Chapter 245: Death

Just as Dong Shilang was breaking through, Gangjiu Jonin had already rushed to the scene, seeing the mess everywhere, his complexion growing increasingly grim.

Before his eyes, the entire ground collapsed into a huge pit nearly a hundred meters in diameter, with cracks in the soil and rocks, and occasionally a wisp of white smoke rose.

Even more exaggerated at the center, a dirt mound twenty meters high lay there silently.

At the center of the mound, there were some orange-red lava flows, silently streaming, emitting astonishing heat. The edges of the lava also had some orange-red crystalline chunks.

There was no sign of Huangtu on the ground; he dove straight underground to begin searching.

In life, see the person; in death, see the corpse~

After just a dozen or so breaths, he emerged from the ground carrying a figure.

"Lord Huangtu, Lord Huangtu~"

He reached out and touched Huangtu's neck, feeling the pulse and the other's body temperature; Gangjiu Jonin quickly picked up Huangtu and headed toward where his comrades were.

The medical ninja was over there.

At that moment, Dong Shilang had already broken through the Rock Ninja's defenses, directly pulling out a swivel, from which he took a picture of flying birds and threw it on the ground.

"Next I still need to find my comrades, there's still work to do~"

Flying in the air, Dong Shilang began searching for his comrades' traces; now he just needed to follow behind those Rock Ninja tracking them.

With just a few of them, escaping the Rock Ninja's pursuit should be no problem, but breaking through the Rock Ninja's border would likely not be so easy.

Just as Dong Shilang found his comrades and was preparing to return to camp with them, near the Godless Bridge where the Land of Grass meets the Rock Ninja territory, two young Leaf ninjas had also found their comrades.

"Lin's chakra is extremely chaotic, unlike ours~"

"She's probably fallen victim to the enemy's genjutsu!"

Hearing Obito's situation, Kakashi calmly replied, after freeing Lin from the genjutsu, he prepared to leave with his comrades.

What he didn't expect was that the enemy he and Obito had just defeated had risen again.

"Not bad teamwork, but you're just brats! Now you've fallen into the enemy's palm~"

Looking at the enemy with the spiky hair across from them, whether it was Kakashi, Obito, or Lin beside him, their faces all changed drastically, knowing things were about to go badly.

"Earth Release: Rock Shelter Collapse"

Heeding no attention to the faces of the three brats opposite, the Rock Ninja named Huoguang directly unleashed ninjutsu, intending to bury these few brats here.

To avenge his comrades.

"Run for the exit!"

Seeing the loose rocks on the cavern wall, Kakashi quickly shouted a warning to his comrades, then led the charge toward the exit.

"Ah!"

The three had just reached the vicinity of the exit when Kakashi, due to an eye injury losing part of his vision, was struck by falling rocks from above, losing his balance and toppling to the side!

Unfortunately, at that moment a larger rock was hurtling down toward Kakashi's position.

"Kakashi"

Seeing Kakashi's dire situation, Lin let out a cry!

Seeing this, Obito hesitated not at all, threw his whole body forward and rescued his cherished comrade from danger.

But he himself~

"Are you okay! Lin! Kakashi!"

Even at the brink of death, the boy named Uchiha Obito was still concerned for his comrades' safety.

"Obito!"

Just as he turned back, he saw his comrade half-buried under a boulder, and Kakashi, who had just recently awakened to his senses because of Obito's words, was now filled with regret.

His expression dazed, his steps unsteady, he approached Obito's side and tried several times, but could not budge the boulder pressing on his comrade even an inch.

"Stop! Kakashi!"

"It's fine, I… I think I'm done for, the right half of my body is crushed… I can't even feel anything…"

A boulder lay on his body; Obito felt nothing at all, his whole body numb.

Watching Kakashi still trying to move the boulder, he spoke calmly, stating this fact as if he were not the one about to die.

"No… how could… why!"

Seeing her childhood companion in such a terrible state, Yeyuan Lin covered her mouth with her hand, crystal tears streaming from her eyes.

She simply could not bear to watch the scene, turning her head away entirely.

"Damn it! If I had listened to you earlier and come together to save Lin, things wouldn't have turned out like this!"

"What kind of captain am I… what kind of Jonin am I!"

Seeing that the situation was beyond redemption, Kakashi dropped to his knees, helplessly pounding the ground, filled with remorse.

During the process of rescuing Lin, after being punched by the enemy, the remorseful Kakashi, upon arriving nearby, saw Obito engaged in combat with the enemy.

Although he had activated the Sharingan, his combat experience was sorely lacking; after just a few rounds he fell into the enemy's trap, and had it not been for his timely arrival, Obito's fate would have been grim.

But the price he paid for that was his left eye.

This ultimately led to the present tragedy.

"Right! I almost forgot, speaking of which… only I…"

Unlike the grief-stricken Yeyuan Lin and the remorseful Kakashi, Obito instead exhibited an unusual calm.

Considering Kakashi's current condition, he likely couldn't break through with Yeyuan Lin, and he also wanted Kakashi to 'watch' over Lin for him, so he decided to give his healthy left eye to him, hoping Kakashi could carry his eye and properly protect Lin!

He still owed the other a gift, didn't he~

Boom!

A loud bang, Kakashi appeared outside the ruins of the cave.

"Really troublesome, they're still alive!"

"But after all, they're just a little brat; as a ninja, what's there to cry about~"

Looking at the burial in the broken ruins, the white-haired little brat appearing before them, and the tear stain at the corner of their eye, Huoguang couldn't help but speak mockingly.

They're really young, thinking that being a ninja is what kind of profession.

And Kakashi, using Dai Tu's eyes, quietly observed the rock ninja opposite, while also drawing the 'White Fang' strapped to their back!

Ding!

Wielding White Fang, they slashed a blade at Huoguang's Kakashi, because their emotions were too furious, they failed to control the force in their hand.

The White Fang dagger in their hand shattered.

And at this time, Dai Tu, who was in the ruins, was still comforting their companions, while also secretly regretting that even now, they had not confessed their feelings to Lin~