Clang!
Clang!
Clang!
Pain and Kakuzu attacked Fugaku from two directions. Pain's Black Rod and Kakuzu's kunai kept striking the kunai in Fugaku's hand, ringing out with metallic clashes.
Fugaku retreated step by step.
Against two opponents, his disadvantage was obvious.
After all, Pain and Kakuzu were nothing like Juzo Biwa.
These two had real skill.
But then,
just as they thought they had Fugaku firmly suppressed, his footsteps suddenly halted.
Whoosh!
After rapidly pulling back, he stopped in place.
From several meters away, he hurled the kunai in his hand straight at Kakuzu.
Swish!
Kakuzu could safely say he knew kunai inside out.
Back then, he had used one to ambush Hashirama, the God of Shinobi, from four hundred kilometers away.
Though he hadn't hit him...
When it came to kunai, he had his own pride!
As the seemingly aimless kunai flew toward him, Kakuzu snapped his hand up.
Whoosh!
He caught it securely in midair.
His palm hardened like rock.
"Your kunai skills are nowhere near what mine were back then."
Kakuzu sneered disdainfully.
But in the next instant, his laughter died.
The Mangekyo in Fugaku's eyes rotated slightly, and crimson light rose from beneath his feet.
A hulking giant rose from the ground!
Rumble!
A violent rumbling came from the cave ceiling as the Susanoo's head pressed against its highest point.
And that wasn't all!
The Susanoo kept growing, finally punching a massive hole through the cave roof.
Pain: ?
Kakuzu: ?
Rumble!
Rocks kept tumbling down, forcing Kakuzu and Pain to dodge from side to side.
They avoided the falling rocks.
Fugaku's Crimson Susanoo towered high above them, looking down at the two men below.
It thrust a blade at Pain, who sidestepped it.
The Susanoo thrust another blade at Kakuzu, who charged forward desperately.
Fugaku's