"Bastard! Get out of my way!" Naruto's body blazed with a pale golden radiance as countless ninjutsu rained down on the masked man, Tobi, as though they cost nothing.
Only Naruto had the resources for that. With his immense chakra reserves, casting those A-rank ninjutsu was effortless for him, not to mention that in a crisis, he had the Nine-Tails' chakra as a safeguard.
Tobi did not even need to move. He simply stood there, calmly watching Naruto's ninjutsu pass straight through his body.
"Rumble!"
At that moment, a violent roar sounded in the distance. A dazzling red light immediately appeared before everyone present. Ueno Kei deliberately exposed an opening, swiftly forcing Kisame Hoshigaki back and breaking free of Deidara's restraint.
He flashed back to Naruto's side, his expression grim as he stared toward the region where the red light flickered.
At the same time, a faint trace of delight flashed across the masked man's hidden face. A figure suddenly sprang out from beneath the branches—it was Zetsu, who had been monitoring Sasuke and Itachi's battle.
"The battle is over. Sasuke won! Itachi Uchiha died on the spot!" White Zetsu chuckled softly, an eerie smile on his face, while Black Zetsu's half wore a cold, emotionless expression.
"Is that so? Hehe." Tobi gave a light laugh, as though he had foreseen the outcome long ago.
"Sasuke won!?" A flicker of joy crossed Sakura's face as she murmured softly.
"Sasuke..." Joy, distress, and complicated emotions flashed across Naruto's face. He seemed happy that his closest friend had avenged himself, yet also seemed worried about something. That was what gave his expression such a strange complexity.
Ueno Kei's expression, meanwhile, turned somewhat grim. His brows furrowed slightly, as though Itachi's death had a major impact on something important to him.
"Then, until