Naruto wore a smug look as he thought, Itachi, let's see what you do next.
Itachi Uchiha suddenly drew a kunai and stabbed it toward Sasuke.
Itachi Uchiha's action greatly shocked Naruto.
"Don't even think about it." Jiraiya rapidly formed hand seals and used the Summoning Technique to summon the Iron Wall Toad.
The Iron Wall Toad's arms were covered in iron armor, blocking Itachi Uchiha's kunai strike for Sasuke.
Itachi Uchiha thought, As expected of Lord Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin. He moved so quickly. I knew Jiraiya would definitely block this attack before I could reach Sasuke.
Itachi was gambling that Jiraiya would intervene.
Just as Itachi had expected, Jiraiya really did act. Itachi had never intended to kill Sasuke; his goal was merely to deceive Kisame Hoshigaki.
Naruto froze. You bastard, Itachi. You actually used Jiraiya to pull the wool over their eyes...
Itachi stared fixedly at Sasuke. Seeing that his attack had missed and failed to take Sasuke's life, his face seemed to show regret.
Seeing Itachi's expression, Naruto thought, You're really good at acting, but I won't let you fool everyone so easily.
Naruto had long since left a Flying Thunder God Formula mark on Sasuke.
Not long ago, Naruto had used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport behind Sasuke. He had even mocked Sasuke, saying Sasuke could activate his Sharingan first and, once he was ready, they could do it again.
Now, Naruto directly teleported to Sasuke's side and said, "Sasuke! I'm here to save you!"
Naruto sensed Hinata's location. Since she also had a Flying Thunder God Technique formula mark on her, he then teleported to her side.
Tsunade was dumbfounded!
Hinata was stunned!
Itachi Uchiha cursed internally!
"Hehehehe..." Kisame Hoshigaki laughed aloud.
Jiraiya roared, "Naruto—what the hell are you doing—"