Chapter 130: The Battle of Brothers
"Itachi-sensei, what a coincidence, we've run into your little brother again."
Looking at Team Seven opposite them, Kisame Hoshigaki couldn't help but smile playfully. "Without that Wood Release ninja this time, should we just leave them here?"
Itachi Uchiha didn't speak, but his three-tomoe Sharingan stared at Sasuke Uchiha opposite him, who had also activated his Sharingan with three tomoe, a hint of surprise in his eyes.
What's going on?
It's only been half a year, how has Sasuke's chakra become so powerful?
What has happened to him during this time?
"Sasuke, don't be impulsive. Those two are S-rank rogue ninjas."
Kakashi Hatake, having lifted his forehead protector to reveal his left eye's three-tomoe Sharingan, stared at Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki opposite him, a few beads of cold sweat appearing on his face. "I'll hold them off for you. You guys quickly find Naruto and leave this place immediately."
"Yeah, Sasuke-kun, let's go find Naruto first," Sakura Haruno echoed, her face pale.
Unfortunately, Sasuke Uchiha seemed not to have heard their words. He directly raised his hand and condensed a blue energy ball the size of a soccer ball, with two smaller energy balls the size of billiard balls inside.
Seeing this, Itachi Uchiha, Kisame Hoshigaki, Kakashi Hatake, and Sakura Haruno all had their expressions change.
"Itachi-sensei, your little brother doesn't also know that Dust Release secret technique, does he?" The playful smile instantly vanished from Kisame Hoshigaki's face. He raised his hand to grip the handle of his Samehada, ready to lunge forward and absorb Sasuke Uchiha's chakra before he could complete that secret technique.
However, Sasuke Uchiha's speed in unleashing the attack was faster than he had anticipated.
The two small energy balls quickly turned blue and white, then collided, causing the soccer ball-sized energy ball to also turn a dazzling white.
"Storm Release: Judgment!"
Sasuke Uchiha thrust the energy ball forward, and it instantly transformed into a massive beam of light, blasting towards Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki.
Since they were in a corridor, the space was very narrow, and the beam of light was too large, making it impossible for both Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki to teleport to dodge.
In addition, the speed of the laser beam was extremely fast. Even Itachi Uchiha, with his speed of performing hand seals in a second, couldn't cast a jutsu to counter it.
Faced with the fully formed Storm Release secret technique, Samehada couldn't absorb it either.
Thus, Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki broke through the window without hesitation.
The beam of light shot to the end of the corridor, creating a huge explosion.
Having failed to kill the two with his powerful attack, Sasuke Uchiha immediately dispelled Storm Release: Judgment and also broke through the window.
"Sakura, you follow Pakkun to find Naruto, then leave this place immediately and go back to find my shadow clone."
Leaving these instructions, Kakashi Hatake followed closely behind.
However, the sound of the laser beam blasting through the corridor still attracted the attention of the mobile fortress.
"What happened?"
Hyde, who was currently entertaining Naruto Uzumaki brought back by Timothy, couldn't help but frown slightly.
"Hyde-sama, I'll go and take a look right now," Timothy, with long golden hair and wearing silver armor like a knight, said respectfully.
"I'll go help too," Naruto Uzumaki quickly added.
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Naruto," Hyde smiled.
After the two left, Hyde's expression turned gloomy.
He took out a photograph from his pocket. It showed the caravan that Team Seven had been escorting this time.
The protagonist wasn't Team Seven, but an old man with a ferret perched 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 sinister smile appeared on Hyde's face. "Let's see what happens when people from these two lineages meet. Timothy, you absolutely must not disappoint me!"
"This guy was acting like a good person just now, and now he's showing his true colors. What a treacherous fellow," the White Zetsu clone hiding in the shadows and eavesdropping couldn't help but吐槽.
At the same time, he transmitted the information he had just gathered to Black and White Zetsu in real-time.
Black and White Zetsu immediately found Obito Uchiha, and White Zetsu said, "Itachi and Kisame encountered Kakashi Hatake and Sasuke Uchiha. They're fighting right now."
"Their mission wasn't to bring back the mobile fortress? How could they have encountered that trash Kakashi?" Obito Uchiha asked疑惑ly.
White Zetsu explained, "Team Seven was on a mission. The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki unexpectedly encountered a cadre from that mobile fortress. They became acquainted after a brief conflict. That cadre took the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki to visit the mobile fortress, and Kakashi Hatake and Sasuke Uchiha came looking for him, just in time to meet them."
"Such a coincidence?"
Obito Uchiha was speechless for a moment, then his body very honestly twisted and disappeared, leaving behind only one sentence.
"A battle between brothers? Oh, interesting. I'll go take a look."
...
"Idiot, I told you not to attack, but you insisted! Now this ship has been blown to smithereens by you!"
"Hey, hey... Sasori-bro, that's not fair of you. Those armored guys weren't afraid of your poison, and there was a flying bat woman. If I hadn't acted in time, she would have gotten away."
"Hmph, my trump card has already sealed the entrance with Magnet Release. Even if she grows another pair of wings, she won't escape."
"Then why didn't you say so earlier!"
Inside the giant warship hidden in the desert, the art duo had already dealt with all the armored figures.
Sasori retrieved a large scroll stored in his puppet, collected all the corpses of the armored figures, and also packed various high-tech gadgets from the ship. Then, he and Deidara, who was carrying the bat woman Camilla, walked out of the steel warship while bickering.
However, as soon as they returned to the ground, both of them fell into a heavy silence.
Looking at the dozen or so human puppets in front of them, covered in black rods and no longer wearing Akatsuki cloaks but the white robes of the Otsutsuki clan, Deidara scratched his head and said, "Sasori-bro, have we been targeted by Toneri-bro?"
"Nonsense, isn't it obvious?"
Sasori, hidden within Hiruko, said with a hint of excitement in his voice, "With no one to disturb us this time, I can finally experience that guy's art."
"Hahaha..."
Deidara also laughed loudly, riding his white clay bird into the sky and speaking across the distance to the human puppets below and Izayoi, "Toneri-bro, let's have a battle of art!"
Explosions and an army of puppets instantly appeared in the desert, stirring up thick dust.
Seeing this scene in the distance, the White Zetsu clone responsible for guiding the art duo couldn't help but吐槽, "These two idiots, they've been targeted by Otsutsuki Toneri, and they still haven't summoned the Six Paths of Pain? Are they courting death?"
Thus, White Zetsu immediately transmitted the situation here to Black and White Zetsu in real-time.
Black and White Zetsu quickly turned this information into a coded message and handed it to Nagato in the form of a scroll.
Nagato looked at the coded message that only he, Konan, Obito Uchiha, and Black and White Zetsu could understand, his brow furrowing slightly. He thought inwardly, "As expected, he still noticed? It seems his eyes, or his clones, have been monitoring Akatsuki all along."
"However, his eyes don't seem to be able to see that energy, otherwise, he wouldn't have just gone after Sasori and Deidara."
"What exactly is that energy? Why is it somewhat similar to Wood Release chakra?"
Nagato recalled the fleeting energy fluctuation that day. If his body hadn't recovered to its peak and he hadn't implanted Hashirama's cells, greatly enhancing his senses, he wouldn't have even noticed it.
Combining the information transmitted by Black and White Zetsu, that day's energy should have been the commotion caused when that mobile fortress embedded itself into the mountain.
"Gureiru Stone, what exactly is this thing? It seems I have to take action personally."
Nagato closed the scroll, then used Wood Release and Yin-Yang Release to create a ring and a wooden tag with the coded message written on it. He called out softly, "Zetsu."
"Leader."
A White Zetsu clone immediately popped up.
Nagato handed him the ring and the wooden tag, then waved his hand. 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 wielders of the Rinnegan and the Tenseigan had begun a new round of gambits.
Izayoi felt pressure for the first time, experiencing that the battle of ninjas was the battle of information.
His previous unbroken success was due to his familiarity with the plot.
But now, Izayoi had lost his advantage as a transmigrator for the first time.
Moreover, the enemy had already learned about his Tenseigan information and had countermeasures.
Izayoi couldn't guess what Nagato was going to do.
It was precisely because of this that Izayoi felt pressure, but at the same time, his blood was boiling with rare excitement.
Is this what it feels like to have an opponent?
Oh, interesting!
Thus, Izayoi, who was currently敷衍 Temari and handing over the task of searching for the enemy to Hinata and Shino Aburame, also quietly made his next move.
Nagato had White Zetsu, and he had Wood Clones.
One was for close-range eavesdropping, and the other was for remote monitoring. Each had its own advantages.
...
"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"
The scene returned to Team Seven. Sasuke Uchiha ran down the mountainside, performing hand seals, and spat out a meteor-shaped fireball at Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki who were falling below.
"Such powerful Fire Release!"
Kisame Hoshigaki was surprised again, feeling an urge to compete with him.
However, considering the other party's identity, Kisame Hoshigaki still first asked Itachi Uchiha beside him for instructions, "Itachi-sensei, will you go, or shall I?"
"Kisame, help me hold off Kakashi-senpai... Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!" Itachi Uchiha replied while raising his hand to his mouth and spitting out a wisp of flame, which also transformed into a meteor-shaped fireball, rising into the sky.
With a loud boom, the two meteor-shaped fireballs collided, creating a huge wave of fire in the air.
The wave of fire had just formed when it was split in two.
Sasuke Uchiha, wielding the Kusanagi Sword and surrounded by blue and white lightning arcs, slashed through the wave of fire with a single sword strike, then transformed into a blue and white lightning bolt and shot down.
"Such fast Body Flicker," Kisame Hoshigaki exclaimed again, finally taking Sasuke Uchiha seriously and no longer treating him like a child.
Itachi Uchiha didn't speak but threw several shuriken at Sasuke Uchiha, then his body turned into a dozen crows and scattered, falling to the ground and reforming into his figure.
Just like Gaara's Sand Body Flicker, this was Itachi Uchiha's Crow Body Flicker.
Kisame Hoshigaki also performed hand seals with both hands, spitting out a stream of water that enveloped his entire body, transforming into a shark and landing on the ground.
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
Swinging his sword to deflect the shuriken, Sasuke Uchiha performed a single hand seal, and a puff of white smoke appeared on his right side with a "poof."
After the white smoke dissipated, a shadow clone disappeared in a Body Flicker.
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 light spear, shooting out and instantly piercing Itachi Uchiha's body.
But the next second, Itachi Uchiha's body turned into a flock of crows and scattered.
Crow Clone!
"Three-tomoe Sharingan, and this level of Fire Release and Lightning Release, as well as Water Release nature and shape transformation... it's like he's become a different person. What terrifying progress!" Kisame Hoshigaki still couldn't imagine that this was the Genin who was instantly defeated by Itachi Uchiha half a year ago.
However, the strength displayed by Sasuke Uchiha also made him curious about this battle between brothers.
Thus, Kisame Hoshigaki put away Samehada and smiled at Kakashi Hatake not far away. "Why don't we just watch from the side? Let's not disturb their brotherly reunion."
"Why is your Akatsuki here?" Kakashi Hatake asked cautiously, his three-tomoe Sharingan constantly watching Kisame Hoshigaki. If the chakra in his body changed, he would immediately attack.
Although Nagato had become the God of Shinobi of the new era and was even given the title of savior protecting the ninja world, causing Akatsuki's reputation to improve a lot,
This didn't include the backbone of the five great nations. They still regarded Akatsuki as enemies.
Especially after learning from Jiraiya that Akatsuki's goal was the Tailed Beasts, Kakashi Hatake found it hard not to suspect that the reason Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki were here was to capture Naruto Uzumaki.
"Sorry, but I can't tell you," Kisame Hoshigaki grinned.
"Is it for Naruto? Your Akatsuki's goal is the Tailed Beasts, right?" Kakashi Hatake bluntly exposed them.
Kisame Hoshigaki looked at him with a surprised expression, saying meaningfully, "It seems your Konoha knows quite a lot. No wonder you're the strongest ninja village."
"However, you're wrong this time. Our target isn't the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki," Kisame Hoshigaki looked up at Naruto Uzumaki running down from above, and the Timothy he was carrying on his back, and smiled, "It seems we won't be able to quietly enjoy this battle between brothers after all."
Performing hand seals rapidly with both hands, Kisame Hoshigaki said softly, "Water Release: Exploding Water Wave!"
His mouth bulged, and he spat out an astonishing stream of water towards the ground, which quickly spread, surging through the mountains like a flood.
Sasuke Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha, not far away, were forced to change the battlefield.
Stepping on the water flow, Sasuke Uchiha took the opportunity to launch a sneak attack. One hand gripped the Kusanagi Sword, while the other arm wriggled, and then, under Itachi Uchiha's finally shocked gaze, several huge wooden vines extended, quickly forming a large tree that tried to engulf Itachi Uchiha like a shadow.
Looking at the tree in front of him, Itachi Uchiha, after the initial shock, couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache in his eyes.
So that's it, that's your chakra, the reason why it has become so powerful?
To kill me, are you even willing to risk death to transplant Hashirama's cells, or Izayoi's cells?
Sasuke, I can feel your will, but... your hatred is not enough.
Itachi Uchiha's Sharingan, the three tomoe connecting to form a shuriken pattern, became completely serious.
(End of this chapter)
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