"Itachi, don't run!"
Sasuke shouted as he chased Itachi on the Clay Bird through the air.
Kabuto Yakushi had seen through the conflict between the Uchiha brothers, and this time, his plan had clearly worked. After Itachi and Sasuke met, the already delicate relationship between the Akatsuki Organization and the Ninja Village Allied Forces suddenly became tense.
From the perspective of either side, neither the Akatsuki Organization nor the Ninja Village Allied Forces wanted to start a major battle before capturing Orochimaru.
Sasuke understood that too, but whenever Itachi was involved, he could no longer remain rational.
Sasuke chased ahead while Kakashi and the others followed closely behind.
Yakumo said, "Kakashi-sensei, if Kabuto Yakushi has been disguised as Orochimaru this whole time and keeping us pinned down here, then the real Orochimaru has probably already escaped this area!"
"Mm!"
Kakashi nodded lightly.
That also explained why Jiraiya had been nowhere to be seen these past few days. Clearly, Jiraiya had been chasing Orochimaru out of this forest from the very beginning.
Tokuma Hyuga's expression darkened. "Damn it, so Kabuto Yakushi has been playing us for fools all along!"
Muta Aburame, Tsume Inuzuka, and the others did not look too good either.
They had previously been severely wounded by Dan Katō's Impure World Body, controlled by Kabuto Yakushi, and had nearly lost their lives. Now they had once again been held up here for several days by Kabuto Yakushi, who had disguised himself as Orochimaru. Their old and new grudges had piled up together.
The latter in particular had left them deeply humiliated.
Tokuma Hyuga, Muta Aburame, and Tsume Inuzuka had been specially dispatched by their villages to join the elite team as scouts. Yet the three of them, possessing the Byakugan, Kikaichū, and Ninja Dogs respectively, had all failed to