Fresh blood flowed down from Kurozuka's right chest, and sprinkled onto the ground, and was like petals of bright red plum blossoms, and Kaoru, however, hadn't received even a trace of injury.
"I've lost....." Kurozuka revealed a trace of a smile that was difficult to explain, and the earth spear on his right hand had transformed into ordinary mud when it had stabbed onto Kaoru's body, and had slowly crumbled from his right hand, and had fallen onto the ground.
Kurozuka's killing move, Earth Release: Earth Flow Spears, had still been silenced by Kaoru's Fatal Strike at the last moment, and the ninjutsu had been interrupted, and had transformed into ordinary mud.
He had never expected that this kind of thing would happen, but everything was already too late.
"You're right, and there's only one winner." The hand that Kaoru was holding the kunai with added a few points of strength again, "And you're also an opponent who I respect."
"Hahaha!!!"
Kurozuka let out a shout that was full of pleasure, and blood immediately overflowed from the corner of his mouth again because he was too excited.
"Cough cough, and I have no regrets in dying in your hands....." Kurozuka said slowly: "But it doesn't matter if I die, but I.....must avenge my companions!"
Kurozuka's eyes, which had already dimmed, erupted with a burst of light fiercely while saying up to this point!
"Earth Release: Earth Heart Technique Seal!"
He shouted with all of his last strength, and then reached out fiercely and grabbed Kaoru's arm, which was holding the kunai, tightly.
Then, a black formula array spread out fiercely from Kurozuka's heart, and his entire body slowly transformed into brownish yellow clay!
"Crap! It's a move to perish together!"
Kaoru was also shocked, and he was pulling his hand out with all of his strength, and wanted to pull his right hand out, but it was still to no avail, because the hand that Kurozuka had grabbed Kaoru's arm with had already transformed into white clay, and had wrapped Kaoru tightly.
"Don't waste your strength, and this is our Hannya Troupe's forbidden technique, and it'll transform all of the objects around me, including myself, into mud, and you should return to the yellow earth along with me!"
"Brothers of the Hannya Troupe, and I've avenged you!" Kurozuka's face began to soften slowly, and became distorted, but he was still shouting like that even so!
"I can't pull my hand out....." Kaoru was biting his lips tightly at this time, "But even if it's a forbidden technique, it's still a kind of ninjutsu, and if that's the case, Dark Shield!"
Kaoru's body was surrounded by a circle of purple light cover instantly, and this was a protective shield that could defend against any ninjutsu, and it shouldn't have any problems to use it to defend against this move of sealing technique.
Of course, even Kaoru wasn't certain if the Dark Shield would work, but he could be said to be completely relying on this move right now.
"You actually still have a backup move....."
Kurozuka's heart gave birth to a sense of powerlessness after seeing a purple halo rise up on Kaoru's body, and then this sense of powerlessness transformed into a heart that was full of indignation immediately, and his expression also became excited: "Even so, and I'm going to drag you down to hell for the sake of my companions!"
Kurozuka couldn't take back this move of ninjutsu even though Kaoru had already activated the Dark Shield, and he could only pray now that Kaoru's move of ninjutsu wouldn't be able to resist his forbidden technique.
"Chidori!"
Kakashi's indifferent voice rang out at this time, and his right hand, which had gathered lightning, pierced through Kurozuka's heart from Kurozuka's back with one strike!
"Kakashi!"
Kaoru had also never expected that Kakashi would actually break the barrier, and had arrived at the crucial moment.
"Your move is an Earth Style sealing technique, and therefore it'll be restrained by my Lightning Style, and the heart is the key point of this forbidden technique, and this move of your forbidden technique will lose its effect as long as I blast through your heart with Lightning Style!" Kakashi said to Kurozuka with a face that was full of sternness, "You want to avenge your companions, and I also want to save my companion!"
"Damn it! Kakashi......!"
This Kurozuka let out a last powerless roar, and that black formula array began to retreat slowly, and his entire body transformed into an entire piece of a humanoid mud in the end.
Kurozuka died under Kakashi's Chidori in the end, and Kaoru's Dark Shield wasn't used.
The ninjas of the Hannya Troupe had been completely annihilated by Kaoru and Kakashi up to this point.
"Are you alright?"
Kakashi asked Kaoru after taking care of Kurozuka.
"I'm alright, and thank you, Senior Kakashi." Kaoru pulled his hand out from within the mud, and thanked Kakashi, and he wouldn't necessarily have died even with the Dark Shield protecting him when he had been sealed, but Kakashi had indeed done it for him by killing that Kurozuka.
"Did you really kill all of the other Hannya Troupe ninjas?" Kakashi didn't pay any attention to Kaoru's apology, and he stared at Kaoru with both of his eyes, and said slowly.
"That's right." Kaoru nodded his head, and he knew Kakashi's personality right now, and didn't care too much about it.
"It seems that I had also looked down on you in the past ah....."
Kakashi said this sentence with deep meaning, and then turned around, "We should go back now since the mission has ended."
"Hmm." Kaoru also nodded his head, and two figures, one tall and one short, walked towards the direction of the Leaf Village.
After another half a day had passed, within the Hokage Building, and within the Third Hokage's office.
"What, and you've already taken care of all of the ninjas of the Hannya Troupe?"
The Third Hokage was sitting behind the office table at this time, and his old face was full of a look of surprise, because he had sent out Kakashi and Kaoru, and wanted them to give the Hannya Troupe ninjas some lessons, but had never expected that they would actually complete it in one day, and had also annihilated all of the Hannya Troupe ninjas.
"Logically speaking, and there should also be Jōnin among the Hannya Troupe ninjas even though the Land of Woods is a small country, so how could it be this easy....."
"Reporting, Lord Hokage, and there were a total of three Jōnin among the Hannya Troupe ninjas, and I only killed one Elite Jōnin among them, and it was still completed by working together with Kaoru, and the other Hannya Troupe ninjas were all....."
Kakashi didn't say it after saying half of it, but the implication was already very clear.
"The other Hannya Troupe ninjas were all taken care of by you, Kaoru?" The Third Hokage turned his head around to look at the Kaoru, who was beside Kakashi.
"That's right." Kaoru nodded his head without changing his expression.
"I didn't expect that you would actually be this powerful....." The Third Hokage was staring at Kaoru's face tightly, and there was joy in his eyes, and there was also a faint defense.
"Very well then, and you should go down and rest well first now since the mission has been completed." The Third Hokage said to Kaoru.
"Understood." Kaoru nodded his head, and retreated, and the Third Hokage had only called him, but hadn't called Kakashi to retreat, and it seemed that there should be something that he wanted to say to Kakashi.
But all of this was unrelated to him, and he should indeed rest well after being tired for a day.
The Third Hokage turned his gaze back to Kakashi again after Kaoru had left the office: "What do you think about Kaoru as a person?"
"His strength is formidable, and he's probably no longer below me." Kakashi said without thinking.
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