Given the fact that he gave them out much more often, with little or no use of seals, I was in a stalemate situation where not only could I not connect with Hyuga, but I couldn't get close enough to the bastard to shadow him or hit him with an exploding razengan. There was no point in throwing any amount of iron at it, nor was there any point in sending clones that would be dispelled by the impact of even a rock the size of my fist.
The situation suddenly took a turn for the worse when I felt a surge of chakra from the other side and almost got hit by a huge block that collapsed on the spot where I had been standing a while ago. As I glanced at my new enemy, I suppressed the urge to groan - the senbon that had been hit by the chidori not only hadn't died, but was able to get to his feet and start firing techniques! Fuck!
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After blocking another Doton: Doryu Heki rockfall, I rushed to the unkillable man, but had to bounce back and release Chidori Senbon on another nukenin - the wounded shinobi instantly went into the sand, barely recognizing my intention to get rid of him. It's annoying!
And I can even sense where he's sneaking around, but I can't do anything about it! The rayton senbons can't penetrate deeper than a meter even in a material like sand, and I can only use a katana with a lightning spear in close proximity. And you can't even get close - the Iwanin also understands this perfectly well and does everything to avoid getting into close combat!
The worst part is that you can't shorten the distance with shunshin, because even a small stone at such a speed can cripple, if not kill, and kawarimi requires an object of at least the approximate size of the user, and it doesn't work on sand. Jumping and rolling to get out from under the hail of cobblestones, I let my irritation affect my assessment of the situation and almost got hit in the head by a projectile - the stone brushed my hood, tearing it off, but only miraculously left me unharmed.
Cussing, I shunned fifty meters away from the enemies and tried to use the short pause to formulate a plan. There's no point in playing for endurance with experienced jonin - they may spend chakra faster on a continuous series of techniques, but they don't need to win. Time is playing against me and the sensor senses clearly show that apart from Sakumo, the allies aren't doing well and a speedy help wouldn't hurt not only Sarutobi, but also Shibatori, who has already wasted two thirds of his reserve, and Hizashi-taicho is injured.
Throwing a quick glance around and at the united ninjutsu specialists rushing to get within range of their long-range techniques, I sprang into action.
- Doton: Doroku Gaeshi!
The thin but wide wall that rose up after my strike with my hands in the sand hid perfectly out of sight. A moment later, four clones with tokubetsu chakra reserves appeared nearby, two of which immediately rushed to the right, folding seals, the third went underground, though not as smoothly as the enemies, and the last one with me rushed in the other direction. So, when the cover was blown to pieces, it was two twos of well-coordinated fighters against a couple of Nukenins, who had almost finished their series of seals.
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