blogombal Chapter 564 Battle against Deidara, Naruto and Itachi
Chapter 564 Battle against Deidara, Naruto and Itachi
"Well, no need for that! It's just a rogue Iwagakure ninja, Deidara. Why use a sledgehammer to crack a nut?!" Ishikawa directly severed Shukaku's power with a faint smile and a cold snort. Now was not the time to reveal that he was a Jinchuriki.
"Damn it! What do you mean by this...?" Deidara, who was also staring at Ishikawa in mid-air, was furious upon hearing this.
What an arrogant tone and attitude! What kind of class does this guy belong in that he dares to spout even more nonsense than that bastard Itachi Uchiha?!
"It means exactly what it says, is there a problem?" Ishikawa's expression turned cold as he drew his long sword, his body crackling with electricity. "Sorry, my specialty is countering your Lightning Release."
Almost the instant he finished speaking, Ishikawa formed a hand seal with his right eye and swung his white fang-shaped longsword fiercely, unleashing "Lightning Release: Swift Lightning Blade..."
With a crackling sound and a burst of lightning, dozens of white, lightning-shaped bolts of thunder roared out and crashed towards Deidara.
"So fast! There was no hand seal at all." Deidara's expression changed drastically, and he quickly dodged with a sudden upward pull of his flying bird.
While dodging, he flicked his hands and hundreds of clay spiders fell from the sky, covering Ishikawa.
"I've already said it, my specialty is countering your Lightning Release." Looking at the dense, rain-like swarm of clay spiders, Ishikawa smiled faintly and, without any intention of dodging, threw out two shuriken that shone with lightning.
The next instant, the right eye simultaneously completed the hand seal.
"Lightning Release: Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique..."
In an instant, a dense beam of light, resembling countless laser rays, erupted, directly covering all the clay spiders and continuing its relentless attack on Deidara.
"Damn it! This guy is definitely not some easy little minion to deal with..." Deidara cursed under his breath, thinking of Itachi's words. He immediately opened his mouth and spat out a stream of clay that transformed into a C2 dragon.
With a loud bang, he exploded into the air to buy time, and Deidara climbed up again to widen the distance.
"You Konoha bastard, I admit you're no ordinary Jonin. But that's no advantage against someone who can fly like me. Even if your Lightning Release is my nemesis, it's all for nothing if you can't hit me!"
"If you want the Kazekage's corpse, then catch up with me first..." Deidara roared and laughed wildly at the crowd below, then changed tactics and flew away.
This location is too close to Brother Scorpion, so large-scale explosive clay attacks cannot be used. Therefore, as long as the enemy is lured to a different position, he can use Number 18 to launch a saturation attack and directly cover them with firepower.
"Oh? Do you think you can do whatever you want just because you can fly??" After quickly flying hundreds of meters away and completing the No. 18 doll bomb, Deidara was about to look down to find a target to throw when a cold snort suddenly came to his ear, making his pupils shrink as if struck by lightning.
"Sizzle, plop..."
Almost simultaneously, a crackling sound of electricity rang out, and Deidara felt a numbness throughout his body as a lightning blade pierced straight through his chest!
【How...how could this be?】
Looking down at the white fang-like longsword piercing through his back and chest, Deidara's face turned deathly pale as he stiffly turned his head, his pupils dilating. "You...you can fly too??"
“Sorry, flying isn’t your exclusive ninjutsu,” Ishikawa said with a playful smile, his pale purple peacock wings gleaming brightly behind him.
With that, he waved his hand and a lightning arrow slashed through the clay bird's claws, severing it. Simultaneously, a chakra rope extended from the tip of his wings and quickly caught Gaara as he plummeted to the ground.
"If this is all the power you have, then it ends here..." Like the whisper of death, Ishikawa sighed softly. His white-fanged longsword flashed with lightning and thunder in an instant!
Meanwhile, in a small town on the border of the Land of Fire.
"Damn it, why haven't the Akatsuki guys come looking for me yet? My shadow clones are all used up again. Could it be that they're not even around here?"
Under the lush shade of the trees, Naruto wiped the sweat from his brow and looked around at the peaceful forest with a mixture of surprise and uncertainty.
Today, Sasuke has questioned his methods, saying he wants to find Itachi Uchiha using his own methods.
Is he really going to lose to Sasuke and lose face in front of Sakura and the others?
Damn it, no way...
"Naruto Uzumaki, are you looking for me?" Suddenly, just as Naruto was shaking his head, a cold voice rang out from behind the tree.
"who!!"
Naruto's expression changed instantly, and he immediately turned his head. He saw a pair of three-tomoe Sharingan eyes flashing crimson under the shade of the tree.
"It's you, Uchiha Itachi." Looking at that cold, expressionless face, Naruto was not surprised but rather delighted and excited to confirm it.
[Wait, according to the intelligence, Akatsuki always travels in pairs. Where's the other shark-faced one?]
Suddenly, Naruto snapped out of his daze and looked around warily, ready to defend against any possible sneak attack.
"Stop looking, Kisame isn't here." Seeing through Naruto's actions, Itachi Uchiha spoke again, his eyes flashing.
"Not here?" Naruto was taken aback by the question, looking at the other party who didn't seem to be about to make a move, and was a little confused about the situation.
But when faced with his questioning, Itachi Uchiha ignored it and instead asked, "Why? Why are you so persistent in helping Sasuke find me?"
"You should know the consequences of doing this! The Nine-Tails inside you has always been Akatsuki's target."
"So even if it's bait, without absolute strength, it will still become food and be eaten by the prey!"
"And you, now, are facing that risk..."
With a cold voice, Itachi Uchiha asked, his three-tomoe eyes slowly rotating as if he were gathering his strength.
"Why? Is that even a question?!" Naruto gritted his teeth and glared angrily. "You, who killed an entire clan and plunged Sasuke into darkness and burdened him with hatred, have no idea what true comrades are!"
"Don't even mention using me as bait to lure you out; even if you catch me, so what?"
"How could someone like you, who doesn't cherish family and comrades, understand the bond between me and Sasuke?"
"That guy, I've come to consider him a true brother!!"
"Isn't the essence of brotherhood to trust each other and protect each other with one's life?"
Naruto roared almost hysterically, his words causing Itachi's pupils to dilate and freeze in place.
"Brother? I see..."
A moment later, Itachi Uchiha's gaze softened as he looked at Naruto with a strange expression.
"Well then, since you're so obsessed with my brother Sasuke, please accept this gift!"
"A gift??" Naruto, who was about to make a move, paused, looking at the other person with a blank expression.
"Well, it's either a reward for how much you cherish Sasuke, or a means of protecting you. In any case, Sasuke doesn't need this anymore!"
Once again, Itachi uttered something astonishing. As Naruto's increasingly bewildered expression grew, Itachi's eyes twitched, activating his genjutsu. His body transformed into a crow, circling around it, with one of the crows even darting into Naruto's mouth...
"Go back and tell Sasuke I'm waiting for him at the Uchiha's abandoned base. He knows where that place is!!"
"Remember, don't tell anyone about what happened today..."