Maneuvering in the darkness between the trees, accompanied by two jonins, he jumped out on two kumovians that broke away from the main group, which continued to dig into the center of the border guards' defense and very competently covered each other from the three teams that were attacking them, managing to counterattack. Several motionless bodies were already lying under the couple's feet.
Running his hand along the trunk of the nearest tree, the Uchiha stood still for a moment and finished folding the series of seals he had begun when he first saw the nephews.
- Katon: Ryuka no Jutsu (Release Fire: Dragon Flame Technique)!
A dragon head spat out of its mouth, illuminating the forest around it, and quickly flew over the subordinates who spun to the side and crashed into a tall, pale blond man who was too badly wounded to get out of the attack's trajectory in time.
The jonin spared no chakra, and the enemy was almost instantly reduced to a charred corpse with only a short cry, but his dark-skinned partner, who almost blended in with the darkness of the forest, managed to slash at the ninjutsu with his raiton sword, splitting it in two.
It was the only thing he had time to do, however, as the Konoha jonins rushing forward were able to block his weapon and slash through his legs, inflicting serious wounds.
No sooner had the border guard commander joined them than it was all over - numerous support attacks turned the shinobi into a hedgehog with iron needles, and a powerful blow from the two-meter tall Akamichi, who took advantage of the moment, broke his neck.
But that was just the beginning - Kumo's Striking Fist finally broke the trap lane, losing about a third of its lineup, and the battle broke up into many individual bouts, if it could be called that.
Signaling to the accompanying jonins to act at their discretion - many teams were losing in strength and speed to the attackers, and many of them were relying on ninjutsu, which made it difficult to move as a group - the Uchiha infused his body with chakra and used his sharingan to dodge the stray techniques to rush forward, targeting a powerful jonin that had managed to take out a couple of teams and side-step another one that had been distracted by another enemy.
Since the use of fire techniques could hurt his own, he had to go hand-to-hand, using the tanto hanging behind his back.
The muscular man with short, dark hair was able to see him coming, even though his light genjutsu should have prevented it, and was able to block the flaming blade with his wristbands, preventing him from finishing the whole thing with a single blow and showing some serious skill.
Bouncing back from the oncoming blow, the dojutsu wielder took a quick glance to note that one pant leg was almost missing, revealing ugly lacerations on his thigh, while on his left side the fabric was soaked with fresh blood and a fragment of senbon was sticking out.
Despite this, his opponent moved with the grace of a cat and didn't seem the least bit bothered by the damage, going on the offensive with such fury that the Uchiha was involuntarily forced to retreat, although he saw the big man's movements perfectly and even managed to hit him a couple of times, leaving burns on his skin and causing the fabric to smolder.
His fists, shrouded in raiton chakra, flashed dangerously close to his head, forcing him to show miracles of dodging. This enemy was clearly more experienced and stronger even in this state than Shigeru himself at the peak of his form.
When lightning struck nearby, and then a blinding torrent of lightning slammed into the nephew's right side, causing him to scream and convulse, the border guard commander furtively breathed a sigh of relief and used the moment to blow the enemy's head off his shoulders.
With a grateful nod to Ryo Nara's clone that had intervened in the duel in such a timely manner, he rushed towards the nearest enemy, trying to stop the nepotist as quickly as possible, who was leaving a bloody trail of dead chunin behind him. Every second that passed could cost the lives of more of his subordinates.
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