“Almighty Push!” As a detached voice sounded from beside him, Kabuto, who had just turned and leaped into mid-air, was pulled back again by a powerful force.
At this moment, Kabuto hardened his heart.
Looking at the snake head connected to him, he fiercely controlled it to shoot rapidly towards Itachi.
But due to the constant pulling force from behind, to counteract it, Kabuto formed hand seals, and his head turned strangely behind him: “Water Style: Great Waterfall Technique!” A massive torrent of water, carrying white splashing waves, erupted from Kabuto’s mouth and rushed towards the black-clothed man.
The surging waves formed a huge curtain of water in mid-air.
The water flowed like an opened floodgate from all directions of the cave, instantly filling everyone’s vision with blue and white!
Boom!!
The enormous torrent, empowered by Sage Chakra, smashed onto the ground, kicking up countless white, raging waves that directly engulfed the black-clothed man who had been unleashing his Sharingan at Kabuto.
Kabuto cast a final glance in the black-clothed man’s direction.
He knew the power of the Rinnegan and hadn’t thought of how to counter him with Ninjutsu before.
But now, it seemed this guy’s reaction speed wasn’t that fast.
However, releasing the Ninjutsu slightly skewed the direction of the snake head’s advance, and it didn’t hit Itachi’s position directly.
Kabuto grumbled angrily, “Damn it!” Bang!!!
The white-scaled snake head fiercely slammed onto the ground.
As the dust settled, the snake head then opened its gaping maw towards Itachi, who had just broken free from the Impure World Reincarnation jutsu.
Kabuto himself rapidly shriveled, transforming into a layer of white snake skin.
He attempted to attack Itachi again using the same method and seize the opportunity to escape.
But Itachi, now free from the stone control and holding the Kusanagi Sword, would not give Kabuto another chance.
Amidst the swirling dust, Itachi quickly adjusted his position.
His blood-red Sharingan rapidly locked onto the snake head.
He raised the Kusanagi Sword high and brought it down with a fierce slash: Clang!!
The Kusanagi Sword struck the scales on the snake’s neck, producing a sound like metal on metal.
At the same time, Itachi’s left eye once again turned gray-white.
In the next second, it returned to its original vivid red.
Meanwhile, Kabuto was slowly crawling out of the mouth of the white-scaled snake head.
Holding the kunai in his mouth, he looked up at Itachi, his eyes filled with excitement: “Itachi!!
Huh?!” Bang!
Itachi quickly retreated two steps, blocking with the Kusanagi Sword held in both hands.
He then reached into the rushing water, which had already reached his knees, and pulled Sasuke behind him.
Then Itachi aimed at the head Kabuto had just poked out of the snake head and swiftly delivered a spinning kick to his face.
“…Huh?!” Kabuto stared at Itachi, disbelievingly raising a hand.
Then, his arm, cloaked in Sage Chakra, shattered Itachi’s leg that had kicked his face askew.
Kabuto’s surging excitement vanished.
He pulled down his face, picked up his kunai, and prepared to charge at Itachi for a close-quarters fight.
The stalactite cave had become very damp due to Kabuto’s earlier water style.
A drop of water fell from a stalactite on the ceiling and landed on Kabuto’s shoulder with a drip.
But he paid it no mind.
It was at this moment, from the raging water behind Kabuto, that the black-clothed man, who had just gotten up, wiped the water from himself and extended his palm towards Kabuto: “Almighty Push!” As soon as Kabuto stood up, he felt the increasing pulling force from behind him.
Kabuto’s heart sank, sensing something was wrong.
He immediately unleashed his full Chakra to resist.
But even so, he couldn’t stop himself from moving even an inch!
He was rapidly pulled away from Itachi’s vicinity, flying towards the black-clothed man!
“Damn it!!!” Kabuto couldn’t control his backward movement in mid-air.
He flailed his limbs, trying to grab onto something to stop himself.
But it was all in vain.
He could only watch helplessly as he continuously approached the standing black-clothed man.
Snap!
A white horn broke off from his head as Kabuto struggled and collided with the ground, rolling away.
Smack!
The black-clothed man grabbed Kabuto by the neck and flipped him onto the ground, then pressed his own weight onto Kabuto, his knee digging firmly into Kabuto’s chest.
“Cough!” The immense force made Kabuto feel as if a thousand-pound rock was pressing on his chest, leaving him breathless.
He could only struggle like a fish.
Kabuto’s chest was compressed, and he involuntarily coughed up a mouthful of blood, spraying it onto the black-clothed man.
The black-clothed man glanced disdainfully at his left hand, which was now covered in Kabuto’s sticky blood, as he choked Kabuto’s neck.
Clang!!!
The black-clothed man took out his spoon and tapped Kabuto on the forehead with it.
Kabuto became enraged.
His features were contorted with anger as he glared at the black-clothed man, finally unable to hold back his curses: “You…
is Almighty Push the only move you know?!
Dare you try something else?!” The black-clothed man seemed to have heard Kabuto’s plea this time.
He grunted, still choking Kabuto, and stood up, appearing to be about to show him a new jutsu.
Kabuto, struggling, keenly perceived a kunai tied to the black-clothed man’s waist.
That…
is a spatial fluctuation…
But before Kabuto could think further, he heard the black-clothed man’s somewhat aged voice slowly say: “Universal Pull!” Kabuto’s expression turned extremely gloomy.
His shadowed eyes under the purple eyeshadow glared fiercely at the black-clothed man, filled with displeasure.
The image of a strategist in complete control that he had projected during the fight with the Uchiha brothers had completely vanished.
Boom!!!
A powerful repulsive force pushed the air away, creating a visible vacuum.
The impact directly struck Kabuto, sending him flying away.
Itachi, who was behind Kabuto at this moment, was already prepared.
Holding the Kusanagi Sword, he aimed at Kabuto’s back and shouted: “Your fate is in my hands.” Itachi shielded Sasuke behind him, blocking with the Kusanagi Sword as he faced Kabuto, who had regained his posture in mid-air.
He continued, “I am the one holding your destiny, but the one who can decide your fate is you yourself!” Crash!!
Itachi held the Kusanagi Sword horizontally in front of him and slashed at the flying Kabuto.
Their eyes met, his deep green gaze meeting Itachi’s, as Itachi calmly advised: “Recall what I said, and then think carefully.” Kabuto tilted his head, observing the black-clothed man’s actions.
He couldn’t quite understand why the black-clothed man had sent him flying towards Itachi.
But it didn’t matter.
Kabuto once again produced the marked kunai from who knows where.
He shouted loudly at Itachi, who was slashing at his arm with the Kusanagi Sword: “I really don’t understand what you’re saying!
Enough word games!” Following that, seeing that his persuasion wasn’t working, Itachi struck Kabuto forcefully and, pulling his brother back, squatted slightly to gather power: Bang!!
Another spinning kick landed on Kabuto’s face, who was caught off guard after being repelled by the Kusanagi Sword.
Kabuto’s expression began to become complicated.
“…This is.” At that moment, another drop of water fell from the damp stalactite above his head and landed on his shoulder with a drip.