"What?!"
Just as Houka's killing intent settled over Kisame Hoshigaki, Kisame felt Samehada, raised above his head, become as heavy as a mountain. Worse still, he had the terrifying premonition that if he forcibly brought Samehada down, he would die.
This feeling...
There was no mistaking it!
"I never expected you to be here too!"
Cold sweat beaded on Kisame Hoshigaki's forehead as he looked around, searching for a route of escape.
Although Uchiha Itachi stood beside him, recalling how they had joined forces against Uchiha Houka years ago only to suffer a crushing defeat left him with no sense of security whatsoever.
"That voice..." A trace of surprise suddenly appeared on Naruto's despairing face. The voice felt incredibly familiar, as though he heard it often.
"So you're here too." Uchiha Itachi released Sasuke's wrist, then kicked him away.
"Urgh!"
Sasuke rolled across the ground twice in a sorry state before nimbly scrambling back to his feet.
Click.
The door opened, and Houka walked out carrying a Konoha Fried Chicken family bucket.
"Uncle!!" The moment Naruto saw Houka, delight flashed in his eyes. But then he remembered that Houka had betrayed Konoha and deliberately turned his head away, wearing a tsundere expression that clearly said, I don't know you, so don't talk to me, or I'll get mad. Yet his eyes honestly kept sneaking glances at Houka.
Sasuke immediately ran over, dropped to his knees, and cried out for Houka to kill Uchiha Itachi and avenge the Uchiha Clan.
Uchiha Itachi looked at Sasuke's cowardly, tearful display. His face remained expressionless, but inwardly, he felt a frustrated resentment at his failure to live up to expectations.
He had done so much solely in the hope that his younger brother would learn from humiliation amid hatred and grow stronger. Yet now,