Before leaving, he looked back at Itachi Uchiha. Itachi seemed strange today. It wasn't that he was not strong, but there was always a feeling that he couldn't give full play to his strength.
Looking at the traces of blood still on Itachi's lips, a vague answer lingered in Orochimaru's mind. It seemed that he had thought of something and sneered slightly.
"Itachi Uchiha, I will never give up on Sasuke Uchiha! I'll stay in my cave and wait for that boy to come to me. You should take this time to say your final goodbye to him! Hahaha---"
Hearing this, Itachi was furious. Intense anger burned in his chest. He wanted to get up and chase after Orochimaru. But the pain all over his body made him gradually lose consciousness as he looked at his father's anxious face.
"Itachi!"
"Father... Protect Sasuke..."
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The massive body of Shukaku and the overwhelming pressure it emitted as a tailed beast made it hard to breathe.
By now, it's certain that someone is playing tricks behind the scenes! He silently stood in front of Naruto.
"Naruto, Gaara's uncontrolled state just now looked very strange. You take the other two back first. Leave this to me!"
"Are you kidding me? The situation is so critical now. How could I leave you here alone and run away with my tail between my legs! Aren't we companions? I'll stay here too!"
Seeing Naruto's stubborn look, Sasuke silently sighed in his heart. Things were difficult. In fact, if Naruto left obediently, he could easily unleash Susanoo to deal with this one - tailed Shukaku.
But the key was that if Naruto stayed here, he couldn't show his full strength in front of everyone. Moreover, there was a mastermind behind this?
Sasuke calmly scanned the surroundings with his eyes. There was no chakra fluctuation around except for them. It seemed that this person was quite good at hiding.
Seeing Sasuke's silence, Naruto knew very well that Sasuke regarded him as a burden! They were companions who had worked hard together. Why did Sasuke always treat him like this?
He had also worked hard in cultivation and learned some powerful ninjutsu. He thought he was strong enough to fight side by side with Sasuke.
But Naruto always felt that he was always excluded from Sasuke's battle plans. He didn't want this. He didn't want to always watch this guy's back. After all, they were eternal rivals!
"I will never lose to you. My dream is to become the Hokage. If I leave my companions and run away now, I may never become the Hokage! I definitely don't want that!"
Naruto made up his mind, stepped forward, and formed hand seals. Due to the intense emotional fluctuations in his body just now, his chakra exploded, and he obtained the leaked Chakra of the Nine - Tailed Fox.
A strange gust of wind blew past them, and the sand made it hard to open their eyes. The chakra cyclone around Naruto was spinning more and more violently. He smiled and said to Sasuke.
"I've learned an extremely powerful Ninjutsu during my recent cultivation. Let me show it to you today!"
"[Summoning Jutsu]"
Saying this, he bit his finger and slapped the ground. As soon as the huge Chakra cyclone hit the ground, a large amount of white smoke billowed up. When the smoke cleared, a giant Frog puffing on a huge pipe leisurely appeared on the battlefield.
As the boss Frog took a deep breath, a thick puff of white smoke spurted out from his mouth. Naruto, who was about to show off to Sasuke, was choked and coughed violently.
"How about it... cough... Isn't my Ninjutsu amazing... cough..."
Sasuke glanced at the huge Gamabunta under his feet and raised his eyebrows. This brat has more Chakra than ordinary people. Having such a huge Chakra reservoir around him is really enviable and even a bit irritating at times!
"Naruto, you did quite..."
Sasuke's eyes were fixed on Naruto, who was extremely excited, waiting for a compliment. Just as he was about to give this guy a rare compliment, he was interrupted by an angry roar in his ear.
"Damn it, Naruto, you little brat! Didn't I tell you last time not to summon me casually? Are you deaf or something?"
"Hey! Boss Frog, could you not interrupt at this moment? We clearly agreed in the last competition that if I could stay on your head for a day, you'd recognize me. You can't renege on your promise. Besides, Sasuke just seemed to have something to say to me. Because of your interruption, I couldn't catch what he was saying at all. Sasuke, come on, what were you going to say?"
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Looking at the expectant look in Naruto's eyes, a cold and stinging sentence came out of his mouth.
"This summoned beast was clearly summoned by you, but it doesn't listen to you at all. Aren't you a pretty lousy master?"
"Hey?! No way! You couldn't have just said that..."
"Hey, the other brat on my head, who are you calling a summoned beast? It makes me sound like some kind of disgusting thing. Get off my head right now!"
After saying that, the enraged Gamabunta shook his huge body violently, trying to shake off the two annoying brats on his head.
"Boss Frog, calm down. Look ahead. We summoned you for something important!"
Finally, under Naruto's reminder, Gamabunta looked ahead at Shukaku in a berserk state.
Originally intent on shaking the two brats off his body, now he narrowed his eyes and stared intently at Shukaku, who looked extremely odd.
Shukaku kept roaring. A large number of Chakra cyclones gathered around his body. As his body inflated like a balloon, the Chakra cyclones rushed towards them.
It wasn't the time to mess around with the two brats now. Gamabunta leaped high to dodge Shukaku's attack and landed heavily on the ground. Instantly, a deep pit was formed in the once - dense forest, and dust flew everywhere.
"Are you kidding me! Who wants to help you deal with Shukaku! I'm going back. You figure out a way to handle this guy by yourselves!"
"Hey, come on, Boss frog. Please help me!"
As the disdain in Sasuke's eyes became more and more blatant, he didn't want to make such a fool of himself in front of his rival.
He immediately whispered a plea.
"You must be joking! This guy looks really suspicious. I have no reason to put myself at risk. Let's go back!"
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