“Who’s there?!” Kabuto looked up in shock.
Even in Sage Mode, with his senses at their peak, he hadn’t detected the person’s presence!
Kabuto instinctively made seals at lightning speed, and a thin film instantly covered his eyes.
His eyeballs turned a deep green, cutting off his vision.
With a folding of Uzumaki space, a shadowy figure appeared above Kabuto’s head.
Thump!
“Zhao Zilong of Mount Changshan!” The person shouted, landing on the ground with a thump.
Kabuto could then clearly see his attire: A black robe, a gleaming soup ladle in his hand, a yellow-hilted kunai at his waist, and… a silver-white ring on his left hand.
The man in black dropped from the cave ceiling, then slowly stood up, holding the soup ladle.
Once in Sage Mode, Kabuto could keenly perceive more details.
He immediately noticed the same silver-white ring on Itachi’s hand as the man in black, and gave a grin towards Uchiha Itachi, who had activated Susanoo beside him: “Heh, Itachi… you truly are a pathetic fellow, living a life of lies!” Kabuto might not have noticed before entering Sage Mode, but after activating it, his thoughts accelerated several notches thanks to the Senjutsu Chakra.
He vaguely remembered Tobi having a silver-white ring on his finger from his memories.
This detail quickly connected with the rings on Itachi and the man in black before him.
And Tobi was the second member of that mysterious organization behind the scenes, meaning… The two men wearing rings before him were also members of that organization!
Clang!!
The man in black casually threw the soup ladle at Kabuto again, who was grinning.
It hit him with a clang and then bounced back.
He said impatiently: “Why so much talk?
Itachi, I’ll hold him off, you go!” Sasuke objected.
He detached himself from his Susanoo and directly blocked Itachi, who was about to move.
Looking into his brother’s eyes, he questioned him: “What’s going on here?
Itachi!!” At this moment, Kabuto touched the scales on his head and found a trace of blood seeping through.
He looked in disbelief at the man in black walking towards him.
That guy actually made the Sage Mode me bleed with a soup ladle?!
Surprised, Kabuto quickly made seals with both hands, leaned back slightly, and took a deep breath.
Natural energy flowed out, and his cheeks bulged like two balls: “Sage Art: Extreme White Fist Technique!” Whoosh—!!
A strange, semi-transparent red bipedal dragon, composed entirely of Senjutsu Chakra, was spat out by Kabuto.
It clutched a reflective orb in its claws.
The man in black, holding the soup ladle, instinctively sidestepped the rapidly approaching red Chakra dragon and then increased his speed to quickly close in on Kabuto.
Just then.
Roar!!
The thing that could barely be called a dragon let out a terrifying roar, circling the orb in the center in mid-air.
Roar!!!
Its circling speed increased until it was too fast for the human eye to see, leaving only a red blur.
Ding—!!!!!!!!!
The red Chakra dragon finally vanished in mid-air, leaving only the reflective orb, which erupted with blinding light and a piercing noise.
The air vibrated wildly under the orb’s influence.
“Haa!!!” Sasuke covered his ears, trembling from the sonic vibrations, hiding inside Uchiha Itachi’s Susanoo, clearly in pain.
His ears… it felt like his bones were being crushed… grinding… Sasuke’s face contorted in pain as he struggled, covering his ears.
The Susanoo enveloping him seemed useless, unable to defend against the sharp sound that penetrated everything.
Even Edo Tensei Itachi, standing beside him, was affected.
He endured the brunt of the blinding light and sound.
Itachi closed his eyes, covered his ears, and analyzed the purpose of this jutsu.
A Ninjutsu that obstructs vision and hearing with light and sound, numbs the senses with air vibrations, and blocks movement… Uchiha Itachi forced his eyes open in the strong light and looked at the man in black, who moved freely amidst the noise and vibration, and Kabuto, who stood dazed before him.
Due to the strong light, Itachi could only vaguely see two dark figures.
Creak— The stalactites hanging from the cave ceiling began to crack and fall to the ground due to the intense vibrations.
Kabuto watched in surprise as the man in black approached step by step.
He hadn’t expected this person to be resistant to bright light, vibration, and noise.
He could move under the Extreme White Fist Technique because the snake’s cornea could shield his vision, ignoring the effects of bright light, and his liquefied body could handle sound and vibration.
But this man in front of him… Kabuto dodged the man in black relentlessly pressing closer and looked at Sasuke, who was covering his ears.
He had intended to capture Sasuke with this jutsu.
But such a troublesome guy appeared.
Kabuto sensed the dragon orb floating in the center of the cave, continually glowing and vibrating.
The duration of the Extreme White Fist Technique was about to end.
He instinctively prepared to climb back up to the cave ceiling to avoid the pursuit of the man in front of him.
Kabuto could tell that his jutsu wasn’t completely useless against the man in black.
It was just slightly effective, only making his movements a bit slower.
Thinking this, Kabuto quickly made seals.
The natural energy within him, along with the roaring outside, pulled on the objects in nature: “Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation!” Crack!
Instantly, everything in front of him – stones, the ground, stalactites – began to twist and deform, sending massive spikes shooting towards the man in black.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Huge stone spikes pierced the man in black’s body and crashed into the cave floor on the other side, making loud noises.
Just as Kabuto thought he had controlled the guy, the man in black, as if unaffected, walked straight towards him, passing through the dense stone spikes!
This feeling… Kabuto carefully sensed the Chakra fluctuations when the man in black used his dōjutsu and the effects it produced.
He instantly thought of someone!
“Hey, are you… Tobi?!” The man in black gave no response.
He weighed the soup ladle in his hand, considering whether to knock Kabuto out with one blow to make things easier later.
Kabuto, who was still making seals, re-sensed the person’s presence.
It wasn’t the same as his impression of Tobi, meaning this person might not be Tobi.
Damn it, do Uchiha dōjutsu appear twice on different people?!
Kabuto thought angrily.
He should have noticed this earlier.
Wasn’t Sasuke a living example?!
Despite this, Kabuto still laughed, because Kabuto’s true target was not the man in black before him!
Bang!
Bang!!
“Itachi!!” The man in black’s attention was drawn by Sasuke’s voice.
He subconsciously turned his head, only to see Itachi impaled by hard stone spikes, held firmly in place.
Meanwhile, Sasuke, who had been covering his ears and trying to open his eyes, was held in Itachi’s Susanoo’s fist and was unharmed.