"Black flames? That's Amaterasu! One of the people fighting is my brother!"
If Sasuke had merely been observing when the giant snake first swallowed the central tower of the Forest of Death,
then the moment he saw the giant snake being burned by black flames, he could no longer stay put!
Because that meant his brother was inside that tower!
And now that tower had been swallowed by the giant snake—how could he not be worried?
"What? The principal is in there?"
Naruto was also stunned when he heard Sasuke say that.
"No! I have to go help my brother!"
As he spoke, Sasuke prepared to rush over.
Fortunately, Naruto grabbed him a step ahead of time.
Otherwise, given the nature of Amaterasu, whether Sasuke could help Itachi was one thing, but he himself would be burned to ashes first.
"Damn it!"
Coming to his senses and realizing he had acted impulsively, Sasuke could only curse helplessly.
Just like that, under Sasuke's anxious gaze, the giant snake that had swallowed the tower was burned apart after several dozen seconds of black flames.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
Immediately afterward, several figures rushed out from the central tower of the Forest of Death.
The three figures who burst out from the top of the tower were Itachi, Orochimaru, and Ohm.
The three who rushed out through the main entrance at the bottom were the first team to pass the second stage of the Chunin Exams: the Sand Siblings, Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro.
Following Itachi's instructions, they had gathered everyone unconscious in the tower together and made sure their bodies did not come into contact with those writhing chunks of flesh. Then Gaara had condensed a Sand Eye from afar to notify Itachi.
And then, well, that led to their current escape from the