"Be careful!" Shisui quickly stepped in front of Anko and Kagetsu, his expression tense as he looked at the confident woman before them. He felt a terrifying pressure coming from her.
Several figures swiftly landed beside the female ninja. Among them, two radiated a killing intent so strong it made the hairs on his body stand on end.
"Yugito Nii, you're too eager!" complained a brown-skinned Jonin from Kumogakure, wearing black sunglasses.
"Calm down, calm down!" Yugito Nii waved her hand, her gaze fixed on Kagetsu and the others, who looked as if they were facing a great threat. Fresh chapters posted on novel·fiɾe·net
"The one who caused so much trouble and took down several squads is just three kids. Impressive! I thought it would be that Yellow Flash."
"If it were the Yellow Flash, you'd have to run for your life right away," Yasuie said, his expression stiffening. He didn't think he and Yugito Nii could survive against the Yellow Flash, someone even the next generation of A and B were barely able to hold off together.
"I need to finish you quickly; I have another battlefield to reach!" Yugito Nii's attitude was clearly self-centered as she regarded Kagetsu and the others like prey.
"This is bad; three Jonin!" Shisui's heart sank. The female ninja at the center, though appearing young, felt monstrous to him.
Despair washed over Anko's face. The previous battle had shown her the true strength of a Jonin. They had to be cautious against a team led by one Jonin, and now they faced three from Kumogakure!
Shisui took the initiative and attacked Yugito Nii, whom he perceived as the biggest threat.
The sound of blades clashing echoed as Shisui's kunai met Yugito Nii's weapon. For a moment, her eyes reflected a pair of blood-red tomoe.
But Yugito Nii only seemed slightly dazed; the illusion Shisui cast on her was instantly dispelled.
A look of shock crossed Shisui's face, but he had no time to think. The instant his jutsu failed, he quickly withdrew, narrowly avoiding a kunai that flew toward his neck.
"Jinchuriki!" Shisui stared in surprise at Yugito Nii. The chakra that had erupted from her body to break the illusion reminded him of a tailed beast.
"Uchiha? This Kekkei Genkai should interest Lord Raikage!" Yasuie's eyes sparkled with excitement.
Though not the Byakugan that Kumogakure coveted, the Sharingan was still a powerful Kekkei Genkai.
"Kid, surrender. You're a valuable captive," Yasuie said, gripping his kunai tightly while forming hand seals.
In response, a massive serpent summoned by Anko appeared. The serpent was over forty meters long, and its sheer movement was enough to cause destruction typically reserved for ninjutsu.
As soon as the Cloud Ninja saw the giant snake, they remembered the man, one of the Legendary Sannin, whose face was as pale as death.
"It seems we caught more than just one valuable target," Yasao said as he released his ninjutsu upon seeing the massive serpent.
Lightning Release: Spider Web!
Yasao crouched down and slammed his hands onto the ground. From his palms, a web made of lightning rapidly spread forward, taking a pocket shape to bind the giant snake.
The shimmering lightning web carried a strong paralyzing and binding effect. The giant snake's massive body stiffened for a moment before it began to thrash and struggle, its enormous tail sweeping toward Yasao and the others.
Six agile figures quickly dodged, avoiding the sweeping tail.
At Anko's command, the giant snake launched a fierce attack on the Cloud Ninja, its enormous body wreaking havoc and destroying everything in its path.
"Just a mere summoned beast!" A massive blaze, blue like scales, erupted from the body of Yugito Nii, rapidly raising the surrounding temperature.
Yugito Nii charged straight at the giant snake without dodging. Her fingers flew through the air to form hand seals, and she unleashed a giant fireball about three meters in diameter toward the serpent.
The fireball struck the giant snake's body, clinging to it and continuously burning its flesh. The smell of roasting meat quickly filled the air.
The giant snake writhed in pain, trying to extinguish the flames by rubbing against the ground, but the fire blazed on relentlessly.
Soon, the intense heat far exceeded that of ordinary fire techniques, leaving the giant snake weak and on the brink of death.
While Shisui and Anko were engaged, Kagetsu was also busy. He unsealed a scroll and spread it out on the ground.
He pressed his fingers on the seal at the center of the scroll and released it.
A figure emerged from the scroll.
"What is this?" Anko instinctively glanced at the face of the person released from the scroll, momentarily stunned.
"The First Hokage?" Shisui, who had used his shadow clone combined with genjutsu to confuse and attack the enemy, felt a familiar sense of recognition upon seeing that face. Remembering the sculpture on Hokage Rock, his heart raced.
"Protect my body and retreat!" Kagetsu said as he formed hand seals.
In the next moment, his consciousness merged with the figure of the First Hokage. Black markings quickly spread over the Hokage's body as Kagetsu's will entered. Once the two black lines resembling tears connected with the eyes, the Hokage's previously closed eyes snapped open.
The lifeless body of the First Hokage rose from the scroll. Initially stiff, his movements became smoother as he stood upright.
Kagetsu's true body seemed to faint, losing consciousness. As he fell, Shisui and Anko quickly supported him.
Seeing the First Hokage standing in front of them, Shisui and Anko were in disbelief, trying to confirm what was happening.
"Get out of here! I'll buy you some time!" Kagetsu, controlling the First Hokage's body using the Shadow Puppet Technique, was experiencing the power boost this body provided.
He was also calculating his current fighting strength and how long he could sustain the battle.
Shisui and Anko immediately lifted Kagetsu's body and swiftly retreated.
"Don't think you can escape!"
Noticing Shisui and the others pulling back, Yugito Nii quickly chased after them. The shadow clones created by Shisui that tried to block her were disregarded as insignificant.
The blue flames on her body surged, enveloping her in a layer of high-temperature armor.
Wood Release: Deep Forest Bloom!
With a sharp command, large trees erupted from the ground beneath the First Hokage, forming a barrier that blocked the pursuit from Yugito Nii.
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