Chapter 43
"I know very well." Naruto looked at Sasuke with a firm face, "Because I know, Sasuke, you will definitely become a powerful ninja, not because you are Uchiha Sasuke, but because you are my friend, I believe you." Sasuke widened his eyes, not knowing what to say for a while. He supported Naruto's body and covered his neck with one hand, where there were three magatama-formed curse seals. It seemed like a long time had passed, and Sasuke suddenly asked, "Naruto, why do you have such a strong power? Aren't you afraid that this power will devour you?"
"No." Naruto answered without hesitation, "No matter how strong this power is, it is not my power. It is my own dream to become a Hokage. I will not rely on anyone. I borrow this power because I am too weak now. I need to use this power to protect the village."
"Like Kurama said, no matter how strong his power is, it is still him, not me."
No matter how strong the power is, it is still 'him', not me... right?
Sasuke suddenly laughed, yes, he laughed, and laughed very easily.
He loosened his hand that was covering his neck, somewhat helplessly: "Even you know, I didn't figure it out."
After saying that, without waiting for Naruto to refute, his face turned into a firm look: "I promise you Naruto, if you can no longer be a ninja, I will become the Hokage to protect the village, swear in the name of... Uchiha!"
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Shukaku didn't make any moves, he just stood there and watched Kakashi and the other two come to him. He didn't need to think about what these three guys wanted to do, they must want to seal him in the name of "protecting the village".
His mind was full of what Kurama said, and what he wanted to do most was to catch Kurama and ask him what he meant by attacking Konoha? He didn't have that idea, Kaguya Otsutsuki was more important than Konoha.
As for Gaara, his situation was not very good now. Gaara had been seriously injured by the frontal attack of the Tailed Beast Ball, and now Shukaku broke through the seal and ran out. Gaara's body was already broken, but he would not die because Shukaku was hanging on.
The current situation is that Gaara is unable to seal Shukaku back and must rely on external forces. The three jonin present are very strong, but none of them can seal Shukaku back.
Kakashi and the other two landed not far in front of Shukaku. Asuma raised his ninja tool and looked at Kakashi: "Kakashi, you take charge."
Asuma's brain is not suitable for command, and Kurenai is similar. The most suitable commander at present is Kakashi. Kakashi himself also understands this. He nodded and said directly: "Krenai's illusion has little effect on the tailed beasts. You fight as harassment on the side. Asuma, the two of us will intercept them head-on."
"Understood." Kurenai nodded and disappeared from the spot. She also knew that her illusion was not very useful for the tailed beasts, and harassment on the side would not interfere with Asuma and Kakashi.
"According to Konoha records, the chakra of the One-Tail is wind, and it uses the special bloodline limit magnetic escape. Asuma, pay attention to the wind escape support." Kakashi's Sharingan stared at Shukaku, and his voice was neither hurried nor slow. "I will use earth escape as the main attack. Lightning escape is restrained by wind escape, and I should not be able to cause too much damage to him."
"But our goal is just to delay this monster." Asuma threw down the cigarette in his mouth, "Shikamaru has already notified the village, and the support should arrive soon."
Kakashi nodded. Their goal was not to seal Shukaku, and they couldn't do it anyway. The best solution at present is that Kakashi uses earth escape to delay Shukaku's steps, Asuma supports, and Red interferes.
Just drag Shukaku here and prevent him from entering the range of Konoha.
The battle begins!
"Earth escape, Great Earthquake Core!"
Kakashi's understanding of earth escape is indeed very strong. A Great Earthquake Core made an earthquake posture, and huge rock barriers rose on both sides, sandwiching Shukaku in the middle.
"Wind Style: Beast Wave Fiery Wind Palm!"
Asuma slashed with his chakra blades, and two huge wind currents turned into wild beasts and fell on Shukaku. Combined with the earth style attack, Shukaku was trapped in it for a while.
Shukaku was very unhappy now. He had a bad temper to begin with, and he was not going to argue with these guys, but now he could not tolerate it anymore. A group of little bugs bullied him, and he could still retreat?
"Two bugs!" Shukaku yelled.
, stretched out his hands to block the rock barriers coming from both sides, opened his mouth and fired an air cannon at Asuma in front, "Wind Style: Air Training Bullet!"
Kakashi and Asuma's faces changed drastically, and they turned around to avoid Shukaku's attack at the same time, but the attack range of the air training bullet was too large. Even if they avoided the frontal attack, the aftermath of the subsequent air training bullets falling on the ground and exploding was difficult to avoid. The two could only protect their heads and try to ensure their own safety.
Interrupting the attacks of Kakashi and Asuma, Shukaku directly put his hands together: "Ninjutsu: Desert Layer Burial!"
This move... As mentioned before, when Gaara used the tailed beast chakra, its power was enough to submerge the entire forest, and now it was Shukaku himself who used this move. Anyway, let alone anything else, the sand waves hundreds of meters high would make people feel desperate even if they were far away.
Asuma never thought that the gap would be so big. He might feel pain when he hit Shukaku's face with a ninjutsu, but if the opponent hit him with a ninjutsu, the whole Konoha would be gone.
Although this place is still some distance away from Konoha, such a huge ninjutsu will definitely affect Konoha, and they can't even find a way to block this move. Is this the tailed beast? Is this a natural disaster?
Asuma fell to the ground and looked at Konoha in the distance behind him. He didn't dodge, but gritted his teeth and made seals with both hands: "Wind Style·Multiple Wind Walls!"
Kakashi landed beside him, without any hesitation in his eyes: "Earth Style·Multiple Earth Flow Walls!"
Hong also came behind the two of them. She couldn't attack Shukaku, but she still knew a little defensive ninjutsu: "Water Style·Water Array Wall!"
Can't block it!
The three of them alone couldn't block this move.
Kakashi gritted his teeth and tried hard to maintain the earth flow wall, but under the impact of the surging sea of sand, the earth flow wall was like mud washed by the sea, and it turned into muddy water in an instant and disappeared.
Seeing the sea of sand approaching, Kakashi's eyes almost popped out, and the Sharingan in his eyes kept spinning faster and faster, even giving the illusion of being connected.
However, at this moment, a huge figure fell from the sky. A huge fox with a little red and gold stood in front of them, holding a purple tailed beast jade in its mouth, and nine tails swaying slowly behind it.
In the sealed space, Kurama looked solemn: "Naruto, think about it. Your body cannot heal itself after being burned by my chakra. You may lose your ability as a ninja."
In the center of the giant fox's head, Naruto and Sasuke supported each other, black magatama lines stretched out from Sasuke's neck, and huge chakra slowly flowed out of Sasuke's body. Unlike before, even with such a huge chakra, Sasuke's face did not change at all, as if the pain had disappeared, and only the cold killing intent remained.
Naruto raised his mouth. Wrapped in such a powerful Nine-Tails Chakra, his body did not change at all. Only the seal on his stomach continued to seep out red chakra: "Kuroma, I'm sorry, but... I want to protect the village!"
The skin gradually fell off, and the blood mixed with the chakra, dyeing the original red chakra redder and darker.
"Sasuke, let's do it together! Protect the village!" Naruto shouted.
"Ah!" Sasuke responded, and the three-magatama Sharingan in his eyes turned, and thunder and lightning were wrapped around the tailed beast jade with hot winds. The two powerful forces collided with the sea of sand...