Naruto: I've already fought against all five Kage, and the system only just arrived.

Karamatsu Dance!

Kimimaro, whose body was covered in bone spurs, moved his eyes and began to spin and dance at high speed, gracefully yet cruelly clearing away all the crows around him.

This is not over yet.

Kimimaro suddenly swung the long whip along his spine backward.

"caught you!"

Itachi Uchiha's true form happened to appear there.

Tear!

Blood flew everywhere.

Bone spurs pierced through Itachi Uchiha's palm.

Just as Kimimaro was about to take another step forward.

Itachi Uchiha's calm voice rang out: "Are you sure what you're seeing is real?"

Kimimaro's pupils contracted as he suddenly sensed something and abruptly looked up.

Before I knew it, the once clear sky above my head was replaced by a blood-red hue.

A pair of ominous Sharingan eyes were coldly looking down at him.

"Illusion? When?"

Kimimaro's expression changed, and he was very puzzled, as he clearly hadn't made eye contact with the Sharingan.

Uchiha Itachi appeared in the air, his undamaged hand touching the ring on his other hand, and looked down at Kimimaro, saying:

Welcome to Minecraft.

"Meat bomb tank!"

Amidst the crashing of trees, Choji Akimichi, empowered by the Multiply Technique, transformed into a rapidly spinning sphere, billowing smoke as he charged menacingly towards the enemy ahead.

"Disperse!"

Kidomaru and Tayuya, who were on the only way, dodged to the left and right.

A long shadow had already spread from Nara Shikamaru's feet to the human bomb tank.

Nara Shikamaru ran to the left.

The flesh-filled tank, which should have rolled straight forward, strangely shifted to the left and crashed headfirst into Tayuya, whose face was full of astonishment.

"Tu Escape·Tu Lu Returns!"

A large stone slab was turned up from the ground and placed in front of Tayuya.

Although it was quickly rammed by the human-powered tank.

However, the lingering power of the human-bomb battlefield was forcefully suppressed by the burly Jirobo.

"Tayuya, pay more attention."

Jirobo, who was holding onto the human bomb tank with both hands, didn't forget to turn around and remind his companion.

Tayu also scoffed in annoyance.

If we hadn't expended some energy on a Konoha squad earlier, dealing with these brats wouldn't have required so much trouble.

"Let's go together!"

Naruto's army, formed by multiple shadow clones, charged forward, eager for battle.

Just as Tayuya was about to play her flute, a sharp whooshing sound rang out, and Hyuga Neji quickly closed in.

"Troublesome Gentle Fist!"

Tayuya muttered something to herself, unwilling to get close to Neji, and quickly retreated.

Despite the Hyuga clan's relatively low profile in Naruto, they are never involved in the real battles between the strongest individuals.

However, in reality, the vast majority of normal ninjas in the ninja world do not want to encounter Hyuga ninjas who possess the Byakugan and are skilled in Gentle Fist.

Being struck by Gentle Fist not only disrupts the body's chakra meridian system but also damages internal organs.

Whether a hole in the skin or a hole in the internal organs is more serious, everyone knows the answer.

Tayuya's body shot backward.

Zuo Jin was being bothered by a man and a dog.

They saw that a huge number of Naruto's army was charging towards them.

Kidomaru, having regained his balance, opened his mouth.

As his chakra was depleted, small spider webs were created from his mouth and continuously spat out, like blooming flowers, enveloping the charging Naruto army one by one.

boom! boom! boom!

Puffs of white smoke kept exploding on the battlefield.

The battle continues.

Although they were caught off guard by the Sound Four at the beginning, they were still the Konoha Twelve.

Under the emergency tactics that the team had already devised.

Shikamaru, Neji, Kiba, Choji, and the usually unreliable Naruto worked together seamlessly this time, quickly turning the tide and engaging the Sound Four in battle.

Since Sasuke isn't around, there's no need to worry about the sealing container being broken, unlike in the original story.

The Sound Four went all out this time, quickly taking down the Konoha squad that was sticking to them like glue, before turning back to chase Sasuke.

Instead of leaving them to dry out one by one by adding fuel to the fire.

Therefore, the Shikamaru squad, under considerable pressure, did not choose to split up as a suicidal move.

After a period of fighting, the Sound Four realized that they had clearly underestimated this group of genin brats in front of them, who, apart from their leader, weren't even wearing Konoha green vests.

"This chakra level! Are all the genin in Konoha this outrageous?"

Seeing Naruto's army, which seemed to be on steroids and was attacking again, Kidomaru's eyelids twitched violently, and he couldn't help but complain.

With a kick, Sakon sent the transformed and grown Akamaru flying. His expression was stern as he said, "We can't delay any longer. Enter Cursed Seal state."

"Activating the curse seal again in such a short time is bad for your health," Tayuya said, pursing her lips.

Of course, despite saying that, the Sound Four still activated their Cursed Seal at the same time.

Eerie black lines instantly spread across their entire bodies.

Neji rolled his eyes at him.

Noticing that the Sound Four's chakra reserves, strength, and speed would increase exponentially, and even their chakra would become extremely malevolent and cold, he quickly warned them:

"Be careful, these guys have used some kind of secret technique, and their strength is much greater than before."

"Just like Sasuke back then." Naruto suddenly remembered how Sasuke looked when his body was covered in strange black lines.

"This is trouble."

As the team captain, Nara Shikamaru frowned as he quickly took in the information on the battlefield.

The Sound Four's strength exceeded his expectations.

"Now, we just hope that the ninjas from the nearby villages who see the distress signal will arrive as soon as possible."

Otherwise, even if they defeated the Sound Four here, they wouldn't have the strength to chase Sasuke.

"Hahaha! You brats of Konoha, prepare for your doom!"

Jirobo, whose personality seemed to have been affected by the cursed seal, roared arrogantly.

Amidst the earth-shaking roar, an even fiercer battle erupted once more.

A quarter of an hour later, seeing that the Sound Four had entered Cursed Seal State 2 despite their physical injuries, making the fight increasingly difficult, and even with some seriously injured members of the team, Shikamaru's expression became particularly grave.

Finally, reinforcements arrived.

Boom~~

A massive amount of sand rose from the ground, transforming into an enormous shield that blocked the attacks of the Sound Four.

"It's them?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Shikamaru's eyes.

Soon, a familiar female voice rang in his ears: "At the invitation of Konoha, the Sand Village reinforcements have officially arrived."

Shikamaru turned his head and saw Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara appear in front of the team.

"I didn't expect it to be you guys," he finally said with a sigh of relief.

Temari explained with a smile, "Konoha is short-handed, so as an ally, the Sand Village naturally has to help. Also, thanks to your distress signal, we avoided many detours."

Thanks to Shikamaru's initial delay and signal for help, the Sand Village rescue team arrived much earlier.

Shikamaru looked around at his teammates, who were all unharmed despite their serious injuries. As the team leader for the first time, he finally felt a little relieved.

However, regarding Sasuke...

Thinking of something, Shikamaru looked at Naruto, who was still full of energy.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 66 Kisame: Look who I see?

"Naruto!"

Shikamaru looked at Naruto, who was completely unharmed—or rather, who had recovered from his injuries very quickly.

Right now, aside from the Sand Village rescue team that just arrived, Naruto is the only one among them who still has all his fighting strength intact.

"What's wrong, Shikamaru?"

Naruto, who was about to team up with Gaara and the others to defeat the Sound Four, turned around and asked in confusion.

Shikamaru took a deep breath, looked around the scene, and decided, "Naruto, you don't need to participate in this battle anymore. Set off immediately to find Sasuke."

"Sasuke."