The third generation Hokage sent Danzo to jail at the beginning

"Water Style: Explosive Water Wave!"

Instantly, a torrent of water gushed out of his mouth, instantly flooding the entire street. The originally dry battlefield turned into a vast ocean in the blink of an eye.

In a waterless environment, he can display the water-style ninjutsu that changes the terrain. Hoshigaki Kisame is undoubtedly a strong candidate for the second strongest water-style ninja.

The violent chakra burst also made the illusion ineffective.

Kisame dived into the water and continued to form hand seals.

"Shark skin fusion!"

Hoshigaki Kisame transforms into a shark-man form in the water. Kisame's body merges with Samehada's, turning him into a half-man, half-shark. His speed, strength, and chakra absorption abilities all improve dramatically. The flood becomes his home turf.

The real battle begins now.

On the other hand, Kakashi is in a terrible situation.

Facing Uchiha Itachi, the clone could still fight him on equal terms with him when using ninjutsu, but when the Mangekyō Sharingan began to spin wildly, he was almost instantly suppressed. Before he even had time to react, he was hit by a "Tsukuyomi" and fell into an endless world of illusion.

But in reality, he just fell to the ground in an instant and fell unconscious.

Killed by Tsukuyomi for the first time! Kakashi was defeated.

Isn't that just being killed in one second? Uchiha Sasuke, standing by, was stunned. "Kakashi, you're just bragging, aren't you? Those things about being your former subordinates, about being on par with them, are all just bragging, right?"

Uchiha Itachi slowly walked up to Sasuke, looking down at him, his eyes cold and deep, his voice low and full of oppression: "You are too weak, Sasuke. Your hatred is not deep enough. Hate, only enough hatred can make you have eyes like mine."

Before he finished speaking, Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan spun wildly, launching Tsukuyomi again. Sasuke had no power to resist and was instantly pulled into the world of illusion.

It's over, Sasuke thought.

"what--!!!"

Sasuke lost consciousness in pain and fell together with Master Kakashi.

At this critical moment, a green figure rushed into the battlefield like lightning!

The hot-blooded middle-aged man stood in front of Uchiha Sasuke, and Uchiha Itachi retreated.

"The blue beast of Konoha, come on!" Might Guy shouted, his iconic thick eyebrows and tights became the focus of the audience.

Kai glanced at Kakashi and Sasuke lying on the ground, frowning. He then locked his gaze on Uchiha Itachi's feet and assumed a fighting stance: "Next, I will be your opponent!"

……

When Sarutobi Hiruzen received the news, he was numb.

Kakashi notified several senior ninjas to capture the S-rank rebel ninja group, and asked Gai to notify the Anbu first. After Gai notified the Anbu, they immediately went to support Kakashi.

After receiving the news, the Anbu immediately organized a team and then informed the Hokage.

By the time the Hokage received the news, the fighting must have already started.

It felt just like meeting an undercover agent on the rooftop, only to come downstairs and see him being arrested after being checked for ID by a colleague in military uniform.

Really satisfied.

The third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen was speechless. He changed into combat uniform and rushed over with a team of Anbu.

Chapter 16 Forgive Me, Kisame

The situation is not particularly optimistic. This guy Kai seems to be very experienced in dealing with Sharingan, and is more difficult than expected.

Moreover, with the example of Kakashi-senpai before him, he could no longer use Tsukuyomi unexpectedly.

Unless Susanoo is used, but that would be more trouble than gain - Uchiha Itachi analyzed the situation and tried to find a reasonable way to end the battle.

On the other side, Asuma and Kurenai faced Hoshigaki Kisame in the "Man and Sword as One: Shark Man" state. They had no chance of winning and could not hold out for long.

He must make Kai lose his combat capability before the Anbu arrives, and then take Kisame away to end this conflict.

What should... I do?

The gold medal undercover agent Uchiha Itachi was thinking.

At that moment, Gai had already attacked, swinging his fiery fists. His eyes remained locked on Itachi's shoulders, ankles, and elbows, skillfully avoiding direct gaze with the Sharingan. Clearly, he was well versed in the Sharingan's fighting methods.

The physical confrontation between the two sides was as fast as lightning. In the face-to-face confrontation, Itachi suddenly swung several shurikens, which ricocheted at each other and hit Gai's back from tricky and almost unbelievable angles.

However, Kai easily avoided the shuriken attack by simply rotating his body naturally, and at the same time, using the momentum of the rotation, he delivered a fierce spinning kick straight to Itachi's head.

Itachi managed to block the blow with his arms, but was blown away by the huge impact. He retreated backwards, using the force to absorb the impact, while quickly forming seals with his hands.

"Art fire escape ho fireball!"

A huge fireball roared out with scorching heat, forcing Kai to temporarily stop chasing.

Itachi breathed a sigh of relief.

The Taijutsu Master had already pinned Itachi down.

The fact that physical skills can suppress the Mangekyō Sharingan still sounds ridiculous - Uchiha Itachi thought.

The Sharingan could see every move of Kai clearly, but the body could only barely keep up.

What Itachi didn't know was that Might Guy was actually fighting very conservatively at this point, and it was only after the door was opened that Guy's combat power would show up - it would be enough to just hold them off, the Anbu troops and other Jonin would arrive soon.

This is Konoha.

After Hoshigaki Kisame entered the shark-man form, Asuma and Kurenai were somewhat helpless.

The couple used chakra to stand on the water, back to back, each responsible for dealing with one direction.

Hoshigaki Kisame can attack with ninjutsu or taijutsu at any time underwater.

It's just like a deep-sea shark.

"It's time to end." Hoshigaki Kisame's voice came from underwater.

The water surface suddenly surged violently, and a huge column of water shot up into the sky. Kisame's figure flashed out of it, and Samehada slashed down with violent chakra.

Asuma and Kurenai quickly separated, but the impact of the water column still made them retreat repeatedly. Asuma exerted force and used Hiyan to push Samehada up. Kurenai made hand seals and used illusion, but Kisame quickly burst out chakra to block Kurenai's illusion skill.

The embarrassment of a pure illusionist ninja was fully revealed at this moment. Facing an opponent of equal strength or even stronger, illusions could only serve as a supplementary tool, rarely the key to victory or defeat.

Just like Sasuke and Itachi in the original work, when fighting against masters, illusions are always combined with physical and ninjutsu at the same time. Pure illusions are a dead end.

"This guy can even devour the chakra attached to his weapon!" Asuma gritted his teeth, and the chakra knife in his hand trembled slightly.

I was still a little careless. Even though I knew his intelligence, I couldn't stop him from entering shark form.

He shouldn't be given a break after the fight.

"You're so slow to notice it now." Kisame grinned.

If it comes to a sword fight alone, it's still unclear who will win between Kisame and Asuma. However, Kisame may appear to be a tough swordsman, but he's actually a ninjutsu-type ninja, whose specialty is turning into a shark man and being able to steal chakra.

So at this moment Asuma felt deeply powerless as a regular ninja.

The balance of battle was tilting and time was passing by, but Asuma did not feel despair. Maybe he would lose the battle with Hong, but if he continued to fight, he would definitely win.

This is Konoha. Reinforcements might arrive any second.

Kisame, who also understood this, felt a little anxious. After the information was exposed, even if he entered this state, he would not be able to kill the opponent quickly. As long as he tried to gather a large amount of chakra to launch a large-scale ninjutsu, he would be stopped immediately.

His attention was slightly distracted to Mr. Itachi - the battle over there didn't look like it would end anytime soon, and was even being suppressed by that thick-browed guy.

You really deserve to die.

The attack missed, and Kisame dived down, trying to gather a large amount of chakra to form more complex hand seals while dodging Asuma's wind blades - the outcome must be decided quickly.

Asuma and Kurenai sensed this and launched a fierce attack to try to stop Kisame.

Fire and wind rolled together, and violent water columns blocked the raging flames and sharp winds.

"It's too late for those guys from Konoha, hahaha!"

"Water Release, the Jutsu of the Shark Bullet!"

The water surged violently, and a massive, shark-shaped water bullet condensed from Kisame's hand, charging towards Asuma and Kurenai with all-consuming force. The surrounding air seemed to freeze under the pressure of this chakra, and wherever the water bullet passed, a deep gully was torn through the surface of the water.

The Great Samedan Technique is not an ordinary water-based technique. It has the special effect of devouring the opponent's chakra and becoming stronger. In other words, under normal circumstances, it is difficult to defeat it.

In the original story, Kisame suffered the loss because he did not listen to Gai's explanation. Gai had already said at the time that his next fatal punch would be a physical technique, but Kisame refused to believe it and insisted on fighting back.

But in this battle——how does regular Asuma fight Kisame???

I can only stand in front of Hong.

'No matter what, I can't let her get hurt...' He held Feiyan tightly without hesitation.

Gai and Uchiha Itachi simultaneously noticed drastic changes on the other side of the battlefield.

Kai kicked Itachi away, gathered his chakra, and immediately entered the six-gate state, quickly going over there to provide support.

At the same time, Itachi followed closely behind. Kai thought it was bad and thought that Uchiha Itachi was going to stop his rescue.

However, what Kai worried about did not happen.

Kai wondered, "What on earth is this guy planning?" But he didn't slow down at all.

Uchiha Itachi shouted: "Kisame! Watch out!"

"Don't worry, I'll be done soon! I'll come to support you, Mr. Itachi later." Kisame turned around and responded, still with a confident smile of a winner on his face.

"I'm sorry, Kisame." A fleeting complex look flashed across Itachi's eyes, and he took a deep breath.

"Tsukuyomi."

What caught Kisame's eyes was a pair of blood-tear eyes that kept enlarging like three-bladed windmills. It was Itachi's Mangekyō.

Time seemed to be stretched infinitely, and every second felt like a century. Kisame tried to struggle, but his body was completely out of control.

Caught off guard, Kisame was instantly struck.

The giant Samedan that was about to devour Asuma disappeared into thin air, and the flood composed of massive chakra also receded with it.

"Itachi, it's really you. Really..."

This was Kisame's last thought before he lost his fighting ability.

Although Kisame had accepted Madara's mission to monitor Uchiha Itachi before they formed the team, during this happy time playing in a duo, he had begun to trust Uchiha Itachi and regarded him as a real teammate.

But now.

The traitor Kisame was betrayed again.

-

'Sorry, I'm undercover.'

"I'll even take you to eat meatballs..."

Chapter 17 Uchiha Kisame

"Uchiha Kisame, why are you doing this?"

Kai was alert and confused at the same time, and couldn't help but ask.

"..."

After a few seconds of silence, Itachi spoke in a deep voice, "I am Uchiha Itachi."

As for why he took action, it was because he had observed that the Anbu were already near the battlefield. If he continued to fight, the situation would only get worse. Moreover, if he did not take action, Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi might die.

The most important point is that the color of the underwear of the Akatsuki members has been exposed, and Danzo is already in jail in Konoha, so there is no point in staying there.

Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi looked at each other and now they understood that the undercover agent planted by the Hokage was Uchiha Itachi.

"Thank you very much." Asuma lit a cigarette and asked, "What are your plans next? Now that you've made your move, there's no going back."

"Let's take Kakashi-senpai and Sasuke to get treated first... The Third Hokage is already here."

At this moment, Kai helped Kakashi up with one hand and carried Sasuke up. Then he reacted and said with sudden realization: "So you are not a traitor!"

At this time, the Hokage had already arrived. After receiving the news, he rushed over immediately. Seeing that Kisame had lost the ability to resist, he waved his hand and let most of the Anbu leave, leaving only a few elites to deal with Kisame, seal his chakra and restrain him.

He saw everything clearly, and Uchiha Itachi was truly a loyal minister. His greatest contribution to the world was saving the emperor.

Asuma is still so weak, he almost failed in Konoha. He is really not a good talent. But if nothing unexpected happens, this is his only level. We still have to rely on Konohamaru.

Sarutobi Hiruzen walked over, smoking his pipe, his expression complicated. As he approached, he said, "Take Kakashi and Sasuke to get treated first. Keep this a secret for the time being. Then, Itachi, come with me."

Return to the Hokage's office.