Chapter 74

Ameyuri's mockery caused an evil growl to escape from Sasuke's mouth, and a scarlet Sharingan with one tomoe appeared in his eyes. Unfortunately, at that very moment his body began to violently shake in convulsions from the electric discharge of the Thunder Sword and soon went limp, completely losing its former fervor.

“Saskeeee!” – Naruto immediately rushed towards them with a loud roar.

Seeing this, Haku walked away from Yudao and made a seal with one hand.

Flying Water Needles of Death Technique!

Phew! Phew! Phew...

The water from the surrounding air instantly solidified into a thousand long ice needles, which, with the whistle of cut air, poured like rain onto the ground in front of Naruto rushing forward.

“I don’t want to hurt you, so please don’t take another step forward, by the way, I’m a guy,” Haku said indifferently.

- Don't stand in my way! – Naruto roared fiercely and rushed towards Yuki with his fists, not caring at all whether he was a man or a woman.

After which Haku instantly disappeared with a helpless sigh, and the very next moment he appeared right in front of the seriously enraged Uzumaki.

Then there was a dull sound, and Naruto himself did not understand how he flew back.

– These two... are very strong! – Sakura’s whole body trembled, seeing the successive defeats of Sasuke and Naruto, but then she gritted her teeth and took out a kunai from the shinobi’s bag, intending to rush to the aid of the Uchiha, who still had Ameyuri’s leg on his head.

But at that moment a fierce roar was heard nearby!

- I'm not going to hide behind the girl's back! Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!! – Naruto jumped to his feet and resolutely exclaimed, fixing his gaze on Haku opposite.

Pooh! Pooh! Pooh...

Then, with a series of dull bangs, several more identical Uzumaki Narutos appeared around Uzumaki Naruto, and they all rushed towards the enemy again with a furious battle cry.

“I told you, not a step forward...” then Haku’s figure disappeared and with a helpless face appeared right in the middle of the rushing crowd of Uzumaki Naruto.

He is too fast for a green Genin like Naruto, and even without Ninjutsu, he destroyed all the Shadow Clones in a matter of moments.

Naruto's final position was not particularly different from Sasuke's, it was just that Haku was obviously not much kinder and gentler than Ameyuri.

“Cheeeeeert!” – the Uchiha and Uzumaki were bursting with anger, but no matter how hard the Genin tried, they could not escape the tenacious grip of Ameyuri and Haku.

And when Sakura was about to rush to their aid with a kunai.

A hand appeared in front of her!

– What do you mean by this, does Kiri really want a conflict with Konoha? – Kakashi stepped forward and cast an angry glance at the completely carefree Yudao on the other side.

- Well, Kiri is the most harmless village in the world, and Yoshiro Kinoshita is not the last person in Kiri. And now Kiri demands an explanation from Konoha regarding the death of Yoshiro! – Yudao answered righteously.

– And what do you mean by this explanation? – Kakashi squinted, being in a state of full combat readiness.

– Well, I would like to invite one of you to stay in Kiri to understand the details of what happened. How do you like this decision? And who it will be, of course, you choose, Hatake Kakashi... - the First Mizukage continued to smile good-naturedly, as if he would never hurt a fly.

WHAT?!

Yudao's proposal stunned Sasuke and the rest of the Genin!

Kakashi squinted thoughtfully, frantically turning over possible options and alternatives in his head.

Maybe this is... Kiri's true goal?

Although no.

Trading the life of the clan leader for a hostage does not seem justified.

Perhaps in this way this Jounin wants to prevent or at least calm the unrest that will begin in Kiri with the death of Yoshiro?

Many thoughts were spinning in the head of the seemingly calm Kakashi.

– I should choose, you say? Then I refuse! – he answered adamantly and immediately lifted his lopsided forehead protector with the Konoha symbol, revealing to the world a scarlet Sharingan with rapidly rotating tomoe, after which he rushed as fast as he could towards Yudao.

Boom!

At the same time, the First Mizukage's body released a frightening impulse.

- Eh, it’s been a long time since I seriously made a seal! – he whispered with a hint of nostalgia in his voice.

At the time he became Mizukage, he possessed impressive skill in ninjutsu. But what kind of folding of hand seals can we even talk about when two such cheating monsters as Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju are attacking you at the same time? And in general, with his set of abilities, it was much more advantageous for him to resist them in close combat than to measure himself with ninjutsu.

With such thoughts in mind, Yudao calmly raised his hands and began simultaneously making two different series of hand seals in front of the shocked Kakashi's eyes!

Suiton: Water Dragon Bullet Technique, Coming of the Five Dragons!

Graaa! Graaa! Graaa! Graaa! Graaa!!

Five streams of water condensed from the air in a matter of moments, forming behind the First Mizukage five unusually ferocious dragons no less than ten meters high.

– Different hand seals with different hands! – Sakura sank to the ground in shock.

To which Yudao grinned wryly, as if this was a common thing for him: you haven’t seen real hand seals yet, girl!

Kakashi, who was about to rush forward, froze abruptly in place.

Even a seasoned Jounin will have to try hard to evade such a large-scale ninjutsu, not to mention Sakura behind him!

– Maybe you should think about your choice again, Hatake Kakashi? Holding such Ninjutsu is tiring, you know... - Yudao said sincerely, dramatically wiping drops of sweat from his forehead.

“I choose...” Kakashi began slowly, but suddenly stopped mid-sentence, turning into a shapeless stream of water.

Water Cloning Technique!

Boom! Boom!

At the same time, a rumble came from the ground under Ameyuri and Haku's feet and arms burst out, covered in blazing lightning.

Two Hatake Kakashi attacked them at once!

Stunned, Ameyuri and Haku quickly came to their senses and tried to stop Jounin, but he had thought everything through in advance and was not going to get involved in a protracted battle at all.

Having pushed back the two Kiri shinobi with a surprise attack, Kakashi immediately returned to Sakura with Naruto and Sasuke in his arms, where with a piercing cry he made a series of hand seals: "Doton: Multiple Earth Walls!"

Following the scream, four walls, each at least half a meter thick, burst out of the ground around the Jounin and his Genin at once.

Yudao raised his eyebrows in surprise when he saw several fairly detailed dog heads on each of these walls.

Boom!

But he was not going to stand quietly and watch Kakashi save Naruto and Sasuke, so at that same moment the five water dragons rushed to the ground.

And in a matter of seconds, the earthen walls fell with a deafening roar under the pressure of fiercely growling water dragons.