Red Nara

The dozens of lightning needles that formed instantly in the air, now looking more like spokes because of the amount of chakra invested, rained down on the four shinobi before the others in the background could complete their techniques.

But despite the suddenness, proximity, vast area of impact, and blistering speed of the chidori variation's projectiles, even for a jonin, the opponents showed class - the pair that had been trying to clamp down on us in taijutsu fell to the ground faster than if they had been standing in water, One ninjutsu specialist developed a decent speed and got out of range, and only his partner got a single needle in his right arm, although it should have covered all of them, since I didn't skimp on the power.

- Hyah!

The shrill shriek of a shinobi getting discharged tore the air amid the explosions heard not so far away, but we couldn't kill the man who was a little busy convulsing - his partner threw kunai at him, and then we had to retreat before the stakes that were rapidly growing out of the sand strung us up like butterflies on a needle. It was one of the armored men who came out.

- Down there," Hyuga suddenly pointed his hand almost at our feet, but I could feel the source of the chakra coming from below.

It took one breath to print out the katana, aim it where the taicho was pointing, and thrust it into the sand while activating Eiso's Chidori, but the too-clever Doton man couldn't dodge it; his lightning spear had unmistakably pierced his chakra source two meters from the surface. That was it. We can forget about it.

- Tanaka! You bastards are going to pay for this! - The nearest jonin roared, obviously sensing the rapid fading of his partner's chakra, and rushed toward us in one mighty leap.

Hizashi met him with a juken in the heart, but the thick crust of elemental armor prevented him from doing any tangible damage, so the biakugan wielder had to twist and turn to get out of range of his taller opponent. Unfortunately, the jonin's landing was accompanied by a considerable outburst of chakra, shaking the desert around us and causing us to lose our balance for a moment.

The pause was very short, but even that short time was enough for the nukenin Iwagakure, who was still on his feet, to rain cobblestones down on us without any concern for his ally. As the farthest away, I was able to accelerate and evade the square attack, the enemy jonin just covered his head with his hands and withstood the attack, but Hyuga was in the middle of it and couldn't escape.

- Kaiten!

The bluish dome of chakra around the spinning taicho threw aside all the nearest projectiles and protected me from the others, but it only made me move further away from my ally to avoid being hit by the shrapnel. And this was immediately taken advantage of by the enemies - the melee attacker attacked Hizashi as soon as the defense technique was over, and the ninjutsu user targeted me, throwing blocks, raising stakes of compacted sand and generally preventing me from connecting with my partner in every possible way.

Of course, I dodged most of them, and blocked the rest with walls, giving out rare Suiton: Mizurappa and Suiton: Teppodama in response, but the environment was very unsuitable for my main elemental, not to mention my weakness to Doton.

And the only long-range rayton technique demonstrated at the beginning of the fight was useless - the doton man, who had figured it out, had learned to dive into the ground and immediately pop back up to the side, missing a wave of senbon and immediately unleashing his jutsu on me.

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