"Have a little faith in Sasuke."
Naruto walked over holding Kousei, completely ignoring Kisa who had already drawn his weapon.
That arrogant attitude made Kisa furious inside, but he couldn't vent it.
Because he knew that Naruto was clearly much more difficult to deal with now.
When they first t, Naruto had just returned from the One Piece World for the second ti, his body having grown to roughly a fifteen-year-old's state.
At the sa ti, his power was only about one-fifth of its peak.
But now, just by being approached by that figure over two ters tall, every cell in Kisa's body seed to scream in terror to run away.
Even the Sahada in his hand sensed a life-form level threat. Coupled with it seemingly recognizing Naruto as the terrifying guy who had 'eaten' it last ti, its tail, which served as a handle, unconsciously wrapped around Kisa's arm.
"Is that so? Even you feel fear."
Kisa muttered to himself, then imdiately planned to fuse with Sahada, entering his full combat mode.
Ssshhhk-
Kisa, who had only just begun fusing part of his body, was torn apart by a trendous force.
An arm, along with Sahada, was ripped off together.
'When did he-!'
Kisa's small bean-like eyes flashed with an incredulous light.
He had thought he might lose, but he never imagined he would lose so quickly, so easily.
"It's not your scene yet. Keep us company watching Sasuke's revenge first."
Naruto's voice sounded behind Kisa, and at the sa ti, a large hand pressed down on Kisa's shoulder, forcing him to sit on the ground.
Kousei, who had sohow climbed onto Naruto's shoulder, also looked at the frighteningly ugly Kisa.
First, she earnestly gestured a fist at him to signal no moving around, then turned her head to look at Naruto.
"Dad, why is there a Fish-Man here too?"
Hearing this, Naruto casually tore off the severed arm, threw Sahada towards the forest, then turned his head and explained with a smile.
"Kousei, he's not a Fish-Man. He's just simply a bit ugly. You can't discriminate against him because of his looks."
"Oh, okay Dad."
Kousei nodded sowhat understandingly, then promptly lost interest in focusing any more attention on Kisa, turning instead to look at the battle of brothers on the other side.
The Sahada flying through the air finally landed in the hands of Zabuza, who walked out of the forest.
Sahada still wanted to struggle and rebel, to return to its master, but it was shocked limp by a sudden surge of imposing aura, and could only lie in Zabuza's hands, allowing the other to hold it.
"This sword is one of the Seven Ninja Swordsn's swords too, right? It's yours now."
Naruto didn't even turn his head, speaking directly.
This made the caretaker duo, who had just rushed over after abandoning their firewood-gathering mission upon hearing the commotion, pause.
They just went out for a bit, how co they ca back and got another Ninja Sword?
Speaking of which, did it really take two Ninja to go out and gather firewood? These two always seem to find opportunities to be alone...
"Dad, who is Big Doggy's enemy?"
Kousei didn't seem good at rembering nas. Apart from the caretaker duo she spent long periods with, she was more accustod to calling people by nicknas.
While this was a bad habit, Naruto himself had a poor mory too, so it couldn't be changed for the ti being.
"That's his older brother, and also the enemy who killed his entire clan."
Not avoiding the topic, Naruto's voice slowly answered his daughter's confusion.
Kousei only half-understood… her little brain couldn't process overly complex statents.
But she knew at least one thing: the guy fighting Big Doggy was definitely a bad guy.
...
On the brothers' battlefield, Itachi's figure hadn't even fully erged from the Genjutsu Concealnt before Sasuke's lightning assault reached him.
"It seems you've grown quite a bit during this ti."
Saying this, Itachi sharply flung dozens of shuriken from his sleeve.
Each shuriken accurately traced its corresponding trajectory, adjusting their paths by colliding with each other, finally forming an airtight encirclent net.
"Is this ability your reliance?"
The next mont, Itachi casually ford hand seals, and the number of shuriken in mid-air doubled, completely surrounding Sasuke.
[Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique]
However, facing the shuriken that completely sealed off all escape routes, Sasuke didn't even blink.
Hum-
Black Armant Haki covered his entire body.
The next mont, a dense series of clinking sounds rang out around Sasuke.
Under Itachi's sowhat surprised gaze, Sasuke easily withstood the barrage of shuriken using just his physical body.
"You're more than just this level, right?! What are you waiting for? Uchiha Itachi!"
After blocking all the attacks, Sasuke actually stomped on the air mid-air once, successfully changing direction, then launched a powerful whip kick towards Itachi.
"This makes you complacent alre… Ugh!"
Using his Mangekyo Sharingan's dynamic vision, Itachi almost achieved an effect similar to Observation Haki, precisely dodging the whip kick.
But he forgot one thing.
Sasuke was no longer in human form now.
The tail, covered in Haki and hardened like a steel pillar, turned into a black shadow, swiftly following up after Itachi dodged the first strike.
Bang!
The iron tail struck Itachi directly. If he hadn't blocked with his arm at the last mont, that single strike would have been enough to break his ribs.
"Cough..."
Even though he blocked it, Itachi was still shaken up, his already sowhat afflicted internal organs suffering damage, causing him to cough up a small mouthful of blood.
At the sa ti, his arm hung limply, clearly fractured.
"Even now, you still hold such an underestimating attitude?"
After the strike, Sasuke stood straight again, speaking coldly to Itachi.
After experiencing battles and growth alongside Naruto, he was no longer like during the Chunin Exams, only capable of mindless rage.
Sasuke understood clearly that battles aren't won by emotion alone.
Training one's power, control over the battle situation and the opponent's mind, and the resolve to face death without fear are the key factors.
"If that's all, then you can go to hell and apologize to Dad and Mom."
As he spoke, lightning once again covered Sasuke's body.
"The one underestimating his enemy is you!"
Itachi suddenly raised his head, his eyes glaring at Sasuke.
The next mont, blood vessels spread across the whites of his eyes, and simultaneously, a trail of bloody tears flowed from the corner of his eye.
"Amaterasu!"
Not far away, Naruto, like everyone else, had sat down to one side to watch the battle.
But his perspective was 'further' than the others.
As if seeing sothing, a aningful smile appeared on Naruto's lips.
'This really is...'
If he told Itachi that he had never intended to target him, he wondered if the other party would believe it.
Black flas, accompanying Itachi's shout, abruptly ignited on Sasuke's body.
"Not even dodging or avoiding it? How foolish."
Witnessing Sasuke completely forgo any evasion, directly enduring his Amaterasu flas, Itachi actually felt a hint of hidden anxiety in his heart.
He even began actively explaining his own ability.
"You... are already dead... The flas of Amaterasu are inextinguishable. Now your life is like a candle in the wind."
Unexpectedly, upon hearing Itachi's words, a smile appeared on Sasuke's face.
The black Amaterasu flas burned wildly on his body, as if dressing the giant wolfman in a suit of 'fla armor'.
"Flas that never go out... how fitting for ."
The places scorched by the black flas only showed the slightest trace after a long while.
Huodou's innate resistance to fire determined that the threat of Amaterasu to him was almost negligible.
And the injuries that the black flas had painstakingly managed to burn were repaired the next mont by the Calamity Flas.
If described in terms of data...
Then Sasuke's health bar at this mont was constantly fluctuating up and down, while the [Karma] buff below the health bar was continuously stacking.
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