Konoha: This Uchiha is very stubborn

"That's where the enemy's true identity is?"

On a tall spruce tree, Itachi and Yamato were looking at the mountain top in the distance.

There, a tall tree stood quietly.

It looks no different from the surrounding trees.

But the careful Itachi still discovered the difference.

The fallen snow in the crown of this large tree looks no different from the tree on the right.

But...the rime, the layer of rime on its surface is incongruous.

Rime is a white or milky white opaque layer of ice attached to the windward side of ground objects (such as tree branches).

In fact, it is also a type of frost, which is a white opaque granular structure deposit formed by ice crystals on objects with temperatures below freezing point.

Rime forms when supercooled water mist (temperature below freezing) hits an object that is also below freezing. When water vapor in the air condenses into a solid state immediately when it hits an object, it will form a rime layer or rime deposit.

There was also a layer of rime on this big tree, but Itachi could tell that this layer of rime was camouflaged using a special ninja method.

"Yamato, send the signal!"

The current Itachi was trained to be a very ninja, or a very handy tool.

After finding the location of the enemy's body, he asked Yamato to send the signal without hesitation.

Whoosh whoosh!

Before Yamato could reach out to his ninja bag, a familiar sound of breaking through the air came from his side.

Doo doo doo!

Of course, it was impossible for Yamato and Itachi to be hurt by just shurikens.

Before these shurikens could get close, they had already dodged one step ahead.

"It turned out to be...paper?" Looking down, Yamato's face was full of surprise. A row of white shurikens, like paper, were inserted into the spruce tree where he had just stood.

If Yamato wasn't particularly sensitive to wood and wood products, he wouldn't have believed that these shurikens embedded deeply in the tree were actually made of paper.

"I won't let you send a signal!"

The person who came was none other than Konan, who stayed with Nagato.

She had deployed many 'eyes' near the stronghold, and as soon as Itachi and Yamato arrived, she found traces of each other.

"It's actually a flying ninja!"

Seeing Konan's legs hanging in the air, both Itachi and Yamato knew that this time the enemy would be more difficult.

Looking at each other, Itachi stood in front of Yamato without hesitation.

Yamato, on the other hand, took out the flare gun in his backpack again.

"Hmph~"

With a cold snort, Konan, who had two white wings on his back, pointed at Itachi and Yamato.

A large amount of paper fell off from the wings behind her, and then automatically folded into four-cornered windmill-like shurikens, like a swarm of bees, shooting towards Itachi and Yamato.

"Art fire escape ho fireball"

When facing paper, the best method to use is fire escape, and Itachi happens to be a fire escape master.

Itachi, who blocked the opponent's attack with a huge fireball, was wondering why the opponent's attack was blocked by him so easily.

Yamato behind him suddenly changed his expression and shouted at Itachi in front of him.

"Be careful, there is a sneak attack from behind!"

After reminding Itachi in front of him, Yamato quickly formed seals with his hands without any hesitation.

"Wooden Escape·Wooden Spindle Wall"

Judging from the sound of the wind behind him, the enemy should be using kunai, but... Itachi was in front of him, and he couldn't avoid it.

Doo doo doo!

There was another burst of kunai in the deep forest, the crisp sound of hitting the wood, followed by a soft sizzling sound.

"It's the detonating talisman!"

Yamato Iprin used Wood Release on the spot to block the opponent's attack.

He looked back at Itachi, who was fending off the flying woman's continuous attacks in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh.

Neither he nor Itachi could move away at this time.

He moved out of the way, and Itachi would be attacked by kunai and detonating talismans behind him.

If Itachi got out of the way, he would be attacked with a shuriken from the woman across from him.

Boom boom boom!

There was a series of explosions.

Then a lot of sawdust flew everywhere.

"..."

Looking in the direction behind him, Xiaonan frowned. What was the difference between such a big movement and a signal flare?

"Ye Cang, let's do it together and kill these two people directly!"

She didn't communicate with the other party beforehand, so she couldn't say anything. Since her position might be exposed, she didn't dwell on it anymore.

After urging Ye Cang, her body, like pieces of paper, began to float in the air and lost its trace.

Ye Cang, on the other hand, did not hesitate. Three orange fireballs immediately appeared behind him and attacked Yamato.

"Be careful of Ye Cang's blood inheritance limit, don't let those fireballs get close to your body..."

Itachi's eyes swept over Ye Cang's body and reminded Yamato. Before he could say more, his body turned into black crows, flying in all directions.

"What a weird ability!"

Seeing that the place where he was standing was submerged by a large ball of white paper that suddenly appeared, Itachi felt lucky in his heart.

The opponent's ability is really weird. He has already ambushed a large amount of white paper under him, hiding it in the surrounding environment.

If he hadn't had the Sharingan, he wouldn't have been able to discover this woman's tricks.

On the other side, as a burst of white water vapor filled the air, Yamato also fell into a hard fight.

Not far from their battle, a mysterious figure saw all of this.

"Very good... This way, no one else will get in the way of that kid~"

Looking at the two fighting parties, a satisfied smile appeared in Orochimaru's eyes, and then his whole body sank to the ground.

Uchiha Toshiro, the Hokage, got a lot of good things from himself in exchange. This time it was time for the other party to repay the principal with interest.

As for the two sides fighting on the same spot, no one felt the arrival or departure of Orochimaru.

"It seems...the main body is in that direction~"

In the silent primeval forest, the sound of explosions can be transmitted far away. Coupled with Toshiro's excellent five senses, he raised his head and glanced at the top of a mountain in the distance.

Then he gave Payne a cheerful smile.

"Now that I have found my true form, there is no need to tangle with you!"

After saying this, Toshiro waved the flame fan in his hand, creating a huge storm, and then disappeared in place.

"Chief, aren't you going to chase me?"

Seeing Toshiro disappear, but the leader still didn't make any movement, Xie felt a little strange.

"No need~"

After taking a look at the direction where the Hokage disappeared, Tiandao was not in a hurry, so what if this guy found the location of the main body.

What's more, there is a faster way to return to the main body.

"Be careful and look at that guy Deidara."

Deidara has been flying in the sky since the start of the war without any movement. He still had to let Scorpion take a look, otherwise it would be bad if he was accidentally injured when he used that move later.

Bang!

After talking about this guy, Tiandao, including the other six paths of Pain, disappeared in place.

Leave Scorpion here alone.

"Obito, let's go take a look too~"

The explosion of the detonating talisman was heard not only by Toshiro and the others, but also by Zetsu and Obito who had been hiding in the dark and had not appeared.

After just identifying the location where the explosion came from, he couldn't wait to start heading towards Nagato's location.

No matter what, you can't let anything happen to the Samsara Eye, otherwise your plans for so many years will be in vain.

"You seem to be particularly nervous about Nagato's affairs."

Hearing Zetsu's words, Obito gave Zetsu a strange look.

The guy that Madara uses to monitor him has been acting a bit normal recently.

Especially when Nagato was involved, he became a little anxious, which was seriously inconsistent with the other party's usual behavior.

"Because Nagato is the key to the plan."

Zetsu was stunned for a moment after hearing Obito's question.

After recalling it, my behavior these past few days was indeed a bit different from usual.

But this was quickly excused by him.

At the same time, he kept shouting in his heart, how could he still be as calm as before.

This matter is related to his plan for thousands of years. If there are other problems, he can still remedy it.

But now if Nagato, or the Samsara Eye, falls into the hands of Uchiha Toshiro.

Then... everything is really over~

"is that so?"

After grunting, Obito no longer dwelled on the issue. The space around him rippled and he had disappeared.

In the dim tree hole.

"Can't wait any longer!"

Looking at Nagato who was forming seals, Orochimaru, who had just lurked nearby, carefully restrained his aura and did not dare to reveal any flaws.

I originally planned to see if Toshiro could distract the other party more.

But he didn't expect that the other party actually planned to summon the Six Paths to his side.

This somewhat disrupted his plan.

In his original plan, the Hokage involved Nagato's six clones, and the Hokage guards entangled Konan.

He could launch a surprise attack and capture Nagato's Rinnegan in one fell swoop.

I just didn't expect that the other party actually planned to use psychic techniques.

Nagato, who had just completed the seal, suddenly felt a strange aura on the ground beneath his feet.

Before he could react, he noticed a breath of chakra mobilization.

"Psychic Art"

A huge purple snake with a pair of horn-like bulges on its head appeared on the spot.

At the same time, Orochimaru's body turned into an afterimage and sped towards Nagato.

"We must succeed this time!"

Having made up his mind, Orochimaru spit out an equally sharp Kusanagi sword from his mouth, held it in his hand, and launched an attack from behind Nagato.

And the Ten Thousand Snakes he summoned did not hesitate at all. Their bodies squirmed and twisted, and then they pounced from the front of Nagato.

Obviously, Orochimaru had already made a deal with this grumpy guy in advance before summoning him.

Otherwise, Wan She wouldn't be so honest and obedient.