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Shikamaru, braving the roaring storm, yelled at Naruto, "Weren't you going to help Asuma?! Go now!"

"Oh!"

Naruto isn't very good at judging the difference in strength; as long as his superiors order him to fight, he'll fight.

Especially in such a "hot-blooded" scene, if Shikamaru asks him to help Asuma fight, Naruto will definitely do his duty without hesitation.

"Sakura, Sai, you two are ready to support Naruto at any time!"

Shikamaru gave another order: "Sai, harass! Sakura, aim at the Earth Grudge Mask and kill it with one blow! Naruto, use Shadow Clone Jutsu to deal with it!"

"Remember, don't blindly attack the Earth Grudge, it's useless. Attack the mask directly!"

"understand!"

Sai immediately accepted the order; he was confident he could do his best with such detailed instructions as Shikamaru's.

"I see."

Sakura nodded solemnly, "Asuma-sensei's words..."

"He will come to help us. We need a front-line fighter to deal with Hidan. After we quickly take care of Hidan, we'll come and help you take down Kakuzu!"

Shikamaru said repeatedly, "Your Team 7 can handle Kakuzu. I have faith in Naruto's abilities. If it really doesn't work, you can come back, and I'll figure something out."

"First, stay alive; then, figure out how to solve everything."

"understood."

Sakura nodded solemnly to Shikamaru, "Then I'll leave it to you! Shikamaru!"

"go quickly!"

Shikamaru waved his hand. Even though Chiaki was involved, this was still an unfair battle, and if it wasn't fought properly, they might lose.

The price of failure may be death, or it may be serious injury.

Shikamaru couldn't be sure if Chiaki was watching them fight Kakuzu. If she was, that would be best, at least no one would die.

if not……

He didn't dare to gamble.

After the hurricane subsided slightly, Naruto's shadow clones appeared in large numbers around Kakuzu and pounced on him.

"Humph!"

"Little tricks!"

Kakuzu snorted coldly, and a large number of black lines on his body scattered out. Each black line pierced through one or even multiple shadow clones of Naruto, stringing them together into a series of white smoke.

"Kakuzu!"

"Your opponent is me!"

"Come on horseback!"

Naruto jumped in front of Kakuzu, and with hundreds of shadow clones, they spoke in unison to Kakuzu.

Kakuzu has no sensory abilities and cannot distinguish which shadow clone is Naruto's real body.

However, he wasn't flustered at all. If he couldn't tell the difference, he could just use Euler on all of them at once.

Violence is always the simplest and most direct solution.

"One hundred million taels of silver are coming to me personally; how could I possibly refuse?"

Kakuzu looked at Naruto and laughed. In his eyes, Naruto was a huge number with 100 million ryo written on it. Converted into mercenary guild membership points, it would be more than 90 million points. How could anyone not be tempted by such a large fortune?

"Kakuzu! Do you dare to fight me one-on-one?!"

Naruto jumped forward shouting, and Kakuzu laughed. He looked up at Sai, who was circling in the air on a bird, and Sakura, who was using a relatively "clumsy" breath-holding technique to wait for a sneak attack. He said to Naruto, "When you say one-on-one, do you mean I take on all three of you?"

"...Enough with the nonsense! You're a peak Kage-level fighter! What's wrong with taking on the three of us one-on-one!"

Naruto's face flushed red. He was still too shy. If it were Minato, facing an opponent whose strength far surpassed his own, he would have already stepped back and said, "Let's all attack together."

"Alright."

Kakuzu sneered, "If you want this 100 million taels, you can add two more as well."

After saying that, he followed Naruto to the side.

As for Kakuzu, he didn't want anyone to bother him when he was making money.

Someone like that guy who only has a third of Naruto's bounty should stay away from me.

Look down on it.

"Hello..."

Hidan panicked when he saw Kakuzu leave him behind.

"What do you mean?"

Asuma frowned and looked at Shikamaru, "You're sending Team 7 to face Kakuzu alone? Isn't that a bit too much..."

"If Lord Qianqiu holds me accountable, I won't be able to handle it..."

"What are you afraid of?"

Shikamaru patted Choji, restoring him to his original size, and then, with Team 10 twisting their necks, gave Hidan a dangerous look.

"If we take care of this guy quickly enough, we can catch up with Naruto."

"I don't believe Naruto will collapse in no time. He's known as the guy with the most unpredictable accidents."

Chapter 721 Qianqiu by My Side

"Qianqiu, don't you really want to go see them?"

In the future, covered in sweat, he lay in Qianqiu's arms.

There were large handprints on her body.

"Need not."

Chiaki had already transformed back into a woman, lying there languidly, reaching out to embrace Mirai, casually playing with Mirai's body, causing Mirai to gasp repeatedly.

"Hmm...don't move."

Mirai rolled her eyes at Chiaki. Perhaps it's a habit that boys have, but Chiaki especially liked to touch Mirai's body, particularly those sensitive areas.

Even though Chiaki has one herself, she just likes to explore the future, which is really annoying.

"Kakuzu and Hidan are both Kage-level shikigami. Isn't it a bit too early for a bunch of kids to go up against Kage-level shikigami?"

In the future, nestled in Chiaki's arms, Chiaki retaliated by touching Chiaki herself.

Chiaki tilted her swan-like neck back, so beautiful and fair that it was unbelievable, and Mirai couldn't help but step forward and kiss her.

"It's getting late... um..."

"I was already fighting Kage-level opponents when I was a Chunin... Ah... Harder..."

"Furthermore... their strength is greater than in the original story, they will definitely be able to..."

"I can't hold back anymore, let's do it one more time!"

Chiaki lowered her head and captured Mirai's lips. Under Mirai's blushing expression, she transformed into her former self and began a new round of decadence.

……

This side of the battlefield.

Asuma was still quite worried, especially about whether Naruto and his two companions could handle Kakuzu; he had absolute doubts about that.

It should be noted that Kakuzu is a peak Kage-level powerhouse. His Earth Grudge Technique makes him immune to damage, so even I cannot effectively harm him.

With just Naruto and his friends...

"Focus your attention on us, Asma."

Shikamaru half-squatted on the ground, pointing at the ground with one finger, and said to Asuma in a deep voice, "Have you forgotten what you were regretting before?"

Don't ignore everything in front of you because of other people!

"!!!"

Asma was startled. He secretly wiped away his cold sweat, almost ignoring the person in front of him again.

He had no time to worry. There was a Kage-level Hidan in front of him. Even if he didn't know why Hidan's fighting strength seemed weak, there was no doubt that he exuded a genuine Kage-level aura.

Even for Asuma, an elite Jonin, leading the Ino-Shika-Cho trio in a battle against a Kage-level opponent is not without its challenges.

"I understand, Shikamaru. From now on, you're in complete command!"

Asuma said seriously to Shikamaru, "I will pay close attention, don't worry!"

As the saying goes, in good times, look to Ino; in bad times, look to Choji; and in desperate situations, look to Shikamaru. The Ino-Shika-Cho trio are truly the backbone of the family. As the face of Konoha's inherited clans, the three of them are all incredibly strong.

As for Asma...

harm.

It's only because his wife is beautiful that he gets so many scenes.

In this situation, Asuma decided to rely directly on Shikamaru's intellect to find a way out for everyone.

Shikamaru naturally did not disappoint Asuma's expectations. He nodded and said to Asuma, "It's good that you think that way."

"Asuma, listen to my instructions. Go up there first and do this and that, then do this and that to Hidan, and then we'll support you!"

"that's it?"

Asuma paused, looking at Shikamaru with a puzzled expression.

Shikamaru said a lot, basically telling him to fight Hidan. Well, that's not difficult. Hidan's fighting style is the simplest and most brutal. Judging from Asuma's solid combat experience, he's not that hard to deal with.

But why do that?

Is it to give Shikamaru and the others some time?

That's it!

Asuma understood this and looked at Hidan with full confidence.