"Stupid bandages, Guy-sensei." Lee asked with concern as he looked at the panting Might Guy while they walked.
Guy turned his head and grinned. White Fang gave Lee a thumbs up, saying, "Hey! Kid, I was always full of energy when I was young! Hahahaha!"
Boom!
His head slammed directly into a tree with a loud bang! and he collapsed, unconscious.
"..."
"That was such a lame joke," Tenten said, exasperated.
"Forget it, he did just use Morning Peacock," Neji commented, glancing at Guy.
"Looks like we can only rest for now," Lee said with a sigh.
...
"Yosh! I'm resting!" Guy suddenly shouted, jolting awake from unconsciousness.
All three of his students shuddered in shock.
"Don't shout like that all of a sudden!" Tenten yelled, flustered.
"Hahaha!" Guy stood up, brushing off the dirt. "To make up for the time lost during our rest, let's move at twice the speed we were going before!"
"Nani?!" Lee jumped up. "Guy-sensei! Since you've recovered, for the sake of our youthful spirit, let us move at three times the speed! That way we'll arrive even earlier!"
"You're right!" Guy's eyes sparkled. "This rare opportunity must not be wasted! Let's go four times faster!!"
Lee: "Aww yeah!!"
Neji and Tenten: "..." These two are mentally unsound. Even if we arrive, how is that resting?
"What's wrong with you two?" Guy asked, looking at the two with question marks in his eyes.
Neji and Tenten: "Get lost!" they roared together.
Dawn broke.
Team Guy appeared before the stone wall outside the cave.
"So slow, Kakashi," Guy said smugly, flashing a white grin.
Kakashi and his team descended behind them.
"We were much farther away than you," Kakashi replied nonchalantly.
"Naruto-senpai!" Lee called out, spotting Naruto and Sakura.
"Yo~!" Naruto greeted, casually waving. "Tenten~"
"Naruto~!" Tenten ran up and hugged him before twirling around in his arms.
Sakura's forehead darkened with several black lines.
Lee squatted aside, drawing circles with his finger and muttering, "Don't mind me... I'm just extra."
Everyone's attention then turned toward the seal on the stone wall.
"Yosh! Watch this!" Guy took a few steps back, then launched himself forward with a punch into the wall. Water-like ripples spread across the surface.
"It's a barrier," Guy said, his tone suddenly serious.
"You can't break it, Guy-sensei?" Lee asked.
"This barrier must be dismantled first, Lee!" Guy replied.
"To dismantle a barrier, we have to determine the barrier type first," Sakura explained.
"Yosh! Then let's analyze the structure first!" Guy declared with fire in his eyes.
At that moment, Naruto casually walked up to the wall.
"What's up, Naruto?" Sakura asked, puzzled. "Guy-sensei already tried. The barrier isn't something you can just break manually."
Naruto turned and smiled. "We should be polite. Maybe someone inside is guarding the door."
Then he extended his hand and tapped a button on the stone wall. "Hello, anyone home? Open Sesame!"
"Naruto!" Sakura sighed. "How could that—"
Before she finished, there was a bang as the entire stone wall shattered. Pieces of rock tumbled from the cliff into the water below.
"See? The door opened," Naruto said, turning with a grin.
Everyone: "..."
Inside the cave, Shukaku—the One-Tail sealed in Gaara—had already been extracted.
"Yosh! That was a successful operation. Just don't make such a racket next time," Pain muttered, glancing at Sasori and Deidara.
At that moment, Zetsu said, "They're already outside."
Pain paused, then said, "Alright... you two get moving."
Deidara: "Is the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki really that strong? We still have an escape plan, just in case."
Sasori didn't respond, instead turning toward the secret passage, silently refusing to engage with Deidara.
As soon as Deidara finished speaking, a voice echoed from the entrance:
"Hello~ Is anyone home? Open Sesame!"
Everyone: "..."
"You're worried about that clown?" Deidara scoffed.
Then, the wall protected by the Five-Seal Barrier instantly shattered.
Deidara: "...Tch!"
Everyone stormed into the cave. Gaara lay alone.
"Too late?" Naruto frowned. "Neji!"
"Byakugan!" Neji activated his dōjutsu, eyes scanning the interior. "Sasori and Deidara are escaping down that secret passage. Behind that boulder!"
Naruto flickered forward with Body Flicker Technique and kicked the boulder aside.
"You all go ahead!" Naruto commanded. "I'll check on Gaara."
"Naruto..." Kakashi hesitated. "Gaara..."
Naruto waved him off and moved toward Gaara's body. "He's still warm... he's not too far gone."
Everyone: "What are you doing?!"
Naruto clapped his hands together. "Sage Mode!"
He placed both hands on Gaara's lower abdomen. "Forbidden Technique: Reincarnation Transfer Technique!"
"What?!" Chiyo was shocked. "How does he know my forbidden technique?!"
"Are you insane?! You're transferring your life force to Gaara?!" Chiyo cried. "Even if you've somehow maintained a youthful appearance, a 50-year-old's life force is still limited! You'll die reviving him!"
"What?!" Everyone froze. "Naruto, don't do something stupid!"
"Wait... over 50 years old?!"
"Huh?" Chiyo blinked. "You don't know? Konoha's Yellow—"
"Enough with the chatter! Just go chase them!" Naruto barked. "You're the one who'd die just from breathing too hard, old hag!"
"Tch. You don't appreciate kindness!" Chiyo sneered, then dashed after the others.
Everyone still looked at Naruto, concerned.
"Relax," Naruto said calmly. "Reincarnation Transfer converts chakra into life force. It only draws from actual life span if chakra drops below 657 units. I've got more than enough chakra to pull this off—especially for Gaara."
He didn't finish the sentence, but everyone breathed easier and sprinted after Chiyo.
Meanwhile, Sasori and Deidara had reached the far side of the passage.
"You call that explosion art?" Sasori scoffed. "True art is eternal! Everlasting!"
"Eternal art?" Deidara chuckled darkly. "We're both artists, and I respect that. But to me, the fleeting beauty of an explosion is eternal art!"
"What did you say?!" Sasori glared, his scorpion tail launching toward Deidara, who leapt aside.
Guy's team arrived just in time to see them bickering.
Deidara hurled a clay lizard into the air. "I'm off then, Sasori. Try to keep up!"
"That damn Deidara..." Sasori muttered, noticing Naruto wasn't among the pursuers. He glanced at the others. "Seven people?"
He stepped forward.
"Stop!" Guy yelled, ready to move.
Suddenly, five figures rose from the ground in front of them!
It was the Five-Seal Barrier trap that hadn't triggered earlier due to Naruto's destructive entrance.
Everyone froze in astonishment.
Team Guy and Sakura stood ready.
"Yosh!" Guy exclaimed in excitement.
Everyone stared at Guy with confused expressions.
"He looks familiar..."
A.M.: "..."
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