Konoha: Otsutsuki from the Earth

Watching Qi Fei pierce his heart, Kakuzu couldn't help but think in his heart: "This guy... seems to know my weaknesses very well..."

He found that Qi Fei's attack on him was not like attacking other parts randomly like ordinary people, but was very precise in targeting the heart in his body.

Feeling the severe pain in his chest and the slowly draining strength, Kakuzu used his last strength to control the blue mask and open his mouth: "Wind Release·Press!"

Boom! A cloud of wind exploded between Kakuzu and Qi Fei's figure. The fierce wind pushed the two of them away, barely buying Kakuzu a little time.

With his last will, Kakuzu controlled the heart of the red mask to fill his chest, becoming a new heart in his body.

Feeling the vitality brought by the beating heart in his chest, Kakuzu took a deep breath and luckily survived.

"Didn't that guy get pierced through the heart by Qi Fei?"

In the distance, Shikamaru was surprised when he saw the horns stabbed by the "sunshine gun" rising from the ground again.

"Tsk, is that guy also immortal?" Asuma asked doubtfully. Hidan left a really deep impression on him.

Izumo said: "It doesn't look like it. If he was immortal, he shouldn't have had to hide just now."

"Even if he is not immortal, in terms of pure ninjutsu power, he is still very terrifying." Zitie continued.

On the battlefield at this time, the square burned by Kakuto's combined ninjutsu "Fire Wind Release" was still burning with fire.

The initial sea of ​​​​fire even almost burned in front of them, forcing them to move their viewing positions further back.

"Hey, although I'm very reluctant, in such a narrow place, we are just going to die if we go up there." Shikamaru laughed at himself.

After that, he continued to observe Kakuzu's abilities, and he always felt that he seemed to have overlooked something.

"What is it? Appearance? Ninjutsu? Mask... yes, it's a mask!" Shikamaru suddenly reacted, "That guy's mask seems to be constantly decreasing."

"Mask? Yes! That's right." Asuma and the others also spotted Kakuzu in the distance, with only a blue mask hanging next to his face.

"Does it mean that every time he dies, he loses a mask?" Asma pondered, "In other words, Qi Fei will kill him twice more?"

"It should be right, but it doesn't seem that simple. At present, Qi Fei has determined that the dead hand is only the one that stabbed the guy's heart just once, but there is only one mask left."

Shikamaru observed the battlefield attentively, waiting for Qi Fei to force out Kakuzu's trump card more.

At this time, Qi Fei, after being pushed away by Kakuzu's Wind Release, conveniently extinguished the "Sunshine Gun" on Kakuzu to prevent it from exploding and directly taking Kakuzu away.

He now regards Kakuzu as his training target, so he has always been cautious and has not eliminated Kakuzu's five hearts at once. After all, such "sandbags" with rich combat experience are not easy to find.

He opened his palm, and a black iron rod slipped out of his palm and turned into the shape of an ordinary short knife.

Qi Fei held the black short sword and waited for Kakuzu to take action.

"Is this guy playing a trick on me?"

Kakuzu saw that Qi Fei did not attack him when he was weak, and realized that Qi Fei did not seem to be in a hurry to kill him.

There can be many reasons for not rushing to kill him, but in line with the current situation, it can only be that Qi Fei deliberately "practices" on himself.

Because when Kakuzu faces an opponent that is much weaker than him, he will occasionally play tricks on his opponent like this.

"Haha, but I'm not that kind of boy." Kakuzu thought in his heart.

If he were young, Kakuzu might have fought Qi Fei to the death for a breath.

But now, what Kakuzu should do most is to leave here quickly and regroup, instead of continuing to waste time with Qi Fei.

"But the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan is in trouble. With the Byakugan around, there is no way to retreat quietly."

Kakuzu took advantage of Qi Fei's relaxation time to carefully examine the surrounding environment and everything that could be used.

Phew—seeing what Kakuzu seemed to be doing, Qi Fei flew forward and swung his short sword towards Kakuzu.

Kakuzu barely escaped Qi Fei's surprise attack, and then controlled the black tentacles on his body to continuously surround Qi Fei from all directions.

For a moment, Kakuzu and Qi Fei's figures were entangled again, and countless black tentacles continued to break and fall from mid-air.

Just when Kakuzu was about to lose his support, a beautiful figure on the edge of the forest attracted his attention.

Not long ago, Ino and the others, who were closest to the public toilet gold exchange, came to the forest near the gold exchange because Asuma's team asked for help.

As soon as they arrived here, they discovered Qi Fei who was fighting Kakuzu. Out of good intentions, they planned to support Qi Fei, but their position was exposed.

"Those two people seem to be experienced jounin and are difficult to handle; the fat man is probably very strong and difficult to subdue; the yellow-haired girl is probably the weakest, and she is the only one!"

After just a quick glance, Kakuzu used Qi Fei's attack to move closer to Ino and the others.

Shikamaru and the others also spotted Aoba's team in the distance, and saw Kakuzu approaching Ino and the others intentionally or unintentionally. They immediately shouted: "Ino! Choji! Get out of the way!"

"What?!" Ino and Choji heard Shikamaru's words and immediately prepared to retreat deep into the woods.

But Kakuzu had already turned his back to Qi Fei, looked at Ino and the others and said, "It's too late!"

Click! The blue mask that was originally hanging on Kakuzu was torn open from Kakuzu's back again. He opened his mouth wide and blew out a blast of wind at the oncoming Qi Fei.

Boom! The storm failed to move Qi Fei's figure, but pushed Kakuzu to approach Ino and the others at a faster speed.

Yamashiro Aoba, the captain wearing sunglasses, reacted immediately and immediately formed seals to summon a group of crows to interfere with Kakuzu's actions.

The vice-captain with scars on his face beside him also held his own poisonous "black knife" in his hand, preparing to use the crow's cover to deliver a fatal blow to Kakuzu.

However, Kakuzu was faster than them, and several tough black tentacles suddenly emerged from the soil under their feet, tightly entangling the two of them and interrupting their movements.

"Partial Multiplication Jutsu!" Seeing that he couldn't dodge, Choji protected Ino behind him, his arms suddenly expanded, and he punched Kakuzu.

Kakuzu raised his hand to block Dingji's attack, turned around and punched Dingji, and kicked him away hard.

"Uh-" Ino, who had no time to escape, was choked by Kakuzu's outstretched arm and struggled desperately.

Kakuzu pulled Ino to his side with a backhand, covering him in front of him.

At this time, Qi Fei also stabbed the blue mask with a knife and looked in the direction of Kakuzu: "One."

"Ino!" Seeing Ino being caught by Kakuzu, Shikamaru and the others quickly approached Ino's position.

"Put away your shadow, kid, otherwise this little girl will die." Kakuzu tightened his hand around Ino's neck, and at the same time stretched out tentacles from his body to tie Ino and himself together.

"Tsk." Seeing Kakuzu's actions, Shikamaru had no choice but to put away his hand in the seal, but his mind was still thinking about countermeasures rapidly.

He was careless and focused on observing the battlefield, forgetting to pay attention to his companions who might come to support him from a distance.

Seeing that Shikamaru and the others were honest, Kakuzu also looked at Qi Fei's still cold eyes.

What he fears most here is Qi Fei. Even if the hostage is in his hands, he still feels unsure.

After all, the opponent has too many methods, including Kirigakure's blood-continuing limited ice escape, Iwagakure's blood-continuing limited melting escape, the overly powerful golden thunder escape, etc.

"Do you want to use earth escape to escape? You may not be able to hide your eyes from the Byakugan, but you can escape from other people's sight for a short time."

"After returning this time, we must inform the leader and let other members pay attention to this Hyuga clan."

"It's a pity that the target of the 35 million bounty is there. After I recover, I will definitely kill him next time in exchange for money."

"There is also this guy with the Byakugan. I will take revenge sooner or later. With such a strong strength, I must be able to exchange a lot of money on the black market."

"What a pity, the 30 million I just received this time is gone... Huh?!"

Kakuzu was thinking about escape strategies when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest.

When he came back to his senses, he found that the yellow-haired girl who had been in his arms had disappeared at some point. He was surrounded by Konoha ninjas who were on guard against him.

Qi Fei was standing in front of him, holding a short knife and stabbed through his defenseless chest, piercing his last heart.

"When...why..." endured the severe pain, Kakuzu asked, "could it be...an illusion..."

Looking at Kakuzu who was gradually losing his life and slowly falling down, Qi Fei said: "Zero."