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Chapter 245 Truly Shameless, Even a Dead Man Like Itachi Uchiha Isabella Would Be Schemed Against (Third Update!)

Uehara Naraku waved his hand, and countless water droplets in the lake transformed into shuriken, slowly floating in the air.

"Sailor shuriken!"

The next moment, these shuriken flew rapidly toward Uchiha Sasuke!

Sasuke Uchiha remained fearless. His Sharingan could see the traces of all the shuriken. Sasuke couldn't help but curl the corner of his mouth into a smile: "Heh, you want to compete with the Uchiha clan in shuriken throwing techniques?"

Countless shuriken flew from Sasuke's hands, and in the blink of an eye, Uchiha Sasuke destroyed all the sailor shuriken made by Uehara Naraku!

After all the sailor shuriken were destroyed, Uchiha Sasuke suddenly rushed towards Uehara Naraku, his ninja sword drawing an arc.

However, Uehara Naraku's figure flashed and suddenly crashed into Uchiha Sasuke, grabbing his wrist and kicking him in the abdomen, sending him flying!

Uehara Naraku clasped his hands together and began to form hand seals.

This scene couldn't help but make Sasuke chuckle. He tossed a massive shuriken into his hand, laughing wildly, "Your hand seals are so slow, they're practically on par with Itachi Uchiha's!"

"Um?"

Uehara Naraku had no choice but to abandon the hand seals. After he dodged the shuriken, he suddenly raised an eyebrow and said, "Is Uchiha Itachi's hand seal speed also slow?"

"Hmph, more or less!"

Sasuke Uchiha nodded, and a thread suddenly appeared in his hand, pulling the shuriken towards Naraku Uehara: "I've observed him closely over the years; his hand seal speed isn't fast. He's lucky if he can form two hand seals per second!"

Uehara Naraku let the mechanical shuriken hit his thigh, then forcefully pulled it out and used it to heal his wound.

To be honest, I'm a little curious.

Uchiha Itachi was too cowardly!

So Sasuke didn't notice for so long?

Did Kakashi Hatake never tell Sasuke Uchiha that his brother could actually form six hand seals in a second?

Sasuke Uchiha grinned dismissively, pleased with himself for interrupting Naraku Uehara's ninjutsu. A spark of electricity crackled at his fingertips as he said, "Akatsuki ninjas are all very slow at forming hand seals. I'm almost grateful to Kakashi, because I've witnessed his battles and learned that ninjas can form hand seals as fast as he can!"

"..."

Uehara Naraku was completely at a loss for words.

It's understandable that Kisame Hoshigaki's hand seals are sometimes slow, since the ninjutsu he releases is extremely powerful and requires him to mobilize his chakra.

Uchiha Itachi... he's quite the actor!

the other side.

Kisame, who was spying on Itachi, looked at him and asked in a low voice, "Itachi-san, how long has Sasuke's condition lasted? Hasn't he noticed how fast you can form hand seals?"

"..."

Itachi Uchiha glanced speechlessly at Kisame Hoshigaki, then calmly shook his head and said, "Don't you already know? If I form hand seals too quickly, Sasuke won't be able to use his Sharingan to copy the ninjutsu I want to teach him..."

After saying that, Itachi Uchiha added, "If my hand seal speed fluctuates, Sasuke will easily notice the flaw..."

"As expected of you, Itachi-san."

Kisame Hoshigaki looked at Itachi Uchiha with admiration, then shook his head and sighed, "I can't even form one or two hand seals in a second."

"Cough cough..."

Itachi Uchiha coughed a few times and changed the subject: "Uehara's hand seal speed isn't fast either. Is he hiding something too?"

"Hehe, that's not hiding it."

Kisame Hoshigaki watched as Naraku Uehara clasped his hands together in a hand seal, and his eye twitched involuntarily: "That guy's hand seal speed is inherently slow, so he's not very good at using ninjutsu."

After Kisame finished speaking, he grinned and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about him. That guy was just lucky to get Pain and Konan's favor. All he needs to do is form the hand seals for summoning jutsu."

"Is he only good at psychic arts?"

Itachi Uchiha nodded to himself: "It doesn't seem like it... His water-style ninjutsu should be extremely strong."

Tomorrow is actually his death day, so Itachi Uchiha doesn't care too much. At least he can be sure that Uehara Naraku poses no threat to Sasuke Uchiha.

In the lake.

The battle between Uehara Naraku and Uchiha Sasuke has reached a fever pitch.

Sasuke Uchiha opened his mouth and unleashed a fireball that swept towards Nara Uehara: "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

"Fire Release: Blazing Storm!"

Uehara Naraku clasped his hands together and released a burst of flames, but this time his fire-style ninjutsu was clearly no match for Uchiha Sasuke's Great Fireball Technique, and it was on the verge of being defeated.

In his haste, Uehara Naraku could only close his hand seals again and whisper, "Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

A water dragon burst forth from the lake, extinguishing Sasuke's flames.

"This environment is too advantageous for your fighting style."

Seeing this, Sasuke Uchiha couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, "But your Water Release ninjutsu doesn't seem to be very powerful!"

"Yeah?"

Uehara Naraku abruptly clenched his fists, looking at Uchiha Sasuke, and whispered, "This is my strongest Water Release ninjutsu, but it requires a long preparation time. I think you'll give me that time, right?"

"certainly."

Sasuke Uchiha chuckled and said, "We're just practicing. If we were to actually fight, you wouldn't have a chance to use it... Of course, if it were a real life-or-death duel, I'm not so sure I could defeat you!"

After all, Uehara Naraku broke his Lightning Release Kirin with a single finger!

Sasuke Uchiha knew perfectly well that Naraku Uehara was sparring with him, so he quietly watched Naraku begin to form hand seals.

It's about the timing of this hand seal...

It's taking a little while...

Uchiha Sasuke's face grew increasingly dark, because Uehara Naraku had already formed forty or fifty hand seals, and the seal-forming time was almost a minute long!

What the hell kind of ninjutsu is this?!

Just as Sasuke was finally losing patience, Uehara Naraku finished completing fifty-six hand seals and whispered, "Water Release: Water Giant God!"

The next moment, countless waves surged up from the ground!

Streams of water meandered and swirled beneath Uehara Naraku's feet, slowly enveloping him and dragging him into the air, while the water in the lake continued to flow.

These water streams gradually began to flow in strange directions in the air, as if there were a predetermined pipe in the air through which they flowed.

It looks extremely strange.

However, Sasuke soon saw the full extent of the water flow!

These streams of water actually formed a human shape in the air, and in a flash, they were about to converge into a huge creature. These streams of water actually formed a water giant here that was even larger than the water transformation technique of the Hozuki clan!

What's even more amazing is that this water giant is incredibly lifelike, covered in layers of armor plates, and holding a thick sword in its hand.

It looks quite imposing!

After obtaining the power of water, Uehara Naraku manipulated the water flow with ease and comfort; this was merely an application of the power of water.

Kisame Hoshigaki, watching from a distance, showed a look of surprise and couldn't help but say, "That brat Uehara Naraku actually knows this kind of ninjutsu?"

Uchiha Itachi nodded calmly and said, "That's normal. You can see it from Uehara's manipulation of the water flow just now. Uehara is actually very skilled in water-style ninjutsu, but his level of expertise is indeed astonishing."

"I didn't sense that Itachi-san was surprised at all..."

Kisame Hoshigaki shook his head and said in a low voice, "Even I didn't know that Naraku Uehara had mastered Water Release ninjutsu to this extent!"

"It's easy to spot through some small details."

Uchiha Itachi shook his head and sighed softly, "However, this move relies heavily on the terrain, and Uehara's casting speed is not fast enough. In a real battle, the enemy will attack before he finishes his technique, or even before he has finished forming the hand seals, the enemy will suddenly attack him."

Everything was exactly as Itachi Uchiha had expected.

Uchiha Itachi was right after all; Uehara Naraku was indeed very skilled in Water Release ninjutsu.

"yes…"

Kisame Hoshigaki sighed softly, "This technique has over fifty hand seals; it surpasses the record of the Water Dragon Bullet Technique, doesn't it?"

"Um…"

Uchiha Itachi nodded and continued softly, "But it's quite ordinary, after all, this is a technique that can change the course of a battle."

Although this water giant has not yet shown much power, its size alone is already comparable to Susanoo!

It just has quite a few drawbacks.

Itachi Uchiha had already come up with a whole bunch of random ways to break the Water Giant technique; there were simply too many ways to break this spell.

If Uehara Naraku were standing in front of him, Uchiha Itachi could guarantee that Uehara Naraku would have no chance of succeeding in casting the spell.

Underground.

Obito Uchiha was hiding inside the Kamui dimension.

Obito Uchiha was continuously relaying Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki's conversation to Naraku Uehara, which is why Naraku Uehara adjusted his fighting style just now.

Now he was touching his chin, pondering a question: Why did Uehara Naraku put on an act for Uchiha Itachi?

After Itachi and Sasuke's battle ends tomorrow, Itachi will probably die on the spot, right?

After Itachi Uchiha dies, shouldn't Uehara Naraku be able to revive and control Itachi Uchiha using the Impure World Reincarnation technique?

Why did Uehara Naraku consider Uchiha Itachi as an enemy?

Although something seemed a bit off, Obito Uchiha couldn't figure it out.

"Forget it, if I can't figure it out, I won't think about it anymore."

Obito Uchiha shook his head, fiddling around as he observed Naraku Uehara fighting Sasuke Uchiha in the distance: "How despicable, even scheming against Itachi Uchiha, who was destined to die..."

(End of this chapter)