As Orochimaru's most closely watched person, Itachi's every move was seen through Ai's eyes.
The strange appearance of the Mangekyo Sharingan, and the oppressive feeling that could faintly be sensed from his eyes, did not cause Orochimaru any fear.
His mood was just a bit complex; on one hand, he was excited by Itachi's extraordinary excellence, and on the other, he felt regret that Itachi had awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan so early.
Itachi's Amaterasu was easily dodged.
Unlike the original story, the one using Amaterasu was no longer Sasuke; although Itachi hadn't read many books, his combat intelligence was extremely high.
No Kagutsuchi didn't mean Itachi had no other methods.
Ai's speed was very fast, causing him to be extremely blurry even in the Mangekyo Sharingan, but just a blurred shadow was enough.
Based on the patterns summarized from previous battles, Itachi's eyes rapidly moved, focusing on an empty spot.
"Amaterasu!"
Almost simultaneously, Ai's figure appeared directly in the center of Itachi's vision.
A ball of black flames appeared on Ai's chest, rapidly spreading, and soon Ai was completely engulfed by Amaterasu.
The Amaterasu flames silently turned Ai completely into ashes.
Itachi stopped the flow of his ocular power, leaving only tiny, scattered Amaterasu flames still burning.
The Edo Tensei's tricky nature began to show.
Ai, who had turned into ashes, without Orochimaru's control, still began to re-condense little by little.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's Shadow Clone hadn't been of much help, and at this point, he no longer hid information, loudly stating,
"This is the most terrifying aspect of Edo Tensei; the reanimated Ninja, unless sealed, can revive indefinitely!"
Itachi nodded, saying nothing; he couldn't use sealing jutsu.
On the other side, Hiruzen Sarutobi's Shadow Clone, cooperating with Kakuzu, blocked a small Wood Release attack from Senju Hashirama, after which the Shadow Clone wanted to discuss tactics with Kakuzu.
However, upon hearing the information, Kakuzu took advantage of this brief interval and decisively retreated.
Senju Hashirama's new round of attacks had already begun, and Hiruzen Sarutobi's Shadow Clone had to grit his teeth and respond, turning to call out to Kakuzu.
All he saw was Kakuzu's rapidly departing back.
Kakuzu ran away again; he would rather fight to the death with the sealing barrier than confront Senju Hashirama again.
Although the weakened, youthful version of Senju Hashirama was not as terrifying as before, he still made Kakuzu feel despair; besides dodging and defending, he didn't even have a chance to breathe.
As for attacking?
After Kakuzu's full-power Lightning Release left only a tiny mark on Hashirama's casually cast Wood Golem, Kakuzu completely gave up on attacking.
Is this wood?
This is harder than iron!
Actually, if Kakuzu had a Kunai in his hand, he would find that it wasn't harder than iron, but unfortunately, Kakuzu's only impressive skills were his Nature Transformation jutsu.
Kakuzu didn't have a single Ninja tool on him.
Extremely frugal!
Returning to the Battlefield again, Hiruzen Sarutobi's Shadow Clone had no choice but to use all his strength to block Senju Hashirama.
After Itachi dealt with Ai, knowing that he would revive, he used this brief interval to cast his gaze towards the battleground of Hiruzen Sarutobi and Senju Tobirama.
What is that?
The Chakra reaction of a mark made Itachi somewhat confused, but then Senju Tobirama's sudden appearance made Itachi understand.
Flying Thunder God Technique!
The Shadow Clone that came to help Itachi had long since disappeared, going to team up with another Shadow Clone to block Senju Hashirama.
His Mangekyo Sharingan eyes stared intently at every detail of the battle, primarily his left eye, as his right eye's vision was currently a bit problematic.
After observing for a while, Itachi took action.
His right eye's ocular power gathered again, and he launched Amaterasu towards a certain mark.
Just as Amaterasu was poised to strike, a Chakra fluctuation suddenly appeared at that mark.
That's it!
Excitement also rose in Itachi's heart, but no expression showed on his face.
Senju Tobirama's figure had just flashed out, and the spot he was in was immediately covered by Amaterasu.
At another location, Senju Tobirama flashed out, but his left shoulder was already stained with Amaterasu flames.
Itachi didn't hesitate; his ocular power furiously poured into his right eye, and the Amaterasu flames instantly surged, turning Senju Tobirama into ashes.
Well done, Itachi!
How could Hiruzen Sarutobi not understand now why Yuuki thought Itachi was qualified to undertake the same mission as him.
This is the Mangekyo Sharingan!
The age at which Itachi was now displaying his Mangekyo was even younger than when Hiruzen Sarutobi first saw Shisui and Yuuki's Mangekyo Sharingan.
A glimmer of hope rose in Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart; perhaps today he wouldn't need to use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.
With no opponent, Hiruzen Sarutobi quickly moved to Itachi's side, intending to combine their strengths to end the battle quickly, when—
"Uh~ huh!"
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