Chapter 742 - 736 : Typing up the loose ends

Chapter 742: Chapter 736 : Typing up the loose ends

"We'll hold him back, you reinforce the old man." Renjiro said without taking his eyes off Sakumo.

Fujin asked unsurely, "Are you sure? He might not be at his peak, but his strength is extremely terrifying."

Kakashi answered, "Don't worry, even though Orochimaru is controlling him, my father is still restraining a considerable amount of strength. Though I'm not confident in sealing him, we'll be able to hold him back."

Renjiro added, "Besides, don't forget we still have Guy with us. If needed, he can settle the situation. So, leave him to us. You and Hoka deal with the barrier and Orochimaru."

Kakashi and Renjiro's reasoning was completely sound. Fujin didn't have anything to say against it. He replied, "Alright, be careful."

Renjiro replied, "You two stay careful as well. Who knows what else that snake is hiding."

Renjiro's initial idea was to let Fujin deal with Sakumo while they go to help Hiruzen. However, Renjiro wasn't sure whether they'd be able to deal with any more hidden cards that Orochimaru might have. Hence, he decided to do the opposite. Even though Fujin's chakra was running low, he still had the best chance to deal with Orochimaru's schemes.

Fujin and Hoka nodded and both flickered away. Orochimaru noticed it and had Sakumo go all out, but Guy, Kakashi and Renjiro managed to hold him back while Fujin and Hoka moved towards the barrier!

In a matter of moments, the situation changed drastically. Hiruzen, who had been fighting a lone battle, now had two rank S ninjas coming to his aid. Even though Fujin had been through several battles and Jiraiya was still a bit away, the situation had become extremely favorable for Konoha. Yet, Orochimaru continued battling without showing any signs of retreat.

As he moved, Fujin thought, 'It looks like I'll be reinforcing the old fox after all. Tsk, he is really strong though, undoubtedly far stronger than what he was shown to be in the original story. Even though Hashirama and Tobirama are nowhere near their full strength, being able to block the two of them along with Orochimaru for so long without taking a single injury is remarkable. I wonder how strong he was in his prime...'

"What's the plan, Fujin?" Hoka asked.

Fujin replied, "I'll just bombard the barrier and go for Orochimaru's head, you take out those four ninjas maintaining the barrier and then act according to the situation. But first..."

The Wind Cloak reappeared around Fujin's body as he disappeared from Hoka's side.

In the stadium, an intense battle was taking place. A special feature of this particular battle was that none of the unconscious audience was harmed. Instead, the bodies of more than a dozen dead Konoha Jounins lay around. One of the Konoha ninjas frowned and said, "Shit! He's too strong! How do we deal with him?"

Needless to say, they were facing the reanimated Kabuto. As strong as they were, they didn't stand a chance against Kabuto. They were about to attack again when they suddenly stopped. Kabuto's eyes widened and he launched several shurikens behind him instinctively.

Unfortunately, all of them missed and he saw a fist covered in a mini-hurricane heading straight for him! Fujin thought, 'As expected, Orochimaru had DNA samples of this troublesome fellow. Oh well, let me see whether your healing can keep up with my Hurricane Fist!'

While he followed them, Fujin's clone noticed several changes, many of which were direct consequences of his actions. The first was Lee's presence, which only happened because Fujin saved Lee during the preliminaries.

The second was that no Oto ninjas chased after them. This was a direct consequence of what Fujin did when the battle began. Due to his indiscriminate massacre, the majority of the Oto ninjas were dead, causing them and the Suna ninjas to be under extreme pressure. They no longer had any manpower to chase after a bunch of Genins.

While a couple of squads still tried to chase after Sasuke due to Orochimaru's instructions, they were quickly intercepted by Konoha ninjas who assumed that they were escaping due to Fujin's deadly assault.

Kankuro stayed behind just to stall Sasuke but was confronted by Shino just like in the original story. As such, the entire squad reached Gaara and Temari together.

Fujin's clone continued looking at them and analyzed, 'Shikamaru and Lee... Shikamaru isn't strong, but his brain could result in some changes. On the contrary, Lee has the might required to force a change. Though he isn't allowed to open the Inner Gates, he is quite suicidal. I wonder how the battle will play out now...'

Back in the arena, Hoka asked, "Was he that important to be taken care of?"

Fujin withdrew a scroll while replying, "Yeah, he's a troublesome fellow. If he interfered in the fight against Sakumo-san, Sensei and others would have been in trouble."

Hoka understood his thoughts and nodded. Opening the scroll, Fujin weaved the confrontation hand seal. At the next moment, thousands of Explosive tags appeared in front of him.

The Anbu ninjas, standing outside the barrier, rejoiced to see Fujin come near the barrier. They were about to greet him and inform him about the barrier when they saw a sight that horrified them. All of them scattered immediately!

At the same time, the Sound Four looked at the insane number of Explosive tags with grim faces. They immediately activated the second stage of their curse seals to provide more chakra to the barrier. Fujin glanced at them and muttered, "I have always been curious about how many Explosive tags it'll take to break a barrier of this level. Any guesses, Hoka?"

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