Ayako's heart sank. She held back her tears and said angrily,
"Fine, all of you go. I'll go save my young master by myself!"
"Ayako, don't be in such a hurry."
Yuto pressed down on the agitated Ayako and said with a helpless smile.
"Think about it. Considering my young master's personality, how could he put himself and Minato in harm's way? He must have his own plan."
"If we rush over there rashly, we might ruin his plan!"
"Is... is that so?" Ayako looked doubtful.
"Yuto is right. Class monitor Kaze probably has his own plans," Yefeng Yamanaka chimed in.
"So, it's safer for us to retreat first and offer support from the outside."
"Then... alright." Ayako was finally convinced. She nodded and agreed to withdraw.
"Damn it! I acted rashly and got myself into trouble!" Kaze regretted silently.
Originally, leaving quietly before the explosion wouldn't have been dangerous, but now...
What he and Minato had just done was like blowing up someone's house in front of the owner's face.
And then they carried the owner's wife and strutted out of the scene of the crime, leaving the other party with nothing. That was really over the top!
Kaze asked himself, if the tables were turned, he'd also want to kill himself.
"Hey, why don't Uncle Yuto and the others come to our aid?" Kaze complained.
"Maybe they think we did it deliberately to cover their retreat," Minato said with a bitter smile.
"Jerks!"
Even though the grass ninjas were afraid of harming the girl, they didn't attack them all at once, nor did they throw ninja weapons like kunai or use ninjutsu against them.
But looking at the endless stream of grass ninjas approaching, both of them felt a little scared.
Considering what they had done, if they were caught by the grass ninjas, they'd probably be thrashed!
At this time, the girl on Kaze's back spoke.
"No... put me down... escape..."
Her voice was very soft and weak, as if she hadn't spoken for a long time, and she stammered when she spoke.
Slap!
Kaze slapped the girl with his backhand, but his palm bounced back.
"Stop talking nonsense. Releasing you now won't do any good," he said irritably. "Stay put and be our shield!"
"You...!"
For the first time in a long while, there was a glimmer of emotion in the girl's eyes, a blend of shame, anger, and gratitude.
"System, Aniki, if you don't give me the reward, you're gonna have a new user!" Kaze roared in his mind.
[Selection successful, Reward obtained: Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance.]
[Selection successful, Reward obtained: Speed increased by 1.]
[Congratulations to the host. Your speed has reached 30, reaching the "Elite Jonin" level! All attribute values have increased slightly!]
]
[Killing power: 19
Speed: 30
Defense: 20
Chakra: 20]
Don't just look at the mere 1-point difference in speed. It's like the difference between getting 59 and 60 in an exam, which in many Chinese exam systems means the huge gap between passing and failing - worlds apart!
A warm current rushed into his body, flowing through his whole body and quickly transforming Kaze's body.
After adding this little bit of speed, he felt as if the shackles in his body had been broken, and he became much lighter.
`Hasake!`
Originally, with the girl on his back, Kaze could only barely keep up with Minato in terms of speed.
But now, he took two quick steps and directly ran in front of Minato.
"Kaze, wait for me!" Minato's face turned pale, and he quickly quickened his pace.
More Grass ninjas appeared ahead.
Since they couldn't go forward, backward, left, or right, the two of them started running along the rooftops and up the walls.
Kaze felt like he was playing the Alchemist in League of Legends, constantly leaving the enemies behind and letting them eat the poison.
The Grass ninjas behind were already slow, and after inhaling the poisonous gas, they posed no real threat. The trouble was the enemies in front!
"Let me check..."
While Minato was behind, Kaze secretly activated his Sharingan and found that more than a dozen Kusagakure squads were closing in.
"We can't let them block us, or we're done for!"
"Minato, give me all the poison packs on you. Let me show you the new Ninjutsu I learned!" Kaze said.
Hearing this, Minato threw a big bag to Kaze, which contained dozens of small packets of purple powder.
Kaze caught the heavy poison bag and said in surprise, "Holy cow! So many supplies!"
"This is all I've got. It'll probably take me ages to make more." Minato's face looked bitter.
"Yeah, me too." Kaze frowned and replied, "I'm afraid we'll use up all our supplies this time."
Saying that, he also took out a big bag from his bosom and threw the two poison bags forward with all his might.
Then he jumped off the building and hung in the air. Below him were the surrounding Grass ninjas.
Once he and Minato landed, they would be surrounded layer upon layer. However...
`Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance!`
Kaze directly in front of all the Grass ninjas, started doing something strange!
The spiral wind field formed by the wind he generated swept in all directions as Kaze instantly formed three seals and spat out a mouthful of fire.
Roar! Roar! Roar!
The scorching flames suddenly spread along the whirlwind.
Like a huge coiling fire snake, it swayed its massive body and roared as it crashed towards the people on the ground.
"Not good, get out of the way!"
Seeing the dozens - meter - long flame stream spinning and crashing towards them, many Grass ninjas' faces turned green, and they desperately retreated.
But in such a short distance, how could a person run faster than the wind.
Some Grass ninjas who knew they couldn't escape tried to release Ninjutsu to resist the fire snake.
But they were just Genin from Kusagakure Village, not from Konoha. Get real!
Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!
The fire serpents charged straight into the crowd. Wherever they passed, the Grass ninjas were either charred or paralyzed.
One by one, they turned into black charcoal and fell to the ground, instantly clearing a large area of space.
Moreover, carried by the gale, the poison powder scattered everywhere.
Almost half of the Grass ninjas were hit.
"Let's get out of here quickly!" Kaze maintained the wind field and rushed out of the gap with Minato.
Along the way, Kaze left an Explosive Tag from time to time. The explosions behind them gradually thinned out the pursuers.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Gather at the village entrance immediately!"
Meanwhile, a piercing alarm sounded outside Kusagakure Village.
"Yuto must be outside coordinating with us!" Kaze was energized.
"Great!" Minato also showed a happy face. "Let's go all out and break through!"
Now that Kusagakure Village was in chaos both inside and outside, it was the perfect opportunity for them to escape.
"Are we leaving this place?"
"I hope we're not jumping from the frying pan into the fire..."
The girl lying on Kaze's back thought silently, a mocking smile appearing on her face.
"Hey, what's your name?" After getting out of danger, Kaze finally had time to ask.
He was thinking about implementing a strategy of 'talent recruitment and Root strengthening' later.
By bringing back more talents, he could become the Hokage in ten years, as if predestined by fate.
"My name is... Karin... Uzumaki..." the girl whispered.
Goodness, this must be Karin Uzumaki's mother. This is confirmed!
"Not good." Kaze suddenly realized a problem.
In this life, Karin's mother might never see Karin's father again. He had caused the disappearance of Karin Uzumaki!
No, it's Minato's doing!
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