Susanoo Ninety-Nine; Something That Gets Everywhere

Susanoo Ninety-Nine; Something That Gets Everywhere—Land of Iron border.

The rebel ninja stronghold that Shisui Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha, and Yamato had once cleared out was now nothing but broken walls and rubble.

The night wind swept through the empty streets, stirring a few dead leaves and making a desolate rustling sound.

Yet at this moment, "people" were moving within these ruins.

Three figures clad in tattered samurai armor were walking stiffly down the street.

Their movements were extremely uncoordinated, their joints making clicking, grinding sounds like puppets on strings.

Even stranger, black things resembling water plants were writhing through the gaps in their helmets.

It was hair.

"The third one..."

A deep voice rang out from high above the ruins.

Itachi Uchiha stood atop a half-collapsed tower, his scarlet Sharingan glowing like two ghostly flames in the night as he coldly looked down at the three "samurai."

Beside him, Shisui Uchiha stood with his arms folded. His usual gentle smile was gone, replaced by a grim, killing intent.

In recent days, aside from accompanying Sasuke's training,

they had been assisting Konan and Kakuzu with their operations. They had not expected that, on their way here,

they would witness this scene.

"Are these guys being controlled?"

Shisui frowned.

"Their Chakra signatures are chaotic.

And they're deliberately avoiding the light, moving only through the shadows."

Below, the three demonized samurai seemed to sense something and raised their heads at the same time.

Six dim crimson lights lit up in the darkness beneath their helmets.

"Hiss!"

They let out hissing cries like air leaking through cracks. Their movements abruptly became incredibly swift as they charged toward the tower like three black shadows!

As they ran, their limbs twisted and stretched in ways that defied Human Anatomy. Vast amounts of black hair poured from