Yamanaka Inoichi supported the staggering Nara Shikaku, but he wasn't much better off himself. They could only keep from falling by supporting each other.
“Inoichi, something's wrong,” Nara Shikaku mumbled, his eyelids drooping, his consciousness fading.
“I... I feel it too,” Yamanaka Inoichi managed to say with difficulty.
Thump!
After a fierce battle, Akimichi Choza, having exhausted a great deal of his stamina, was the first to succumb, falling straight to the ground and creating an impact crater.
“Choza...” Nara Shikaku murmured, his arm losing strength, his entire body collapsing face-first towards the ground.
His complete loss of strength dragged down Yamanaka Inoichi, who was already unable to resist.
Across from them, Saki of the Sand, who had been holding his head and hadn't moved for a long time, finally reacted.
His expression was somewhat dull.
“Poisoned!”
After all, he was born in Sunagakure, and a veteran elite Jonin with stronger physical qualities and more experience. Seeing the Ino-Shika-Cho trio fall, he finally realized the situation.
He didn't take advantage of their loss of resistance to suddenly attack, because he also felt his body weaken and his chakra become uncontrollable.
He fumbled through his ninja tool bag in a panic.
“Antidote, antidote...”
Due to the numbness in his hands, scattered ninja tools and various items fell from the bag to the ground.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up.
He found it!
Trembling, he took out a vial of medicine, with a dark green luster.
Chiyo of Sunagakure was a master of poison, so she must also be a master of antidotes. This antidote was not targeted at any one poison, but it could deal with most of them.
He tremblingly reached for the bottle cap.
A light flashed in his eyes.
Whoosh—
Just then, a kunai streaked through the air, shooting towards Saki, aimed directly at his back.
However, Saki was, after all, an elite Jonin with rich experience. Knowing that he had been poisoned, he guessed that someone must be hiding in the shadows, ambushing them.
Therefore, he turned in time, avoiding the kunai.
But!
The kunai's initial target was never him.
But the antidote!
Crack!
The antidote fell to the ground, but the glass bottle was obviously specially made and did not shatter immediately.
The ground slowly squirmed, and the antidote was swallowed by the ground.
Saki's eyes widened, his face full of unwillingness as he fell to the ground.
Kaze, hidden in the shadows, did not come out when he saw this scene.
Instead, he narrowed his eyes, moved his feet, and changed his position.
The kunai's shot had already exposed his location.
The most important thing was that he didn't believe Saki had really fainted.
“The Sand Shinobi should be more resistant to poison, right...”
In case Saki was hiding some trick, pretending to be unconscious to lure him out.
After all, the unknown enemy is the most terrifying.
So, Kaze took out another glass bottle from his ninja tool bag. The dark purple transparent liquid slowly rippled inside.
This bottle was potent.
If the other party was pretending to be unconscious, then this bottle would definitely allow him to pass away peacefully. If the other party was really unconscious, then it didn't matter, he would just add another knife.
He gently pressed the switch at the mouth of the bottle and threw it far away towards where Saki was lying.
At the same time, he distanced himself to prevent the other party from suddenly attacking.
Hiss hiss—
Soon, at the place where the bottle was broken, a cloud of thick purple mist rose up. Unlike before, this time the mist was not only brightly colored and smelled fishy, but it was also as solid as a spider web, completely enveloping Saki.
Kaze's eyes were fixed on the purple mist.
Suddenly.
A hand burst out of the mist, startling him.
But soon, the hand struggled for a moment, and finally went limp.
Obviously, just as Kaze had guessed, Saki indeed had enough resistance, and might even have some killer moves taught by the Third Kazekage.
Moreover, the veteran elite Jonin had stronger resistance and more experience in dealing with it.
He was just pretending to be unconscious to lure out Kaze, the one who was secretly applying the poison.
Unfortunately, he didn't expect Kaze to be so cautious.
But when the thick poison entered his nostrils, it was too late to react. With the blessing of the double poison.
He still passed away relatively peacefully.
“Not bad.” Kaze nodded very satisfied when he saw this scene.
Caution is the parent of safety.
He gradually mastered the essence of using poison.
He retrieved the scattered bottles, which still had half a tube left, which could be used again next time, and at the same time erased all traces he had left underground.
