Dead silence.
The already very quiet Naka Shrine,
At this moment, due to the bright blade light, became even more silent!
The masked man and Itachi were both stunned.
In fact, just moments ago, both of them had speculated about the reason for this guy's appearance.
However,
Even if they had prepared for a worse-case scenario, they never expected this guy to say such a thing!
'Not only did he want to take all the Sharingan, but he even... wanted to silence the two of us???'
'Was Shimura Danzo completely insane?!'
'And besides,'
'Weren't we cooperating in this Uchiha annihilation operation?'
'Why this sudden move?!'
The masked man's face darkened, he narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at Kyo before him, and said coldly:
"Hmph!"
"Is that old bastard Shimura Danzo... going back on our agreement and making a move against us?!"
At this point,
He naturally wouldn't doubt Kyo's identity anymore.
After all, apart from him and Itachi,
Within the entire Konoha, the only one who knew the details of the annihilation plan and the existence of "Madara" was the leader of Root, Danzo.
Kyo's mask also has many similarities with the masks of Danzo's Root.
"That question is interesting."
Hearing the masked man's inquiry, the Hollowfied Kyo chuckled lightly and said:
"Danzo-sama did indeed say he would cooperate with you to complete the Uchiha annihilation."
"But,"
"He never said he would let the two of you leave alive."
"Am I wrong, you two 'pawns'?"
"..."
As the words fell, let alone the masked man, even Itachi beside him instantly focused his gaze.
'Two pawns?'
'Is he referring to us???'
'Had that old schemer Danzo truly planned to double-cross us from the very beginning?!'
Just as the two were inwardly fuming, Kyo spoke again.
He raised his hand, opened his palm, looked towards the masked man, and said with a smile:
"Come on, Uchiha Madara."
"Hand over all the Sharingan you collected from the Uchiha Clan tonight."
"If I have to take them by force, it would be terribly inelegant."
"?"
Hearing this,
The masked man felt an old surge of blood well up in his chest!
'Damn it!'
'You're directly reaching out and asking for them like this, and you're telling me that isn't considered taking them by force???'
'And for this, you talk about elegance?!'
"...Hmph!"
"It seems the Konoha's higher-ups really are unreliable after all."
The masked man slightly raised his head, his red Sharingan glinting, narrowing his eyes slightly as he said flatly:
"Let's fight, Itachi."
"Let that old bastard Shimura Danzo know just how foolish it was for him to choose to be our enemy..."
As the words fell,
The masked man lightly leaped and directly retreated to the side, crossing his arms, choosing to observe.
As the number one survivor in the Shinobi World,
Without knowing the information about the mysterious enemy before him, he naturally wouldn't act rashly.
And Itachi beside him was naturally the best pawn.
"..."
Hearing the masked man's words, Itachi was silent for a moment, then still drew the long blade from his back.
Although he always felt something was off,
The person before him was indeed an enemy, at least that was beyond doubt.
As for the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan,
Itachi naturally knew that the reason the masked man was late was precisely to go collect the eyes.
But he hadn't expected that Danzo would be greedy enough to send someone to snatch them.
Next,
There was only battle.
Itachi raised the blade in his hand, looked towards Kyo ahead, and said flatly:
"White Masked One,"
"State your name, at least, I..."
"You talk too much, Cero."
Boom!!!
Before Itachi's words could even finish, the Hollowfied Kyo on the side unexpectedly directly and quickly raised his right hand!
Then, a moon-white Cero instantly shot out!
A violent Spiritual Pressure storm swept through, carrying a terrifying pressure that seemed to annihilate everything, directly assaulting them!
"!?"
Seeing this scene, Itachi's expression changed, and he was stunned.
'What's going on?!'
'What kind of proper shinobi attacks while someone is mid-sentence?!'
'And this...'
'What the hell is happening???'
'Does this technique require absolutely no hand seals at all?!'