Inside the enormous water sphere, Hidden Mist Village gained a tremendous boost.
But after entering it, Uchiha Shisui's speed was greatly reduced. Using the Phantom Body Flicker Technique again was impossible.
However, he had no intention of getting entangled with Kakuzu. Instead, he swam toward Itachi.
There was a Hidden Mist ninja beside Itachi.
He held up a translucent bubble, enclosing Itachi within it.
It was a Water Release ninjutsu capable of supplying oxygen in reverse, called the Bubble Technique.
It was one of Hidden Mist Village's basic ninjutsu.
After all, if Hidden Mist Village frequently fought at sea only to drown themselves, that would be far too ridiculous.
After Shisui held his breath and swam over, the Hidden Mist ninja opened his mouth and spat out another bubble, enclosing Shisui as well.
Then he brought his hands together, and the two bubbles immediately merged into one large bubble.
Shisui bent down to inspect Itachi's eyes. He paused for a beat before withdrawing his gaze.
He discovered that Itachi had overdrawn his ocular power, and his eyes were struggling to bear the strain.
In this battle, neither the combat objective nor the strategic objective mattered more than Itachi's safety.
Shisui no longer intended to go out and fight. He remained at Itachi's side to guard him.
Karatachi Yagura's injuries had yet to recover, but once he was surrounded by water, he felt much more at ease.
After all, this was the terrain they knew best.
Aside from him, Mei Terumī and several other Hidden Mist ninjas did not remain hidden inside the bubbles.
After all, they could still fight effectively within the water sphere.
But when they looked across the battlefield—
They realized that they could not interfere with the battle outside at all.
The Hidden Cloud people had come