Ch 162 : Team seven battle part 2

Stab!

A sharp iron sand spike stabbed directly into Sakura's chest and emerged out of her back.

"Keo-heok!"

Sakura spat out a mouthful of blood. But then, this Sakura disappeared and turned into a puddle of water. From the very beginning, it was just a water clone.

Sasori once again failed to inflict a mortal wound against his opponent. Even if he tried using poison and tried a battle of endurance, the situation didn't seem to be that favorable to him as Sakura was also a medical ninja. Seeing the status of this battle, Sasori clicked his tongue as if to lament this situation.

" Shanarrooo!!!!!"

Sakura appeared right behind Sasori and launched a punch toward his back. But once again, the iron sand was fast enough to nullify most of Sakura's attack. Even the shock from the Karasukagawara Seiken was nullified by the Iron sand.

" *Sigh* I really have no time for this. You see that no one was able to gain any advantage right? How about we call it a day?"

Sasori squinted his eyes as he looked at Sakura. If it was Sakura alone, he might be able to win, even if it was just a narrow win. But standing behind Sakura was that Monster, Sanada. ANd it seemed that he was ready to take his head at any moment.

Sakura took a deep breath. She also realized this fact. However, she really didn't want to lose, especially when it was in front of Sanada.

" Sorry, but I have my own reason not to lose this battle!"

" Humph, ignorant!"

Once again, the two were ready to clash.

As normal moves would not work against Sasori, Sakura decided to go and pull a big move. She raised her right hand, and Chakra began condensing in this raised hand.

The principle of this move was like Gon's jajanpon. She gathered a huge amount of Chakra in her right hand, and using the right momentum, she unleashed it at once alongside the Karasukagawara Seiken.

But for this move to hit, there needed to be some sacrifice.

As she gathered Chakra, she mustered all her focus into it, and it made her a bit vulnerable.

*Splurt* *Splurt*

Countless wounds appeared on her body as Sasori continuously controlled the iron sand to attack her, but then...

During one of their confrontation, Sasori was able to hurt Sakura badly. The Iron sand was able to stab Sakura in her stomach. But it was only the beginning.

er left hand powerfully and tightly grasped the Sasori's wrist just beneath her chest.

"I'm sorry, but please let me try this move."

"….What the?"

The eyes of Sasori grew wider as they studied the expression of confidence on Sakura's face.

But soon, he found his body screaming as if trying to tell him to get away as soon as possible.

A bluff? No, it couldn't be – if it was just a bluff, his body which was trained by countless battle shouldn't give this sense of horror. In fact, it seemed a lot like the impression that Sanada gave. Just as the Sasori's thoughts arrived at that point…

A force came and pushed his head so that he was able to tilt he head to the side.

'…..!!'

BOOM!!!!!!!!

Truly by a paper-thin margin, an incredible amount of Chakra shot past the location where its head was only a millisecond ago. The attack was so powerful that it even left some damage on Sakura's hand.

It seemed she still was not able to fully master this technique.

And as for Sasori, who just felt his life flashing behind his eyes, he could only kneel down as he felt his knees weaken.

Just what was that power? If that hit, he was sure that nothing would be left on his body.

He turned his head around, only to see that the one that had saved him was Sanada.

" Why???"

A hoarse voice came from Sasori's throat. He just couldn't find any reason for Sanada to save him.

" Why?? Hmm... you could say that it is just a whim. But I can't have you die right now... By the way, the result of the battle should be pretty obvious, right?"

" .... "

At the end of the day, the battle ended with a complete victory for Team Seven. Nonetheless, to say, the growth of the trio had far surpassed Sanada's prediction.

But it didn't necessarily mean that the three had reached Kage-level.

Elite Jonin. Based on Sanada's estimation, the three should have been at an Elite Jonin level. The only reason they could end this battle easily was that they restrained their opponents' ability.

Sasuke completely counters Hidan. Naruto could easily toy with Kazuma, and as for Sakura...

Well, she did receive an earful of preaching from Sanada, but in the end of the day, she still won her battle, so Sanada also praised her for it. The last move of her was not all that bad, but she still needed to be able to use it more efficiently, just like the original Naruto with Rasen-Shuriken.

And as for that, it would later be Sanada's suty to teach her.

The four, followed by Hidan then quickly left Suna after they said their goodbye to Temari and the other.

Temari did ask for Sanada to stay for a while, but after some consideration, Sanada decided to go back to Konoha first. After all, Tsunade would definitely knock some sense to him if he left again after being away for so long.

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