"This is really not good."
Kakashi, who was sent flying, rolled on the ground for a distance before stabilizing his form. He stared at Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto in front of him, feeling somewhat heavy-hearted. They were no longer the children he could easily handle; if he wasn't careful, even he might fall to these three.
"However be careful, I'm going to take the initiative to attack now."
Kakashi extended his right hand, and the piercing sound of thunder reached everyone's ears again. His auditory and visual senses were the same as those Sasuke had given them, which was Kakashi's signature Ninjutsu, Chidori.
Then, with a push of his legs, Kakashi's body moved at a speed invisible to the naked eye, arriving directly in front of Sakura. To Kakashi, Sakura was now the biggest threat. If she were hit by his punch, it would be over for her.
"Sakura, be careful."
Noticing Kakashi's movement, Naruto immediately shouted out loud. Sasuke could indeed catch Kakashi's figure, but with the enhancement of Chidori, Kakashi's speed had increased a lot.
He simply couldn't stop Kakashi now.
And Sakura could only watch with wide eyes as Kakashi's hand, carrying the force of lightning, got closer and closer to her.
Sakura was not a ninja skilled in speed, and she couldn't react to such high-speed attacks.
Just then, Sakura suddenly felt a strong pull from behind her, and then a yellow figure suddenly appeared in front of her.
"Rasengan."
A light blue energy ball appeared in Naruto's right hand, colliding directly with the Chidori in Kakashi's hand.
The two fierce attacks collided, and a terrifying explosion unfolded from the center of their clash.
Sasuke and Sakura were also blown back a great distance by the explosion.
"Not bad, Naruto, it seems you've really grown a lot in these past two years."
While clashing, Kakashi praised Naruto.
Just now, when Kakashi attacked Sakura, Naruto had used the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, using the advantage of numbers to close the distance between himself and Sakura, then he grabbed Sakura's clothes and took her place.
"Of course, Kakashi-sensei, I told you, I'll definitely surprise you."
Naruto said with a smile, but soon he realized that Kakashi, who he was clashing with, had suddenly disappeared.
After the dust settled, Sasuke and Sakura only saw Naruto's figure; Kakashi had disappeared again.
"Naruto, where's Kakashi?"
Sasuke frowned and asked Naruto, since Naruto was the closest to Kakashi just now.
"I don't know either."
Naruto said with a puzzled expression on his face.
"Idiot."
Sasuke cursed under his breath, then became vigilant of the surrounding environment.
"You jerk."
Hearing Sasuke curse at him, Naruto pointed at Sasuke and retorted.
However, this time, Sasuke didn't pay attention to Naruto.
Suddenly, Sasuke felt something strange under his feet.
"Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Jutsu."
A muffled voice came from the ground beneath Sasuke's feet, followed by a pale hand reaching out from the ground, aiming straight for Sasuke's ankles.
But Sasuke, who was already on alert, felt something was wrong in an instant and immediately jumped away from his original position.
"The same move won't work on me, Kakashi."
Sasuke said coldly as he looked at the hand that appeared on the ground.
At that moment, Kakashi's figure also emerged from the ground.
"Indeed, you have all become a group of tough opponents."
Kakashi's voice sounded somewhat weary. Now, fighting these three, he had to engage in a battle of wits and bravery.
"Even if Tsunade and I joined forces, we might not gain any advantage against these three now."
Jiraiya, sitting on a tree trunk, commented as he watched the trio's performance.
Although Sakura's monstrous strength was not on par with Tsunade's, and Naruto's power was not as great as Jiraiya's, they still had Sasuke. Any one of them could not be easily matched by either of the two, but when the three joined forces, they could unleash unimaginable power.
"That's right, these three have become ninjas who can stand on their own."
Tsunade, hearing this, nodded in agreement, a smile appearing on her face. Clearly, she was very satisfied with Sakura's performance.
Although Sakura was not her first disciple, she was the one Tsunade was most satisfied with and the one who inherited most of her mantle.
"These three guys are really something when they're together."
Hatake Satoru, who had been watching from the air, also expressed similar sentiments. Over the past two years, he had been with Naruto almost all the time, but he had not noticed such significant progress in Naruto.
However, when he cooperated with Sakura and Sasuke, he displayed even greater strength, perhaps highlighting the importance of teammates.
After an unsuccessful strike, Kakashi gave up the idea of a sneak attack and instead took out a kunai to join the battle with Naruto and the others.
"Let me tell you three something, one of the ninja tactical insights, Taijutsu."
With that, Kakashi charged at Naruto first, attacking him with punches and kicks. Although Naruto's strength had indeed grown over the past two years, he was no match for Kakashi in Taijutsu.
Therefore, facing Kakashi's Taijutsu attacks, Naruto could only dodge like Sasuke.
"There's an opening."
At that moment, Sakura seized an opening in Kakashi's defense and swung out a punch. However, Kakashi, with the enhancement of the Sharingan, immediately noticed Sakura's movement and kept dodging her attacks. No matter how many punches Sakura threw, Kakashi narrowly avoided them all.
"Just one hit would be enough."
That's what Sakura thought to herself. However, gaining great power meant sacrificing agility and speed, while Kakashi was an all-around ninja. Although not outstanding in any particular area, he was not weak in any either.
"As long as it doesn't hit, there's no threat."
Kakashi observed Sakura's movements through the Sharingan and dodged her attacks.
Just then, as Kakashi kept retreating, he suddenly felt something blocking his way back, but his reaction was quick, and he immediately sidestepped to avoid it.
And Sakura's punch directly shattered the tree that had been blocking Kakashi's retreat.
"That was close, too close."
Kakashi exhaled deeply.
(End of chapter)
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