Meanwhile, after Blood Shadow Soji faced Reanimated Hashirama Senju, Naruto and Sasuke reached Itachi Uchiha's side at the critical moment.
At that very moment, Itachi's Chakra was finally exhausted. Even his first-stage half-body skeletal Susanoo could no longer be maintained.
"Hah."
Like a candle flickering in the wind, Itachi's first-stage half-body skeletal Susanoo completely dissipated into the air.
"Pant... pant... Naruto, Sasuke?"
Seeing the two figures standing in front of him, Itachi panted heavily as he spoke weakly.
"Brother, I'm here to help you!"
"Principal, leave the rest to us!"
Sasuke and Naruto spoke in succession.
Seeing this, Itachi struggled to stand, but his Chakra had been completely depleted. On top of that, he had inhaled quite a bit of poisonous pollen earlier, leaving his body completely unable to move.
However, Itachi was extremely anxious.
One was his younger brother, and the other was his younger brother's best friend. How could he be willing to just watch the two of them stand before him like this?
"Naruto, Sasuke, get out of here! Orochimaru isn't someone you can handle!"
Although his body could not move, Itachi's voice was filled with deep urgency and concern.
As for Sasuke, Itachi both wanted to protect him beneath his wings and hoped to see what he would become once he had grown stronger.
Perhaps that was the complicated mindset of an overprotective older brother.
But wasn't Sasuke just as much of a brother-obsessed younger brother?
When he saw his brother fall into an unprecedented state of weakness, the anger in his heart erupted.
Thus, he ignored Itachi's warning entirely and charged out directly after Naruto.
As for Orochimaru on the other side, his expression had long since turned black as the bottom of a pot.
He had clearly worn Itachi down until he was at