The wind whistled in my ears.

Kakashi Hatake's lungs felt like a punctured balloon, each breath accompanied by a burning pain.

The person carrying it on their shoulder is like a red-hot iron, heavy and scorching.

That was Sakuya Sengen's blood, which had already soaked through half of Kakashi's clothes, sticky and warm.

"cough……"

Qianxuan's body twitched unconsciously on his shoulder, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Kakashi could sense that this guy's life force was rapidly draining away.

His arms hung limply, swaying unnaturally with his running movements; the bones inside were probably shattered to pieces.

We have to hurry.

Kakashi gritted his teeth and squeezed out the last bit of chakra in his body, channeling it into his legs.

The pursuers behind them, like a pack of hyenas that had smelled blood, clung to them relentlessly.

boom!

A giant tree that required two people to encircle collapsed behind them with a roar, its massive rock fists slamming into the ground and kicking up clouds of dust.

It's that little mustache, Iwagakure.

A flicker of despair flashed in Kakashi's eyes.

You can't shake them off.

That guy's speed and strength far surpassed theirs.

"Feed...Kakashi..."

A faint, almost inaudible sound came from my shoulder.

Kakashi was taken aback.

"Put me down...walk by yourself."

Qianxuan's voice was intermittent and full of noise, like a radio with a poor signal.

"Shut up."

Kakashi's response was just two cold words.

"I...I don't want...to owe you a favor..."

"I said shut up!"

Kakashi let out a low growl, and his speed increased even further.

He remembered Obito's words.

"Anyone who doesn't appreciate their comrades is utter trash!"

I, Kakashi Hatake, am definitely not a piece of trash!

"Earth Release: Earth Rising Spear!"

A dozen sharp rock spears suddenly burst from the ground in front of him, blocking all his paths.

Kakashi's pupils contracted, and he forcibly twisted his body in mid-air, stepping on the tip of one of the rock spears to change direction.

But even in that brief delay, an immense pressure descended from behind.

"That's enough, you brats from Konoha."

Huang Tu's expressionless face appeared before Kakashi, and his fist, as big as a casserole dish and covered by a thick layer of rock, slammed towards Kakashi's face with an unparalleled momentum.

It’s over.

Only those two words remained in Kakashi's mind.

He instinctively swung Qianxuan off his shoulder and back, using his back to meet the fatal punch.

boom--!!!

An immense force instantly pierced through his body.

Click—click—click…

Kakashi could clearly hear the sound of his sternum cracking.

He and Qianxuan were like kites with broken strings, blasted into the air and then helplessly flying backward.

My field of vision is spinning rapidly.

Consciousness is being swallowed by darkness.

Is this... death...?

Father.

Just as Kakashi was about to completely lose consciousness.

The trident-shaped kunai in his ninja tool pouch, a gift from Minato-sensei, lit up without warning.

A golden flash disappeared in mid-air.

It was so fast that it seemed as if time itself had frozen in that moment.

next second.

A blond figure suddenly appeared in mid-air.

He first caught Kakashi, who was blasted away, and then turned around and, with an extremely precise and somewhat elegant movement, held another blood-covered figure in his arms.

Minato Namikaze, we've arrived.

He held the person in his arms and landed slowly. His golden hair swayed slightly in the breeze, and his blue eyes, which always carried a gentle smile, were now icy cold.

Huang Tu's fist stopped in mid-air.

All the pursuing Iwagakure ninjas were frozen in place, as if they had been frozen in place by a spell.

The yellow flash from Konoha!

What is he doing here?!

Did he single-handedly defeat the main force?

The atmosphere was so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.

On the battlefield, where you could hear a pin drop, the only sound was the rustling of leaves in the wind.

A faint groan came from her arms.

Minato lowered his head and looked at the person in his arms.

Sengen was covered in blood, his green Chunin vest had turned dark red, his arms hung limply at his sides, and his face was covered in blood, making him look extremely miserable.

Minato's heart sank.

So badly injured!

However, this person, who looked like he only had half a breath left, struggled to open his eyes, which were swollen shut.

He glanced at himself being held in Minato's arms in a "princess carry" position, and then at Minato's handsome face, which was filled with worry and anxiety.

Then, he grinned, forcing a smile that looked worse than a grimace, and spoke weakly.

"Minato...brother..."

"You're holding me like this..."

"Kushina-neechan...she...she won't be angry, will she?"

"..."

Minato's expression froze.

The expressions on the faces of the surrounding Iwagakure ninja also froze.

Even the cold-faced Huang Tu across from him couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth.

Has this guy... lost his mind?

Swish!Swish!Swish!

Just then, two figures rushed out from the woods not far away.

It was Obito and Rin who had just finished blowing up the bridge and rushed over to meet up.

They saw that Minato had arrived in time, and their faces had just shown the joy of surviving a disaster when, in the next second, they were stunned into silence by the bizarre scene before them.

There they saw their teacher, Minato, the legendary Yellow Flash, carrying the blood-soaked Sengen in a perfect princess carry.

Meanwhile, Senior Qianxuan, looking "weak," lay in his teacher's arms and asked that earth-shattering question.

The air seemed to freeze at that moment.

Nohara Rin's cheeks flushed red instantly, and she instinctively lowered her head, unable to look any further.

Senior... he's injured like this, how could he still...

Obito Uchiha's mouth was wide open, big enough to fit a fist.

He glanced at Teacher Minato, then at Sengen, his mind a complete mess.

Is this guy... really on an S-class mission?

Why does it feel like... we're performing some kind of strange traditional opera?

Kakashi, who had just regained some consciousness after being placed on the ground by Minato, almost fainted upon hearing these words.

That bastard...

What kind of time is this to make jokes like this!

The comrade that Kakashi Hatake risked his life to save was a complete idiot!

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