Inari Anko (x)
Inari Kakashi (✓)!
The power Inari Ōkami could wield in battle was proportional to the strength of the host!
Furthermore... his host could be a believer, or a compatible nonbeliever, but there was a limit for the latter. Kakashi Hatake was the strongest nonbeliever Inari Ōkami could possess!
His goal was to hunt Orochimaru. Naturally, Kakashi, who could maximize his fighting power, was the ideal host.
But his calculations showed that even at maximum strength, he might not be able to force Orochimaru to surrender. To gain a greater advantage, he had used "Inari Transformation" to disguise himself as Orochimaru's student, Mitaraishi Anko!
With that identity, Orochimaru would inevitably hold back during their battle, increasing the chances of killing him!
Yet this ingenious disguise had still been exposed!
Inari Kakashi revealed his true appearance.
Orochimaru's expression hardened. "To convince me that the body you possessed was Anko's... you deliberately used only Fire Release at the start of our fight, then made a show of granting her the other chakra types she lacked."
Inari Kakashi crouched like a fox on the torii's crossbeam, licking the back of his hand.
"Fufufu~ Of course I had to keep up the whole act. But I'm really curious—how did you figure it out? Other than 'Indra,' no one has ever seen through my 'Inari Transformation'~!"
Orochimaru offered no explanation.
At that moment, his anger flared for the first time in ages.
In two days... Sasuke's Ayekashi would activate!
Yet this cunning fox before him had toyed with him for ten whole days using an illusion!
If Sasuke had not... released his other consciousness from Anko's Cursed Seal outside, he would still have been kept in the dark.
Boom!!
Kurama's golden form towered over the battlefield!
Dark waves surged and gathered before the