Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

A mocking glint flashed in the masked man's single eye. "That kind of thing is meaningless to the dead."

"Since you refuse to give it..."

He took a step forward, and his figure instantly became ethereal.

"Then I'll have to come and get it myself."

"Don't think about it!"

Shikaku let out a low shout, and the hand seals he had already formed suddenly changed.

"Shadow Imitation Technique!"

The shadow under the desk instantly lengthened and distorted, meandering toward the masked man at an astonishing speed.

In the blink of an eye, the dark shadow had already connected to the shadow at the masked man's feet.

"Gotcha!" Shikaku thought with delight.

At this distance, the Shadow Imitation Technique has extremely strong binding power.

The masked man glanced down at his shadow and made a dismissive "tsk" sound.

"The Nara clan's secret techniques are indeed impressive, but in the face of true power..."

He raised his head, a red glint flashing in his single eye. "It's just a child's trick."

"Did you know that the Sharingan also contains the power of 'Yin Release'?"

"In front of these eyes, your secret techniques based on Yin Release are unlikely to have much effect."

Before he could finish speaking, Shikaku's expression changed drastically.

He could feel that the chakra he had infused into the shadow was forcibly dispersed by an even more powerful force the moment it made contact with the other party!

The shadows connecting the two people snapped instantly.

The masked man swayed slightly, breaking free of his restraints and continuing to approach Kakashi.

"So powerful..." Shikaku's pupils contracted, and a storm of emotions surged within him.

But he did not give up. With a flick of his wrist, several kunai flew out of his hand.

The masked man neither dodged nor flinched, nor did he even make a defensive move.

"Puff puff!"

A few soft sounds.

The kunai pierced straight through his body and finally embedded themselves deeply into the wall behind him.

"Physical attacks are ineffective?!"

Shikaku's heart sank to the bottom.

Ninjutsu is ineffective, and physical attacks are also ineffective...

What kind of monster is this?!

Just as he was in shock, Kakashi's reinforcements arrived.

"Tu Dun·Tu Liubi!"

As Kakashi completed his hand seals, a thick earthen wall suddenly rose from the floor, blocking the masked man's path and attempting to impede his progress.

However, the masked man's figure did not pause at all and passed directly through the thick earthen wall.

The next instant, he appeared in front of Kakashi.

"It's no use, Kakashi, stop struggling in vain."

"This kind of attack is meaningless to me."

He reached out and aimed directly at Kakashi's left eye socket.

Kakashi stared intently at the approaching hand, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

There's no escaping it!

This guy wasn't fast, but his bizarre ability to ignore all defenses gave him a strange sense of despair.

He watched as the fingertip was about to touch his eyeball.

A close call.

The masked Uchiha's movements suddenly froze just as his hand was about to touch Kakashi's Sharingan.

“This is…” A hint of surprise flashed in the masked man’s single eye.

"Just as I thought..."

Not far away, Shikaku remained in the hand seal position.

Kakashi quickly realized, "Your body can become intangible, so you can ignore attacks."

"But when you want to attack someone, when you want to touch a physical entity..."

"You must dispel that spell and restore your body to its physical form!"

“That’s right.” Shikaku nodded, narrowing his eyes.

Kakashi did not waste this hard-won opportunity.

He suddenly gripped his left wrist with his right hand, and lightning-attribute chakra surged wildly in his palm.

At that moment, the lightning illuminated their faces, which were so close together.

"Raikiri!!!"

It was as if he was about to pierce into the masked Uchiha's body.

"We succeeded!" Shikaku's heart skipped a beat.

But even in that instant, the masked Uchiha was still able to react, and his body became ethereal again.

Shikaku's secret technique failed.

The thousand birds pierced through his body but caused no harm.

The masked man turned around, his tone impatient, "The Nara family members are indeed clever, but they're also a real nuisance."

Before he finished speaking, his figure blurred again, instantly closing the distance between him and Kakashi.

He put his hand on his shoulder.

"Got you?"

The three tomoe in the right eye rotate.

Kakashi tilted his head, watching as it twisted and changed, transforming into a pattern that looked somewhat familiar to him.

There were three black, sickle-shaped patterns, connected end to end, like a spinning windmill.

He instinctively wanted to turn his head, as if to confirm something.

But the masked man didn't give him time to think.

Space began to distort.

The powerful suction not only pulled at the masked man's head, but also enveloped the hand that was gripping Kakashi's shoulder, along with Kakashi himself.

The surrounding light and even the figures of the two people became blurred under this distorted spatial force.

"Hokage-sama!!!" Shikaku exclaimed.

With a soft sound of space closing, the two figures vanished into thin air.

"Damn it..." Shikaku frowned, forcing himself to calm down.

The fact that the enemy could so easily break into the Hokage Building and even leave calmly despite the combined efforts of himself and the Hokage speaks volumes about a very serious problem.

"The defenses here..."

Lu Jiu suddenly turned around and rushed towards the office door.

The corridor was quiet.

Those hidden agents who usually lurk in the shadows could not be sensed at all at this moment.

A few minutes later.

Nara Shikaku returned to the empty Hokage's office, his face grim.

"The secret agents who were guarding the area are all dead."

"All twelve guards, both visible and hidden, were killed in one blow."

Moreover, there were no signs of a struggle.

This means that the masked man eliminated all the guards silently and instantly.

Such strength...

Shikaku took a deep breath, his eyes serious.

"This is a huge problem..."

Chapter 194 The Standoff Between Brothers

"We must send someone to find the Hokage immediately." Shikaku's heart sank.

Just as he was about to leave, the space in front of him twisted and twisted again, forming a vortex that kept shrinking inward.

Immediately afterwards, the figure wearing the spiral mask emerged from the void, carrying a person who had already lost the ability to resist.

"Hokage-sama?!" Shikaku exclaimed in surprise.

Kakashi's appearance was truly pitiful.

His divine robes were torn to shreds and hung on his body like tattered cotton, revealing the black combat suit underneath covered with dozens of hideous wounds of various sizes.

There were many wounds, but not much blood was flowing out.

Most fatally, his left eye was left with only a dark, bloody hole.

The masked man casually tossed the distraught Kakashi to the ground, then raised his right hand.