In the middle of a vast expanse of white snow, Itachi and Sasuke faced each other.
Seeing Itachi's face, Sasuke was clearly increasingly emotional and immediately demanded an answer: "Itachi, so it really is you! Why did you run?"
"Wait... what is this? Edo Tensei? The forbidden technique Orochimaru used?"
"Brother, you were revived with Edo Tensei? No way! Didn't you seal Orochimaru? Then who revived you?"
Despite being very emotional, Sasuke still had clear reasoning. He immediately noticed Itachi's strange state and recognized the Edo Tensei technique.
"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" (Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!)
Itachi, who had become Edo Tensei, suddenly attacked, launching a large fireball towards Sasuke.
With his Susano'o already active, Sasuke was not afraid at all. The fireball couldn't shake his Susano'o even slightly.
"Brother! Stop pretending! I already know everything! Konoha forced you to massacre the Uchiha clan, right? And you also protected me..."
Sasuke shouted, hoping Itachi could stop and talk to him properly. Until now, he still thought Itachi was deliberately pretending to be a villain and attacking him, just like during their last fight.
"Sasuke! Don't let your guard down! I am now controlled by the user of the jutsu. My body is moving beyond my control!"
Itachi explained, but his body didn't stop at all.
He also activated his Susano'o and gathered the Yasaka no Magatama to continue attacking Sasuke.
Sasuke defended while panicking: "What? Who's controlling you, brother?!"
"Kabuto? That guy? Orochimaru's assistant? He learned Edo Tensei? What does he want?"
"His goal is to lure you out and capture you alive. If he can't, he will kill you and take your Sharingan!"
Itachi shouted in reply, his face serious and resigned.
It wasn't clear if he was speaking for Sasuke or for someone else.
"Damn Kabuto! He dares to manipulate my brother, bastard, damn bastard!"
Sasuke was furious after hearing this.
Kabuto not only defiled his beloved brother's corpse but was now also ordering his brother to kill him!
This act of forcing brothers to kill each other, in Sasuke's eyes, was a heinous crime, almost as disgusting as the crimes committed by the Konoha leaders.
Sasuke wanted to find and kill that bastard Kabuto right now!
"Where is Kabuto now?"
"Brother, what should I do now?"
"Find a way to defeat me! Seal me!"
"Ah? How could I possibly defeat you, brother? I..."
Sasuke was shocked. Since activating his Mangekyou Sharingan and successfully using Susano'o, he had only now realized how much leeway Itachi had given him in their last fight...
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"Then, find a way to escape from here. Don't let yourself be captured or killed by me!"
"I can't! I just met you, brother. I... still have so many things I want to ask you? About the tragedy back then... Why? Why was I the only one left alive? Why didn't you kill me too?..."
Sasuke cried while demanding answers.
After finally meeting Itachi with such difficulty, how could he possibly run away immediately?
If it weren't for his brother, there was no way he would have left Danzo just to chase after and ask for the truth.
While the two fought and talked, behind Sasuke, Naruto and Kakashi, who were chasing Sasuke, also arrived at the scene.
As soon as they arrived, they immediately saw Sasuke and Itachi locked in a fierce battle.
Two giant Susano'o were fighting fiercely, turning the surrounding snowy terrain into an indistinguishable mess.
"Eh? That's really Uchiha Itachi? How is he still alive?" Naruto was shocked.
"That's Edo Tensei, don't misunderstand!" Kakashi immediately reminded him.
"Edo Tensei? Then why is he fighting Sasuke? Wasn't he the one who saved Sasuke earlier?"
Kakashi shook his head; he didn't know the reason either but could guess part of it:
"I don't know the exact reason. But it seems Itachi is being controlled by someone behind the scenes? Maybe like the First and Second Hokage who were revived by Orochimaru before."
"Maybe their target is to capture Sasuke alive; that's why they saved Sasuke earlier."
Naruto was a bit confused: "Huh? Aren't they enemies from the Akatsuki organization? Then why would they want to capture Sasuke?"
"I don't know, maybe there's another reason. Or maybe they're not from Akatsuki..."
"Kakashi-sensei, then what should we do?"
Naruto had just wanted to ask Kakashi what to do.
Behind them, in the direction of the Tetsugawa fortress, a giant explosion erupted, almost obscuring the sunlight. It was clearly Deidara's C0 explosion.
Even though they were more than ten kilometers away, the shockwave was still like a hurricane sweeping everything!
It almost blew Naruto and Kakashi away.
Even Sasuke and Itachi, who were fighting, were stunned for a moment, overwhelmed by the terrifying explosion.
After the shockwave passed, Kakashi struggled to get up from the snow.
He looked towards the fortress, his face instantly turning pale: "Bad! We're trapped, there are enemies attacking that fortress!"
Remember, Sakura, Sai, and Yamato were still inside the fortress!
With such a massive explosion, had they all perished?
Was killing all the participants of the Kage Summit the enemy's real goal?
Did they want to start a new Ninja World War?!?!
Kakashi broke out in a cold sweat, wanting to return immediately to check the situation.
Although Sasuke was important, he was not more important than the entire Konoha village and his true friends who had never betrayed the village!
"Kakashi-sensei, calm down, my clone has already sent them all to Mount Myouboku!"
Naruto held Kakashi back, gesturing for him not to worry.
His clone was destroyed in the explosion, but the related information had already returned to his original body.
Naruto knew that his clone had already used the summoning technique to send Sakura and the others to Mount Myouboku, saving them from the explosion.
"Summoning technique, huh? So that's how it is... good, very good!"
Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief, feeling very grateful. Luckily, there were Naruto's clones and the great toads of Mount Myouboku.
Otherwise, even if he could summon his pet dogs, it would be impossible to save anyone...
"By the way, what about Danzo-sama?"
"He left the fortress before us; Gamakichi didn't have time to swallow him... I don't know his current situation either."
"That's a big problem! The newly appointed Sixth Hokage, will he have to be replaced again?"
Kakashi frowned. But he didn't think too much about it.
Now wasn't the time to worry about Danzou.
A bastard like him must have survival skills; it was impossible for him to die just like that, right?
Maybe it could reduce Sasuke's reasons for revenge against Konoha...
Although thinking wasn't good, Kakashi really couldn't imagine having good feelings towards Danzo, neither in the past nor now...
If only during Pain's invasion, Danzo had been willing to show up and help fight the invaders, perhaps his reputation wouldn't be this bad...