["So this is Susanoo!" Kabuto, hidden in the shadows, sighed as he withdrew the white snake whose head had already been severed.]
["That was too ruthless, Sasuke. I told you not to kill him!" Rather than showing any joy at the sight, Itachi reprimanded him.]
[But Sasuke did not care. "He has already obtained Orochimaru's power. He won't die that easily."]
[The next moment, the two brothers worked together. Itachi pulled at the two giant snakes, dragging Kabuto's figure forward, while Sasuke rapidly closed in and tore off Kabuto's hood!]
[But the result was unexpected. Beneath the hood was actually a mass of snakes.]
[Sasuke let those snakes escape because of a momentary lapse in attention.]
["Don't even think about running!"]
[But in the next instant, Sasuke's Mangekyō vision identified which snake was Kabuto's true body, and he hurled his longsword at it!]
[Clang!]
[The longsword pinned the snake to the ground, but even that could not stop it from moving forward. It allowed the sword to split its tail cleanly in two, then escaped into the darkness.]
[Sasuke sneered at the sight. "You're far too sneaky, aren't you?"]
["Not only did you hide your face, but this time you've hidden your entire body too."]
[He looked at the cloak Kabuto had left on the ground and said disdainfully, "You even discarded your skin. You're just an inferior version implanted with Orochimaru's leftovers."]
[After a long while, Kabuto's hoarse voice appeared once more.]
["Sasuke, are you looking down on me?"]
[Sasuke followed the voice, only to discover that every stone pillar in the cave carried Kabuto's Chakra signature. There was no way to tell them apart.]
[Meanwhile, the snakes in Itachi's Susanoo gradually liquefied before turning into something like shed snakeskin.]
[Kabuto's voice rang out at just the right moment.