078 Naruto Mobile Game

"Haah~"

[Hidan]shouted and hurled his flying scythe at [Hatake Kakashi]. [Hatake Kakashi] pulled back, narrowly dodging it.

Although the skill missed, [Hidan] still walked straight over.

Sasuke knew what the opponent was planning. The opponent, [Hidan], had brought the Cutting Technique, and the intent was obvious.

Once hit by it, you'd have to take a full combo, so he absolutely could not let the Cutting Technique land.

[Hatake Kakashi]crouched down and summoned a huge whirlwind that slowly advanced forward.

Wind Release!

This was a Secret Scroll with a very large area of battlefield control and a respectable duration.

Pa!

The opponent reacted decisively and directly clapped to summon—what appeared was a much wider-area Shukaku.

But whether the timing was off in mid-field or for some other reason, it failed to hit Sasuke.

With no other choice, [Hidan] hurriedly followed up with another skill, spinning in place like a giant whirlwind as he rushed over.

"Sentence of Shredding!"

Because the field was suppressed by Shukaku, [Hatake Kakashi]retreated to the edge of the arena, with no space left to dodge.

After Sasuke got hit, he immediately subbed out on impact and chained straight into basic attacks against [Hidan].

The opponent didn't substitute—just as expected.

Sasuke controlled [Hatake Kakashi]to maintain steady basic attacks, swaying left and right after each hit.

But this ninja's basic attack performance was average; the combo was unstable, and if the rhythm wasn't controlled well, it would drop.

The opponent clearly understood this as well, patiently waiting for Sasuke to make a mistake while also waiting for skills to come off cooldown.

Because [Hatake Kakashi]had especially long end-lag before and after the fourth and fifth basic attacks, after a few hits Sasuke could only Chidori away, then bait a substitution with movement.

The opponent didn't substitute, turned back and released the dogs to bite—still no substitution… substitute or don't, whatever!

Naruto suddenly felt this was a bit like an Unlimited Class Tournament.

The margin for error was extremely low—so low that even after knocking the opponent down, you still couldn't dare expose end-lag.

In the second round of mind games, the skills were basically back up.

The opponent likely also knew that [Hidan]'s first skill—swinging the scythe in place—was hard to land, so he chose to open with the second skill, the spinning slash.

But at the very instant the scythe was about to cut [Hatake Kakashi]'s face, he was knocked flying by [Hatake Kakashi]'s dogs.

First skill, Tracking Fang Technique.

A short press covers roughly four body-lengths along the X-axis; a long press has a shorter distance, but in both cases the ninja hounds are summoned instantly.

The instant-summoned ninja hounds were extremely fast—the opponent didn't even manage a trade before entering hitstun.

At this point, there was nothing more to say. The opponent had dropped tempo twice in a row.

Damage in Combat Power mode was much higher than in the Duel Arena, and moreover, the opponent's combat power within the [Hyūga Main Family] organization was only upper-mid-to-lower third tier.

His combat power was also slightly lower than Sasuke's.

Watching with his own eyes how Sasuke secured victory, Naruto couldn't help but praise him:

"Not bad, Sasuke. You've gotten a lot stronger again!"

Although Sasuke had used nothing but basic operations throughout—no flashy tricks—this was precisely the fundamental essence of Ninja Mobile Game.

Hearing Naruto's praise, Sasuke merely snorted lightly, though the faintly upturned corner of his mouth told of his good mood.

As for after that? There was even less to say.

The opponent's third ninja was [Uchiha Itachi]. The half-HP [Hatake Kakashi] had no power to fight back; his final bit of defiance was using up the summon.

However, perhaps to preserve HP, the opponent chose to counter-summon instead.

The result was that Sasuke subbed in, instantly summoned dogs to bite and scrape beans, then followed with an ultimate to deal a chunk of damage.

[This is the gap of the Sharingan Hero!]

Watching Kakashi get wiped by Itachi's full combo ultimate cutscene after running out of beans, Sasuke pursed his lips and set the phone down.

He still hadn't managed to take down the opponent's second ninja, but being able to push down the HP line of the opponent's third slot was already a pretty good result.

At least…

"Naruto, what's your record?" Sasuke seemed to guess what Naruto was about to say and cut him off first.

"Sasuke!" Naruto went berserk. "I haven't even said anything yet! I only took down one and a half opponents—what are you so proud of?!"

"What's your record?"

"If that last wave were me, I'd win outright, you believe me or not? Convinced or not?"

"What's your record?"

"Ahhh, stop being smug, Sasuke! Shikamaru already won two… huh? Three already? Shikamaru! My Superman!"

Watching Naruto suddenly cheer and run over, hugging Shikamaru together with the others, Sasuke was speechless.

But… a three-through. A trace of fiery excitement flashed in Sasuke's eyes—he might not be incapable of it either!

"So awesome, Shikamaru, three consecutive wins!"

"Yeah, yeah!"

"Heehee~ great job, Shikamaru!"

"Shikamaru is amazing!!"

"Beautiful!"

"What, strictly speaking it's only two and a half." Shikamaru scratched the back of his head, but amid everyone's praise, his mood was still wonderful.

With this, victory was locked in!

[Uzumaki Naruto]VS[Hyūga Main Family], current record:

Naruto: 0 wins

Sasuke: 1 win

Shikamaru: 3 wins

Sakura: 1 win

Ino: 1 win

Choji: 0 wins

Asuma: 1 win

Kakashi: 1 win

Mikoto: 1 win

[Uzumaki Naruto]: Remaining 1 person!

[Hyūga Main Family]: Remaining 1 person!

Round after round went by, until in the end only the guaranteed slot—Hiashi—remained for the [Hyūga Main Family].

"I never thought my Hyūga would be knocked out in the first round," Hiashi sighed, while the clansmen seated nearby all showed looks of shame.

At this moment on the phone screen, Hiashi's third-slot ninja had only a sliver of HP left, while his opponent, Hero Jiraiya, was at full ninja and full summon.

Hiashi had the highest combat power in the organization. The original intent of the guaranteed slot was to let the frontline members exhaust the opponent as much as possible.

Even if the opponent had two left, he was confident.

Who would have thought that in the frontline matchups, the organization members would actually be at a huge disadvantage, eventually forming a one-versus-three situation.

It wasn't enough that his guaranteed slot collected two low-HP heads—he still had to face the opponent organization's guaranteed slot at full state.

The process developed very simply:

Naruto lost the first slot; Shikamaru took the first slot; Sasuke took the second slot; Shikamaru took the third slot; Sasuke lost to the fourth slot; Shikamaru took the fifth slot.

Sakura took the fourth slot; Choji lost to the sixth slot; Sakura lost to the seventh slot; Ino took the sixth slot and lost to the eighth slot.

Asuma took the seventh slot; Kakashi took the eighth slot; Asuma lost to the ninth slot; Kakashi lost to the tenth slot; Mikoto took the ninth slot and lost to the tenth slot.

Finally, Jiraiya took the tenth slot.

"Hoho~ Hiashi's combat power is really high, he three-through'd the two of you." Jiraiya teased Mikoto and Kakashi.

"The damage gap was just too big. After a few dispersals, you simply can't hold it." Kakashi said helplessly—this dispersal thing hits the entire Y-axis; you can't dodge it.

"It seems the Hyūga clan pinned their chance of victory on the clan head." Mikoto sighed.

To be honest, the win wasn't easy.

One could only say that the Hyūga clan truly lived up to its name—under the circumstance of Shikamaru trading one for three, they still stubbornly produced multiple one-for-one results in the late game.

And fortunately there was Shikamaru; otherwise, Jiraiya's combat power wasn't higher than Hiashi's—fighting head-on, there was even a chance of losing.

In the end, he still played it safe and used Dispel to clear Hiashi's remaining HP. Even when substitution was ready, he didn't substitute, just waited to die on the dispersal.

One could only say that after this battle, everyone had witnessed the importance of combat power.

If the gap was too large, then no matter how good the technique, it was hard to find room to perform.

Shikamaru, who nearly threw the third match, deeply felt this.

"Good thing Jiraiya-sama brought Dispel in the second slot." Sakura said with a face full of relief.

Jiraiya smiled.

"Don't let your guard down—there's still another match to fight next!"

Though that was said, the Hyūga were the primary enemy of this group. No matter which of the other two organizations won, they would have a very high chance of victory…

[Server Domination Group Four Finished]

[Winner: Uzumaki Naruto]