The Critical Moment: Danzo Shimura Had to Be Dragged Out to Take the Blame, or It Would Be Hard to Explain

Damn! That stinking fox was completely unreliable!

Naruto's consciousness left his inner world. His eyes remained fixed on Hinata beneath Itachi's feet, and he could not tell whether she was really Hinata.

At that moment, Tsunade suddenly withdrew from the battle, arrived beside the dying Sasuke, and began treating him.

Naruto's face instantly went pale. Tsunade had actually left the fight, and she was even treating Sasuke.

That proved Hinata beneath Itachi's feet was real, while Sasuke had already been transferred to the rear.

Just as Naruto had suspected, Itachi had used Tsukuyomi Genjutsu to control Naruto, making him bring Hinata and use the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport here.

Then, he had controlled Naruto again, making him take the dying Sasuke to the rear and successfully remove Sasuke from danger.

Finally, he had controlled Naruto into returning to Hinata's side, making him raise his kunai and lock it against Itachi's.

"Itachi! I can forgive you no matter what you do, but the one thing I can never forgive is you laying a hand on Hinata." Naruto's eyes blazed with battle intent.

Itachi Uchiha thought to himself as well: Naruto Uzumaki, the Nine-Tails' jinchuriki, is completely different from what the intelligence described. He actually used my foolish younger brother to expose me... and his method is infuriating... Sasuke might really die...

Itachi Uchiha surveyed the battlefield. Kisame Hoshigaki was fighting Jiraiya, while Tsunade was treating Sasuke.

At this point, Itachi was already considering retreat. He had gone to great lengths to attack Sasuke several times, then secretly intervened to neutralize those attacks. That should have been enough to fool Kisame Hoshigaki.

If Naruto still had other tricks up his sleeve, Itachi Uchiha doubted he could withstand them. In the end, his cover would certainly be blown.

Under these circumstances,