"I'll handle that guy."
Takumi said with a smile. "You guys follow Hinata slowly and be careful of the traps."
After that, Takumi asked for the specific locations of the traps, then his figure flickered and rushed over at extreme speed.
At this moment, Rinji was still completely unaware.
Even ultrasonic waves took time to transmit.
And Takumi's current speed exceeded sound!
By the time Rinji confirmed from his bats that one of the pursuers had suddenly disappeared and sensed something was wrong,
A tremendous force had already pressed down fiercely from above.
It was like a mountain suddenly appearing above his head.
He had no chance to react at all, couldn't even feel the pain, before being crushed flat by the immense force.
"Well, one small fry dealt with."
Takumi clapped his hands, looking at the ground that had sunk over ten meters deep.
As for Rinji's body, it had naturally merged with the earth.
"Next, to deal with the other two guys."
Takumi looked up in two directions.
Within this distance, his Observation Haki was enough to detect them.
But he didn't find any trace of Kabuto and Guren, which bothered him a bit.
The other two were even weaker than Rinji.
And Takumi didn't intend to mess around with such low-level small fry. He supersonically rushed over and finished them with one punch.
The whole process took less than three seconds, with two seconds spent on travel.
You could say the two, hundreds of meters apart, were almost simultaneously turned into minced meat by Takumi's punch.
"Turn into nutrients for the earth. This can be considered repaying part of your sins."
Takumi's gaze was completely calm.
Countless people had died by his hands.
Let alone these two nobodies.
Maybe in the eyes of some Shinobi, they were considered strong.
But in the eyes of Shinobi like Takumi, or even any Jonin facing these two, they could easily and effortlessly kill them instantly.
Even if they used the power of the Cursed Seal, it was the same.
After all, their foundation was too poor, and they had only survived the free-for-all by banding together.
If not for their abilities being somewhat useful, Rinji probably wouldn't have cared whether they lived or died.
"The trash is dealt with. Let's regroup first."
His Observation Haki hadn't detected Kabuto and Guren.
But that shouldn't be the case.
This bothered Takumi a bit.
Something was interfering with him.
To be safe, it was best to regroup with his companions to prevent them from being ambushed.
Kabuto and Guren probably wouldn't appear, but that guy named Gozu was still quite strong.
If they faced Gozu, Hinata and the others might not necessarily win.
After all, their accumulated strength was too little.
Without enough time to grow, being still Genin, they couldn't confront Gozu, who had the Cursed Seal.
Soon, Takumi found Hinata and the others, who had crossed the traps.
"Already dealt with?"
Kiba saw Takumi appear and exclaimed in surprise, "That was too fast, right?"
"Not unexpected."
Shino had an expression as if he had expected this.
"The small fry are dealt with, but the troublesome part is that Kekkei Genkai user; I didn't see her."
Takumi looked at Hinata. "They should be near the lake. Can you see them?"
"Mm."
Hinata nodded, stepped forward, and closed her eyes.
"Byakugan!"
Her eyes suddenly opened, veins bulging around them, looking a bit fierce.
Hinata's vision quickly searched, but she didn't find anyone.
"No good, this mist seems to block sight."
Hinata shook her head, troubled. "Maybe they are already outside my visual range."
"Wait."
Kiba suddenly looked up, frowning. "Do you guys hear a sound?"
"Sound?"
Takumi raised an eyebrow. "What kind of sound?"
"Sounds like screaming?"
Kiba wasn't too sure either. If Akamaru were here, he could be certain.
In terms of smell and hearing, Akamaru, being a dog, was naturally more sensitive.
'Screaming?'
Takumi immediately understood that Kabuto must be using Yukimaru to summon the Three-Tails sleeping in the lake.
Just as he thought this, he suddenly sensed a huge surge of Chakra from the lake behind them.
"..."
Hinata's eyes widened in surprise, covering her mouth. "What terrifying Chakra!"
Her Byakugan was still active, and although she couldn't see the main body of the Chakra, she could feel the enormous, hard-to-ignore Chakra in the distance.
"It's making my heart race."
Kiba's body couldn't help but shudder.
This was his animal instinct warning him.
"So this is Orochimaru's goal?"
Shino remembered why they came here. "If Orochimaru controls the owner of this Chakra, it will definitely cause unimaginable destruction to the Shinobi World."
"You're right, so we have to stop them."
Takumi turned back, his expression serious. "You all stay here. I'll go take a look."
"Wait a minute!"
Kiba called out dissatisfied. "We can help too."
"Unfortunately, we can't."
Shino grabbed his shoulder and shook his head. "This level of enemy is far beyond what we can confront now."
"And without Akamaru, how much strength can you really exert?"
Shino's words made Kiba even more unwilling.
But he also knew Shino was telling the truth.
If he followed Takumi now, besides holding him back, he could do nothing.
"Kiba-kun, let's just wait here for Takumi-kun to return."
Hinata stepped forward to comfort him, unaware that her words would only make Kiba more unwilling.
However, Kiba wasn't the type to dwell on things.
He was just a bit unwilling, but he wouldn't do anything extreme because of it.
After all, his surname wasn't Uchiha.
"Alright, you guys hide well. I'll be back soon."
Takumi said with a smile. "They're definitely at a critical moment in their plan now. I just need to interfere a bit, and their plan won't be completed on schedule."
Saying this, he patted Kiba on the shoulder, then flickered and disappeared from the spot.
The three silently watched the direction Takumi had gone.
Hinata's Byakugan kept fixed on the lake. Seeing Takumi enter but being unable to find his figure in the mist, she frowned.
"So the mist really is blocking my vision!"
She said with certainty. "This mist is strange."
"That's inevitable."
Shino said with a matter-of-fact expression. "Since it's something planned by that Orochimaru, it wouldn't be surprising if anything happened."
"Are we really just going to sit here and wait?"
Kiba sat down on the ground, holding the back of his head with both hands, looking up at the clear night sky. "That would be too boring, wouldn't it?"
"Hey, how about we set up some traps? Like, after Takumi drives the enemy out, we use traps to block their escape or something."