"My Totsuka Blade can seal anything. You must dodge it!" Itachi's voice sounded in time to warn.
"Such a troublesome ninjutsu?" Naruto gritted his teeth. Gamabunta beneath him leaped backward violently, narrowly avoiding the attack of the Totsuka Blade.
"Rasengan Barrage!!!" Naruto shouted loudly. Behind Itachi, two shadow clones of Naruto, each holding a Rasengan, lunged towards Itachi!
"Boom!!!" The two Rasengan struck Uchiha Itachi's Susanoo, but unfortunately, there was no reaction. Naruto's shadow clones, however, were instantly bisected by the Totsuka Blade!
"This giant is truly a troublesome ninjutsu…" Naruto felt utterly frustrated.
"Itachi's Susanoo is truly a perfect ninjutsu. Alright, the cat-and-mouse game is over. Now… the Nine-Tails is mine!" Kabuto's cold voice rang out. Itachi's body also changed according to Kabuto's command!
"Amaterasu!!!"
Itachi's eyes flashed with scarlet brilliance, staring directly at the Sage Mode Naruto. His powerful dōjutsu erupted!
"It's Amaterasu!!!" Seeing the look in Itachi's eyes, Naruto immediately understood. He moved, preparing to dodge, but suddenly felt a churning in his stomach, as if something was about to emerge from his belly!
In the next moment, Naruto's mouth began to bulge, and then a crow's head appeared.
"As expected, the thing that should appear has finally appeared…" Itachi showed no surprise at this scene.
"Caw caw…" A shrill crow's cry sounded. A completely black crow flew from Naruto's mouth towards Itachi's position.
"Cough cough… This is strange… Why is a crow flying out of my mouth…" Naruto said, coughing, but he quickly realized. "Could it be that back then…"
He suddenly remembered meeting Itachi before. At that time, Itachi had forced a crow into his mouth once.
"This was originally meant to save Sasuke, but now it's coincidentally here to save me…" Itachi murmured, his Mangekyo Sharingan and the Mangekyo Sharingan of the crow's left eye shone in unison!
"What's going on? What's happening?!" Kabuto, who was controlling Itachi from the shadows, was shocked. He had clearly held control firmly just moments ago, but suddenly felt that Itachi was completely out of his control!
"Caw caw…" After circling in the air, the crow landed back on Itachi's shoulder.
"I was too careless, Uchiha Itachi…" Kabuto roared in frustration, slamming the ground. "This guy is completely different from ordinary dead people. He's even managed to overcome Edo Tensei…"
"My body is mine again…" Itachi whispered. With a thought, he dispelled Susanoo.
"He dispelled Susanoo himself? What's going on…" Jiraiya watched this scene, completely bewildered. Then, Itachi's body moved, heading directly towards Naruto.
"He's attacking?!" Naruto was startled and quickly assumed a defensive stance.
"Naruto, calm down. I've broken free from control now. The enemy's Edo Tensei has been overwritten by a new genjutsu, a ninjutsu called Kotoamatsukami. It has canceled out Edo Tensei…" Itachi explained. "Thanks to him, I've recovered…"
"Kotoamatsukami… A genjutsu capable of this level should only be possible with Shisui Uchiha's Mangekyo Sharingan… I never imagined Itachi had prepared something like this beforehand! No wonder he wanted Naruto to come here!"
Kabuto was filled with regret. He had specifically summoned Uchiha Itachi to participate in this battle, intending to have Itachi destroy his beloved Konoha Village to humiliate him and avenge his respected Lord Orochimaru. But he never expected Itachi to break free from his control.
Then, Itachi explained to Naruto why he had implanted the crow in his mouth.
"Alright, enough small talk. We need to hurry to the entrance of Konoha Village. The real Uchiha Madara… is still there!" Itachi said in a deep voice.
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"If you have any more powerful techniques, bring them out. Otherwise, you're truly going to die here." Uchiha Madara said mockingly, holding Kai's battered body.
However, at this moment, Kabuto's voice echoed in Uchiha Madara's mind.
"Uchiha Itachi, using an extremely powerful genjutsu… broke free from Edo Tensei's control…" Kabuto spoke the painful truth with a voice full of unwillingness.
"An extremely powerful genjutsu broke free from Edo Tensei… Interesting…" Madara casually tossed Kai's body aside, showing no sign of tension on his face.
"I truly didn't expect this. To think that I'm not the only one who can break free from Edo Tensei. The ninja of this future world aren't as incompetent as I thought."
"Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Jutsu!" Suddenly, a loud shout rang out. A giant water dragon rose up, coiling and charging towards Uchiha Madara.
"Looks like another interesting fellow has arrived…" Madara moved slightly, dodging away. Simultaneously, another figure appeared and quickly rescued Kai.
Madara, however, showed no intention of stopping them.
In an instant, a large number of Konoha Anbu appeared around Uchiha Madara, surrounding him. The leader was particularly conspicuous: the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi!
"You two, take Kai to the medical bay for treatment!" Hiruzen Sarutobi instructed the two Anbu ninja around him. The two Anbu ninja nodded, then carried the unconscious Kai and vanished from the spot.
Looking at the familiar and unfamiliar faces before him, a thought flashed through the Third Hokage's mind. He suddenly shouted, "It really is you… Uchiha Madara!!!"
"Uchiha Madara?!" Hearing Hiruzen's words, Uchiha Madara hadn't even spoken yet, but the surrounding Anbu ninja exclaimed in unison, "Impossible… Third Hokage-sama, didn't Uchiha Madara die long ago?!"
"What's impossible about it? He's a dead man now!" Hearing the Anbu ninja's words, Hiruzen Sarutobi shouted, then addressed Uchiha Madara loudly, "Uchiha Madara, who reanimated you, and why did they instruct you to attack Konoha?!"
"You are… Hiruzen Sarutobi?!" Recognizing the old man before him, Uchiha Madara's lips curled into a light smile.
"No wonder you recognize me. Hiruzen Sarutobi, I didn't expect you to age into such a state…"
"Aging and death are natural processes!!!" Hiruzen Sarutobi snorted coldly, slamming his Adamantine Nyoi-bō staff onto the ground.
"But some people insist on defying this law. Uchiha Madara, who is controlling you to attack Konoha?!"
"Hiruzen, you need to understand two points…" Facing the Third Hokage's questions, Uchiha Madara's expression showed impatience.
"First, I am not controlled by anyone, and no one can control me, Uchiha Madara. Second, I don't need to report my reasons for attacking Konoha to you, an old man on the verge of death."
Hearing Uchiha Madara's words, Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes concealed a deep worry. With Konoha's strongest combatant, Uchiha Kaoru, absent from the village, things were troublesome.
When Konoha was founded, Hiruzen Sarutobi was still a child, but even so, he understood Uchiha Madara's strength. Although the reanimated Madara might not possess his full power.
Even so, his current aged self couldn't possibly contend with him. The only option now was to stall for time. If that failed, he might have to resort to the Reaper Death Seal, just like he did against Orochimaru…
"This is strange… Isn't the strongest combatant in your village that Uchiha Kaoru? Why isn't he showing himself, and instead, it's you, an old man on death's door…"
Looking disdainfully at Hiruzen Sarutobi, Uchiha Madara shouted directly, "It seems I've come at the wrong time. Uchiha Kaoru isn't in Konoha, is he?"
"!!!" Hearing Uchiha Madara's words, Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart leaped. He instinctively wanted to deny it, but the words stopped at his lips.
Hiruzen Sarutobi then nodded slightly and said, "That's right, Kaoru is not in the village right now. However, even so, Konoha today is not a place where you can act so arrogantly!"
Facing someone like Uchiha Madara, Hiruzen Sarutobi knew that simple lies would be useless!
"Is that so?!" Hearing Hiruzen Sarutobi's words, Uchiha Madara's lips curved slightly.
He said directly, "I'd like to know, on what grounds can Konoha prevent me from acting arrogantly? Based on you? How naive!!!"
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