Across the vast battlefield, Sasuke strode through with an expressionless face. Allied shinobi and Akatsuki's clone army slaughtered each other madly around him, while the blood-reeking breeze occasionally stirred his hair and the hem of his clothes.
Hozuki Suigetsu followed behind with pursed lips, silently cursing that bastard for being such a poser. He clearly could have quickly gone around the battlefield, yet he insisted on passing straight through the middle. Was he afraid people wouldn't notice him?
Sure enough.
"Sasuke!!"
In the distance, Yamanaka Ino saw Sasuke's figure—the most eye-catching one in the entire village—with her golden ponytail stained in blood, and her breath caught in her throat.
Inuzuka Kiba's Ninja Dog, Akamaru, also caught Sasuke's scent and immediately barked twice to alert Kiba.
Kiba turned to look and snorted. "It really is Sasuke! That guy still loves showing off like he used to. Seriously."
Sasuke seemed to have heard Kiba's muttering. He shot him a sidelong glance, then withdrew his gaze and continued onward with his hands behind his back.
Some clones nearby also noticed Sasuke and Hozuki Suigetsu, immediately splitting off more than a dozen men to charge at them.
"I'll leave them to you," Sasuke said in a calm, indifferent tone. He did not take these clones seriously at all; in fact, he seemed to feel that touching them would dirty his hands.
Hearing this, Hozuki Suigetsu inwardly complained: He really knows how to put on an act!
Bastard!
Gritting his teeth, Hozuki Suigetsu reluctantly made his move under Sasuke's oppressive presence, chopping all the attacking clones into pieces!
Just as Sasuke and Hozuki Suigetsu reached the center of the battlefield, a piercing bird cry accompanied by a violent gale suddenly descended from the sky!
"Hm?"
Sasuke frowned and looked up, only to see a man