"Everyone, take your time. Before you catch up to my comrades, you'll have to defeat me first."
Uchiha Itachi appeared before Kakashi's squad.
His expression was calm.
"Uchiha Itachi, everyone be careful. Don't look into his eyes."
Kakashi warned them when he saw Uchiha Itachi.
"Itachi, your eyesight isn't as good as it used to be, is it?"
Kakashi lowered his mask, his expression serious.
"Hmm?"
Uchiha Itachi was a little surprised to hear that, looking at the Sharingan in his eyes.
"Kakashi-sensei, as expected of Konoha's genius, to be able to use the Sharingan to this extent," Itachi praised.
Naruto saw Uchiha Itachi and thought of Sasuke: "Kakashi-sensei, don't waste time talking to him. Defeat him and rescue Gaara."
Boom!
Before Uchiha Itachi could speak, Sakura appeared behind him and punched him.
Whoosh!
The ground was directly shattered.
"What a powerful girl, to break out of the genjutsu so quickly."
Itachi praised… The group began to fight. Satoru's Shadow Clone appeared outside the battlefield, watching their fight.
"Sakura's current situation can truly be said to have caught up to Naruto and Sasuke."
He felt very relieved to see how quickly Sakura dispelled the genjutsu.
This is the kind of progress the main characters should be making!
Naruto's current strength, to be honest, is still not as good as Sakura's.
With a solid foundation, learning other abilities becomes very fast.
Naruto is only now finishing the basics of being a Ninja under Jiraiya. To catch up to Sakura, he'll need to start cheating with Shadow Clones.
"Hmm, I sensed it."
Suddenly.
He focused his sensory power on the ground in the distance.
A figure entered his perception, watching Itachi, Kakashi, and the others on the battlefield.
"Zetsu, if it weren't for natural energy, he'd be really hard to find. Is it the Mayfly technique? What an incredible jutsu.
As expected of an old antique who has lived for thousands of years, he knows so much."
Only by entering Sage Mode could Satoru sense Zetsu's presence.
He had never sensed Zetsu before.
Now that Zetsu was finally in his sights, things would be much easier in the future.
"Is it to monitor Itachi? The enemy's threat to Itachi is also very palpable!"
Satoru had already inferred that Uchiha Obito and Itachi himself likely understood Itachi's purpose in joining the Akatsuki.
But they both needed to keep each other in check.
Such an enemy could only be kept under close watch to ensure peace of mind.
Because both sides were too dangerous.
Obito only dared to fully implement his plan after Itachi completed his own plan and died at Sasuke's hands.
Two clever people had been restraining and hindering each other all along.
Sasuke was probably the only fool!
..."Eighth Trigrams: Vacuum Palm."
On the vast desert sea, Neji stood on the water, and his Vacuum Palm struck Kisame's Samehada with unmatched power.
Bang!
Kisame was sent flying backward.
"What a troublesome brat!"
"It's not over yet! Happy Bazooka!"
On the other side, Tenten pulled out a cannon and fired it with Chakra.
The muzzle unleashed countless 'whoosh whoosh whoosh' explosive tags wrapped around Kunai.
Boom boom boom!
Although Kisame blocked most of the attacks, the shockwave from the explosions still tore his clothes, revealing his strong blue body underneath.
Boom!
"Konoha Dragon God!"
In the distance, Lee seized the opportunity, transforming into a green divine dragon that streaked across the sky, attacking Kisame.
Water Release: Water Formation Wall.
Kisame used Water Release to summon a giant Water Formation Wall to block.
After the Water Formation Wall spun a few times, the green divine dragon penetrated his defense… Land of Rivers.
Akatsuki's base.
"These Konoha guys are really troublesome. Even Itachi and Kisame probably won't last much longer." Zetsu reported the information from the front line.
In the center of the base, a giant head opened its mouth, spewing out nine giant Chakra dragons that enveloped Gaara in the center, slowly extracting the Tailed Beast's Chakra from his body.
"It's alright, we're almost done here too, and I have arrangements outside," Pain said.
Deidara maintained his hand signs, a smile on his lips: "The Nine-Tailed is here this time too, perhaps we can take him down as well."
"Hmm…"
...Konoha.
Rooftop outside the Hokage Office.
"Is there something you're worried about?" Jiraiya walked out from behind, seeing the sunlight fall on Tsunade, and her worried thoughts also transferred to him.
Tsunade looked into the distance: "Yes, what is the Akatsuki Organization's goal in collecting the nine Tailed Beasts?"
"Whatever their goal, the Tailed Beasts have always been used as weapons of war by various countries.
Their objective won't stray too far from that. We just need to stop them."
Jiraiya smiled.
"Besides, we're both decades old now. There's not much we can do, we can only give our last bit in our final years!"
"You're still so annoying. The Akatsuki Organization has been hidden for so long; it's probably not something Konoha can solve," Tsunade pouted.
She wasn't old at all; she was very young.
A breeze blew through her temples, lifting her hair, reflecting her current state of mind.
Jiraiya: "Yes, I'm afraid they're not an easy opponent to deal with!"
He recalled the various intelligence he had recently gathered.
Every member of the Akatsuki Organization was an S-rank rogue Ninja from a major Ninja village.
Each of them possessed special abilities.
Especially their leader, who could assemble such monsters into one organization, it would probably be more difficult than imagined.
"However, why didn't you send Satoru out this time? Naruto is the Jinchuriki targeted by the Akatsuki Organization.
Just Kakashi and Might Guy, they probably won't be enough, will they?"
Jiraiya asked with a question.
Currently, Satoru was one of Konoha's top combat forces.
And he was the most idle one, unlike him who had to go out to gather intelligence.
Sending more people would increase the success rate.
"Danzo, Orochimaru… unknown enemies…"
Tsunade muttered a few names.
Jiraiya immediately understood upon hearing this.
Satoru was meant to protect Konoha's home base.
They were all people who had experienced countless battles, and from the abilities Satoru had revealed, they knew he had never used his full power.
As long as such a person was in Konoha, it would give the Hokage more peace of mind.
"That kid, he seems to be teaching his youngest son recently, and he uses Shadow Clones for work every day.
Where does he get so much Chakra?"
Jiraiya was completely puzzled.
He also felt it was a waste of Chakra; if there were enemies, the depleted Chakra could lead to losing a battle.
"He's probably like my grandfather and Naruto, one of those people with endless Chakra," Tsunade was equally perplexed.
Even if he was such a person, he wouldn't go so far as to use Shadow Clones to go to work.
It would still reduce his combat power.
"However, he hasn't wasted time. The battlefield simulation training he developed
over the past two years has provided countless graduates with a strong foundation of combat experience,
which has greatly reduced Konoha's losses, and there has been a noticeable improvement in these two years."
What Tsunade praised most was Satoru's teaching ability.
His combat ability hadn't been fully seen in battle, but his teaching ability was definitely exceptional.