The man with the cookie-like mask pattern toyed with the group of people under the tree with ease. It was less like dealing with them and more like just teasing them.
No matter what kind of ability they used, they couldn't hit him. He kept talking in a funny tone, as if he was joking with them, completely ignoring how the people below felt.
"Sasuke is right behind here, fighting with Uchiha Itachi… but we're stuck here and can't get even half a step closer."
"Damn it…"
Naruto gritted his back teeth fiercely. He usually didn't show such strong emotions, but now, even though he was so close to Sasuke, he couldn't do anything.
And it was like this every time. Every time it seemed like they could reach Sasuke, someone would come out to stop them.
Of course, it was also possible that even if they saw Sasuke, they wouldn't be able to save him.
This masked man kept toying with them, provoking their anger, but even so, no matter how they cooperated or acted, it seemed they couldn't hurt him at all.
All attacks went through his body, leaving nothing behind. They couldn't even hit him, let alone defeat him.
What was going on? This person wasn't a Shadow Clone, so why couldn't they hit him? Why was it completely ineffective?
They were just wasting their Chakra for nothing.
Kakashi couldn't help but frown. The longer this dragged on, the more wrong things felt.
This information was given to them by Hatake Satoru. Although they didn't know his intentions, his information was usually quite accurate.
Overall, Hatake Satoru knew almost everything, but he only shared it if he wanted to.
Before, when Sasuke followed Uchiha Itachi into Akatsuki, that person also had this information but slipped away without saying a word.
Since no one could trouble him, he watched them freely.
The appearance of this masked man also confirmed that Hatake Satoru was right. Sasuke and Uchiha Itachi should be fighting behind them.
But the current situation was that they were blocked by this masked man and couldn't move, couldn't even walk.
His face was covered too tightly; they had no idea what was going on.
Kakashi frowned again, looking at the person standing on the tree.
They couldn't waste any more useless Chakra attacks. They had to figure out what was going on with this person quickly.
"Calm down, Naruto."
As soon as Kakashi finished speaking, a strange "crunch crunch" sound came from beside the masked man.
Then, two large green leaves emerged from the tree trunk, completely wrapping the person next to him.
"How is it?"
The masked man dropped his joking demeanor and asked in a low voice to the side.
"It's done."
White Zetsu's face appeared from the leaves. He turned and said to the masked man beside him.
Even though it was one person, only one side of his mouth moved when he spoke.
"What is it! Why is another strange person appearing?"
"It's a prickly aloe vera."
Naruto was clearly losing patience with the masked man. Now, not only had the masked man not landed a hit, but a prickly aloe vera had also appeared next to him. Although he didn't know its abilities, it looked very annoying.
At this point, they didn't need any more guys getting in the way.
"He actually called me aloe vera."
White Zetsu frowned quite displeasedly and turned to look at Naruto, who was standing on the ground pointing at him and shouting.
He was easily distracted and seemed like he was about to argue with Naruto about whether he looked like aloe vera.
"How rude, Nine Tails Jinchuriki," Black Zetsu said coldly without emotion.
"Ignore him."
White Zetsu pouted and then realized that arguing with them now was useless.
"It's over. Uchiha Itachi is dead. Sasuke won."
The group of people standing below froze in place, as if they had heard something unbelievable.
"Sasuke… killed Uchiha Itachi?"
Naruto frowned in disbelief.
It wasn't that he doubted Sasuke's strength, but how could it be that he had already killed Uchiha Itachi?
Then Sasuke was now strong enough to get revenge and was no longer under that man's control.
He could come back to the village with them.
But now, these two people had inexplicably appeared, and they still seemed to be blocking them, preventing them from reaching Sasuke.
But this timing was undoubtedly the best timing.
Naruto's mood became slightly complicated. He still had to quickly get past these two and bring Sasuke over.
The mask with the spiral pattern completely covered the man's face, making it impossible to tell his expression.
"Wow—that's unexpected. Itachi actually died…"
A playful voice rang out, and then the masked man's voice sank again, revealing an indescribable gloom.
"Just kidding. I expected it long ago."
"But even though Uchiha Itachi is dead, Sasuke fainted too. He's probably not doing well either."
White Zetsu looked provocatively at Naruto below and said with a grin.
Since you're worried, let you worry a little longer.
Even though he knew that the members of the Akatsuki organization had little sense of camaraderie, would they not care even if Uchiha Itachi and Sasuke fought to this extent?
Having two members of the organization fight until one died seemed very strange no matter how you thought about it.
But that place was the Akatsuki organization; nothing would be strange.
Kakashi's gaze didn't dwell too much on the pitcher plant that appeared beside him but focused tightly on the masked man.
He felt something was wrong.
Kakashi frowned, looking at the masked man.
After Zabusa appeared, the man's deliberately exaggerated liveliness and cheerfulness vanished. A deep gloom and ferocity radiated from him, matching his strength.
"Since it's over, hurry up and go. I'll deal with you next time."
As the masked man spoke, his eyes lowered as if he sensed something.
Kakashi's pupils contracted slightly. From that spiral-patterned mask, one eye was revealed, and he clearly saw a blood-red Sharingan.
What was going on… Who was that person!?
The only two remaining Sharingan users shouldn't be Uchiha Itachi and Sasuke?!
Why… did this person also have a Sharingan?
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