Naruto the Genius

Chapter 188 Silver Rod
Hidan started laughing and said, "You got the order wrong." Asuma looked around and said, "Where's the other one?" Another man in a black robe and a mask suddenly appeared behind Shikamaru and punched him hard. Shikamaru, feeling the huge threat, immediately rolled to the side. The punch landed on the ground with a loud bang, showing that the force was extraordinary.

Shikamaru was indeed the best at running away. In this unexpected situation, he still managed to dodge Kakuzu's attack. Kakuzu wanted to continue attacking, but Asuma had already rushed to Shikamaru's side at the fastest speed, and shouted, "Izumo, Kotetsu." At this moment, several people gathered together and formed a formation, and the shadow seam technique that bound Hidan was also released. Kakuzu said, "It's the one in the middle. It's rare that you have a connection with money, Hidan."

Kakuzu pulled the strange weapon back to his hand through the strange rope and said, "Kakuzu, don't interfere. Let me use them for the ritual. As for the money, I'll give it to you." Hearing the conversation between the two, Shikamaru immediately learned that one of the two was called Kakuzu and the other was called Hidan. Kakuzu said, "That's great, but don't be careless, you will die." Hidan said, "I told you, don't say that to me." His feet began to move, using the blood from the injury just now to draw a circle on the ground with a triangle in the middle of the circle.

Asuma and the others could not understand this move. And Hidan continued: "If you can kill me, I'm looking forward to it. But it's probably impossible." Asuma said to Shikamaru: "I will go first, you wait for an opportunity to use the shadow stitching technique to bind the unkillable man. Just bind him for a while, I will immediately chop off his head and make him unable to move." Shikamaru said: "This is too risky, it's not your style at all." Zitie said: "I will go too."

Asuma said sternly: "Don't you understand? This is the best way right now!" Shikamaru also realized something. This was the first time he saw Asuma's expression. Asuma's face was already covered with sweat, and he said seriously: "They are much stronger than us. Izumo, Zitetsu, you must pay close attention to the movements of the other member of Akatsuki, and then cover Shikamaru." Izumo said: "Since we know the strength of the opponent, why take risks? Let's retreat for the time being and re-plan the tactics." Asuma said: "Do you think we can retreat easily? If we retreat without a fight, it is very likely that the whole army will be wiped out, and Konoha will fall into a greater crisis." At this time, a gust of wind blew, and the Konoha side with more people seemed to be wiped out at any time.

Asuma said calmly: "Sometimes, the vanguard that breaks through the enemy's formation also needs to make such a move." Izumo and Zitetsu naturally couldn't hear it, but Shikamaru understood the meaning of Asuma's words. He remembered that when he played shogi with Asuma, this move was called Bangyin, using the silver general to break through the enemy's formation, but in this way, the silver general would be eaten. However, Asuma has always hated this way of playing. Only when facing a master will he have to take such a measure. Shikamaru thought to himself: "Is Asuma going to sacrifice himself?"

Shikamaru simply estimated the enemy's strength. One was a man of unknown strength, and the other was immortal. His side was indeed at a disadvantage. However, Shikamaru could not accept letting Asuma be abandoned. Shikamaru once again thought of the time when Asuma taught him to play shogi. At that time, he mastered it in just ten minutes, and defeated Asuma with the help of the stick. Shikamaru thought to himself: "Could it be that the enemy is so strong that we must make sacrifices to win? Originally, we Chunins could not pose a threat to those guys. Not only that, Asuma has to protect us while fighting, which is a completely overwhelming disadvantage. Just like Asuma said, there is a high possibility that the whole army will be wiped out."

Shikamaru's brain began to work quickly, looking for a better way. Indeed, if someone is needed to act as bait, a Chunin is completely incapable of doing so. The only one who can do it alone is Asuma. Shikamaru said to Asuma, "You are not suitable to be a stick silver." Asuma said, "I will not simply be a discarded pawn, because you are here." Shikamaru thought to himself, "It's really embarrassing. I can't be a bait, nor can I pose a threat to the enemy. It seems that I can only contain the enemy." And Hidan, impatiently said, "Is the combat meeting over?"

As he said this, he pulled out the knife that was stuck in his vitals and said, "It hurts so much. You guys are so cruel. God will punish you for not understanding the pain of others." As he said this, he had already pulled out the two knives on his body and held them in his hands ready to attack. Shikamaru made hand seals to prepare for the Shadow Seam Technique, and Asuma also picked up his chakra knife and prepared to attack.

The two sides soon came into contact, and the first time the blades touched, the knife that Hidan had just pulled out of his body was broken. Shikamaru's shadow seam technique was also activated, and the black shadow kept catching Hidan's figure. Seeing the weapon in his hand was broken, Hidan said: "Not a bad weapon." In order to avoid being caught by the shadow, he jumped up and threw a kunai at Asuma. But Asuma swung the short sword in his hand, and the kunai shattered directly. Hidan immediately threw his own strange weapon again. Due to the huge size of the weapon, Asuma could not block it and dodged it sideways.

Hidan's strange weapon was nailed to the ground, and Shikamaru's Shadow Seam Technique was about to catch him. Who knew that Hidan pulled the rope in his hand, and his body shot out quickly, and Shikamaru's shadow could only chase behind. Hidan also understood that he would be in trouble if he was hit by Shikamaru's move. At this time, Asuma attacked him again, and Hidan immediately took out another weapon. Asuma rushed over, thinking confidently in his heart: "No matter how many times, I will cut it off." Indeed, after Asuma's chakra knife was integrated into the nature change of wind attribute, it became extremely sharp.

In this contact, Asuma once again cut off the weapon in his opponent's hand. However, not only can Hidan attack with ordinary weapons in his left hand, but he can also use that strange weapon with his right hand to attack from all angles. Asuma also has to constantly dodge his huge weapon. In this contact, Asuma has stood on the same side as Shikamaru and the others. Seeing Hidan constantly dodging Shikamaru's Shadow Seam Technique, Asuma thought to himself: "Shikamaru, keep it up. The opponent has to deal with the Shadow Seam Technique while fighting. The situation is in our favor."

Shikamaru, who was better at analysis and strategizing, was thinking: "My Shadow Seaming Technique can indeed help Asuma gain the upper hand, and it is correct as a basic tactic. But it is meaningless to just gain the upper hand. The opponent is immortal, and our chakra and life are limited. If we don't catch him, the battle will be meaningless." Seeing that Hidan was rushing over again, Shikamaru didn't have time to think about it and could only use the Shadow Seaming Technique again.

(End of this chapter)