"Is it Naruto again?"
From the shadows, Kabuto glanced at the remaining people, then chased in Kimimaro's direction.
His excellent spy experience meant Naruto didn't sense him at all.
Kabuto wasn't there to intercept Naruto, but to escort Kimimaro.
It seems Lord Orochimaro's premonition was correct this time; the members of Konoha's squad are all very strong youngsters.
He pushed up his glasses... Swish swish~
On the forest road between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rice Fields, a green figure was sprinting rapidly.
The predators in the vicinity felt only a gust of wind passing by.
When they looked, they found no one.
"Naruto, I'm coming!"
Lee's legs moved like flying hair, spinning rapidly.
His blood was boiling... Swoosh!
Neji landed on a tree trunk, looked at the secret signal on it, aimed in one direction, and continued the pursuit.
After defeating Kidōmaru, his Chakra consumption was significant.
But even so, he still had the strength to fight.
Moreover, Choji's Military Rations Pills had helped him recover a lot.
Swish swish~
"Naruto, you must bring Sasuke back!"
...Bang bang bang!
Satoru watched the four-person battle quietly from the shadows.
A butterfly effect truly occurred.
What was originally a 1v1 battle had now become a 2v2, making the combat situation much more complex.
"However, Kiba dealing with Jirobo should be more than enough."
Kiba, as a Ninja he had personally tutored for a period, had also consistently followed his learning philosophy in the academy. Not only in theory, but his practical combat experience had also increased significantly, unlike the reckless brute in the original work. Now, dealing with Jirobo should be no problem.
It's just that Jirobo hadn't encountered two Jonin like Shiranui Genma, so he was in his peak condition compared to the original work. It's uncertain if Kiba can handle him.
As for Shikamaru... with Kiba's assistance, it should be easier than fighting alone.
After all, this strategist in the original work, without teammate support, would indeed be much weaker.
And with Shikamaru's intelligence, even without his prior battlefield training, he should be able to devise excellent strategies for the two to coordinate their attacks.
Indeed.
With Kiba's assistance, Shikamaru changed the battlefield.
"Kiba…"
After a period of intense fighting, Shikamaru found the flaws in the two.
Using a flash tag to create a burst of light, he successfully connected his Shadow Imitation Technique to their bodies.
Kiba's combat experience was also rich. He and Akamaru crossed paths simultaneously.
First, they dismembered Jirobo.
He was almost pounded into a paste.
On the ground where the paste lay, a tree-branch-like pattern emerged.
Kiba only thought it was Jirobo's doing, then turned his gaze to Tayuya.
Just as he was about to attack, his entire body suddenly stiffened, as if something had invaded him.
"Kiba, hurry, I can't hold on!"
Shikamaru shouted at the stunned Kiba.
Tayuya in the distance was about to break free from his Shadow Imitation Technique with her power.
"Hehe, kid, you almost killed my brother, but you fell for it."
At this moment, a head emerged from Kiba's shoulder.
The distant, mangled body suddenly split and extended, burrowing into Kiba's immobile body.
"Good thing Lord Orochimaro granted us this power, otherwise I would have really died," You Jin muttered as he emerged from Kiba's other shoulder.
"Damn it, you…" Kiba looked horrified.
Woof woof~
Akamaru also barked anxiously, but even as a smart dog, he didn't know what to do now.
Shikamaru also saw this scene and knew it was the enemy's ability.
It's over.
He hadn't expected the enemy to have such an ability.
To attach their bodies to others?
Looking at Tayuya again, she had already brought her flute to her lips.
Toot toot toot!
The chaotic music sounded, and the three Summoning Beasts also changed. Three phantom spirit bodies, like maggots, emerged from the three Summoning Beasts.
And attacked Shikamaru in the distance… "What, they actually threw away my nerves…"
Satoru, in the shadows, saw Jirobo crushed into a mangled body, and then Jirobo merged into Kiba's body.
In the final neural sensing, Jirobo transformed his body into a powdered state at the cellular and protein level, merging into Kiba's body.
And You Jin was crushed to the ground in Jirobo's place.
The Jirobo who had transformed his body into a cellular-level powder could not bear the nerves attached to him, and they were broken.
"Isn't this exactly what I wanted before, the best material for displacement from distributed nerves?"
Satoru thought of his previous Ninjutsu research.
He wanted to achieve rapid displacement from densely distributed nerves.
But the final experiment of transforming the body into a Chakra form still had many difficulties.
Now, Jirobo's Jutsu, wasn't it exactly what he wanted?
Transforming the body into cells, or even protein-level dust, would definitely allow the body to shift within the nerves.
Tiger!
Satoru formed a hand seal, activating the nerves in Kiba's body.
They began to extend into his internal cells.
Attaching them to Kiba's entire body and spreading towards Jirobo and You Jin.
He certainly wouldn't miss such a good opportunity.
Now was the time Jirobo was using this Jutsu, making it the best observation opportunity.
After he killed him, he would read his body memory and collect his body data.
Anyway, Jirobo was now his experimental subject… "Brother, what's wrong with your face?"
"Yours too."
Jirobo and You Jin both looked at each other's faces, and the tree-branch-like patterns emerging from Kiba's body.
They had now surrounded them.
"I think I've seen this before."
Jirobo thought of the unknown substance that fell from his body when he used the Parasite Demonic Attack Jutsu just now.
He had planned to investigate it after dealing with this guy, but now it was all over Kiba's body, including his own.
Could this be the secret art of dog training?
This was the question of Jirobo and You Jin.
And Kiba, seeing the patterns on their heads, also thought it was their secret art.
He became even more worried.
He controlled his body, took a Kunai from his Ninja tool pouch, and directly stabbed himself.
Since the opponent's patterns covered their bodies, it meant their Ninjutsu connected them all.
Thus, as long as he stabbed himself with a Kunai, the opponent would also be injured.
There was no time to wait, Kiba could only take a risk.
He also saw that Shikamaru was already in a difficult situation… "Separate."
Satoru was rapidly collecting Jirobo and You Jin's bodies. By the time Kiba brought down the Kunai, he had already collected information about them inside Kiba's body.
Then, he manipulated the nerves inside Kiba's body, releasing a Genjutsu to amplify Jirobo and You Jin's fear, forcing Jirobo and You Jin out.
And injected the nerves back into their bodies.
After providing Chakra, nerves could extend and divide.
He hadn't expected Kiba to be played like this by the opponent's ability when facing Jirobo.
Kiba's idea was correct; Jirobo and You Jin's body parasitism meant that stabbing himself was like stabbing both of them.
However… Jirobo and You Jin were two people. As long as one escaped, Kiba would be finished.
Moreover, Shikamaru, facing Tayuya in her peak condition, was also struggling.
Shikamaru was not a genius like Neji, nor a data monster who took medicine like Choji.
His one-hit-kill ultimate move, the Shadow Neck Binding Jutsu, was countered by the enhanced physical strength of the Cursed Mark.