Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

Huang Tu shouted as he saw the poisonous smoke approaching.

Unfortunately, some Iwa ninja were unable to hold their breath immediately. After inhaling a little poisonous smoke, they immediately began to feel dizzy and lightheaded. Their companions had to divert their attention to take care of them and give them antidote pills.

"Retreat quickly, we're not far from the border of our Wind Kingdom."

While using the poisonous smoke to temporarily hold off the group of Iwa ninja, Chiyo shouted loudly.

Meanwhile, she kept a close eye on the mysterious enemy who had just used the Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique, waiting for the right moment to strike him with lightning speed.

"Could it be that bastard Hattori Masanari?"

Chiyo was extremely wary.

During the previous operation to rescue her son and daughter-in-law, that despicable Rain Ninja only sent one shadow clone to make the deal, causing her carefully prepared thunderous killing move to fail and preventing her from killing this hateful person.

Now, it's highly likely that the powerful water-style ninjutsu just now was unleashed by this hateful scoundrel.

After all, this person is extremely good at hiding. Maybe he had been hiding near the transaction location all along, and then he kept hiding after discovering that they, the Sand Village, were causing trouble. He tracked them all the way here, and now that he saw that their son and daughter-in-law were in a bad situation, he launched a sneak attack.

"You hateful bastard, you better not come out, or I'll definitely kill you right away."

Chiyo secretly hated it.

She no longer took Hattori Masashige, the Rain Ninja, seriously, because this was now within the Land of Birds, no longer the Land of Rain where it rained incessantly, and there were no large rivers around. Hattori Masashige's Water Release techniques could no longer be as powerful as they were in the Land of Rain.

In her eyes, Hattori Masanari, who left the Land of Rain, was just an elite Jonin with slightly stronger abilities.

She could easily defeat an opponent of this caliber if she focused on dealing with them.

Thanks to Chiyo's restraint on the Iwa ninja, the Sunagakure ninja finally got a precious respite, and they all continued to break through separately.

Akasuna and Sarashima knew that staying would only be a burden, so they also decisively chose a direction to break through.

However, with a large number of rock ninjas constantly watching the two of them, how could they possibly let them escape?

Huang Tu was the first to complete the hand seals and unleash the Earth Escape Technique: Earthquake Core.

In an instant, the ground beneath Akasago and Sarashima began to sink rapidly.

The two were already extremely familiar with the disgusting Earth Release ninjutsu used by the Iwa ninja to hinder the enemy's retreat, and had long since found corresponding countermeasures.

They rapidly shot out chakra threads from their fingers, entangling some trees and rocks nearby, and then quickly pulled the chakra threads to avoid being trapped underground.

However, their usual approach to dealing with the situation failed this time.

Suddenly, a series of air-cutting waves appeared, precisely severing the chakra threads they were controlling.

The chakra threads snapped, and the two immediately felt a sense of weightlessness, falling rapidly downwards.

Akasuna quickly manipulated the puppet to stab the rock wall with a weapon, then grabbed his wife's waist and used the puppet to stop them from falling.

After successfully stopping their fall, the two immediately used their feet to step on the rock face and quickly climbed up.

At the same time, they manipulated puppets to protect themselves.

Kirito had already taken away the puppets and ninja tools from the two of them. They had previously obtained two puppets with decent performance from Chiyo, but Suna had accidentally damaged one of the puppets she was controlling.

Now, the two only have three puppets left. Moreover, the poisoned hidden weapons on the puppets have been used up in the previous battle with the Iwa ninja. All that is left are the poisoned melee weapons and the mechanical shields on their bodies that can be used.

In addition, both of them were already at their physical limits, and their fighting power was less than 60% of their peak condition.

Sandstorm fared even worse. After losing a puppet, her combat power was less than 40% of her peak, and she had become a burden to Akasuna.

"Akasago, if I hold you back again, just leave me alone. I'll stay here to cover your retreat. I can't take it anymore, I can't stay with you any longer."

As Sarashita felt her body growing weaker and weaker, and her head began to feel dizzy again, she gritted her teeth and said sadly to Akasuna beside her.

"What are you saying? We barely survived from those awful Rain Ninja, how can we give up? Arashi, you must remember, Sasori is still waiting for us to come back home, we absolutely cannot give up."

Hearing his wife's voice filled with despair and sorrow, Akasa felt a pang in his heart, and then spoke loudly and forcefully.

When Sarashita heard Akashi mention Sasori, she couldn't help but think of the lovely person she missed so much. Tears welled up in her eyes, but her resolve hardened once more, reflected in her expression. She nodded to Akashi and said, "I understand. I won't say anything discouraging anymore."

"You two are still as loving as ever. Even at this time, you're still showing off your affection. It's really unbearable to watch."

Suddenly, a cold voice with a hint of mockery came from above.

Upon hearing this voice, the two, whose faces were already pale, turned completely bloodless, and a flash of hatred and fear appeared in their eyes.

They had heard that voice so many times in that small, dark cell that it was etched into their very being.

"Masari Hattori!"

Akasuna shouted through gritted teeth.

The next moment, the Rain Ninja, whom the two hated so much, appeared before them, standing on the edge of the rock wall above, looking down at them.

At the same time, he clapped his hands and sprayed a large amount of water from his mouth.

Water Release: Torrent Wave!

A massive waterfall instantly formed from the flow of water, cascading down over the heads of Akasago and Sarashima.

"hateful!"

Upon seeing this, Akasuna's expression changed drastically. He immediately pushed his wife aside and made her go to the opposite rock wall, then quickly formed hand seals.

Suddenly, a rock wall rose up from the ground beside it, blocking the waterfall that was coming straight at you.

Earth Escape·Earth Flow Wall!

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Akasuna quickly manipulated the puppet to take him to the opposite rock wall.

However, Kirito quickly formed hand seals, and the massive water flow created by the surging water surge instantly formed a water dragon that rushed towards Akasuna at high speed.

Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!

As the water dragon lunged at the red sand, a large number of lightning balls struck the water dragon first, shattering its body and timely resolving the crisis for the red sand. Furthermore, some lightning balls continued to be fired at Kirito.

It was Sandstorm who made the move.

Lightning Release: Lightning Ball!

"It seems that Water Release really requires a high degree of terrain advantage. I really wonder what level the Second Hokage's Water Release, which is not limited by terrain, is at."

Kirito sighed as he saw his Water Dragon Bullet Technique being broken.

After leaving the advantageous terrain of the Land of Rain, his Water Release ninjutsu was no longer as smooth and effortless as before, with a slight sense of stagnation, and its power also decreased.

He knew that this was because he had lost his geographical advantage and was unable to use the natural water to launch an attack.

However, his ninjutsu is not limited to water ninjutsu; it's time for his Hattori Masashige persona to demonstrate the power of his other ninjutsu to the world.

He clapped his hands, and a rising air current surged from beneath his feet, quickly forming a wind wall that blocked all the incoming lightning balls, including the rocks formed by Akazawa's Earth Release: Rock Gun Technique.

Wind Release: Wind Wall!

Then, he took a deep breath, clapped his hands again, and exhaled more than a dozen air slashes.

Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!

The air-cutting wave was fast and rapid, shooting towards the two at supersonic speed.

"Come here quickly, Lan!"

Seeing this, Akashi hurriedly said that he didn't have time to use Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall to defend himself. He decisively manipulated two puppets to block in front of him and instantly used Machine Light Shield Seal to form two thick chakra shields.

Sandstorm obediently rushed to Akasuna's side.

"Uh~"

A dozen or so air slashes struck the chakra shield, causing Akashi to let out a painful groan.

He had been fighting the Iwa ninja all the way since he ate the soldier pills, and his chakra was almost depleted. The Machine Light Shield Seal was undoubtedly a defensive technique that consumed a lot of chakra, and Kirito's attack had instantly reduced his chakra to its lowest point.

He's about to collapse.

Suddenly, a warm surge of chakra entered his body, giving him a jolt.

But a look of grief appeared on his face at that moment.

Because this warm chakra was given to him by his beloved wife, and he knew that Sarada's condition was even worse than his. Now that she was giving him the chakra she used to save her life, her own chances of survival were undoubtedly greatly reduced.

"That's enough, Lan, stop transferring chakra to me, stop now."

Akasuna couldn't help but shed tears and cried out in pain.

But this time, Sandstorm disobeyed and resolutely transferred the little chakra he had left to Red Sand.

Before this, she had already made up her mind that if she couldn't go back, she would entrust all her hope of living to Akasa.

At least one of them must survive to go back and take care of Scorpion, otherwise it would be too heartbreaking for her if Scorpion grew up without her parents. She didn't want Scorpion to grow up without her parents' company.

"You must return alive, Akasuna."

Sha Lan smiled weakly.

After saying that, she could no longer hold on. Her vision went black, and she fainted. Her legs, which she had been holding onto the rock wall with chakra, could no longer support her body, and she began to fall downwards.

Akasuna immediately wrapped her arms around Sarashima's waist.

He couldn't bear to watch his beloved wife die; even if it meant his own death, he would take her back with him.

"How touching. It's a pity that we are enemies, and you were the ones who provoked me first. Since you can't be the items in my deal with Iwagakure, then let's all die here together."

He coldly recounted the scene of Kirito and Akasago supporting each other through thick and thin in the face of danger.

As soon as he finished speaking, he took another deep breath, quickly formed hand seals, and prepared to use Wind Release: Vacuum Wave to finish off the two of them.

But as soon as he finished forming the hand seals, he immediately turned around, aimed at the sky, and spat out more than a dozen air slashing waves, shooting towards a Chikamatsu Ten-Man puppet wielding a large sword.

At the critical moment, Chiyo once again stepped in to save her son and daughter-in-law.

Under Chiyo's control, the puppet wielding a large sword swiftly swung the sword, which was covered in chakra, shattering all incoming air slashes and rushing towards Kirito.

During the process, a large number of wind bullets gushed out of its mouth!

Kirito had no choice but to immediately use Water Release: Water Wall to defend himself, blocking the incoming wind bullets and quickly retreating.

At the same time, he shouted, "Mr. Huangtu, don't just stand by and watch, let's deal with these despicable Sand Ninja together!"

"Hmph, only now do you realize you need to work together to deal with the Sand Ninja? Where were you all this time?"

Upon hearing the voice of Hattori Masanari, played by Kirito, Huang Tu cursed inwardly, his expression utterly cold, showing no gratitude whatsoever for Kirito's intervention in holding off Akasago and Sarashima.

It wasn't just Huang Tu who thought this way; the other Iwa ninja felt the same way. They had absolutely no liking for Kirito, this guy who suddenly appeared and wanted to pick up the kills.

However, their lack of affection for Kirito did not prevent them from joining forces with him to fight against Sunagakure.