Kakashi and Obito's battle was also quite intense. Kakashi had the upper hand in tactics, but Obito's pupil power was superior.
For a moment, both sides were in a stalemate. Kakashi, after parrying Obito's blade, asked in a low voice, "It seems your objective is to recruit Zabuza."
"Hmph, it's useless for a good-for-nothing like you to ask so many questions." Obito sneered, replying casually.
"If it were just a simple recruitment, I could have already left with Zabuza. Why do you think I stayed?"
"Stayed…"
Kakashi's gaze grew colder.
"Is your objective Sasuke or Naruto?"
"Who do you think Itachi would be interested in?" Obito sneered.
"You useless trash, you've already lost this time."
He said this on purpose. In his opinion, Zabuza was bound to lose against Kakashi, and their intelligence would naturally be exposed.
It just so happened that Itachi wanted to do something to Sasuke, so why not use this opportunity to divert attention?
"It's Sasuke after all."
Kakashi nodded, and while fending off Obito's attacks, he suddenly spoke again, "Are you planning to do something during the Chunin Exams?"
"!!"
Obito's body stiffened slightly, and his expression suddenly changed, but his mask happened to conceal everything.
"What are you talking about?"
He dodged Kakashi's Chidori and spoke with feigned disdain, but Kakashi still sensed something.
"Stop pretending, we've detected some movements from Orochimaru. Do you still dare to say you haven't?"
Orochimaru.
Didn't he already quit?
How did he get involved with them again?
And Orochimaru is also eyeing the Chunin Exams?
And speaking of Orochimaru, he couldn't help but think of Danzo.
Did that damn bastard not tell them about Orochimaru?
"What an idiot!" Obito remained calm and sneered.
"Orochimaru betrayed us a long time ago. What he does has nothing to do with us."
"Already quit?"
Kakashi was a bit surprised, but Obito didn't give him a chance to think further.
"Also, instead of thinking about that, you should think more about Sasuke, Kakashi, can you rescue him in time?!"
"Hmm, I might not be able to."
Kakashi took a deep breath and stopped thinking, looking at Obito and speaking coldly.
"But don't forget, we still have Takemi!"
The moment he finished speaking, Obito suddenly saw Takemi quietly arrive beside Itachi.
At this instant, he panicked.
"It's about time."
Although Takemi was dealing with three people, he didn't forget to pay attention to Sasuke's situation not far away.
Sasuke was too impulsive and indeed needed to learn a lesson, which was why he hadn't planned to stop it at all.
"Besides, both of them have been training under Jiraiya for so long, it's time to test them."
A good beating from Itachi, such a test was actually not bad.
And now, it was almost time!
"Then..."
Turning his head, Takemi looked at Kisame and the other two, and his gaze changed.
"Watch out!"
Takemi held one hand upright, maintaining a hand seal, and instantly countless ice spikes appeared on the ground.
Haku was the first to sense it, and he immediately shouted a warning. The three of them leaped into the air at that moment.
"Damn it!"
At that very instant, Takemi charged fiercely in front of them, his short sword, imbued with lightning, stabbing towards Zabuza.
Haku didn't hesitate at all at this moment. His figure instantly flashed in front of Zabuza, and at the same time, he formed another hand seal and unleashed Ice Release.
Bang—
However, with one strike from Takemi, those ice crystals, along with his mask, shattered completely.
"Haku!"
Zabuza cried out, quickly stepping forward to catch Haku. Seeing that pure white, snow-like face constantly coughing up blood, his heart twisted with pain.
But Takemi's figure flashed, already heading towards Kisame.
"Damn it!"
Kisame quickly swung his large sword, but Takemi deftly dodged the strike and kicked him in the stomach.
Boom—
Kisame was sent flying backward, constantly coughing up blood, but Takemi's figure vanished again at this moment.
Buzz—
The blade thrust out, this time his targets were Zabuza and Haku.
"Zabuza-sama..."
Although Haku was extremely weak, he still wanted to block the blade for Zabuza.
"Just stay here quietly for now, I'll deal with you later."
However, Takemi's blade was faster than both of them. The short sword flashed by, and both of them instantly had their right shoulders pierced through, pinned to the ground.
"Good opportunity."
Kisame's eyes lit up when he saw this scene. He immediately formed hand seals quickly, wanting to use Water Release to continue stalling.
"Why isn't it over yet over there? Hurry up!"
He was roaring inwardly, yet in the next second, he froze completely.
Because Takemi had already appeared in front of him like a ghost, silently, while he was still flying backward.
"Your hand seal speed is too slow."
Takemi spoke lightly, then grabbed Kisame's hand that was forming a seal and twisted it hard.
Crack—
Along with the sound of bones breaking, Kisame's fingers were forcibly broken by Takemi.
Intense pain stimulated Kisame's nerves, but he didn't utter a sound. He now had only one thought in his mind: this was not a battle on the same level at all.
Although he had encountered Takemi many times, this was the first time he had directly confronted Takemi, and it was the first time he truly felt Takemi's strength.
"Quite tough, not bad, huh?"
Takemi looked at Kisame and nodded calmly.
"I think the Konoha Interrogation Squad will really like someone as tough as you."
Watching Sasuke and Naruto coordinate their attacks against him, Itachi nodded inwardly.
"You've grown well."
However, although their cooperation was good and their performance was decent, it was still far from reaching the goal he desired.
"Is this how you've spent these years?"
A crow clone dodged Naruto, who had used the Transformation Technique to turn into a shuriken and was trying to sneak attack in close combat.
Itachi spoke indifferently, "It seems you've forgotten everything from back then, and you've also forgotten your hatred for me."
"Damn it!"
Sasuke roared, his eyes already a crimson red, but such a Sharingan was still far from enough to face Itachi.