Chapter 22 Trap
Kakashi finally arrived at the area defended by the Stone Ninja in the latter half of the night.
He carefully controlled his breathing and movements, hiding in the jungle and observing the actions of the Stone Ninja.
Kakashi was well aware of the importance of this mission, and he was even more aware of the consequences of him taking on this mission proactively.
Death, it was terrifying, but not that terrifying.
His best friend, Uchiha Obito, could face death with composure, so why couldn't he?
Although he had Uchiha Obito's entrustment to protect Rin, and he had his teacher Namikaze Minato's guidance, wanting to see the future through Obito's eyes.
But the guilt in his heart and the appearance of Uchiha启 led him to make some decisions.
Obito was killed by the Stone Ninja, so Kakashi naturally wanted revenge.
And Uchiha启 had saved Kakashi and the others back then.
Although it was his teacher who ultimately solved the problem, Ke, being from the Uchiha Clan, gave Kakashi a great sense of goodwill and recognition.
They were in the same graduating class, and Kakashi had a slight impression of this person.
While not a dead last, he was certainly not a particularly powerful individual.
His performance on the battlefield was also mediocre, yet he was still alive, which indicated that Uchiha启's strength and abilities were still present.
Most importantly, Uchiha启 had now activated his Sharingan.
Kakashi was willing to trust such a person to protect Rin.
For extra precaution, he even gave Namikaze Minato's Kunai to Uchiha启!
With these safeguards, Kakashi believed that as long as he stalled these Stone Ninja and created an opportunity for them, they could definitely infiltrate behind enemy lines and complete the mission, and Rin would not be harmed.
"Obito, perhaps I'll be joining you soon."
Kakashi thought silently, then took a deep breath.
He immediately formed hand signs, created four Shadow Clones, and instantly had them transform and disperse.
These four Shadow Clones equally shared Kakashi's Chakra.
Although this made Kakashi very uncomfortable, it could create a perfect illusion!
However, this faint burst of Chakra immediately attracted the attention of the Stone Ninja.
But Kakashi didn't care much; his original intention was to attract these Stone Ninja.
It was just that the speed of detection was a bit fast, which indicated that there were indeed enough experts on the Stone Ninja side, which did not exceed Kakashi's expectations.
Soon, Kakashi noticed a Stone Ninja using a Summoning Technique, likely to transmit information.
"Using a Summoning Technique to call for reinforcements?"
Kakashi thought silently, but in the next second, Kakashi's face turned exceptionally pale.
A strong whooshing sound echoed in his ears, and in the next second, Kakashi was directly pierced by a Kunai!
"It's over, brat!" At that moment, a voice appeared behind Kakashi, but looking around, there was no one there: "Don't worry, the others will soon come to join you."
The voice sounded somewhat cruel, but when the owner of the voice pulled out the Kunai embedded in Kakashi's body, the heavily injured Kakashi instantly turned into a puff of smoke.
"Not good! Substitution Technique? When?"
The owner of the voice was clearly stunned for a moment, but as a whooshing sound also came from behind him, he immediately made the most reasonable reaction—quickly retreating backward while drawing a Kunai to block in the direction of Kakashi's attack.
It must be said that this guy was indeed an experienced Ninja.
Although his block was easily seen through by Kakashi using his Sharingan.
But Kakashi's attack also failed to deliver a fatal blow, because his timely retreat only allowed Kakashi to leave a bloodstain on his chest.
"What a damned brat." The owner of the voice slowly emerged, touching the wound on his chest.
He carefully looked at Kakashi: "Sharingan? So that's it, my Camouflage Hiding Technique was seen through by it? What an unexpected gain, a Sharingan."
Kakashi frowned; he hadn't expected to encounter such a guy.
This familiar feeling made Kakashi feel some anger in his heart.
One of the Stone Ninja teammates who killed Obito back then used this kind of Ninjutsu.
Kakashi took a deep breath, clutching his Kunai, ready to attack at any moment, but soon his face turned somewhat grim.
Because he had already sensed that all of his Shadow Clones had been dealt with!
As these several Stone Ninja emerged one by one from other directions, a total of four people completely surrounded Kakashi.
Kakashi had not expected that his Shadow Clones wouldn't even have the chance to stall them.
Just how terrifying was the strength of these people?
However, Kakashi couldn't think too much.
The Chakra loss caused by using Shadow Clones made his already limited Chakra even scarcer.
Now Kakashi could only try to find a way to stall these people as much as possible, preventing them from having the chance to transmit information and make other Stone Ninja retreat.
"Naive brat." A Stone Ninja suddenly revealed a sinister smile: "Did you think we wouldn't know your tricks? I was wondering who you would send as bait, and I never expected it would be you, Kakashi Hatake."
"..." Kakashi didn't speak; instead of wasting words, it was better to focus on recovering his Chakra.
"It seems your teammates must have gone to find another way to break through, right? I'm sorry, there weren't many people originally coming for support, and just a short while ago, they received information that several individuals were spotted in another area."
This Stone Ninja didn't care about Kakashi's silence, but instead showed a smile: "Recovering Chakra? A boring trick.
Anyway, your fate is sealed, and your teammates' fate is also sealed."
"So, let's see what abilities you have, and what your plan truly is."
As soon as he finished speaking, the four Stone Ninja directly ambushed Kakashi.
Kakashi immediately leaped up, dodging the first wave of attacks.
But Kakashi's heart was already very chaotic; he never expected that his sacrifice would be meaningless.
It must be said that this open strategy of the Stone Ninja forced Kakashi to try.
Now Kakashi's only option was still to stall these people and then try to break through.
Especially since these Stone Ninja seemed to be aiming to capture him alive, which gave Kakashi some room to fight back.
Otherwise, Kakashi felt that he probably wouldn't last more than a few rounds; these Stone Ninja were truly strong.
If his Chakra hadn't been depleted so severely, Kakashi might have been able to contend with them for a while, but now Kakashi could only use the word 'try' to describe it.
Taking a deep breath, Kakashi gathered his resolve, determined to find every possible way, but if he truly couldn't.
Then he could only destroy his left eye before he died!
Obito's eye must never fall into the hands of those who killed him!