I am the most popular character in Naruto!

The selection process is even more rigorous for ninjas who can openly appear in Konoha and lead their teams.

Sai and Yamato were both specially selected by Kakashi as tools to make it easier for him to be a hands-off manager.

Sai, who was in the air, noticed the situation below. When he saw Kakashi, his eyes lit up, and he quickly controlled the giant eagle to land.

"Kakashi-senpai!"

Sai shouted loudly at Kakashi, while waving his hand and making several gestures.

"You're quite cautious, kid."

Kakashi chuckled and gave Sai a few hand gestures in return, and only then did Sai jump in front of Kakashi with peace of mind.

"I was really rude just now, Kakashi-senpai."

Sai apologized to Kakashi, "Since we are in the midst of a battle, we cannot let any danger slip by."

"fighting?"

"with who?"

Kakashi was completely bewildered; his information only went up to Loulan, and he knew nothing beyond that.

Konoha didn't give him any missions, since tracking Minato was already enough to keep Kakashi busy.

"The culprit behind the attack on the Temple of Fire!"

Sai explained the situation on Shikamaru's side to Kakashi in detail, and then took Sakura off the giant eagle.

"Look, Sakura got seriously injured while trying to buy time for Shikamaru, so now only Naruto is fighting Kakuzu!"

"...Attack the Fire Temple and collect the Tailed Beasts..."

Kakashi frowned in thought, "This sounds like an organized and premeditated group doing this. What does Chiaki-neechan say?"

"Lady Qianqiu didn't tell us explicitly, but her attitude was that we could fight."

Sai succinctly explained Chiaki's situation, which put Kakashi at ease. He then made a self-deprecating joke.

It is true.

How many organizations in the entire ninja world are still Konoha's, and that Chiaki can't afford to mess with?

It's not good at all.

In other words, when Qianqiu said they were "capable of fighting," he meant that they were capable of dealing with this group.

This is a bit intriguing.

Judging from Sakura and Sai's expressions, they are clearly no match for them.

"Kakashi-sensei, please go and assist Naruto!"

Sakura spoke earnestly to Kakashi, clutching her abdomen and continuously channeling chakra to heal herself.

Her abdomen was already bandaged, and all she had to do was keep using medical ninjutsu to regenerate the abdominal wound.

Chiaki taught Sakura this medical ninjutsu technique, which is similar to super-fast regeneration. Sakura can completely heal herself, but it takes a lot of time.

In other words, Sakura's strength is not enough right now. If she had reached the Kage level and learned the Hundred Healings Technique, what would she be afraid of having her abdomen pierced through?

As long as the heart and head are not pierced, the Hundred Healings Technique can repair the body immediately.

Even if the heart is pierced by half, it can be saved if there is enough chakra.

The Hundred Healings Technique, which evolved from the Immortal Body, is just that domineering, and the original Immortal Body is just as domineering.

"Naruto?"

"Isn't Sister Qianqiu watching over things nearby?"

Kakashi remarked, "Speaking of which, even Minato-sensei and Kushina-sensei aren't taking care of Naruto anymore, so it's understandable that Chiaki-neechan isn't watching over him either..."

"...What a load of rubbish!"

He sighed, speechless. These guys all seemed to trust Naruto completely, but if something happened to Naruto, would they turn the entire ninja world upside down?

Chiaki, in particular, almost overflows with favoritism towards Naruto.

Sasuke and Sakura, who were also in Team 7, didn't receive the same level of favoritism from Chiaki. Sometimes Kakashi would even maliciously speculate whether Chiaki harbored special feelings for Minato, and that she transferred those feelings to Naruto simply because Minato and Kushina were together.

In order not to disturb Minato, Chiaki deliberately changed her sexual orientation and got together with Mirai.

What a touching story!

"I understand. I'll go check on Naruto right now."

Kakashi said seriously, "Sai, just tell me the direction, and I'll sneak over there and see if I can catch Kakuzu off guard!"

"If that's the case, Kakashi-senpai, you absolutely must find a way to destroy his masks!"

Sai quickly informed Kakashi of the information regarding the Earth Grudge Fear, adding, "Also, Kakuzu has extremely strong sensory abilities, so be careful!"

Kakashi nodded. Although he didn't know where the information about Earth Grudge Fear came from, now was not the time to think about that.

He immediately disappeared from the spot and headed in the direction Sai had indicated.

After Kakashi sensed Kakuzu's peak Kage-level aura, he immediately entered a state of breathless stealth.

It's worth mentioning that Kakashi's stealth skills were taught by Chiaki. Even though he hasn't yet reached the level of Super Shadow or Sage Mode, he can already use some natural energy to shield himself.

Chiaki isn't very good at stealth, but she has a powerful figure who's willing to answer all her questions.

If she just acts cute and charming, Orochimaru will teach Chiaki everything she knows, and Chiaki will then pass it on to Kakashi, and so it will be passed down from generation to generation.

"Is this the Earthly Grudge?"

"It looks absolutely disgusting."

Kakashi reached behind Kakuzu, watching Naruto continue his attack despite being out of breath, and silently began to build up his own chakra.

He's going to give Kakuzu a big one!

Chapter 725 The Terror of Half-Man and Half-God

"Hey hey hey hey hey hey...!!!"

Shikamaru kept backing away, looking up in horror at everything that was happening in front of him.

Asuma had also retreated and looked up in shock.

"what is this!"

Ino screamed and shrank behind Choji, who also stared wide-eyed at everything in front of him.

That huge thing, emitting black energy, was none other than Hidan from before!

At this moment, Hidan's body was covered with a layer of pitch-black chakra. That layer of chakra carried an extremely terrifying energy that surpassed chakra. Any ninja who could sense chakra could perceive that this energy was at a level far higher than chakra!

"Damn it... this kind of change wasn't in the data!"

Shikamaru grabbed his hair and led everyone back, saying, "Let's retreat for now and see what he ends up like."

The eighty-nine strategies that Shikamaru had originally devised are no longer useful. Now, it is necessary to retest Hidan's strength, gather information about him, and then make targeted plans.

"Is this the reason why Lord Chiaki said... Hidan is more difficult to deal with than Kakuzu?"

Asuma recalled his chakra blade and sheathed it in his hand. Although this action was of no use to Hidan at this moment, having the weapon in hand at least gave Asuma some comfort.

Hidan's body swelled with a high-level chakra that gradually took shape, and a black figure wielding a scythe appeared before everyone. Hidan's voice came from within that chakra.

"Lord Evil God!"

"I offer you everything! Grant me strength!"

His frantic, high-pitched scream made Ino cover her ears in terror, and at the same time, a piercing sound, like fingernails scratching against glass, came through the air.

"Who...is it that has harmed my ability to walk among men?"

Buzz

The rules of the air trembled, and then a mysterious power was applied to Hidan. Asuma's expression changed. Although he didn't quite understand what had changed in the air, he could clearly sense that Hidan's strength was constantly increasing.

Early stage of Shadow level, mid-stage of Shadow level, peak of Shadow level!

That force kept Hidan's strength at the peak of Kage level before stopping and disappearing with a muffled thud.

"Watch out, Hidan... he's reached the peak of Kage-level..."

Asuma managed to utter those words, and Ino trembled:

"That's nonsense..."

"How can humans grow without any training at all?"

"...What if he's not human?"

Shikamaru clenched his fist, recalling a special existence mentioned in the data.

"No...not human?"

"How could someone not be human?"

Choji became frightened. Despite his strong appearance, he was still quite afraid of non-human things.

For example...ghosts...

"what are you thinking?"

Shikamaru knew what his friend was thinking and explained it to him.

"The documents did mention a few things about rules and gods..."

“Evil gods are deities within the rules of the world, and deities within the rules cannot affect things outside the rules.”

"In other words, if the rules of the evil god are not violated, then the evil god cannot have any influence on the ninja world."

Shikamaru gritted his teeth, watching Hidan's chakra expand and mature, explaining as he quickly threw items around.

"Then that means... the power granted by that evil god shouldn't be able to harm us, right?"

Ino didn't quite understand what Shikamaru was doing, but she still obediently stood in the usual spot of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio.

She still had the self-awareness to know what to do, so she just obediently cooperated with Shikamaru and waited for his orders.

Choji nodded repeatedly, "Those demons and monsters should all follow the rules and not harm us!"