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Why is Haori so skilled with Chidori, even without the Sharingan?
Firstly, he has excellent dynamic vision, a skill honed through years of training. While not as overpowered as the Sharingan, it's definitely a practical ability. In the world of Naruto, not everything requires the Sharingan to accomplish.
Secondly, his reflexes are incredibly strong, a result of his natural advantages, a bonus to his innate abilities.
Thirdly, he rarely uses Chidori for simple, long-distance, one-directional thrusts. Such a singular pattern, regardless of speed, can easily be exploited.
But soon, he's about to make a thrust.
Right now, Haori is using a faint amount of lightning chakra to stimulate his body, maintaining his stamina while pushing his speed to the limit, desperately trying to reach Leaf's headquarters for reinforcements.
Many Leaf shinobi are doing the same, rushing back, as fast as they can.
Leaf's intelligence department has made a mistake, or perhaps the Sand Village has pulled off a very clever move.
The Sand shinobi directly opposite Leaf's headquarters, indeed, 1000 of them were deployed to the frontline between the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth. This information that Leaf learned was accurate.
But this wasn't a single action, it was a series of moves. While those 1000 were moving to the Land of Earth, on the Land of Earth's defenses, the Sand Village simultaneously pulled out 2000 troops. To conceal their actions from Leaf, they moved along the border of the Land of Rain, obtained permission, entered the Land of Rain, then infiltrated the Land of Rivers, and finally launched an attack on Leaf's headquarters.
Not only that, for this attack, they deployed 1000 of their troops as sacrificial pawns, launching a feigned assault against Leaf's first line of defense.
Attacking without penetrating, their goal was to wait for the mobile forces of Leaf's second line of defense to come for reinforcements!
After drawing out Leaf's main forces, the Sand Village's main force then launched a lightning strike against Leaf's headquarters!
After headquarters sent out the distress signal, the Leaf shinobi on the front lines reacted quickly, and their mobile forces began to disengage to rush back for reinforcements. But it wasn't that simple. While the Sand Village had few people left, they were determined to die, and they would delay the Leaf shinobi no matter what.
Therefore, some Leaf shinobi were still entangled with the Sand Village, making it difficult to quickly resolve the situation on that front.
Of course, this has nothing to do with Haori. He's just rushing towards headquarters as fast as he can. While he's conserving chakra, he's continuously using lightning chakra to maintain maximum speed. After running like this for about forty minutes, headquarters is now in sight, and his chakra is almost depleted...
He should be among the fastest of the reinforcements.
He can faintly hear the sounds of battle.
But that's not the important part.
The key is that he hears a roar like a wild beast.
Then, a colossal figure appears before his eyes.
The darkness can't hide its massive body. Its huge tail sweeps back and forth, its body is made of sand, and it has strange markings. It looks like a giant tanuki, and it has a signature, vast chakra like an ocean.
It has a sinister, corrosive chakra that ordinary people can't resist!
"One-Tail Shukaku!"
Haori unconsciously stops in his tracks and mutters the name.
The Sand Village has really gone all out. They've not only used 1000 troops as sacrificial pawns, but they've even deployed a Tailed Beast. Their goal is clear: to take out Leaf's headquarters. Once they've destroyed headquarters, they're confident they can turn around and wipe out the remaining Leaf shinobi who are now leaderless. If they win this battle, the Sand Village will be able to demand a ceasefire from Leaf as the victor. With the entire defense line crumbling, the Land of Fire and Leaf will have no choice but to agree!
After all, Leaf has more enemies than just the Sand Village, and they don't have the power to reorganize such a defense line.
As for the Sand Village, once this battlefield is stabilized, they can focus on dealing with the Stone Village.
Haori pauses for a moment, then, after realizing the situation, he dashes forward again.
Most of the shinobi are similar, not turning to flee upon seeing the Tailed Beast. While the Tailed Beast is certainly terrifying, for those who have fought on the frontline for so long, death is a common occurrence. Being killed by a Tailed Beast is no different from being killed by a simple shuriken.
From this distance, Haori can see where Kushina is. This isn't because he has a special connection with Kushina; it's because she's too conspicuous!
She's holding back the Tailed Beast.
Dozens of silver chains are particularly eye-catching against the night sky, especially since they firmly bind Shukaku.
This is Kushina's Adamantine Sealing Chains, and the starting point of the chains is where Kushina stands.
The Uzumaki clan's unique chakra possesses a peculiar power to suppress Tailed Beasts. On this battlefield, there might be those stronger than Kushina, but no one is more suitable for dealing with the Tailed Beast than her.
But this means her identity has been exposed.
Haori seems to have seen countless Sand shinobi swarming towards Kushina's location.
Shukaku's sharp roar echoes continuously. It had been confined to the altar for a long time, and now that it has been released, it was about to wreak havoc, but unexpectedly, it had been bound again!
Then, Haori spots the commander here, Tsunade.
Her Hundred Healings Technique has been deactivated, and a pile of puppet remains lay at her feet, with dust and dirt on her body.
At this moment, her opponent is her old adversary, Chiyo of the Sand Village, along with her Puppet Ten.
Such high-level combatants are holding each other back. If they were to charge into the crowd of ordinary shinobi, someone like Tsunade could essentially take them out with a single punch.
Haori has reached the edge of the battlefield. From the branches of a tree, he looks down at the battlefield. Shukaku is in the center, Kushina is at Shukaku's feet, and Tsunade is on the other side of the battlefield.
He lets out a gentle sigh. At this point, he has almost no chakra left, only enough for one Chidori Flow.
Haori lightly taps his foot, leaping from the tree into the battlefield. As he's in mid-air, a bright lightning aura begins to glow on his body!
Then, he charges towards Kushina's location without hesitation.
From the view above:
A ball of lightning is attempting to pierce the battlefield.
Soon, he will pierce the battlefield.
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