Uchiha Doesn't Understand Comrades

Uchiha Doesn't Understand Comrades

In truth, Itachi Uchiha had not intended to show his hand at this point.

Faking his death had been even further from his plans.

Ideally, after dealing with everyone else, he would face Konan in a final battle and use his hidden advantage—his true body was the blade—to claim victory.

But in that last situation, he truly had no way to escape. The nature of his class left him with few skills he could use for that.

His attempt to play dead had been crude.

So crude that anyone who thought about it carefully would realize something was wrong.

When Konan had let Touko Aozaki hold the blade instead of holding it herself, Itachi Uchiha had known she had spotted a clue to his hidden advantage. It was no longer an advantage. It could become his weakness instead.

So—

He could not wait until the end. Now was his best chance to take Konan out!

Only a brief moment passed between Itachi Uchiha's killing intent flaring and his blade closing in on Konan. The skill wrapped around his entire body, Incursio, had been preparation for this moment too.

Bang!

His blade flashed through a puppet that tried to block him.

Boom!

The blade tore through the few talismans she had left.

They bought her a split second, but with so few talismans remaining, that instant did Konan no good.

She could neither block the killing blow nor escape its reach.

All she could do was throw Ryougi Shiki, who had swallowed a Red Potion, toward Touko Aozaki.

"Run."

Konan had time for only one word.

Her face was calm.

This was, after all, only an event where Badges could not be stolen. She had lost, but it was not a final defeat.

Her only worry was