"Everyone, quickly take cover! Don't launch attacks recklessly!" Kakashi said calmly while maneuvering across the battlefield. "Any probing attack will be absorbed by him and become his strength!"
"Is this guy really that bizarre?" Pakkun exclaimed in alarm, immediately scrambling away with all four legs. "Then how are we supposed to fight?"
"Strike at the right moment—alternate our attacks!" Kakashi remained sharp-minded, unshaken by those two Kekkei Genkai that worked so seamlessly together.
No matter how powerful a Ninjutsu might be, it always relies on Chakra as its foundation.
Unless this guy is like Sensei—an actual Bijuu without a tail—he definitely cannot keep using these two elemental techniques continuously.
That means, if we alternate our attacks and seize the gaps between his techniques, we can do some real damage.
As Kakashi's mind-connected Ninken, the dogs—including 'Pakkun'—quickly caught on.
The eight dogs started darting around Shimon Hiruko in circles while Kakashi stayed back, waiting for the perfect moment to attack—and keeping him on edge.
Rin stood far away, gripping several shuriken tightly, ready to throw at any time.
Just when Shimon Hiruko was becoming increasingly frustrated under pressure, Kakashi suddenly shouted, "Now!"
At Kakashi's command, Brute charged forward first, gaping his huge maw wide open to bite down on Shimon Hiruko.
Despite possessing two powerful bloodlines, Shimon Hiruko ultimately wasn't built for combat—his Taijutsu skills were terrible. As a result, when he sidestepped evasively, he actually ended up offering his own head straight into the dog's jaws.
Brute couldn't believe his luck—it was the first time he'd ever seen someone basically volunteer to get bit!
Shimon Hiruko felt a surge of humiliation but still tried to maintain his cool demeanor. His high-and-cold voice came out from inside the dog's mouth: "Even if I cooperate with your attacks willingly, you still can't hurt me!"
Looking at the dog-headed man trapped inside the dog's jaws, Kakashi fell silent briefly before decisively ordering, "Brute, clamp down hard on his neck!"
[Wind Release: Air Severance Technique!]
"Hmph! Against someone with Steel Release like myself… Mmmph! What exactly are you doing?!" Shimon Hiruko struggled, suffocating as he desperately pried at the dog's jaw with both hands, his short little legs flailing wildly.
[Yin Release: Counter Shockwave]
The residual Lightning Chakra from earlier exploded inside the dog's mouth, startling Brute into instinctively loosening his grip.
The moment Shimon Hiruko caught his breath, his head started spinning. Kakashi quickly called out, "Now!"
Promptly, the prepared seven dogs and one human swiftly launched their coordinated assault while Kakashi completed a technique requiring fewer hand seals at top speed.
[Grand Fireball Jutsu!]
"Agh!" Shimon Hiruko screamed in pain, quickly activating both Steel and Yin Release techniques.
However, by now his body already bore over a dozen bite wounds from savage hound attacks and cuts from flying shuriken. His clothing had burned away completely in the flames, leaving his entire body covered in bloodstains and blackened burns.
"Curses—I underestimated you!"
"So true—you don't actually have any formidable offensive elemental abilities after all!"
"Well played, Kakashi! Didn't expect you to spot my weakness that fast!"
"Shimon Hiruko gasped for breath. 'I admit I didn't have time to incorporate offensive Kekkei Genkai, but don't be foolish enough to think my carefully developed Chimera Technique only reaches this level!'"
[Kuchiyose no Jutsu]!
In an instant, summoned beasts of three great types—tortoise, eagle, and tiger—were summoned.
"What is he doing?" Just as the two ninja and eight dogs were completely confused, they watched in horror as the three summoned beasts cried out in agony while fusing with Shimon Hiruko.
Then, a monster possessing a tortoise's shell, eagle wings, and a tiger's fangs and claws appeared before their eyes.
"What... what kind of monster is this?" Rin exclaimed.
"It's grotesque, but somehow... it looks kinda awesome," Pakkun muttered while glancing at Kakashi, imagining what a nine-headed hellhound might look like.
Kakashi's face darkened. "What exactly are you trying to imply by looking at me like that?"
"Compared with those geniuses, compared with those powerful beings, our shortcomings are far too numerous," came Shimon Hiruko's voice from the giant monster. "The Chimera Technique is the ultimate Ninjutsu that compensates for deficiencies and creates perfect beings! Right now, I've already surpassed those self-proclaimed geniuses like Orochimaru and Tsunade!"
"Genius? You call this ugly monster a genius?" Kakashi scoffed. "Compared with true geniuses like Senior Seiki, people like you are nothing more than stones on the ground, destined never to witness the realm of stars throughout your entire life!"
"Fool! Your perspective is simply too low!" The one thing he absolutely couldn't accept was having his Chimera Technique belittled. "Do you really believe the Chimera Technique is merely simple transplantation of Kekkei Genkai? When I gather five Kekkei Genkai in total and establish the Five Elements' mutual generation within my body, then I shall become the perfect Ninja!"
"And you—you will become one component of this glorious achievement!"
Having said this, the enormous monster swung down its claw.
Merely through physical strength alone, it generated sharp whistling sounds from tearing through the air.
"Dodge quickly!" Kakashi shouted while commanding, lightly jumping onto the monster's head. "Does the fused creature still retain those two Kekkei abilities?"
Thinking this, Kakashi slashed downward fiercely with his Chidori.
However, the Chidori hand blade suddenly short-circuited upon striking the monster.
"This guy truly is a monster!"
Kakashi murmured as electricity crackled beneath his feet, forcing him to leap away quickly.
In the next moment, where he had just stood erupted a column of thunderous energy skyward.
"A monster? Soon you'll become a monster too!" The colossal beast spread its wings, its black metallic-lustered wings slicing through the air like steel blades.
"Has he reinforced his body using Steel Release?" Kakashi hastily dodged sideways; if struck by those steel wings, he probably wouldn't fare well either.
Indeed, the monster rampaged through the jungle, cutting down massive trees so thick that two people had to embrace them together to encircle.
Pakkun asked somewhat unhappily, "Kakashi, what should we do now? We can't handle such large summoned beasts."
Kakashi remained silent briefly before replying, "You all focus on protecting Rin. As for everything else, leave it to me."
To handle a summoned beast this big, you either need another massive summoned beast to match it, or a large-scale Ninjutsu or highly penetrating technique powerful enough to break through.
His Chidori meets the requirements, but unfortunately this monster also possesses Yin Release that can absorb chakra, making things complicated.
"What would my senior do in this situation?" Kakashi thought. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu, Monstrous Strength, Sage Art, Genjutsu..."
At this thought, Kakashi felt helpless. His senior had many ways to defeat this monster, yet Kakashi himself could not perform any of them.
"If I had to choose, could Genjutsu work?" He wasn't skilled in Genjutsu himself, but didn't he have the Sharingan?
Kakashi stood before Shimon Hiruko. The two tomoe in his eye spun rapidly as he muttered, "You are nothing but a dog. Nothing more than a dog..."
Shimon Hiruko silently looked at the fool in front of him, then slapped down with one hand.
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