Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

Is this kid being cautious or arrogant?

In reality, Sasuke wasn't as concerned about his whereabouts being exposed as he appeared.

With his current strength, it wouldn't be difficult for him to just barge in and fight his way to Payne.

If it weren't for the fact that Pain also possesses the Rinnegan, and might also possess some unknown, unique eye technique...

He made his move a long time ago.

As someone who also possesses the Rinnegan, Sasuke knows better than anyone just how powerful and unpredictable the power contained within those eyes truly is.

The Sage of Six Paths once used this to create a Pure Land. No one knows whether Pain's Rinnegan eyes also hold some trump card that could overturn the battle.

Moreover, that village was home to countless innocent civilians.

Once the two pairs of Rinnegan collide there, the devastating aftershocks will surely turn that place to ashes.

This senseless killing was not the purpose of his trip.

So, let's wait and see if this so-called Akatsuki organization will be sensible enough to come to us on its own initiative.

Sasuke suddenly turned his head, his gaze piercing a certain direction deep within the rain.

"Finally couldn't hold back anymore...?"

He sensed an undisguised surge of chakra approaching him at an extremely fast speed from the direction of the Land of Rain.

Kakuzu, standing beside Sasuke, seemed to have sensed something as well, and subconsciously followed Sasuke's gaze.

That aura...

It's Kisame!

He actually dared to come looking for trouble with this monster all by himself?

With a whooshing sound, Kisame Hoshigaki landed heavily in front of Sasuke.

He raised his head, his face so gloomy it was chilling.

"Uchiha Sasuke..."

"Mr. Itachi, is he really dead?"

"died."

Sasuke replied calmly, "He died by my blade."

"..."

Kisame's body trembled slightly.

Even though he was mentally prepared, he still felt dizzy when Sasuke confirmed the fact.

That thing allowed him to still feel a real presence in this hypocritical world...

It's true, he's gone.

"Yeah......"

Kisame lowered his head, making it impossible to see his expression.

"What a pity..."

He murmured to himself, "I was thinking that after the next mission, we could go eat those sickeningly sweet dumplings together again."

Suddenly, a chilling, maniacal laugh burst from his throat.

Hahahaha!!!

Kisame suddenly raised his head, revealing a sinister smile that was even more hideous than a grimace, and the killing intent in his eyes boiled over completely at that moment.

"In that case, there's nothing more to say!"

He suddenly swung Samehada, pointing it at Sasuke.

"You brat! No matter what despicable means you used to defeat Itachi!"

"Today, I will use this Samehada to completely tear your disgusting face to shreds!"

"For Itachi-san, and also to make my boring life a little more interesting!"

"Water Release: Big Explosive Water Wave!"

With a roar, Kisame opened his massive maw, and seemingly endless streams of water gushed out from it.

The sheer volume of water was simply unbelievable.

In an instant, the border area was swallowed up by this massive tsunami.

The towering waves rolled and roared, quickly forming a huge spherical water prison that enveloped everything within a radius of several kilometers.

"What...what kind of chakra level is this?!"

Kakuzu stared in horror at the terrifying ninjutsu that instantly altered the terrain.

Although he knew that Kisame had an astonishing amount of chakra and was jokingly called the "tailless tailed beast," witnessing this scale of water-style jutsu still made him feel terrified.

"Is he planning to turn this place into a vast ocean with this level of water manipulation?!"

Kakuzu instinctively wanted to retreat, to get away from the battlefield that was about to erupt.

However, Sasuke, who was in the center of the water prison, remained standing quietly in place, without even moving a step.

"Change the terrain?"

Sasuke's voice was soft, "It is indeed a very large amount of chakra."

"but......"

He raised his left hand, and his Mangekyou Sharingan suddenly opened!

"Isn't it a bit naive of you to try and pull these tricks on me?"

"The day Gao Yu gives birth to a nest."

Sasuke whispered to himself.

An invisible wave emanated from Sasuke and spread wildly outwards.

"Click..."

A very faint yet crystal-clear crisp sound suddenly rang out in the water prison.

Kisame, who was preparing to launch an attack using the water's momentum, suddenly froze.

He was horrified to discover that the water around him had stopped flowing.

No, it's not just about stopping the flow.

The originally raging and churning giant waves began to solidify at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"W-What's going on?!"

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"W-What's going on?!"

The surging waves froze instantly.

Kisame tried to use his chakra to control the water flow, but found that the water seemed to have lost its vitality.

A bone-chilling cold instantly swept through the entire water prison.

"Snap! Snap! Snap!"

The crisp sound of freezing spread rapidly.

The enormous, turbulent water sphere was instantly frozen into a crystal-clear object...

Giant ice hockey puck!

Sunlight pierced through the clouds, shining upon the giant ice sphere suspended in mid-air, refracting a dazzling light.

At the very center of the ice hockey puck, Sasuke maintained his posture with one hand outstretched, his expression indifferent.

"I already said that."

His voice became somewhat distorted as it was transmitted through the ice.

"These boring tricks won't work on me."

"what?!"

Kisame, frozen in the ice, was filled with horror.

But he was a veteran of many battles, and after a brief moment of shock, he reacted immediately.

Kisame's Samehada suddenly expanded, its sharp barbs piercing the surrounding ice, tearing a gap in the ice with brute force.

Ice shards flew everywhere.

Kisame struggled to break free from the ice puck and landed heavily on it.

He raised his head and stared intently at Sasuke not far away, his eyes filled with apprehension.

This is not Ice Release.

Kisame was certain that he did not sense any fluctuations in the nature of wind or water chakra.

As a rogue ninja from Kirigakure, he was also a ninja proficient in Water Release and had some knowledge of Ice Release.

True Ice Release requires the fusion of two chakra natures to create a bloodline limit.

But he didn't feel it for that brief moment.

This vast body of water turned into ice without any warning.

"You bastard..." Kisame gripped Samehada tightly in his hand, "What on earth did you do?!"

Sasuke looked at the frozen ripples around him, at the waves frozen in mid-air, and a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.

This is the manifestation of the "High-Ranking Nest Sun" pupil technique developed to its ultimate form.

No longer limited to creating concrete objects, no longer bound by the laws of matter.

Instead, it can directly interfere with reality, forcibly covering "reality" with the purest "imagination" in one's mind.