Those Akatsuki people must be doing this on purpose, making Itachi and Sasuke stop me and Naruto.
Kakashi also paused slightly, feeling mixed emotions for a moment.
One of these two people was a colleague he worked with in Anbu, and the other was a former student.
But now both of them are wearing black and red cloud Akatsuki robes, standing against him.
"Hey...! Sasuke!".
Naruto and Sakura had seen Kakashi use a trick to make a fake, injured little Sasuke in the training ground.
But he didn't expect to see the grown-up Sasuke so soon.
Both he and Sasuke are not little kids that can be easily picked up anymore.
Sasuke is more gloomy and cold than he was as a child, unlike Uchiha Itachi who opens his Sharingan and stares at them right away.
Sasuke hides half of his face behind the high collar of the Akatsuki robe, staring at Naruto with a pair of dark eyes that show no emotion.
It's like he knew they would meet.
Naruto has so much he wants to say to Sasuke, like you must have been forced to join Akatsuki, I will definitely save you, things like that.
Naruto thought many times about what he should say and do when he met Sasuke again.
But after looking into Sasuke's eyes, Naruto's words were stuck in his throat, hard to say.
"Rarely you're a little quieter, loser.".
Sasuke looked at Naruto's stunned expression, and the corners of his mouth, hidden behind the high collar of the Akatsuki robe, slightly curved up.
He said it with a smile that wasn't really a smile.
In his opinion, Naruto's expression must be shocked by how much stronger he had become.
Sasuke is not the Sasuke who followed Kakashi back then, he has improved his skills in both tricks and the Sharingan.
He can't say he can easily beat Naruto now, but it shouldn't be to the point where he can't get out of bed for a month.
"That's not true...".
As soon as he spoke, it was still Sasuke's way of talking, and Naruto felt a little relieved.
Although his gaze just now was like a stranger, Sasuke is definitely Sasuke.
The idea that Sasuke was forced to come to Akatsuki became even stronger in Naruto's mind.
That look in his eyes, and the way he's treating me now, Sasuke is definitely still his good friend.
If he had been able to catch Sasuke back then, and just beat him up and take him away, he definitely wouldn't have ended up in the hands of these Akatsuki people.
"That's enough for catching up～.".
Uchiha Itachi interrupted Naruto's words.
It's good to stop while you're ahead, if they talk anymore, their views will clash, and they will inevitably argue again.
Besides, no matter how much they say, the Uchiha Itachi and Sasuke standing here are not the real people.
Kakashi slightly pursed his lips behind his mask, and leaned down slightly next to Naruto, getting ready to fight.
Although he doesn't want to fight his former students, but it's come to this, so there's no point in thinking about whether he wants to or not.
Kakashi must stand against them.
Sasuke and Itachi came to find them, just to catch Naruto better.
No matter what their relationship used to be, Akatsuki's purpose is just to capture the tailed beast.
Can't be careless.
Because of Sasuke and Naruto's relationship, if they played the emotional card, Naruto might really run away with them.
Moreover, what Kakashi really feels is difficult.
Is Uchiha Itachi, he feels like it's hard to deal with him alone.
Not only might Naruto not be able to help him, but whether Naruto and Sasuke can handle things themselves is still a question.
Kakashi has to deal with Uchiha Itachi, while also protecting Naruto.
Leave the poor Kakashi alone, he Kakashi is just an ordinary copy ninja.
"It's no use chasing after me and yelling denials all the time, let me see your current strength.".
"If you can't catch up with me now, I'll take you back to Akatsuki.".
Sasuke lowered his head slightly, and a smile appeared on his face.
Then he pulled out a row of small blades and rushed towards Naruto, who quickly reacted and "clang". Blocked the thrown knives twice.
Sasuke's figure suddenly split into three or four, standing around Naruto.
And each person is holding a small blade and preparing to fight Naruto.
"This feels weird.".
Naruto felt a feeling that was hard to explain, just very strange.
It seems like the whole space is not quite right.
Sasuke is definitely Sasuke, but also doesn't seem like Sasuke.
Sasuke rarely uses the Shadow Clone technique, after all, he's not Naruto who has endless power and isn't afraid of getting tired.
"Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!".
Naruto made a hand sign, and then a dense crowd of Shadow Clones appeared around him.
Each of Naruto's Shadow Clones directly attacked the people holding knives, directly blocking the surrounding Sasuke's Shadow Clones.
Then in various poses they hit him into the ground, or beat him away.
But when Naruto knocked everyone away, these Sasuke Shadow Clones all stayed in the air.
Even the Sasuke hidden clones that Naruto hit into the ground also ".~bang". Exploded into a cloud of white smoke.
And in an instant, the entire space seemed to freeze, except for Naruto as an active individual, everything else stopped.
The white smoke that spread around was also frozen in place.
"Why?".
Sasuke's question suddenly sounded behind Naruto.
"Why didn't you bring me back to the village, but let me fall here.".
"?!".
Naruto turned around in horror, but Sasuke, with knives stuck in his body, was grinning as he brought his face closer.
His mouth was still bleeding, his eyes were full of regret, and his red Three Tomoe Sharingan were staring at him.
Even Sasuke's hands grabbed Naruto's neck.
A feeling of suffocation and strangulation immediately took over Naruto's mind.
Naruto couldn't help but use both hands to try to pry his own neck.
But at the moment of looking into those Sharingan eyes, Naruto realized a bit later, this is clearly a trick!
Wake up, I have to wake up.
While painfully being strangled, Naruto desperately tried to quickly break the effect of the trick.
"Ugh...".
"Pa.".
Naruto's shoulder was patted, and his blue eyes blinked sluggishly, and everything in front of him disappeared in an instant.
He couldn't help but breathe in big gulps.
In front of Naruto, a cloud of mist spread out, which was the Ninjutsu Kakashi copied from Momochi Zabuza.
Because the visibility in the mist is very low, Kakashi took the opportunity to avoid Uchiha Itachi's attack.
And he reached out and patted Naruto, messing up his Chakra, so that Naruto could break free from the trick.
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