Naruto: The Teaching System - 256

Chapter 256: Five-Heart Monster

Sawada watched everything unfold before him and took a step toward Kisame.

"Damn it!" Kisame's eyes turned cold. He pointed upward and shouted, "Earth Release: Underground Projection Fish Technique!"

In an instant, Kisame's body melted into the earth and vanished.

Sawada's fist crashed down heavily, shattering the ground—but Kisame's figure had already disappeared.

"What? Is that all you've got?" Sawada taunted mercilessly.

The surroundings fell completely silent, not a single sound, as if Kisame had truly fled.

You think you can escape my sight? Sawada scanned the area. The moment Kisame dove underground, he immediately used Water Clone Jutsu to create four clones, distributing his chakra evenly among them.

"Water Release: Great Water Prison Technique!" Kisame, who'd been hiding underground, finally made his move. He and his clones attacked from four directions simultaneously. The main body and clones worked together to execute the Water Prison Technique. Four spherical prisons of swirling water instantly merged into one.

Sawada's figure was trapped within the water sphere.

"Tch, you talk so big—I thought you could actually back it up." Seeing Sawada bound by the water sphere, Kisame sneered, a smile forming at the corner of his mouth.

Sawada calmly glanced at Kisame.

The next moment, Sawada transformed into a wisp of smoke and disappeared from the prison.

"When?!" Kisame immediately released the water prison, his gaze sweeping the surroundings vigilantly.

"Guess?" A ghostly voice came from behind him, and a fist struck directly at his back.

Ripples of chakra spread in all directions. Sawada raised an eyebrow. He actually caught it.

"You're really a monster." Kisame blocked Sawada's fist with both hands, struggling to raise his head. The veins on his hands bulged. Catching this punch had left both hands numb and in excruciating pain. He estimated his hand bones were already fractured.

I thought I was perverted enough, but I never expected to meet someone even worse.

"Hey now, at least I still look human." Being called a monster for no reason, Sawada retorted irritably.

"Hehe." Having fought this long, Kisame was unwilling to drag things out further. He stomped his feet and shouted, "Water Release: Five Feeding Sharks!"

Water from the just-dispersed prison instantly gathered. Five sharks materialized within, opening their jaws wide and charging at Sawada.

"I'd better finish you off quickly!" Sawada hesitated no longer. Lightning crackled around both hands, his entire body rapidly retreating. "Lightning Release: Lightning Cutter!"

Lightning tore through the night sky, instantly severing the five sharks in the water. Kisame didn't even have time to react before it slashed across his neck.

"Ah..." Kisame froze in place, his eyes filled with disbelief. The next moment, his head fell to the ground, his body collapsing.

Sawada glanced at Kisame's corpse and raised his hand. A faint black thread bound the nearby broken Samehada. After sealing it, Sawada walked over and picked it up.

Sensing something, Sawada's lips curved into a smile. Acting as if he'd noticed nothing, he slung it onto his back. He looked at the corpse and severed head, then released Fire Release.

After a series of procedures, the corpse was destroyed and all traces erased. Nothing remained in the snowy ground except conspicuous ash and water stains. After sensing Nyanko's position, Sawada lightly stomped his feet and disappeared.

Just as Yusuke and Muta desperately ran toward Konoha, a figure rapidly closed in on them. Looking at Kakuzu, who clung to them like a parasite they couldn't shake, both their expressions grew increasingly anxious.

"Muta, you go first. I'll hold him off!" Yusuke took a deep breath and spoke to Muta beside her. Right now, the most important thing was the Four-Tails that Muta carried.

"No, let me do it. After all, you still need to maintain the sealing jutsu in the jar." After speaking, Muta prepared to hand the jar on his back to Yusuke.

"Fire Release: Searing Migraine!" Just as the two were arguing, a monster wearing a mask—its entire body wrapped in black threads—suddenly appeared before them. It opened its mouth, spewing small fireballs of compressed high-density chakra. These fireballs expanded into a sea of fire over ten meters wide upon hitting the ground.

Scorching flames instantly engulfed them.

A massive roar rang out. A giant beast's figure appeared instantly before Yusuke and Muta. A transparent barrier unfolded, blocking the sea of fire.

"Nyanko!" Muta shouted joyfully toward Nyanko, then remembered something—his face darkening.

"Don't worry. Sawada isn't an easy target." Nyanko glanced at Muta behind him. Naturally knowing what he was thinking, he added, "It's us who've run into trouble."

Nyanko's beast-like eyes locked onto the two figures ahead, growing serious. The monster before me actually has five hearts! That masked creature was derived from this monster, which means there are at least three more masked monsters.

"Oh, a talking summoning beast?" Kakuzu's eerie green eyes studied Nyanko's mountain-like body. There are many summoning beasts, but talking ones are rarely seen. The legendary Three Sannin of Konoha each have one.

But none of this mattered. Kakuzu wanted to quickly retrieve the Four-Tails—and there was still Kisame's sixty-five million ryō bounty. Black threads behind him rapidly spread. Another masked monster appeared before Nyanko and the others.

"Another one?" Yusuke's expression turned ugly. The masked monster that just released Fire Release was already difficult enough to deal with. Now there was another.

"No, to be precise, four hearts. This guy has five hearts." The demon pattern on Nyanko's head glowed. He suddenly opened his mouth and spat at Kakuzu.

Massive demon flames instantly enveloped the figure ahead, but Nyanko's expression remained serious. When the demon flames dispersed, a massive wall stood where Kakuzu had been standing.

"Hehe, a sharp summoning beast." Kakuzu looked at the giant Nyanko and raised both hands. The masked monsters on both sides stood and walked toward Nyanko and the others.

"Insect Sphere!" Muta raised his hand, immediately releasing parasitic insects that flew toward the masked monster approaching him.

At the same time, Yusuke drew her long sword and walked toward the other one. Nyanko paid them no attention, focusing on Kakuzu, who remained in place. No matter how many masked monsters there are, I have to deal with this person first.

Nyanko's massive body leaped up, rapidly charging toward Kakuzu. He had to keep this person here so Yusuke and Muta could escape.

The two masked monsters entangled with Yusuke and Muta opened their mouths wide, crazily gathering chakra.