"Kill him!"
The Iwa ninjas who had been pursuing them all showed ferocious smiles when they saw only Itachi blocking their path.
Earth Release: Earth Flow Spears!
The Iwa ninjas who had caught up simultaneously unleashed earth spears.
Within half a kilometer, countless gigantic earthen spears instantly erupted from the ground, aiming to eliminate Itachi in one blow.
Watching the countless earthen spears surge towards him, Itachi's Sharingan instantly transformed into the shape of shuriken, spinning wildly.
With this many, even the fastest Body Flicker Technique couldn't evade them.
Boom—
A massive red shield appeared, instantly deflecting all the earthen spears back.
"Wah—"
The Iwa ninjas standing at the forefront was pierced through by his own earthen spears before he could react, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"How is this possible?!"
His gaze fixed on the red, skeleton-like monster in front, which was now holding a shield. All the earthen spears just now had been deflected by this shield.
Itachi's eyes bled, and the pattern in his pupils gradually shifted into a tomoe shape, as the skeleton-like Susanoo slowly faded away.
If he hadn't been in such a hurry to help his father, he wouldn't have wanted to use this ability.
As far as his gaze reached, all the Iwa ninjas who had just caught up were injured by their own earthen spears.
Itachi's figure flickered rapidly, eliminating the Iwa ninjas who still showed signs of life.
After a kunai slit the throat of the last Iwa ninja, Itachi finally stopped.
Clatter—
Whoosh—
No sooner had the sound of footsteps faded than the kunai in Itachi's hand shot straight out.
Bang!
Shinji reached out and swatted away the kunai flying towards him, then looked at Itachi in the distance.
Sensing the Yin Chakra that hadn't completely dissipated around him, he couldn't help but twitch his lips.
This guy, dealing with a group of Iwa ninjas, needed to go all out?
Did he really think Mangekyo wasn't a Sharingan anymore?
Seeing Shinji's figure, Itachi paused, then took a few leaps to land beside Shinji and apologized, "Shinji-sama, I didn't realize it was you just now."
Shinji said, "It's alright. I rushed over as fast as I could, but I didn't expect you to have already dealt with them."
He pointed to the more than twenty corpses of Iwa ninjas lying on the ground.
Hearing this, Itachi felt his temple throb unconsciously.
If he had known Shinji was nearby, he would never have used Susanoo, even if it was just its initial form.
Thinking of Fugaku, Itachi quickly spoke up, "Oh, by the way, Shinji-sama, my father is still fighting Akatsuchi of Iwagakure."
Shinji said, "I think it's probably not a big problem."
Shinji looked helplessly into the dense forest ahead. In his perception, a Chakra was rapidly approaching. If he wasn't mistaken, it should be Fugaku.
Itachi paused at these words, then turned to look.
Just then, Fugaku leaped out from the dense forest.
Seeing the scene before him, he was speechless.
This—this doesn't look like a scene that Fire Release could cause?
He had exposed his trump card without hesitation just to quickly deal with Akatsuchi and come help his son.
And the result was… this?
"Alright, the Uchiha clan's squad should be arriving soon." Shinji clapped his hands, gesturing to the two father and son who were both stunned, and said.
"That's good."
Hearing this, Fugaku let out a sigh of relief.
"By the way, clan head Fugaku and Itachi, do you need me to heal you first?" Shinji asked, looking at the two father and son, as they both seemed to have some injuries.
"Then I'll trouble you." Fugaku nodded without hesitation.
They still needed to rush to the battlefield, so it was better to recover as soon as possible.
"No problem." Shinji nodded, green Chakra appearing in his hands as he began to heal Fugaku.
For outsiders, it was best to use Medical Ninjutsu as much as possible.
As for Yang Release, he would save it for his own people, at least it wouldn't require too much explanation.
"Shinji-sama, why are you here?" Itachi watched Fugaku being healed by Shinji, then turned to ask Shinji.
Shinji spoke directly, without concealment, "The mission I received was to deal with Iwa ninjas who had infiltrated our territory, but after several days of rushing, I only dealt with a few small squads. I didn't expect them to appear here."
This wasn't a secret mission anyway.
Fugaku, who was being treated, spoke up, "Shinji, the news of our Uchiha clan heading to the battlefield must have been leaked by Iwagakure's spies."
Itachi nodded at this, as it was also his conjecture.
"It seems there are still some rats in the village." Shinji frowned at this, worried about Naruto and the others.
However, thinking that Mimi was still with Naruto, he felt a little relieved.
At least, with Mimi's perception, it would be impossible for ordinary people to approach Naruto and the others. Moreover, Naruto and Sasuke's strength was not bad.
No longer thinking about it, Shinji withdrew his hands and said to Fugaku, "Clan head Fugaku, all your external injuries have been dealt with."
"Internal injuries still require medicine, as it's a shock caused by monstrous strength."
"Alright, thank you."
Fugaku nodded and stood up, saying, "Next, we need to quickly head to the border front."
Hearing Fugaku's words, Shinji nodded. They had already delayed too long here, it was necessary to speed up their return.
Fortunately, the hidden Iwa ninjas should all have been dealt with.
"Shinji-sama, Father, I must leave first." Itachi, who had been silent for a long time, spoke to Shinji and Fugaku.
"What's wrong?" Fugaku asked with a frown.
"Hokage-sama gave me a mission before we set out. I was originally supposed to depart for it when we reached the battlefield."
At this point, Itachi turned to look at Shinji and said, "Now that Shinji-sama is traveling with you guys, I can feel at ease going to execute the mission first."
Listening to Itachi's words, Fugaku fell silent. "Go, be careful."
"Yes, father."
Itachi nodded to Shinji and Fugaku, then disappeared with the Body Flicker Technique.
Shinji watched Itachi's receding figure and couldn't help but speculate.
'Is he going to search for Orochimaru? Or to search for the Akatsuki?'
Before leaving the village, Kisame had already been subjected to his jutsu. Although some things could be extracted through interrogation, what could be learned would most likely give Hiruzen and Shikaku even more headaches.
"Shinji-sama!"
"Sensei!"
Yushu and Neji's figures flashed into appearance, followed by countless Uchiha clan members.
"Clan head Fugaku, then I'll leave it to you." Shinji turned and said.
Itachi's departure would inevitably raise suspicions, so it was better for Fugaku to go appease them first.
"No problem." Fugaku naturally knew the importance of the matter, nodded, and stepped forward.
"Neji, we are about to head to the battlefield. Are you ready?" Shinji looked at Neji and slowly asked.
"No problem, sensei." Neji paused, then nodded firmly.