Chapter 288
["You can understand this if you think about it normally. After all, Konoha has just been attacked. The most important thing at this time is to investigate the enemy's movements and purpose!"]
[Hinata went deeper into the jungle and detected something strange through the Byakugan: "What's going on? This chakra..."]
[In another direction, Sakura saw Naruto by a lake after walking around nearby. After greeting him, Sakura asked in confusion: "What are you doing here? Didn't you go find the villagers?"]
[Hearing this, Naruto pointed to a ruin shrouded in mist in the forest on the other side of the lake. Because there were no other clues for the time being, the two of them came to the ruins together.]
[There were rubble and ruins everywhere, and the thick fog made it difficult to see the distant scenery. As Naruto walked, he paused and saw Yu Liu coming from right in front of them. 】
["Ruins... According to the previous routine, this is most likely the trigger point of the mission!"]
["Here we are, Yu Liu, a key figure, plus the ruins, a key location, it would be unreasonable if nothing happens next!"]
["Today's villains should be those from the Kingdom of Sky. With Naruto's characteristic of attracting disasters, this place could not be the base of the Sky Ninja!"]
["Yu Liu, why are you here?" Naruto asked with a puzzled expression. At this time, Yu Liu's eyes suddenly turned red and said something strange: " I am Zero-Tail. When the world is filled with wars and darkness grows in people's hearts, I will be resurrected..."]
[Sakura was confused by her inexplicable words, but Naruto immediately noticed that something was wrong with Yu Liu and asked in a deep voice: "Yu Liu, what's wrong with you?"]
["I will devour the darkness in my heart, be born and grow infinitely, so that this world will be dominated by darkness..." Yu Liu did not directly respond to Naruto's question and spoke to herself. A long alien monster appeared and disappeared around her body, and another strange voice came out of her mouth. 】
["Zero-tail... claiming to be a tailed beast?"]
["Does the tailed beast have a zero-tail? Aren't there one tail to the nine tails?"]
["I've never heard of a tailed beast with a so-called zero-tail!"]
["It's just a name, don't get too hung up on it!"]
["So Yu Liu is not an ordinary person either. She is getting more and more like Grayer. The story structure is basically the same!"]
["The power of darkness... I know it's not a good thing. It's the same as Huang Quan's dark medical ninjutsu!"]
"Zero-tail... the power of darkness..." Yu Liu has never been as confused as today. She is obviously just an ordinary girl. It was surprising enough to appear on the sky. Now she is actually called a zero-tail.
Shennong, who rushed towards the Land of Fire, had a face as black as charcoal. The existence of the zero-tail was finally exposed. He was obviously close to success.
[On the coast, Sai, who was still stalling for time, cleanly solved two air ninjas. Although he faced only four enemies, the long air battle still consumed a lot of Sai's physical strength. 】
【Kakashi noticed Sai's declining condition and wanted to help him deal with the last enemy, but Shikamaru grabbed his arm: "Kakashi teacher, stay here, time is almost up, I will take over the rest."】
【After saying that, Shikamaru ran directly to the beach and sent a signal. Knowing that the mission was over, Sai turned around and retreated to the coast. 】
【Although there was only one air ninja left in pursuit, he had no intention of stopping. He flew straight towards Shikamaru and shot a kunai, and also knew how to use the advantage of backlight to affect Shikamaru's sight. 】
["Although these air ninjas' kunai-firing equipment is convenient, their accuracy is not very good. It's fine if they can't hit Sai who's flying around, but how come they can't even hit Shikamaru who's standing still!"]
["So relying on these equipment is hopeless!"]
["Wow, Shikamaru, you're so cool, you're actually giving orders to Kakashi!"]
["Kakashi, you're not good enough, you're actually letting a junior ride on your head, it seems you're out of date!"]
["It's rare to see Shikamaru so excited, he really looks like a leader!"]
["You can always trust Nara's plans!"]
"It's really rare, you'd never sit if you could lie down on weekdays, can I ask the one in the sky what's your mentality?" Ino teased and approached Shikamaru's face with a smirk, Shikamaru rolled his eyes helplessly: "How should I know, that kind of thing makes me feel troublesome just thinking about it!"
[However, all this was within Shikamaru's calculations, when this air ninja flew to the coast, his shadow happened to overlap with Shikamaru's shadow, so under the effect of shadow imitation, the air ninja flying in the air instantly lost control of his body and fell to the coast. 】
[Ignoring the air ninja who fell in front of him, Shikamaru moved his sight to the fleet on the sea not far away, and murmured: "It's almost time to counterattack. Please, the fourth member of the four-man team." 】
[The scene changed, in the dense jungle, the shattered remains of several poisonous snakes were scattered all over the ground. Sasuke put the knife back into the sheath and frowned at the surrounding environment: "What is this strange chakra?" 】
["Flying in the sky... Nara's shadow secret technique can also work, I didn't expect this!" ]
["You haven't seen Nara's jonin, they have played with shadows!" ]
["Mysterious, who is the fourth member?" ]
[" Judging from Shikamaru's tone, it seems that the fourth member can solve the fleet of the air ninjas with just one move! "]
["It should be Akimichi Chouji. If he uses the super multiplication technique to become a giant, the fleet of the air ninjas will be like toys!"]
["It's Sasuke. If you didn't show up, I almost forgot that you had a role!"]
["The strange chakra should refer to the so-called Zero Tail on the side of Uryu!"]
["Hinata also noticed it before. Judging from the developments before and after, it should be the one!"]
[At the ruins, a snake-like head wearing a white mask, calling itself Zero Tail, replaced Uryu and appeared in front of Naruto and the others, and attacked the two without saying a word.]
[Sakura had no intention of defending, and rushed forward quickly and punched Zero Tail hard, but was blocked by a palm that suddenly jumped out of the opponent's strip-like body, and then was knocked unconscious by a punch in return.]
(To be continued)