"Compound Ninjutsu: Whirling Wind."
Kakuzu's Wind and Fire masks simultaneously unleashed Ninjutsu, attacking Ino and the others.
Wind fueled the fire.
Towering flames erupted from the ground, covering everything.
They stretched endlessly, with no beginning or end in sight.
The heat was scorching.
"What?"
Gazing at the seemingly boundless and terrifying Ninjutsu, Ino and the other four broke out in cold sweat.
Choji was also terrified, but he seemed to have made up his mind. He moved in front of his teammates, his body expanding to an enormous size, as if to use his own body to create a sliver of hope for their survival.
"Choji!" Ino shouted.
Boom!
The scorching flames made the air sizzle.
Just then, a giant Chopped Chili Fish Head leaped up and swallowed Choji, including his giant form, whole.
Bang!
Kakuzu's Ninjutsu struck the Chopped Chili Fish Head directly.
Sizzle!
A sudden burning sound rang out.
"His strength is still a bit lacking."
After saving everyone, Satoru focused his gaze on Kakuzu.
Using monsters created by Earth Grudge Fear, and then using the mask monsters to break out of Genjutsu, huh? As expected of an old fox.
He was even pretending to be affected just now.
It seems he deduced the general effect of the Genjutsu after seeing Hidan's state.
Kakuzu's Ninjutsu dissipated, and the Chopped Chili Fish Head was also burned to a crisp, leaving only a thin layer protecting the four.
When Ino and the others opened their eyes and realized they had been saved, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's Uncle Satoru's Pupil Setting Hand!" Ino looked back at the battlefield.
Kakuzu was the most troublesome enemy she had ever encountered.
He could actually break Uncle Satoru's Genjutsu and use such a wide-range Ninjutsu...
On the other side.
Satoru's three teammates were also being pushed back by Hidan, who had escaped the Genjutsu.
"Die, die! I'll cut you all down, then deal with that guy!" Hidan cackled, shouting incessantly.
Thud, thud, thud!
Just then, several Pangolins burst out of the ground and siege Hidan.
One bit his scythe, while the others bit his limbs.
This made the Laughing wildly on Hidan's face drop.
"Kakuzu, save me!"
Hidan realized these Summoning Beasts were very clever, biting him in the direction where his leverage was weakest, controlling his points of force.
This left him without the strength to counterattack.
So he could only shout.
No sooner had he spoken than the mask monster hanging on him shot out long threads, piercing through all the Pangolins.
It then twisted their necks, severing them, and flung them away from Hidan.
"Damn it, so many Summoning Beasts?"
Hidan was about to continue dealing with those Konoha Ninjas, then go after that annoying guy.
Then he looked around; besides the Pangolins from before, many different Summoning Beasts had surrounded him.
Rats, snakes, insects, toads, gorillas, and other Summoning Beasts had already targeted him.
Then they swarmed him, not giving him another chance to think.
Roar!
Meow! Caw caw!
Screech!
Flying in the sky, running on the ground, burrowing underground.
"Excellent! You'll all make great sacrifices for the evil god!"
Hidan was careful this time, paying special attention to his feet.
With so many powerful Summoning Beasts, the evil god would surely be pleased.
Swish swish!
He raised his scythe and charged forward.
The scythe in his hand was like a reaper, cutting Summoning Beasts in half one by one.
However, in the fierce battle, he didn't notice that after these Summoning Beasts were defeated, they all turned into bamboo-woven figurines...
"Satoru, I've heard of you for a long time. You are indeed as the legends say, a very capable Ninja."
Kakuzu's gaze fell on Satoru.
This guy was more troublesome than he imagined, especially after seeing Hidan surrounded by Summoning Beasts.
He suspected that those were just ordinary Ninjutsu, not Summoning Jutsu.
Because he also noticed that the fallen Summoning Beasts had all turned into broken bamboo weaves.
"Is that so? I've also heard of the Akatsuki members for a long time; your reputation precedes you," Satoru chuckled.
"But today, do you want me to capture you alive, or capture you dead?
If you want to live, then surrender obediently.
Otherwise, I don't have a very good temper, you know."
At these words, black threads appeared all over Kakuzu's sickly green eyes.
"Even the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, couldn't take me down back then. Do you think you can stand shoulder to shoulder with the First Hokage?"
He spoke these words, while quickly forming hand signs.
Sizzle!
Lightning Release: False Darkness.
Lightning shot out like a spear, this time aimed directly at Satoru.
"Severing Air," Satoru whispered.
The air in front of him twisted.
Sizzle!
Kakuzu's lightning was blocked by an invisible wind in front of him.
It seems that a Ninja of Kakuzu's level doesn't even need to use those hidden Ninjutsu; ordinary Ninjutsu alone is enough to easily take him down.
Having a lot of Chakra is just great.
"But it's almost time. If I keep playing, Konoha's reinforcements will all arrive.
It wouldn't be very fun to have my kills stolen."
A talisman appeared in Satoru's hand, along with a piece of black thread from Kakuzu's body.
It was left behind when he struck the opponent's Water Release mask monster earlier.
From a distance, Kakuzu saw his Ninjutsu being broken by Wind Release. Just as he was about to use compound Ninjutsu, he saw Satoru's actions.
Years of combat experience made him sense danger.
"No way!"
Normally, with Earth Spear Jutsu active, he wouldn't care about Ninjutsu other than Lightning Release.
But sensing danger, he could only prevent his opponent from completing the Ninjutsu.
Lightning, wind, fire... different Ninjutsu attacked Satoru.
"Too late, Soul Body Separation Jutsu."
The talisman in Satoru's hand erupted with a large number of runes, imprinting the void.
At the same time, he used Taijutsu to evade the opponent's Ninjutsu attacks.
Whoosh!
A phantom soul rose from Kakuzu's body.
"Spirit Control Jutsu, damn it!"
Kakuzu watched his body gradually move away, about to separate from his main body. He gave his last command.
Then his soul was sucked into the talisman in Satoru's hand.
"Done."
No, Satoru looked at Kakuzu's body. At this moment, three masks were concentrated on Kakuzu's hand.
It seemed that absorbing Kakuzu's soul couldn't get rid of these monsters.
And one of them should have lost its power as Kakuzu's soul was extracted.
Sizzle!
The three masks simultaneously exerted their power, and a massive amount of Chakra condensed in their mouths.
And quickly converged together.
Final Shot
"Such high Chakra density."
Satoru felt the energy within; this was Ninjutsu condensed with super high Chakra density.
Boom!
At the moment of condensation, as if not wanting to give Satoru a chance to counterattack, it fired quickly.
A pillar of Chakra light suddenly formed.
"Sensei Satoru!"
The battle between the two was incredibly fast, like lightning. Ino and the others had just escaped from danger.
After regaining their senses, they saw Satoru directly hit by the opponent's Ninjutsu.
And he vanished instantly, seemingly reduced to ashes.
"Ino, don't worry, look over there."
Aoba Yamashiro pointed in Hidan's direction; he was still killing Summoning Beasts at this time.
It was clear that if Satoru had died, those things created by Ninjutsu would definitely disappear.