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"You should go help too. The three of you shouldn't have any problem holding off a Kage-level opponent!" Kitahara Kaede said.

“Sir! Our orders are to protect you, and I will not leave you under these circumstances!” the man said, looking at Kitahara Kaede with unwavering eyes.

“You can’t help me here. Although I can’t move much right now, you should know that my taijutsu is actually better than my ninjutsu,” Kitahara Kaede said.

The other person still had a serious expression and showed no intention of leaving.

Meanwhile, the situation for the two on the other side was getting worse and worse. Their opponents were stronger and had better recovery abilities than them. In addition, the dragon vein had provided them with no damage whatsoever. So, the two of them were already struggling to keep up with each other in a prolonged fight.

"Sigh!" Kitahara Kaede sighed. The guard seemed to feel a blur before his eyes, and then he saw Kitahara Kaede waving at him.

"This!" The guard was surprised to see that the Leaf Village badge on his body had fallen into Kitahara Kaede's hands. He hadn't noticed it at all, or rather, he was only momentarily dazed.

“Go!” Kitahara Kaede said with a smile.

A look of hesitation crossed the guard's face.

"Don't worry, if I can't even handle this little bit of stuff here, how am I supposed to deal with the Otsutsuki later? Don't worry, if anything really happens, I'll risk getting injured to turn this place upside down," Kitahara Kaede said again.

"Alright! Lord Kitahara, please be careful!"

"You lot, take good care of Lord Kitahara. If anything happens to him, none of us will survive, understand?" the guard said fiercely to the villagers beside him.

The villagers' grim expressions and the feeling of being threatened were extremely unpleasant, but since they were now living under someone else's roof, they dared not say anything.

"Don't worry, we will definitely protect this gentleman!" the villager promised, and at that moment the guards rushed to the battlefield.

“Alright, let’s not sit idly by. Look over here!” Kitahara Kaede said, pointing to a stone lion on the side.

"This way?" The villager looked puzzled. At this moment, Kitahara Kaede pointed to the feet of the stone lion again. It looked as if colorful clouds were carved under the stone lion.

"Wait a minute! How can something carved from stone have this color!"

"This! It's the power of the dragon vein!" the villager exclaimed.

"Hurry up and get to work!" Kitahara Kaede urged with a helpless expression, as the pressure of dealing with the puppets over there was getting greater and greater.

At the beginning, when you have enough power, it's fine, but when you run out of chakra, it will probably be really dangerous.

"Oh! Okay!" The villagers immediately sprang into action, even forgetting to ask Kitahara Kaede how he had discovered this place.

Kitahara Kaede stood beside them, watching the villagers intently. The movements they made looked similar to sealing techniques, but there was a difference in their intentions. It seemed that their power was somewhat similar to that of the dragon vein.

"So that's how it is!" Kitahara Kaede nodded repeatedly as he watched the other person's actions.

"M-Master! No, our strength is not enough!" The villager said hurriedly, his forehead soon covered in sweat.

"No way? I think your sealing technique is quite ingenious. As long as Mayor Wan, the opening of the dragon vein here should be able to be sealed, right?" Kitahara Kaede said doubtfully.

"Hmm? Does Your Excellency also know about the Dragon Vein Sealing Technique?" the villager asked in confusion.

“I don’t understand the Dragon Vein Sealing Technique, but I do know a bit about sealing techniques. Judging from your methods, this sealing technique should not have been fully executed yet,” Kitahara Kaede said.

"My lord!" The villager's face showed embarrassment. "Only the village's holy maiden knows this complete sealing technique, and we haven't heard of any other methods besides ours. Even the holy maiden can only unleash a more powerful sealing effect because of the power of her bloodline."

"What?" Kitahara Kaede looked at the cave entrance in front of him. It had been gradually shrinking due to the effect of the sealing technique, but now it was about to be broken again. Moreover, if it was broken this time, the powerful force would probably be even more turbulent, which could even cause the dragon veins in this area to erupt.

"Damn it, you guys treat this little skill like a treasure, keeping it hidden away? It's utterly useless when you really need it!" Kitahara Kaede said angrily.

Chapter 629 As expected of a fourth generation's personal guard

The villagers wore embarrassed expressions.

"You can't blame us for this. Who would have thought this would happen? You're so capable, why don't you solve it?" one of the villagers said to Kitahara Kaede.

"Me!" Kitahara Kaede's face showed even more intense anger. If he could take action himself, why would he need to rely on these people? He could just kill the opponent's puppet directly. Even if his regenerative ability was strong, he didn't believe that the puppet could recover after being completely annihilated.

"Lord Kitahara! You'd better hurry up if you're going to do anything!" The guards shouted at Kitahara Kaede, indicating that things had clearly reached a dangerous point.

"Damn it!" Kitahara Kaede cursed under his breath and immediately began drawing on the ground.

"What are you doing?" The villager's face showed curiosity, which then changed drastically.

"How is this possible! How could you possibly have mastered the sealing technique of our village!"

"Shut up!" Kitahara Kaede snapped, clearly not in the mood for idle chatter.

“I can remember this kind of trash after just one look!” Kitahara Kaede said.

"You! You're bragging! You!" The villagers wanted to say something more, but then they saw that what Beiyuan Feng had drawn was something they had never seen before, and it looked completely natural with the previous formation without any strangeness.

A while later.

"It seems this is all I can do. After all, this sealing technique is too incomplete. I just don't know if this level is enough!" Kitahara Kaede thought to himself.

"You all, follow these instructions!" Kitahara Kaede said to the villagers beside him.

"Following this? Will there be any problems?" Although the villagers felt that the sealing technique seemed perfect, they were still skeptical because it was created casually by this "unreliable" person.

"Why all the nonsense! Just do as I say!" Kitahara Kaede said angrily, after all, it was true that people who weren't his own people had poor execution skills.

"You!" The villager was about to say something when the man who had been talking to Kitahara Kaede and the others made a decisive statement: "Do as this sir says!"

A group of villagers nearby began to move their hands. In the air, a black shadow seemed to transform into a nimble snake, spinning continuously. At the same time, the black snake was constantly molting, and slowly it even grew four limbs.

The dragon energy around them began to decrease rapidly.

"Hou!" The puppet over there seemed to have noticed something and let out a roar-like sound, then charged towards Kitahara Kaede without regard for anything else.

Kitahara Kaede's expression turned grim. The danger level here had increased several times over in an instant. He wondered if these villagers could withstand it.

"Everyone, give it your all! Almost there!" the village leader shouted, and everyone around him was working at full speed.

The shadow became more solid, and the dragon energy was finally reduced to a small dot before landing on the dragon claw.

"Get out of the way!" a villager shouted. At that moment, people nearby hurriedly left their original positions. Almost at the same instant, the puppet's huge arm fell to the ground, causing a sizable crack in the ground.

"Phew! It seems there are still some redeeming qualities." Kitahara Kaede said, looking at the panicked villagers.

"We'll just wear him down little by little!" Kitahara Kaede said to the guards over there.

"Don't worry, Lord Kitahara, leave this to us!" The three of them instantly took their stances and then rushed forward, using their shuriken and kunai to open a small hole in the puppet.

"Whoosh!" A flame suddenly shot out from the silk thread and then burned fiercely.

"Boom!" With a soft explosion, the puppet stopped in place.

"push lightly!"

"Boom!" His body parts began to fall off rapidly.

"We have fulfilled our mission!" the three said as they returned to Kitahara Kaede's front.

"As expected of a fourth-generation bodyguard, he was able to find the opponent's weakness so quickly," Kitahara Kaede praised.

"Actually, it was all just a casual investigation we did earlier. If this thing hadn't recovered at such an astonishing speed, we would have killed it long ago," the guard said.

“Exactly, although they have Kage-level strength, their adaptability is just too poor,” another person said.

Kitahara Kaede nodded without saying much. The villagers on the side seemed to be thinking about something, but they didn't say anything and Kitahara Kaede didn't ask either.

"Shall we continue?" the guard asked, looking at Kitahara Kaede.

“No need. The Otsutsuki and his group must have taken a different route, otherwise they would have already taken care of this place. Our goal is to find out the Otsutsuki's destination, so what we need next is of no value to us,” Kitahara Kaede said.

Using a space-time ninjutsu, Kitahara Kaede and the others returned to the outside of the gate; this path was now blocked for them.

He turned and walked in another direction. The villagers next to him had a hesitant look on their faces, but they didn't say a word.

"This place feels very similar to the places we passed through before, and there seems to be a faint dragon aura here!" the guard said, looking at Kitahara Kaede.

"Yes, that's right. This place should be similar to where we were just now. We can sense some residual dragon energy here!" Kitahara Kaede said, pointing to the side.

"It seems the correct route isn't safe either. I wonder how the Otsutsuki and his men got through here," the guard said.

"Could they also know sealing techniques?" a villager interjected.

Kitahara Kaede shook his head: "It's very simple, just use your own aura to suppress it directly."

"Violent suppression? Dragon veins are extremely violent; they can be ignited and erupt violently if not handled carefully. How can they be violently suppressed?" the villager said in disbelief.

"Raging? That depends on who (Li Ma Zhao) encountered. The rage of the dragon vein is nothing compared to the Ōtsutsuki!" Kitahara Kaede said, continuing to walk inside.

At this moment, in outer space of the ninja world, Naruto and Sasuke were traveling through.

Sasuke had been quite silent the whole way, and Naruto said something after seeing this.

"I never expected to find something like this on our side. A spatial portal? That's what Kitahara-kun said, right?"

"How about we send a clone over to check on the Otsutsuki side later?" Naruto suggested to Sasuke.

“I advise you not to have any other ideas. We’re going out this time to see if anything has changed over there. Our strength is far inferior to that of the Otsutsuki, so it’s best to be careful,” Sasuke said.

Then it will return to its previous state.

"Don't worry, Itachi is so strong, he'll be fine," Naruto said again upon seeing this.

Chapter 630 Itachi's Experience

"If nothing had happened, he would have returned to the ninja world long ago, and we wouldn't have been completely silent until now. I just hope his troubles aren't too great," Sasuke said calmly.

"You're right, don't worry. Let's speed things up so we can help if anything happens!" Naruto said, suddenly increasing his speed.

Seeing Naruto's speed, Sasuke stopped talking and rushed forward quickly. The two looked more like they were having a duel.

Several hours passed quickly. Just as they were about to pass the place where Kitahara Kaede and the others had killed the Otsutsuki, a figure stumbled and rushed towards them from afar.

"Hmm! Who is it!" Naruto immediately looked over cautiously.

"It's Itachi!"

"Otosan!" Sasuke shouted as he rushed forward.

Itachi looked even more miserable than after his fight with Kitahara Kaede. His clothes looked brand new and had obviously been changed, but there was still a lot of blood on his body, and some wounds had not yet healed.

At this moment, the chakra in his body was pitifully low.

"How could this happen! Did something happen in 547?!" Sasuke said, looking at Itachi's appearance, while also taking out a bottle of medicine in his hand. This thing was similar to what Kitahara Kaede had taken before.

"Odosan, eat this first, it will help with your injuries," Sasuke said, while also regretting not bringing Sakura or Karin this time. Although he and Naruto were good at fighting and teamwork, their medical skills were absolutely terrible.

Without saying anything, Itachi grabbed the potion and drank it down in one gulp.

"Phew!" He finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his expression improved considerably.

"Go quickly and tell Kitahara Kaede that the Otsutsuki clan has noticed something amiss on our side, and they'll be here in a while!" Itachi said.

"What! Otsutsuki? How is that possible? Are they back again?!" Naruto's expression changed drastically.

"Let's talk as we go!" Itachi knew from their expressions that they wouldn't give up easily unless he explained what had happened. He had recovered a bit, so he decided to give them a brief explanation on the way.

"Otosan, I'm here to take you!" (bddg) Sasuke said, then his eyes suddenly transformed into Mangekyou Sharingan, and Susanoo appeared out of thin air, carrying the two of them towards the direction of the ninja world.

At this moment, Itachi Uchiha finally had a chance to breathe a sigh of relief and slowly recovered in the air.

"What on earth happened to Itachi?!" Naruto couldn't help but exclaim.

"Naruto! Let Old Man rest for a bit," Sasuke said.

Itachi Uchiha shook his head: "It's alright. The medicine you brought was very useful. My chakra has been partially restored. Now that Sasuke is with me, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief."

"You know that I separated from Kitahara Kaede before to destroy the space portal over there," Itachi Uchiha said, while Naruto and Sasuke nodded.

"That place wasn't far from here. It would only take about two days to travel there at full speed. Soon I saw a huge building with bright light shining from it."

"Under that light, the chakra within my body became restless; it was clearly no ordinary power. I thought that as long as I went over there and destroyed the formation, I would be fine, but I didn't expect this!"

"Otsutsuki!" Itachi Uchiha paused for a moment before saying it.

"I didn't expect there to be several Otsutsuki guarding that formation over there."

"Yes! To be precise, there are four!"

"The moment I saw them, I knew things were going to get complicated. I was thinking of coming back to discuss with Kitahara Kaede to see if there was any chance, but then I saw two of the Otsutsuki members leave in a hurry as if something had happened!"

“I lurked next to them until I was sure those two wouldn’t come back.”

"You've been discovered?" Naruto suddenly interrupted.

“No! Those two Otsutsuki are not at the level we encountered before, they didn’t notice me!” Itachi Uchiha said.

Naruto looked puzzled, and then his eyes widened in surprise.

"I jumped out of there myself!"

"what!"

“I already confirmed it when I was there. This spatial array is not stable, and my power is enough to completely destroy it in a short time!” Itachi Uchiha said.