Recalling those days, it almost became the strongest ninja beast in the team, but it lost slightly to Rockruff.
Now it can only watch them each display their strengths, how could Charmeleon be content with this?
Would Milotic even consider a dragon that hides in the rear without any strength?
"Roar!"
Charmeleon let out a defiant roar, filled with the desire for power.
Obito was initially going to ask Charmeleon why it's suddenly howling, but upon seeing a white light appear on Charmeleon's body, he immediately shut up. Evolution is happening—no problem then.
Excitement grew in Obito's heart. Charmeleon had already evolved once, and now it's evolving again—this would be its second evolution. Surely it would soar, and how could it possibly be inferior to Milotic?
The dazzling pure white light enveloped Charmeleon, and the light of evolution reappeared on the battlefield.
Kakashi watched Charmeleon in surprise, not expecting the already evolved Charmeleon to evolve once again.
"Teacher Mokgetsu indeed never said ninja beasts can only evolve once. Can Lycanroc and Milotic evolve again?" Kakashi thought.
"Charmeleon evolved again, truly fantastic." Nohara Rin noticed that Charmeleon and the others really are a group of special ninja beasts.
Whenever their summoners face danger, Charmeleon and the others burst out with potential.
The white light dissipated, and a large-bellied Charizard with a thick tail made a dazzling entrance.
"Uh, I should've used Genjutsu to help you lose weight." Seeing Charizard's protruding creamy belly, Obito couldn't help but tease.
Why do other people's Pokemon become either handsome or elegant upon evolving, yet Charmeleon seems even fatter after its evolution?
Obito found solace in the fact that after evolving into Charizard, it gained wings, and a single protrusion from its Charmeleon phase had now become two, making it look more imposing.
Looking at just the upper body, there's still a sense of grandeur, possessing two-thirds of his own handsomeness.
But viewing it as a whole, Obito could only say it's decent, with a bit of a Haki feel, but not even half as handsome as he is.
Charizard pointed its finger at Obito's head, as if to convey the message: little brother, do you not realize the vastness of heaven and earth? It's no longer the little Charmander, now Obito is the little Obito!
When Charmeleon had just evolved, Obito used Breath of Flame Chakra Mode to intimidate it, making it stand like a sidekick.
Now having shed its old skin to evolve into a dragon, it was time to shift the balance of power.
Feeling Charizard's ominous glare, a kind smile suddenly appeared on Obito's face.
"Besides a contract, we're also good friends, right?" Obito suddenly empathized with Charizard's struggles, deciding to ease its burden.
A slight cold smile appeared on Charizard's face.
It tapped Obito's head once more with a finger and then took flight.
Though tempted to give Obito a taste of the freshest flames, now was not the time for playing around.
Jokes are jokes; its summoner can only be bullied by itself, and must not be bullied by others.
Charizard's tail flame was particularly vigorous now, with some streaks of blue and white appearing at the top.
'Flamethrower!'
Charizard opened its mouth, spewing a huge high-temperature flame column at the Third Kazekage.
Having the ability to fly, it easily found angles of attack despite the wide-range Iron Sand Ninjutsu.
"What is this?" Sasori frowned, puzzled by the sudden appearance of a flying ninja beast.
The Earth Flow Wall had just blocked Charmeleon's evolution, so Sasori didn't know that the current Charizard had evolved from the earlier Charmeleon; at most, he could tell that Charizard might be related to the earlier Charmeleon.
Sasori was confused; he was hiding his strength to kill Kakashi, while Kakashi and the others were hiding these intentions—were they planning to assassinate Ninja Master Sosuke?
Even though he was unclear about what was happening, the incoming high-temperature flames forced Sasori to have the Third Kazekage control the iron sand for defense.
A flying and powerful ninja beast posed a huge threat, leading Sasori to command the Third Kazekage to create two large triangular iron sands to stab at Charizard.
Despite Charizard's seemingly sizable belly, its flying speed was anything but slow; it was actually quite fast, making Sasori's iron sand unable to catch up for a while.
Furthermore, after noticing the large-range Iron Sand Ninjutsu had ended, Nohara Rin and Milotic launched their attack again.
"Must deal with the enemy swiftly and get back to preparing the antidote," Nohara Rin was feeling extremely anxious.
Poisoning in reality isn't like the status conditions in games; it worsens over time in reality. Sasori's toxin is very potent, and even with Ninjutsu suppressing it, they couldn't afford to delay.
"Howl!"
Accompanied by a howl from Lycanroc, its neck rocks suddenly flew out and enlarged, rapidly stabbing towards Sasori's main body.
Lycanroc always remembered Kakashi's command that dealing with the main body was top priority.
"Damn it," hiding within Hiruko, Sasori's expression turned very ugly.
If he didn't deal with Charizard first, the flying speed of Charizard would certainly pose a great trouble.
But if he had the Third Kazekage deal with Charizard, his weak Puppet Master self, armed only with Hiruko, couldn't withstand the attacks from Lycanroc and Nohara Rin.
No matter how Sasori tried to think, he hadn't predicted this sudden surge in strength from Kakashi's ninja beasts.
Originally, Sasori's estimation was that he could easily wipe out Kakashi's trio.