16Kakashi: This is the toughest battle of my life.AI Model: gemini-3.0-flashChapter 16: Kakashi: This is the Hardest Battle of My Life
"Oh?"
In the center of the battlefield, Zaku raised an eyebrow.
"Red Chakra?"
This was a Ninjutsu he had never seen before.
However, this didn't deter his determination to give the Blond-haired Youth in front of him a harsh lesson.
Hailing from the Sound Hidden Village, he had always held deep contempt for these Konoha Ninjas who had been pampered in greenhouses since childhood.
These Konoha Ninjas only knew how to rely on flashy Ninjutsu and dogmas.
They didn't understand what real combat was, or what slaughter meant.
One should know that in the Sound Hidden Village, there was no such thing as a Ninja Academy.
There was only life and death; only the strong could survive!
"How flashy."
Zaku let out a cold laugh and abruptly raised both arms. "Die, you Konoha monkey!"
Explosive air currents instantly gushed from the air holes in his palms, carrying terrifying momentum as they surged toward Naruto.
Decapitating Air Wave!
At the same time, Dosu and Kin also made their moves.
Dosu crossed his arms, and the device beneath his bandages activated instantly.
Invisible sound waves vibrated out violently, heading straight for Naruto's internal organs.
"Sound Release: Resonating Echo Drill!"
Ringing out alongside it were the bell Ninja tools in Kin's hand.
The three attacks arrived almost simultaneously.
BOOM!!
Dust exploded dozens of meters high, and gravel flew everywhere.
Dosu licked his lips and whistled smugly. "With this, even if he's not dead, he'll have to..."
His words came to a screeching halt.
Amidst the smoke and dust, a crimson glow slowly lit up.
Naruto's entire body was wrapped in a boiling red Chakra cloak.
The three attacks, each sufficient to instantly kill an average Genin, hit this cloak.
Like three farts—poof, poof, poof—they dissipated immediately.
Zaku's pupils constricted violently.
Dosu subconsciously took half a step back. "...W-What kind of Chakra is this?"
In the next second, the air seemed to be instantly torn apart.
Before they could even blink, Naruto had already appeared before his eyes.
With a muffled "thud," Dosu's vision blurred. He felt as if a hole had been opened in his chest, and blood mixed with gastric juices was spat out.
His entire body flew backward, knocked directly off the rooftop.
"What?!"
He hadn't seen the previous movement at all.
Zaku only saw that Naruto was already standing where Dosu had been, his right leg still in a kicking posture, with a bit of blood on the tip of his foot.
Almost in the same instant, he realized exactly what kind of monster the Blond-haired Youth in front of him was.
Even if all three of them were added together, they wouldn't amount to a thousandth of the opponent's level.
Run.
This was the only thought left in his mind.
He wanted to run, but he found that his legs could no longer move.
An unprecedented sense of fear flooded all his instincts.
Equally shocked was Hyuga Neji, who was hiding behind the iron door.
Previously, he had been using his Byakugan to observe the situation.
Although Neji had silently agreed to Hinata's plea in his heart,
he didn't have any good feelings toward this Blond-haired Youth either.
He had originally intended to let Naruto be taught a lesson before stepping in to stop it himself.
But the actual direction of the battle was completely outside his expectations.
"This ominous Chakra... could it be the Nine-Tailed's power?"
Soon, Neji realized what was happening.
This blond kid has gone berserk; I have to get out of here right now!
Almost every child in Konoha had heard their parents talk about that terrifying night when the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox descended upon Konoha.
Fear of the Nine-Tailed was likewise engraved in their DNA.
This wasn't a situation he could handle.
Just as Neji was about to turn around.
BOOM!!!
The heavy iron door, along with half the wall, shattered.
Zaku was thrown over violently by Naruto like a human cannonball.
Neji's pupils constricted, but he didn't even have time to react.
"Ugh... Pfft!"
Zaku's back slammed solidly into his chest.
The two of them were overturned by the massive impact and crashed heavily into the depths of the corridor.
Debris scattered everywhere, and smoke billowed.
Neji felt as if his internal organs had been struck hard by a giant iron hammer. A sweetness hit his throat, and a large mouthful of blood sprayed out.
As for Zaku, he had long since fainted. His chest was collapsed, and he lay on top of Neji like a broken sack.
On the rooftop, only Naruto and Kin remained.
"Ugh..."
Kin was already scared out of her wits, barely managing to squeeze a few syllables from her throat:
"S-Sorry! Please, let me go..."
"Let you go?"
Perhaps because his control over Chakra had already reached the Kage level,
even after the Three-Tails Transformation, Narutostill retained a clear consciousness.
"Then who's going to make up for the evil pointsI'm missing?"
He slowly raised his foot. Kin let out a desperate whimper and closed her eyes.
Just then, a low voice rang out.
"Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!"
The ground exploded, and a thick earth wall with three dog-head designs instantly gushed out, perfectly separating Naruto and Kin.
Kakashi appeared at the right time, lifting the forehead protector covering his Sharingan.
His eyes had completely lost their usual laziness, leaving only a caution as if facing a great enemy.
"Naruto has completely lost consciousness; now I'm the only one here to rely on."
Kakashi quickly assessed the situation.
"I must find a way to hold him back until reinforcements arrive... Can I do it?"
The Anbu responsible for monitoring Naruto had already left to report the situation to the Sandaime.
Kakashi recalled how much trouble Naruto in his one-tail state had caused him during that mission in the Land of Waves.
And now... there was no time for extra thought as Naruto turned into a crimson afterimage and lunged at him.
Kakashi's pupils constricted. His Sharingan was spinning almost to its limit, yet he could still only capture a faint, blurry trajectory.
Too fast!
"Raikiri!"
Blue-white electric light exploded in his palm.
At this moment, even if it might hurt Naruto, he had to bring out his strongest Ninjutsu.
"I must pin him down here. Even if I have to incapacitate him, I absolutely cannot let the situation spread!"
Kakashi pushed his Lightning Release to maximum power, holding his arm across his front.
The next instant.
"BOOM!!!"
A blinding ball of light erupted where the fist met the Raikiri, and the shockwave directly overturned half of the rooftop's floor.
Kakashi felt as if the bones in his right arm were about to break.
In a single exchange, he was nearly overturned.
"Is this the power of the Three-Tails Transformation?!"
He naturally didn't know that besides the Three-Tails Transformation, Naruto's current strength was already close to that of an average Jonin.
The combination of the two was far beyond the state he was in during the rampage in the Land of Waves.
Just before Naruto's next attack arrived, a raspy voice suddenly sounded in his ear.
"Kakashi, you hold the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki back; I will be responsible for suppressing and sealing him."
Kakashi whipped his head around and saw a figure he couldn't understand for the life of him why he would appear here.
Danzo?!
Danzo used Wind Release to catch Kakashi's body, allowing him to regain his balance.
In the next second, he pushed him toward Naruto's direction.
"Go, don't look back."
As he spoke, Danzo unwrapped the bandages on his right arm and began to form Seals.
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