While Obito was being restrained instead of restraining, Sasuke, Karin, and Chiyo's group continued to advance.
At the Gedo Mazo statue, Zetsu spoke. - Tobi was restrained by Orochimaru, the group with Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Karin, and Chiyo is advancing again.
Pain frowned, it would still take several hours to finish. Only Sasori and Deidara were present there, the others were merely projections.
-Kisame, Deidara, Kakuzu, Sasori, we're going to use sacrifices to create clones of you. They'll only have 30% of your power, but it should be enough to last for a while.- Pain said.
No one objected.
On the other side, as the group advanced again, several figures appeared in front of them.
Flying on a clay bird, Deidara.
Inside the puppet Hiruko, Sasori.
With Samehada on his shoulder and an irritating smile, Kisame.
With a serious and cautious expression, Kakuzu.
The two sides stopped, looking at each other.
-Hey, you can't pass, Hn!- Deidara spoke first.
-Who do you think you are?! You think you can stop us?! Give back the Kazekage!- Karin shouted angrily, clenching her fists, ready to punch.
-Hehe... looks like brat Suigetsu didn't come with you guys, how annoying.- Kisame said.
-Let's just get this over with.- Sasori said, seemingly unconcerned, but his eyes were fixed on Chiyo.
-Sasori... - Chiyo, looking at Sasori's 'figure', knew that the real Sasori was inside, what was on the outside was just a puppet. - ...this time, that old woman will stop you.
Chiyo felt immense pain in her heart, she had lived a life filled with regrets, but the disappearance of her grandson had always been among the worst.
Sasori didn't even look at Chiyo until he spoke. - Hehe... you've aged, Grandma Chiyo.
Chiyo's wrinkled lips tightened into a thin line, clearly feeling a great deal of pain inside.
Sasuke drew his sword, not feeling intimidated in the slightest. He looked at the group and frowned. -Karin, you deal with Kakuzu, Chiyo, you hold off Sasori, I'll deal with Kisame and Deidara.
Karin frowned, glaring at Sasuke, but she just clicked her tongue and didn't complain, she would deal with Kakuzu quickly and then support the others.
Chiyo simply nodded, she truly wanted to fight this grandson.
-Oh... you want to deal with two at the same time?- Kisame chuckled lightly, finding the situation amusing, even though Itachi had died fighting Sasuke, Itachi was ill.
-Uchiha... - Deidara frowned at Sasuke. He remembered well when he was recruited into the Akatsuki, those eyes. He almost ended up exploding when he was targeted by Itachi's Genjutsu.
He really hated those eyes.
Neither side complained about the arrangement, not even the enemies, it was good for them, they just needed to keep them there.
The next moment, Karin didn't release Yami's summoning, instead, Sasuke and Chiyo jumped away.
Yami was far from being able to face those guys, but he's a werewolf, in terms of staying alive, he was the best there.
Yami was thrilled to realize he could fight, it had been a long time since he'd had a good fight. Letting out a fierce growl, he charged straight toward Kakuzu.
Several chains sprang from Karin's back.
Kakuzu wanted to complain, because it was two against one? But he said nothing, instead, he dodged while freeing his hearts.
New ones are already taking the place of the old ones.
It was the second time he had faced Karin, he wouldn't make the same mistakes again.
Sasuke didn't engage in a 2-on-1 fight either, but as soon as he fell to the ground, he made hand seals and slammed his hand on the ground. The next moment, Manda, annoyed, reappeared.
Manda felt that life hadn't been good lately. Why did these guys keep summoning him? Besides, there were no sacrifices!
Even so, he didn't dare complain, only grumbling mentally. The next moment, he advanced towards Deidara while Sasuke ran towards Kisame.
Chiyo, on the other hand, did not engage in direct combat with Sasori, instead, she began to converse with him.
Sasori didn't want to talk, he started attacking without answering Chiyo's questions.
The fight became heated as soon as it started, but while they were fighting, they realized something was wrong.
First came Karin, who quickly destroyed all of Kakuzu's hearts, leaving the woman stunned.
Although Kakuzu was weak, he was far from being that weak. She wasn't even trying, yet that guy died so quickly?! Damn it! She let Jugo-sama down!
But seeing the dead body appear right after Kakuzu was killed, clearly not being Kakuzu, she understood something.
At this point, Manda was having trouble with Deidara, who could fly and kept throwing explosives at him, he was very angry.
Sasuke, on the other hand, had also finished his battle.
Kisame tried to defend himself from Sasuke's sword, but Sasuke directly covered his sword with lightning. Samehada couldn't absorb it and was directly electrocuted. A beam of light pierced Kisame's heart, making Sasuke see the same scene as Karin. The two looked at each other.
Clearly, that was a hoax.
It took only a few minutes for two battles to end, Chiyo wasn't far behind, she destroyed Hiruko, then killed Sasori's clone.
Sasori wouldn't send his puppets to be destroyed, he only sent Hiruko, and that was it. If he had faced Sasuke or Karin, he would have lost even sooner.
After the three of them finished, the problem was Deidara.
The guy could fly and he kept throwing explosives at them while laughing.
Sasuke rolled his eyes, and when Deidara wasn't paying attention, he placed him directly under a Genjutsu. Deidara fell directly from the flying bird and 'died' in the fall.
For a moment, the clearing where the battle took place fell silent. Was that it?
-It's some kind of forbidden jutsu, although the power they can use is quite low...- Karin shook her head, in the end, they were only delayed by a few minutes.
In the original version, Kisame faced Team Guy while Itachi faced Team Kakashi.
Even at 30% of his strength, Itachi was very powerful, and Kisame could absorb chakra with Samehada.
And now?
Now that Itachi is gone, Kisame has directly faced Sasuke, a lightning release specialist with strength close to Itachi's, but at only 30% of his power.
The result was predictable.
Even Deidara, who was a problem, was easily dealt with.
Deidara wasn't actually weak against Genjutsu, but the problem was that Sasuke had a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan, even Deidara himself would have fallen, let alone this weaker clone.
The group exchanged glances, momentarily speechless, then Sasuke released Manda's summoning and the group climbed back onto Yami, heading towards the hideout once more.
Meanwhile, at the Akatsuki base.
Kakuzu, Sasori, Deidara, Kisame: ... sorry.
Pain: ... fuck you.