In the woods, Itachi and Kabuto were facing each other with knives, their bodies tensed, and they would take action immediately after Nagazawa said "start".

Nagaze observed the status of the two people, confirmed that there was no problem, stepped back a little distance, and then quickly shouted: "Start!"

As if there was an invisible tacit understanding, almost instantly the two of them rushed out at the same time and slashed at each other.

Clang! Two rapidly moving knives collided together, sputtering out sparks.

But what happened next was beyond Itachi's expectation. Suddenly Kabuto's knife burst out with a terrifying burst of cold air, which instantly froze Itachi's knife and continued to spread towards Itachi. Itachi decisively abandoned it.

The knife retreated to avoid being frozen together with the knife.

"As expected of you, I thought I could end the battle without you knowing." Kabuto threw the frozen sword to the ground and said with regret.

"Have you successfully developed ice escape?" Itachi asked with a slight breath. It was because of the opening of the three magatama sharingan just now that his observation ability has been greatly strengthened. Otherwise, at the speed at which Kabutama was frozen just now, he would eventually be frozen.

The good ending is also an arm being frozen.

Kabuto had consciously developed Ice Release before, studied the fusion of changes in the properties of wind chakra and water chakra, and came up with some combined ninjutsu.

"Ice Escape, that's true, but it's not just as simple as ice escape." Kabuto smiled and pressed towards Itachi.

Itachi, who had no weapons in hand, naturally did not want to engage in close combat with Kabuto. Itachi quickly took out four shurikens from his ninja tool bag and shot them at an extremely tricky angle. Itachi took the opportunity to pull away.

distance, and at the same time used the shadow clone technique to separate five shadow clones.

"Fire Release: High Fireball Technique!" Three Uchiha Itachis cast the High Fireball at the same time. One big ball and two small balls flew towards Kabuto who continued to approach.

Kabuto's breath of ice exploded, the frozen fruit was activated, and the icy cold air condensed on the blade. Without dodging or dodging, he directly froze the big fireball fired by Itachi's body with one strike.

Itachi's pupils shrank slightly, and he immediately calmed down and continued to struggle with Kabuto, releasing a wide range of ninjutsu to confuse his vision.

And Kabuto pressed forward step by step, not giving Itachi, a very close friend, any chance. His attack was very fierce, and the knife struck at Itachi's vitals. I don't know, he thought the two were in a life-or-death fight.

Soon, the four shadow clones on the field were hacked to death by Kabuto, and some wind and frost appeared on Itachi's body.

At this moment, Itachi suddenly threw away a large number of shurikens and shot them at Kabuto. Kabuto dodged slightly and continued to pursue Itachi.

But Itachi did not retreat again this time, but started fighting Kabuto with a kunai.

Sa!

Suddenly, Kabuto sensed a danger coming from behind, and he elementally transformed his body. The next moment, a sharp sword pierced Kabuto's shoulder, but Kabuto was not injured because Kabuto had already become elementalized.

"You have become more cunning." Kabuto sighed.

As early as the beginning, when Itachi split into five shadow clones, one shadow clone had been hiding in the dark. Finally, when Itachi released ninjutsu to block his sight, he used the transformation technique to turn into a shuriken, and Itachi let it go.

The frozen sword over there was also melted by the powerful fire ball of the shadow clone Itachi.

Even in the process, at the last step, Itachi deliberately controlled a subtle distance to make him feel that he could catch up with Itachi immediately, and the shurikens he threw left many positions where he could quickly dodge.

"But it's useless." Itachi sighed softly, he couldn't understand Kabuto now.

Not only did the sharp blade that pierced Kabuto not hurt Kabuto or Kabuto was forced to dodge, but the cold air followed the blade and instantly froze the shadow clone.

Itachi was a little confused. In just three minutes of fighting, Kabuto showed a lot of extraordinary things.

Ice escape, the new breathing method, and the secret technique to dodge attacks.

On the contrary, except for the three Magatama Sharingan, it seems that the breath of the sun is constantly improving, but there is nothing else.

Itachi took a deep breath, and the sun's breath exploded with all its strength, chakra was running to the extreme, and then a rapidly rotating red fireball appeared on his hand.

After so much time, Itachi was not without success. He developed the changes in the properties of the Rasengan's fire chakra, and fused it with the Breath of the Sun. The power that exploded in an instant was terrifying.

"I can't control the power of this next move, so be careful." Itachi warned before taking action.

The change in the properties of Rasengan's fire attribute chakra is a very difficult and powerful move to control. Coupled with the strengthening of Breath of the Sun, the power is even more unimaginable.

"Breath of Ice·Ice Age!" Hearing Itachi's words, Kabuto didn't dare to underestimate him. The chakra breathing techniques all exploded, and the frozen fruit ability was activated to the extreme. Waves of terrifying cold air emerged from Kabuto's body, causing the surrounding people to explode.

The land is frozen.

Huge ice blocks kept devouring every inch of land between Itachi and Kabuto, but Itachi was not afraid at all. He held a huge blazing fire ball and smashed it towards Kabuto. The terrifying heat quickly melted the ice blocks trying to swallow him.

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Zizzi! A large amount of ice cubes evaporated and the thick white mist fell, adding a mysterious color to the forest.

Finally, the white mist dissipated, and the huge pieces of ice on the ground seemed to promote the winner.

"I still lost." Itachi said with a bitter smile. At this time, the fireball in his hand had been extinguished and half of his body was frozen.

"You have already surprised me. Uchiha's Sharingan is indeed well-deserved. Even with so much less training time, it cannot surpass you." Kabuto smiled and touched the ice on Itachi's body.

Although he still had some methods that he hadn't used in this battle, Itachi hadn't eaten Nagazawa's Devil Fruit yet, so Kabuto felt that it was really difficult to maintain a strength that surpassed Itachi's.

"What is the secret technique you used just now? It's a bit like Kirigakure's water transformation technique, but I feel yours is stronger." Itachi asked.

In the previous battle, it was Kabuto who ignored the thrust, causing most of Itachi's arrangements to fail, and he was suddenly at a disadvantage.

"Actually, it's not a secret technique, it's an ability. The ability you have after eating the Devil Fruit." Kabuto said, and then showed Itachi the elemental transformation again.

"What about your Ice Release?" Itachi looked at Kabuto in surprise, remembering Sasuke's Fire Fist before setting off.

"Sasuke also ate that devil fruit?"

Kabuto nodded and said, "Yes, Sasuke also ate the Devil Fruit. He ate the Shashao Fruit and gained the power to emit flames."

"No wonder." Itachi finally understood why Sasuke said it was simple.

In his eyes, Sasuke performed a Muji Ninjutsu, but in Sasuke's eyes, he just threw a punch.

At this time, Nagaze came out and introduced a wave of devil fruits in detail.

"It's really magical, but why have I never heard of it?" Itachi asked with some confusion. He had traveled to the Land of Fire and had never heard of such a magical thing.

"Why have you heard of it? It's great if it exists." Nagaze replied with a smile.

As he spoke, Nagazawa took out the rockberry fruit and handed it to Itachi and said, "This is the devil fruit for you. It's called rockberry fruit. It's a devil fruit as powerful as the frozen fruit on Kabuto's body."

Nagaze's accumulated points over the past year have mostly been exchanged for Devil Fruits, and top-level Devil Fruits are not cheap.

He exchanged Frozen Fruit for Kabuto, Yakisaki Fruit for Sasuke, Surgery Fruit for Orochimaru, Gravity Fruit for Obito, Transparent Fruit for Kakashi, and Rock Berry Fruit was specially left by him for Itachi.

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Nagazawa thought, when Itachi activates Susanoo in the future, the magma in his hand will call Susanoo, which will definitely feel very oppressive.

Itachi took the fruit and looked at it curiously, feeling that this magical fruit called Devil Fruit not only had magical functions, but also looked different.

"Just eat it directly, remember to eat it all without leaving any bit behind." As a close friend, Kabuto reminded with a smile on his face.

Kabuto still remembered the taste of Devil Fruit, and he was very puzzled that there could be such an unpalatable thing in the world.

So after seeing Itachi obtain the Devil Fruit, Kabuto did not hesitate to remind him kindly that this unforgettable taste must be remembered together.

Itachi nodded and took a bite of the Devil Fruit with a nonchalant expression. This bite caused Itachi to break the power immediately. He couldn't keep his face paralyzed. He showed an expression of three parts surprise, three parts discomfort, three parts helplessness and a hint of disbelief.

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"It's a bit unpalatable." Itachi said with a frown.

He smiled and said nothing, quietly feeling happy in his heart.

Even he couldn't stand the taste, but because of Kabuto's words, Itachi reluctantly ate the rock berries quickly.

It didn't take long for Itachi, who had great control over his body, to notice changes in his body.

Itachi's mind moved slightly, and in an instant his flesh and blood right arm turned into hot lava burning with flames.

Although the arm turned into lava, Itachi found that controlling the lava was actually more flexible and convenient than controlling the arm of flesh and blood.

Itachi aimed at the seven-eight-meter-high ice block created by Kabuto and punched out a piece of magma. The hot magma quickly melted the ice block, and soon there was only water on the ground and no ice block.

"This ability seems to be a bit restraining my fruit ability." Kabuto discovered a problem.

"There is no attribute restraint. As long as your ice is strong enough, the magma will not melt the ice, but you will freeze the magma." Nagaze said.

"I will remember this defeat, and I will defeat you in five months." Itachi wrote the challenge to Kabuto.

During these five months, he would redouble his practice to make up for all the mistakes he had made before, and then fully develop his fruitful abilities.

"I will continue my victory." Kabuto said with unabated enthusiasm, and it was no surprise that he ate the rock berry fruit.

In order to maintain his status as the winner, Kabuto ate something and hurriedly went to practice, vowing not to stop until he rolled Itachi to death.

Although Itachi is eager to develop new abilities and fight to defeat Kabuto, he still has things to talk about on his journey.

Nagaze took Itachi to a small grassland and listened to Itachi tell what he had seen and heard along the way, as well as the doubts he had during the journey.

"Why is it that it was just a made-up rumor that reached that point in the end, and even I was almost attracted by it? Didn't the person who spread it in the first place check it? Why do those nobles, who clearly have such favorable conditions, resort to torture?

Country people enjoy themselves..."

"Because most people just want to have fun. They don't care whether the news is true or false. They only care about whether they can have fun. Not everyone is a ninja. In addition, the person in the rumor does have bad conduct and mishandled the situation. Finally,

It’s getting worse..." Yongze answered one by one.

"However, I think you actually understand it quite well." Yongze said with a smile.

"Human beings are too complicated." Itachi shook his head, feeling that he still didn't know enough.

There are idealists who risk everything for their lofty ideals, and there are also pure evil people who like to do things that harm others but not benefit themselves. There are just too many different kinds of people.

"It's good to know, but it's not that troublesome to want world peace. Maybe it won't be long before peace can enter the next stage." Nagazawa Yuyou said.

There is currently peace in the ninja world, but it is a peace dominated by the five major ninja villages.

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After reaching an in-depth cooperation with Chakra Technology Company, Nagato was satisfied and put Sugiyama Minato back. He was just a small character who could move every second. Nagato didn't really care, and Chakra Technology Company gave him too much.

Already.

Nagato didn't care about Minato Sugiyama, but Minato Sugiyama cared about Nagato very much. After returning to the Shell Organization, he quickly reported all the information about Nagato to Ichiki in detail.

These include Nagato's appearance, Nagato's performance when using his power, etc.

When Sugiyama Minato looked at Nagato's eyes, a hint of surprise flashed across his plain face.

He didn't expect that the leader of the Light Ninja Village actually had the Samsara Eye, even though it was only the lowest level purple Samsara Eye.

This kind of samsara eye will not appear in the orthodox Otsutsuki. Only the bloodline of the next level may have this kind of eye.

However, this also makes it a pity for Ishiki Ichiki. Even the lowest level of the Rinnegan, it shows that while inheriting the power of Otsutsuki's bloodline, he has considerable talent and is very likely to be able to carry his wedge.

But now Nagato's strength is obviously not something that he, who is seriously injured, can control casually, unless Ichiki is willing to liberate his own power, but that would be suicide.

"This Yahiko of the Light Ninja Village has great ambitions. I am afraid that not only the Light Ninja Village and the Frost Ninja Village, but also the small Ninja Village that has undergone changes in the past two years have something to do with him." Sugiyama Minato said in a deep voice.

But Yi Shi still maintained a calm expression.

"It's a good thing to be ambitious. Maybe we can use him to help us accomplish something." Yi Shi said calmly while shaking the red wine.

It didn't matter to him what ambitions Nagato had, he was just an inferior Otsutsuki descendant.

At this moment, Darcy, an undercover agent in the Light Ninja Village, brought them good news.
Chapter completed!