As Naruto watched the crow land on his shoulder, he instantly relaxed. Although he did not know whether Itachi knew any Sealing Jutsu, Itachi gave him a reassuring sense of reliability.
Sure enough, several crows converged to form Itachi.
Once Itachi appeared, Nagato and Konan immediately turned their attention to him...
"Uchiha Itachi, you're actually still alive?"
Nagato was somewhat surprised to see Itachi again, because Black Zetsu had told them that Itachi had fought Sasuke and then been killed by him.
Yet now Itachi stood before him, perfectly fine. Nagato could even sense that Itachi had grown stronger than before.
"It's been a long time, Leader."
At the word "Leader," Nagato gave a self-mocking smile. Leader? What a joke. As their leader, he had pitifully little authority and even had to take orders from someone else...
"Leader? How laughable."
Although Nagato sounded somewhat melancholy, his hands did not stop moving.
He aimed the Asura Cannon straight at Itachi, charged it, and fired, but an attack like that could not touch Itachi.
"Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson."
As Itachi threw his shuriken, he unleashed Phoenix Flower Fire, attacking Nagato from several directions.
"Shinra Tensei."
Nagato blocked Itachi's attack with ease.
"Uchiha Itachi, I assume you know a few things about the Akatsuki?"
Hearing the implication in Nagato's words, Itachi said nothing. He simply nodded to show that he knew.
"Then do you know how to save this Shinobi World?"
Itachi smiled, pointed at Naruto, and held up a ✌.
"????" Nagato looked utterly baffled. Even if someone is manipulating and watching me from behind the scenes, you can't just flash a ✌! Uchiha Itachi, since when were you so funny?
Seeing Nagato's expression, as though he had seen a ghost, Itachi knew that he had gotten completely the wrong idea.
He