Suddenly, Kakashi spotted the turmoil in the distance, caused by Sasuke unleashing Kirin.
He said to Hinata, "Hinata, check our four o'clock!"
Everyone grew serious, putting their petty squabble behind them.
Hinata activated her Byakugan and observed the chaos ten kilometers away.
"There's extremely powerful chakra about ten kilometers from here."
"And... what's this? I can see the forest burning, and the flames are black."
Amaterasu?!
Kakashi's eye widened. Only Amaterasu's flames were black, which meant Sasuke and Itachi were fighting ten kilometers away, in their four o'clock direction.
But now, Obito was blocking their path, and they couldn't break through.
Hinata deactivated her Byakugan. Observing such distant locations consumed enormous amounts of chakra; she couldn't keep watching the brothers' battle ten kilometers away.
Sakura was growing anxious. As far as everyone was concerned, Sasuke was still no match for Itachi.
If the fight continued, Itachi would kill Sasuke.
But Obito was still blocking their way.
Naruto could get past him, but he couldn't protect his companions. They seemed to have become burdens that Obito could use to threaten him.
And Naruto was no longer as determined to bring Sasuke back as he had been before.
Between Naruto and Sakura, Naruto had been the one who wanted to bring Sasuke back the most.
Now that Naruto had wised up and no longer considered Sasuke his closest friend, Sakura was left fighting alone.
But how could they break out of Obito's encirclement?
She had to do something.
"Bastard!"
Sakura clenched her fist and swung at Obito.
Liao Wu wasn't really standing there doing nothing, simply waiting for Itachi and Sasuke to settle their fight so Obito could claim Sasuke and emerge as the ultimate winner.
Quietly, one of Liao Wu's Wood Clones hidden in the dense forest slipped underground, crossed Obito's