In the private room belonging to Itachi, Kizaru sat against the wall, the only spot with sunlight.
Itachi stood diagonally in front of Kizaru with a cold expression, seemingly unaffected by the news that his brother was being imprisoned.
"Who are you?" When Itachi opened his mouth, he didn't ask for information about Sasuke. Instead, he inquired about Kizaru's identity.
"I? The new member of the Shimura clan, an ordinary businessman." Kizaru looked at Itachi's room and asked with a smile, "Is there any coffee? Give me a cup."
"No." The official members of the Akatsuki organization all have their own rooms in the base, but most of them don't use them often. Itachi rarely comes to his room and does not prepare daily supplies.
"Duanzo is dead." Itachi said very calmly and firmly,
From the moment he heard Kizaru's answer, Itachi knew that something had happened to Danzo, and there must be another problem within Konoha.
"Yeah! He was killed by me." Kizaru said very casually, as if he was talking about an ordinary thing.
Frowning slightly, Itachi looked at the calm and calm Kizaru in front of him, and once again felt helpless towards the higher-ups in the village.
Itachi originally thought that the village would have a new atmosphere after Tsunade took over as the Fifth Hokage, but judging from Kizaru's performance, it seemed that it was not as good as before.
"Are you from Konoha?"
"The village is preparing to execute Sasuke." Kizaru did not follow Itachi's words and began to seize the initiative.
Sure enough, when Kizaru said these words, Itachi's expression changed for the first time, a very subtle change.
"Konoha has forgotten their promise?"
"No, it's not that I forgot, but no one who is still alive knows about it," Kizaru looked at Itachi with a smile, raised his finger and pointed at himself, "Except for me."
"What do you want to do?" Itachi looked at the man in front of him who claimed to be the new leader of the Shimura clan, and he felt more and more like a young Danzo.
"I tried my best to prevent Tsunade from signing the execution documents. Sasuke is safe for the time being."
"However, Lord Hokage made me an embarrassing condition, that is, let me call you back to Konoha."
"This is really an embarrassing request. As a businessman with no strength, it is really difficult for me to sneak into the Akatsuki organization and find you."
Faced with Kizaru's complaints, Itachi wanted to say something, but was unable to do so. He was silent for a while before speaking.
"How did you get in?"
"A businessman! Of course I came in through business. I made a small deal with Payne."
Itachi ignored the adjectives from Kizaru's mouth. In the meeting in the hall just now, Pain directly stopped the plan to capture the tailed beast.
It could make Payne change his plan, and gain Payne's respect. Itachi didn't think that the guy in front of him was just making a small deal.
There must be a deep inside story here, and the transaction between the two is anything but ordinary.
If nothing happened to Sasuke, Itachi would definitely focus on investigating the transaction between the two, but now there is no way, his impulsive brother has caused trouble again.
"What is the purpose of the Fifth Hokage recalling me?"
"You also know that due to the harm caused by the two guys Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo, the village is now in decline and has no support. It is the time when it is in urgent need of manpower. After Tsunade learned about your situation, she wanted to get you as soon as possible.
Recall the village."
"I can't go back." Itachi said this more like he wanted to say to himself.
"No matter what, go back first. Even if you don't want to stay in Konoha, you should at least meet Sasuke. His mood is very unstable right now." Kizaru persuaded with a very sincere look.
"Why did Sasuke go to Konoha to cause trouble?" Itachi knew that Sasuke had defected to Konoha and went to Orochimaru. He didn't understand why Sasuke suddenly returned to Konoha and caused trouble.
Even if Sasuke graduates from Orochimaru, he should still try his best to find himself.
"Because he already knows the truth about the genocide and also knows your difficulties." Kizaru replied.
"How could he?" Itachi didn't understand.
"Oh! I told him." Kizaru replied without apology.
Itachi was silent again. He looked at the man in front of him and considered whether to give this bastard a tsukiyomi.
"What a scary look?" Kizaru seemed to be really frightened. He continued, "Don't look at me like that. I am doing it for your brothers' good."
"I have more important things to do." Itachi has been investigating the conspiracy behind the Akatsuki organization.
"The Akatsuki organization is already an ally of Konoha, there is no need for you to stay here."
Itachi fell into silence again. He found that his heart had never calmed down since this man appeared.
"Village."
"Oh, you have so many questions. You don't need to know so much. You only need to know that Sasuke is being held in prison. If you don't go back, the village will execute him." Kizaru seemed to be getting impatient.
"I will go back with you." It was about his brother's safety, and Itachi could only choose to listen to Kizaru's words for the time being.
"Also, don't think about coming back in the future. Payne already knows your undercover status. Yes! I told him, don't look at me like that."
"The mysterious man you are investigating is not Uchiha Madara. He is the chess piece set up by Uchiha Madara before his death. His name is Uchiha Obito. He also realized his mistakes and corrected himself. Don't look at me like that, I
It just played a small role here.”
The strings of information that Kizaru spit out made Itachi silent again and again, and also made Itachi puzzled. He didn't understand why the man in front of him could even investigate such confidential information.
"How long will it take for us to return to the village?" After a moment of silence, Itachi spoke.
"If there's nothing else, we'll leave later."
Itachi nodded.
That night, Itachi and Kizaru arrived in Konoha.
As soon as he arrived in Konoha, Kizaru immediately took Itachi to Tsunade's office in the Hokage Building.
Entering the office, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and several ANBU ninjas were already waiting here.
Seeing such a huge battle, Itachi knew in his heart that he might have fallen into a trap this time.
"Itachi, you're under arrest." Kizaru patted Itachi's shoulder next to him and said with a smile.
Itachi was very calm and did not feel angry because he was deceived. After he looked at Kizaru calmly, he looked at Tsunade and Jiraiya in front of him.
"Tsunade-sama, Jiraiya-sama, long time no see."
"Itachi, I'm sorry! I coaxed you back in this way." Jiraiya said with shame.
"Sasuke is not in the village?" Although Itachi asked in a questioning tone, he already had the answer in his heart.
"We tricked you back just for Sasuke." Tsunade said, "Orochimaru's forbidden technique is almost up to date. If Sasuke doesn't come back, his life will be in danger."
Hearing that it was for Sasuke, the last bit of grudge in Itachi's heart disappeared, and he asked: "What is your plan?"
Tsunade and Jiraiya didn't speak. They looked at Kizaru, the proposer of this plan, standing next to Itachi.
"Public the news of your arrest to the outside world, and you will be publicly executed in three days." Kizaru said with a smile.
"I understand." After saying that, Itachi stretched out his hands and waited for the ANBU ninja to handcuff himself.
"I don't think the handcuffs are needed." Jiraiya suggested. After knowing Itachi's experience, he felt very sympathetic to the Uchiha child.
"No!" Itachi refused.
"Let's go through the whole show, everyone, please capture the ferret!" Kizaru said.
Jiraiya closed his open mouth and stopped talking.
"Itachi, after Sasuke comes back, I want to have a good talk with your brothers." Tsunade admired Itachi's calmness very much.
"Tsunade-sama, can I ask you a favor?" Itachi finally said.
"Say it!"
"I hope you don't tell Sasuke the truth."
Hearing Itachi's request, Tsunade sighed. From this request, she heard Itachi's will to die.
Sarutobi-sensei, your behavior has gone too far.
"No!" Kizaru Gang Tsunade refused.
"Kizaru. Senior, please." Itachi looked at Kizaru.
"This is unfair, very unfair to Sasuke. He is a person with feelings. He is your biological brother. He has the right to know the truth of the matter."
Kizaru looked at Itachi and his expression became serious, "Don't you think you are manipulating your brother's life? In the name of his good, you arranged a life path for him on your own initiative. Do you think this is really for his good?
? Don’t you feel that what you are doing is like a dictator?”
Kizaru's question left Itachi speechless. He withdrew his gaze and fell into deep thought.
"Take him down! Let him think about his problems in prison." Kizaru ordered to the ANBU ninja on the side.
The four ANBU ninjas in the room did not move, they looked at Tsunade.
Tsunade waved her hand, signaling them to take action.
"Oops! I seemed to have crossed a line just now. I'm so sorry! Tsunade-sama." Kizaru apologized without sincerity.
Tsunade was already used to Kizaru's speaking style, but Jiraiya, who met Kizaru for the second time, found the Fourth Hokage from a parallel world in front of him very interesting.
Thinking that in the parallel world, Kizaru pursued Tsunade, Jiraiya was slightly moved, and wondered if he could learn from this master.
Thinking of this, Jiraiya showed a friendly smile to Kizaru.
When Itachi was taken down by the ANBU ninjas, Kizaru stepped forward and sat on the chair opposite Tsunade. He took out a cigar from his pocket and lit it for himself.
"Have you found Sasuke's location?" Kizaru asked Tsunade.
"Still searching." Orochimaru had too many hiding places, and it was very difficult to find Sasuke.
"Your efficiency is too slow." Kizaru complained.
"I have sent additional manpower." Tsunade was also helpless.
"Do you want my help?" When it comes to finding people, Kizaru, whose perception can cover the entire continent, is definitely the number one in the world.
"What do you want?" Tsunade knew that Kizaru would not help for no reason.
"A bounty for an S-level mission." Kizaru actually didn't want anything, he just wanted to have fun.
Tsunade frowned, it wasn't that Kizaru's demands were too high, but that they were too low.
There is no pie in the sky, and Kizaru asked for too little, which made Tsunade feel uneasy.
"I really want to help you, but the look in your eyes is really sad!" Kizaru looked aggrieved as if he was not trusted.
"Ten million taels, find Sasuke, and I will give you ten million taels of resources." Tsunade hoped to solve the problem with money instead of owing favors.
"Deal." The reward for an S-level mission is only about five million to eight million. Tsunade is willing to pay more, and Kizaru naturally has no objection.
After leaving the office, Kizaru was originally going to go back to the Shimura clan's clan to rest, but was stopped by Jiraiya who came from behind.
"Oh! What's the matter? Jiraiya." Kizaru smiled.
"Well, it's getting late. Do you want to go have dinner and have a drink together?" Jiraiya put a smile on his face and made a gesture of drinking.
"I'm so sorry. I'm so tired from running around these days. I want to go back and rest." Kizaru saw it and Jiraiya wanted to ask for something.
"Just for a while, you have to eat!" Jiraiya said quickly, "I have something to ask you."
"Okay!" Kizaru agreed.
Jiraiya was very happy to see Kizaru agree, and he took Kizaru to an izakaya he often went to.
The two of them sat down in a corner against the wall, and after the boss served the food and drinks, Jiraiya first invited Kizaru to eat and drink, and after a few compliments, he got down to business.
"I heard that in your world, you and Tsunade are together." Jiraiya pretended to be curious and raised the topic.
"Yes." Kizaru drank the wine in the glass and replied with a smile.
Jiraiya leaned forward and carefully observed the surroundings. After confirming that there was no one he knew, he asked in a low voice: "How did you pursue Tsunade?"
"You want to pursue Tsunade?" Kizaru pointed out Jiraiya's purpose.
"Hahaha!" Jiraiya laughed a few times and said embarrassedly, "I do like Tsunade. She and I are both very old. If we can be together, I..."
At the end, Jiraiya was so embarrassed that he didn't know how to end it.
"It's such a strange feeling to help others chase Tsunade!" Kizaru said with a strange expression.
"These are two worlds, just don't pretend to be together." Worried about Kizaru's rejection, Jiraiya said quickly.
"How did I end up with Tsunade? Let me think about it." Kizaru started thinking.
Jiraiya looked at Kizaru expectantly, waiting for his instructions.
"Yes." Kizaru seemed to have thought of something.
Jiraiya's eyes lit up, and his heart was filled with anticipation.
"Me! I saved Tsunade's younger brother, so I gained Tsunade's favor." Kizaru said truthfully.
Jiraiya's head dropped suddenly, looking very disappointed.
Tsunade's brother has been sacrificed for decades, and Jiraiya can't learn from Kizaru's methods. He can't go back to the past and save the rope tree!
If he had this ability, even if he couldn't be with Tsunade, he would still save her.
"Of course, this is just a good feeling. Tsunade and I have been together for a long time." Kizaru poured himself some sake and said with a smile.
Jiraiya raised his head again and asked without giving up: "How to do it?"
