Nearby, Kisa hoisted Sahada on his shoulder, a flicker of surprise on his shark-like face:
"Itachi-san, against a little Genin brat, you need to use 'that'? You really are, taking 'special care' of your little brother to an excessive degree, aren't you?"
"The mission takes priority." Itachi responded coldly, his gaze shifting to another direction in the inn.
Naruto stood there, looking this way with an angry expression.
"What did you guys do to Sasuke?"
Kisa hoisted Sahada and walked towards Naruto: "Nine-Tails brat, co with us quietly. It'll save you a lot of pain."
"No way!" Naruto shouted, biting his thumb to form hand signs. "Summoning Technique! Co out, Boss Gamabunta!"
However, only a tadpole appeared in his summoning array.
Kisa couldn't help but laugh: "That's your Summoning Technique?"
"But, to avoid trouble, I'll just cut off your hands." Kisa said, preparing to slice off Naruto's hands.
At that critical mont, Jiraiya suddenly appeared and deflected Sahada with a Rasengan.
"Pervy Sage!" Naruto exclaid excitedly, then quickly shouted, "Quick, quick, save Sasuke!"
Jiraiya stared warily at Kisa and the distant Itachi, speaking in a low voice to Naruto: "Naruto, they're targeting you. You leave first and find Kakashi or Guy."
"Ah?" Naruto's eyes widened in shock. "They're targeting ? Why?"
Itachi, holding Sasuke, turned his gaze to Jiraiya: "It seems you know about our organization."
Jiraiya said in a low voice: "Don't think I was just sightseeing during my travels. You Akatsuki have been secretly active in the Ninja World. Did you really think you could fool everyone?"
Just as Jiraiya and Itachi were speaking, a voice abruptly sounded in the deepest part of Sasuke's consciousness: "You... desire power?"
Sasuke was suffering within the world of Tsukuyomi, but the mont this voice sounded, the illusion woven by Tsukuyomi suddenly froze.
Sasuke couldn't help shouting: "What do you an? Who are you?"
The voice didn't respond, only repeated: "You... desire power?"
Sasuke clenched his fist and shouted: "Yes, I dream of it! As long as you can give the power to kill that bastard, I'll do anything!"
"Very well, then, lend your body, for now."
Outside.
Itachi was fully focused, wary of a possible surprise attack from Jiraiya, while maintaining Tsukuyomi.
In his hand, Sasuke remained limp, his eyes vacant.
However, the next mont.
"Hm?" Itachi's pupils suddenly contracted.
Sasuke's limp right hand, like a steel vice, suddenly reversed its grip and grabbed Itachi's wrist.
Crack!
The sickening sound of bone dislocation was clearly audible.
"Ugh!" Itachi, caught off guard, let out a pained grunt.
He felt as if his wrist bones were about to be crushed. Even more horrifying, Sasuke's strength continued to increase.
'Sasuke' slowly raised his head, his gaze calm, yet with an aloofness as if looking down on ants.
Itachi, enduring the sharp pain, tried to pull his hand back, while his other hand quickly ford hand signs.
But 'Sasuke' was faster.
The hand gripping Itachi's wrist suddenly exerted force, swinging Itachi's entire body up and then slamming him violently into the wall on the left.
Boom.
The wall cracked.
Before Itachi could react, he was swung again and slamd into the wall on the right.
Boom.
Debris flew everywhere.
Left and right, up and down.
'Sasuke', like a violent giant, grabbed Itachi and frantically slamd him back and forth in the narrow corridor.
Each impact was heavy and powerful, producing dull, loud sounds. Walls, floors, and ceilings all shattered.
Itachi was like a punching bag, completely powerless to resist, barely able to protect his vital points with Chakra. Blood continuously spilled from his mouth, his Sharingan filled with extre shock and confusion.
All of this happened too fast.
From 'Sasuke's' sudden outburst to Itachi being battered like a toy, only two or three seconds passed.
"Itachi-san!" Kisa heard the commotion and spun around.
Seeing this scene, his shark eyes nearly bulged out.
He didn't hesitate, swinging the massive Sahada with the force to cut through anything, aiming a heavy slash at 'Sasuke's' back.
'Sasuke' didn't even turn his head. He rely casually extended his left hand backward.
His five fingers spread and firmly caught Sahada's blade, covered in spikes.
"What?" Kisa felt as if he had struck a mountain.
The recoil force split his hands. Even more unbelievable, 'Sasuke's' fingers gripping Sahada gently squeezed.
Crack.
A crisp, heartbreaking sound of breaking.
The sword that had been following him for many years, having devoured countless Chakras… the incredibly hard blade, Sahada, was crushed by 'Sasuke's' bare hands.
"No! Sahada!" Kisa let out a pained roar.
At that mont, Itachi, battered and with internal injuries, finally seized a chance to catch his breath.
The Mangekyo pattern in his eyes spun frantically as he overdrew his Ocular Power recklessly.
"Susanoo!"
A dark red skeletal Chakra Frawork instantly materialized, enveloping him, attempting to form a defense and counterattack.
However, 'Sasuke' rely punched the newly ford, initial-stage Susanoo.
Boom!
That dark red Susanoo skeleton, under this seemingly ordinary punch, instantly beca covered in cobweb-like cracks, then shattered with a crash!
"Pfft!" Itachi, as if struck by lightning, coughed up a mouthful of blood. His aura weakened to the extre, his Mangekyo growing dim.
The shock in his eyes had turned into horror and despair.
'What kind of power was this? This was definitely not Sasuke! Definitely not!'
"Reverse Summoning Technique!" At the life-or-death mont, Itachi used the last of his strength and a pre-arranged asure, remotely controlling his crow summon, placed far away, to activate a Reverse Summoning Technique.
A puff of smoke exploded, and Itachi and Kisa's figures abruptly vanished, leaving only a few black feathers slowly drifting down.
'Sasuke' glanced at the place where Itachi had disappeared, but did not pursue.
That punch of his just now could have been heavier, directly killing Itachi.
But he didn't do that. It was better for the real Sasuke to kill Itachi himself.
The entire corridor instantly fell silent.
All that remained was a chaotic wreck, the cald-down 'Sasuke', and Jiraiya and Naruto, their eyes wide, jaws nearly dropping to the floor.
"Sa... Sasuke..." Naruto stamred, pointing at 'Sasuke'. "You... you were this strong all along?"
"Dammit, I've fallen behind again!" Naruto was frustrated. Of course, he wanted Sasuke to do well, but the problem was, Sasuke was doing too well now.
Jiraiya, however, was suspicious: 'Could it be that Cursed Seal from that guy Orochimaru? Impossible, Orochimaru himself isn't this fierce.'
At that mont, the dark golden light in 'Sasuke's' eyes rapidly faded.
Then, his body swayed and he fell straight backward.
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