Naruto the Genius

Chapter 202 Blocking
Naruto smiled and said, "Akatsuki did send two people to support us, but Shikamaru had already anticipated this and took precautions in advance." Shikamaru said, "If it weren't for Naruto's ninjutsu, my plan would not have been possible. In the final analysis, it was Naruto's strength that helped a lot. I just proposed a plan based on this. Even without my plan, Naruto would probably have thought of this." He then glanced at Naruto again.

Naruto said, "Let me tell you the details. Akatsuki did send two very powerful people to support us. We have all seen these two people. They are Hoshigaki Kisame and Uchiha Itachi." Hearing about these two people, Kakashi immediately thought of Itachi's terrifying strength. He defeated him in just one encounter. If these two people and Hidan Kakuzu joined forces, it would definitely be very troublesome. Naruto looked at everyone and began to talk about what happened.
It turned out that Shikamaru and Naruto had thought about the possibility of Akatsuki's support before, so Naruto was responsible for intercepting them on the way to Konoha. So Naruto sent his clones to ambush where they were most likely to appear. And Pein, considering that Uchiha Itachi was most familiar with Konoha, sent him to Konoha.

Naruto's clone was hiding in a hidden place, and saw Itachi and Kisame rushing to Konoha one after the other. Perhaps Itachi didn't intend to go all out, so he didn't hide his whereabouts too much, and Kisame chose to trust Itachi most of the time. But this time, Kisame still wondered, "Why don't we go from a more hidden route?"

Itachi said, "It's not necessary. We need to reach Konoha as quickly as possible. This will affect our speed. Moreover, although we are in the Land of Fire, the chances of us encountering Konoha ninjas are not very high. Even if we do, there won't be many who can stop us. If the people we meet have the strength to stop us, hiding won't make much sense."

Naruto suddenly appeared in front of the two, blocking their way and said, "As expected of Itachi, your analysis is very reasonable, but the situation you are facing seems to be the latter." Seeing the Samehada on Naruto's back, Kisame's face was very bad, because Naruto had taken it from him. Itachi was obviously much calmer, and said lightly, "Uzumaki Naruto? We meet again so soon. If you appear here, it is to prevent us from reinforcing Hidan and Kakuzu."

Kisame said softly to Itachi: "I'm afraid I'm no match for him, but you might be okay." Itachi said: "Anyway, the situation is not favorable for us. In a battle of this strength, the advantage of numbers is not obvious. I'm afraid that the matter of reinforcing Kakuzu and the others will be difficult..." Naruto said: "Itachi, no matter what, I will not let you pass."

Itachi winked at Kisame, who immediately began to move quickly, intending to break through Naruto. Naruto immediately created several clones, attacking Itachi and Kisame at the same time. Because of the senjutsu chakra, Naruto's clones were strengthened, and could completely match Kisame in physical skills. Several clones immediately surrounded Kisame and trapped him in the middle.

Because of the "number of people", Kisame was at a disadvantage in the physical confrontation, let alone breaking through Naruto's defense. Naruto's real body, together with his clones, attacked Itachi's back continuously. Once Itachi's sight turned, Naruto quickly left to avoid being hit by Itachi's illusion.

Itachi not only possesses the Mangekyō Sharingan, but also has no weaknesses in ninjutsu and taijutsu. Even when Naruto uses the Sage Mode, it is still difficult for him to gain the upper hand. But although the fight between the two looks fierce, in fact, neither of them used their full strength. Itachi never used the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Naruto did not use Flying Thunder God or more powerful ninjutsu.

Itachi was always so calm during the fight, and Kisame was also considered calm, but he had suffered in front of Naruto, and now Naruto only relied on his clone to block him. Kisame was a little anxious, and quickly formed a seal "Water Style, Flood Wave". A large amount of water began to appear, directly lifting Kisame up. Even without Samehada, it was not a big problem for him to perform this level of water style.

Kisame intended to use this ninjutsu to change the battlefield environment and create a favorable situation for himself, but how could Naruto let him do so? Several clones quickly formed seals of "earth escape, earth city connected walls", and several thick earth walls rose from the ground to block the large amount of water formed by Kisame's water escape.

Naruto's ninjutsu was like a dam, and Kisame's water jutsu was completely blocked, and there was no way to get through it no matter what. On the contrary, the water flowed in the opposite direction, rushing towards Naruto's body and Itachi. Naruto immediately dodged and stood on the earth wall made by his earth jutsu. And Itachi also jumped high and looked for some high places to land.

Originally, Kisame wanted to form a lake in this low-lying area. But after being blocked by Naruto's ninjutsu, only half of the lake was formed. Naruto stood on the high embankment, still blocking their way, so his ninjutsu just now was meaningless. Kisame immediately stood on the water and formed a seal "Water Style, Water Dragon Bullet". A water dragon rose up and rushed towards Naruto's clones, and his real body took the opportunity to rush forward again.

Naruto's clone also formed a seal "Senjutsu, Earth Dragon Continuous Bomb", and three large earth dragons rose from the ground. One of them collided with the water dragon and directly defeated Kisame's water dragon. The other two rushed towards Kisame from different angles. Seeing that Naruto's technique was coming with great force, Kisame dodged quickly, and the two earth dragons hit the water surface fiercely. The powerful shock wave alone made Kisame retreat again and again.

Although this move did not cause much actual damage, it made Kisame look extremely embarrassed. Kisame and Itachi retreated together and said, "Judging from the strength of his earth escape technique, my technique may not be able to gain an advantage. In terms of the strength of our ninjutsu, our ninjutsu is not as good as his. Itachi, I can only rely on you."

Itachi glanced at Kisame and said, "No, my illusion cannot have a significant effect on him. As for that technique, if I use it now, there is no point in supporting Kakuzu and the others." Kakuzu also knew that Itachi's Sharingan had side effects. Not only would it consume a lot of chakra after using it, but it would also put a lot of strain on the body and eyes. If Itachi used the Mangekyō Sharingan now, he would not be able to provide support even if he rushed over.

Kisame said somewhat unwillingly: "Even so, we can't give up easily, we must rush over to support them." Naruto suddenly said: "Since you want to go over so much, I won't stop you." With that, Naruto disappeared on the spot.

Itachi looked at the place where Naruto disappeared and said, "There's no need to go over there anymore, Kakuzu and the others."

(End of this chapter)