Ch-83 No need.

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Finally, they reached the location. Pakkun said, "This is the spot where I'm detecting Gaara's scent and the individual who captured him."

Just at that moment, Team Kakashi and Team 10 arrived. Guy turned toward them and said, "As usual, you're late, Kakashi."

"Hello, Guy. What's the situation inside?" Kakashi inquired.

"We've just arrived too, and just before we could investigate, you showed up," Guy replied.

"But you were quite close to this location, right?" Kakashi asked.

"You're right, Kakashi, but we were halted by someone who looked like a shark. Later, we stopped to rest because everyone was tired," Guy explained.

"You mean Hoshigaki Kisame, don't you? We were also obstructed by Uchiha Itachi," Kakashi added.

At this point, Shikamaru interjected, "By the way, did you also notice that the person you fought was different from the one who appeared dead?"

"Yes, the person who initially confronted us was Hoshigaki Kisame, but we don't know why he transformed into someone else," Neji said.

This puzzled everyone present. At that moment, Jiryoku's voice chimed in, "It's a technique used by the leader of Akatsuki, the 'Shapeshifting Technique.' By using this technique, Pain allocates thirty percent of one person's chakra to another person. In this case, Kisame's and Itachi's chakra were assigned to two different individuals, making them medium for Itachi and Kisame, allowing Kisame and Itachi to delay us. However, this technique has a severe drawback: it kills the person who serves as the medium."

Firstly, everyone was shocked after hearing how this technique works, and secondly, upon seeing Jiryoku, Team 10 members were quite happy.

"I wasn't expecting this. That ninja from our village was just used as a sacrifice to delay us," said Chiyo, her tone filled with anger.

"It is reasonable; after all, you can't expect an ordinary ninja to delay someone of Kakashi's caliber, not to mention he wasn't alone, and the same goes for 'Team Guy,'" replied Jiryoku.

"Are you saying that our Sunagakure ninjas are weak?" Chiyo questioned.

"I didn't mean to disrespect your village, but I'm just stating the fact. For me, yes, your village, Sunagakure, is quite weak. I would only need to use 70% of my strength to destroy your entire village," Jiryoku asserted.

Chiyo became angry, and just as she was contemplating teaching Jiryoku a lesson, Kakashi appeared between Chiyo and Jiryoku, saying, "Calm down. We should all focus on the current matter at hand. And Chiyo-sama, believe me, if he gets serious, you are not his opponent."

Chiyo finally calmed down and asked, "Who is he?"

"He is 'Rajin no Jiryoku' from the Fire Country," Kakashi replied, and Kakashi emphasised 'Fire Country'.

Chiyo didn't say anything and simply made a "Hmph" sound, choosing not to speak further, as she had heard about what Jiryoku had done in Konoha.

"Hello, Jiryoku. I've missed you a lot," Ino said while hugging Jiryoku.

"Hmm, me too," Jiryoku responded.

"Hey, man," Shikamaru greeted, shaking hands with Jiryoku.

Choji also approached Jiryoku and offered him some chips, saying, "Nice to meet you after so long. Do you want some chips?"

Jiryoku accepted and took one, as Choji offering chips was his way of showing friendship.

"Hello, Jiryoku," Sakura greeted.

Jiryoku nodded in response.

"Now is not the time for greetings; we must focus on saving Gaara right now," Naruto urged.

"Naruto is right; we must concentrate on saving Gaara," Kakashi added. Then he looked at Neji and said, "Neji, use your Byakugan to see what is happening inside the cave and try to find out where Gaara is."

Neji nodded and activated his 'Byakugan.' After scanning, he reported, "There are ten people inside, and Gaara is on the ground, its hard describe everything with words."

"What is Gaara's condition?" Naruto asked.

Neji remained silent for a moment after hearing Naruto's question, but he finally said, "There is no Chakra in his body. That means only one thing..."

Everyone remained silent, as when someone doesn't have even a trace of chakra left in their body, it means only one thing: the person is dead.

"Damn it! I won't let those bastards get away with this," Naruto exclaimed, his eyes turning red.

"So they are just behind this stone, right?" Guy asked Neji.

"Yes," Neji confirmed.

"Okay, then," Guy said. With incredible speed, he punched the stone at the entrance. However, his attack was completely dispersed, and the stone remained intact without a single bit of damage.

"It seems there is some kind of barrier used on the entrance to prevent us from entering," Kakashi observed.

"Yes, probably the 'Five-Seal Barrier,'" Chiyo suggested.

"Here is a tag with 'forbidden' written on it, so most likely it is 'Five-Seal Barrier'. We have to locate the other four tags with the same inscription," Kakashi said.

Kakashi then turned to Neji and instructed, "Neji, try to locate the other tags. We have to remove all the tags at once."

Neji nodded, and just as he was about to locate all the tags with his Byakugan, Jiryoku said, "One is 500 meters to the North-East, the second is 350 meters to the South-East, the third is 650 meters to the North-West, and the last one is 800 meters away."

"But you don't have to go to such lengths; I will destroy this barrier in one shot," Jiryoku declared. He gripped his sword and concentrated gravity on its blade, then swung it towards the cave entrance. A massive black slash was released from his sword, known as the 'Gravity Blade: Raging Tiger.'

The entire cliff, where the entrance was located, was blasted apart, revealing Sasori and Deidara with Gaara's lifeless body.

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