Uchiha Itachi had gone ahead of the four members of Team 7 to scout the area. He had intended to wait there for his students, but a long time had passed without any sign of them.
Worried that something might have happened to them, Itachi hurried back to check. He saw Delta standing on Boruto and aiming her fist at Kawaki. Without a second thought, he activated Susanoo and drove Delta away.
He shielded the two boys behind him.
Standing inside Itachi's Susanoo, Boruto gazed at the red bones with stars in his eyes. He absolutely loved it.
Itachi also noticed that all his students had suffered quite a few injuries. Boruto's face, in particular, was swollen beyond recognition, while Kawaki was even worse off-he had lost an entire arm. Then Itachi checked his niece. Whew, thank goodness. Only minor injuries. Mitsuki seemed to be doing all right, too.
"All right. Leave the rest of this fight to your teacher."
"Uncle, be careful. That woman's abilities are strange. She can absorb ninjutsu."
Sarada warned him, and Itachi nodded. Akatsuki, the organization he had once belonged to, had possessed a similar ability.
"Understood, Little Peanut. You all find somewhere safe to hide. I'll take it from here."
Pain of Akatsuki had possessed a Preta Path that could also absorb chakra.
With that information, the fight became easy for Itachi. Since his enemy could absorb ninjutsu, he would defeat her using something she could not absorb.
Itachi controlled his Susanoo, taking it straight into its third form, the Crow Tengu.
The Susanoo, which had been nothing but a skeleton, instantly grew flesh and gained Tengu Armor over its existing frame. It swung its arm.
The blow came straight at Delta. It was her first time seeing such a colossal creature. *How was