As for how much strength the previous two Hokage retained after being reanimated without any consciousness?
They were probably about as strong as when Orochimaru launched the Konoha Crush Plan in the original story and reanimated them back then.
But even so, they were still the First Hokage and the Second Hokage!
And there was also the Third Kazekage, who was there to round out the numbers.
Even excluding Orochimaru himself, whose condition was far from ideal, that lineup posed an extremely severe challenge for Itachi.
However, there was something else that made Itachi's expression turn even uglier.
"Orochimaru, you dare profane the souls of the previous two Hokage!"
Yes, given Itachi's beliefs, he held the previous two Hokage in the highest respect.
Yet now, the people he respected were being controlled by Orochimaru.
Itachi was utterly furious!
"Hehe, Itachi Uchiha, do you still have the leisure to worry about that? I suggest you focus on fighting the two of them first!"
If Orochimaru had felt any psychological burden over this, he would not have been Orochimaru.
After speaking, Orochimaru directly controlled the unconscious First Hokage, Second Hokage, and the Third Kazekage, who was there to make up the numbers, and sent them charging at Itachi Uchiha.
Seeing this, Itachi retreated without the slightest hesitation.
Even before the two sides had exchanged blows, he already felt immense pressure.
Although Itachi did not believe that the reanimated previous two Hokage, who could not even speak, were covered in cracks, and reeked of death, possessed their strength from when they were alive—
Even so, he knew that if he let his guard down even slightly, he would fall into the abyss of defeat in an instant!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
Whoosh.
Clang.
Three pursued while one fled, with only the occasional minor clash