Gaara's body, however, was already floating in mid-air. Shukaku's chakra was extracted by the power of the sealing technique, and continuously poured into the mouth of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
As the sealing progressed, the vitality in Gaara's body was also rapidly fading away.
For a moment, apart from the sound of Shukaku's chakra flowing, there was no sound at all.
.......
After a moment, Zetsu suddenly raised his head and said: "There are two groups of people approaching us now. Judging from the situation, one group is from the Land of Wind, and the other is from Konoha Village, but they are all Konoha ninjas."
"As expected, someone has come chasing after us ah." Pain sighed.
"Wait! There's another major discovery. Uchiha Kaoru, who is known as the hero of Konoha and is on our organization's wanted list, is also in one of the groups." Zetsu said again.
"Is that so? I didn't expect that our target has also come. It's a pity that now is not the best time to kill him." Hearing Zetsu's words, Pain slowly opened his eyes and said softly: "We can't be disturbed now. Let's use the Transformation Technique. Just send two people to stop them."
"Um, I want to ask....." Kisame looked at Zetsu: "Is there a Konoha ninja with a watermelon head and wearing a green jumpsuit in this group of ninjas?"
"That's right, he's there." Zetsu nodded: "They are rushing over from Konoha."
Hearing these words, the next moment, Kisame's mouth grinned, and he directly said: "As expected, that beast has also come. Then let me go. I really want to have another fight with that beast."
"Very good, then count you in." Pain nodded, "As for the other one, since the ninjas who are coming are from Konoha, then let's send someone who is familiar with Konoha. Itachi, Kisame, I'll leave it to you. Remember, I don't need you to win. Just be able to hold them back."
"Understood." Hearing Pain's words, Kisame and Uchiha Itachi responded faintly, and then directly began to prepare the Transformation Technique.
.......
Not long after, after entering the Land of Rivers for some time, Kaoru, who was moving quickly towards Gaara's location, was running when suddenly the werewolf running in the front let out a roar in its throat.
"Someone's coming." Hearing the werewolf's cry, Kaoru, who was connected to the werewolf's heart, immediately reminded.
"Enemies?" Naruto immediately frowned.
"It won't be Itachi, like in the original story, right?" Kaoru also looked forward.
The next moment, the four people's footsteps all stopped, and a trace of vigilance appeared on their faces. They stared straight ahead.
Following the four people's gaze, a burly figure appeared in front of them. The person who came was wearing a red cloud coat, carrying a sword wrapped in bandages on his shoulder, and a shark face revealed a ferocious look.
It was Hoshigaki Kisame!
"What ah, why are my opponents you guys? It should be that beast. When the leader used the Transformation Technique, it seems that he reversed my and Itachi's positions ah." After seeing the four people standing in front of him, Kisame said with a dissatisfied expression.
"It's actually Hoshigaki Kisame. I thought it would be Uchiha Itachi. But looking at it this way, Guy should be facing Uchiha Itachi." Kaoru thought in his heart after seeing the person who came.
"Hoshigaki Kisame!" Wan'er and Naruto were both shocked in their hearts, and stared straight at Kisame in front of them, with a heavy look in their eyes.
It wasn't strange that the two of them knew Kisame. As one of the important members of Akatsuki, Kisame had also invaded Konoha Village. Therefore, Tsunade had specially made the information about Kisame known to other Konoha ninjas. Moreover, Wan'er and Naruto had also met Hoshigaki Kisame before.
"That little girl I met in the hotel that time, and that brat who broke Itachi's Tsukuyomi, and that Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Well, it seems that it's enough for me to find some fun." Kisame smiled at the three of them.
"Stop talking nonsense and quickly release Gaara!" Naruto shouted loudly and rushed towards Kisame directly.
"What an impulsive brat!" Granny Chiyo frowned, and Kaoru also curled his lips. That was just Naruto's personality.
"Well, since my task is to hold you back, then this technique is the best!" Seeing Naruto running towards him, Kisame quickly formed hand seals, and then raised his head, and while opening his mouth, he spat downwards!
"Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave!"
The next moment, Kisame's mouth actually directly spewed out a large amount of water, like a sea wave, directly surging towards the front.
"Get out of the way!" Seeing the water flow like a wave in front of him, Kaoru directly said to Granny Chiyo and Wan'er beside him, and he took a step and picked up Naruto, who was about to be submerged by the wave, and brought him to a tree trunk.
On the other side, Granny Chiyo and Wan'er also jumped onto the tree trunks.
"This guy's Water Release is so powerful ah!" Naruto, who was almost submerged by the wave, let out a sigh.
In an instant, the water flow that Kisame spat out directly submerged the ground in this place completely. The originally flat road had directly turned into a small river!
"I'm a Water Release ninja. As expected, you have to create an environment that suits you when fighting ah....." At this time, Kisame was standing on the surface of the water, looking at the river in front of him, and revealed a satisfied smile.
"This Kisame's chakra is really amazing. He actually used this kind of large-scale, extremely chakra-consuming ninjutsu from the start. This is just his Transformation Technique clone, with only one-tenth of the main body's chakra." Seeing the small river on the ground below, Kaoru couldn't help but sigh.
On the other side, after creating a small river, Kisame formed hand seals again: "Water Clone Technique!"
Swish!
Four water clones also directly rose up from Kisame's side.
"This is good!" Looking at the four water clones beside him, Kisame seemed very satisfied.
"Quickly hand over Gaara!" Naruto shouted loudly, and directly jumped onto the water surface and rushed towards Kisame again. Kisame also waved his hand, and the four water clones beside him quickly attacked Naruto.
"I could break this technique three years ago when I met Zabuza!" Naruto snorted, and then formed hand seals with both hands, performed Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, and instantly created three Narutos. Then the shadow clone Narutos fought with Kisame's water clones!
"Rasengan!" Naruto directly joined forces with his clones and directly created four Rasengans, and smashed them towards Kisame's four clones!
"Bang bang bang!!!" Three violent explosions sounded. Three of Naruto's four Rasengans successfully hit their targets, and only one was dodged.
And after those three Kisame clones were hit, they directly exploded and turned into splashing water.
"There's still one left!" Looking at the last water clone, Naruto said loudly.
"Really?" A smile floated on the corner of Kisame's mouth. Those splashing water droplets suddenly changed shape in the air, and instantly formed a water prison, wrapping Naruto. And the last Kisame water clone immediately took a step forward and pressed on top of the water prison!
"The water clone was just bait. This is the real hidden move, brat." Kisame's water clone grinned at Naruto in the water prison: "With this, you, a lively and active brat, can finally be quiet for a while, right."
____________________
For more advance chapters visit my patreon
patreon.com/kane45
Tier: 10$ Casual Reader - +20 Advance Chapter
20$ Intermediate Reader - +40 Advance Chapter
40$ Expert Reader - +80 Advance Chapter
Update: "Monday to Friday - Update 3 Chapters a Day"
"Saturday and Sunday - Off"