Ch 173 : Sasutachi

After Sanada left, Tsunade was stuck alone in the office.

The confident face had long gone, and now she held her forehead as she sighed.

" Damn... I have said all that, but I didn't really know where to start.."

Compared to the original situation where the Raikage could easily call the five Kage meeting, the situation now was a lot different.

Because of Sanada's interference, Akatsuki had not really gone into Bijuu hunting yet, and it would be hard to convince the hardheaded Tsuchikahe and Raikage.

And as the matter about Madara's revival, only a lunatic or lovestruck idiot like Tsunade would believe that nonsense without questioning any further.

" *Sigh* Let's just go and find the Mizukage first. If I'm not wrong, that lunatic was also charmed by Sanada...."

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On the other hand, Sanada was currently with Sasuke.

He didn't say much and just asked Sasuke to follow him.

To be honest, Sasuke was still far from mastering the mangekyou Sharingan. But it's not like they got much time left at their disposal.

From the beginning, Obito had suspected Itachi, and since Madara had been revived now, it wouldn't be absurd if Obito suddenly turned against Itachi.

Therefore, Sanada must move fast. He didn't even explain the reason to Sasuke, and just brought him to the secret location that Itachi had been waiting.

The abandoned Uchiha hideout was a fortress belonging to the Uchiha Clan. It was built into a terraced mountain within a vast forest in the Land of Fire.

In the original, Kisame had stayed on guard so as to not let the other member of team hebi interfere. However, Itachi didn't have such luxury right now. No one was there to stop Sanada, and Sanada and Sasuke quickly arrived at the main hall, where Itachi was waiting for them.

" Sasuke..." Itachi looked at Sasuke with a complicated expression.

The trial about Danzo had even reached his ears, and from what he knew about Sanada's personality, he should have explained the truth to Sasuke.

Sigh... now things got a lot more troublesome to him. Even though he had decided to pay for all his sins toward Sasuke.

" You have come Sasuke.. I have waited for you.."

Itachi tried to stand up. The majesty on his face was no more. He looked like a critically ill patient, and as he tried to stand up, he coughed up some drops of blood.

Indeed, Itachi's condition was way worse than the original. Continuous use of Mangekyou Sharingan had shortened his lifespan.

Sasuke saw this with his own eyes. The man that he had hated all his life, the one that has been making him push his limits. Was he always this fragile? Only when Sasuke saw this that he could confirm what Sanada said was the truth.

Tears began to drip from his eyes. And a lot of questions emerged in his mind.

Why...

Why not tell him? Was he so useless that he must be protected all this time..

Here, the situation was far from the original. Even Sanada could see this. He gave the nod to the two before he proceeded to leave.

This matter the two brothers should solve on their own.

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As Sanada arrived outside, he didn't stay idle and read Icha-Icha Paradise like a certain someone. He turned his gaze, and his sharp eyes were now looking at a specific part of the forest outside the Uchiha hideout.

" How long will you hide from me?"

" Hahaha... it seems that I'm still far from hiding my presence from you."

An eery voice came from the direction of the forest as immediately something that felt like a slithering snake emerged.

It was a big white snake, something pretty uncommon in the ninja world. But as a big fan of Naruto, Sanada could immediately guess the identity of this person.

" Orochimaru? What are you doing here?"

The big snake halt all of a sudden and turned into the humanoid figure that we all know.

" Don't be that cold Sanada, we are friends, right?"

" Humph, even though we are friends, this and that is different Orochimaru. Even if you are my friend, I will not allow you to interfere with the matter between brothers."

Sanada took his stance in this matter, to which Orochimaru only responded with a small chuckle.

" Don't worry. I'm not going to. I'm just here because I want to see the end between the two. Sasuke and Itachi, even someone like me is interested in how things will end between them." Orochimaru smiled. But then, he turned around. " But now is not the right time. You could also felt them, right? Someone is coming, and from the way he didn't even intend to hide his chakra, it seems that something big would be approaching us."

At this exact moment, from the direction that Sanada and Orochimaru gazed upon, a figure in red revealed himself.

He had long black hair and red eyes, and there was some majestic aura that came out from his body, making people felt pressed.

" Kaedehara Sanada, do you want to dance?"

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