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A billowing Akatsuki Cloak.
The massive Samehada sword strapped to his back.
And that unmistakable shark face.
The figure was none other than Kisame Hoshigaki, who had been guarding the castle entrance earlier, keeping watch while Itachi and Sasuke fought. He had sensed something amiss inside as soon as the brothers' battle ended.
Setting aside Obito's later appearance, the terrifying chakra surge Naruto had unleashed was crystal clear within Kisame's range of perception.
More or less, Naruto had forced Obito to retreat, and Kisame had arrived on the scene moments later.
Naruto sensed the arrival of this human Tailed Beast at once. Itachi and Sasuke, however, were too drained to notice Kisame. Seeing that he didn't make any unusual moves, Naruto couldn't be bothered with him.
After teleporting Itachi and Sasuke away, Naruto activated the Flying Thunder God Formula and left as well.
Itachi was still alive, so Kisame might not side with Obito. And even if he did, given the current strength of Naruto's team, there was no real need to worry about Kisame. With the Six Great Ninja Villages, the Akatsuki, and Madara lurking behind the scenes all involved in the coming conflict, a mere Kage Level figure could no longer make any decisive difference.
The coming "war" belonged to the age of the super-kage, or even those at Six Paths Level.
The rest of the people didn't even qualify as supporting characters.
Kisame could only play a minor supporting role onstage, one with a certain degree of "screen time."
Naruto truly didn't need to spend much effort dealing with him.
Of course, as mentioned earlier, Naruto couldn't be absolutely sure that Kisame was an enemy.
Back when he'd read the