Kisame Hoshigaki had not expected Uchiha Shisui to arrive as backup so quickly.
Deidara and Juzo Biwa had only exchanged a few blows before he showed up.
"Kisame, let's take him on!" Juzo Biwa snorted, lifting the Kubikiribōchō with one hand.
"You can't use ninjutsu right now, and Uchiha Shisui isn't our only problem. Another elite jonin, Hatake Kakashi, will be here soon. The risk is too high."
Kisame Hoshigaki knew that, as one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, Juzo Biwa ranked among the best ninja in taijutsu. But if he could not even use ninjutsu, dealing with Uchiha Shisui and the approaching Hatake Kakashi would be difficult indeed.
"The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist?" Uchiha Shisui recognized the Samehada on Kisame Hoshigaki's back and the Kubikiribōchō in Juzo Biwa's hand at a glance.
But he also knew that most of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist had already defected from Kirigakure, leaving only Chōjūrō behind. These two were most likely rogue ninja from Kirigakure.
"Be careful. He seems to be after that brat Naruto," Deidara warned Uchiha Shisui from the air.
"Don't worry. Naruto is with Hatake Kakashi. He'll be fine." Uchiha Shisui swung his ninja blade a few times. "The opponents we need to face right now are these two!"
By then, most of the ninja in the camp had also rushed over.
More than a dozen ninja surrounded Kisame Hoshigaki and Juzo Biwa, with Uchiha Sasuke among them.
"Everyone else went to guard Naruto. We're here to back you up!" Uchiha Sasuke told Uchiha Shisui.
Shisui shook his head. "You're no match for them. They're members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist!"
The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist?
Sasuke froze. As he looked at Kisame Hoshigaki and Juzo Biwa,