Hikaru Hokage

Without saying any more nonsense, Kakashi took Hikaru's advice.

He also felt that it was really not good to go to the cave when facing the earth-type Iwa Ninja.

"Stay in groups of two and retreat separately. Obito and I will try to lure away a group of enemies. You and Lin will go first!"

"Kakashi..."

Thinking of Kakashi's injuries and the overwhelming number of enemies, Nohara Lin was worried that she might never see Kakashi again after leaving.

"Let's go, Lin!"

Seeing that Nohara Rin was still hesitant, Obito quickly came over and pushed her towards Hino Hikaru.

"I will survive with Kakashi, so I'll beg you again, Rin!"

The last sentence was naturally addressed to Hino Hikaru.

"I know, I will mark it after I escape safely, and you can just follow the mark to find it."

Hino Hikaru didn't hesitate, grabbed Nohara Rin's arm and disappeared.

It feels a little weird that so many enemies have arrived so quickly.

Maybe it really was Uchiha Madara or Black Zetsu's handiwork.

Moreover, even if there are no other factors that interfere with this mission, Obito has already opened three magatama. As long as he does not fight the enemy head-on, the chance of surviving together with Kakashi is still quite high.

What Hino Hikaru needs to worry about now is himself and the ninjas of Iwagakure Village who have divided their forces to chase him.

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wow...

Not long after escaping from the forest, Hino Hikaru saw the river not far away.

The rapid water was rushing against the surface of the river.

On the upper reaches of the river, Hino Hikaru and Nohara Rin could already see the outline of the Kannabi Bridge.

It's a pity that behind them there are more than ten enemy ninjas from Iwagakure Village.

"This Konoha ninja is too fast..."

The special jounin Suma Shi who was chasing after him with a group of Iwagakure chuunin was surprised to find that no matter how fast he chased, the ninja in front could keep him some distance away.

He can run so fast with a female ninja in his arms. If he was just one person, I'm afraid we would have been thrown away by him.

"But fortunately there was a big river ahead which slowed him down."

In order to prevent the enemy in front from escaping again, Sumashi used ninjutsu without saying a word after catching up.

Earth Escape · Earth Splitting Turning Palms!

The palm infused with chakra slammed into the ground. In an instant, the entire land in front of him was shattered into pieces by this ninjutsu, and surged towards the enemy.

"Although I can teleport into the air to avoid it, it's really hard to avoid such a large-scale ninjutsu..."

Hino Hikaru jumped into the air while holding Nohara Rin in his arms.

Looking at the surging gravel and ground below, he envied the enemy ninja's huge amount of chakra and also had a headache.

"Hino-san, the water in this river is too fast, I'm afraid we won't be able to walk on it."

Nohara Rin, who had not recovered from her leg injury and was running too slowly and had to be hugged by Hino Hikaru to escape, was feeling shyly in Hino Hikaru's arms while looking at the rushing river below with worry. .

Neither she nor Hino Hikaru can escape through water.

If you swim, you will probably be carried away by the rapids.

"It doesn't matter, our goal is to escape, not to go to the Kannabi Bridge upstream."

Although the mission is very important, we must first save our lives.

In order to preserve his physical strength, he only used teleportation when he was about to catch up, so the distance between him and these rock ninjas was not too far.

Hino Hikaru glanced at the Iwagakure ninjas who had almost caught up, and then looked at the rushing river like a man-eating beast.

Then the decision was finally made.

"Take a deep breath, let's jump into the river and go downstream to get rid of them!"

Chapter 30 Awakening again

"what?"

Take a deep breath and jump into the river?

Nohara Rin was a little surprised by Hino Hikari's decision.

Below, the water on the broad river surface surged, crashing against the large raised rocks in the middle of the river, forming various swirling undercurrents.

This big river looks dangerous no matter how you look at it.

Even if you have a boat, you may not be able to get through safely.

"Hold me tight, and just hold your breath for a while, and I'll take the direction."

But Hino Hikaru did not waver at all and fell straight to the river.

"But……"

Even if I have to jump into the river, is it really okay to hold him tight?

He will be in the water later...if I hug him, it will probably prevent him from swimming, right?

But after seeing Hino Hikaru's extremely firm gaze, Nohara Lin could only choose to trust him.

Anyway, I was protected by him all the way, no matter what...

It's okay to die together.

Thinking of this, the girl closed her eyes, put her hands around the boy's armpits, reached his shoulders, and then buried her head on the boy's chest.

While feeling the boy's heartbeat and breath, he hugged the other person's body tightly.

thump!

Hino Hikaru reminded him to hold his breath, and then took the girl into the water without hesitation.

He doesn't need to swim, he just needs to open his eyes and use his teleportation ability to prance around in the water.

The energy I had saved before was just for this moment.

And those enemies could never imagine that he could actually fight against such a fast river in the water.

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"Want to use the speed of the water to get away from us?"

Sumashi didn't expect this Konoha ninja to jump into the river so decisively.

"Those who know how to escape from water will chase me into the river, and the others will follow me downstream to find them!"

After looking at the fast-flowing river, the special jounin of Iwagakure Village decisively gave up on entering.

He just made arrangements for his subordinates quickly.

"Yes!"

Only two of the ten ninjas stayed and carefully walked into the river.

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"There are actually rock ninjas who are good at water escape. It's really unprofessional."

Not long after Hino Hikaru plunged into the river, he sensed the ninja coming from behind.

Moreover, the opponent can also use the speed of the water flow, and the speed of catching up is really not much slower than him.

He only has LV1 abilities, and being underwater and with poor visibility, Hino Hikari's abilities are not as useful as he imagined.

"In this case, we have to break through in the opposite direction."

Holding Nohara Rin back with one hand, Hino Hikaru took out the kunai with one hand, and then used the ability of teleportation to rush upstream, in the direction of the two Iwa ninjas.

"!?"

After seeing that the enemy instead of running away actually swam toward them, the two Iwa ninjas looked at each other in surprise.

The river is fast and the undercurrent is turbulent. Even if they can escape through water, they still can't control their bodies...

Could it be that the other party was planning to swim against the current and die?

Thinking of this, the two chunin from Iwagakure Village also took out kunai and prepared to fight underwater.

But after seeing Hino Hikaru coming to them at a rather unreasonable speed, the two Iwa ninjas finally realized something was wrong.

How could the counter current be faster than theirs?

"No, he's not swimming at all!"

However, when he discovered Hino Hikaru's abnormal "swimming" action, it was already too late for the Iwa ninja.

Because he had already been wiped on the neck with kunai by the other party in the water.

grunting...

In less than three seconds, the rock ninja whose neck had been wiped was already stained with blood at the bottom of the river, and then slowly sank to the bottom and became a corpse.

Another ninja who was lucky enough to use chakra to control the water flow and distance himself from Hino Hikaru was also caught up by Hino Hikaru again not long after escaping, following in the footsteps of his companions.

"Fortunately, they won't surface soon. This time is enough for me to continue upstream and escape."

After neatly finishing off the two Iwa Ninjas in the water, Hino Hikaru continued to swim upstream without looking back.

Although this instant movement would still be hindered by the current and affect his speed, those chasing him would never have imagined that he could run upstream in such a turbulent river.

Even if he was discovered later, he would have already run to a safe place by then.

"Well……"

But the killing action just now still consumed a lot of oxygen. After a while, Hino Hikaru soon began to feel the lack of oxygen.

No!

In Hino Hikari's perception, those rock ninjas have not left here too far. If they come up to the surface to breathe at this time, they will definitely be discovered. In that case, all their efforts will be wasted.

It seemed that the only option was to continue teleporting some distance further upstream.

Gollum.

Hino Hikaru forced himself to hold his breath while moving.

But his face had begun to turn pale and even blue.

"Hino-san?"

Nohara Lin, who was still in Hino Hikaru's arms, quickly noticed the other person's expression.

As a medical ninja, she quickly understood that Hino Hikari was probably suffering from a lack of oxygen.

So she quickly pointed her finger above to signal Hino Hikari to come up.

But Hino Hikaru just shook his head and also used gestures to indicate that the enemies on the shore were not far away.

"..."

Nohara Rin also understood that Hino Hikaru probably consumed a lot of oxygen in the previous battle and was unable to hold on.

Although Hino Hikaru kept using his eyes to indicate that it was okay.

But watching his face turn from red to white and then gradually blue, she knew very well that Hino Hikaru didn't look like he was okay at this moment.

So in desperation, she made a very bold move, that is -

She pressed Hino Hikaru's lips firmly, and then began to breathe into Hino Hikaru mouth-to-mouth.

Gollum.

A large number of bubbles began to float on their cheeks.

As the one whose lips were blocked, Hino Hikaru had stopped all movements in surprise.

Only his eyes were still wide open.