As they gazed at the people chasing from behind, Granny Chiyo led the troops, forming an enormous formation.
As Takeshi observed the scene, he felt that they would keep running as long as their Chakra keeps burning.
Minato, slightly overwhelmed by the situation, uttered, "There are too many people." But he was different breed himself.
"With around forty ninjas, did Lord Orochimaru's subordinate attack the Sunagakure Village itself?" he mused.
"Sensei, I'm fast, and I've mastered a Earth Release Ninjutsu, so I can leave whenever needed." Takeshi said. "Meow~, I have a secret jutsu... I can hit it in repetition before retreating."
But it was impossible to just leave like that. With so many Jonin, how many points could he get? Takeshi's eyes gleamed at the prospect.
"Okay, then Obito, you and Rin evacuate towards Land of Rivers. Disperse!" Minato instructed.
"Yes Sensei!" Obito replied, his voice laced with sadness. He had been excited to come here, wanting to limit the use of the Sharingan to hopefully unlock physical requirements for Eight Inner Gates. But now, with around forty ninjas over there, he realized they were atleast at an elite Chunin level...
Obito feared that relying solely on physical strength, along with using the Great Fireball Jutsu and the Sharingan, while that would reveal their disguises would be useless. He was afraid that even if he went all out he would still die. 'Forget it.' he thought, 'I'll try to unlock the Eight Inner Gates next time.'
"Rin, let's go." The two of them left first, while the three remaining continued to hide and discuss countermeasures.
Minato asked Kakashi, "Do you know Earth Release Swamp of the Underworld or Earth Release Earth Flow River?" Kakashi shook his head; these two jutsus were relatively difficult, and he had not learnt them yet.
"Then the Earth Release Earth-Style Wall... don't put your personal mark on it!" Minato warned, recalling a previous mission where Kakashi had a problem (as a ninja) with his earth release defensive ninjutsu, he liked to carve messy personal marks by adding dog heads to them.
"If you have extra time and energy to mark them, use that to land couple more hits on enemies!" After giving him a lesson, Minato looked at Takeshi and asked, "What secret jutsu were you talking about, and how effective is it?"
"The Secret Art of Explosion!" Takeshi explained, continuing. "Explosion Release jutsus, It can be used in conjunction with another jutsu of mine."
"Okay, I'll fight in close quarters and cooperate with Fire Release and Wind Release to cover their retreat (Rin and Obito), and you will cover my retreat... I'll take action in three seconds to go," Minato outlined the plan.
After Minato finished speaking, his hand was already on the hilt of his sword. The five enemy ninjas were already very close. Nightfall was good for them to ambush and combat.
Three, two... Before he could count "one" silently, Takeshi had already seen Minato disappear with a whoosh~.
Even without the Flying Thunder God, his Shunshin Jutsu was extremely fast.
If it weren't for the strong dynamic vision of the cat's eye, Takeshi might not even be able to see the shadow.
Kakashi was envious of the speed, which was almost like teleporting. Even if he used Lightning Release to accelerate his muscles, he couldn't be that fast.
"Be careful of ambush!" Chiyo shouted, controlling two puppets with her fingers to surround Minato, while the other Sunagakure ninjas formed hand seals and used ninjutsu.
As soon as Minato appeared, a bunch of hidden weapons and ninjutsu greeted him along with a Sunagakure ninja. However, in the blink of an eye, a sword light flashed... Before he could scream, his head had already fallen to the ground.
"Kill him!" Chiyo was furious. This scene irritated the old woman, her son was cut into pieces by a quick slash like this, and the ninja in front of them seemed to have silver hair as well.
"I'll deal with him, Chiyo-sama, you continue the pursuit." After a Jonin said that, he rushed ahead with a sword, but the next second, he followed the footsteps of the previous one and was cut off by Minato.
Chiyo didn't hesitate anymore and threw a flare directly. This location was close to the border. As long as they saw the signal flare, the ninjas from Sunagakure would immediately rush to this side for help, and there were still six Jonin on the other side of the border.
Surrounded internally and externally, these people couldn't escape. The Suna ninjas didn't stop for a second. They didn't know the identity of the enemy but they knew very well that they couldn't trap him with just a few men, as long as he wanted to escape.
However, although Chiyo was restrained, not all ninjas were surrounding Minato. In fact, only one-third of the ninjas stayed to deal with Minato, and the rest continued to pursue the five ANBU ninjas.
They took out many Explosive Tags and used explosions to direct the group of ANBU ninjas to a specific location. That's where Sunagakure ninjas had set up some traps.
As long as the five ANBU ninjas were pushed there, they could take the opportunity to delay and form an encirclement with the ninjas coming from the other side.
At this time, Takeshi began to work hard on the side.
"What are you doing?"
"Stop questioning, using the secret jutsu, meow!"
Kakashi was a little confused, but soon he saw Takeshi jump up, throw an object in a backflip, and then volley, spraying water jet strengthened by Wind Release Chakra from his mouth. Wind Release: Toad Gun
The water jet carried the foreign object and chased the Suna ninjas who was chasing the ANBU ninja in the distance.
'What is that? but, didn't the Sensei say he would cover his retreat? Why did this cat take action in advance...'
Kakashi was still thinking about it, but followed along regardless, when Takeshi moved, he had to cooperate with the Earth Release Earth-Style Wall Jutus, otherwise, the plan would be ruined, and opportunity would be missed.
Not long after, Takeshi's water jet subsided, and the earth wall suddenly rose. The five ANBU ninjas were able to stand still and almost fell down again. Fortunately, they were able to stay on their feet with the support of their teammates.
Minato knew what was going on when he saw the water jet; he immediately formed a hand seal and created a shadow clone, and then retreated to Takeshi in an instant.
"Meow, Art is an explosion!"
Boom!
After a shocking explosion, a huge explosion formed a small mushroom cloud. Flames flooded the area, and parts of people and puppets were swallowed up by the fire.
It wasn't just them. The wall of the Earth Release Earth-Style Wall was also blown down. If it weren't for the five Anbu ninjas who were well-trained and powerful, they might have been knocked over by this explosion.
"This... what kind of ninjutsu is this!" They whispered to each other while running for their lives. The explosion just now was dangerous. It seemed to be an Explosion Release jutsu. But so far, there seems to be no ninja in Konoha who has this kekkei genkai.
"Don't worry about it for now, it's important to focus on leaving...immediately." The person who spoke was a sensory ninja.
He could sense that there were three people waiting not far away, and they were obviously the people who had helped them up just now. ...
"Elder Chiyo, are we still chasing?"
"Forget them! Hurry and save our ninjas! Rescue as many as you can!" Chiyo was about to explode with anger.
In terms of speed, the opponent was slightly faster, but now they were restrained by the shadow clone for several seconds, and blocked by the explosion and the Earth Release wall.
It was futile to continue chasing. They might as well rescue the ninjas who were severely injured by the explosion.
First, Minato rushed in quickly and assassinated two elites of the village, and then came Water Release, Earth Release, and explosion.
This was not like Konoha's usual method, but more like Iwagakure Village's method. She is not stupid enough to believe that the enemy is a ninja from Iwagakure Village, but she will not give up this suspicion either, Iwagakure and Sunagakure are not friendly with each other.
They had a deep hatred a long time ago, and now they are just temporarily cooperating. "What documents were taken?"
"Documents regarding the Third Kazekage, the enemies seemed to want to find the research data about Magnet Release and another forbidden jutsu of our village, but those materials were sealed separately, so there should be no problem."
Chiyo used to be medical ninja, so she used her knowledge and experience to save as many as she could, and listened to the reports from her subordinates while thinking further.
It seems like the spy's primary purpose is to confirm the situation of the Third Kazekage, and the second is Magnet Release and One's Own Life Reincarnation... (jutsu where user gives their own life to save the patient, used by Chiyo to save Gaara)
Both Konoha Village and Iwagakure Village may do this, and even Kumogakure Village and Kirigakure Village cannot rule out suspicion.
But no matter what, Konoha is still the most suspicious, and she is even 90% sure it is Konoha.
It was such a coincidence that something happened not long after Orochimaru arrived in the Land of Wind. This man is too greedy and cunning, how could he really make a special trip to the Land of Winds for a mere compensation. But there is no evidence. "What is this smell?" Chiyo frowned slightly.
"Huh?" The Jonin who was following her was confused. Then he sniffed carefully and only smelled a burnt scent.
Chiyo did not give up and smelled carefully. She was a medical ninja and a poison expert, so she was most sensitive to these smells.
After a while, her face gradually changed, and she finally left the area with a livid face, the explosion seems to be mixed with something.
To add something like feces to the explosion, Konoha is too despicable!
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