Shisui, Itachi, Minato Namikaze, and Naruto all turned their eyes toward Kakuzu.
Kakuzu was panicking inside, but remembering that Orochimaru and Sasori were beside him calmed him down considerably.
"Ahem... Shisui Uchiha, I'm not here to stir up trouble. I'm simply representing the Akatsuki in sincerely inviting you to join us."
Shisui froze for a moment at his words.
"Join you? What nonsense are you talking about?"
Seeing Shisui reject him without even considering it, Kakuzu fell silent for three seconds before nodding. "Then sorry for bothering you!"
With that, Kakuzu turned and walked away.
Seeing Kakuzu leave, Sasori and Orochimaru naturally followed.
Shisui, on the other hand, was left rather bewildered.
Still... Shisui certainly couldn't let Kakuzu leave so easily.
After being fooled so many times, Shisui had finally wised up.
Something had to be wrong when things were this strange. Kakuzu had come charging in, so there was no way he had only come to say, "Join our Akatsuki!"
Kakuzu: Yeah! My plan was to have my buddies beat you into agreeing if you refused, but... who knew you had the Fourth Hokage standing behind you...?
Finding Kakuzu's behavior suspicious, Shisui struck without hesitation, targeting Kakuzu himself. He completely ignored the little girl and boy beside him.
Sensing the sharp killing intent behind him, Kakuzu immediately turned around, activated Earth Grudge Fear, and entered combat mode.
Seeing this, Sasori and Orochimaru reluctantly readied themselves for battle, prepared to strike at any moment.
Meanwhile, the battle between Shisui and Kakuzu had already begun.
Unlike before, Shisui was extremely aggressive this time, repeatedly using the Body Flicker Technique with the sole aim of killing Kakuzu as quickly as possible.
Naruto saw what Shisui was trying to do and hurriedly shouted, **"Shisui, Kakuzu has five hearts! Destroy all five, and