Naruto: Uchiha Survivor Forced to Save the Shinobi World-Chapter 358: Weak

Sasuke lacked Kakashi's composure. At this moment, his only thought was to rip the mask off the mysterious figure's face and confirm whether or not it was Uchiha Itachi!

After all, with the Uchiha clan's annihilation, much of the knowledge about the Sharingan remained a mystery to him.

Though he had seen Uchiha Itachi's Mangekyo Sharingan on the night of the massacre, he wasn't certain whether what he witnessed was real or an illusion!

So, even though the pattern of the mysterious figure's Mangekyo differed from what he remembered of Itachi's, he couldn't be sure of anything.

Swish.

At that moment, Sasuke struck!

He leaped into the air, swiftly drawing both hands from the shinobi pouch at his waist and hurling several volleys of kunai toward the mysterious figure.

This was his painstakingly trained shurikenjutsu!

With the aid of his three-tomoe Sharingan, he could ensure the kunai collided in midair, altering their trajectories to strike the target from all angles with no blind spots.

At the same time.

He had tied explosive tags to the tails of several kunai. Even if they didn't hit, detonating at close range could still pose a significant threat to the target.

After launching this wave of attacks, still airborne, he rapidly formed hand signs. His right palm crackled with the sound of electric currents, flashing with a dazzling bolt of lightning!

"Hmph, how will you handle my kunai?"

Sasuke's expression was cold and calculating.

He had already planned it out: the moment the opponent showed even the slightest opening against his kunai, his 'Chidori' would deliver a surprise strike.

Whoosh!

Just as the kunai closed in on the mysterious figure from all directions, a red phantom projected from their body.

This red phantom instantly formed into ribs, shielding the mysterious figure within, and extended a skeletal arm that grabbed Sasuke midair.

Clang, clang, clang!

The kunai struck the red skeletal ribs, producing a series of piercing metallic clangs.

Boom.

Boom.

Boom.

Immediately after, the explosive tags tied to the kunai detonated one by one, engulfing the battlefield's center in smoke once more.

When the dust settled.

The Hidden Leaf shinobi on the outskirts cautiously looked over, only to find the mysterious figure still standing motionless. Sasuke, who had boldly declared he would face the figure alone, was now caught in midair by the skeletal arm of the mysterious figure's 'Susanoo.'

"Damn it!"

Sasuke, trapped in the grip, struggled desperately, but no matter how fiercely he fought, he couldn't budge the skeletal arm an inch.

The mysterious figure, standing beneath the ribcage-form 'Susanoo,' looked at Sasuke with a complex expression.

Without a doubt.

The mysterious figure who had raided Hidden Leaf Village's archives was none other than Karin, who had just fused a pair of Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

And her attack on the archives was carried out under Uchiha Shinji's orders.

Shinji had several objectives.

The first, and most direct, was to test Karin's ability to wield these Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

The second was to acquire the sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan stored in Hidden Leaf's archives.

As for the third, it was to provoke Sasuke, the modern-day reincarnation of Indra Otsutsuki!

This was why he deliberately chose a time when Sasuke and Kakashi were training near the archives for Karin to launch the attack.

"I defeated Sasuke... this easily?"

Looking at Sasuke, powerless and struggling beneath her 'Susanoo,' Karin felt a momentary sense of unease.

In the shinobi academy, Sasuke was a genius she could only look up to.

But after facing him in combat, she realized Sasuke was... so weak!

Sasuke, his face red from struggling in the skeletal arm's grip, was equally frustrated.

Though he lacked the Mangekyo Sharingan, his understanding of the Sharingan led him to believe that a dojutsu like 'Susanoo' must consume immense amounts of ocular power.

So, in devising his strategy, he intentionally used shurikenjutsu to provoke the opponent, ensuring they wouldn't recklessly unleash a major technique like 'Susanoo.' Then, he would capitalize with a surprise 'Chidori' strike, achieving the feat of defeating a Mangekyo Sharingan with his three-tomoe Sharingan.

But he never could have imagined that this 'B,' with their Mangekyo Sharingan, would activate 'Susanoo' right from the start!

"Trouble!"

Kakashi's heart sank.

But he didn't rush to rescue Sasuke. Instead, he calmly observed the situation, also wanting to confirm whether the opponent would harm Sasuke and whether they were truly Uchiha Itachi!

In the battlefield's center.

Recalling her leader's instructions, Karin slightly tightened the skeletal arm's grip.

Sasuke, caught in its grasp, immediately felt his breathing constrict.

Karin remained silent, coldly watching Sasuke, waiting for the change her leader hoped to see in him.

From Sasuke's perspective, the mysterious figure standing beneath the red 'Susanoo' looked indifferent, as if viewing him as nothing more than an insect.

"Don't underestimate me!"

Sasuke roared, the three tomoe in his Sharingan spinning rapidly.

Karin was unmoved. Sasuke's level of ocular power didn't even register as a threat to her!

Rumble.

At that moment, the ground suddenly trembled. Then, countless vines burst from the earth, surging toward Karin like a tidal wave.

In the blink of an eye, these vines tightly ensnared Karin's 'Susanoo'!

Swish, swish, swish!

Amid continuous sounds of breaking wind, several figures landed in the battlefield.

Leading them was none other than Tsunade, one of Hidden Leaf's Sannin.

Following her was Yakumo, who had unleashed Wood Release, along with shinobi from the other four villages!

"Susanoo..."

Seeing the red 'Susanoo' in the battlefield, Tsunade had no more doubts about the mysterious figure's identity—they were indeed Akatsuki's 'B.'

Chiyo from Hidden Sand Village's expression darkened: "It really is the Akatsuki. This is going to be trouble!"

Terumi Mei from Hidden Mist Village looked grim: "What are those Akatsuki lunatics up to now?"

Kurotsuchi, standing behind her village's team leader, glanced at the Wood Release tightly binding the 'Susanoo' and thought to herself: "Having Wood Release on our side is oddly reassuring!"

Yakumo, currently channeling Wood Release, was deeply conflicted: "The opponent is 'B'? Why did they attack the archives? The leader didn't inform me!"

As a member of the Akatsuki, Yakumo knew that only those wearing the hooded red-cloud cloaks and masks were her true comrades.

All other Akatsuki members were considered traitors.

Because of this, discovering that the attacker was her supposed comrade 'B' left her at a loss. She couldn't attack them, nor could she let them go in front of Tsunade and the other Hidden Leaf shinobi.

Beneath the layers of entwining vines, Karin, within her 'Susanoo,' coldly turned her gaze toward Yakumo in the distance.