Naruto: The Brightest Star

Chapter 118: Konoha and the Hidden Rain Village's First Collaborative Mission

Kakashi stopped what he was doing and nodded.

"Then trouble you."

"It's okay, Karin, go ahead."

Uchiha Star nodded slightly at Karin.

"I see."

Karin nodded, and then came to Uzumaki Naruto and the others with Haruno Sakura.

Sakura Haruno went to break Naruto Uzumaki's illusion, and Karin was about to break Shikamaru Nara's illusion, but found that the other party seemed to be pretending to sleep.

stare……

Karin raised her hand and lifted Nara Shikamaru's ear.

Hiss! It hurts! Hold on! Hold on!

Karin raised her eyebrows slightly and began to twist her hands.

"Hiss! Wake up, wake up!"

Nara Shikamaru quickly opened his eyes and looked at Karin pleadingly.

"Now that you're awake, come with us."

Karin said as she raised her hand and pulled Nara Shikamaru away from here.

At the same time, Haruno Sakura also left with Uzumaki Naruto.

On the way, Haruno Sakura told Nara Shikamaru and Uzumaki Naruto about the content of the mission.

"Ah... this is really troublesome."

Nara Shikamaru said with a headache.

"Ok?"

Karin, who was leading the way, felt someone following her from behind.

"There are enemies following us. They are from two teams. No, they are ten people. But there is also a friendly one, the one covered in bugs. They are moving pretty fast. Pay attention. We need to speed up."

Karin said this along with Haruno Sakura and the others behind her.

"Covered with bugs? It's Aburame Shino, why is he here too?"

Uzumaki Naruto said in surprise.

"He's been following us since we left."

Xiangling explained to Uzumaki Naruto and the others, then took out three things from her waist bag and threw them to Uzumaki Naruto and the others.

"Pour your chakra into it, and for a moment, follow the footprints like me and step back."

Karin said as she suddenly stopped, then walked back along the footprints and then climbed up another tree.

Karin formed hand seals to create shadow clones, and soon four shadow clones appeared, and then the other three shadow clones turned into other people.

"Give them what I just gave you. Remember, give the corresponding amount."

After seeing everyone hand over the things in their hands to the shadow clone, Karin led everyone to move forward. The shadow clone cleaned up their traces, then created new traces and rushed in another direction.

"Sister, what was that just now?"

Uzumaki Naruto asked Karin curiously.

"A ninja tool that stores chakra. In this way, the person wearing the tool will be more like himself. If the opponent has perception, the ninja can easily confuse the opponent."

Karin followed Uzumaki Naruto as he explained.

"I see."

Uzumaki Naruto nodded, then he thought of something and looked at Karin and said, "Then why don't we each use Shadow Clone? Wouldn't that be much simpler?"

Karin just felt a slight headache and couldn't help but raise her hand to rub her forehead.

"That's because the shadow clone itself divides the chakra of the caster equally. Our mission is to recover Uchiha Sasuke. It is very likely that we will fight each other at that time."

"We can save chakra now, so we shouldn't waste it. I have a lot of chakra, and I'm good at physical skills, so chakra doesn't have much effect. I'm the most suitable person to use shadow clones."

"I see!"

Uzumaki Naruto looked as if he had suddenly realized something.

Karin and the others kept chasing, while on the other side, Uchiha Xing and Shiro were protecting everyone in the audience.

Ok?

Uchiha Xing raised his eyes and looked in the direction of Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others.

Wow! I didn’t expect that my old friend would be channeled so quickly.

At this time, a Sound Ninja attacked Uchiha Xing.

Uchiha Xing dodged by turning sideways, then kicked the Sound Ninja away.

The Senju Tobirama who was resurrected by the Impure World Reincarnation above seemed to sense something, turned his head and saw a very familiar figure.

Uchiha…Star.

Even though Uchiha Xing disguised himself, changed his hair and eye color, and even tampered with his chakra, Senju Tobirama still recognized Uchiha Xing from his back and some of his actions.

So you are still alive, and are protecting Konoha under another identity?

Looking at Uchiha Xing who had been protecting the audience seats, an inexplicable emotion flashed in Senju Tobirama's eyes.

"Oh~ What is Nidaime Hokage looking at?"

Orochimaru chuckled and looked in the direction where Senju Tobirama had just looked.

Then I saw the jonin who didn’t look like a jonin—Izumi.

Izumi? Izumi... Izumi! I see.

Orochimaru's lips curled up.

"I'm just expressing my feelings about Konoha's situation."

Senju Tobirama withdrew his gaze and spoke as if nothing had happened.

"Oh, really? Anyway, the chat is over, it's time to get to work."

As Orochimaru spoke, he inserted the spell-bound kunai into the heads of Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju respectively.

The Hokage War begins.

On the other side, Karin sensed that the people chasing behind her were divided into two groups, one chasing the shadow clones, and the other chasing them.

As expected, there are sentient ninjas among them.

Karin told everyone what she knew.

"Damn it! Why don't we just launch an ambush!"

Uzumaki Naruto said irritably.

"Naruto, didn't I tell you that our mission is to bring back Uchiha Sasuke, not to attack the enemy. This would waste time. In addition, the one who invaded this time was Orochimaru, a traitor to Konoha. He is very familiar with Konoha. It is very likely that everyone who participated in this plan is very familiar with the terrain of Konoha. Therefore, the success rate of the ambush is very low. In addition, the three Sand Ninjas may have stopped attacking Uchiha Sasuke."

Karin's words made Uzumaki Naruto and Haruno Sakura stunned.

"The current situation is very troublesome. It's only a matter of time before those people catch up with us. It's very likely that the people on the other side will catch up immediately after they find something wrong. Now Naruto and I have just finished fighting, and the remaining chakra in our bodies may not be enough to defeat those people."

Nara Shikamaru added.

"There is another way now. That is to leave one person behind and pretend to ambush the enemy, try to delay them and give the others more time. However... the person who stays behind is likely to die."

Nara Shikamaru analyzed on the side.

quiet.....

"Let me stay. You are not fit to fight now."

Karin was silent for a moment before speaking.

"No, you're a sensory ninja. If you stay, you won't know Sasuke's location."

Nara Shikamaru scratched his hair irritably, then said, "I'd better stay. Although I'm not as good as you in fighting, I'm the best at running away."

Everyone stopped.

"Are you sure?"

Karin looked at Nara Shikamaru and asked.

"Wait, sister, let me stay. I still have a lot of chakra. If it doesn't work, I will use shadow clones..."

Before Uzumaki Naruto could finish his words, he was interrupted by Nara Shikamaru.

"Naruto, the best person to stay is me. This way I can successfully lure the enemy and survive. Don't forget, my best skill is shadow imitation, which is a ninjutsu that restricts the enemy. Put down your form, I won't joke with my life."

Nara Shikamaru gave Uzumaki Naruto a reassuring smile.

Karin thought for a moment, bit her finger, and quickly formed a seal.

"Oh!"

A puff of smoke appeared, followed by a muffled and shining appearance.

"Moo!"

Karin!

"Menmen, I have something to ask of you this time."

Karin's serious expression made Menmen, who was about to hug Karin, also become serious.

"Shikamaru, this is Menmen, my summoning beast. It's good at healing and supernatural powers. I asked it to stay with you. If anything goes wrong, it will take you away immediately."

Karin nodded to Menmen and said, "I'll leave him in your care."

"Moo moo~"

I will handle it!

Menmen patted his chest to reassure Karin.

Then Karin and the others continued to move forward.

Super powers and healing.

Nara Shikamaru took Menmen's ability into consideration and quickly constructed a plan in his mind.

On the other side, Karin led Uzumaki Naruto and Haruno Sakura and kept rushing forward. And Karin kept an eye on the chakra movement of Nara Shikamaru.

Karin could clearly sense that Nara Shikamaru had stopped the ninja who was chasing him.

"Can you go any faster?"

Karin paused for a moment, then sighed and said, "Forget it. If we go too fast, it will consume your energy. I'll do it myself. Are you ready to fly?"

Karin turned around and smiled brightly at Haruno Sakura and Uzumaki Naruto.

For some reason, Haruno Sakura and Uzumaki Naruto suddenly felt a chill on their backs.

The next second, Karin fought off one person with one hand, and then used instant step, instantly increasing her speed.

Haruno Sakura and Uzumaki Naruto only felt their bodies floating in the wind, and the cold wind was fanning their faces.

As if she felt that the jungle chase was too slow, Karin directly used the Moon Step to bring them into the air.

As we all know, Moon Step + Instant Step is equivalent to flying in the air. Moreover, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.

Uzumaki Naruto hugged Karin's arms tightly, fearing that Karin would get excited and use some moves like the human cannon to throw him out.

On the other side, Nara Shikamaru looked at the "corpses" on the ground and the big cow that was waving its fists and front hooves to show its strength. He couldn't help but wonder if Karin thought her summoning beast was too weak.

"Wow!"

There were several noises coming from the bushes, and then a man suddenly jumped out.

The Menmen, who was showing off, suddenly focused his eyes and instantly attacked the person who jumped out.

"Wait! Menmen! That's one of ours!"

After seeing who was coming, Nara Shikamaru quickly spoke up to stop Menmen.

"Boom!"

A punch left a big hole in the ground.

Asuma Sarutobi looked at the big hole on the ground, was silent for a moment, then pointed at Menmen and asked Nara Shikamaru.

"It is..."

"Karin's summoning beast."

Nara Shikamaru explained briefly.

"That's it."

Asuma Sarutobi looked at the cute big cow in front of him and really couldn't imagine that such a huge power just now was used by this big cow.

On the other side, Aburame Shino quickly arrived and helped Uchiha Sasuke stop Kankuro who stayed behind.

Soon, Uchiha Sasuke caught up with Temari who was running away with Gaara.

"Gaara, run, I'm here."

Temari raised the fan in her hand and looked at Uchiha Sasuke warily.

"Ha! Come on horseback."

Uchiha Sasuke was ready to attack.

"found it!"

A voice sounded in the air.

Then a figure flashed across the sky and fell rapidly towards Temari.

Temari's pupils shrank slightly, and she raised her fan to block.

"Oh!"

With a loud bang, Temari was kicked away and coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"Huh? I think I kicked something. Is it an illusion?"

Karin fell down and scratched her hair in confusion.

Uzumaki Naruto and Haruno Sakura stood behind Karin with pale faces.

"Well!"

Sakura Haruno held onto a tree and began to dry heave. Uzumaki Naruto was better off. After all, he had just experienced Gamabunta's "high-altitude training" some time ago, so he could withstand this level of training.

"Gaara, go!"

Temari struggled to stand up and stood in front of Gaara.

"roll."

Gaara covered his head, enduring the headache, and spoke angrily.

"Gaara!"

Temari looked back at Gaara anxiously.

"I said, get out!"

Gaara raised his hand and slapped Temari away.

"Oh!"

Temari slammed into the tree hard.

Gaara didn't care whether Temari was injured or not, his eyes were fixed on Uzumaki Naruto.

Kill him, kill him, kill him!

"kill you!"

Gaara said, his eyes full of madness.

The fateful battle has finally begun.

In the Konoha residential area, after Uzumaki Kushina evacuated the nearby residents, she rushed over there without hesitation when she saw the three giant snakes breaking in.

Since the artificial body only simulates a human body but does not have chakra meridians and chakra storage, Uzumaki Kushina is unable to use ninjutsu, but she still has her Zanpakuto.

On the way, Uzumaki Kushina drew the sword from her waist.

"Roar, Flame Fox!"

As Uzumaki Kushina finished her words, the Zanpakuto in her hand turned into flames, wrapped around Uzumaki Kushina's hands, forming sharp claw blades burning with flames.

Morino Ibiki and others were a little worried as they watched the three giant snakes moving forward.

Just at this moment, a figure flashed by, followed by the cry of a snake. Looking up, I saw a claw-like wound on the snake's body. Blood was still oozing from the wound, and the white bones inside the snake's body could be vaguely seen.

Not far away, on a high place, stood a black-haired girl, her hands covered in flames that formed blades like the claws of a wild beast.

Uzumaki Kushina looked at her hands and frowned slightly.

My strength has weakened. Is it because I am in the artificial body?

A week ago, Uzumaki Kushina finally knew her own father's name, and she called Uchiha Hoshi with a proud look on her face.

With the mentality of being in one place and seeing what the situation was, Uchiha Xing went straight to the door.

This also made Uzumaki Kushina realize that the Izumi that Uchiha Xing was talking about was herself.

However, at that time, Uzumaki Kushina was only thinking about showing off her new abilities, and temporarily forgot to ask Uchiha Xing.

So, Uchiha Xing patted out Uzumaki Kushina's spirit and let Uzumaki Kushina show her strength.

Coming back to her senses, Uzumaki Kushina looked at the three giant snakes that were about to attack. She was about to hit them when she suddenly felt something and quickly retreated.

"Ninja technique of summoning spirits, technique of suppressing the stage!"

As the sound rang out, a huge toad fell from the sky and pressed down the three snakes below.

Jiraiya...Sensei?!

Looking at the familiar figure, Uzumaki Kushina's eyes became a little red.