Chapter 965
Chapter 958
Konoha, Hokage office.
Tsunade moved his eyes on the four people in front of him with scrutiny, and finally landed on the one on the far left.
“Xiaoning, do you really think they can avenge Asuma?”
Tsunade frowned slightly, and to be honest, she was not optimistic about Shikamaru and the others, although their strength was already at the top of their peers, it would not be too much to praise their genius. But the opponent is the one who can severely wound Asuma. They used to be too old to escape. Now let them go and hunt, wouldn’t they let them find their way?
Tsunade didn’t know that Zhou Xiaoning had done special training for three people, but even if he knew it, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be relieved. After all, it only took three days before and after. What kind of special training can make them improve enough in such a short time. To the point of contending with the strong Kage-level.
“Don’t worry, Mr. Tsunade, I will also go together. Kakuzu will leave it to me. The three of them just need to concentrate on dealing with Hidan.”
Zhou Xiaoning actually hoped that Kakuzu and Hidan could give him a wave of source power points and source cards, so Shikamaru and the others would naturally not be allowed to act alone.
“That’s it… well, I agree.”
After Tsunade hesitated for a while, he finally decided to believe in Zhou Xiaoning’s strength and nodded in agreement.
But after that, Tsunade couldn’t help but exhorted: “But Xiao Ning, you also have to promise me, no matter what the result is, you will bring me three of them back safely.”
No wonder Tsunade has such worries. The Shikamaru three are basically the heirs of the next patriarch. Although Nara, Akamichi and Yamanaka are not big families, the energy they have is not small. Moreover, these three families have always been united. Even a big family like the Hyuga clan would not dare to provoke them easily. After all, provoking one is equivalent to provoking three. Even if they can win in the end, they will most likely end up with themselves, which is not worth the loss.
In addition, these three companies have always been loyal supporters of Hokage. Naturally, Tsunade can’t chill them, otherwise, who will follow her in the future?
Besides, even if these things are aside, the talent and potential of the Shikamaru trio are enough for Tsunade to take it so seriously. You must know that these are three outstanding seed players who are destined to reach the elite Jōnin and even Kage-level in the future. If they fall before they grow, it will undoubtedly be a huge loss for Konoha.
“Ms. Tsunade, don’t worry, I will bring them all back safely.”
Zhou Xiaoning patted his chest and assured that, in his opinion, this operation is a hunting trip without any difficulty at all.
“Okay, I believe you. Also, be careful yourself.”
Although Tsunade had confidence in Zhou Xiaoning’s strength, he couldn’t help but exhort him.
Zhou Xiaoning smiled and nodded to Tsunade. He didn’t hate this feeling of being cared for.
Since Shikamaru and the others came to ask Tsunade for instructions after they were ready, they were able to set off immediately after getting approval. As for Zhou Xiaoning, his things were either stored in the storage space or in the treasure of the king, so he didn’t need to prepare at all.
So after receiving a copy of the latest information from Kakuzu and Hidan, the four set out directly.
According to intelligence speculation, Kakuzu and Hidan are likely to go to a small town on the border of the Fire Country. So Zhou Xiaoning directly used the spatial ability and took the three Shikamaru directly to the only way to Kakuzu and Hidan.
I have to say that Konoha’s intelligence gathering ability is still quite powerful. Not long after they arrived, they saw two figures slowly approaching them from a distance, one of them was still carrying A scythe with three blades was confirmed to be the undead duo.
“Huh? There seem to be a few things in the way.”
“It seems to be the few people who ran away a few days ago. The visitors are not kind, Brother Kakuzu, are you going or me?”
Almost at the same time, Kakuzu and Hidan also found Zhou Xiaoning and his group, but because they were too far away, they could not see who was blocking the road, otherwise they would not be so calm.
“Your ritual is too cumbersome. I still have a few deals left to deal with. I don’t want to waste time here. So, let those people leave it to me.”
Kakuzu said in a cold tone, apparently treating Zhou Xiaoning and the others as small characters who can make a big deal.
“Fire Style·Head hard!”
Kakuzu seemed to be really in a hurry. Without even saying hello, he directly released an advanced Fire Style ninjutsu, only to see a huge fireball ejected from him and flew straight to Zhou Xiaoning and others.
Shikamaru immediately took a step forward, but before he could perform ninjutsu, Zhou Xiaoning pushed him aside.
“Your opponent is Hidan, leave it to me, Kakuzu, the undead guy.”
With that said, Zhou Xiaoning pushed forward with his right hand and directly attached the fireball.
However, the explosion that everyone expected did not happen. On the contrary, the fireball got smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared. If it were not for the burnt marks along the way, it was really doubtful that they had been dazzled before.
Both Rinnegan and Tenseigan have the ability to absorb Chakra from the enemy, thereby deciphering ninjutsu. Now that the two are fully integrated, Long Tong also possesses this ability, even stronger, not only limited to Chakra, as long as Zhou Xiaoning’s transformation limit is not exceeded, any energy can be absorbed by him.
“Tsk, the purity is really bad, is it because it was plundered from others?”
Zhou Xiaoning curled his mouth unhappily. Kakuzu’s Chakra was really rubbish to him. Not only was it useless to stay in the body, it made him very uncomfortable.
“Give it back to you, Fire Style·Haolong Fire Technique!”
Zhou Xiaoning directly used Kakuzu’s Chakra to perform a ninjutsu, only to see a lifelike fire dragon condensed by Zhou Xiaoning, flying towards Kakuzu.
Before the fire dragon reached his body, Kakuzu felt a rush of heat.
Kakuzu knows that there must be a master on the other side, and that Fire Style of this level is not weaker than him. Putting away the contempt in his heart, Kakuzu quickly formed seals to deal with the fire dragon that was about to attack.
“Water Style· Water Barrier!”
Kakuzu condenses a wall of water in front of him, and water can overcome fire. This is a common sense and a theorem.
However, the power of the fire dragon has exceeded Kakuzu’s expectations. If he hadn’t seen the situation and displayed the second [Water Style·Water Barrier] in time, he would have been swallowed by the fire dragon.
“Huh, it’s not bad, the response is pretty quick. So, what about this?”
Zhou Xiaoning raised his brows, but he didn’t see his seal, just pointed at Kakuzu, and a sharp wind blade was created out of thin air, and it shot at Kakuzu.