Shindai successfully tricked Tokujuku, making the confident ninja believe he had killed Shindai with his fists by attacking what he thought was the real Shindai—the Iron Sand Body Clone—before quietly approaching him.
Using the iron sand left behind by the Iron Sand Body Clone, Shindai trapped and tightly bound Tokujuku with the Magnet Release: Iron Sand Coffin Binding.
The commotion here drew the attention of Obito, Kakashi, and the three Rock ninjas, who all looked in Shindai's direction.
Obito's face lit up with surprise when he saw Shindai: "Shindai! You're still alive!"
Shindai grumbled, "Can't you wish me something good for once? Hey, watch out. I'll handle this Jonin. You and Kakashi quickly deal with those three Chunin. I've already taken on so much pressure for you guys—if you can't beat them even now, just take off your fancy lenses and give them to me!"
Obito retorted, "Fancy lenses? This is my Sharingan eye. How could I give it to you? Besides, right now I feel super powerful!"
Seeing that Shindai was safe, Obito felt extremely happy, as if a huge stone had been lifted from his heart.
Earlier, Obito had blamed himself endlessly, thinking that if he hadn't slowed Shindai down, Shindai wouldn't have died.
Now filled with motivation, Obito joined forces with Kakashi. The two worked together seamlessly, proactively attacking the three Rock ninja.
Meanwhile, Shindai prepared to finish off Tokujuku.
[Magnet Release: Iron Sand Funeral!]
Shindai compressed the iron sand, attempting to crush Tokujuku, who was wrapped in it, to death.
But before being enveloped by the iron sand, Tokujuku had covered his body's surface with a layer of rock and used the Earth Release: Added-Weight Rock Technique to increase the rocks' weight, significantly enhancing their sturdiness.
The rocks were too solid; Shindai couldn't crush them.
Therefore, his attempt to crush Tokujuku within the iron sand failed.
Later, Shindai tried several more times—not only compressing but also stabbing at Tokujuku's rocky armor with iron sand spikes—but all attempts failed.
Shindai stroked his chin thoughtfully, pondering his next move.
Actually, the safest move now would be to just ignore Tokujuku completely and leave him trapped inside the Iron Sand Coffin.
Because the density of the iron sand coffin was high enough to block air entry, eventually causing Tokujuku to suffocate and die.
However, Shindai felt like he wasn't getting any sense of participation. This guy had punched him super hard—had it not been for his quick wit, maybe his bones would've snapped on the spot, or he might've been smashed flat into the ground.
Suddenly inspired, Shindai thought of an idea. He dropped his hand from his chin and began forming hand seals with both hands.
[Magnet Release! Iron Sand Spinning Top!]
Shindai transformed the iron sand surrounding Tokujuku into a triangular pyramid shape, then made it spin.
He intended to daze Tokujuku inside the coffin, causing him to lose concentration and disrupt his jutsu.
Inside the iron sand coffin, Tokujuku had already begun having difficulty breathing due to lack of air, gasping for breath.
Tokujuku didn't dare to breathe heavily, because the faster he breathed, the quicker the oxygen within the Iron Sand Body Jutsu would be consumed.
Shindai had constantly tried to kill him.
Tokujuku felt extremely humiliated inside. As a Jonin, he'd actually been beaten by a punk kid—damn humiliating.
Actually getting beaten by a kid wasn't entirely unacceptable—Tokujuku had seen young ninja with incredible strength before.
What upset Tokujuku was that this kid was a traitorous Sunagakure ninja who framed their Iwagakure village, and furthermore, it was his own carelessness, his lowered guard, that allowed Shindai to successfully ambush him.
If he hadn't let his guard down, he would've thrown a few kunai from a distance before approaching Shindai.
But there's no "what if."
Shindai repeatedly attempted to kill him, forcing Tokujuku to continuously maintain his ninjutsu, which caused his breathing to quicken further. The lack of oxygen left him feeling dizzy.
Shindai paused for a moment, giving Tokujuku a brief opportunity to relax slightly.
But his danger hadn't passed yet—he couldn't move at all, couldn't release the seal, couldn't break free from the Iron Sand Body Jutsu, and his dizziness kept increasing. If things continued like this, he'd suffocate even without Shindai lifting another finger.
Right now, Tokujuku could only pin his hopes on his teammates.
However… during Kakashi and Obito's combined assault, another Rock ninja chunin was caught off guard and stabbed dead by Kakashi.
Now, besides Tokujuku himself, only two other Rock ninja remained on the battlefield.
The four Rock ninja chunin had already failed against Kakashi and Obito—how could the last two even hope to win? Victory was all but secured now.
Already dizzy, Tokujuku was now being spun around like a top by Shindai. At first, he thought the worsening dizziness was just an illusion caused by oxygen deprivation.
But as the iron sand whirl accelerated, Tokujuku realized he really was spinning.
The oxygen deprivation-induced headache combined with the high-speed rotation immediately made Tokujuku feel nauseated.
He clenched his teeth, terrified of throwing up—any vomit in this sealed space would flow back and could block his airway.
If choked to death by his own puke—that kind of death was absolutely unacceptable! Better to suffocate from lack of air!
Yet some things weren't entirely within Tokujuku's control.
["Ughh~"]
Finally, Tokujuku couldn't hold back—the nausea won. He vomited.
As expected in this confined space, the vomit flowed back, blocking his airway.
Already low on oxygen, now with his airway obstructed, Tokujuku's situation worsened dramatically. His face turned from red to blueish, and the high-speed spinning created tremendous centrifugal force, causing his eyes to bulge outwards.
In the end, Tokujuku choked to death on his own vomit.
After spinning his Iron Sand Body for a while, Shindai noticed that Tokujuku trapped within had seemingly given up resistance.
Unsure whether Tokujuku had been disoriented by the spinning or not, Shindai transformed the iron sand wrapping around Tokujuku into spikes and pierced through him.
This time there was no resistance. The spikes pierced through without resistance. Shindai loosened the iron sand slightly, and blood began to seep out.
"It looks like it worked!"
Shindai released the iron sand. Tokujuku's body, riddled with multiple holes, fell onto the ground.
Shindai pinched his nose shut: "What's that smell—an overpowering garlic stench?!"
Taking no chances after Tokujuku's earlier defiance, the cautious Shindai molded a sharp iron sand spear and hurled it at the corpse. As the spear impaled the body, blood continued to pour out.
Shindai exhaled in relief—the annoying Jonin-level Rock ninja had finally been taken care of.
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Shindai muttered, "Now *that* was a real fight—clean and intense!"
As for the remaining two Rock ninja chunin, with Kakashi and Obito working together, one had his throat slashed by Kakashi's blade, while the other was incinerated by Obito's [Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique].
Shindai was stunned beyond belief.
Could it be… the surprisingly gentle Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique just *killed* someone?!
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