Side Story: After the Eight Gates Sasuke Traveled to Shippuden 22
The chances of the Eight-Tails, Gyuki, winning against a Perfect Susanoo in a close-quarters battle were extremely small.
With a sudden push, the towering Susanoo shoved the Eight-Tails to the edge of a cliff and, with a backhand strike, stabbed its sword into the Eight-Tails' body!
The heavily injured Gyuki let out a few pained howls, then forced itself to speak through the pain, "If your ocular power is enough to open a Susanoo, you should be able to subdue a Tailed Beast with genjutsu, right?"
"Sorry, I'm not very proficient in genjutsu."
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Sasuke's face. He then abruptly pulled the ninja sword from its body, watched as the Eight-Tails' form dissipated, and Killer Bee's figure reappeared.
He manipulated the Susanoo's arm to grab Killer Bee's body, then drove the Susanoo to fly into the sky, leaving the Valley of Clouds and Lightning.
Within the same day.
The Hidden Cloud Village had lost two Tailed Beasts. The Akatsuki had captured the Two-Tails, Matatabi, and Sasuke Uchiha had captured the Eight-Tails, Gyuki. The Fourth Raikage was about to go mad…
These two Tailed Beasts were their pride, their perfect jinchuriki, and also the trump cards that allowed them to maintain a tough stance in the ninja world. Yet, they had disappeared at the same time.
The Akatsuki's movements were very fast, because they had numerous personnel. Just as Sasuke was rushing to the Hidden Waterfall Village, the Seven-Tails jinchuriki was also captured.
Not long after, the Tailed Beast jinchuriki of the other ninja villages were captured by the Akatsuki one after another. The situation had come to a standstill.
Black Zetsu was about to go crazy with anxiety!
The Eight-Tails was missing, but it wasn't their people who had done it!
Without the Eight-Tails, they couldn't absorb the Tailed Beasts into the Gedo Statue one by one in order. What were they supposed to do?
"It must have been that younger brother of Mr. Itachi's, right?" Kisame Hoshigaki mused, stroking his Samehada. "To be able to easily capture the Eight-Tails, that's no easy feat…"
"I originally thought that was a possibility too…"
But Black Zetsu shook its head. "But according to the clone's intelligence, Sasuke Uchiha is currently searching for Itachi's whereabouts everywhere. He doesn't have time for this sort of thing…"
"This is really bad news!" Kisame smiled and said in a deep voice, "Although I think Itachi is already outstanding enough, he may not be able to defeat his younger brother…"
That towering Susanoo was enough to make one's liver and gallbladder split!
That one move, the Divine Air Strike, had directly routed the Akatsuki!
"There is another problem in this…"
Black Zetsu's voice lowered. "My clone's judgment in the Valley of Clouds and Lightning was that it was basically a Susanoo that captured the Eight-Tails jinchuriki. That place has been turned into a ruin after a world-shaking battle…"
"Let Itachi go and test his little brother!"
The mysterious masked man's figure appeared in the secret chamber. He said in a raspy voice, "Perhaps there are two Sasukes. What purpose do you think that Sasuke, who possesses the Mangekyo Sharingan and the Rinnegan, has?"
Black Zetsu fell silent. "…"
With its thinking ability, it had instantly deduced that anyone who possessed the Rinnegan would surely covet the power of the Ten-Tails!
"Let's split up!"
The mysterious masked man said in a deep voice, "Let Nagato go straight to Konoha and capture the Nine-Tails! Let Itachi go and test that Sasuke who is seeking revenge!"
The back hills of Konoha.
Sasuke held the unconscious Anko Mitarashi in his hand, looked at the curse mark on her body, lowered his head, and infused his chakra into it.
Just kidnapping a ninja from the village on the street was an extremely malicious act. After thinking it over and over, Tsunade could only send Team 7 to handle this matter.
Sasuke glanced at them and sighed a few times. "That old geezer Danzo, he still doesn't dare to show his face even now?"
Kakashi Hatake: "…"
Isn't that obvious!
A few days ago, after returning to Konoha, he ran into a few Root members looking for trouble. Sasuke extracted their memories and slaughtered Root until the seas ran red with blood, leaving only a few kittens. Does Danzo have the guts to come out!
The members of Team 7 were gathered around him. Kakashi spoke, "Sasuke, what on earth are you trying to do?"
"To get the Nine-Tails."
Sasuke noticed their expressions change and suddenly let out a low laugh. "Not the one inside Naruto, but the one inside his father… If I'm not mistaken, not many people know who his father is, right? Or perhaps he himself doesn't know?"
Naruto Uzumaki's body froze. "…"
Kakashi's expression grew grim, and he said in a low voice, "Could it be that your ability can even undo the Reaper Death Seal?"
"No… I can't."
Sasuke shook his head, watching as more and more chakra gathered at the curse mark on Anko's back. A bizarre creature crawled out from the curse mark, gradually forming into the shape of a person.
He watched as that person was completely revived, then squatted down and smiled at him. "But I think our Lord Orochimaru would surely know, right?"
"Sasuke Uchiha!"
Orochimaru was shocked. He thought of his own miserable death and couldn't help but say, "I never thought it would be you who revived me…"
"I also regret killing you so easily."
Sasuke spread his hands and placed one on his shoulder. "But I thought about it. After experiencing death once, you will surely be more obedient. And I know that Lord Orochimaru has always been very识时务 (aware of the times), right?"
Even Kakashi was a little speechless hearing his words. "…"
Orochimaru: "…"
The form of address was respectful, but the words were completely contemptuous!
If it weren't for his current physical state being extremely weak, he would want to fight Sasuke to the death right now. Was this little brat even speaking human language!
But what kind of person was Orochimaru? He had experienced more things than the little brat had ever seen. What was this little grievance compared to the despair of near death!
Orochimaru flicked his tongue and said, "Hehehe… Sasuke-kun, it seems you've run into some tricky problem!"
"Mm, I think you must have researched the Reaper Death Seal…"
Sasuke nodded and looked at Orochimaru. "I hope you will answer seriously and give me a satisfactory answer."
"…You are right."
Orochimaru extended his hand. "I have indeed researched the ultimate sealing jutsu of the Uzumaki clan, in an attempt to break the Reaper Death Seal and get my hands back…"
"Are you sure it wasn't to use Edo Tensei on the Fourth Hokage or something?"
"…I did have that thought."
Orochimaru didn't deny it. Compared to excessively powerful ninjas like the First and Second, the Fourth Hokage was actually a pretty good Edo Tensei subject.
After some thought, Orochimaru added, "But inside the Shinigami's stomach, it's not just the Fourth who is sealed, but all of Konoha's past Hokage!"
Hearing this, Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Perhaps this time, I can see an interesting old geezer?"
Orochimaru looked around and said, "If you want to perform Edo Tensei, you'll have to prepare some corpses in advance, right?"
"Hey, Sasuke, what on earth are you trying to do!"
Kakashi grabbed Sasuke's wrist and said in a low voice, "Edo Tensei is a jutsu that desecrates the dead!"
"Teacher Kakashi, it's best not to block my way home…"
Sasuke pried his fingers open one by one. His gaze fell on the faintly worried Naruto, and he continued, "Instead of getting entangled with me here, you'd better prepare to welcome the enemy's attack!"
"If my guess is not wrong… you will be facing the true avengers, a group of people who seek revenge on this world!"
"They possess the same surname as me!"
"But they do not have my magnanimity!"
"Teacher Kakashi…"
Sasuke looked into Kakashi's eyes and pointed to his eye patch. "The eye you have always been hiding—its true owner will soon come looking for you!"
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