Chapter 40: Kakashi's Extravagance from Frugality [Part 4] (Patreon)

Chapter List: Naruto: Sakura Blizzard

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In the middle of a huge pit, Guy lay there motionless, his body limp. If it weren't for the rise and fall of his chest and the gleam in his eyes, anyone who saw him would have thought he was a corpse. Although the injuries he sustained after opening the Seventh Gate had disappeared through time regression, Guy's mental state was not good. Time regression forcibly inserts memories and sensations from the duration into the present memory. In other words, after using the Eight Gates, Guy felt twice the pain after time regression, and this double pain was instantly superimposed. If Guy's willpower wasn't strong enough, he would have lost consciousness long ago.

While Guy was slowly recovering in the pit, Kakashi on the other side was getting more and more excited as he fought.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

Two shadow clones appeared beside Kakashi, and the three of them quickly formed hand seals. Wind Release, Fire Release, and Lightning Release, three different types of ninjutsu were released at the same time.

"How foolish. With such a large consumption of chakra, how long can you last?"

Hiding behind a wall made of Earth Release, the leader of the Root interception team flashed a sneer in his eyes. Kakashi's low chakra reserves were not a secret in both Konoha ANBU and Root organizations. If Kakashi used his combat experience to entangle with them as he did in the past, the interception team leader would have found it really troublesome. But now, Kakashi had given up his advantage and chose this chakra-consuming attack method. This made him feel very disdainful. It seemed that the legends about Kakashi Hatake circulating in the organization were all fake.

However, what he didn't see was that every time Kakashi used several ninjutsu to deplete his chakra, a faint green light would bloom on his right wrist. Then, because of the large consumption of chakra, Kakashi, who was somewhat mentally depressed, would become lively again.

More than a minute passed, and Kakashi continued his carpet bombing of ninjutsu. Two minutes, three minutes, and Kakashi still didn't stop. Instead, the speed of his hand seals became faster, and he could release a ninjutsu almost every two or three seconds. The continuous bombardment of ninjutsu made these Root ninjas so angry that they wanted to curse. Wasn't it said that Kakashi Hatake had low chakra reserves? But what was happening now? Even if the Hokage came, he wouldn't be able to withstand this level of chakra consumption!

"Don't worry about the feeling of chakra depletion. It feels really great!"

Kakashi's mood, which had been depressed for many years, suddenly improved a lot. Thinking about his experiences over the past few years, since he put on the Sharingan entrusted to him by Obito Uchiha, he had never had enough chakra. Every time he went on a mission, even when he used chakra to rush, he had to be careful not to waste even a bit of it. During battles, he relied on his intelligence and physical skills to find loopholes, and then used Raikiri or Chidori for a one-hit kill. The crazy release of ninjutsu like today was something he had only dared to dream of before.

"Unfortunately, the burden on the mental side is a bit too much. Otherwise, I could enjoy the feeling of not lacking chakra for a while longer!"

Kakashi sighed. Although this feeling made him very happy, the mission was still more important. While dividing into two shadow clones to continue bombing, he used Doton to sneak underground.

"Damn it, I can't continue to entangle with this guy. I must kill the target as soon as possible..."

"You have no chance..."

The leader of the interception team hiding behind the earthen wall suddenly made a resolute decision. Danzo's mission was the most important. He was about to let the other Root team members cover him while he went to assassinate Sakura. However, a flash of lightning suddenly lit up beside him.

"Kakashi Hatake? When did you get here?"

The pupil of the interception team leader suddenly shrank. He hadn't noticed when Kakashi had sneaked up to him.

"Lightning Release. Lightning Cutter..."

The right hand flashing with lightning pierced through the interception team leader's heart, and blood splattered everywhere. The interception team leader died instantly.

Two minutes later, the battlefield on Kakashi's side became quiet. All the Root ninjas had turned into corpses, and most of the fatal wounds were caused by being pierced through the heart by Kakashi's Lightning Cutter. Obviously, these people also died under Kakashi's Lightning Cutter.

"Phew, we went a bit too far with this. It's been a while since I've felt this relaxed!"

Kakashi leaned against a large tree, pulling down his forehead protector to cover his left eye. He was experiencing a severe headache due to the side effects of time reversal and the mental strain of using Sharingan, which had left him following in Guy's footsteps, sitting here slowly recovering.

At the other two battlefields, Sakura and Shisui, the people who had guessed the outcome of the battles from the lack of sound, had to face the increasingly frenzied attacks of several Root Ninjas. Shisui was feeling overwhelmed.

"Shisui, you're an output-type ninja. Why are you doing defensive work?"

Suddenly, Sakura's eyes lit up. "Shisui, use Fire Release in front of you now!"

"Okay!" Shisui took a step back and quickly formed hand seals. A fireball several meters in diameter spewed from his mouth. "Fire Release - Great Fireball Technique!"

"Space Transfer!"

Sakura snapped her fingers, and a space channel quickly appeared in front of the Great Fireball, swallowing it up.

"Hmm? What's going on?"

Several Root Ninjas were confused, but before they could think too much, they felt a sudden heat behind them. A silent space channel had opened behind them, and the Great Fireball that had disappeared earlier shot out from the other end of the channel.

"Wow..."

Several people who were unprepared were hit by the flames and were already lying on the ground, smoking and unable to move.

"Shisui, how was my support?" Sakura asked proudly. With her Space Stone, she could control the power of space. She had opened a connecting space channel in front of Shisui's Great Fireball and behind several Root Ninjas. The Great Fireball was swallowed up from one end and then spit out from the other, completely catching the enemy off guard.

"That's an impressive ability!" Shisui praised, then said, "Let's go see how Kakashi-senpai and Guy-senpai are doing!"

When they found the two, Shisui and Sakura were shocked. Not only did the two look severely exhausted, but the battlefield they had fought on was also severely damaged. Guy's Daytime Tiger (Hirudora-Seventh Gate) had blown a huge circular pit, and the Root Ninjas' bodies were scattered everywhere. The scene was extremely bloody, and Sakura almost vomited. As for Kakashi, there weren't many bodies, but the ground was completely destroyed, with trees toppled and rocks shattered, and the ground covered in burn marks.

"Kakashi-sensei, what did you do?" Sakura was speechless. How many ninjutsu had Kakashi used to destroy such a large area?

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