Chapter 303: Minato's Class vs Kirigakure's Strongest Team
"Shadow Imitation Technique!"
Shiosui's hands blurred through seals. The shadow under his feet shot forward like a spear, racing toward Kurosawa, the closest target, and fused with his shadow.
The instant their shadows overlapped, Kurosawa's body locked up. His movements stopped obeying him.
Whoosh!
Shiosui forced Kurosawa's arm to move, making him fling a short blade at Zabuza.
Zabuza, who never trusted his temporary teammates to begin with, sensed the attack immediately. He swung his long sword and knocked the blade aside.
"Insect Wind!"
Nao poured chakra into his insects. They whirled into a spinning storm, surging toward Kurosawa like a living tornado.
Shadow Imitation was stiff in direct offense. The best use was to pin one enemy and let the team focus fire to erase them.
"Fang Over Fang!"
Midori burst forward, chakra roaring as she spun at high speed, becoming a human whirlwind aimed straight at Kurosawa.
"Damn it." Kurosawa's face twisted. He had not expected this cautious Konoha squad to be both strong and decisive. A black insect tornado from one side and a spinning strike from the other, they were going for the kill instantly.
"Water Prison Technique!"
At the critical moment, Kisame moved. Thick water surged around Kurosawa, forming a flawless spherical prison. The water bubble caught the first wave of attacks, sealing Kurosawa safely inside.
Shiosui stayed calm. He pulled Kurosawa forward through the shared shadow, intending to use the water prison itself to suffocate him.
Zabuza had no affection for Kurosawa, but he had no intention of letting this turn into a three on one. While Midori and Nao pressed Kurosawa, Zabuza flashed toward Shiosui with Body Flicker, blade arcing down.
Shiosui had no choice but to release Kurosawa. He drew a kunai and met the slash.
Clang!
Steel rang. Zabuza came down like a machine built for slaughter. His long sword did not hesitate once, each strike aimed for a vital point. Shiosui was driven back step after step, forced into pure defense.
Out of the corner of his eye, Shiosui checked his teammates. Without traps already prepared, his one on one ability was only average. He needed Midori and Nao to break the deadlock.
But they were struggling too. Midori and her dog could barely keep Kisame occupied, and Nao was hard pressed under Kurosawa's furious counterattack.
On the surface, it looked even. Shiosui knew better. If this dragged on, they would lose, because each of them was weaker than their opponent.
"As a ninja, I was too reckless. I should have stayed away from an abnormal sign like that," Shiosui admitted inwardly. If they had taken a detour when they saw the black smoke, none of this would be happening.
Bang!
A heavy impact echoed through the trees. Midori was smashed backward, slamming into a trunk hard enough to snap it.
Baimaru abandoned his attack and sprinted to her side, standing in front of her protectively.
"Is that shark faced guy practicing some kind of advanced medical ninjutsu to become like this? How can he be that strong?" Midori muttered, half in pain and half in disbelief.
Even as a girl, with lifelong training and medical chakra conditioning, she had always been the strongest among her peers. Yet against Kisame's taijutsu, she was crushed outright. It felt less like fighting a person and more like colliding with a wall.
Shiosui and Nao were both pinned down in defense. They could see Midori was in danger, but neither could spare even a heartbeat to help.
Kisame ignored Midori's words and kept walking toward her. He was used to strange reactions. He knew he did not look like a normal person.
Baimaru's tail tucked between his legs, but he still bared his teeth at Kisame, growling nonstop as if warning, Come closer and I will bite.
When Kisame entered three meters, Baimaru lunged anyway.
Bang!
Kisame's fist slammed into the dog. Baimaru was blasted away like a cannonball, smashing into the ground. His white fur turned gray with dust, and the spot Kisame hit bloomed red with blood.
"Baimaru!" Midori tried to move, but sharp pain shot through her body. Multiple fractures had left her barely able to stand.
The bond between girl and dog did not soften Kisame at all. He drew the long sword from his back and thrust toward Midori's heart.
"Secret Technique: Insect Cocoon!"
Nao threw everything he had into it. Ignoring the strain tearing through his body, he accelerated his insects' hatching with his last chakra. A mass of parasitic insects erupted, swarming both Zabuza and Kurosawa at once, binding and biting to restrain them.
"Shadow Imitation Technique!"
Shiosui seized the opening. His shadow surged toward Kisame.
Kisame had already been caught once, so he was wary. The moment the shadow neared, he retreated in a series of quick hops.
Tree to tree, Kisame realized the moment he widened the distance enough, the shadow could not reach him. Shadow Imitation could not extend forever.
Shiosui's expression did not change. He redirected his shadow at once, sending it toward Zabuza, who was currently fighting through a flood of insects.
"Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique!"
Zabuza endured the bites and exhaled a thick, choking mist. Shiosui instantly lost sight of him.
Mist shinobi were trained for this. The fog would not hinder them, but it turned the battlefield into a nightmare for Shiosui and Nao.
If Nao had enough insects, the fog would not matter. But he had no chakra left to hatch more.
When the mist finally cleared, Shiosui was a wreck. Sword cuts crossed his arms and thighs, his clothes soaked through with blood. He lay on the ground, completely unable to fight. Nao knelt on one knee, sweat pouring down his face, his body pushed past its limit.
Kisame lifted his blade to finish Shiosui, the most dangerous one.
A flaming kunai whistled at him.
He halted and dodged, forced to abandon the killing strike.
"Hey, you're way too cruel. They've already lost the ability to fight. Just take the scroll and go. Why do you have to kill them?" Obito snapped, staring at the shattered team and their injured dog.
To him, this was an exam, not a battlefield.
"You really don't get it," Kurosawa laughed, looking at Obito like he was a fool. "You signed the agreement before this stage. Killing is part of the rules. If you don't finish defeated enemies, are you going to wait for them to recover and stab you in the back?"
"A total hothouse flower," Zabuza added coldly.
"That's infuriating," Obito growled. "Acting like everyone in the ninja world has to be like you."
Rin ignored the mockery. She moved to Midori first, hands glowing green as she used Mystical Palm Technique.
"Are you alright? This is my first time treating injuries this severe," Rin asked, worry in her voice.
"Not really. I've got a lot of broken bones," Midori admitted. "But your healing is good. I can feel myself coming back."
Kisame watched the green glow on Rin's hands and spoke to his teammates. "Hurry up and deal with them. This squad has a medic."
"That shark faced guy is insanely strong. Be careful!" Midori shouted, openly warning Obito's team.
Kakashi's eyes narrowed. He filed the information away, then flicked shuriken from his pouch toward Zabuza and Kisame near Shiosui.
If this was a fight between Leaf shinobi, that would be one thing. But watching foreign ninja brutalize comrades this way, Kakashi was not going to stand aside.
"Flame Breathing, Total Concentration Breathing!"
Kakashi's shuriken were Obito's signal. Obito pushed his breathing to the limit, chakra reinforcing every muscle, and charged straight at Kurosawa.
"Let me show you what a real ninja looks like," Kurosawa said with a vicious grin, meeting him head on.
"Then come try!" Obito unleashed the chakra he had already gathered. His speed spiked so sharply that Kurosawa saw him vanish with a whoosh.
Kurosawa did not even look back. He spun and smashed an arm behind him.
But he underestimated Obito's extreme breathing. Obito caught the strike with his right hand, then drove a punch into Kurosawa's chest, blasting him back several meters.
Without hesitation, Obito grabbed Nao, who was still half kneeling, and retreated at full speed.
He had not attacked to win. He had attacked to save someone.
"Thank you," Nao rasped weakly.
"No problem. Heal up and watch me take down these bastards," Obito said, placing Nao beside Midori.
Seeing their intent, Kisame immediately launched a Water Release at Shiosui, still lying on the ground.
"Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!"
Kakashi formed seals in one breath. A thick earth wall rose in front of Shiosui, swallowing the water attack.
Then Kakashi burst forward under Thunder Breathing, snatched Shiosui up, and delivered him to Rin's side in a blink.
Shiosui was barely conscious. He wanted to urge them to retreat, but he was too injured to speak.
"Let's heal Shiosui first. He looks awful," Midori said through gritted teeth as she saw him up close.
Rin nodded, face tight with focus, and began full treatment. This was a real test for her. Until now, she had only healed minor wounds for Obito and Kakashi.
"Such hopelessly kind fools," Zabuza said with a sneer. "You think just two of you can handle all three of us?"
From what he had seen, Kakashi and Obito were impressive. But a two on three win was pure fantasy.
"Calling people fools for doing what's right," Kakashi replied evenly. "Sounds like you've only ever been surrounded by selfishness, including your own."
"What do you know?" Zabuza's grip tightened on his sword. Killing intent bled out of him. "The cruelty of the Hidden Mist isn't something hothouse flowers like you can understand."
"I don't care what kind of mist you are," Obito shot back, fighting spirit blazing. "I'm not letting you kill Leaf ninja. And while we're at it, you've got the Earth Scroll, don't you?"
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