Juzo held the hilt of his KubikiribÅchÅ, and said while pointing at Shinichi, āShinichiā¦ I told you several times that nothing good will come to you if you do thisā¦ the only place you have left will also disappearā¦ you should understand that Akatsuki wonāt forgive traitors unless you have a proper explanation, there is no going back now.ā
Shinichi smirked, āAkatsuki was never the place I wanted to beā¦ this was just a means to meā¦ butā¦ I do consider you my friendā¦ but thatās thatā¦ and this is thisā¦ I did what I wanted to do and I have no intention of explaining anything to anyoneā¦ if you want to stop meā¦ then fight already, else step aside and let me goā¦ I have no time for chit-chat.ā
Hearing Shinichiās words, Juzo understood that Shinichi had no intention of going back with them. Shaking his head in sadness, he drew his sword and pointed at Shinichi.
The hesitation and struggle were clearly apparent on his face as he pointed KubikiribÅchÅ at Shinichi. To Juzo, Shinichi is a close friend, and they have worked together for several years. To a certain extent, their team was the only team that developed into a close friendship over the years, and both watched out for each otherās back when facing any enemy. Now having to face someone he has trusted his back with, itās obvious that Juzo is hesitant.
In fact, Juzo is not at all surprised by Shinichiās betrayal. Shinichi stopped pretending in front of him long ago, therefore, Juzo was very well aware of the fact that Shinichi was not loyal to Akatsuki, and would one day betray them. But out of friendship, Juzo kept this a secret and never reported anything about Shinichiās attitude/intention to anyone.
Juzo had also prepared himself to fight Shinichi on that day.
And now that that day has really come, Juzo realizes that itās really difficult for him to fight the only remaining friend he has left in Shinobi World.
Knowing that he really canāt fight Shinichi, Juzo put down KubikiribÅchÅ, and sighed, āI hope you know what you are doing.ā
Shinichi understood Juzoās hesitation, he smiled lightly and muttered lightly, āI know what I am doingā¦ Thanks, Juzo.ā Then he disappeared with a quick body flicker.
Seeing Juzo allowing Shinichiās retreat, Kisame said with a smile, āJuzo-san, I didnāt expect that you would be soft-hearted with himā¦ Butā¦ that asideā¦ we allowed him to retreat despite having a numeric advantageā¦ how are we going to explain this?ā
Takeshi said in a regretful tone, āHere I thought that I would be able to face him and see how strong his Mangekyou Sharingan isā¦ what a shame!ā
Mageta shook his head, āRather than Shame, I will call this a blessingā¦ I donāt think anyone except Kisame and Kahyo would have managed to survive if we actually faced himā¦ and even then, we couldnāt have stopped himā¦ this result is much better.ā
Takeshi retorted, āWe are more peopleā¦ we could have defeated him.ā
Mageta shook his head, āHe has that weird Mangekyou Sharingan ability and Susanoāoā¦ there is no fighting against these two powersā¦ we would be dead.ā
Having been a descendant of the Chinoike Clan, Mageta is aware of the danger of the Uchiha Clan. As per the history he has read, their entire clan was crushed and exiled by the Uchiha Clan. Therefore, Mageta doesnāt want to face a Uchiha, not if he can help it.
While Takeshi and Mageta were arguing, Kahyo looked in the direction Shinichi disappeared and wondered, āWhere is he going to go? Does he still have a place left in this world?ā
At this time, Juzo picked up his KubikiribÅchÅ and resheathed it.
Kisame asked, āWhat are we going to do?ā
Juzo answered, āWe failedā¦ now we are going back to the baseā¦ā
Kisame asked, āArenāt you worried?ā
Juzo shook his head, āI donāt think they expected us to catch Shinichi in the first place. I donāt even understand why they sent usā¦ whatever letās just go back and see how things proceed.ā šššššš®š£šÆš°š·ššµ.šøšš®
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Whoosh!
With the sound of breaking through the wind, a figure traversed through the forest. This is none other than Shinichi, and his direction is the Land of Fire.
Before he went after the puppet, Shinichi had already planned his route of escape, so although he was a bit nervous, he knew what he was doing and wasnāt all that worried.
Of course, this doesnāt mean things will go easy for him.
The sudden appearance of a spiral whirl in front of him clearly showed this.
As soon as Shinichi noted the appearance of Spiral Whirl, he came to a sudden stop and looked at the man coming out of the whirl.
This is none other than the self-proclaimed Uchiha Madara. He looked at Shinichi in silence, then said, āShinichiā¦ you disappointed me.ā
People might be wondering why āMadaraā appeared here so fast, and the reason the Kiri squad of Akatsuki was able to intercept Shinichi so early, the answer is quite simple, and thatās Zetsu. Similar to Shinichi, Zetsu was also tailing Shinichi, and in doing so, Zetsu discovered Shinichiās act of betrayal and relayed the information back.
Shinichi looked at the self-proclaimed Madara with a gloomy expression.
In Akatsuki, there are only two people who have a chance of defeating him. The first is obviously Nagato, and the second is the self-proclaimed Madara.
Shinichi had expected this man to come after him, however, he appeared a little too fast.
The self-proclaimed Madara leaned against a tree, and asked calmly, āSo, it really was you who leaked the intelligence about our base in Amegakure at that time, right?ā
The war of the best occurred at Amegakure. At that time, he and Nagato suspected the presence of a spy, but they didnāt have any proof and concluded that it must have been the work of Orochimaru.
After all, Orochimaru had betrayed the organization not long ago, so it wouldnāt have been strange if it was him.
But now that Shinichiās identity as the traitor is exposed, they realize that it wasnāt Orochimaru who leaked these details, but Shinichi who was personally recruited by him.
Shinichi didnāt care if this secret was exposed, it doesnāt really matter now, and snorted, āEven if you know this, it doesnāt change a thing.ā
āThat is true.ā Nodded the masked man, and said, āHowever, you couldnāt have been working alone all this timeā¦ā then asked, āAnswer meā¦ whom are you working forā¦ is it Konoha or the Uchiha?ā
The masked man didnāt consider the possibility of the involvement of Amatsukami, to him, it doesnāt make any sense.
If Shinichi had been sent by Amatsukami, then Akatsuki would have been finished by now. Using the intelligence sent by Shinichi, Amatsukami could have prepared a solid trap for Akatsuki. In the presence of Yama, both Homusubi, Fujin, Suijin, and Dojin, Akatsuki would have been done by now.
Therefore, Shinichi couldnāt have been working for Amatsukami, there are only two possibilities left, and that is either Konoha or Uchiha.
In the face of the masked manās question, Shinichi shrugged, āWhy donāt you try to make a guess.ā
āGuess?ā muttered the masked man, then shook his head, āForget it, there is no need. Once I am done with you, I can have all the information extracted from your brain.ā
Shinichi wasnāt afraid of the masked manās Genjutsu, however, Nagatoās ability to read memories worried him. It wouldnāt matter if he died, but the intelligence on Amatsukami can not be revealed at any cost!
With this in mind, Shinichi took a deep breath, and said, āDo your worst.ā
āThatās what I planned.ā Answered the masked man as he raised his arms, and disappeared in a spiral whirl.
Whiish Whiish Whiish
Suddenly, a series of tree stems appeared out of the ground and entangled around his body.
āMokuton?! Damn, he is not planning to play around this time!ā thought as he felt his Chakra draining.
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