"Boom!" His body suddenly fell apart and exploded directly!
Clone Great Explosion!
"Damn it, how could this be!!!" Kidōmaru let out a final, collapsing shout. He was very close to Kaoru's clone, and it was impossible to avoid this explosion. Before long, his charred body was blasted out of the smoke.
As early as when Kaoru used the Body Flicker Technique to come to the students' side, Kaoru had already quickly formed hand seals and created a shadow clone with explosive tags hidden inside, attacking Kidōmaru from behind. He himself had stayed beside the students and hadn't moved at all.
"Whoosh!" At this time, a figure probed out from the distant bushes and steadily caught Kidōmaru's body, whose life or death was unknown.
The person had a calm expression and shoulder-length white hair. He was the most powerful member of the Sound Five: Kimimaro.
Looking at Kidōmaru, who had been blasted beyond recognition in his arms, Kimimaro glanced at Kaoru, who was guarding the students in the distance, and his eyes were filled with deep fear.
"We retreat!" Kimimaro said in a cold voice, and then looked at Haku, who was still dazed, "If you don't want to die, come with us!"
"O-Okay!" Haku also immediately reacted. He carried Zabuza's body and prepared to leave.
"I won't let you go so easily!" Kakashi said in a cold voice. At this time, his heart was extremely shocked. He didn't understand why Zabuza had so many helpers in such a short time. Were their targets all Tazuna? What a joke, did they need so many powerful ninjas just to eliminate an ordinary person?
Kaoru was silent. The sudden attack of the Sound Five under Orochimaru's command, Kaoru could guess that this could only be for him. After all, in the original story, the Sound Five didn't appear so early.
"Tayuya, Jirōbō, Sakon/Ukon, you cover the rear!" After Kimimaro said this, he took the lead and left with Kidōmaru's body. Seeing this, Haku also carried Zabuza and used the Body Flicker Technique to disappear.
Then two more people jumped out of the bushes, it was Sakon/Ukon and Tayuya. They joined forces with Jirōbō, stood in a line, and prevented Kaoru and the others from chasing.
"Kaoru, you protect the students, I'll deal with them, Lightning Cutter!" Kakashi once again used the Lightning Cutter and rushed towards Kimimaro, who was about to leave. Kaoru stood still, because he vaguely felt that there were probably more than just the Sound Five coming. There seemed to be a more dangerous aura around, and the source of this aura seemed to be..... Orochimaru!
If Orochimaru was hiding in the dark now, Kaoru had to be careful. Although he wasn't afraid of Orochimaru, there were too many students here after all. As the saying goes, when gods fight, mortals suffer. Just the ninjutsu affecting the students would probably make them fall to their knees, and besides, his sister was here. It was better to protect them first.
On the other side, facing Kakashi's Lightning Cutter, Tayuya took the lead in attacking.
"Demonic Flute: Phantom Sound Chains!" She took out a flute and played a beautiful flute sound. Kakashi, who was rushing forward, suddenly felt uneasy, and the Lightning Cutter in his hand seemed to be unable to maintain it.
"This is a sound illusion, my Sharingan can't resist it!" Kakashi was shocked. The pace of his advance suddenly accelerated. His Lightning Cutter was slowly disappearing because of this illusion. He had to kill one of them before that.
"Don't dream!" Seeing that Kakashi was still running forward desperately, Jirōbō roared, and then formed hand seals with both hands: "Earth Release: Earth Mausoleum Dumpling!"
A huge crack suddenly opened on the road ahead of Kakashi. The ground on both sides was directly lifted up, revealing a ditch several meters deep!
"Damn it!!!" Kakashi cursed angrily, leaped up, and directly jumped over the crack. The Lightning Cutter in his hand made a huge sound, and slashed towards Jirōbō.
"Don't even think about it!" Sakon/Ukon also moved. His body quickly turned into two people and separated, and then formed hand seals with both hands at the same time: "Summoning Technique: Rashōmon!"
A dark gate engraved with demons rose from the ground. This gate was seven or eight meters high and three or four meters wide. It appeared abruptly in front of Kakashi!
"This is....." Kakashi was stunned when he saw the sudden appearance of the gate, and then frowned: "There's no way!"
"Lightning Cutter!"
Kakashi's Lightning Cutter swung violently and slammed into the Rashōmon.
"Zizizi!" The powerful lightning attribute chakra cut the Rashōmon, but after the continuous effect of the Lightning Cutter disappeared, this Rashōmon still didn't shake in the slightest.
"What a hard summoning gate!" Kakashi was shocked. After eating his Lightning Cutter, this Rashōmon only left some dents. Although his Lightning Cutter was weakened by Tayuya's illusion, it should still be no problem to kill people, but now he couldn't even break the door.
At this time, Kakashi's path ahead was blocked by this huge Rashōmon, and the ground under his feet was also lifted up by Jirōbō's Earth Style, so Kakashi stepped on the air and fell from the ground.
However, at this time, Kaoru's figure suddenly appeared. He stepped on the Rashōmon summoned by Sakon/Ukon and caught Kakashi, who was falling down.
However, the one who caught Kakashi was just Kaoru's shadow clone. The real him was still guarding the students and hadn't moved, because he felt that Orochimaru was still lurking in the dark and hadn't left.
"Damn it, that brat is here, let's retreat!" Seeing Kaoru appear, Sakon/Ukon, Jirōbō, and Tayuya no longer fought. Among them, Tayuya took out a smoke bomb and detonated it. With the cover of the smoke bomb, they quickly left.
"Boom!" After they left, the summoned Rashōmon also disappeared directly. Kaoru's shadow clone flipped and landed safely on the ground with Kakashi.
"I'm sorry, Kaoru, because I used the Water Dragon Bullet technique and Lightning Cutter twice in a row, and I was also affected by that girl's sound illusion, my chakra seems to be a little insufficient......." Kakashi sighed and said.
Kaoru was silent. Kakashi's chakra had always been his weakness. Even in the original story, he only used the Sharingan to imitate Zabuza and used two Water Style ninjutsu, and he fell to the ground because of lack of physical strength. He rested in the Land of Waves for a week before recovering.
Now he used Lightning Cutter and Sharingan twice in a row, probably more tired than at that moment in the original story.
"As expected....." At this time, not far behind Kaoru and the others, Orochimaru's cold eyes were closely watching.
At this time, Orochimaru only showed a face. His other parts were fused with the surrounding soil. It was difficult to detect if you didn't look carefully.
Seeing Kaoru use a shadow clone to save Kakashi, Orochimaru's indifferent eyes were now more of shock and fear.
"It seems that Danzō was right, and Kabuto's suggestion was also very correct. This brat's strength has really undergone earth-shattering changes. Zabuza is not his opponent at all. If I rashly send my Sound Five, I'm afraid they will be completely wiped out by him....."
Seeing Kaoru talking with Kakashi, Orochimaru also had the intention to retreat.
"It's really the right choice to test his strength in advance, otherwise, it might be a little difficult. Let's join Kimimaro and the others and make plans....." Thinking of this, Orochimaru's cold face re-integrated into the soil.
At this time, Kaoru also felt that the malicious gaze in the dark seemed to have disappeared.
"It seems that Orochimaru has left....." Noticing that the malicious gaze disappeared, Kaoru also relaxed a little.
"Boom!" Kaoru's shadow clone disappeared, and Kakashi slowly returned to the students' side.
"Brother, Kakashi-sensei, what do we do now? So many guys came all at once, and we let them all escape." Wan'er looked worried, and the other students' expressions were also very ugly.
"Next, I'm afraid it will be quite difficult." Sasuke said with a solemn expression.
"Damn it, those inexplicably appearing guys clearly look only a few years older than us, why is the difference in strength so great!" Naruto punched the ground hard, venting.
"Naruto is right, this feeling of gap really makes me very upset!" Kiba Inuzuka also said.
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