Under normal circumstances, Shirogane would have easily sensed anyone sneaking up on him and countered before that happened. However, Hoka's frontal assault kept him occupied. He immediately realized, 'So that's why this bastard is fighting this way. He isn't here to seal me, but only wants to distract me when the real attack arrives!'
Shirogane could have still spared some attention towards the new attacker, but Renjiro continued distracting him by launching Water Shurikens from weird angles. These two factors, combined with Fujin's ridiculous speed, meant that Shirogane couldn't divide his attention to focus on the new opponent. Hence, he simply decided to launch several sharp bone projectiles from his back to force Fujin away.
However, his bones had barely appeared out of his back and hadn't even been launched when several Vacuum Blades cut through his body and ruthlessly sliced him into several pieces. No matter how strong his bones were, they couldn't resist the sharp Vacuum Blades.
Realizing the danger, Shirogane twisted his head at a very odd angle to ensure that his brain wasn't sliced through. Even though his neck was sliced through, his head remained intact. He looked at Fujin and scoffed internally, 'As if I'd let myself be sealed without getting a taste of blood!'
He immediately controlled all the bones in the pieces of his body and was about to launch every single one of them in all directions. He thought, 'Renjiro is too far away to be hit and this guy has weird defenses, but the Hyuga won't stand a chance against my...'
Suddenly, his eyes widened as several Vacuum Palms landed on crucial chakra points on Shirogane's floating head. Hoka thought, 'Even though I don't like studying much, there was no way I wouldn't research the Kaguya clan. They were the only clan who could defeat a Hyuga in Taijutsu! Even though Fujin cut him, he won't lose his vitality so easily.'
A fraction of a second after Hoka's attacks landed on Shirogane, a fist landed on his head. The water under their feet retreated and exposed the hard ground as Guy's punch pulverized Shirogane's head along with the remaining pieces of his body.
Renjiro chuckled. He had noticed Guy's movements and immediately withdrew the water around the area while hardening the ground at the same time. As a result, the bones that had previously been slashed by Fujin were almost entirely pulverized by Guy and Shirogane lost consciousness. Before the Edo Tensei jutsu's regeneration could kick in, Fujin sealed him up as well.
The battlefield came to a standstill once again as the Suna and Konoha ninjas looked at the arena in shock. Just a couple of minutes ago, the entire battlefield was in a deadlock. The reanimated ninjas kept the strongest Konoha ninjas busy while the Suna elites held off the remaining Konoha ninjas.
However, the situation changed in the blink of an eye! Before they could realize it, Fujin suddenly sealed five of the six reanimated ninjas. And now, Fujin, Guy, Renjiro and Hoka were glancing at Sakumo.
The morale of the Konoha ninjas rose once again and several ninjas exclaimed loudly.
"That's incredible!"
"They defeated those reanimated ninjas just like that! Now only the White Fang is left!"
"As expected of Councilman Fujin! They didn't stand a chance against him!"
"Hahaha! This is incredible! We can't lag behind. Kill these Suna scums! Make them pay for trying to invade our home!"
On the other hand, the Suna ninjas were horrified.
"How can that be?"
Guy asked in confusion, "What happened? Why did your father suddenly go all out?"
Kakashi answered grimly, "It looks like Orochimaru has taken control of his mind completely."
Renjiro agreed and added, "Orochimaru was likely struggling to control all 6 of them at the same time. However, since Sakumo-sama is left now, Orochimaru must be focusing entirely on him."
It was exactly as Kakashi and Renjiro analyzed. Once Fujin sealed five reanimated ninjas, the only ones left were Kabuto and Sakumo. Unlike the others, Orochimaru did not need to control Kabuto. Due to his loyalty, Kabuto followed Orochimaru's plans without the need for any control.
Hence, Orochimaru focused entirely on Sakumo which increased his control drastically. He completely suppressed Sakumo's will and made him go all out, at least to the extent to which his body allowed. As such, Sakumo fought just like how Hashirama and Tobirama were fighting.
Hoka asked with a frown, "What do we do now? Sealing him will be extremely difficult. Should we assist Fujin or should we leave him to Fujin and focus on others?"
Guy immediately answered, "Let's assist Fujin. I can open my Inner Gates once again for a short while without tiring myself."
Kakashi nodded too. However, Renjiro glanced in the direction of the barrier and looked at Hiruzen and his opponents. Looking at the state of the battle, he quickly analyzed the situation. Before Kakashi, Guy and Hoka could join the battle, he softly said, "Wait!"
Kakashi, Guy and Hoka glanced at Renjiro, wondering what he was planning.
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