After traveling several miles, Takumi stopped again, intending to have Neji reconfirm.
Suddenly, a massive water dragon appeared ahead.
"A water dragon of this scale isn't something just anyone can perform."
Takumi frowned, put Shion down, and had her stand behind him. "I'll handle this water dragon. Neji, find the one controlling it."
"Understood!"
Neji activated his Byakugan and quickly searched for the controller.
He ignored the massive water dragon rushing towards them.
He knew that with Takumi there, he didn't need to worry about that.
And Takumi didn't disappoint.
Silently activating his Flame Body, greatly enhancing his Fire Release ninjutsu,
Then, unhurriedly forming hand seals, Takumi put his left hand to his mouth, forming a small trumpet shape.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
Instantly, a fireball over a hundred meters in diameter appeared, instantly evaporating the water dragon.
Shizuku, controlling the water dragon from afar, was directly startled.
"Hey, hey, hey! What kind of monster is that?!"
She shouted, "How are we supposed to delay a guy like that?"
"Our mission is just to lure a few people away. The real target is that Miko."
Gitai laughed beside her. "We need to give our brothers some room to move."
"Huh? It seems they've found our position."
Shizuku frowned, sensing something was wrong.
"Found them!"
Neji quickly located Gitai and Shizuku's position.
He immediately reported the position to Takumi. "Only that woman and the masked guy. The other two's positions are unknown."
"It doesn't matter. I'll be right back."
Takumi said, then rushed ahead.
His figure flickered and disappeared before Shizuku.
"..."
She stared blankly ahead. The person who had been standing in front of her had suddenly vanished.
"So fast!"
Shizuku's eyes widened, and her sense of crisis intensified.
"Run!"
She didn't care about delaying anymore.
Any later, and she would be done for.
"No!"
Gitai hadn't noticed the situation with Takumi.
And he had received concentrated Chakra Liquid from Kusuna. Once he took it, his power would greatly increase.
He was confident that in that state, no one could beat him.
"Don't forget, this is Yomi-sama's order. We absolutely cannot retreat."
Gitai's expression was serious, but he soon saw Shizuku's face fill with extreme fear.
"Huh?'
Gitai was stunned. He noticed Shizuku getting farther and farther away in his field of vision.
But strangely, Shizuku didn't seem to be moving.
'Then who was moving?'
'It's me?'
Gitai realized belatedly that his field of vision was moving.
He soon saw a familiar body slumped on the ground.
The body had no head.
'My head fell off?'
Gitai thought blankly, still feeling no pain.
And darkness gradually engulfed his entire field of vision.
Until his consciousness completely faded.
"Number one."
Takumi flicked the blood off his fist casually.
He looked at Shizuku, his eyes devoid of any expression.
As if he had just squashed a mosquito, insignificant.
"Next is you."
Takumi's calm words fell on Shizuku's ears, were no different from the most soul-piercing threat.
She turned and ran without looking back.
Although she knew she couldn't escape Takumi,
She still instinctively sought a glimmer of life.
But Takumi obviously had no intention of letting her go.
"You go keep him company first."
Takumi's calm words came from behind Shizuku into her ears. "Your two brothers will soon join you."
Pfft!
Shizuku spat out a mouthful of blood. She looked down at the fist that had somehow pierced her chest. Her heart had been completely crushed.
There was no chance for her to survive.
"What a... monster..."
Shizuku's eyes gradually dimmed, then her head drooped as she died completely.
Takumi casually flicked her corpse aside and quickly returned.
He had said Shizuku's two brothers would soon join them.
He meant what he said, so naturally he couldn't keep the other two waiting.
While Takumi was dealing with these two, the team was attacked.
It was the other two of the four-person team.
One of them agilely controlled Wind Attribute Chakra, manipulating several shuriken in his hand, attacking as he directed.
The other just stood by, with a confident smile on his face.
As if he wasn't worried about his companion being outnumbered.
"Something's wrong."
Neji immediately sensed it, but couldn't tell exactly what was wrong.
But after scanning them, he found that both had Chakra Pathways inside their bodies.
There's no problem.
Then, the blue-haired man controlling the shuriken with Wind Attribute Chakra attacked first.
Several extremely sharp shuriken spun at high speed, flying towards Neji.
"Rotation!"
Neji spun quickly, and the Chakra emitted from all over his body blocked all attacks aimed at him.
"Pretty good at defending. I wonder how long your Chakra will last?"
The blue-haired man was clearly confident in himself, continuously manipulating the shuriken to attack.
For a time, Neji could only defend.
"Damn it!"
Naruto couldn't sit still. "This guy actually looks down on us! I'm obviously the strongest among us, and he only fights Neji!"
He automatically excluded Takumi, who wasn't present; otherwise, he wouldn't dare say such big words.
"Hand me over."
Seeing that Neji seemed unable to fight back against the enemy, Shion couldn't help but sigh and said, "Hand me over, and they won't bother you."
"Don't be silly."
Neji used Rotation again to block the attack.
"Just stay put, Miko."
Neji didn't even look back at Shion. "Our mission is to protect your safety, even at the cost of our lives."
"Don't underestimate us!"
Naruto shouted and rushed forward to help Neji.
But as soon as he charged, he was hit squarely by the enemy's controlled shuriken.
Bang!
Naruto immediately turned into white smoke and disappeared – it was a clone.
The enemy was also stunned. Naruto, who had been hiding somewhere, charged forward with a Rasengan in his hand. "Chance!"
But the enemy wasn't stupid either.
After being strangely enhanced, not only did he have more markings on his body, but all his abilities were overall improved.
He dodged Naruto's attack in a flash, and as they passed, he kneed Naruto hard in the stomach, sending him flying.
"You're the one underestimating me."
He watched Naruto's flying figure coldly, but forgot that Naruto wasn't the only one there.
Lee also charged forward.