Seeing Sasuke covered in wounds and looking utterly miserable, Shisui swallowed the reprimand that had risen to his lips. He could only sigh inwardly, Ah, I really shouldn't have let Sasuke take on such a dangerous mission!
He knew that ever since his failure in the Chunin Exams, Sasuke had been holding back a breath, looking for an opportunity to prove himself.
This mission had also been far too rushed. From assembling and setting out to encountering the enemy, the entire process had taken only a few dozen minutes. Of that, he had had barely ten minutes on the road to devise tactics, so he simply had not had time to give Sasuke a detailed briefing on the Akatsuki members.
Not to mention, even he had not expected the Akatsuki to turn the Jinchuriki they had captured from various villages into the "Six Paths of Pain."
Very quickly, Shisui shifted his gaze to Killer B across from him.
From Sasuke's earlier account, he knew that Killer B of Kumogakure had likely been turned by the Akatsuki into the "Preta Path" of the "Six Paths of Pain," possessing the ability to absorb ninjutsu.
The thought made his expression beneath the mask incomparably grave.
In taijutsu alone, Killer B of Kumogakure could be called the strongest among the Jinchuriki. Even across the entire Ninja World, there were only a handful who could surpass him in taijutsu.
Now that he also possessed the Preta Path's ability to absorb ninjutsu, an ability capable of absorbing nearly all ninjutsu, including Kekkei Genkai, and even absorbing to some extent certain Senjutsu with lower concentrations of senjutsu chakra. In the original timeline, the senjutsu "Goemon," performed jointly by Jiraiya and the two great toad sages, had once been absorbed by the Preta Path.
Furthermore, with Nagato's current