Shukaku slammed a fist into the Yata Mirror. The force of his rage shoved the Susanoo back dozens of meters.
Buildings collapsed in great swathes, and furrows were plowed into the ground between the city blocks.
Rasa stared blankly at the scene, his mind utterly empty.
He simply could not connect the colossal creature before him with the weak, timid Gaara he had known since childhood. There had to be some mistake somewhere—
"Dad!"
Gaara's cry from within Shukaku jolted Rasa out of his daze.
"We have to leave the city! We can't keep fighting here!"
A single simple clash between Shukaku and the Susanoo had destroyed two streets. If they kept fighting, more than half the city would become ruins before Lin Qing arrived.
Rasa came back to his senses and nodded firmly.
Shukaku slapped both hands against the ground. Sand and stone gathered beneath his feet, forming an enormous stone pillar that propelled him into the sky.
Rasa followed close behind, using Magnet Release to form a cloud of gold dust beneath his feet as he flew alongside Shukaku toward the outskirts.
Itachi Uchiha followed immediately after them.
The three of them leaped continuously, occasionally exchanging blows in midair, and vanished from the city after only a few flashes.
Iwao Genyako could not keep up with them at all and could only pursue from afar.
After leaving the city by more than ten kilometers, Rasa and Shukaku were already covered in wounds of all sizes, including two potentially fatal injuries.
Rasa had no choice but to use up the healing potion Lin Qing had mailed over earlier, barely managing to save his life.
Itachi Uchiha's ocular techniques were simply too terrifying.
Every method they used, every plan they devised, was within Itachi's grasp. Other than passively taking hits,