"Spore Technique, success!"
"Tsk, tsk... these people were careless. Not a single one of them even noticed my technique."
While White Zetsu was still gloating, Black Zetsu rebuked him in a low voice:
"Enough! Stop praising yourself. This technique won't hold them for long. We've achieved our goal. We need to leave as quickly as possible while we can."
With that, Black Zetsu turned to Itachi.
Itachi nodded, turned into crows, and vanished.
Black Zetsu and White Zetsu also slipped underground and left, one after the other.
Seeing this, the Kumogakure ninja grew anxious:
"They're getting away! Stop them!"
That was what they said, but the endlessly swelling spores on their bodies were a real nuisance. Not only did they restrict their movements, they also kept absorbing their chakra.
By the time they had completely freed themselves, the enemies had long since vanished without a trace.
Except for Kisame Hoshigaki.
At that very moment, all the chakra absorbed by the Spore Technique was concentrated in Kisame's body.
Clearly, he was going to do something big.
His companions had all left. Only he remained.
Facing every Kumogakure ninja present as their enemy.
They watched Kisame stand alone with his great sword over his shoulder, his expression calm, disdain in his eyes, and a hint of mockery at the corner of his mouth.
This infuriated Raikage A.
He had just gone to all that trouble to sever the heads of those two immortal ninja, only for that newly arrived, bizarre aloe creature to carry them away.
There was also a rogue ninja from Konoha, Uchiha Itachi.
All their efforts had come to nothing at the last moment.
Now only that freak from Kirigakure, Kisame Hoshigaki, remained, still looking utterly arrogant.
The Raikage was truly displeased.
"Brat, what are you so smug about?!"