Inside the Kumogakure camp.
Samuda, the Cloud ninja commander-in-chief, stared at the corpses before him, his eyes blazing with fury.
"Despicable Konoha shinobi, resorting to such underhanded tactics!"
Behind Samuda, veins bulged on young A's forehead as he gazed at the fire-ravaged, barely recognizable remains. With a single punch, he felled a nearby tree.
"Brother..."
Killer Bee stood beside his enraged older brother, wanting to offer some comfort but finding himself at a loss for words.
"Samuda, let me track down those damned Konoha rats!"
Lightning crackled across young A's body as he addressed Samuda.
"Calm yourself. The attack happened long ago—by now, those bastards could be anywhere!"
Samuda restrained A's impulsive action, his expression dark: "The enemy commander is Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin—notorious among the Sannin for his cunning treachery and willingness to use any means necessary. Against such an opponent, we must exercise extreme caution. One careless moment and we'll fall into his carefully woven trap."
In Samuda's view, these repeated attacks on isolated Cloud ninja were definitely part of Orochimaru's conspiracy, designed to disrupt their formation.
"With my speed, I can quickly scout any area the enemy might have escaped to!"
Young A stared persistently at Samuda, his fists clenched so tightly they creaked audibly.
"Yeah, Samuda-nii, just let big bro go, yeah~"
Killer Bee also stepped forward to support young A.
Samuda fell into silence.
"Let's go, Bee!"
Seeing Samuda remain quiet, young A took it as tacit approval and immediately prepared to set off with Killer Bee to track the Konoha group.
"Wait!"
Just as the two were about to depart, Samuda spoke again, stopping them.
"Samuda!"
Young A could no longer contain his ancestral hot temper, but before he could explode, he heard Samuda's next words.
"Take Troy with you. How could you possibly find their trail by searching randomly?"
...
In the border forest, Yamanaka Zen, who had been following Feng Bai's footsteps toward the Konoha main camp, suddenly stopped and gave Ikku a meaningful look.
Ikku immediately moved behind Yamanaka Zen, supporting his swaying body.
Seeing this behavior, Feng Bai understood that Yamanaka Zen's Mind Puppet Curse Seal Technique had activated, which meant enemies were already tracking toward their location.
He wondered what kind of enemies they would be...
Drawing his senbon, Feng Bai prepared for battle.
"Cough!"
With an unsettling cough, Yamanaka Zen suddenly opened his eyes, his expression beneath the mask becoming exceptionally grim.
"Three enemies—one is the Magnet Release user Troy, one is the Third Raikage's son, and the last has an unknown identity. They're moving very fast and will reach our position in ten minutes..."
"I don't think we have ten minutes..." Watching the blue light rapidly approaching, Feng Bai swallowed hard, trying to ease his nervousness.
Although Yamanaka Zen said the third person's identity was unknown, based on experience, Feng Bai was certain it was Killer Bee, that rap "genius."
Just young A alone was already incredibly difficult to handle!
That was A—the second fastest in Naruto, and also the most enduring in certain... circles—ahem, anyway, he was both fast and durable.
My team composition against this hellish high-tier A plus a Jinchūriki?
Do we have pen and paper? I need to write my will.
"They're here!" Yamanaka Zen's voice reached his ears.
Before Feng Bai could figure out how to write his will, young A had already rapidly closed in on their group, and the crackling sound of lightning from A's body filled his ears.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere!"
Facing the charging young A, Feng Bai chose to use a wide-range attack jutsu to force him to "crash."
The massive air bullet left young A unable to dodge, forcing him to increase his Lightning Armor's output and tank the hit directly.
"This level of Wind Release—hmph..."
After the massive explosion, young A stood before Feng Bai's group completely unharmed, his expression dark.
As expected, a hastily executed Wind Release couldn't completely break through the Lightning Armor.
Feng Bai paid no attention to his opponent's intentions, instead preparing to take advantage of the window before young A's teammates arrived to defeat him directly.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere."
Sensing Feng Bai's intent, Shimura Ikku quickly formed hand seals, launching a feint attack to create an opening for Feng Bai.
The next second, he was sent flying by a full-speed punch from the Raikage, so fast that even Yamanaka Zen couldn't react.
"Ikku!"
Watching Ikku's body fly away, Yamanaka Zen, who wanted to use Mind Body Switch Technique, couldn't even aim at the target.
"Ice Release: Yuki-onna's Advent."
Two exquisitely beautiful half-figures formed from ice appeared at Feng Bai's sides, exhaling chilling breath.
Under the freezing air's influence, young A, previously moving at blinding speed, was somewhat affected, changing from initially impossible to track to having movement trajectories the naked eye could somewhat follow.
"Ice Release user?"
Young A, who had originally planned to kill all the Konoha ninja present, changed his mind upon seeing Feng Bai's jutsu, deciding to capture rather than kill.
"Ice Release: Frozen Cloud Jutsu."
Ignoring young A, Feng Bai exhaled ice mist mixed with ice crystals.
No matter how tough someone's body is, their internal organs are always soft.
I don't believe your lungs are as impenetrable as your exterior.
"Boring smokescreen!"
Not detecting the murderous intent permeating the ice mist, young A only regarded the ice fog before him as a technique to obscure vision.
But soon, intense pain from his lungs made him realize the ice mist wasn't as simple as it appeared.
"Cough, damn..." Just as young A prepared to rush out of the mist's range, he cursed under his breath. With the two Yuki-onna half-figures persistently exhaling freezing air, faint ice crystals had begun forming on his body, and ice crystals were creeping up around his feet.
Faced with this situation, young A could only increase his Lightning Armor's output, forcibly breaking free from the ice crystals binding him.
"Water Release: Water Shockwave!"
Seeing young A showing signs of breaking free, Feng Bai hit him with a Water Release.
The surging water flow, upon contact with the freezing air, instantly transformed into overwhelming ice crystals that crashed heavily toward young A.
"With this, victory is decided! Probably?"
Just as Feng Bai was about to make his victory declaration, he heard a series of whistling sounds and quickly dodged to the side.
Numerous rectangular shuriken shot from the distance, several striking the Yuki-onna statues producing freezing air with crisp sounds.
"Strange weapons..."
Dodging the shuriken, Feng Bai looked toward their origin. Soon, rectangular shuriken much larger than the previous ones, as if guided, slammed hard into the Yuki-onna statues, using their massive size to successfully shatter the ice figures.
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