Chapter 345: Ch.345 By What Right!?
The end of Uchiha Shinji and Yakumo's fierce battle did not mean the conclusion of this confrontation exam. All across the Forest of Death, many teams were still locked in brutal combat.And right at the edge of where Shinji and Yakumo had first clashed, another fight had become everyone's new focus.
The stars of this battle were none other than the Jinchūriki of the Hidden Leaf Village and the Hidden Sand Village.
On the battlefield—
"Ahhhh!"
With that cry, countless clones of Naruto surged toward Gaara, who stood at the very center.
Gaara's face twisted into a savage mask, his eyes darting back and forth as he hunted for Naruto's true body among the sea of shadow clones. His sand shielded him on one side, while the rest of his sand lashed out in counterattack.
Thud... thud... thud...
Under Gaara's relentless onslaught, one by one the clones were crushed, vanishing into puffs of white smoke.
"Numbers mean nothing to me!"
A cruel grin spread across Gaara's face as the Tailed Beast chakra around him flared ever stronger—just the sight of it from afar struck terror into everyone's hearts.
In the nearby shrubbery—