"It's the Naruto I know, alright..."
Kakashi muttered feebly.
He must have used his Mangekyo just now, which caused his vision to blur.
He actually mistook the unreliable Naruto for the dependable Feng Xu!
Yamato, who was in the distance, also limped over, covered in wounds.
He had just been ambushed by Deidara and had to protect Sakura, so he was severely injured.
If it weren't for Hashirama's cells in his body, anyone else would have died in that explosion!
Seeing Naruto still forming a Chakra ball, he quickly shouted to stop him.
"Naruto, stop forming it! These Edo Tensei puppets aren't being controlled, they can't move anymore!"
As if to confirm Yamato's words,
the Edo Tensei puppets, standing dazed, suddenly crumbled as if turning into sand, their exteriors collapsing.
They revealed very similar puppet dolls inside.
Immediately after, these puppet dolls also turned into smoke with 'bang bang bang' sounds.
They were summoned away by Sasori, who was already far away, using the Reverse Summoning Jutsu!
"Ah!?"
"What the heck are these things? Why are they different from the First and Second Hokage uncles?"
A somewhat confused Naruto shook his head and took two steps to stand in front of Kakashi and Yamato.
"Eh? Where did Sakura and the old man go?"
"Also, what's going on with those enemies?"
"How unlucky! I chased that bubble thing for ages, and it turned out to be just a puppet!"
"Then, when I was coming back, I was almost blown up by a bunch of unexpectedly appearing landmines..."
Hearing Naruto's complaints and questions, Kakashi and Yamato exchanged glances and sighed deeply.
Then Yamato silently approached Naruto, raising his right hand which had the character 'seal' written on it.
Kakashi then said, "Tonbee and the others are fine, but Sakura has been captured by a member of the Akatsuki."
"Sakura was captured!?" Naruto's expression stiffened, and his heart skipped a beat.
"That's right, their target was Sakura."
After saying that, Kakashi quickly reassured him, "Naruto, calm down first. She was only captured; she shouldn't be in danger for a short while."
"We should hurry back and report to the Village. The Village will find a way to rescue her!"
However, Naruto didn't listen to Kakashi's words at all, only muttering to himself in a daze.
"This time, Sakura was captured..."
Remembering Sasuke who left earlier, Feng Xu who was sealed, and now Sakura who was captured,
Naruto's pupils instantly changed to fox-like vertical slits, and the scarlet Nine-Tailed Chakra began to spread out.
"Yamato!"
"Understood! Hokage-Style Sixty-Year Cycle Technique — Enclosed Sealing Palm!"
The right hand with the character 'seal' immediately pressed onto the seal on Naruto's navel.
The next second, the scarlet Nine-Tailed Chakra retracted back into his body.
Naruto also collapsed powerlessly to the ground, panting heavily.
Seeing this, Kakashi shook his head helplessly.
"Never mind, let's go back first."
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