"You want to take revenge on Itachi Uchiha, and you don't even have this much strength?"
"Consider it your trial. If you truly die, then you are not qualified to take revenge."
The masked man suddenly absorbed Karin, Suigetsu, and Jugo into his right eye.
Only Uchiha Sasuke remained.
"Have fun, make them feel your rage with your strength."
With that, the masked man also disappeared into the vortex of his right eye.
"Damn you! Wait!"
Left alone, his pursuers were catching up.
Uchiha Sasuke had no choice but to continue fleeing forward.
"Damn it! Am I really destined to be chased like this?!"
"It's true I killed Orochimaru. If I can't even handle them..."
Sasuke flipped and leaped onto a higher treetop.
He pulled several shuriken from his waist and threw them the moment Ao and the others caught up.
"Little brat, you dare to fight back?"
Ao sneered, instantly dodging the shuriken. As he raised his fingers, a surge of water from behind him rushed forward.
"Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Jutsu!"
The water, like a tornado, rapidly ascended and then transformed into a spreading waterfall, instantly washing Sasuke down from the treetop.
"I'm done for!"
Sasuke scrambled to his feet, shaking off the water from his body. Before he could even steady himself, Ao was already upon him.
*Clang!*
Sasuke hastily gripped a kunai at his waist and blocked the attack the moment Ao charged forward.
Ao snorted coldly and swung his kunai with all his might, aiming for Sasuke's vital points, each strike meant to be fatal.
Although the opponent possessed the Byakugan.
Sasuke was no pushover either. His Three-Tomoe Sharingan saw through all of Ao's movements.
He could at least hold on for a while.
"Surround him!"
Suddenly, Ao shouted.
From the surrounding bushes, several Anbu ninjas from the Hidden Mist Village leaped out.
The moment they appeared, they threw explosive tags at Sasuke's feet.
Sasuke frowned, flipped up, and leaped away.
*Boom!*
An explosion erupted, and thick smoke billowed into the air.
Sasuke shot out from the smoke, rapidly forming hand seals with both hands: "Fire Style, Fireball Jutsu!"
The Hidden Mist ninjas, seeing this, quickly formed hand seals: "Water Style, Water Dragon Bullet Jutsu!"
The collision of water and fire produced steam, shrouding the entire jungle in a haze.
Sasuke used the opportunity to evade and hide behind a tree.
"Escape is impossible, but they have too many people..."
Sasuke began to strategize his next move.
Ao cautiously scanned their surroundings with his men.
The steam-induced haze would not dissipate quickly, increasing their vigilance.
"I have no choice but to use the Byakugan."
Ao slowly raised his fingers, the veins around his right eye bulging.
"Byakugan!"
Behind a tree to the left, a human structure appeared in his vision.
Having locked onto the target, he waved to the two men behind him: "Flank them from both sides!"
"Understood!"
The two men approached the targeted tree simultaneously from the left and right.
In Ao's Byakugan, the opponent had remained motionless.
Reaching optimal attack positions from the left and right, the two men poked their heads out and saw Uchiha Sasuke leaning against the tree stump, completely still.
He appeared to have been severely attacked.
The two exchanged glances and nodded.
"Shine!"
As they leaped out from the left and right, they swung their swords down fiercely towards Sasuke's body.
*Slash!*
Immediately, Sasuke's body dissolved into a puff of white smoke.
"A shadow clone?!"
The two were instantly shocked.
Ao's face also showed a hint of astonishment: "The Byakugan clearly captured him, how is this possible!"
*Chik!*
*Chik!*
From the top of the tree, Sasuke, wielding a sword, rapidly descended to the ground.
He swung his sword twice at the vital points of the two men.
*Thump.*
The two fell to the ground, their lives ended.
Sasuke looked at Ao, a contemptuous smile slowly spreading across his face.
"Because your attention was only focused in front. If you had even slightly lifted your head to look, you would have found me."
"As long as the chakra within the shadow clone is sufficient, and there is no other target, your Byakugan shouldn't deceive you, right?"
Sasuke then burst into laughter.
"Damn you!"
Ao, leading the remaining few, charged furiously at Sasuke.
Sasuke threw two smoke bombs heavily onto the ground, and then disappeared again.
Ao's scalp tingled: "Not again?!"
"You damn Uchiha brat, when I catch you, I will personally gouge out your Sharingan!"
Sasuke escaped to the edge of the jungle.
He felt a great sense of triumph.
However, before he could celebrate, another group of people blocked his path.
Sasuke saw the symbol of the Cloud Village on their headbands.
Instantly, he felt a dangerous aura.
Especially from the bespectacled man leading them.
"You think you're safe?"
"It's not just us; the Hidden Stone and Hidden Sand Villages have also dispatched elite troops to find you."
"But, they will be disappointed now, because you will be defeated at my hands!"
"Yo~ Let's split up, you damn fool, you idiot, yeah."
Killer Bee's rapping was truly agonizing.
Sasuke's face was filled with utter embarrassment.
Behind him, Darui, Samui, and C didn't say a word and charged forward.
Sasuke clenched his fists in anger and, biting his lip, retreated back into the jungle.
At this moment, Ao, leading the Hidden Mist forces in pursuit, coincidentally ran into Sasuke again.
However, what gave Ao a headache was the pursuing Cloud Village forces behind Sasuke.
And among them was an Eight-Tails Jinchuriki!
Sasuke was caught between the Hidden Mist and the Hidden Cloud, trapped.
He was in an impossible situation, and his chakra was almost depleted.
"Am I going to die here..."
"I'm not reconciled... I'm not reconciled!"
Suddenly, the curse mark on Sasuke's neck began to spread across his body.
Everyone stared in shock at the scene unfolding before them.
This was left by Orochimaru on Sasuke during the Chunin Exams in Konoha.
Back then, Orochimaru was merely a perverted survivor.
Two large, fleshy wings slowly grew from Sasuke's back.
He writhed on the ground in pain as his body underwent a drastic transformation.
"Yo~ So disgusting..."
Killer Bee suddenly said.
Unexpectedly, Sasuke abruptly raised his head and looked at him.
As he moved his body, he vanished from his spot.
"So fast!"
Before anyone could react, tentacles from Killer Bee's back fiercely slammed the charging Sasuke away.
"We can't let the Cloud Village capture Uchiha Sasuke!"
Ao quickly said to his men.
Both teams advanced towards the direction Sasuke had been sent flying.
Suddenly, Uchiha Sasuke flapped his fleshy wings and soared up from the ground.
The Chidori in his right hand was dyed with a black and white hue, like flames igniting in the wind.
This power made Ao's expression turn grim.
"Bee, be careful. That jutsu is infused with natural energy. If I'm not mistaken, the power of the curse mark in his body comes from Sage Mode."
"If he targets you, this attack will be unavoidable, even your Tailed Beast Cloak won't be able to withstand it."
A voice from the Eight-Tails within Killer Bee issued a warning.