In Konoha, they wiped out the Sarutobi clan at the start.

A person and two dogs strolled along the main street of a small town in the Land of Fire.

Just as Chinatsu and Dozo brushed past each other, one of the ninja dogs suddenly said to Chinatsu, "Hey, little Chinatsu, I think I can smell Uchiha Sasuke's scent. It's very faint, but it's very close. Can you sense Uchiha Sasuke's chakra?"

"No, not at all." Chika shook her head, but her gaze turned to Dosan, who had just passed by. From his mind, Chika could tell that he was hired by Sasuke Uchiha and seemed to be planning to cause trouble for her father.

That's really overestimating themselves.

That's perfect, I can find Qianye through her.

Who told Qianye to have the ability to block perception?

"That's strange. I clearly smelled it," the ninja dog said.

The other ninja dog nodded in deep agreement, "Me too."

"I think they probably ran into Sasuke's recruited companions. I sensed them, and among the crowd, only that guy has decent chakra. You guys can smell it yourselves, is that him?" Chika turned her gaze to Dosan at the front of the crowd.

Upon hearing this, the two ninja dogs quickly focused their sense of smell, and sure enough, they found Sasuke's scent on the other person.

So the man and his two dogs followed.

Without any fancy moves, Chika chased after him, dragged him to a deserted alley, and gave him a brutal beating. Then, in front of the two ninja dogs, she began to interrogate him violently.

Meanwhile, outside the town lies the forest.

Erzhuzi has already headed to the meeting point.

Jugo and Suigetsu also arrived at the same time.

"Strange, hasn't Tang San arrived yet?" Shuiyue looked around but couldn't find Tang San anywhere.

"He probably went to the town. He has his own intelligence network, and it seems he's going there to gather information," replied Jugo, who was standing to the side teasing the birds.

"He's probably out gathering information, gambling, isn't he? That guy's a gambling addict. Sasuke gave him that money last time, and he gambled it all away in no time." Suigetsu said with disdain, turning her gaze to Sasuke. "Hey, Sasuke, aren't you going to keep an eye on that guy? If this keeps up, it'll be easy for him to leak our information."

"It doesn't matter. Maybe we can use this to lure out the Akatsuki members. Besides, compared to this..."

As Erzhuzi spoke, a ball of lightning appeared in his left hand, which he then flung out countless Thousand Birds and Thousand Bones into the jungle behind him.

"How dangerous! It's the same ninjutsu as Senya-senpai's. It really is dangerous."

A lewd voice suddenly rang out, and a masked man dressed in a red cloud-patterned black robe slowly walked out of the dense forest.

"Is this Xiao dressed like this?" Shuiyue was shocked when she saw this and quickly drew the decapitation sword from her back to protect Erzhuzi.

Jugo did the same; he activated his cursed seal ability, and his left hand transformed into a monster's claw.

"So you're Sasuke. Nice to meet you. My name is Tobi." Obito, disguised as Tobi, greeted him in an extremely comical manner.

"Shuiyue, grab him." Erzhuzi didn't waste any more words and directly ordered two members of the Snake Squad to take action.

Having just "killed" Orochimaru and awakened his Mangekyou Sharingan, Sasuke's ego was now at its peak. Apart from Chiyo and Itachi Uchiha, he saw everyone else as trash.

Needless to say, Obito's comical appearance is another story.

"That's exactly what I was waiting for." Seeing that the other party was not Fujiwara Chiya, Mizuki instantly abandoned all restraint and swung his Executioner's Blade at the opponent.

Just as the executioner's blade was about to strike him, Obito once again channeled his dramatic flair, frantically dodging while simultaneously taunting in a comically exaggerated manner, "You're far from going to hit me. You're far from hitting me."

Shuiyue slashed for a long time, but her decapitation sword didn't even touch her opponent.

"How can this guy be so agile?" Shuiyue cursed inwardly after failing to break through his defenses.

"It looks like Suigetsu won't be able to take him down anytime soon. Sasuke, I'll go help him." Seeing this, Jugo said goodbye to Sasuke and rushed over.

Obito suddenly felt the pressure increase and cried out for help, "Hey, hey, this isn't what we agreed on. Deidara-senpai, Chiya-senpai, Pakura-senpai, help me!"

"Qianye, is that guy here?" Erzhuzi was startled and looked up at the sky, only to see Deidara poised to swoop down with two giant clay birds exploding from his head.

Just as the giant bird was about to crash to the ground, Deidara leaped into the air, simultaneously forming hand seals and shouting, "Ha!"

boom.

The two giant clay birds exploded with a loud bang.

"Sasuke!" Suigetsu and Jugo, realizing they had been tricked, shouted, but it was too late to rush forward. Helpless, they could only protect their chests with their hands and wait for the aftershocks of the explosion.

After the explosion subsided, it was discovered that Erzhuzi was enveloped by a giant white snake, while his true form stood unharmed in the middle of the snake.

The first two finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Where is Fujiwara Chiya?" Sasuke stared expressionlessly at Deidara standing in front of Obito. With a bang, the smoke dissipated, and the white snake enveloping Sasuke disappeared.

"You think you're worthy to be Brother Qianye's opponent?" Deidara said with disdain.

"Looks like he's not here. Well then, I'll ask another question." With his three-tomoe Sharingan activated, Sasuke asked expressionlessly, "Where is Uchiha Itachi?"

"That look in his eyes." Sasuke's Sharingan reminded Deidara of the scene when he was defeated by the filial son when he first joined the Akatsuki. That feeling of being superior made him very unhappy.

Seizing the opportunity, while Deidara was distracted, Erzhuzi drew his Kusanagi sword from his waist, and in a flash, rushed over and slashed with the sword.

Deidara reacted instantly, but before he could dodge, there was a clang, and Sasuke's Kusanagi sword was caught by the suddenly appearing Chiya with a single finger.

"Sorry, I was supposed to be the bait, but I didn't expect you guys to find it first." Chiyo looked relaxed and turned to look at Deidara, completely ignoring Obito behind him.

"Tch!" Knowing how powerful Chiya was, Erzhuzi was worried that she would grab the Kusanagi sword like last time, so he quickly sheathed his sword and retreated to stand in front of Jugo and Suigetsu.

"Seriously, Senpai, that was really dangerous. Itachi-senpai's Body Flicker Technique is so fast!" Obito patted his chest lightly, looking like a deer on its back.

He then pretended to look around, and when he didn't see Yekura, he hurriedly asked, "Huh? Where's Yekura-senpai? Didn't she come with you?"

"I sent her to buy some food and drinks. There's going to be a very exciting battle later, and we can't do without food and drinks to liven things up." Chiya made up a reason. In reality, he sensed Chika's chakra and sent Yekura to find Chika to prevent her from getting close.

"Then you just wait and see, Brother Qianye. Watch how I use art to blow this idiot away. Hmm." Hearing Qianye's words, Deidara felt that his art had been recognized by Qianye, and he clenched his right fist and said confidently.

"I'm really looking forward to it, but before that, I want to see just how much Sasuke has improved since getting Orochimaru's power. You can just watch from the sidelines." Chiya turned his gaze to Sasuke and the other two, his back to Deidara.

"I understand, but just so you know, make sure to save this guy called 'Second Pillar' for me." Deidara still respected Chiya, and upon hearing this, he quickly retreated with Obito to the tree trunk behind them.

A battle between a father and his stepson has officially begun.