No enemies were found after searching around, so the eight dogs took no action, but each dog had different desires.
Some dogs had a strong desire to fight and are quite aggressive. For example, the big dog named Bull might have rushed over blindly if Kakashi hadn't summoned him back. However, the coward named Pakkun had no intention of rushing forward at all.
He tried his best to lower his presence while hiding behind other dogs, his eyes darting around looking at any possible danger, anyone could tell he was scared.
"Meow~ what a coward." Takeshi mocked without hesitation up at all.
"Woof woof! What are you talking about!" Pakkun's eyes were fierce, the presence of his seven brothers nearby increased his courage against Takeshi. This isn't like it was in the past in forest of death, he and his brothers have gotten stronger.
But then soon, he recalled the incident in Inuzuka clan dog parlor a few days ago... 'Damnit! I still cannot fight him, this damn cat is really strong!' He instantly regretted provoking Takeshi.
With all his brothers around, he forgot about the strength gap and forget how scary this cat is. Why is this cat so powerful despite being such a young ninja beast?
Before Pakkun could figure it out, the Takeshi had already walked up to him and pressed his head to the ground with one paw.
The other dogs suddenly felt like they were in danger. Pakkun looked around in confusion, then glanced at the expressionless Takeshi, and slowly crawled down, as if kneeling down to beg for mercy.
"Meow~" Takeshi retracted his paw.
They are in combat zone, so he decided let this useless dog go for the time being. The points were already obtained anyway.
If he continued to threaten, he wouldn't be able to get more points. So he might as well let it go for the time being to ensure sustainable development.
Besides... there seems to be some movement on Kakashi's side.
"Woof!" The eight dogs yelped, and then quickly disappeared from the place. It seems they were summoned again.
But this time it seemed to be combined with some kind of Earth Release Ninjutsu. Kakashi must have discovered the enemy. Takeshi got ready, as well, every enemy means more points.
Although not every enemy is as powerful and wealthy as Sasori, the advantage is that he doesn't have to worry about being bald while fighting them. As long as he find the enemy, he can fight hard.
Suddenly - not far away, there was a burst of thunder, followed by fluctuations of Lightning Chakra.
"Takeshi!"
"Meow!" The Takeshi had already rushed out without waiting for Minato's order. Minato called out his name afterward, and when he saw the cat jumping forward quickly, he got ready himself. This cat quite is quite reliable.
"So fast, Takeshi has become stronger again!" Obito turned around and glanced, seeing the after-image of the cat, he felt a sense of crisis in his heart, he had always hoped over and over again that he would be the strongest in the team in the future. He can't say for sure while competing with Takeshi.
Although this cat is indeed very unusual, possessing various abilities and seems to have the strange ability to absorb natural energy, he is still a cat after all.
It doesn't sound good to be overtaken by a cat in strength, even if the credit is given to Rin for this... 'Well, what does it say about me, if I can't even beat the medical kunoichi?'
Obito clenched his fists, becoming more determined to master higher-end Taijutsu as soon as possible.
"Be careful!" Rin clutched the kunai tightly and secretly prayed for Takeshi and Kakashi.
Not far away, Takeshi sprinted out and saw five figures jumping out from where the Lightning Chakra had just erupted, but in the air there was a ninja pursued by eight dogs and then beheaded with a sword.
Kakashi was pushing enemy back! The remaining four people did not fight, but spread out and formed hand seals, as if they wanted to activate some combination ninjutsu.
However, they had just formed the final seal when they saw the cat flying over opening its mouth to inhale, and then spitting out a volley of Wind Release Vacuum Bullets, and this was only the beginning.
The next second, a huge water jet spurted out. Wind Release: Toad Gun!
With no way out, one of the Iwagakure Ninja had to change his seal midway and use the Earth Release Earth Wall Jutsu to block the attack. The water jet impacted the earth wall with strong impact.
The Iwa ninja spent a lot of chakra maintain earth wall to block the blow, especially since it they were preparing for another jutsu.
The next moment, the young man appeared wrapped in lightning, but by this time the others had already completed the seals, and then each smacked the ground.
Earth Release Rock Trail Jutsu!
The Earth Release Rock Trail jutsu is jointly performed by the three Iwa ninjas turned the entire road into rolling dirt, and a large amount of dirt and soil swept in like an ocean wave under the control of the Iwagakure Ninja's.
Although Kakashi is capable of Earth Release, it is quite difficult to form a seal when trapped by quicksand, and he cannot immediately break the opponent's ninjutsu.
Minato took action immediately. However, facing this kind of ninjutsu that changes the terrain quite abit, he has no good solution for that.
The Flying Thunder God can certainly be used, but breaching through such large rocks with Rasengan would consume large amount of chakra, so it is better to summon Gamabunta.
So he instantly moved to Takeshi's side, bit his finger and quickly formed a seal to perform the Summoning jutsu. Takeshi initially wanted to run when he saw the earth rolling, but when he saw Minato using summoning jutsu, he changed his mind.
When the summoning jutsu was about to be completed, he jumped up quickly. The next second, when Gamabunta appeared, Takeshi happened to be standing on Gamabunta's head.
"Huh? Minato, why is there a little furry thing on top of my head?!" Gamabunta was a little confused.
"This..."
"Meow~" Takeshi lowered his head and called out softly. Minato's expression froze for a moment, and he didn't know what to say. When interacting with Gamabunta, he knew he had to be careful.
He was about to carry Takeshi away when he saw Gamabunta reaching out to push the cat away from his head, but the next moment, the Takeshi slashed with his claws and gave Gamabunta a painful head swipe, causing Gamabunta to angrily smack the Takeshi away from his head.
Of course, this was Takeshi's intention. After being thrown away with the help of force, Takeshi used the Multi-size Jutsu to quickly grow in size.
His limbs curled up to his abdomen, and the entire cat's body became spherical. At the same time, his fur also stood up, and looking like giant ball of black senbons.
Human Boulder Jutsu though Takeshi's enhanced version! The huge kitty boulder rolled away along the earth.
The three rock ninjas saw two such huge Summon beasts. One of them became huge from a tiny cat and rolled over towards them at fast pace. They were frightened out of their wits for a moment.
How do they deal with this? One by one, while retreating impatiently, they kept using ninjutsu to enhance their defense. While throwing rocks along the way to break Kitty Boulder's momentum.
Kakashi was also frightened. He quickly formed seals and used Earth Release to escape from the place where the Takeshi passed by.
At the same time, he canceled the Summon jutsu and sent the eight ninja dogs back. Otherwise, he was afraid that his ninja dogs would die under this rolling boulder...
Even though he escaped, his hands were still shaking slightly. 'This damn cat! Atleast he could've given me a warning or something!' Kakashi muttered, But when he saw the Iwagakure Ninja running away in the distance, he quickly chased after him. 'Oh no you dont! You are not getting away!'
Boom?!
With a loud rumbling sound, the entire valley was damaged along the path. The three Iwagakure ninjas could not compete with Takeshi who opened his first gate Gate of Opening to charge at them at a faster speed.
They were caught up soon - although they used Earth Release to try to sneak away and create obstacles, they didn't work.
As they were trying to retreat, they were hit with Earth Release: Earth Flow Spears as sharp spikes penetrated into the ground and injuring each of them.
Generally, Iwagakure's Jonin was the least likely to be injured, but he happened to be the one who tried to block the Takeshi with the Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall. As a result, he was almost crushed directly under the wall and was injured the most.
The remaining three were injured and were forced out of the underground by Kakashi's Earth Spear Jutsu. They had no choice but to return above ground.
But when they got to the ground, they were pressed under the huge cat's claws by Giant Takeshi.
Not far away, while the fight had finished, Minato using various jutsus started working on fixing the road and reducing the damage done to the valley along with Gamabunta.
Gamabunta took couple pufff of smoke and couldn't resist asking, "So... Minato, did you call me here. Just to decorate the valley?"
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