The shining light and shadow magnify the darkness.

Shadows shuttled across the invisible ground like sharp knives.

Sasuke, who had anticipated this scene, was prepared to dodge in advance and jumped out of the flash range.

"Hmph, I won't fall for the same trick!"

"Yeah?"

The sound of rapidly approaching footsteps made Sasuke turn around in surprise.

Shikamaru's figure approached, and he punched him in the face.

Snapped!

Sasuke, who touched Shikamaru's punch with his palm, stepped back a few meters, and a silk thread was pulled away from his left hand and Shikamaru's right hand.

It was a sticky steel wire that was firmly stuck to the palm of his left hand.

And the Kusanagi sword in his hand was thrown out at the same time, and the lightning wrapped around it spun like a blue disk, flying towards Shikamaru.

Shikamaru lowered his body, avoiding the Kusanagi sword, and completed the seal simultaneously. Using the steel wire as a connection, he used the shadow imitation technique to control Sasuke's body.

Then, Shikamaru looked calm and wanted to change his seal and turn his shadow into a physical shadow blade to attack Sasuke, when a whistling sound came from behind.

The Kusanagi sword rotates like a disc and returns from the sky.

Clang!

The Kusanagi sword was inserted straight into the soil, trembling and flashing with electric light.

It came so suddenly that Shikamaru had no choice but to roll over on his side, interrupting the Indian style.

The moment the shadow imitation technique was interrupted, Sasuke's body regained freedom. He took out a kunai with his left hand, attached an electric light, and cut off the sticky wire.

The bright red in his eyes dimmed, and only three magatama emerged.

The purple samurai who fought with a large number of Konoha ninjas in the distance lost their traces silently and melted into the air.

"Well done, Nara boy!"

Such a sound came to my ears, the fast footsteps, the figure galloping forward, passing through the cold rain curtain, the blade chopped the atmosphere, exerting an aura like a guillotine, rushed from behind, and fell on Sasuke's body.

All actions were done in one go in an instant without any hesitation.

Seizing Sasuke's momentary gap, he killed Shikamaru with one blow without wasting the perfect opportunity that Shikamaru had risked his life for.

Mito Kadeni, who was thinking this way, had already seen Sasuke's body that was about to be cut into two pieces by him.

This Uchiha farce should stop.

End it! He said in his heart.

The blade swung down without mercy.

However, the blood did not splash out as expected.

Click!

The dazzling and shining blade was swung out, hitting a hard object and shattering into pieces.

Mito Menyan's face was dull, and the rainwater slid down his cheeks.

Shikamaru opened his mouth wide and was speechless for a moment.

The other Konoha ninjas were even more miserable, staring blankly at the sky and forgetting about the battle.

The terrifying thunder beast stepped on the void, reflecting the sky and the earth into silvery white, and began to roar towards the earth.

A purple skeleton appeared around Sasuke's body, wrapping his whole body.

Sasuke turned around at some point, his palms already raised to the sky, and his indifferent and cold eyes fell on Mito Kado who was less than half a meter away from him.

The thunder suddenly bloomed, like a holy radiance that cleansed away all filth. The vast and boundless power of thunder spread across the world, targeting Sasuke and Mito Kadoren. The thunder pillars turned into aurora and fell from the sky, illuminating their expressions palely.

The difference is that one looks excited and the other looks confused and at a loss.

Boom!

The dazzling lightning continued to expand, and the surrounding land and ruins were swept away like dust.

Sasuke rolled out of the light, covered in blood, and stopped when he hit a ruined wall.

In the dispersed dust and smoke, the broken and black clothes slowly fell down.

The figure of the old consultant disappeared, scattering into the sky and earth along with the scattered dust.

The blood-stained palms pressed down on the ground, allowing Sasuke's body to stand up, standing still despite the wind and rain.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Looking at the scene of ashes in front of him, Sasuke opened his mouth and laughed.

The hearty laughter mixed with joy and inexplicable sorrow echoed here.

"Ahem!"

Before the laughter lasted long, Sasuke began to cough violently, vomiting blood, and turned pale as if he had been injured.

"Next, there is only the last thing left..."

The cold murderous intent was like pouring cold water on his head, causing him to shake his body subconsciously, jump back, and step on the broken wall.

Several slender shadow blades penetrated the air and passed by his previous position.

If he had hesitated for even a moment, his body would have been pierced by these shadow blades and he would have died.

The surrounding Konoha ninjas also followed suit one after another. Sasuke raised his brows and rushed straight towards the crowd.

The root ninjas who had previously besieged Susanoo also appeared.

The difference is that there are only two or three of these root ninjas left, and judging from the half-broken tailed beast coats on their bodies, they have been tortured quite a lot by Susanoo before.

The Konoha ninjas who came up were all injured and panting.

Shikamaru maintained his shadow imitation technique to cooperate with these Konoha ninjas to attack Sasuke, and he also began to mobilize his body, rushing forward with his bare hands, constantly switching modes between taijutsu and ninjutsu.

Sasuke's desperate state was clearly visible to everyone.

Now is not the time to mourn the victims.

There was a roar of thunder and it exploded into a mass.

A flash of light emerged from Shikamaru's mind, and his body trembled with some kind of terror.

"No, go back!"

However, in such a fierce battle, his shouts were meaningless.

The thunder drowned out his voice.

Standing in the crowd, Sasuke, covered in blood, had a cruel smile on his lips.

Raise your palms to the sky.

Purple skeletal shadows appeared around the body.

The Konoha ninjas who were besieging them realized that something was wrong. There was lightning and thunder in the sky, and the rain became more rapid and violent.

The rain splashed and wet everyone's clothes.

The biting chill, accompanied by the thunder beast that trampled the void, once again appeared in everyone's minds.

The light and darkness between heaven and earth are uncertain.

As the lightning rushed towards the earth, it finally stabilized, and the light shone all around, engulfing Sasuke and the Konoha ninjas.

Shikamaru also rolled out in the shock wave. His right arm was tumbling, and his flesh and bones were torn by sharp stone fragments.

His forehead was also scratched, and blood flowed into his eyes, making his eyes red.

The light and smoke dispersed.

Reflecting the fallen Konoha ninja, Sasuke sat there panting, the purple skeleton disappeared, his eyes were clear in black and white, and he exited the Sharingan state.

Such a scene was reflected in Shikamaru's eyes.

Sadness and pain flashed through his eyes.

Then he made up his mind, picked up the kunai with his left hand, gritted his teeth desperately, endured the tearing pain of the bones in his body being nearly shattered by the previous shock wave, and rushed towards Sasuke.

"Sasuke!!!"

As if hearing this voice, Sasuke raised his head, and in his clear black and white eyes, Shikamaru's figure holding a kunai was reflected, and he slowly stood up from the ground, waiting for his arrival.

The pain, complexity, and determination in the other person's eyes were so clear.

As the ninja moved forward with heavy shackles on his back, Shikamaru at this time looked very much like himself.

I still have ties to the past, but in order to move on, I have to cut them off myself.

Everyone is insisting on their own position, will, and protecting what they want to protect, fighting and fighting.

fighting!
To be continued...