Starting with rogue ninjas, building the insect kingdom.

Chapter 319 Falling into the Abyss

Inside the cave, after Hyuga Kagami finished cleaning up the bees, and Kakashi Hatake finished bandaging his eyes, he stood up and said, "Let's keep going. Their bees have already tracked us here, so it's not safe here anymore."

Although exhausted, the group obeyed orders, emerged from the cave, and headed south into the dense forest.

Hinata Kagami walked at the back, and when no one was looking, he put a thumb-sized worm into his mouth, chewed it, and swallowed it in the last bite.

The depleted chakra was quickly restored, and even the minor injuries on his body were mostly healed.

Maintaining these eyes consumes a lot of chakra, and he didn't want to die here for some inexplicable reason, otherwise it would be too frustrating.

Less than half an hour later, the pursuers from Iwagakure arrived. Dozens of dark figures leaped between tree trunks with incredible speed and a clear purpose, as if they knew the pursuers' location.

"Run!" Kakashi shouted.

The kunai flew from behind, grazed Obito's ear, and nailed to the tree trunk in front of him.

Then came shuriken and explosive tags, raining down everywhere. Hyuga Kagami turned and used a powerful strike to deflect most of them, but the shockwave from the explosion still knocked them to the ground.

"Cough cough, it really is like a persistent ghost!"

Obito got up from the ground, his left shoulder cut by a piece of gravel, and blood was flowing down his arm.

"Save your energy and talk less." Kakashi turned and shielded Rin in front of him, casually throwing three kunai with explosive tags attached. The explosions instantly took away three approaching ninjas. Afterward, the smoke from the smoke bombs obscured the pursuers' vision.

He led a few people and quickly hid in the jungle, then turned around and fled at high speed. After wandering around, they soon returned to the place where the two mountains meet.

A river flows through the narrow valley. It is not wide, but the current is rapid, and the stones on the riverbed have been smoothed like a mirror. A fallen, dead tree lies across the river, serving as a natural bridge.

"Cross the river!" Kakashi stepped on a dead tree and crossed to the other side in a few steps.

Lin followed behind him, her steps unsteady, almost slipping. Obito pushed her from behind, and Hyuga Kagami was the last to cross the bridge.

As soon as they crossed the bridge, Kakashi turned around and cut down the dead tree, temporarily blocking the pursuers on the other side of the river.

The group finally caught their breath. Kakashi didn't stop and continued to give the order, "Go."

They disappeared into the bushes on the opposite bank of the river and ran towards higher ground, the shouts of battle fading into the distance behind them.

But Hinata Kagami knew that those people would catch up, just like every time before.

In fact, he had been wondering what his master and his opponent were fighting against, and why they had made him change his name and go to such lengths to join this team.

He turned to look at Obito Uchiha, feeling that he was getting closer and closer to the answer.

Why don't we lend them a hand?

Hyuga Kagami suddenly stopped, flipped over and fell off the tree trunk, his legs bent so that he could not move.

Nohara Rin immediately went to check, but could only shake her head in the end. Hyuga Kagami said with a wry smile, "Give up on me, you guys escape, maybe you can still get away."

Everyone fell silent instantly, even the team captain, Kakashi Hatake, couldn't utter a word.

Hyuga Kagami continued, "We are all Konoha ninjas, and I also believe that the mission is more important than teammates. Besides, if you take me with you, you might all die."

Hearing this, Kakashi Hatake clenched his fists slightly. He left behind the three remaining explosive tags and said, "Hide your presence, let's go."

The moment he turned around, Obito Uchiha's fist landed on him: "Kakashi, what are you doing? How could you abandon your comrades?!"

"Obito, you should just leave. Don't cause trouble because of me. After all, I already said that it's better for one of me to die than for everyone to die."

"No, no!" Obito stubbornly pulled Hyuga Kagami, who was lying on the ground, up and dragged him onto his back.

"I'll carry you. At worst, we'll die together. I will never abandon any of my comrades!"

Rin Nohara also stood up, firmly standing by Obito's side. Kakashi's frozen heart trembled again, suddenly remembering his master's words before he left:

"Kakashi, your father was not wrong; the world is the only one at fault. Don't resent anyone, and don't argue about anything, because this world isn't just black and white."

"Okay, let's do it together!"

"We'll live and die together," Kakashi silently said to himself.

However, unnoticed by them, Hyuga Mirror crushed two more insects, two insects that could reverse direction and obscure perception.

A moment later, they ran for about three miles, and then they suddenly realized that they were still surrounded by broken mountains and a river!

They inexplicably came back!

The pursuers were stunned. They had just built the bridge and never expected that the Konoha ninja would run back.

"Haha, this is truly a stroke of luck! Earth Release: Earth Dragon Rock Bullet!"

In an instant, the soil on the rock walls on both sides of the valley condensed into several dragon shapes, opened their mouths, and fired a dense barrage of rock projectiles like a machine gun.

Kakashi barely dodged the first wave, and Rin Nohara was also lucky, as the attack was ignored and she only suffered a minor scratch.

But Obito Uchiha was much more unfortunate.

Because he was carrying Hyuga Mirror on his back, he was unable to move around easily and was hit hard several times. Not only was his face bruised and swollen, but several of his sternum bones were also broken.

"Put me down!"

"No, I absolutely will not..."

Before he could finish speaking, the earthen spears swept across the field.

"Earth Release·Earth Flow Wall."

At the critical moment, Kakashi slammed his hand on the ground and used his remaining chakra to build an earthen wall.

He had actually sensed something was wrong, but he was constantly being attacked and hadn't realized where the problem lay.

"Looks like we're going to die here together." Hinata Kagami said with a smirk, but no one cared whether he was joking or not.

Kakashi looked at the rushing river before him and finally gave the order: "Jump!"

This river might be their only way out. The group immediately obeyed and jumped towards the riverbank.

Suddenly, a rock spear shot straight at Nohara Rin's back.

Obito Uchiha arrived last; he immediately tossed the Hyuga Mirror to Kakashi and turned to pounce on him.

puff!

The rock spear pierced his heart, causing him to fall into the river instantly.

"Obito!" Rin Nohara exclaimed.

There was no time for sadness now; they could only use the momentum from their jump to keep vaulting between the rock walls on both sides until they finally fell into the river.

But the current was too strong, and the rushing river swept over his body, bobbing him up and down. Obito's eyes were still open, but they had lost focus.

Kakashi, who was swimming at the front, reached out to grab it, but he was just one step away from the waterfall that was rushing down in front of him.

The group entered the waterfall, only to be separated by the current!