Chapter 266: Arriving

Lin! Don't think too much; let's first run toward the village!

While staying wary of the pursuers behind them, Kakashi comforted Yeyuan Lin beside him.

At this moment he had no spare thoughts to comfort his comrade.

The village……

Hearing the two words "village" from Kakashi's mouth, Yeyuan Lin seemed to recall something; the fragmented images in her mind connected.

Tailed beast, transfer, seal, village, rampage…… Yeyuan Lin, already knowing she was being treated as a time bomb, grew panicked and uneasy.

She touched her belly, and Lin's eyes became firm.

"Kakashi, we can't run toward the village!"

"Kill me now; I'm being used by the enemy!"

If I return to the village, it will surely bring disaster to Leaf Village, causing countless comrades to die because of me.

That definitely includes Kakashi!

After understanding the consequences, Lin prepared to let Kakashi kill her, so that only she would die.

"Alas~ just like Obito, I never confessed to Kakashi~"

But dying by Kakashi's hand isn't bad either!

"What are you saying? I promised Obito… to protect you! This kind of thing… I absolutely can't do… Anyway… let's first flee back to the village!"

Seeing this, Kakashi also looked dazed; he was truly desperate at this moment!

If only his teacher were here; if Teacher Minato were present, he could surely solve these problems.

At that moment, taking advantage of the dusk's afterglow, a one-eyed figure clad in a white unknown organization and wearing a black cloak, barefoot, sprinted toward Kakashi's position.

"Kakashi… you promised me… you must protect Lin well!"

Although anxious, the real distance meant he could only turn his urgency into strength, step by step, toward Kakashi and them.

Meanwhile, he kept praying in his heart, hoping the thing he least wanted to see wouldn't happen; otherwise……

"Kakashi's scent is already strong; he should be just ahead~"

Pake's nose twitched in the air, then his spirit jolted, and he brought Dong Shilang racing toward the forest ahead.

Before getting close, they could already faintly hear the explosion of explosive tags and the furious roars of the Mist Ninja in disarray.

"Looks like this Kakashi kid has caused the Mist Ninja quite a bit of trouble!"

"The enemy has……57 people……"

Closing his eyes and focusing, he pointed his finger at the ground to sense; the chakra reactions within roughly three kilometers around him already appeared in Dong Shilang's mind.

None of the chakra reactions of these over fifty enemies were below Chunin level; they appear to be the Mist Ninja's elite forces.

"Looks like they won't be in danger anytime soon; let's first find a place to hide~"

While saying that, Dong Shilang found a hiding spot in the thicket ahead of Kakashi, preparing to give those Mist Ninja pursuers a nasty surprise.

After years of battlefield experience, he still believes ambush is the most efficient way to defeat enemies, and it never fails.

Seeing Kakashi unwilling to strike her down, Yeyuan Lin had been ready to kill herself, but she hadn't realized she seemed to be under some jutsu controlling her actions, making even suicide impossible.

For the village and for Kakashi beside her, Lin prepared to charge into the enemy ranks.

"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation"

A vast sea of fire erupted from the treetops above them, surging toward the Mist Ninja behind the two.

Dong Shilang, lying in wait on the path they must take, saw these two acquaintances and finally came to their side, directly unleashing this wide-range Fire Release ninjutsu to intercept those Mist Ninja.

"Yo Kakashi, you look so desperate!"

Looking up, Kakashi saw Pake's dog face with its eyelids pulled back, and the other teased him.

"Since the person has been brought here, I'll leave first!"

Seeing Kakashi had someone to help him, Pake gave a greeting and then turned into a puff of white smoke, disappearing on the spot.

It's just a tracking ninja dog; a battle of this scale is nothing it can help with.

Better to slip away early.

"We're saved!"

Seeing the orange-red firelight that dispelled the darkness within several kilometers, and the red-and-white clan crest behind them, Kakashi knew Pake had brought reinforcements.

Upon seeing their figure, Kakashi truly felt a sense of being saved.

Just now Lin's words left him flustered, but at last someone could share his burden.

"I've been saved by another Uchiha this time!"

Watching Dong Shilang continuously unleash Fire Release, Kakashi and Lin both realized who this person who had rushed to save them was.

"Senior! You've gotten us into trouble again!"

Even Yeyuan Lin, who had been ready to die, now rekindled her hope to live.

If it were just me and Kakashi, we couldn't hold out until our teacher arrived, but with Senior Dong Shilang's help, there's no problem.

Although I've never seen him fight, after a few encounters and hearing what Obito and Kakashi have said, his strength is truly formidable.

"Hurrying slowly, we finally made it in time!"

"Leave this to me! Take Lin and go first!"

Leaving Kakashi and Lin a back view, Dong Shilang drew his ninja sword and charged at the Mist Ninja who had survived his Fire Release.

With his current strength, these Mist Ninja, though troublesome, can still be handled alone if he grits his teeth.

However, sustaining some injuries is unavoidable.

Watching Dong Shilang slay enemies ahead, Kakashi also didn't simply take Yeyuan Lin and flee, since there was no reason to run off with his sister while the other came to rescue him.

"Lin! You go first, find a place to hide; I and Dong Shilang will come find you later."

After saying that, Kakashi followed behind Dong Shilang and charged at the Mist Ninja.

"Mm! Remember to take good care of yourself…"

Before Yeyuan Lin could finish her words, Kakashi had already disappeared before her, causing her whole speech to be stuck in her stomach.

Gritting her teeth, Yeyuan Lin could only stomp her feet at this moment, then she disappeared nearby; she still needed to find a place to think carefully about what exactly had happened to her before!