I am the most popular character in Naruto!

Shikamaru must have come up with some good idea, which is why he needs to stall for time, right?

it is good!

Even if it costs him his life, he will buy enough time for Shikamaru and the others!

"Then... I'll go!"

Asuma took a deep breath, stylishly lit a cigarette, and slowly walked towards Hidan with the cigarette in his mouth, giving off an air of a hero going forth never to return.

"Come on."

Shikamaru waved to Asuma, and after seeing Asuma respond, he sat cross-legged on the ground and began tapping his head.

"Hey, Shikamaru, what exactly are you planning to do?"

Ino, who hadn't said a word until now, finally ran over and squatted down next to Shikamaru. "You don't seem to want to fight, do you?"

"You think you know anything?"

Shikamaru glanced at Ino, who proudly said, "That's right, you don't seem nervous at all. Only Asuma-sensei would be fooled by you."

"Right, Choji?"

In response to Ino's question, Choji nodded憨厚ly and said cheerfully, "Shikamaru, the fact that you didn't form hand seals means you weren't thinking."

"Then you're wrong. I've been thinking about it the whole time."

Shikamaru tapped his head and smiled, "It's just that in this situation, I don't need to use all my brainpower to think."

"However, we still have to put on an act."

"Perhaps Chiaki is watching us from the side."

……

In the humid room, the seductive music gradually subsided.

The two girls, panting heavily, gazed deeply into each other's eyes, their lips meeting, a clear liquid mingling between them.

"Almost?"

"We should go see them."

The future is drawing circles on Qianqiu's chest, like a kitten kneading milk, with its ten fingers lightly flicking.

"...Hmm...Let them be..."

Qianqiu leaned back lazily, fully enjoying the services of the future. "With such good facilities, if something still goes wrong, it just proves they deserve to die."

"Look what you said."

Mirai poked Chiaki's cheek helplessly, "Is intelligence really that important? Is it more important than strength?"

"Sometimes, intelligence is indeed very important."

The languid Chiaki suddenly straightened her neck and muttered a couple of words, "Perhaps I should prepare some intelligence on the other members of Akatsuki, especially Pain."

"Otherwise... if something like that happens again, I'll go crazy."

"whats the matter?"

Future looked at Qianqiu with curiosity, she had a guess in her heart, but she couldn't be sure.

"Hmm... serve me one more time, and I'll tell you~"

Chiaki's body slumped down again, and he said to the future in a teasing tone.

"Is your body still able to handle it?"

Mirai blushed and poked Chiaki, "I'm so tired..."

"You're destined to be an elite Jonin in the future, how can you be so weak!"

Qianqiu said righteously, "It seems you still need more practice. Come, come~ let me teach you step by step~"

Chapter 722 The First Hokage and the Future Hokage

"what happened?"

"Is that all the strength you have?"

"If that's the case, then you'd better stay where you are and let me catch you!"

"My one hundred million taels!"

Kakuzu burst into laughter, his movements were quite exaggerated, and his posture was incredibly bizarre.

Since Jigen-yu has completely merged with Kakuzu, it can be said that he is Jigen-yu himself, and Jigen-yu is also Kakuzu himself.

This secret technique is quite terrifying, and it inexplicably has a hint of those unspeakable things from next door.

Who knows where Takigakure got this thing from? But considering there are many illogical things in this ninja world, and even many things from outer space, it makes sense.

"Damn it... is this guy really that hard to deal with?"

Naruto gritted his teeth and looked at Kakuzu, a sense of powerlessness rising in his heart.

His chakra reserves are indeed ridiculously large. Against ordinary enemies, he can use his massive chakra reserves and troop-bursting tactics to overwhelm them with a huge number of shadow clones.

However, Naruto's usual tactics didn't work against Kakuzu.

Kakuzu's chakra is also enormous, and not only that, his regenerative abilities are also quite terrifying.

With the support of Di Yuanyu, he didn't need to worry about the consumption of his life force, just like his state at the beginning of the Thousand Autumns.

Kakuzu could completely abandon defense, convert all his physical strength and life force into chakra, and focus on being a turret.

Because he has five hearts and five chakra natures, Kakuzu's understanding of ninjutsu is no less than that of Hiruzen Sarutobi.

At the same time, he also independently improved and researched ninjutsu, enhancing the form and nature transformations of chakra.

This is the fundamental reason why Kakuzu can use B-rank ninjutsu to produce the effect of S-rank ninjutsu.

For Kakuzu, a peak Kage-level ninja, B-rank ninjutsu is like Gatling gun bullets; he can simply unleash them without thinking.

Low energy consumption, high damage, and wide range – this is Kakuzu's preferred approach to using ninjutsu.

Unfortunately, all of these ninjutsu techniques are effective against Naruto's mass troop deployment tactics.

No matter how many shadow clones Naruto created, Kakuzu would just unleash a massive area-of-effect attack, shattering all of Naruto's shadow clones.

"It's really troublesome."

Sai, who was flying in the air with a panting Sakura, stared at Kakuzu with a serious expression, trying to find an opportunity to attack from the air.

Previously, Sakura, who was hiding, had already launched an attack. It was an opportunity that Sakura chose to take after Naruto's shadow clones swarmed in and blocked Kakuzu's cannon, rendering it unable to move.

However, Kakuzu saw through this opportunity. He even knew Sakura's exact location. The moment Sakura launched her attack, he ignored Naruto's shadow clones who were attacking him and directly fired a Lightning Release: False Darkness at Sakura.

Lightning Release: False Darkness is a terrifying ninjutsu released through a lightning mask. It can generate a sharp lightning spear that sweeps lightning from near to far.

This thing is still a B-rank ninjutsu, but it can pierce through giant rocks, with an effect comparable to Sasuke's Chidori Spear.

Sakura couldn't dodge in time and was pierced through the abdomen.

Fortunately, Sai reacted quickly enough and rescued Sakura from mid-air.

It was fortunate that Sakura had learned more advanced medical ninjutsu from Chiaki before coming here, and had also gained some knowledge of the Hundred Healings Technique; otherwise, this might have been the death of Sakura.

Thanks to the medical ninjutsu, Sakura managed to stabilize her condition, but her strength was greatly reduced, making it difficult for her to deliver a fatal punch.

Sai was already overwhelmed with the task of taking care of Sakura while simultaneously using Super Beast Imitation Art to assist Naruto.

In other words, Naruto can only rely on himself to fight Kakuzu.

"How to do?"

Naruto gritted his teeth and asked himself, watching his shadow clones being constantly eliminated by Kakuzu. He could only create more shadow clones to entangle Kakuzu and buy time.

"Could it be that we should try out that newly learned ninjutsu?"

"But... that ninjutsu only has one chance..."

Naruto frowned, watching the shadow clones that couldn't get close to Kakuzu. He then looked up at Sai and made a few hand gestures to him, signaling him to find a way to restrain Kakuzu.

Sai also gave Naruto a few hand gestures, indicating that he couldn't do that for the time being. Sakura's injuries were serious, and he needed to find a place to put Sakura down before he could think of a way to help Naruto.

Naruto thought for a moment, gritted his teeth, and gestured to Sai again, signaling him to hurry up and put Sakura down.

It may sound harsh, but Sai is not of much use right now anyway. If he is just a distraction, Sai's effect is not as good as his own shadow clones.

Sai thought for a moment, agreed with Naruto's idea, and controlled the giant bird to fly away.

"Oh?"

"Your companions have already abandoned you, do you still want to fight?"

Noticing Sai leaving in the air, Kakuzu casually manipulated the mask on his back to release a fireball, destroying a series of Naruto shadow clones, and asked with a chuckle.

He has plenty of time to wear Naruto down. The longer Naruto wears down Naruto, the greater and more certain Kakuzu's chances of winning will be.

As for Hidan, Kakuzu wasn't actually worried.

Whether Hidan has any effect or not, it doesn't matter to Kakuzu; it's all dispensable.

With Hidan's immortality, as long as he can keep Shikamaru and his group occupied and prevent them from interfering with him, he will have succeeded.

With Naruto's bounty of 100 million ryo standing there, Kakuzu wouldn't even bother looking at Asuma, who was "only" worth 3,500 ryo.

Wouldn't it be better to put some effort into catching Naruto?

"Hmph, even if I'm all alone, I will keep fighting!"

Naruto snorted at Kakuzu. He wasn't a newbie anymore and wouldn't reveal his teammates' whereabouts.

"I hope you can always keep this mindset, instead of collapsing so quickly."

Kakuzu looked at Naruto meaningfully and said, "My memories of Konoha are from quite a long time ago."

"Thinking back to when I fought against Konoha, wasn't the one facing me Hashirama Senju?"

"Senju Hashirama?"

Naruto's expression changed, and Kakuzu clearly saw it, a smile creeping onto his face.

"That's right, it's your First Hokage!"