Kakashi's eyes were locked onto Yang Jiu, his brain working at high speed.
No.
If this continues, all five of them will die here.
"You four, leave first."
His voice was low and heavy.
"Report the situation of this giant wolf to the Third Hokage."
Hyuga Sosuke was stunned: "Captain Kakashi, you —"
"I will hold it off."
"But —"
"Don't say any more."
Kakashi interrupted him.
"If you don't leave now, none of us will be able to leave in a moment."
As soon as he finished speaking.
He raised his hand and slowly pulled up the headband covering his left eye.
Revealing that eye that had never been opened easily.
The dark red pupil, with three black tomoe slowly rotating.
Three-Tomoe Sharingan!
The other four looked at each other.
There was no extra nonsense.
They knew that any hesitation at this moment was a waste of the opportunity Kakashi had bought with his life.
"Captain Kakashi —"
Hyuga Sosuke gave him a deep look.
"Take care of yourself!"
As the words fell, the four figures retreated violently at the same time, rushing madly towards the depths of the forest!
Kakashi did not answer.
His eyes were fixed on the silver-white figure in the distance, his left Three-Tomoe Sharingan slowly rotating, capturing every subtle movement of the giant wolf.
He quickly formed hand seals in front of his chest.
Snake – Boar – Hare – Dog – Ram —
Finally, he pressed his hands on the ground.
"Ninja Art: Summoning Jutsu!"
"Poof!"
A cloud of white smoke exploded.
In the smoke, a silhouette emerged.
It was a small Ninja dog.
It was exactly Kakashi's summoning beast — Pakkun, one of the Eight Ninja Dogs.
"Kakashi, what happened?"
Pakkun leaped and lightly jumped onto his shoulder, its erect ears turning slightly.
"I encountered a very powerful guy." Kakashi said in a deep voice, his eyes never leaving the silver-white figure ahead.
Pakkun followed his gaze.
When it saw the giant wolf clearly, its pupils instantly contracted into slits.
Silver-white fur, a four-meter-long body, blue electric arcs jumping around its body — and those golden eyes, looking this way with interest.
"Gulp —"
Pakkun swallowed its saliva.
"Kakashi, this guy... is it a Tailed Beast?"
"Why does it feel so terrifying?"
Kakashi shook his head, his voice heavy:
"Not a Tailed Beast."
"But it feels even more powerful than a Tailed Beast."
Pakkun fell silent.
It had seen records of Tailed Beasts and knew that those behemoths possessed earth-shattering power, but the guy in front of it, although its size was far from that of a Tailed Beast, that pressure —
Pure, cold, making one instinctively want to run away.
Especially those lightning bolts.
Pakkun looked at the blue electric arcs jumping around the giant wolf, each one containing terrifying power.
"Then why did you summon me, what do you need me to do?" It asked in a low voice.
Kakashi's Sharingan locked tightly onto every subtle movement of Yang Jiu, and he slowly spoke:
"I need you to send the news back."
"If..."
He paused.
"If we can't get away."
Pakkun was silent for a second.
It understood what Kakashi meant — this was the last insurance.
"Understood."
It nodded.
"Should I summon Bull and the others?"
"Try to see if..."
It didn't finish.
But the meaning was already clear.
Kakashi's eyes narrowed slightly.
His summoning beasts were the Eight Ninja Dogs: Bull, Uhei, Shiba, Guruko, Bisuke, Akino, Urushi.
Including Pakkun, there were eight in total.
They were all old partners who had followed him for many years, and each one was battle-hardened.
However, he still shook his head.
"No need."
His voice was low and calm.
"Against this guy, quantity has no meaning."
Pakkun was silent.
It knew Kakashi was right.
The pressure from the giant wolf, that aura that made one instinctively tremble —
No matter how many Ninja dogs rushed up, it would just be sending them to their deaths.
"Leave first."
After Kakashi finished speaking, he quickly formed hand seals in front of his chest.
He didn't intend to run away directly.
He had to buy time for Hyuga Sosuke and the others.
He had to stop this giant wolf, even if only for a moment.
"Earth Release: Multiple Earth Wall —!!!"
Buzz buzz buzz buzz —!
The earth shook violently!
Huge earth walls rose from all directions around Yang Jiu, each one over ten meters high and more than half a meter thick, trapping Yang Jiu firmly in the center!
The earth walls were layered, like a huge cage.
"Run!!!"
Kakashi shouted, while turning to retreat —
The next second.
A playful voice sounded behind him.
"Where are you going?"
Kakashi's pupils contracted sharply.
Deep blue light condensed behind him.
A huge claw reached out from the void and tapped lightly on his shoulder.
Lightning jumped on the claw tip, bringing a numbing sensation that instantly spread throughout his body.
Kakashi froze in place.
At the same instant —
"Roar —!!!"
A bolt of lightning, like a huge lightning dragon, shot out from behind him!
The lightning dragon opened its ferocious mouth, carrying destructive power, and lashed out fiercely at the four figures running wildly in the distance!
Boom!!!
The dazzling blue light instantly enveloped a hundred-meter radius!
The blinding light swallowed everything.
Immediately after —
A terrifying shockwave boomed out!
Trees snapped, gravel flew, the earth shook.
Dust soared into the sky.
In Kakashi's pupils, that piece of destructive lightning was reflected.
Only one thought remained in his mind —
It's over.
The lightning dissipated.
The dust slowly settled.
Kakashi froze in place, the sensation of that claw on his shoulder still clear — the numbness spread from his shoulder to his whole body, making his body tremble slightly.
But he couldn't care about that.
He stared fixedly at the forest in the distance that had been swept by the lightning dragon.
There —
Four figures lay on the ground, charred, looking like four pieces of charcoal, with white smoke still rising from their bodies, each with their mouths open, eyes rolled back.
It looked as if they were dead.
Kakashi's heart sank to the bottom.
"Don't worry."
The playful voice behind him sounded again.
"Didn't kill them."
"They're all alive."
Kakashi gritted his teeth and slowly turned his head.
The silver-white giant wolf was standing less than two meters behind him.
Golden eyes were looking at him.
Lightning jumped around its body, reflecting that silver-white fur like a god.
"You —"
Kakashi's voice was hoarse.
"What exactly do you want to do?"
Yang Jiu tilted his head.
"What do I want to do?"
The corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
"Kakashi, you should ask —"
"What do you Konoha people want to do."
He stepped forward, walked past Kakashi, and walked towards the four Ninjas paralyzed on the ground.
"Trespassing in my forest, killing my clansmen —"
He paused and looked back at Kakashi.
"And sent team after team to seek death."
"You say —"
"What do I want to do?"
Kakashi fell silent.
He clenched his hands, his knuckles turning white, but he never made a move.
Because he knew.
Attacking was useless.
Yang Jiu stopped in front of the four Ninjas who had fainted, turned around, and looked at Kakashi.
"Let this little pug go back and tell your Third Hokage old man."
"If you want to save people, come and talk in person."
"Next time you send this kind of squad —"
He paused.
"I will hang their heads at the entrance of this forest."
"As for you... stay here as a hostage first, no problem, right?"
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