Ishishu leapt onto a tree and made two tactical signals.
The dozen people who came with him fought out to the perimeter, and when they saw Naruto trying to run out they went to block him and blew up his shadow clones.
Ishishu pulled shuriken from his body and threw them while making hand seals.
"Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique!"
The shuriken instantly multiplied massively, like rain, scattering into the Naruto shadow clones below.
A huge series of smoke explosions rang out; large swaths of Naruto's shadow clones vanished.
Coupled with the dozen or so men constantly tightening the encirclement, the people inside kept getting fewer and fewer.
Sasuke, Naruto, and Hinata didn't want to wait to be slaughtered. As Sarutobi Ishishu pressed in, Hinata spun and swept a leg, but Ishishu simply stomped and stepped on Hinata's leg with the sole of his foot.
"Mmph!", Hinata made a muffled groan; her face went pale.
Another kick hit Hinata's chest, and she instantly fainted.
Sasuke shot out four shuriken, but they were all knocked aside.
"Hiss!"
The sound of wire tightening came, those four shuriken had steel wire wrapped around them.
Ishishu blocked with a movement, keeping the wire on the outside.
"Rasengan!", Naruto shouted, charging a Rasengan from the side.
At that moment Ishishu felt his whole body tingle.
It turned out Sasuke, after throwing the shuriken, immediately formed the Chidori seals.
The electric current conducted along the steel wire.
But Sasuke obviously hadn't practiced this trick much; Ishishu was only stunned for an instant and it didn't do much damage.
Ishishu grabbed Naruto's wrist with a reverse-hand grip, yanking the wire-wrapped shuriken hard. Sasuke instantly lost hold, his hand bleeding profusely.
Ishishu turned and slammed the back of his hand against Naruto's head.
If Naruto tried another Multiple Shadow Clone, who knew how much more time that would waste.
But just as Naruto was about to take the heavy blow, an ice surface suddenly appeared on the side of Ishishu's back, causing his back to skid to the side.
At the same time a dark projectile flew from the flank and struck the hand that had grabbed Naruto.
Ishishu had to release Naruto's wrist.
In that instant, the sand under Naruto's feet transformed into two huge hands, grabbed Naruto and the broken-legged Hinata, and dragged them away.
It all happened in the blink of an eye.
Ishishu was stunned; he hadn't expected the other side to have helpers.
Clink! Clink!
With the clinking of metal rings, Senku came walking over holding his nine-ring staff.
"We don't have much time left. Together."
Ishishu's face showed worry. Ater spending so long, they still hadn't captured Naruto.
But he also knew that Jiraiya would be under tremendous pressure trying to hold off Rengoku.
So they had to cooperate to catch these people first.
"Move together!"
He waved his hand; the few men he'd brought all surged toward Naruto and the others.
Hinata's leg was broken; Naruto cradled her crosswise in his arms.
This kind of public-carrying would normally make Hinata very happy, but not today. She had already been knocked unconscious.
Sasuke bandaged his hand tightly.
As the Sarutobi men pressed forward, they crashed into an ice mirror.
It turned out Naruto and the others weren't actually there, the mirror's magic-ice reflections had fooled them.
Naruto's actual position was a bit farther south.
The Sarutobi broke the mirror and a huge formation rose up from all sides.
Everyone inside immediately felt heavier under their feet; their bodies grew weighed down.
Then a second formation appeared beneath their feet.
Whoosh!
A white mist suddenly blew up around them, making not only their feet heavy but also completely obscuring their view of Naruto and the others.
Ishishu formed seals and opened his mouth, a gust of wind blew out.
Wind Release, Great Breakthrough!
A few Sarutobi also used Wind Release to blow the fog away.
But after the mist was blown around it wouldn't budge no matter how they tried.
A smile flickered in Senku's eyes, Karin's sealing work was pretty good.
If he hadn't been here, Naruto and the others really might have gotten away.
Senku's figure flashed; he immediately moved past the Sarutobi, planted his nine-ring staff into the ground.
A large number of runes radiated from him; the formation flags Karin had placed around were instantly blasted away.
The ground formations were shattered.
The dense fog that the wind couldn't blow away vanished in an instant and the heavy feeling in their bodies lifted.
When the surroundings returned to normal, they found Naruto and his group had already run far away.
Karin made a muffled sound and blood leaked from the corner of her mouth, but her eyes were full of shock.
She hadn't expected anyone in this world besides their teacher to have such powerful sealing technique mastery.
The formation Karin had made with a huge expenditure of chakra was broken in an instant.
Senku merely tapped the ground lightly; his figure blurred like an illusion as he flashed past Karin and casually struck her neck with a palm.
Karin immediately fainted.
Senku's speed didn't slow; he rapidly closed in on Naruto and the others.
Kimimaro shoved Naruto and Sasuke, "You two go!"
Naruto immediately produced a shadow clone, still carrying Hinata and running outward, while he himself turned to face Senku.
"We'll hold together, the principal will come to save us soon!"
Sasuke, though his hand was bleeding from the wire, did not retreat.
He too stayed behind to face the enemy with Naruto and the others.
Gaara controlled sand and shot it at Senku.
It was the Sand Buckshot.
His chakra was low now; there wasn't much sand he could control.
This move used up most of what he had left.
Haku formed seals with both hands and countless ice needles fired at Senku.
There were also ice mirrors constantly sprouting around; he and Kimimaro were the most combative among the group.
But Haku's mind was clear. He knew that if the enemy dared come cause trouble, Rengoku's side must also have arrangements.
Rengoku had not appeared for a long time.
It was most likely that someone was blocking Rengoku.
But Haku didn't say this aloud, saying it would damage morale.
Senku, in motion, waved his sleeve and swept all of Haku's ice needles away.
He paid no attention to the surrounding ice mirrors, because in the next moment Senku made hand seals and enormous runes flew out from his body.
Haku immediately felt the flow of his chakra slow by at least half.
Even the magic-ice mirrors could not be maintained; the mirrors that hadn't finished forming fell to the ground.
Gaara's sand, after approaching Senku, immediately went soft and weak in the air and was scattered by a wave of Senku's sleeve.
At this moment Kimimaro had already come up to confront Senku. He held bone blades in both hands and kept attacking.
But Senku merely parried, he didn't seem to want to attack Kimimaro.
Senku's footsteps never stopped; Kimimaro simply couldn't stop him.
Kimimaro's eyes were fierce, killing intent radiating from his whole body.
Bones sprouted from all over his body, and as he moved his form seemed like a phantom.
It was the Dance of the Willow!
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