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Chapter 97 Rescue
"Art fire escape ho fireball!"

Jumping high to avoid Gaara's strange hand, Sasuke flipped in the air, and a fiery fireball spewed out of his mouth.

"boom--!"

The bright yellow fireball was hitting Gaara's strange hand. Under the flames, the surface of the strange hand began to crystallize, but before Sasuke landed, the insignificant crystallization turned into powder, and the monster-tailed strange hand recovered. as ever.

"Damn it, doesn't Fire Dungeon have any effect now?" This scene fell in Sasuke's eyes, making him startled and angry.

Gaara, who has turned into a monster, is completely inapplicable to Gaara, who has turned into a monster at all from the previous experience. Under the tail beast transformation, the recovery ability of the sand makes him helpless.

But Sasuke has no other way now, he has used Chidori twice, this is basically his limit.

"Remember, with your current Chakra, Chidori twice a day is already the maximum limit, you must not force yourself"

"What happens if you use it a third time?"

"Chidori is combined with the sharingan art. Don't forget the curse mark on your body. If you forcefully break through the limit, you may end up dead."

Kakashi's exhortation during practice flashed through his mind, Sasuke pursed his lower lip, hesitating in his heart.

The current situation is that without Chidori, it is impossible to break through the defense on the other side, but if it is used...

Subconsciously covering the curse mark on his neck with his hand, Sasuke still couldn't make up his mind.

"Ha, found you!"

While Sasuke was fighting in his heart, the opponent didn't intend to give him the time to choose. Gaara roared and rushed towards Sasuke, who had no time to react, and swept with force.

"boom!"

Sasuke, who was swept away by the strange hand, was like a fired shell, and hit a giant tree hugged by several people at an unimaginable speed. "Wow", a mouthful of blood spewed out and stained the skirt of his clothes red.

"Hahahaha! Is your hatred beyond this level after all, Uchiha Sasuke, weak! Really too weak!" Gaara, who succeeded in one blow, did not choose to pursue immediately, but laughed loudly on the spot.

It seems like Sasuke's hatred is far less than what makes him super excited, which proves that he is more valuable than Sasuke.

"shut up……"

The images of that night flashed through Sasuke's mind, making him tremble despite the pain in his body.

Under the cold blood, the man stood indifferently in the middle of the corpses of his compatriots, his blood-red pinwheel-like eyes were colder than winter.

"Shut up!" Sasuke raised his head suddenly, and the three bawen (gouyu) were spinning rapidly in his eyes. At the same time, the thunder of birds sounded in his hand again.

Gaara's words completely angered him. Since that night, all his hard work and sweat have been aimed at repaying this deep-seated hatred. He cannot allow the other party to deny the meaning of his existence.

The chakra that was forcibly refined was transformed into lightning that could tear everything apart in his hands, and Sasuke flew into the air with a roar, regardless of the blood dripping from the corner of his mouth.

"Chidori!"

The blue thunder light and Huang Sha's strange hand met again in the air. This time, Sasuke didn't split the strange hand into two like last time, but aimed directly at the opponent's shoulder.

"Clap."

The two people passing by in mid-air fell, and Gaara's monster-like right hand slipped from his body. Under the attack of Lei Dun, the indestructible yellow sand monster hand was like roasted cheese.

However, Sasuke's situation here was not much better. Although he was not injured, the moment he landed, countless tadpole-like lines spread from his curse seal, and soon covered half of his face and the entire left hand.

"what!"

The burning rejection reaction prevented him from turning around and attacking Gaara when Gaara recovered his strange hand as planned, but knelt down on one knee involuntarily in the severe pain.

"Damn it, I can't move my body..."

The ensuing severe pain caused him to completely collapse while clutching the curse seal. Sasuke reluctantly turned around and looked behind him. Seeing that Gaara was already recovering quickly, he couldn't help feeling extremely anxious.

However, no matter how hard he tried, even if his teeth were about to shatter, he couldn't recover his original mobility. He could only watch the recovered Gaara attack him with a grin.

"Die!"

Without moving their feet, the distance between them was spanned by the stretched strange hand alone. The shadow of the strange hand enveloped the desperate Sasuke, and it seemed that the battle would come to an end in the next moment.

But what both parties did not expect was that when the sharp fingertips of the strange yellow sand hand were about to crush Sasuke's head, time seemed to stop suddenly, and the strange hand stopped abruptly. The fingertips were less than one centimeter from Sasuke's eyes.

"Huh ~ shadow imitation technique - success." Almost at the same time, someone near Sasuke said suddenly.

This signature tone does not need to be guessed to be Shikamaru. At the critical moment, they finally rushed to the battlefield.

"Sasuke-kun, are you okay?" Sakura immediately asked with concern when she came up to help Sasuke who couldn't move.

At this moment, she felt a deep fear that if Shikamaru's shadow imitation technique was slowed down by 0.1 second, her Sasuke-kun would die.

"It's him?" Temari, who had been closely watching the battle nearby, noticed the person coming, and immediately recognized Shikamaru who had impressed him deeply in the previous match.

But she didn't act rashly, even if she saw that the other party used the shadow imitation technique to imprison her own brother, after all, Gaara at this time was too dangerous, and she didn't think anything would happen to Gaara in this state.

"Sakura, Shikamaru, how could you...uh..." Sasuke, who was supported by Sakura, asked in surprise, but before he could finish speaking, the severe pain caused by the curse mark interrupted him, and he Covering his neck, sweat poured down his face.

"Sasuke-kun!"

Seeing Sasuke's appearance made Sakura feel distressed, wishing to bear the pain instead of Sasuke, and quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe his forehead.

"I said you two get out of here quickly, I can't hold on any longer!" This scene fell into Shikamaru's eyes, and he was almost so angry that he urged loudly.

Originally, because of the long journey before the previous game, Shikamaru, a ninjutsu type who is known for his physical strength, did not have much chakra left, but now he is imprisoned by the shadow imitation technique or the half-tailed beast-like Gaara. , It is a miracle that he can persevere until now, seeing that Sakura is still dawdling there, he really wants to die at this moment.

"Why did I come here? If I knew this, I would have stayed away." Feeling Gaara's great power to break free from the shadow, Shikamaru tried his best to inject chakra to maintain the bondage of the shadow, and at the same time complained with deep regret.

The moment he saw Gaara like this, his heart began to sink. Naruto's words before he left came true. Even if he didn't know the details, Shikamaru knew at this moment that the opponent was no longer something they could deal with. Existence, especially Sasuke has become like that.

Now his mind is spinning rapidly, all he thinks about is how to get out, just relying on him, that woman who only has love in his eyes, and a puppy, there is basically no hope for Naruto to come over.

Thinking of this, Shikamaru became more and more anxious, because he found that he could hardly control the shadow, and the strength of the opponent was simply beyond human imagination.

"I will do some tricks, and no one can stop me today!" Under Shikamaru's horrified gaze, Gaara could actually move forward slowly, looking at them with murderous intent in his eyes.

"Oops! I can't hold on anymore, you guys take Sasuke away!" The shadow connecting Shikamaru and Gaara flickered at a high frequency at this moment, feeling the other party's growing strength to break free, and Shikamaru, who had reached the limit, was nervous yelled.

However, he still underestimated the other party. Almost at the same time as he reminded him, the shadow was suddenly broken and retracted under his feet, and the maniacal roar from the other party came from his ears.

"Hahaha! Die!"

Gaara, who had regained his freedom, suddenly stepped into the air and rushed towards him. Before he arrived, Shikamaru could hardly open his eyes due to the wind pressure on his face. Just as he was waiting to die in despair, he felt the strong wind passing by his side , He was startled at first, then immediately reacted and looked back, just in time to see Gaara waving the strange hand of his right arm, killing the two of Sasuke.

"Oops! His target is Sasuke!"

His instinctive reaction made him immediately try to catch up and stop it, but at his speed, it was almost impossible to do.

"Sasuke-kun, be careful!"

At the critical juncture, Sakura stood up, she held Sasuke behind her, summoned up all her courage to face the ferocious Gaara alone.

"you……"

This scene fell into Gaara's eyes, but he didn't know what it reminded him of, the killing intent in his eyes was even worse, he actually changed his target temporarily, grabbed Sakura, and pressed him hard behind him amidst her screams of pain above the tree trunk.

"what!"

Under the power of the tailed beast and the blessing of anger, Sakura even had time to let out a scream, her head drooped and she completely lost consciousness.

"cherry!"

Sasuke, who had just been supported by Shikamaru who was chasing up here, saw this scene and immediately shouted.

But now he can do nothing but be incapable and furious. The shackles of the curse seal make him need support even to stand. Since that night and seeing Naruto being pierced by the Orochimaru at that time, the sense of powerlessness has been deeply felt again. surrounded him.

Power, want power!
Seeing that Sakura was about to die at the hands of Gaara, Sasuke lowered his head in pain, he was fed up with this feeling of powerlessness, and now he is willing to use all his power to change the status quo, even if he sells his soul.

At this moment, Shikamaru was also extremely anxious, but the chakra in his body was empty, and he could only watch Konoha's companion being killed by that monster.

"Wow!"

However, just when this tragic scene was about to be staged, Gaara didn't know what happened, so he didn't act immediately, but covered his head with his left hand, looking very painful.

"Why...all of you...why!" Gaara groaned inexplicably.

The scene where Sakura stood in front of Sasuke forced him to recall the memory he had hidden deepest in his heart.

Sakura's face also unknowingly merged with the face in memory.

"Lord Gaara, please...please calm down..."

"The so-called love is to sacrifice everything for the person you cherish the most, just like your sister did to you"

……

"Yashamaru? Why? Why you?"

"Actually, I have always hated you in my heart, because my sister...I once wanted to treat you as my sister's relic, and tried my best to make myself like you, but...I couldn't..."

"My sister actually didn't want to give birth to you at all. She died... for the sake of the village. She cursed you and this village to die..."

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

The painful howls of Gaara, who was caught in the memories, filled the entire forest, and the leaves fell one after another, just like Shikamaru's mood at the moment.

"Compatriots? Companions? Hahahaha! What a ridiculous existence." After a while, Gaara laughed wildly, and turned to look at Shikamaru and Sasuke, "Don't you run away now, don't worry, I won't chase, how about it, Is there anything more cost-effective than giving up a useless woman to survive?"

The big hand holding Xiao Sakura on the tree trunk separated from his arm at this time, but still tightly held Xiao Sakura's body.

Just listen to Gaara continue to say: "Leave this woman alone, the sand will get tighter and tighter until she suffocates to death, Sarah, now choose, whether to give up this woman and run for her life, or die here with her !"

The cruel choice was placed in front of Sasuke and Shikamaru, and the faces of the two suddenly became extremely ugly.

Both of them understood that there was no intimidation in the other's words. One of the two was backlashed by the curse, and the other was exhausted. The result of choosing to stay is to die together.

But neither Sasuke nor Shikamaru could do such a thing as giving up their companions, and for the two of them, it was no different from death.

The scene became stalemate like this, and Gaara made it clear that he hoped to see Sasuke and the others give up their companions to prove their correctness, but this side could not make such a choice.

"Uh……"

However, there was not much time left for them. The gradually tightening sand made the unconscious Sakura groan unconsciously. This groan was like a signal to urge the two of them, causing their expressions to change at the same time.

"Shikamaru, you must promise to bring Sakura back." At this moment, Sasuke slowly pushed away Shikamaru's support and whispered.

It seemed that he had made a certain determination, and at this moment his will overcame the pain in his body. Even though he was trembling slightly, Sasuke still stood upright.

"Hey, what are you going to do, don't be impulsive!" The keen Shikamaru seemed to see something from Sasuke's expression, and said hastily.

However, Sasuke reached out his hand to stop Shikamaru from continuing, and still said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "I will use Chidori one last time to save Sakura from the sand, and then it will be up to you Shikamaru .”

Yes, Sasuke is ready to sacrifice himself at this time, he understands that if he wants to tear the yellow sand bound on Sakura, only Chidori can do it, and in his current state, forcing The consequences of using Chidori are no longer in his consideration.

"Sasuke, you..."

Shikamaru wanted to persuade Sasuke again, but before he finished speaking, Sasuke had already acted,
The tadpole-like curse seal began to spread all over his body, and the consequence of forcibly refining chakra was to be swallowed by the curse seal.

"thousand……"

"Hey, don't be so anxious, now is not the time for you to really work hard."

Just as Sasuke forcibly used Chidori again, there was a voice that surprised Shikamaru, and everyone present looked up.

He saw a golden figure flying down from top to bottom with his back to the sun, whoever it was if it wasn't Naruto.

(End of this chapter)