Chapter 736 : Tying up the loose ends

"We'll hold him back, you reinforce the old man." Renjiro said without taking his eyes off Sakumo.

Fujin asked unsurely, "Are you sure? He might not be at his peak, but his strength is extremely terrifying."

Kakashi answered, "Don't worry, even though Orochimaru is controlling him, my father is still restraining a considerable amount of strength. Though I'm not confident in sealing him, we'll be able to hold him back."

Renjiro added, "Besides, don't forget we still have Guy with us. If needed, he can settle the situation. So, leave him to us. You and Hoka deal with the barrier and Orochimaru."

Kakashi and Renjiro's reasoning was completely sound. Fujin didn't have anything to say against it. He replied, "Alright, be careful."

Renjiro replied, "You two stay careful as well. Who knows what else that snake is hiding."

Renjiro's initial idea was to let Fujin deal with Sakumo while they go to help Hiruzen. However, Renjiro wasn't sure whether they'd be able to deal with any more hidden cards that Orochimaru might have. Hence, he decided to do the opposite. Even though Fujin's chakra was running low, he still had the best chance to deal with Orochimaru's schemes.

Fujin and Hoka nodded and both flickered away. Orochimaru noticed it and had Sakumo go all out, but Guy, Kakashi and Renjiro managed to hold him back while Fujin and Hoka moved towards the barrier!

In a matter of moments, the situation changed drastically. Hiruzen, who had been fighting a lone battle, now had two rank S ninjas coming to his aid. Even though Fujin had been through several battles and Jiraiya was still a bit away, the situation had become extremely favorable for Konoha. Yet, Orochimaru continued battling without showing any signs of retreat.

As he moved, Fujin thought, 'It looks like I'll be reinforcing the old fox after all. Tsk, he is really strong though, undoubtedly far stronger than what he was shown to be in the original story. Even though Hashirama and Tobirama are nowhere near their full strength, being able to block the two of them along with Orochimaru for so long without taking a single injury is remarkable. I wonder how strong he was in his prime…'

"What's the plan, Fujin?" Hoka asked.

Fujin replied, "I'll just bombard the barrier and go for Orochimaru's head, you take out those four ninjas maintaining the barrier and then act according to the situation. But first…"

The Wind Cloak reappeared around Fujin's body as he disappeared from Hoka's side.

In the stadium, an intense battle was taking place. A special feature of this particular battle was that none of the unconscious audience was harmed. Instead, the bodies of more than a dozen dead Konoha Jounins lay around. One of the Konoha ninjas frowned and said, "Shit! He's too strong! How do we deal with him?"

Needless to say, they were facing the reanimated Kabuto. As strong as they were, they didn't stand a chance against Kabuto. They were about to attack again when they suddenly stopped. Kabuto's eyes widened and he launched several shurikens behind him instinctively.

Unfortunately, all of them missed and he saw a fist covered in a mini-hurricane heading straight for him! Fujin thought, 'As expected, Orochimaru had DNA samples of this troublesome fellow. Oh well, let me see whether your healing can keep up with my Hurricane Fist!'

Kabuto immediately cursed as he retreated, 'Shit! Why is he focusing on me?'

Unfortunately for him, winds blasted behind Fujin as he appeared right on top of Kabuto and punched his head. The hurricane around his forearm quickly engulfed Kabuto and began slicing him up.

Kabuto tried to heal the damage but neither his healing nor the regeneration factor of the Edo Tensei jutsu could keep up with the barrage of wind blades cutting him up. Kabuto grimly thought, 'I can't keep up! What the hell is this jutsu? Shit, if I lose my consciousness…'

Within a few seconds, his body lost all features and instead looked like an artwork of scars. Ibiki, who watched the scene, thought, 'Though it is gruesome, that jutsu will be very good at torturing if its power is controlled…'

For a moment, he felt that Fujin could be a perfect fit for his department. However, he threw that thought out of his mind on recalling how troublesome he was.

Fujin's left palm landed on whatever remained of Kabuto's chest and a seal appeared on his chest. It continued expanding throughout his body and in the blink of an eye, both his body and his soul were immobilized.

Kabuto realized that even if he healed, he wouldn't be able to move. He looked at Fujin with the last bit of his consciousness and thought, 'I didn't stand a chance. So, this is Suzuki Fujin? No wonder he could force Orochimaru-sama to retreat...'

The Konoha ninjas around saw Fujin using the Binding Cloth seal to mummify Kabuto and muttered, "It's over, just like that?"

"This is terrifying!"

"Yeah, we couldn't do anything against him, but Fujin sealed him in a matter of seconds."

What none of them saw was the innumerable amount of seals Fujin kept placing on the cloth while he sealed Kabuto. He even placed a few Flying Thunder God marks while thinking, 'Let me see how you come back to life again.'

Now that he had the sealed Kabuto, Fujin immediately decided to ensure that no one would ever remove the seals to revive him. Even though it was highly unlikely for Kabuto to improve as a reanimated ninja, Fujin had no reason to test it out. Hence, he applied a ridiculous amount of seals before sealing him in a coffin, which also had a ridiculous amount of seals.

Fujin glanced at his work and thought, 'This should be enough. Any more, and it'll raise suspicions. Unless a Fuinjutsu Grandmaster makes a move or someone uses an extremely destructive jutsu to blow the coffin and him up, there's no way he can be freed.'

Fujin glanced at the Jounins he had instructed earlier to stall Kabuto and instructed, "Watch over the coffin. If they free him, he'll recover his strength in the blink of an eye."

They immediately nodded and were about to reply affirmatively, but Fujin disappeared from the stadium without waiting for their response.

While several intense battles happened in and around the arena and the village, another intense battle broke out a considerable distance outside the village. Naruto's squad finally caught up with Sasuke, who had just been trashed by a semi-transformed Gaara.

Standing some distance away was Fujin's Shadow Clone, who had masked his scent completely to ensure that Pakkun wasn't alerted of his presence. He glanced at the group and thought, 'So many things have changed, but it seems like their battle will still happen.'

While he followed them, Fujin's clone noticed several changes, many of which were direct consequences of his actions. The first was Lee's presence, which only happened because Fujin saved Lee during the preliminaries.

The second was that no Oto ninjas chased after them. This was a direct consequence of what Fujin did when the battle began. Due to his indiscriminate massacre, the majority of the Oto ninjas were dead, causing them and the Suna ninjas to be under extreme pressure. They no longer had any manpower to chase after a bunch of Genins.

While a couple of squads still tried to chase after Sasuke due to Orochimaru's instructions, they were quickly intercepted by Konoha ninjas who assumed that they were escaping due to Fujin's deadly assault.

Kankuro stayed behind just to stall Sasuke but was confronted by Shino just like in the original story. As such, the entire squad reached Gaara and Temari together.

Fujin's clone continued looking at them and analyzed, 'Shikamaru and Lee… Shikamaru isn't strong, but his brain could result in some changes. On the contrary, Lee has the might required to force a change. Though he isn't allowed to open the Inner Gates, he is quite suicidal. I wonder how the battle will play out now…'

Back in the arena, Hoka asked, "Was he that important to be taken care of?"

Fujin withdrew a scroll while replying, "Yeah, he's a troublesome fellow. If he interfered in the fight against Sakumo-san, Sensei and others would have been in trouble."

Hoka understood his thoughts and nodded. Opening the scroll, Fujin weaved the confrontation hand seal. At the next moment, thousands of Explosive tags appeared in front of him.

The Anbu ninjas, standing outside the barrier, rejoiced to see Fujin come near the barrier. They were about to greet him and inform him about the barrier when they saw a sight that horrified them. All of them scattered immediately!

At the same time, the Sound Four looked at the insane number of Explosive tags with grim faces. They immediately activated the second stage of their curse seals to provide more chakra to the barrier. Fujin glanced at them and muttered, "I have always been curious about how many Explosive tags it'll take to break a barrier of this level. Any guesses, Hoka?"

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