Chapter 74 - Kakashi's Choice
Hearing Ringo Ameyuri's disdainful voice, Sasuke let out a roar of unwillingness, and his eyes directly turned into single-tomoe Sharingan.
But unfortunately, with a surge of current from the Lightning Blades, Sasuke trembled a few times and instantly went limp.
"Sasuke!"
Naruto let out a loud roar and rushed out directly.
Seeing Naruto's movement, Haku, standing beside Yuto, quickly stepped forward and formed seals with one hand!
Water Style Secret Jutsu: Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The water flow in the air instantly solidified into senbon shapes, making sounds of breaking through the air, and shot onto the ground in front of Naruto, stopping his advance.
"I do not like to fight, so do not come any further. Also, I am a man."
Haku looked at Naruto opposite him, a trace of indifference in his tone.
Naruto did not care whether Haku was a man or a woman right now. He raised his fist and punched towards Haku, while roaring loudly:
"Get out of my way!"
Haku sighed lightly. With a movement of his feet, his entire body instantly vanished from the spot. In almost the blink of an eye, he had appeared beside Naruto.
Accompanied by a muffled sound, Naruto did not even see the movement clearly before he was kicked flying back directly.
"These two people... are so strong!"
Sakura saw Naruto and Sasuke being defeated one after another and couldn't help but tremble all over.
Looking at Sasuke, whose head was being stepped on by Ringo Ameyuri, Sakura gritted her teeth. She took out a kunai from the ninja pouch at her waist and was just about to rush forward.
A voice carrying anger came from the side!
"How can I let a girl rush to the front for this kind of thing! Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!!"
Naruto crawled up from the ground and let out another loud roar looking at Haku.
Bam! Bam!
A burst of white smoke emerged. Immediately after, more than twenty Uzumaki Narutos appeared from the ground and rushed towards Haku's direction simultaneously.
"I said, do not come any further."
Haku sighed lightly. His figure flashed, and he had already appeared amidst the numerous Narutos.
Haku's speed was too fast; even without using ninjutsu, Naruto could not resist at all. In less than a moment, all the Shadow Clones created by Naruto dissipated.
At this time, Naruto looked similar to Sasuke. However, compared to Ringo Ameyuri, Haku's actions were obviously much gentler; at least his foot was not stepping on Naruto's head.
"Damn it!!"
Sasuke and Naruto's faces were filled with unwillingness and anger. But no matter how hard they exerted force, they could not break free from Ringo Ameyuri and Haku's control.
Seeing the state of the two, Sakura held her kunai and just wanted to rush forward.
A hand had already blocked in front of Sakura!
"What is your intention, sir? Or are you saying the Mist Ninja Village wants to be enemies with Konoha?"
Kakashi took a step forward, looking at Yuto who had an indifferent expression not far away, his tone carrying anger.
"The Mist Ninja Village is a peace-loving ninja village, and Kinoshita Jiro was an important figure of the Mist Ninja Village."
"But now, the patriarch of the Kinoshita Clan died inexplicably. The Mist Ninja Village needs an explanation!"
Hearing Kakashi's words, Yuto spoke righteously.
"Then what is the so-called explanation you seek, sir?"
Kakashi narrowed his eyes slightly, his body tensed, obviously ready for battle.
Yuto smiled lightly, a charming smile appearing on his face:
"Some matters must always be accounted for, so I plan to invite one of you from Konoha to be a guest at the Mist Ninja Village. How about that? Of course, this selection will be left to Jonin Hatake Kakashi."
"What!"
As Yuto's voice fell, looks of shock appeared on the faces of Sasuke and the others!
Kakashi's pupils constricted violently, and his entire brain began to whir rapidly.
Could this be the Mist Ninja's objective?
No, there was no need to do this just to exchange the life of a clan patriarch for a hostage.
Or perhaps, this Mist Ninja before him was doing this merely to quell the tremors caused to the Mist Ninja Village by Kinoshita Jiro's death.
Countless thoughts flashed through Kakashi's mind, leaving his heart unsettled, though on the surface, he showed no emotional change.
"Leave it to me? Then I refuse!"
Kakashi's firm voice rang out across the field. In the next moment, Kakashi lifted his forehead protector, and the Sharingan in his left eye spun madly as he took the lead to rush towards Yuto.
Boom!
A terrifying pressure suddenly erupted from Yuto's body.
"It has been some time since I seriously formed hand seals."
Yuto's tone carried a faint trace of nostalgia; back when he became the Mizukage, his ninjutsu was very strong.
The reason he did not use much ninjutsu when fighting Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha was entirely because those two fellows were ruthless people who could cast jutsu just by clapping their hands together.
Competing in ninjutsu with those two fellows was not as practical as Taijutsu.
Yuto extended both hands, and under Kakashi's shocked gaze, he actually formed different seals with each hand simultaneously!
Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Jutsu - Five Dragons Emergence!
Roar! Roar! Roar! Roar! Roar!
Five huge streams of water condensed in mid-air, transforming into five massive water dragons about ten meters long, appearing behind Yuto while baring their fangs and brandishing their claws.
"To think he can form seals with one hand!"
Sakura could not help but slump onto the ground, speaking with a face full of panic.
Hearing Sakura's words, Yuto curled his lips, revealing an expression mocking her lack of experience; she probably had not seen someone form seals with their eyes yet.
Kakashi's figure, which was originally rushing forward, also froze on the spot.
Once such a ninjutsu attacked, it would be quite troublesome even for him to dodge, and more importantly, Sakura standing behind him would definitely not be able to dodge!
"So now, Jonin Kakashi, make your choice; after all, maintaining this jutsu is very tiring."
Yuto wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead and spoke with a sincere tone.
"My choice is..."
Kakashi stood in place and spoke slowly, but halfway through his sentence, his entire person turned directly into a stream of water and splashed onto the ground.
Water Clone!
Bang! Bang!
The moment Kakashi's Water Clone shattered, a muffled sound suddenly came from the ground where Ringo-chan and Haku were standing.
Immediately after, a hand covered in lightning reached out from the ground at the same time.
Two Kakashis rushed out from the underground respectively, attacking towards Ringo-chan and Haku.
Shock appeared on both their faces simultaneously, and they hurriedly moved to block; unfortunately, Kakashi had premeditated this and did not engage in any entanglement at all.
After disrupting the movements of the two, Kakashi scooped up Sasuke and Naruto respectively, and simultaneously retreated rapidly to Sakura's side.
Kakashi's hands formed seals rapidly as he let out a low shout:
"Earth Style: Multi Mud Wall!!"
Several earth walls, fully half a meter thick, rose instantly from the ground, firmly surrounding the four of them and forming a defense of fully four layers of Mud Walls.
Each Mud Wall actually had several dog heads hanging on it, causing Yuto to raise his eyebrows involuntarily.
Boom!
When Kakashi rescued Sasuke and Naruto, Yuto naturally had no intention of stopping, and the five huge water dragons smashed down directly.
Faint dragon chants mixed with roars crashed down, and the first layer of the Mud Wall was directly shattered with ease.
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