On the first floor of the prison, in the cell at the end of the corridor, Itachi was sitting on the ground against the wall with his hands chained by iron cuffs.
Kizaru was no longer in this cell. He was called away by Tsunade and they went to the secret room next to the cell.
This woman, Tsunade, didn't know whether it was out of a gossip mentality or because she wanted to take the opportunity to observe and understand the future pillars of Konoha, so she chose to eavesdrop.
After a while, Uchiha Sasuke walked down the stairs and turned into a gloomy and dark corridor with a rancid smell in the air.
Perhaps it was due to his confidence in the Sharingan genjutsu that Sasuke walked with such swagger and power.
Walking to the end of the corridor, Sasuke stood in front of the cell where Itachi was imprisoned.
Sasuke looked through the rusty iron railings at Itachi, who was sitting against the wall with his head lowered and disheveled. Anger overflowed from his eyes.
Damn it! It's so abominable! This bastard Itachi is the disgrace of Uchiha!
With Itachi in such a state, Sasuke couldn't feel any pleasure of revenge, and there was only endless anger and confusion in his heart.
Why? Why would such a powerful bastard be deceived by a mere Konoha ninja?
What about your aloof attitude? How could this small cell hold you?
In anger, Sasuke's eyes had turned into three magatama sharingan eyes. He took a step forward and punched the railing heavily with his right hand.
"Hahahaha! It's so embarrassing! You bastard! Look up at me!"
Itachi, who had heard the noise a long time ago, slowly raised his head and looked at the excited Sasuke, his eyes as calm as water.
Itachi coughed, not because he was acting, but because his physical condition was really bad.
"You shouldn't have come, Sasuke."
"You bastard, you can only die in my hands! The blood feud of the Uchiha clan must be killed by me, you bastard!"
Sasuke was so excited that he used both hands to break the rotten railing.
After overcoming the obstruction of the iron bars, Sasuke walked into the cell and pulled out the Kusanagi sword from his waist with his right hand.
"You have grown up." Itachi looked at Sasuke who had grown up a lot in front of him, with a faint smile on his face.
The sword in Sasuke's hand swept across Itachi's face, and the sharp blade cut off several hairs.
"Don't speak in this tone, you don't deserve it." Sasuke's mood at the moment was extremely complicated. He looked at Itachi who was helpless in front of him and wanted to kill him with a sword immediately, but for some reason, the sword in his hand was broken.
The closer we get to the ferret, the more difficult it becomes.
"Your hands are shaking. This is not a good habit. The hand holding the sword must be steady." Itachi looked at the trembling sword in front of him and said as gently as jade.
"Shut up!" Sasuke roared ferociously.
The gentleness Itachi showed tonight was different from the ruthlessness he showed in front of Sasuke in the past, which made Sasuke even more reluctant to take action.
Tonight's Itachi made Sasuke feel like he had seen his gentle brother again when he was young.
You bastard, why are you making such a gesture? Where is your ugly face? Are you acting? Yes! Itachi must be acting, he just wants to survive under his own sword.
Sasuke kept looking for a reason for himself in his heart, a reason for him to kill Itachi ruthlessly.
"Why did you do that back then? Why did you kill your parents and everyone?" Sasuke asked tremblingly. This was something he could not figure out in the past days.
Why did the once gentle brother, the genius everyone said, commit the crime of massacring the entire family?
Before killing Itachi, Sasuke wanted to know an answer, an answer that he could truly believe.
Itachi looked at Sasuke in front of him, and the words Kizaru said before leaving rang in his ears.
"Don't think about dying. Using death to escape your mistakes is a cowardly act. If you die in Sasuke's hands tonight, Sasuke's future life will be completely destroyed by you. He who knows the truth will be forever
Falling into the abyss you personally created for him. Itachi, you are such a good brother! You have personally controlled the only possible happy and carefree childhood and youth in your brother's life, and now you want to destroy his life."
Kizaru's words turned into an invisible hand, squeezing Itachi's heart. The unspeakable pain and sadness made Itachi unable to even make a sound.
Mr. Kizaru, thank you for your guidance! I really envy myself in the parallel world! I can meet such a good teacher.
Itachi looked at Sasuke calmly, his eyes full of apology, "Sasuke, I'm sorry!"
Bang!
The sword in Sasuke's hand fell to the ground, and he was stunned on the spot.
Sorry? Sorry? Itachi, he actually apologized?
"What's the point of talking about this now? Can the blood debt you owe be repaid by just saying sorry?" Sasuke asked with all his heart.
The gentle smile of his brother when he was young, the cold expression on the night of the massacre, and the meeting in the hotel, the ruthless words, the images of Itachi from different periods all appeared in front of Sasuke, making him unable to distinguish for a moment.
That is the real brother.
"Do you want to know all the truth? Then sit down! I will tell you everything truthfully." Itachi said with a deep apology.
Sasuke sat down and stared at Itachi, "No matter how big your reason is, I won't let you go, you bastard! You, the beast who killed your parents with your own hands."
A sad look appeared in Itachi's eyes. Killing his parents with his own hands was the greatest sorrow in his heart.
Itachi used a calm tone, starting from the night of the Nine-Tails, talking about the Sharingan that appeared in the Nine-Tails' eyes, talking about the conflicts between the village and the Uchiha's internal martial arts faction, talking about Shisui's death, and talking about the clan members.
Premeditated rebellion, talking about the mysterious man who calls himself Madara.
Itachi spoke very slowly and in detail. Tsunade, who was eavesdropping next door, was completely unaware of much of the information.
"Alas! If Minato was still here, the village and the Uchiha clan would not have reached that point. The old man and Danzo went too far. The Uchiha clan's personality is already extreme, and if they are forced by them, they will not fight back.
That's weird." This was Tsunade's heartfelt comment after listening to it.
After saying that, Tsunade looked at Kizaru on the side and sincerely asked for advice: "Kizaru, how do you balance the relationship between the village and the ninja clan? Especially the Uchiha people."
"While ensuring the superiority of force, make the cake bigger and distribute it as fairly as possible. Limit the struggle to politics and ensure the independence and purity of the military." Kizaru answered simply.
Although it was just two simple sentences, it made Tsunade fall into deep thought.
boom!
Sasuke punched Itachi hard, with tears streaming down his eyes. He asked excitedly: "Why? Why do you do it in such an exciting way? Why don't you want to discuss it with your parents? They believe in you so much. You are
The genius in their hearts is the brother I admire. Why do you do such extreme things for the so-called righteousness? If you don’t want to see the war, we can leave together! Isn’t it good for our family to leave Konoha?"
Itachi, who had been knocked down, sat up again. His left cheek became red and swollen. He looked at the excited Sasuke in front of him without making any excuse for his behavior.
In fact, he did sacrifice the lives of his entire family in exchange for the stability and peace of the village.
Perhaps facing Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo, Itachi could stand on the basis of the so-called righteousness, but facing Sasuke and the sacrificed Uchiha clan, he had no qualifications to justify his actions.
He is the executioner who massacred an entire clan, an undoubted murderer.
"Come on! Sasuke! If killing me makes you feel better, do it! After I die, remove my Sharingan, and the two pairs of Mangekyo Sharingan that are connected by blood can be fused to allow it to evolve again.
, this is the power that Uchiha Madara once mastered, this is the only gift I can give you, and the only compensation I can give you." Itachi knew that Sasuke had not yet evolved the Mangekyō Sharingan, and his
The eyes are for future Sasuke.
"You bastard! Do you just want to die? You must make up for the sins you committed with your own hands!" After knowing the truth of the matter, although Sasuke was still full of resentment towards Itachi, he no longer wanted to kill Itachi.
Sasuke has been chasing Itachi all his life so far. He has extremely deep and complicated feelings for Itachi. Now that he knows that Itachi has a reason for taking action, he is actually secretly relieved in his heart.
At least, he had a reason not to kill Weasel.
"Join me, take revenge on Danzo, that mysterious man, and Konoha who oppressed Uchiha! Only in this way can you repay the blood debt you owed." Sasuke chose to turn his hatred to others.
"Sorry! I can't do it." Itachi said calmly.
Sasuke, who had extended the invitation to Itachi, froze, and then became even more violently excited and confused, as if a volcano was erupting.
"Itachi! What on earth do you mean?"
"Danzo is dead, and that mysterious man is a pawn used by Madara." Itachi didn't say anything about Konoha, he couldn't possibly attack the village.
"Dead?" Sasuke also became confused. He was burdened with hatred, but could not find a target for revenge.
By the way, there is also Madara! Since that mysterious man is a pawn used by Madara, it means that the mastermind behind the scenes is Madara, and he is the one who caused the tragedy of Uchiha.
"Then let's go find Madara for revenge!" Sasuke said hurriedly.
"Madara is dead too." Itachi replied.
Sasuke froze again. After being stunned for a few seconds, he stood up from the ground and punched the wall with his right hand.
"Damn it! Damn it!"
"Sasuke, don't do this!" Seeing Sasuke starting to harm himself, Itachi also stood up and spoke out to dissuade him.
"What's going on? Is the blood feud of the Uchiha clan just going to end like this?" Sasuke looked at Itachi and asked excitedly.
"Revenge will only bring new hatred. If you want to vent your anger, come to me! I personally killed most of the clan members." Itachi took all the problems on himself.
"Konoha! This is all caused by Konoha! We" Sasuke could only focus on Konoha.
"Don't do this. The only ones with problems are people. They are all dead." Itachi disliked Sasuke's hatred for Konoha the most.
"They are dead, but their clan members are still there! They killed the entire Uchiha clan, then I will slaughter their clan." Sasuke said with a ferocious face full of hatred.
"The Sarutobi clan and the Shimura clan, I will conquer them."
In the secret room next to the cell, Kizaru heard Sasuke's words. He looked at Tsunade beside him and said loudly: "Hokage-sama, it's so scary! I'm going to die."
Tsunade rolled her eyes at Kizaru, she didn't want to pay attention to this guy's acting at the moment.
Now Tsunade felt very irritable. She just hoped to find a way to resolve the hatred in Sasuke's heart.
Tsunade knew very well that as long as Sasuke was unwilling to let go of his hatred, Itachi would not be able to return to Konoha.
Itachi looked at the increasingly ferocious Sasuke and felt very uncomfortable. He knew that Sasuke became like this because of himself.
"Sasuke, put down your hatred and live a good life. This is my only expectation for you." Itachi advised him with painstaking efforts.
Itachi fell silent and did not choose to continue to persuade Sasuke. He knew that Sasuke, who had just learned the truth, was in an excited state. This was not a good time to persuade him.
In addition, Itachi still had a trump card in his hand, which he originally planned to keep after his death to prevent Sasuke from taking an extreme path.
But now, under Kizaru's education, Itachi has regained his consciousness and decided to live well in the few days he has left and try to make up for the mistakes he made.
Unless the matter reaches an irreversible point, otherwise Itachi does not want to use the Sharingan ability left by Shisui on Sasuke, the most powerful genjutsu "Belt the God" that can change a person's will.
When Itachi was silent, Sasuke turned and walked out of the cell.
"Sasuke, where are you going?" Itachi looked at Sasuke's back and asked.
"Do what I should do." Revenge does not last overnight. Sasuke felt that with his current strength, there was no problem in going for revenge.
Hearing that Sasuke was ready to take revenge now, Itachi couldn't stand still. He took steps to stop his younger brother's impulsive behavior.
"Hey, brother! Are you going to the Shimura clan or the Sarutobi clan?" Before Itachi was about to stop Sasuke, Kizaru had already appeared in front of Sasuke.
When he saw the visitor during the day, the Konoha ninja who came to inform him, Sasuke raised his right hand and pointed the Kusanagi sword in his hand at the enemy.
"Take me to the Shimura clan and I can spare your life." Sasuke said coldly.
"How about I take you to the Sarutobi clan!" Kizaru suggested with a smile.
Kizaru's suggestion caused Tsunade, who was in the secret room, to darken her face, leaving Itachi in a daze.
"I will go to the Sarutobi clan, but now I want to go to the Shimura clan first." After Sasuke heard the truth told by Itachi, he hated Danzo even more than the Third Hokage, so he was ready to attack the Shimura clan first.
"It's really troublesome!" Kizaru rubbed his head in distress, "That old guy Danzo always causes trouble for me!"
"If you want to take revenge on the Shimura clan, come to me! Let me introduce myself, Shimura Takehiro, the new leader of the Shimura clan."
Hearing Kizaru's self-introduction, Sasuke was startled for a moment, then he reacted and stabbed forward with the sword in his hand, directly to Kizaru's throat.
"Stop, Sasuke!" Itachi didn't know the specific strength of Kizaru, but he was sure that he must be stronger than Sasuke.
Itachi was worried that Sasuke's offensive behavior would anger Kizaru and lead to a crisis.
Of course Sasuke would not listen to Itachi's words. He moved the sword forward and stabbed directly into Kizaru's throat.
Then, Sasuke froze, the sword in his hand did not feel like it was piercing into the entity, and Kizaru in front of him stood there as if nothing had happened, looking at him with a smile.
"That's too much!" Kizaru spoke out, and then he kicked forward at a speed that Sasuke couldn't react to.
With the huge force, Sasuke was kicked directly into the cell, and his body was embedded in the wall.
