Uchiha Shisui's tension was hardly contagious. The little ninja to whom he wanted to entrust the future raised his head blankly and watched a crow fly higher and higher from the branch.
It was not flying particularly fast, but with every stretch of height it gained, its body grew larger and larger... This was the enlargement effect on beasts caused by excessively abundant senjutsu Chakra.
Kitahara was not quite used to this size. Its wings trembled slightly, whipping up a small hurricane... The surrounding Mist ninja stared in shock as the crow's body blotted out the sky...
"Kitahara can grow this big?!" Uchiha Shisui's expression gradually improved. "We don't need to keep tangling with these Mist ninja. We can ride Kitahara and leave this place!"
"..."
Uchiha Itachi gave Shisui a strange look, seeming as though he wanted to speak but stopped himself.
Why would Shisui think that? Even Master Jiraiya would not dare suggest something like that!
A black feather shot down from the sky at incredible speed! It was so fast that people could even hear the air being sliced apart...
Shisui hurriedly activated his Sharingan and swung his short sword to block it!
Clang!
The sturdy short sword was severed the instant it made contact. Shisui stared at the black feather embedded in the ground, completely stunned.
Seeing this, Uchiha Itachi somehow thought of Master Jiraiya during his battle with Orochimaru. But the Mist ninja were already rushing toward them to surround them, so he should stop the crow from throwing a tantrum first...
"Kitahara! Don't accidentally hurt Shisui! He only said it without thinking, he didn't really mean to do that!"
Uchiha Itachi stood in front of his close friend and shouted at the enormous crow in the sky, drawing everyone's attention.
"Caw..."
The crow's deep