Pain's battle, on the other hand, was far less elusive, it was pure power.
The Zetsu 'Fuu' had already taken its place, but it acted as if it were afraid, protecting Shibuki.
Zetsu Kimimaro, on the other hand, didn't have Kimimaro's powers, but it directly unleashed a 'low' version of Saiken, enveloped in a red chakra aura and fighting with 'all its might'.
Unfortunately, Zetsu's fight against Pain and Konan was futile. Konan focused on 'Fuu', causing 'Fuu' to unleash its own 'low' version of Chomei, but in the end, she was blown up by thousands of explosive tags, leading Konan to capture its first. 'Kimimaro' was captured soon after.
Fortunately, 'Fuu' had already made Taki's group flee, so they survived. Nagato wasn't interested in pursuing them, instead, he was quite pleased to get two for the price of one.
Black/White Zetsu appeared at that moment beside Pain. - Madara is in trouble...
He quickly explained what was happening, leaving Nagato curious about Ranmaru's red eyes, but in the end, he didn't care much, compared to the Rinnegan, all other Dojutsu were inferior.
Despite mocking "Madara", he still went to help.
Jugo had already noticed and made Ranmaru retreat, leaving Obito confused, but he didn't pursue. The next moment, when the Six Paths of Pain and Konan appeared carrying the two unconscious Jinchuuriki, he understood that the "wolf" boy had probably run away upon seeing Pain approaching.
-That was quick.- Obito said, as if his previous problem with Ranmaru hadn't happened.
Pain simply stared at him, all six pairs of eyes looking at him, but in the end, he didn't mock "Madara" only saying. -Come on, we have to extract the chakra from these two.
Madara didn't speak, he just followed as they began to leave.
Konan, on the other hand, frowned slightly. -Nagato, that... wasn't a little too easy?
Nagato was also a little doubtful, but in the end his blind faith in his eyes overcame his caution, after all, the Rinnegan was the most powerful thing in the world, and defeating two Jinchuuriki, even together, is quite normal.
//-//
Suigetsu's battle was also at a stalemate.
Kisame couldn't catch Suigetsu, and Suigetsu couldn't do anything to Kisame.
What began as a chase ended with the two "fish men" facing off in the water.
Suigetsu frowned deeply, he desperately wanted Samehada, but he couldn't handle Kisame!
His wind style was very limited in water, and his water style was even more useless against Kisame!
Getting close only meant having his chakra drained!
Kisame, on the other hand, faced a similar problem, he couldn't catch Suigetsu. Even when he got close, Suigetsu would turn into water, making it very difficult for him to catch him.
In the end, their staring at each other wasn't without reason, neither could do anything against the other, and it only made the fight pointless.
Kisame tried to provoke Suigetsu's pride, but Suigetsu may be impulsive, but he's not stupid!
There's no advantage to fighting Kisame, he just hadn't left because he didn't want to give up Samehada.
It was like a penniless boy who stops in front of a bicycle shop and can't take his eyes off the window display.
Suigetsu thought he was strong, but this fight taught him something, he needed to learn some extremely powerful jutsu! Something like Sasuke's Chidori! When he returned, he would ask Jugo-sama for a forbidden jutsu!
-Kid, how about we stop the fight here and go watch Itachi-san and Sasuke's fight?- Kisame asked, he had already lost his enthusiasm, now he was just bored, he wanted to see how Itachi was doing.
Suigetsu's lips trembled, then he sighed and shrugged. -Alright, I want to see Sasuke's fight too.
Kisame smiled as he released the dome of water he had created. When they fell to the ground, Kisame had already returned to human form, while Suigetsu had already sealed his curse power.
Suigetsu was ready to leave with Kisame when he noticed something. - Wait, where's my sword!
Suigetsu ran off straight ahead, looking for Kubikiribocho. Kisame followed him with his eyes, a slight, amused snort escaping his lips, finding Suigetsu truly very interesting.
Sure, also very stupid.
//-//
The fight between Itachi and Sasuke had reached its most brutal point, two Susanoo were battling head-on, one red and the other purple, but Sasuke's Susanoo was at a clear disadvantage.
Itachi's Susanoo possessed not just one, but two spiritual artifacts, the Totsuka Blade, an ethereal, gourd-shaped blade capable of sealing any being within it, placing them in an eternal genjutsu, forever trapped inside.
The other was the Yata Mirror, imbued with all the transformations of elemental nature. When an attack is made against the shield, it adapts its own chakra to completely nullify and repel the offensive, making the defense essentially impenetrable.
The Snake clone observing the fight was extremely interested in these two artifacts, they weren't original to Itachi's Susanoo, but something he had acquired and equipped in his own Susanoo.
To be more precise, the artifacts were linked to Itachi's own soul, not to his eyes.
How can he claim that? Simple, when Sasuke obtains Itachi's Mangekyou Sharingan, even though the Susanoo is different, if it were truly connected to the eyes, Sasuke would have inherited it.
While Itachi was revived by Edo Tensei, his Susanoo still possessed those two artifacts.
Jugo was very interested in both of them, but he was in no hurry, instead, he would wait until Sasuke got his revenge by extracting the two artifacts from Itachi's soul.
Back to the fight, unfortunately for Itachi, although Sasuke had a weaker Susanoo, Sasuke's chakra and body were able to sustain a prolonged fight, unlike Itachi.
At that point, he knew he needed to end this quickly.
In the air, at some point, a group of crows began to fly , among them, one of them had a Mangekyo Sharingan firmly fixed on Sasuke below.