Chapter 74

Getting up from his bed once more, Kazuo perfectly followed the actions that he had taken during the previous turn.

Finding himself with another piece of the tailed beast's flesh in his hands, Kazuo dropped it instead of eating it.

Why had he picked it up in the first place?

He knew that by doing so, he would have a little more time than if he wasn't doing anything suspicious.

And by dropping it, he was getting even more time as he was quite sure that B had rushed at him after feeling a sense of danger, maybe a premotion of sorts.

'Or was it Eight Tails that warned him?' Kazuo thought before opening his mouth once more.

"You know that I already survived the Raikage once right?" Kazuo said as he looked at B, the man however didn't say a word.

"What makes you think that you are able to catch me? If even the Raikage himself couldn't." Kazuo said as his smile grew wider.

"Big Bro let you live, it was a fluke, yo. But now I'll show you the cloud's true spook, yo!" 

Staring at the large shinobi, Kazuo sneered before saying.

"Your rhymes are pretty ass… yo," Kazuo said before using the body flicker instantly and appearing meters away.

Killer B similarly also moved at that moment, he didn't even use the body flicker, and his physical speed alone was enough to catch up with Kazuo.

As Kazuo continued to run around, with Killer B getting closer and closer as well as knowing that the chakra reserves of the shadow clone were running out, he used one last body flicker and appeared in the middle of a small clearing.

In an instant, Killer B reached his location, his left arm already extended horizontally as he prepared to sever Kazuo's head with a Lariat.

It was at this moment that Kazuo's face lit up with a large smile, his lips completely curled upwards.

"Boom"

His entire body lit up instantly as over a hundred explosion tags appeared on his body instantly.

Before he even started running to the mission location, Kazuo had first created a shadow clone and set up the trap that would explode on Killer B when he chased after him.

Besides that, he had also used around one hundred explosion tags that he had planted all over the Shadow clone, which he had hidden by using his paper technique.

Everything, down to the last detail had already been calculated by him.

Now it was only a matter of if he was fast enough to reach Rin and Kakashi before retreating toward the Leaf camp.

Or if Killer B had a strong enough chakra sense that he would be able to pinpoint Kazuo and reach him before he regrouped with the others.

*Boom*

The Shadow clone finally exploded, engulfing Killer B entirely.

A moment later, a figure walked out of the smoke.

Looking like nothing had happened, without even a single scratch.

The red bubbly cloak surrounding B had effectively nullified the entire explosion.

"That Kid's trouble yo," B said before hearing a voice inside his head.

It was Gyukki, the eight-tailed beast.

"Leave him, go back to the camp. This must have been a distraction. I told you but you just don't listen do you B." Gyukki said before sighing at its human vessel.

B nodded before turning around and running at insane speeds toward the Cloud Camp.

Meanwhile, kilometers away, Kazuo continued running with his full strength.

Looking at his expression, one wouldn't think that he had just been in a fatal encounter with one of the most dangerous shinobi out there.

His lips were curled upwards, clearly a joyous expression as he ran towards the meeting location.

'Though it is sad that I wasn't able to steal the eight tails chakra, it's also not too much of a downer. The downsides simply outweighed the benefits.' Kazuo thought for a moment before the smile on his lips grew even wider.

'Besides, I would much prefer the nine tails.' Kazuo thought.

After around three minutes, he finally saw the clearing where he would be meeting with Nohara Rin and Hatake Kakashi.

*Fsh*

Using the body flicker Jutsu, Kazuo appeared in the clearing instantly.

Kakashi and Rin were in front of him.

"Kazuo!" Rin practically screamed as her eyes lit up in joy.

"Let's go, I'm unsure if there's enemy shinobi chasing me, It's best for us to retreat back to the camp," Kazuo said instantly.

After a brief moment, both Rin and Kakashi nodded their heads.

"Give me a soldier pill, I already used mine," Kazuo asked.

Rin quickly complied as she handed him one of her own pills.

Kazuo had already used his so that he could replenish the chakra he had lost while creating the shadow clone.

After fleeing whilst using the Body Flicker with as much chakra as he could pour into the jutsu, he had been left almost dried once again.

Popping the pill into his mouth, Kazuo nodded and immediately body flickered in the direction of the leaf camp.

Kakashi and Rin followed behind him.

If it was a usual team then they would have had to wait for Minato to return however Team Seven wasn't normal.

As well as the fact that all three of them knew, that if Minato couldn't deal with the enemy and was injured, they would only become a burden in the fight rather than giving any actual help.

Minutes passed as they continued running.

At that moment as they were hopping from tree to tree, a presence appeared next to them abruptly.

With Yellow hair and blue eyes whilst wearing a Jonin jacket.

It was Minato Namikaze.

"You're back sensei!" Rin said, her voice clearly showing her joy as she looked at Minato.

"Yeah, im glad everyone looks alright," Minato said with a soft smile on his face, his eyes looking at Kazuo for a moment longer before he turned around and the four continued their running pace all the way to the Leaf Camp.

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