Capture Sasori of the Red Sands Alive

"Itachi, how long are you going to stand there watching? Give me a hand."

Can't you see I'm about to get killed?

Kakashi wasn't the sort to stand on ceremony. Besides, hadn't Sasori of the Red Sands been the one to outnumber him first?

"Amaterasu!"

The moment Kakashi finished speaking, black flames erupted without warning across the dozens of Human Puppets charging toward him.

Sasori's expression changed sharply. The black flames were so fierce that, in an instant, they burned through every Chakra Thread connecting him to his Puppets.

The Human Puppets lost their connection to him and collapsed, helpless as the pitch-black flames consumed them.

Without his Puppets, Sasori was like a naked girl facing two hulking men in Kakashi and Itachi. There was nothing he could do to stop them.

A trail of blood ran from Itachi's left eye, a sign that he had pushed his Mangekyō eye technique too far.

"Lord Orochimaru said this was both official business and a personal matter for you. He told me not to interfere lightly."

But Kakashi had asked for help himself. As a fellow ninja from Konoha, Itachi couldn't stand by and let him die.

Amaterasu was hailed as the strongest offensive Mangekyō eye technique. Many had awakened it, but its power lived up to the title.

Among Mangekyō eye techniques, Amaterasu was one of the most straightforward and brutal.

Once it struck, even someone like the Fourth Raikage, who had honed his body to its limit, had to sever his arm at once to survive.

Against Human Puppets controlled with such precise Chakra Threads, flames of Amaterasu that could burn even Chakra were naturally devastating.

Without Kagutsuchi to control them, though, Amaterasu's flames could easily miss their target. There was also a real chance they would spread out of