Another Squad of 3 Konoha ninjas joined them along as the sand shinobi puppet squad that had emerged.
The remaining three sand ninjas fled for their lives, and Minato chased after them. Suddenly, he frowned slightly - these three people's bodies are different.
He glanced behind him and understood what was going on, as Kakashi, Obito, and Rin caught up.
Halfway through, the "three people" who were escaping in front suddenly turned into puppets and fell to the ground.
From behind, where Kakashi and the other three Konoha ninjas were chasing after them, three Sand Ninjas jumped out of the earth and surrounded and killed the three of them.
"Protect Rin!" Obito's heart tightened, and he quickly took out a few shurikens from his waist and threw them out.
Uchiha's shuriken jutsu skills were fully demonstrated at this moment. A few simple shurikens blocked enemies projectiles almost perfectly. The shurikens started twisted from all directions towards one of the enemy ninjas. But...
"Maybe it's a puppet, be careful!" Kakashi pulled out the White Fang Sword and killed one of them directly. He channeled the Lightning Chakra and was extremely fast. He reached the person in the blink of an eye, and the Sword quickly slashed towards the opponent in a flash. There was no blood at all on the sword.
"They are all puppets, be careful while looking for real body."
"Understood!"
After adjusting the attack direction, Obito quickly got ready to face the third person, formed a seal in his hand, then gathered chakra in his mouth and spit out a huge fireball. He found that all his attacks had worked - the fireball actually hit, and it seemed that it was indeed a puppet.
"Be careful!" Rin suddenly saw hidden weapons flying out of the dust, and immediately pulled Obito and rolled to the side.
Tuk-tuk-tuk! Poisonous needles stuck into the tree behind them. The little black cat rushing forward stopped.
'There was no smell just now...I understand now, it was Earth Release. ' He knew that he was careless. There was no need to worry about Minato's strength. The one who needed help now was behind him.
Rin's words just now fell into his ears. If Obito left Rin's side... Takeshi immediately let out a loud meow. Then he came back and spoke in human language at the same time: "Meow! Be careful it's Earth Release!"
"Earth Release?" Obito was shocked and immediately jumped away with Rin. However, at this time, the three sand ninjas below jumped out and threw a shuriken, and then waved their weapons to slash Obito and Rin.
Their weapons were all strange and not very powerful, but they were all tempered with poison. Once they were injured, they would immediately be poisoned.
'Still quite far!' In desperation, Takeshi immediately turned to the system panel - he had enough points! He was so happy that he immediately bought the of Wild Lion's Mane Jutsu, and then used this ninjutsu to thicken his fur on his body.
A pile of black cat hair grew wildly, tying up all three of them. He controlled them in just a moment, and then activated chakra to shrink the hair. Takeshi used the power of shrinkage to quickly approach the three ninjas. His four claws were condensing chakra, and four small Rasengan appeared on the claws, leaping from behind and imprinting on one of the ninjas.
Each one was not very powerful, but together they were enough to damage the internal organs. After killing one person in an instant, Takeshi immediately jumped away without stopping to avoid being injured by the opponent's counterattack.
Minato, who was about to return for help, saw this instant change, stopped his movements and continued to watch. Kakashi and the others are all the new generation elites. If the little black cat loses control of flow of battle for a moment, he will quickly react and clean up the mess.
The next second, Kakashi jumped out of the earth and killed the enemy with one sword. Obito protected Rin and did not step forward rashly. The third person finally escaped from the shackles of the cat's hair, but Takeshi secretly swung out a claw to slit his throat and quickly ran into the forest.
"You guys join up with the main force." Minato didn't stop any longer, and quickly moved forward after saying a few words.
"Yes." Kakashi actually wanted to go together, but Minato's order was a mission and he had to complete it.
Obito's shock had just subsided. He hadn't felt it before, but when he thought about it afterwards, his legs and feet couldn't help but tremble. Takeshi jumped down from the tree and landed tiredly on Rin's shoulder. He closed his eyes and prepared to rest for a while.
It's really tiring. Although these ninjutsu have been systematically modified and do not require complicated hand seals, making them more suitable for use by ninja beasts, they consume a quite abit amount of chakra.
If he hadn't been for eating special cat food during this period, the chakra wouldn't have grown so rapidly, and he might have been unconscious after using the wild lion's mane jutsu.
"Thank you Takeshi, please sleep for a while." Rin gratefully held him in her arms. If it hadn't been for him just now, she and Obito would have been injured. The weapons of these people were poisoned, and the risk of death was extremely high.
On the other hand, in the situation just now, Kakashi had always been aiming to kill the enemy. It was indeed as the rumors said - everything was aimed at the mission and killing the enemy, regardless of his teammates.
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she wouldn't have believed that Kakashi, who preached "teammates safety" when he was a child, would one day become like this.
In the end, "that" incident had a great impact on him. Losing one's father like that would indeed change someone. While Obito was scared, he was angry on the inside, but he didn't blame Kakashi very much, he just felt that he was too incompetent to put himself and Rin in danger.
Fortunately, there is Takeshi... At this moment, the resentment and anger at being teased by Takeshi disappeared instantly.
Minato hurried away quickly, but in his mind was the scene of the little black cat's battle just now. That ninjutsu... just now, it was very similar to the Sensei's wild lion's mane Jutsu.
Not only the wild lion mane, but also the ninjutsu that hardens the hair all over the body has the same effect as the Sensei's "needle Jizo". In essence, it may be the same thing.
'It's incredible, this black cat... Ha, when I see the Sensei, I must tell him about Takeshi. ' Minato felt a little happy, but immediately his mood became heavy. Kakashi's situation was much more serious than what the Third Hokage had described, and I'm afraid it wouldn't be easy to help him get better.
The front of Sunagakure's battle line quickly shrank and retreated, and the direction he headed was exactly the retreat route of the Sunagakure ninjas.
On the other side, Takeshi and the others joined the large army. Takeshi regained some strength after taking Chakra Pills. He just took a look at the panel and saw that there were more than 800 points on it. Killing does increase points, but the benefits don't seem to be very high.
'With this system, do I have to play with the prey like a cat and then kill it in the end? ' He thought about the situation after a normal cat caught a mouse, and had some vague guesses in his mind - for example, the first ninja killed by Minato was not killed by himself, but he contributed much more points than those three people.
"Takeshi, I really envy you. You have such a strong power at such a young age, but I can't even protect myself." Obito sat on the edge depressedly.
"Obito, don't underestimate yourself. You are actually very strong among your peers." Rin comforted softly.
"The strength is good, but you can't use it effectively." Kakashi stood aside, feeling no less depressed than Obito. His words were also not directed at Obito, but actually included himself - he was obviously the strongest member of the team except Minato, but his performance just now was worse than that of a ninja cat.
All these years on the battlefield have been wasted. But this cat is really talented and has mastered a strange ninjutsu. This kitten is only less than nine months old, right? He has a serious sense of crisis.
Must become stronger! Otherwise, if others ask who is the strongest person in the team besides the Sensei, and the Sensei replies "the ninja cat", it will be very embarrassing for him as a team member.
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