"Haha..."
Seeing that the Uchiha had all made the right choice, Uchiha An felt a surge of delight and laughed with unrestrained joy.
"Everyone, listen up! Take out the Sealing Squad first!"
"Without them, we're invincible!"
At his reminder, all the Uchiha concentrated their attacks on the Sealing Squad.
They all belonged to the same village and had once been comrades, so they knew each other well. It was easy to recognize who was in the Sealing Squad.
Now that they were enemies, the Uchiha could pick them out one by one. None of them would get away.
Just as the battle began to turn decisively one-sided, Itachi suddenly widened his eyes and shouted:
"Naruto, wake up!"
At his shout, the Nine-Tails' enormous body suddenly began to disintegrate, revealing Uzumaki Naruto deep inside it.
Uchiha An had devoted most of his attention to the Summoning Technique for Impure World Reincarnation, so naturally, he had paid less attention to the Nine-Tails.
While battling him in Pupil Power, Uchiha Itachi had secretly stirred the will of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and successfully awakened Naruto.
Once the Jinchuriki regained consciousness, the Four Symbols Seal inscribed on his lower abdomen began working again, successfully sealing the Nine-Tails away once more.
But the Nine-Tails' prolonged, fierce battle had taken a terrible toll on Naruto's body. Though he had regained consciousness, he was utterly exhausted and had completely lost the ability to fight.
"Tch!" Uchiha An scoffed, then leaped up and reached to catch Naruto as he fell from the sky.
Uchiha Itachi stepped forward to stop him, but a figure suddenly blocked his way and spoke in a heavy voice:
"Itachi, stop this!"
Itachi halted, looking at his family member before him with a conflicted expression.
"Father, are you going to stop me too?"
"Itachi..." Fugaku