracked. He pounded his head hard, his crimson Sharingan eyes filled with endless regret as he stared intently at the spot where the Iwa ninja had disappeared.
Kakashi's heart sank suddenly, as if gripped tightly by an invisible hand.
Looking at Obito, who was disheveled and covered in blood, and at the despair in his eyes that was a mixture of rage and regret, he instantly realized that the seriousness of the situation had far exceeded his expectations.
He stayed behind alone to cover the retreat, and even with all his might, he could only temporarily force back the two Iwagakure Jonin.
As a result, he not only suffered serious injuries, but also consumed a huge amount of chakra. He thought that if Obito and Rin couldn't hold on, they could at least call for backup. Who would have expected this outcome?
"What happened? How did Lin get captured? Where are the kunai? Why aren't you using them?"
Kakashi suppressed his surging blood and qi, his tone urgent and stern.
He keenly noticed that there was a glaring tear in the side of Obito's empty ninja tool pouch, and an ominous premonition welled up in his heart like ice water being poured over his head.
"The kunai has disappeared!"
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"The ninja tool pouch was cut open at some point, and everything inside is gone!"
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