Chapter 199 A battle of wits and courage

Chapter 199 A battle of wits and courage
Although Shikamaru's ninjutsu is relatively easy to dodge, once hit, the opponent cannot move, which is also a very troublesome jutsu. Now, being hit by such a jutsu, both Kakuzu and Hidan feel very difficult. And Kakuzu is still constantly paying attention to his surroundings, fearing that Naruto will suddenly appear. If Naruto comes out at this time, he may be killed instantly. But there is still one thing they don't understand, why they can't move suddenly. Hidan yelled: "Asshole, why, you obviously dodged it."

Shikamaru came over and said, "What I threw at you was not an ordinary kunai, but a chakra knife that can absorb the user's chakra and exert the user's chakra characteristics. These two chakra knives belonged to Asuma who was injured by you last time. I borrowed them from him specially."

Kakuzu said, "I see. The first time you threw the Detonating Talisman, it was just to confuse us. You made us think that the second time was also a Detonating Talisman. Then you calculated the angle so that we just avoided it, but it happened to hit our shadows. Unlike my companions, you are very smart."

Hidan was about to say something when he suddenly remembered Kakuzu's words and shouted, "What do you mean by different from my companions?" Kakuzu still said calmly, "It means exactly what it says."

Shikamaru made a seal and said, "We already know the abilities of both of you. We won't make the mistake in the order of attacking this time." A shadow stretched out directly towards Hidan, caught Hidan with the shadow imitation technique, and at the same time controlled the shadow to draw out the chakra knife. Kakuzu had buried one of his hands in the ground before, and was controlling this hand to draw out the chakra knife.

A Raikiri suddenly pierced his body from behind. Kakashi said, "If you want to break free, you will have to pay a price first." Just as Kakashi's Raikiri hit him, Kakuzu's hand just pulled out a chakra knife. Seeing that Kakuzu was pierced, Hidan asked, "Kakuzu, didn't you say that physical attacks are ineffective against you?"

Kakashi said, "Although I didn't see you use a very obvious earth escape technique, from the hand seals you made, it was earth escape. And I'm good at restraining your lightning escape technique, it seems that we are not compatible." Kakuzu looked at the Raikiri that penetrated him and said, "Such a powerful lightning escape technique, you are a copy of the ninja Hatake Kakashi. Did you see through my hand seals at that time? Is this the ability of your Sharingan?"

Kakashi said, "You have five hearts, destroy one first, and then jumped away to prevent Kakuzu from counterattacking." He stood with Shikamaru, handed Shikamaru something and said, "It's been arranged, the task is now up to you." Shikamaru took the thing in Kakashi's hand. At this time, Kakuzu had just recovered and got up from the ground. He wanted to see what Kakashi gave Shikamaru, but unfortunately he couldn't see clearly.

Shikamaru immediately controlled Kakuzu, threw away the weapon in his hand and said, "Let's go for a walk over there." Then he quickly ran into a forest with Kakuzu. Kakuzu was controlled and moved involuntarily, and shouted from behind, "Hey, where are you taking me, where are you going?" Regardless of this, Shikamaru still moved quickly with Hidan.

Kakuzu's body squirmed, and four black monsters emerged from his back. Unfortunately, one of them turned into a pool of black water as soon as it came out. Kakuzu saw Hidan and Shikamaru leaving, and looked at their backs and said, "Only one person is being sent over there? That guy's head could be sold for a good price, but he's dead today. Don't underestimate Hidan."

Kakashi said, "You don't need to worry about our affairs. Shikamaru's strength is more than you think." Although Kakuzu was talking to Kakashi, he kept paying attention to his surroundings. Seeing that Naruto had not appeared, he felt a little relieved. He was not in a hurry to take action, but tested Kakashi and said, "Kakashi, where is the kid from last time?" Kakashi said, "Are you talking about Naruto? In your case, it seems that Naruto doesn't need to take action. We can completely defeat you." Kakuzu said, "Kakashi, are you provoking me? In terms of combat experience, I have much more experience than you. I have fought with Hashirama Senju of your Konoha, the man you call the first Hokage."

Hearing this, Kakashi, Choji and Ino were all shocked. Naruto had told them about Kakuzu's situation before. Kakuzu could constantly take the hearts of his enemies, and it was not impossible for him to have lived from the time of the first Hokage to the present. However, almost all the ninjas in Konoha had heard of the legend of the first Hokage's strength. Although Naruto had defeated Kakuzu last time, could they really contend with such an enemy?

Seeing that Choji and Ino looked strange, Kakashi turned to them and said, "Don't be afraid. Even if he is really a person from the first Hokage era, he may not be invincible. Have you forgotten the fact that Naruto defeated him last time?" After hearing what Kakashi said, the two nodded and calmed down. Kakuzu praised, "As expected of a copy ninja, he is really extraordinary."

Then, a light began to appear from the mouth of one of Kakuzu's monsters, "Fire Style, Head Hard", and a large area of ​​Fire Style burned towards Kakashi. Kakashi quickly retreated, while Choji and Ino also continued to retreat. For Kakuzu's technique, Choji and Ino had no chance to compete. But Kakuzu's Fire Style continued to flow over, and it was meaningless to just rely on retreating.

Kakashi quickly formed a seal "Water Style, Water Wall", and a stream of water rose from the ground, successfully blocking Kakuzu's Fire Style, and also produced a large amount of water vapor. Ino and Choji took the opportunity to hide in a hidden place, and Kakuzu didn't want to pay attention to them and let them hide.

He focused all his attention on Kakashi. Kakashi had just blocked the fire escape technique when another monster attacked him with the wind escape technique. Facing such continuous attacks, Kakashi kept dodging and had almost no chance to fight back. But because he had the Sharingan, he could see the enemy's technique clearly, so Kakuzu couldn't take him down for the time being.

The wind jutsu and fire jutsu monsters kept attacking Kakashi, while the lightning jutsu monsters were not idle either, gathering chakra. "Lightning jutsu, pseudo-darkness", a large-scale lightning jutsu rushed towards Kakashi. Because it had just fallen from the air, Kakashi had no way to dodge and could only take Kakuzu's move. Lightning jutsu chakra also appeared in Kakashi's hands, which was exactly the Chidori he was best at. Using both hands at the same time, he fought against Kakuzu's lightning jutsu, and because Kakashi was also good at lightning jutsu, the two sides' ninjutsu eventually canceled each other out.

Kakashi expended a large amount of chakra and finally blocked the attack.

(End of this chapter)