In an instant, a jet-black, half-skeleton giant was enveloped.
"In three days, Uchiha Itachi will arrive."
"Therefore, you don't have much time to master the Mangekyo Sharingan."
"So now, use your body to remember and quickly master this ultimate power, known as Susanoo!"
Feng Xu, knowing that Sasuke would become arrogant and then get beaten once he gained power,
decided to skip Sasuke's arrogance phase and directly put him into the beating.
As for Itachi in three days, Feng Xu wasn't worried about any mishaps.
After all, Sasuke had successfully awakened his Mangekyo.
Itachi would surely feign defeat and give his eyes to Sasuke to achieve the Eternal Mangekyo.
Of course, it was more likely that Itachi wouldn't feign defeat, but rather go all out and be killed by Sasuke.
Because this was not an equal duel; Feng Xu, who was observing, could intervene at any time.
Even if this Shadow Clone of Feng Xu only had a small amount of Chakra, it was still enough power to tip the scales of victory... Time was like boarding a magical train between the stars.
One moment it was daytime, but the next moment it had arrived at night, leaving behind a pile of unfinished tasks.
Three days later.
Outside Four Stars Village.
"So this is Four Stars Village, huh? It's as rich and prosperous as the rumors say, Itachi-san~"
Kisame, looking at the towering buildings of Four Stars Village in the distance, lifted the brim of his straw hat and exclaimed with genuine admiration.
If compared to their Hidden Mist Village, Hidden Mist Village would be a bungalow, while Four Stars Village was a luxurious villa.
"Let's go, the appointed time is approaching."
Itachi, preoccupied, had no desire to speak with Kisame.
Instead, he walked directly towards the gate.
Kisame didn't mind and quickly followed.
"Four Stars Village does not welcome outside visitors. Leave quickly!"
As the two approached, they were reprimanded by the gatekeeping Ninja.
Seeing this, Kisame lifted his straw hat, revealing his shark-like face, and flashed a smile at the gatekeeping Ninja.
"Little gatekeeper, we are friends of Feng, your leader. Please be so kind as to inform him."
"Feng?" The two gatekeeping Ninja exchanged glances, then waved their hands impatiently to shoo them away.
"What Feng? We don't know him. Without Lord Four Stars' verbal command or a pass, no one is allowed to approach!"
"Get lost!"
Hearing the two lowly gatekeepers tell him to get lost, Kisame's smile turned into a dangerous sneer, revealing his sharp teeth.
"What are you trying to do?"
Seeing Kisame about to make a move, the two gatekeeping Ninja suddenly glowed with Tailed Beast Chakra.
The sudden appearance of this Tailed Beast Chakra startled both Itachi and Kisame.
They quickly dodged backward, putting some distance between them.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, this is truly outrageous. Even two gatekeepers have been granted Tailed Beast Chakra?"
"What exactly is this Feng fellow..."
Before Kisame could finish his exclamation, Feng Xu, sensing the situation at the gate, suddenly appeared.
After dismissing the two gatekeeping Ninja, he looked at Itachi and Kisame.
His voice was flat and cold.
"Follow me."
Chapter 204: Be My Subordinate
"Feng, you're finally here. Any later and there would have been a conflict."
Kisame greeted Feng Xu with a familiar air.
It was also after Feng Xu appeared that Samehada, strapped to Kisame's back, seemed to sense something, and began to tremble slightly for no reason.
It pressed its exposed blade tip against Kisame's thigh, as if trying to hide itself.
However, Kisame was completely unaware of all this.
He remained vigilant as he finished his greeting, then asked Itachi,
"Itachi-san, are we going in as guests?"
"Or should Feng just give us the fake intelligence directly, and then we'll cause some commotion in the outside town?"
After seeing that even the gatekeeping fodder had a considerable amount of Tailed Beast Chakra,
Kisame had developed a sense of crisis and was somewhat reluctant to enter Four Stars Village.
If Feng Xu truly intended to do something to them, they would be like turtles in a jar.
However, his words didn't matter; it mainly depended on whether Itachi wanted to go in.
"Let's go in and see."
Itachi only uttered a brief sentence.
Then he stepped forward, quickly entering through the gate.
"Then let's go in and see."
Kisame shook his head, suppressing a slight unease in his heart, and followed into the gate.
After following Feng Xu inside, Kisame quickly noticed that this place was very different from other Ninja villages.
The population here was very sparse, with only a few people encountered along the way, and most of them were Ninja wearing headbands.
As for ordinary villagers who weren't Ninja, he didn't see a single one.
However, Kisame could roughly guess that these Ninja were probably the lucky ones who had been granted Tailed Beast Chakra.
Their strength could basically reach the level of Special Jonin, or even regular Jonin.
So many Special Jonin and regular Jonin, their raw strength was completely on par with the Five Great Villages that had accumulated for many years!
Just as Kisame was silently lamenting in his heart,
Itachi, walking ahead of him, slowly turned his hidden eyes under his straw hat crimson.
At the same time, an orange-red ocular power slowly surged out, making the surrounding environment somewhat illusory.
But as soon as this illusion began, Feng Xu, who was at the very front, stopped.
As he turned, black ocular power surged from the holes in his mask, instantly dispelling the illusion and turning it back to reality.
"This is... Sharingan!" Itachi also stopped and frowned, looking incredulously at the crimson under the mask's holes.
Feng Xu, on the other hand, smiled slightly, with a hint of disdain in his tone.
"This level of genjutsu won't work on me, and besides, you don't need to be in a hurry to leave."
"After all, the place I'm taking you to now is where Sasuke is, and it's also your burial ground."
"Is that so?" Itachi stared intently at Feng Xu, the tomoe in his eyes rotating into the shape of a three-bladed pinwheel.
"But the mission shouldn't be this, should it?"
"I remember the mission Pain gave was to come and get the fake intelligence for Iwagakure..."
Buzz—
The moment the word 'correct' landed, orange-red ocular power surged directly towards Feng Xu's eyes.
Tsukuyomi!
Itachi, sensing something was wrong, decisively struck first.
He intended to pull Feng Xu into the Tsukuyomi space to interrogate him for relevant information!
But the next second, Itachi's pupils constricted, trembling in their sockets.
'Can't pull him in?'
'No, is it Mangekyo?!'
The only thing that could prevent his Tsukuyomi from pulling someone in and rendering it ineffective was another Sharingan that had also awakened the Mangekyo.
"I didn't expect that besides that guy, there's actually someone else who has awakened the Mangekyo..."
Although Itachi's heart was in turmoil, his face quickly returned to calm, and the crimson in his eyes receded.
"Mangekyo?" Kisame, hearing this, had a look of fear and confusion on his face as he quickly gripped Samehada on his back.
Although he didn't know what had just happened,
he could be sure that Itachi had secretly fought Feng Xu.
And Feng Xu also had the same Mangekyo Sharingan, and had even caused Itachi to suffer a loss!
This was absolutely terrifying!
Feng Xu in front didn't reply, but turned his head and continued to lead the way.
"Save your strength, after all, Sasuke has been preparing for this day for a long time."
"At the very least, you must let your weakened body hold out, so that Sasuke's long-accumulated hatred can be fully unleashed..."
"..." Itachi silently quickened his pace to follow.
In his heart, however, he was pondering the information about Sasuke in Feng Xu's words.
Kisame, on the other hand, felt his legs as heavy as if filled with lead.
He felt that ahead was a man-eating abyss, with immense danger waiting.
But after only a moment's hesitation, Kisame quickly followed with a serious expression.
He still had to complete the surveillance mission Obito had given him.
Moreover, when Itachi hadn't yet defected, he was still a partner and comrade, and someone he respected.
Kisame, who detested his own false past, naturally wouldn't repeat the actions of abandoning or killing comrades as he had done in the past.
Soon, Feng Xu had led the two to an open clearing.
And in the middle of that clearing, stood the coldly aloof Sasuke!
Feng Xu stopped and remained in place.
But Itachi did not; he continued to maintain his speed towards where Sasuke was standing.
Kisame was about to follow, but was stopped by Feng Xu in front.
"What happens next no longer concerns you."
"As for me, I just happen to have some things I'd like to discuss with you."
Seeing himself blocked, Kisame's heart sank to the bottom.
Samehada on his back was also instantly drawn and held in his hand.
"Discuss some things with me?"
"But I don't recall having any dealings with you."
Kisame, knowing that Feng Xu had the same eyes as Itachi and Obito, unconsciously began to use honorifics.
While raising his guard to the fullest, he also communicated with Samehada in his hand.
He instructed Samehada to be ready at any moment to use Chakra to help him dispel any Sharingan genjutsu!
"Not having it now doesn't mean you won't have it later."