"Itachi, what a coincidence, we meet your little brother again."
Looking at the Seventh Squad opposite him, Kisame Hoshigaki couldn't help but smile playfully, "This time that Wood Release Ninja isn't here, should we leave them here?"
Itachi Uchiha didn't speak, but stared at Sasuke Uchiha, who had also activated his Sharingan with three tomoe, with his own three-tomoe Sharingan, feeling slightly surprised in his heart.
What's going on?
It's only been half a year, how has Sasuke's Chakra become so powerful?
What happened to him during this time?
"Sasuke, don't be impulsive, the opponents are two S-rank missing-nin."
At this time, Kakashi Hatake had already uncovered his left eye, his three-tomoe Sharingan staring at Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki opposite him, a little cold sweat appearing on his face as he said, "I'll buy you time, you quickly go find Naruto, and then leave here quickly."
"Yes, Sasuke, let's go find Naruto first." Sakura Haruno echoed, her face pale.
Unfortunately, Sasuke Uchiha seemed not to have heard their words, and directly raised his hand to condense a blue energy ball the size of a soccer ball, with two smaller energy balls the size of billiard balls inside.
Seeing this scene, Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki, as well as Kakashi Hatake and Sakura Haruno, all changed their expressions.
"Itachi, your brother wouldn't have mastered that Dust Release secret technique too, would he?" The playful smile instantly disappeared from Kisame Hoshigaki's face, and he raised his hand to grip the hilt of his Samehada sword, about to rush out and absorb Sasuke Uchiha's Chakra before he could complete that secret technique.
However, Sasuke Uchiha's speed of attack was faster than he had imagined.
The two small energy balls quickly turned blue and white, and then collided together, causing the soccer ball-sized energy ball to also turn a dazzling white.
"Storm Release: Judgement!"
Sasuke Uchiha pushed the energy ball forward, and the energy ball instantly changed shape into a huge laser beam, blasting towards Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki.
Since they were in a corridor, the space was very narrow, and the volume of the laser beam was too large, Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki were unable to use Body Flicker Technique to dodge.
In addition, the speed of the laser was extremely fast, even Itachi Uchiha, who could weave several hand seals in a second, could not perform a technique to counter it.
Faced with the Storm Release secret technique that had already been formed, Samehada was also unable to absorb it.
Therefore, Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki broke through the window without hesitation.
The laser beam shot to the end of the corridor, creating a huge explosion.
Unable to kill the two with his ultimate move, Sasuke Uchiha immediately released Storm Release: Judgement, and then also broke through the window.
"Sakura, you follow Pakkun to find Naruto, and then leave here immediately, go back and find my Shadow Clone."
Kakashi Hatake left these instructions, and also followed closely behind.
However, the sound of the laser beam bombarding the corridor still attracted the attention of the mobile fortress.
"What happened?"
Hyde, who was entertaining Uzumaki Naruto brought back by Timushi, couldn't help but frown slightly.
"Lord Hyde, I'll go take a look now."
Timushi, who had long golden hair and wore silver armor, looking like a knight, immediately said respectfully.
"I'll go help too." Uzumaki Naruto said quickly.
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Naruto," Hyde said with a smile.
After the two left, Hyde's expression turned gloomy.
He took out a photo from his person, which showed the trade caravan that Seventh Squad was escorting this time.
The main subject wasn't Seventh Squad, but an old man with a ferret standing on his shoulder.
Staring at the old man, Hyde murmured, "A ferret as a companion, could he be a descendant of that lineage?"
Immediately, a grim smile appeared on Hyde's face as he said, "We'll know once these two lineages meet. Timushi, you mustn't disappoint me!"
"This guy was acting like a good person just now, and now his true colors are showing. What a treacherous fellow," a White Zetsu clone hiding in the shadows and eavesdropping couldn't help but comment.
At the same time, he also transmitted the information he had just collected to Black and White Zetsu in real time.
Black and White Zetsu found Uchiha Obito at the first opportunity. White Zetsu said, "Itachi and Kisame have encountered Kakashi Hatake and Sasuke Uchiha, and they're currently engaged in battle."
"Weren't their tasks to bring back the mobile fortress? How could they encounter that Kakashi trash?" Uchiha Obito asked, puzzled.
White Zetsu explained, "Seventh Squad is carrying out a mission. The Nine Tails Jinchuriki accidentally encountered a cadre from that mobile fortress. They became acquainted after a fight. That cadre took the Nine Tails Jinchuriki to visit the mobile fortress, and Kakashi Hatake and Sasuke Uchiha came looking for him, running into them by chance."
"Such a coincidence?"
Uchiha Obito was speechless for a moment, then his body twisted and disappeared very honestly, leaving only one sentence behind.
"A battle between brothers? Omoshiroi, I'll go take a look."
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"Idiot, I told you not to act, but you insisted on acting. Now this ship has been blown to smithereens by you!"
"Hey, hey... Sasori-bro, that's not very kind of you. Those armored people aren't afraid of your poison, and there's also a flying bat woman. If I hadn't acted in time, she would have run away."
"Hmph, my trump card has already used Magnet Release to seal the entrance. Even if you give her another pair of wings, she won't be able to escape."
"Then why didn't you say so earlier!"
Inside the giant ship hidden in the desert, the art duo had already dealt with all the armored people.
Sasori of the Red Sand took out a large scroll stored in the Puppet, collected all the corpses of the armored people, and packed up all kinds of high-tech gadgets from the ship. Then, with Deidara, who was carrying the bat woman Camilla, they walked out of the steel giant ship while bickering.
However, as soon as they returned to the ground, they became heavy.
Looking at the dozen or so Human Puppets in front of them, their bodies covered with Black Rods, no longer wearing Akatsuki uniforms, but white robes of the Otsutsuki Clan, Deidara scratched his head and said, "Sasori-bro, are we being targeted by Toneri-bro?"
"Nonsense, isn't that obvious?"
Sasori of the Red Sand, hiding in Hiruko, said with a hint of excitement in his voice, "With no one to disturb us this time, I can finally learn about that guy's art."
"Hahaha..."
Deidara also laughed loudly, riding a white bird into the sky, and said to Izayoi, who was separated by the Human Puppets below, "Toneri-bro, let's have an art duel!"
Explosions and a Puppet army immediately appeared in the desert, stirring up thick dust.
Seeing this scene in the distance, the White Zetsu clone responsible for leading the art duo couldn't help but complain, "These two idiots, being targeted by Toneri Otsutsuki, and they still don't summon the Six Paths of Pain. Aren't they courting death?"
So, White Zetsu immediately transmitted the situation here to Black and White Zetsu in real time.
White Zetsu quickly turned this information into a secret message and handed it to Nagato in the form of a scroll.
Nagato looked at the secret message that only he, Konan, Uchiha Obito, and White Zetsu could understand, and frowned slightly, thinking to himself, "As expected, he noticed it? It seems that his eyes, or his clones, have been monitoring Akatsuki all along."
"But his eyes don't seem to be able to see that kind of energy, otherwise he wouldn't have just gone to hunt Sasori and Deidara."
"What exactly is that energy? Why is it somewhat similar to Wood Release Chakra?"
Nagato recalled the fleeting moment that day. If his body hadn't recovered to its peak and he hadn't implanted Hashirama Cells, his perception wouldn't have been enhanced enough to detect that energy fluctuation.
Combined with the information White Zetsu sent back, the energy that day should have been the commotion caused when that mobile fortress was embedded into the mountain.
"Gelel Stone, what exactly is this thing? It seems I have to take action myself."
Nagato closed the scroll, then used Wood Release and Yin-Yang Release to create a ring, and also made a wooden sign with a secret message written on it, and softly called out, "Zetsu."
"Leader."
A White Zetsu clone immediately popped up.
Nagato handed him the ring and the wooden sign, then waved his hand, and the White Zetsu clone immediately sank into the ground.
And the Wood Clone responsible for monitoring Nagato immediately transmitted the situation here to Izayoi in real time.
The possessors of the Rinnegan and Tenseigan have begun a new round of game.
Izayoi felt the pressure for the first time, and realized that the battle of ninjas is the battle of information.
The reason why Izayoi had been so successful before was because he was familiar with the plot.
But now, Izayoi has lost the advantage of being a transmigrator for the first time.
Moreover, the enemy has already learned about his Tenseigan information and has countermeasures.
Izayoi couldn't guess what Nagato was going to do.
Because of this, Izayoi felt the pressure, and at the same time, his blood rarely boiled.
Is this what it feels like to have an opponent?
Ohmoshiroi!
So, Izayoi, who was perfunctorily dealing with Temari and handing over the task of searching for the enemy to Hinata and Shino Aburame, also silently made his next move.
Nagato has White Zetsu, and he also has Wood Clones.
One is close-range eavesdropping, and the other is remote monitoring, each with its own advantages.
...
*"Fire Release: Great Fire Destruction!"*
The scene returned to Seventh Squad's side. Sasuke Uchiha ran down the mountain wall, forming hand seals, and spat out a meteor-shaped fireball at Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki who were falling below.
"What a powerful Fire Release!"
Kisame Hoshigaki was surprised again, feeling an urge to compete with him.
But thinking of the other party's identity, Kisame Hoshigaki first asked Itachi Uchiha next to him for instructions, and asked, "Mr. Itachi, will you do it or should I?"
"Kisame, help me hold off Kakashi-senpai... *Fire Release: Great Fire Destruction!*" Itachi Uchiha replied, raising his hand to his mouth and exhaling a wisp of flame, which also transformed into a meteorite-like fireball, soaring into the sky.
With a loud bang, the two meteorite-like fireballs collided, creating a massive wave of fire in the air.
The fire wave had just formed when it was split in two.
Sasuke Uchiha, wielding the Kusanagi Sword and surrounded by blue and white arcs of electricity, cleaved the fire wave in two with a single strike, transforming into a blue and white bolt of lightning that shot down.
"Such fast Body Flicker Technique." Kisame Hoshigaki marveled again, finally taking Sasuke Uchiha seriously and no longer regarding him as a mere brat.
Itachi Uchiha didn't speak, instead throwing several shuriken at Sasuke Uchiha, then his body transformed into a dozen crows that scattered and landed on the ground, reforming into his figure.
Just like Gaara's Sand Body Flicker Technique, this was Itachi Uchiha's Crow Body Flicker Technique.
Kisame Hoshigaki also formed hand seals, exhaling a stream of water that enveloped his entire body, transforming into a shark that landed on the ground.
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
Swatting away the shuriken with his sword, Sasuke Uchiha formed a hand seal with one hand, and with a poof to his right, a cloud of white mist appeared.
As the mist dissipated, a Shadow Clone vanished in a Body Flicker Technique.
Before Kisame Hoshigaki and Itachi Uchiha below could guess where Sasuke Uchiha's Shadow Clone had gone or what it was going to do.
Sasuke Uchiha had already landed, and the Kusanagi Sword in his hand transformed into a beam of light that shot out, instantly piercing Itachi Uchiha's body.
But the next second, Itachi Uchiha's body turned into a flock of crows that scattered.
Crow Substitution!
"Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and Fire Release and Lightning Release of this level, as well as Water Release nature transformation and shape transformation, it's like he's become a completely different person, such terrifying progress!" Kisame Hoshigaki still found it hard to imagine that this was the Genin who had been instantly defeated by Itachi Uchiha half a year ago.
However, the strength displayed by Sasuke Uchiha also made him curious about this brotherly battle.
So, Kisame Hoshigaki put away Samehada and smiled at Kakashi Hatake not far away, "Why don't we just watch from the sidelines and not disturb their brotherly reunion."
"Why are you Akatsuki here?" Kakashi Hatake asked warily, his Three-Tomoe Sharingan fixed on Kisame Hoshigaki, ready to attack as soon as the Chakra within him changed.
Although Nagato had become the God of Shinobi of the new era and was even given the title of Savior of the Shinobi World, which had improved Akatsuki's reputation a lot.
But this did not include the mainstays of the Five Great Nations, who still regarded Akatsuki as enemies.
Especially after learning from Jiraiya that Akatsuki's goal was the Tailed Beasts, Kakashi Hatake couldn't help but suspect that the reason Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki were here was to capture Uzumaki Naruto.
"Sorry, I can't say." Kisame Hoshigaki grinned.
"Is it for Naruto? Your Akatsuki's goal is the Tailed Beasts, right?" Kakashi Hatake bluntly exposed.
Kisame Hoshigaki looked at him with a surprised expression, meaningfully saying, "It seems you Konoha know quite a lot, as expected of the strongest ninja village."
"But you guessed wrong this time, our target is not the Nine Tails Jinchuriki." Kisame Hoshigaki looked up at Uzumaki Naruto running down from above, and Timushi being carried on his back, and smiled, "It seems we can't quietly enjoy this brotherly battle."
Quickly forming hand seals, Kisame Hoshigaki softly shouted, "*Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave!*"
His mouth bulged, and he spat out an astonishing stream of water towards the ground, which quickly spread out, surging through the mountains like a flood.
Sasuke Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha, who were not far away, were forced to move the battlefield.
Stepping on the water flow, Sasuke Uchiha took the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, holding the Kusanagi Sword in one hand, and the other arm wriggled, then under Itachi Uchiha's finally shocked gaze, several huge wooden vines extended out, quickly forming a large tree, trying to devour Itachi Uchiha like a shadow.
Looking at the trees in front of him, Itachi Uchiha was shocked, and a trace of heartache flashed in his eyes.
So that's it, this is your Chakra, is this the reason why it has become so powerful?
To kill me, you are even willing to risk death, transplanting Hashirama Cells, or Izayoi cells?
Sasuke, I can feel your will, but... your hatred is not enough.
Itachi Uchiha's Sharingan, the three tomoe connected to form a shuriken pattern, he was completely serious.
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