Naruto: I, who fooled the ninja world, was hailed as a savior.

Chapter 170 These monsters' weakness is their masks!

"..."

As the figures of his former companions surged forth in an overwhelming tide, he felt countless gazes filled with disgust and hatred.

An unprecedented, bone-deep fear instantly gripped Itachi Uchiha's heart, causing his body to freeze in place.

That wasn't a fear of death; he was never afraid of death from beginning to end.

That was the fear of being completely plunged into darkness, never to rise again, bearing a filthy reputation, and being despised and hated by everyone in the future!
Everything he thought he had done for Konoha turned into nails that nailed him to the pillar of shame!

All the Konoha ninjas he considered "comrades" would see him as his mortal enemy and risk their lives to kill him!

"Do not……"

Uchiha Itachi's lips moved silently, his Mangekyou Sharingan spinning wildly, but his eyes reflected no hope, only a suffocating killing intent!
Clang! Clang!

The next moment, the kunai of the ANBU clashed with his ninja sword, sending sparks flying between the two!
An ANBU ninja suddenly attacked from the side, his poisoned dagger aimed straight at his ribs!

As Itachi Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan swirled in his eyes, he shifted half a step to the side, his left hand instantly reaching out to precisely grab the opponent's wrist and pull him along.

boom!
The ANBU ninja was hurled like a sandbag at another charging ANBU member!

A sudden tremor ran beneath his feet as the earth spear of "Earth Release: Earth Flow Spear" shot forth from the ground. Uchiha Itachi, having already leaped into the air, narrowly avoided the fatal thrust.
At the same time, he kicked out with both feet in mid-air, striking the two ANBU ninjas in the abdomen, causing them to grunt and fly backward!

With the dynamic vision enhanced by the Mangekyou Sharingan, Itachi Uchiha's every block and dodge was exquisite, his figure flashing and moving through the crowd like a ghost.

He simply struck with the back of his blade, used skillful force to deflect the attack, subdued the attackers with illusion techniques, and flung away the ANBU who pounced on him with physical skills.

He can't kill him!

No!

These ninjas from the Anbu before him, his former colleagues, were completely different from those radical clansmen who were beyond redemption, not worth dying for, and whose lives would only bring conflict!

These are Konoha ninjas, his comrades whom he acknowledges!
The death of any one of them is a loss to the village!

However, this is exactly the kind of idea that Hinata Kumokawa wants.

“How arrogant, Uchiha Itachi,” Hyuga Kumokawa said.

puff! !
The next moment, a wind blade grazed Itachi Uchiha's cheek, leaving a bloody mark on his face.

Although he subconsciously tried his best to avoid vital organs, the aura of death made him pause slightly.

Immediately afterwards, a heavy punch from a taijutsu-type ANBU ninja landed squarely on Uchiha Itachi's front without hesitation!
"cough!"

Itachi Uchiha felt a sweet taste in his throat and forcibly swallowed the surging blood. His Mangekyou Sharingan activated wildly, narrowly avoiding other attacks!

Sweat and blood mixed with rainwater slid down his pale cheeks.

The wound on his left shoulder burst open under the violent movement, and blood stained half of his clothes. His breathing became heavy, and his movements gradually became less fluid than before.

That's when.

"Die!"

A chilling roar came from behind, and an ANBU ninja brandished a short sword, slashing fiercely at Uchiha Itachi's neck.

His movements were wide and sweeping, full of flaws in Itachi's eyes, and as slow as a snail's crawl!

He has countless ways to easily evade or even counter it.

But just as he was about to dodge to the side and strike the other man's neck with the hilt of his knife.

"Itachi!"

A familiar voice entered Itachi's ears, and he instantly recognized it as Kakashi's voice, causing Itachi to momentarily lose his composure.

However, in that brief moment of distraction, the dagger of the ANBU ninja behind him was less than half a foot away from his neck, and he instantly felt the chill of death.

Under the threat of death, the body's instincts, ingrained in its very bones, overwhelm the restraint of reason!

In Itachi Uchiha's hand, the blood-stained ninja sword, driven by instinct, seemed to possess its own consciousness, flashing a chilling light as it instinctively turned and slashed upwards.

puff! !
A dull thud as flesh was sliced ​​through.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

The ANBU ninja's forward momentum faltered as a wound appeared on his chest, slashing diagonally from his right shoulder to his left abdomen, from which warm blood gushed out wildly!

"Uh……"

He opened his mouth as if to say something, but only a mouthful of blood gushed out from under the mask.

His body felt as if all his strength had been drained, and he slumped backward, crashing onto the muddy ground, splashing up a cloud of murky water and blood.

Warm blood, carrying a strong smell of rust, splattered on Itachi Uchiha's face and body!
The incredibly hot touch felt like a red-hot branding iron burning his skin.

Blood dripped from the ninja sword in his hand, the blood sliding down the blade and onto the ground, spreading a glaring crimson.

Overwhelmed by fear, frustration, and a nauseating sense of self-loathing, Itachi Uchiha froze on the spot...

"Wind Release: Wind Cut Technique!"

Hyuga Kumokawa, hovering in the air and observing everything, suddenly flapped his huge wings forward, and a highly compressed and condensed wind-attribute chakra appeared.

Like the sharpest invisible blade tearing through the air, emitting a piercing shriek, it slashed down fiercely at the frozen Uchiha Itachi below.

"Varied……"

Itachi Uchiha's brain and instincts screamed a warning, and he was jolted awake from the immense mental shock, unleashing his last bit of strength in an attempt to dodge.

However, it was too late.

puff! !
An even more muffled and chilling cutting sound rang out, and a large amount of blood shot into the sky like a fountain!

An arm covered by the sleeve of an ANBU uniform flew into the air, spraying a spray of blood!

"Uhhhh!!!"

Itachi Uchiha's pupils instantly turned bloodshot, and he threw his head back, letting out an extremely shrill scream.

His left arm was severed cleanly at the shoulder by that invisible wind blade!
Bang!
He crashed heavily into the mud, splashing up a large amount of mud and water. Blood gushed wildly from his scarlet severed arm. Intense pain swept over his body like a tidal wave, making his vision go black and almost causing him to faint!
Itachi Uchiha struggled to raise his head, his crimson Mangekyou Sharingan fixed on the figure in the air.

Hinata Kumokawa!

This guy is deliberately taking advantage of my leniency towards the Anbu!

This guy knows I won't kill the Dark Guards, so he must know the truth!

Hinata Kumokawa looked down at Itachi lying in a pool of blood below, his eyes closed, his face expressionless except for a cold indifference, and said, "Take him down."

The surrounding ANBU ninjas were excited by this and slowly surrounded them again, their weapons gleaming with a deadly cold light.

Lying in the cold mud, Itachi Uchiha watched the approaching Anbu ninjas. A deep-seated despair and coldness overwhelmed him like a tidal wave.

I've done what I needed to do. If I just die here, bearing this infamy, would that be enough...?

Do not!
The moment the idea came to him, he immediately abandoned it.

I absolutely cannot die here. Now that I have these eyes, I still have a reason to live, and there are still many things I need to do!
With that thought in mind, Itachi Uchiha struggled to prop himself up with that one arm.

However, just as he mustered his last bit of strength, the surrounding spies rushed over.

"Ahhhh!!!"

A piercing, inhuman scream, filled with pain and fear, suddenly rang out from the outer edge of the crowd, near the shadows of the trees!

The sound was so tragic and terrifying that everyone trembled involuntarily and instinctively looked in the direction of the sound!

In the shadows at the edge of the woods, an ANBU ninja on perimeter duty was seen convulsing violently, as if gripped by an invisible giant hand.

His mask fell off, revealing a face contorted with pain and horror!
His eyes were wide open, and his pupils were bloodshot with unspeakable fear!
Even more chilling was that a translucent white phantom twisted and writh, forcibly pulled out of his seven orifices and the pores of his skin!

That was his soul!
But behind him, a dark shadow had silently appeared!

The shadowy figure was incredibly tall, its limbs invisible as if formed from pure darkness, its face covered by a deathly pale mask with a gaping maw stretching to its ears. At the eye openings of the mask were two points of crimson light burning with resentment and a desire for destruction.

At this moment, the dark shadow opened a huge mouth that was completely black, with no tongue or mouth visible, and a powerful and eerie suction force burst out from its mouth.

The soul of the ANBU ninja let out a silent wail as it was slowly and completely swallowed up by the giant maw, until only his body and face remained as he collapsed.

"Woo..."

As the soul was devoured, the dark figure let out a satisfied yet nauseating low growl, its aura becoming even colder and more chilling!
"What kind of monster is that?!"

The scene before them was completely beyond their comprehension, and some of the ANBU ninjas let out screams of utter horror.

However, this is just the beginning.

"hiss!"

"Roar!"

"Giggle..."

Various distorted and bizarre hisses, growls, and strange laughs could be heard.

One after another, 'Void' figures, covered with pale, eerie masks and exuding a chilling aura, slowly emerged from the shadows of the forest!

The masks on their faces vary in shape, but what they have in common is their black bodies and overall form.

Furthermore, there's the insatiable hunger they exude for living souls, and the eyes beneath their masks filled with resentment and a destructive urge...

"Sharingan?!" someone in the Anbu exclaimed in a trembling voice. "What the hell are these things? Why do they have Sharingan?"

But these 'voids' did not stop because of their doubts; some 'voids' opened their huge mouths again and began to devour their souls.

"Those are... souls? They're devouring souls?!"

"Quick! Stop them!"

The formation of the Dark Guard members instantly fell into chaos, and at the moment the chaos reached its peak...

Kakashi Hatake stood beside Itachi Uchiha, looking at his former subordinate with a complex expression.

The battle between Konoha and Kumogakure on the battlefield in the Land of the Moon is becoming increasingly fierce, and he, as one of the important combat forces, only returned once because he was injured.

However, they did not expect to encounter the Anbu's blockade of the Uchiha clan.

He never expected that Itachi Uchiha would do something like colluding with foreign enemies and slaughtering his own people when Konoha was already short of fighting strength.

"Itachi..."

Kakashi opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.

But at that moment, he didn't notice that the air behind him began to distort, and a masked figure appeared behind him without warning.

One hand rested on Itachi's only remaining right shoulder, while the other hand gripped Kakashi's head.

The person who came was naturally Uchiha Obito.

hum!
A wave, as if distorting space itself, spread out from the eye openings of his mask!
Kakashi and Itachi felt an irresistible suction force coming from them, and the space in front of them seemed to be stretched and distorted in an instant. The next moment, the two figures completely disappeared from the spot.

However, before Kakashi Hatake was sucked into the Kamui dimension, he subconsciously gripped the wakizashi called "Jealousy" at his waist.

Swish!
A gust of wind emitted a piercing whistle as it passed right through Obito Uchiha's body, seemingly disappearing into the invisible air, leaving a deep mark on the ground.

Obito Uchiha slowly raised his head and looked up at the sky, then at Hyuga Kumokawa, who was looking down at him.

Their gazes met silently through the rain.

Immediately afterwards, the space in front of Obito distorted again, and his figure was swept into it and disappeared.

Hinata Kumokawa stood with his feet in the night sky, looking at the place where Itachi and Obito had disappeared. His Byakugan eyes showed no emotion, only an unfathomable indifference.

Did you think you could escape so easily?
Trying to take Kakashi Hatake away will be the biggest mistake you make.

"what!!"

"These monsters are impossible to kill!"

"My, my knife, what happened?"

A gasp pierced the air amidst screams and shouts of battle.

Hyuga Kumokawa turned his head in the direction of the sound and saw an ANBU ninja holding a sword. With the help of others, he accidentally stabbed the sword into the 'Hollow's' mask.

Snap! Buzz!
The 'Hollow,' which was originally impossible to kill, had its bone mask shattered after being pierced by the sword, and its black body exploded instantly.

Under the astonished gazes of the ANBU ninja and the others, 'Hollow's' soul actually surged into the blade, causing the ANBU ninja to suddenly feel a sense of clarity.

To the other sensory ninjas, his chakra aura suddenly became much stronger, causing them to widen their eyes in shock.

What's going on?!
Seeing this, a smile appeared in Hyuga Kumokawa's calm eyes, and he shouted loudly, "These monsters' weakness is their masks!"

Upon hearing this, the members of the Dark Division immediately looked at those strangely shaped "Void" creatures that exuded a chilling aura.

Although these monsters looked terrifying, the sight of their companion piercing the mask with a knife and killing the monster did give them considerable confidence.

"let me!"

A burly ANBU ninja roared and shot out like a cannonball, his short sword whistling as it pierced the air as it thrust towards the 'Hollow' mask in front of him!

However, just as the ANBU ninja rushed over, the crimson light in the eyes of the "Hollow" suddenly burst forth with a blinding brilliance, and a violent, chaotic aura filled with destructive desire erupted.

No dodging! No blocking!
It simply opened the enormous mouth of that pale white mask, and a chilling aura that sent shivers down one's spine began to gather and compress wildly deep within that enormous mouth!

"what is that?!"

The ANBU ninja at the forefront changed his expression, and a sense of instinctive fear instantly gripped him.

He wanted to back away, to dodge.

But, it's too late!
hum! !

A dark red beam of light burst forth from that mouth, moving at extreme speed. The rain in the air was instantly evaporated into mist, leaving only a distorted vacuum!

The ANBU ninja who was charging at the front, as well as the two ANBU ninjas who were trying to cooperate behind him, were completely swallowed up!

No screams! No struggles!
The upper bodies of the three ninjas, engulfed by the beam of light, vaporized like snow thrown into a steel furnace, leaving not a trace of flesh or bone.

Not even a trace of ash remained.

Only their lower bodies below the waist looked as if they had been laser-cut, with no blood flowing from the cuts, only charred, carbonized tissue.

Snap! Clap!

The two legs and half of the torso swayed after losing the upper body, and then fell straight to the ground.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

Dead!

Absolute silence!
The eager expressions on the faces of all the ANBU ninjas who witnessed this terrifying scene instantly froze.

Instead, there was a deep-seated fear and horror.

what is this? !!

What kind of ninjutsu is this?!

Click! Crack!
Before the group of ANBU ninjas could react, the other 'Hollows' also opened their huge mouths.

Buzz! !
The crimson light that gathered in their mouths illuminated their terrified faces.

It wasn't just aimed at them, but also at the core area of ​​Konoha in the distance.

(It's a little late, but I didn't want to stop writing, so I updated an extra 2,000 words. Please vote for me! QAQ)

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