Waking up back at the Kanabi Bridge, just before he had started placing the explosion tags, Kazuo stood silent.
It had been a while since he had died such a painful death.
'Fuck, think about what I can do.' Kazuo thought as his mind immediately went into action, even though he had died less than a minute ago, he continued not looking back or contemplating his death.
'The enemy is less than five minutes away, I need to finish this as quickly as possible. The problem is that I don't know if I can escape them. Just go for now.' Kazuo thought as he quickly headed under the bridge and placed explosion tags.
Unlike last time, Kazuo focused his efforts on placing tags only at locations with the highest probability of caving the bridge when destroyed.
As soon as he was done, merely two and a half minutes later, Kazuo went above ground and created a shadow clone before quickly popping a soldier pill in his mouth.
Immediately afterward, he started running at his highest speed toward the preselected location where he would meet with team seven.
The Shadowclone meanwhile walked to the middle of the bridge and immediately launched the explosion tags, causing the collapse of the Kanabi Bridge.
After which the clone got dispelled and a small amount of chakra returned to Kazuo, it wasn't much however it was better than nothing.
The soldier pill had already started doing its job and now his regeneration of chakra would be quicker than his expenditure at least for the next minute or so.
Body flicker after body flicker, Kazuo finally arrived at the small clearing in the woods.
It had taken around twenty-seven minutes when compared to the thirty of the last turn, simply because he knew the terrain better.
Looking into the clearing, Kazuo saw both Rin and Kakashi.
Rin was using the mystical palm technique to heal Kakashi further whilst he sat on the ground silent.
With the sound of the wind, Kazuo appeared in the clearing.
"Get up now. We have to run, an entire army of Iwagakure ninjas is following me." Kazuo said as he quickly took Kakashi by the shoulders and lifted him up.
His words immediately put Kakashi and Rin on their guard.
"All right, did you finish the mission?" Kakashi asked as his eyes narrowed.
"Yes, the Kanabi Bridge is broken," Kazuo said immediately before asking for a soldier pill which he was given a split second later and popped into his mouth.
"Do you have Minato Senpai's kunai?" Kazuo asked as he swirled around and dodged to the right.
A large earth spear of sorts was now at the location where he had been.
'Even with this speed, they still caught up to me.' Kazuo thought as he looked at tens of ninjas appear on the other side of the clearing and completely surround them.
Rin looked to be on the verge of tears as fear took hold of her.
Releasing a Sigh, Kazuo placed two of his fingers on his wrist and a split second later, he was holding a kunai in each hand.
"Get a hold of yourself, this isn't a battle we can survive if we let fear take hold of our minds," Kazuo said, his voice extremely calm when compared to the situation the three of them were in.
Kakashi nodded and immediately took out a three-pronged kunai and plunged it into the ground.
"It will take a while before Minato sensei arrives," Kakashi said as he took out the short sword from his back.
It was a weapon given to him by the white fang of Konoha, Sakumo Hatake.
"I don't think we can survive this..." Rin mumbled as she looked around at the shinobi forces that were only getting bigger and bigger.
It was at this moment that Kazuo heard a notification-like sound in his mind.
[ A mission has been generated! ]
[ Survive the Iwagakure forces for three minutes ]
[ Reward: 1% Bloodline Activation, 1 Random Hidden A-Rank Jutsu ]
'As if I give a fuck about that right now.' Kazuo thought as he looked at the now hundreds of shinobi around him.
"Survive three minutes," Kazuo said before he started walking toward the enemy shinobi.
"Can you use the shadow clone Kakashi?"
"Three at most and I'd have almost reduced my chakra to zero by then," Kakashi replied as he continued surveying the surroundings.
At that moment, a voice was heard.
"If it isn't the geniuses of Konoha, The son of the White Fang, Kakashi Hatake, and the monstrous genius who faced the Raikage and didn't die. Kazuo of the Leaf." One Iwagakure shinobi said as he walked into the clearing.
It was obvious by the air around him alone that this guy wasn't your run-of-the-mill cannon fodder.
"And you are?" Kazuo asked, his voice still as calm as ever.
"It's surprising, being able to remain this calm in a situation . My name is Kuro, an Elite Jonin of the great stone village." The man, now known to be Kuro said as he raised his head high, the ego and pride could almost be felt as it oozed off of him.
"The Great Iwa? I don't think I've ever seen anyone call the stone that before." Kazuo said as a chuckle escaped from his lips.
Immediately the whole shinobi forces turned their attention toward him.
"You see, people say that there are five great villages in this world," Kazuo said as he came closer to the man, now he was less than five feet away.
Looking at the man in the eyes, Kazuo practically spat out his next words.
"Konoha is the only village that deserves to be called great. If we hadn’t created the village system, you stone monkeys would still be tearing each other apart in endless war to this day."
Kazuo said as he gave the man a large smile.
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Is Kazuo an insane bastard?
Either way, I added this small speech as I felt like it would make sense considering this is an anime world, and it's a way for Kazuo to drag a bit of time out.
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