Three days earlier, Kakashi had learned the two men's identities from Asuma. After a quick goodbye, he had silently followed them. He had already guessed their purpose and had to notify Jiraiya in time.
Itachi and Kisame swiftly left Konoha. On the way, Kisame asked in confusion, "Do we really need to flee so desperately? Hasn't Konoha's Hokage already been killed?"
"You were injured, weren't you?" Itachi replied without a ripple of emotion. "Don't tell me you really think you were only hurt because you were careless."
Recalling that slash, Kisame couldn't help asking, "What kind of ninjutsu was that? Controlling a blade to hurt someone without even showing himself."
"It wasn't ninjutsu." Itachi took a deep breath. "It was swordsmanship."
"Swordsmanship? Impossible." Kisame was skeptical. That swordsmanship was already beyond his understanding.
Itachi closed his eyes in thought for a while before saying slowly, "Of all the ninja who use blades in the Shinobi World today, his swordsmanship ranks first."
At those words, Kisame asked with a defiant look, "Who is he?"
"The Konoha White Fang's student, the Anbu captain, Anyo."
There was one other identity Itachi left unspoken.
"I've heard of the Konoha White Fang, but I've never heard that name." The name was completely unfamiliar to Kisame.
"That's precisely what's frightening. You don't even have any intelligence on a ninja that powerful. If you encountered him alone, you would certainly die." Itachi had already known Anyo's methods very well as a child. With all these years having passed, he could only be stronger.
Kisame suddenly recalled an old rumor from Kirigakure. His expression darkened, and he said slowly, "Decades ago, a young blade wielder from the Uchiha Clan stormed into Kirigakure alone. Not only did he suppress the previous Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist with his