"The black flame that never dies... Amaterasu!"
Blood ran from Itachi's right eye, and a mass of black flames landed just behind Han.
"Shit! What the fuck is that?"
Whatever it was, it couldn't be good!
Han went full throttle, his legs moving so fast they left afterimages!
Yet the black flames were still chasing him, keeping terrifyingly close!
Han glanced at Uchiha Itachi and saw his Mangekyō Sharingan streaming bloody tears.
He knew the Sharingan well, of course. Xuanhui had pinned him down and beaten him for three days, after all. He had seen all sorts of tomoe patterns.
Is that his dojutsu?
In that moment of hesitation, Itachi had already turned toward him!
His gaze fell on Han's armor, and roaring black flames immediately engulfed Han!
"Flames that stick to you?"
Han tried to shake the flames off with sheer speed, but they wouldn't budge. He didn't dare pat them out, either, afraid his hands would catch fire too.
"Five-Tails! Big sis! Can I call you big sis?
Please don't ignore me today! These two seem to be after you!"
(I couldn't find her gender either, but Kokuō's voice actor is female, so the Five-Tails is female in this book...
Actually, do tailed beasts even have genders? Never mind, it doesn't matter...)
Although Kokuō didn't reply, a tailed beast's Chakra Cloak seeped out of his body, keeping the black flames confined to its surface.
She deliberately shed part of the cloak, dropping the black flames onto the ground.
"Phew! Good thing I kept my cool..."
"..."
Kisame sat on a nearby rock. He clicked his tongue and remarked to Zetsu beside him.
"What a shame. Even Amaterasu's been countered!"
"Nothing to be done about it. The ninja Itachi picked is a bad matchup for him."
After saying that,