"Go!"
Uchiha Itachi blinked, the pattern of his Mangekyō Sharingan disappearing and becoming the Three-Tomoe Sharingan before his eyes returned to normal.
Clack!
Kisame Hoshigaki, whose injuries had completely healed, curled his lips into a smile, strapped Samehada onto his back, and followed Uchiha Itachi.
"What a shame. Samehada is quite unhappy. It doesn't like Shihōin Naraku's chakra, but replenishing a little chakra would still have been nice."
Despite his dissatisfaction, Kisame Hoshigaki still followed Uchiha Itachi away.
"He'll come after us!"
Uchiha Itachi gave Kisame Hoshigaki a look of absolute certainty.
His meaning was clear: if Kisame wanted revenge, he would still have a chance.
"I see. He really is a dangerous enemy, then."
The fight just now had been far too frustrating. Kisame Hoshigaki had been suppressed by Shihōin Naraku before he could use many of his abilities, which left him rather annoyed.
At first, Kisame Hoshigaki had stepped forward to help Uchiha Itachi block the immensely powerful slash. But Shihōin Naraku had seized the opportunity and dazed him with a barrage of attacks raining down on his head. By the time he reacted, he was already injured and could only be completely suppressed.
He still had plenty of tricks he hadn't used, which was why Kisame Hoshigaki was so dissatisfied.
"Then, Mr. Itachi, how much information can you tell me about Shihōin Naraku? All I knew before was that he was an excellent medical ninja. Now it seems there was a rather fatal error in that information!"
Uchiha Itachi pondered for a while, then shook his head and said, "I'm not very familiar with Shihōin Naraku. Aside from knowing that he's a student of Tsunade, one of the Sannin, and that he's become one of Konoha's higher-ups, the most I know is that he's a medical ninja!"