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“Should we run?” Deidara, watching the Chibaku Tensei plummet from the sky, asked Sasori beside him.
“Too late. But we’re far enough away—we should be fine,” Kakuzu said calmly. Kakuzu wasn’t afraid. He had five hearts, after all. He wouldn’t die so easily.
Hidan, though shocked, was just like Kakuzu. Relying on his immortality, he was quite calm.
“I should probably seek shelter with Shin-dono.” Deidara thought for a moment, then quickly moved to Shin’s side, standing with him.
He believed staying with Shin would be safer, at least he wouldn’t have to worry about dying from collateral damage.
CRASH!!!!!
Itachi Uchiha’s Susanoo shattered instantly. The falling Chibaku Tensei effortlessly destroyed Susanoo—
“Is he dead?” Nagato stood in the sky, carefully searching for any sign of Itachi Uchiha. Right now, Nagato needed to confirm if Itachi was dead.
….
“Is Itachi dead?” Kisame was also very concerned about Itachi Uchiha’s fate.
“Not yet. But he’s lost an eye,” Shin spoke up.
Just now, facing that almost certain death attack, Itachi Uchiha had used Izanagi, sacrificing one eye to survive.
And Itachi Uchiha still intended to escape.
“<Yomotsu Hirasaka!>”
Shin opened a pitch-black spatial gate in front of him, reached in, and in an instant, pulled a figure out.
“Itachi Uchiha, running away like this isn’t very honorable.” Shin said to Itachi, whom he had tossed aside.
Itachi Uchiha looked up, his gaze fixed on Shin. He hadn’t expected to be caught by Shin.
Was that Space-Time Ninjutsu just now??
“<Summoning Jutsu!>” Itachi Uchiha didn’t give up resisting. He summoned a crow.
One of the crow’s eyes was a Mangekyō Sharingan.
“<Kotoamatsukami!>” The Mangekyō Sharingan Shisui Uchiha had entrusted to Itachi Uchiha… its ability, Kotoamatsukami, was finally activated by Itachi.
“Trying to change my will? Even if Shisui Uchiha were alive, he couldn’t do it, let alone you—” Shin’s eyes erupted with immense ocular power, crushing the Mangekyō Sharingan.
“What kind of eyes are those?!”
Itachi looked at Shin’s eyes, somewhat horrified… Nine-Tomoe, Rinnegan patterns, and yet the eyes were blue.
“A dying man doesn’t need to know.” Shin calmly produced a black rod, one created from Yin-Yang Release.
“Um… Shin-sama, could you please wait a moment?” White Zetsu spoke up hesitantly at this moment.
Shin, hearing this, looked towards White Zetsu. His gaze made White Zetsu’s scalp tingle. White Zetsu somewhat regretted speaking up now.
He had just received a message from Obito, asking him to dissuade Shin from killing Itachi Uchiha. White Zetsu, after much hesitation, finally spoke.
However, after speaking, White Zetsu felt regret. Will Shin Uzumaki kill me??
“Give me one good reason.” Shin didn’t kill White Zetsu casually as it had imagined.
“This…” White Zetsu looked at the other Akatsuki members around, indicating it wasn’t convenient to speak. After all, Obito’s identity was still hidden; it wasn’t good to expose it.
“Shin, can Itachi Uchiha be handed over to me for execution?” Just then, Pain appeared and asked Shin.
“Alright.” Shin could sense Pain’s killing intent. It didn’t matter who killed Itachi.
….
Pain held a black rod identical to Shin’s and thrust it towards Itachi Uchiha’s heart.
As the black rod was about to pierce Itachi, Pain’s expression suddenly changed. He stared intently at Itachi—
—The Itachi he had pierced had turned into a flock of crows. Meaning, he had fallen for a Genjutsu just now.
“Impressive. You managed to fool me.” Pain looked up at Itachi’s true body. To think Itachi could deceive him with Genjutsu just now.
“Looks like Itachi Uchiha is definitely going to die. I can’t save him.” White Zetsu, seeing this scene, also understood that Itachi Uchiha was likely unsaveable.
Pain was determined to kill Itachi.
But that wasn’t important… What was important was that Shin Uzumaki also had no intention of letting Itachi Uchiha live.
So, Itachi Uchiha was definitely going to die. No need to cause trouble. As for Obito’s instructions… well, he had spoken up to stop it. He couldn’t be blamed for failing.
Itachi Uchiha was at his wit’s end.
The crow clone illusion he used earlier had consumed almost all his chakra. One eye was blind from using Izanagi, so Susanoo was also unusable.
Itachi Uchiha couldn’t use Susanoo without eyes like Madara Uchiha could. Besides, even if he consumed his life force now, he couldn’t use Susanoo—his body’s chakra couldn’t be squeezed out anymore.
Though there was no way out, Itachi Uchiha’s expression didn’t change much; he still managed to maintain a calm demeanor.
“Itachi Uchiha, I admire your strength. Unfortunately, you are a traitor.” Pain’s voice was icy.
Seriously, Pain did appreciate Itachi Uchiha’s strength. But he had betrayed the Akatsuki—and he also needed to make an example of someone.
Itachi Uchiha closed his eyes.
Towards Pain’s black rod, which was piercing towards him again, he offered no resistance this time.
He still had one Sharingan left—Itachi Uchiha could activate Izanagi again and struggle a bit more. But he didn’t do so.
Futile struggle. He couldn’t escape anymore. Let him just die at Pain’s hands. He regretted not seeing Sasuke one last time…
Itachi Uchiha had planned to go to Sasuke and settle everything. Unfortunately, there was no chance now.
Itachi Uchiha closed his eyes and fell to the ground, his body already devoid of all breath, gradually growing cold.
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“So Itachi Uchiha’s dead.” Hidan’s eyes held little emotion.
Hidan had no feelings for the other Akatsuki members. Or rather, the others were the same—as for comrades… that was just a nominal title. They could only be said to be partners who cooperated reasonably well.
“I don’t care what you all think in your hearts, but I don’t want another person to end up in this situation—” Pain warned the other Akatsuki members.
It was unknown how much effect this warning would have on these S-rank missing-nin. But Pain’s warning had been issued.
Whoever dared to disobey would be killed without mercy.
“Shin Uzumaki, I will personally retrieve the Nine-Tails.” Pain turned to Shin.
“Oh, is that so? Then I wish you success. Just don’t get yourself killed in the process.” Shin chuckled.
If the Nine-Tails returned to Konoha, would Pain invade the village? Shin doubted it. the Nine-Tails hated Konoha.
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