In the forest.
"Everyone, no further."
Kabuto stood on a tree branch, leaning against a tree, speaking to Shikamaru and the two others who were advancing.
Swish swish!
When Shikamaru and the two others saw Kabuto, they all stopped in their tracks.
Kiba also activated his sense of smell in time, starting to search for any traps the enemy might have laid.
"Don't worry, I'm just here to stop you, not to kill you.
As long as you behave and don't move, I won't attack you."
Kabuto watched their actions, a slight smile on his lips.
"You're Yakushi Kabuto, the Chunin, right? Are you also here to stop us?"
Shikamaru gave a signal to the two behind him.
At the same time, he felt it was tricky; this guy, according to intelligence, was a difficult opponent.
"Don't kill us, what big talk. Can you withstand my punch, which has 12 years of power?"
Chakra appeared on Kiba's limbs, and he shot out with a whoosh.
He arrived in front of Kabuto and threw a punch down.
Bang!
A pit was punched into the big tree.
And Kabuto had already appeared on a tree a few meters away.
"How reckless."
Kabuto didn't care at all.
Whoosh whoosh!
Neji, who was behind Shikamaru, suddenly threw many explosive tags towards Kabuto.
Kiba, meanwhile, assisted from the side.
Bang bang!
..."Kabuto, Orochimaru actually sent him out. Isn't this like using a cannon to shoot a mosquito?"
Satoru was also very surprised.
He didn't expect Orochimaru to send Kabuto out; in the original story, he should have only sent Kimimaro.
Sure enough, the butterfly effect was starting to take hold.
He wondered what kind of threat Shikamaru and the two others could pose to Kabuto.
Satoru felt the three had no chance of winning.
The gap between Shikamaru and the two others and Kabuto was too great now.
Only by reaching the Jonin realm could one feel the pressure of a Jonin.
Currently, even the strongest Neji posed no threat to him.
He just didn't know if the trio could put even a little pressure on Kabuto.
Swish swish!
Bang!
No matter how the three attacked, Yakushi Kabuto effortlessly defused their attacks.
He also had no intention of killing the three, just stalling for time.
Facing Kiba and Akamaru's attacks, Shikamaru's support, and Neji's Byakugan and Gentle Fist assistance.
Rip!
Kiba was lightly dodged by Kabuto's taijutsu attack, and a surgical knife sliced across his thigh tendon.
Humph!
Inuzuka Kiba snorted, clutching his leg, looking at Kabuto with a grave expression.
This guy is so strong.
He looked unremarkable, but whether it was taijutsu or Ninjutsu, he was much stronger than them.
Even Neji, who was called a genius, felt like an adult fighting a child when facing him.
"But why doesn't this guy kill us?"
He wondered in his heart.
He felt that Kabuto could have done more than just cut his thigh tendon.
Bang!
After some time, all three were injured, looking at Kabuto with shock.
So strong... Whoosh whoosh!
Two figures appeared from afar.
"Sister, I felt it. Haha, I didn't expect to have to come and save Konoha's guys!"
"Hope they don't die too quickly."
Kankuro and Temari were rushing quickly.
Swish swish!
..."There's support, so I don't need to act."
Satoru sensed the two figures arriving from afar.
Then he looked at the three who were already covered in injuries.
He didn't expect Kabuto to not only be proficient in taijutsu but also in medical Ninjutsu, and his elemental Ninjutsu was also very skilled.
Wind, Earth, Water—his three elemental Ninjutsu were also used very smoothly.
Indeed, he was worthy of being a man who could spy in various countries without being discovered... "Move aside."
On the grass, two figures were entangled.
And the large barrel was only a wreck.
Satoru watched the two fight; Sasuke had already emerged from the seal and was heading to Orochimaru's lair.
Naruto, on the other hand, was blocked by Kimimaro.
However, compared to the original plot, Naruto had already learned to use tactics.
This time, he didn't rush in all at once, allowing Kimimaro to launch a wide-area attack.
Instead, he launched continuous attacks in batches.
And he used smoke bombs, Shuriken, and other ninja tools from a distance to assist.
Naruto's Nine-Tailed Chakra was already partially overflowing, his eyes had turned into the shape of a fox, changing from blue to orange.
His pupils also changed slightly.
"Has support not arrived yet? It seems I still have to... Oh, finally they're here."
In his perception, a figure appeared quickly.
And kicked Kimimaro flying.
Bang!
Kimimaro timely used his bones to defend against the attack, but his whole body skipped across the ground like a stone on water.
"Rock Lee."
Naruto looked at Rock Lee, his eyes filled with surprise.
"Hmm, leave this guy to me. You go chase Sasuke."
Rock Lee opened his stance, looking at Kimimaro seriously.
"But your injuries..." Naruto knew Rock Lee's injuries were very serious.
He didn't know that Tsunade and Satoru had already healed him.
"Don't worry, my body is already fine."
"Okay, then I'll go after Sasuke first."
Naruto heard this, he believed in Rock Lee's strength, he glanced at him and the enemy, then chased in the direction Sasuke had just gone.
Whoosh!
A bone spike tried to block Naruto.
Bang!
A foot directly kicked the bone spike away.
"Your opponent is me, Konoha's Blue Beast, Rock Lee."
Rock Lee kicked the bone spike away, then looked at him seriously.
This was an opponent worth fighting.
Hoo~
A gentle breeze blew, Kimimaro looked at the green figure, his eyes becoming serious.
This was a troublesome guy.
The markings on his face slowly changed; unlike the Sound Four, his markings were more symmetrical.
He drew a bone sword from his back: "For Orochimaru-sama's plan, I can only make you disappear."
"Heh, who disappears, is still uncertain." Rock Lee smiled slightly.
"Open Gate, Rest Gate, Life Gate, Open."
He didn't waste words, an astonishing aura erupted from his whole body... "Wind Release: Great Sickle Weasel."
Kabuto looked quite disheveled, wanting to deal with Shikamaru, the strategist, first.
A hurricane blew past, directly blowing Kabuto away.
"What?"
Kabuto also didn't expect that at this moment, Konoha still had people providing support.
He stabilized himself in the hurricane, stepping onto a tree trunk, and looked at the newcomers.
Handsome
Blond hair, fan, girl... those guys from Hidden Sand Village.
"Where are you looking, you guy?"
A puppet suddenly appeared in front of him, forcing Kabuto back a few steps, and he was about to be enveloped by the wide-open belly behind it.
Bang!
He suddenly turned into a log.
"Hey, you smart guy, you can be so disheveled too!"
Temari teased Shikamaru.
However, her expression also looked at Kabuto with great solemnity.
They had been hiding for so long, just for this tactic to be completed, wanting to deal with Kabuto.
He didn't expect him to dodge it all so easily; this was not a simple opponent!
"No choice, our coordination is already very good, but the enemy is too strong.
We can't match his raw power!"
Although Shikamaru was surprised by their arrival, he also breathed a sigh of relief.
Because they were clearly there to support.
"Tch, you guys actually stole the show." Kiba muttered from afar.
Just now, the three of them, under Shikamaru's command, thought their final tactic would succeed, but it only made the enemy a little disheveled.
Now with support, he also breathed a sigh of relief.
The enemy in front of them was simply not on the same level as the previous four.
Kankuro also landed near them: "Is this the enemy the Hokage asked us to help deal with? He looks harmless!"
Kabuto's image, in his eyes, was that of an older brother wearing glasses.
And he was smiling, giving off a very approachable vibe.
If it weren't for observing him for a while just now to ambush him, he wouldn't have thought this person was so strong.