The man in the lead had short, grayish-white hair and looked about Shisui's age. Resting on his shoulder was Hiramekarei, one of Kirigakure's seven ninja swords.
There was no need to guess who he was.
Hozuki Suigetsu's older brother, Hozuki Mangetsu!
But before Kakashi and his companion could say a word,
the enormous creature behind them-the Three-Tails-suddenly went berserk and began blasting indiscriminately.
Everyone could only retreat.
The moment Mei Terumi landed, she rushed into the collapsed house and dragged Karatachi Yagura out.
But calling it a "rescue" was really just moving a ** out.
Kushina had survived having the Nine-Tails extracted because the Uzumaki Clan were naturally as hard to kill as cockroaches.
But Karatachi Yagura had no kekkei genkai.
The instant the Three-Tails was extracted from his body, he died.
After the Third Mizukage, had another Mizukage died at the hands of the Sharingan?
Mei Terumi trembled all over with rage and roared through gritted teeth:
"You treated Kirigakure like a toy, and you dared to defile the Mizukage's name... Akatsuki, I won't spare a single one of you!"
"Obito Uchiha, you're not getting away!"
In the rainforest roughly a quarter of a kilometer from Kirigakure,
Shisui held his sword, trapping Obito between himself and Itachi.
Itachi spoke coldly:
"We've completely seen through the weakness of your Space-Time Ninjutsu. Whether you're attacking or sucking someone in, you have to materialize to do it, and you can't keep it up for very long."
Shisui continued:
"Four to five minutes at most. Otherwise, you wouldn't have needed to deliberately dodge our combination attacks while you were running."
These two brats aren't just skilled with the Sharingan. They've got brains, too.
Obito thought this, but his expression remained utterly unruffled, a smile curling his lips:
"So what? You think