The weasel lay in wait

"Uchiha Itachi!"

Both Uchiha Obito and Konan, who had already exhausted every last bit of her strength, cried out in shock.

No one could have imagined that Uchiha Itachi would suddenly appear and attack at a time like this.

He should have died beneath the earlier Chibaku Tensei. How had he come back to life?

Konan might have wondered about that, but Obito immediately realized that Itachi had used the same power as him.

They had massacred the clan together and left the Uchiha Clan's grounds together, but they had not stayed together while carrying out the killings.

Obito had taken some Sharingan, and Danzo had taken some too. There was no guarantee that Uchiha Itachi had not taken all the remaining ones. With those Sharingan in hand, using Izanagi was perfectly possible.

But how had Uchiha Itachi learned a Ninjutsu like Izanagi?

Obito had only learned that miraculous, powerful forbidden jutsu through Uchiha Madara's instruction. Uchiha Itachi, however, had probably grasped it through his own talent alone.

Such incredible talent truly deserved the name of genius. Perhaps Uchiha Itachi really could be called the greatest Uchiha since Uchiha Madara.

"You're insane! Don't you want these eyes?!" Watching Nagato suffer damage after he took a step back, Uchiha Obito cried out anxiously.

But now he could not do that. No matter what, it was no longer an option.

Before her fingertips could touch Nagato's Rinnegan, however, Uchiha Itachi slapped her away with tremendous force. She flew in an almost level arc toward the outskirts of Amegakure, disappearing into the ruins.

"I noticed her condition before you did, Jiraiya..." Tsunade's voice sounded beside Jiraiya's ear. She had already instructed Shizune to bring out a makeshift stretcher and medical supplies.

Jiraiya was picking up speed when he suddenly sensed something flying closer