The black-and-purple beam flickered with dancing particles, its aura of destruction accompanied by roars of four different emotions as it shot toward the former Root Base enclosed by the Wood Locking Wall.
The instant the beam collided with the Wood Locking Wall, Tenzo shuddered violently. The beam pierced the wall's outer shell almost instantly, and only his constant supply of chakra into the wall kept patching it up.
Beads of sweat rolled down his forehead. Like Naruto back in the base earlier, he had to press both hands firmly against the ground, lest a single lapse let the beam blast straight into the base.
The enemy did not care about White Zetsu, but Tenzo cared about the members of Root.
These were all his sub... companions as close as brothers! Once he outlasted Itachi and took over, they would be his best subordinates.
How could he let them die here?
"Tenzo!"
Itachi's voice reached Tenzo's ears. He raised his head with difficulty and looked at Itachi, who had leaped onto the Wood Locking Wall.
"Open a path for me!"
Tenzo looked at the figure whose black robe fluttered in the wind, and his lips twitched.
"Seriously, you just have to steal all the limelight."
Though he kept grumbling, Tenzo increased his chakra output.
In an instant, the Wood Locking Wall beneath Itachi's feet spread rapidly, shooting into the sky like a thrown kunai.
Tenzo's face turned deathly pale at that moment, leaving him looking utterly drained.
(Perhaps he really could compete with Hayate for the title of Konoha's most feeble man!)
Itachi flickered swiftly along the path created at the cost of Tenzo overdrawing his chakra. In less than two breaths, he had reached the Satori that had just blown him away.
"Amaterasu~"
During their rest, Itachi had already exchanged