Chapter 252: Sasuke VS Itachi! The tense standoff between the Whitebeard Pirates and the

Akatsuki!

The hatred in Sasuke's heart for Uchiha Itachi is indescribable in words. Since the day the Uchiha clan was annihilated, Sasuke could dream of that bloody night every night.

Uchiha Itachi had even used Genjutsu to make Sasuke watch with his own eyes how his parents died at the hands of his own brother.

And that scene was replayed countless times.

If given a chance, Sasuke would not hesitate to stab the Kunai in his hand into Uchiha Itachi's chest.

The bond of kinship... was completely severed when Uchiha Itachi turned his butcher knife on his own family.

No matter what Uchiha Itachi says, no matter what reason he gives, Sasuke will not listen, and he does not want to listen.

And the reason why Sasuke is desperate to become stronger, training every day until he is covered in scars, is to one day be able to kill Uchiha Itachi with his own hands!

Sasuke originally thought that the next time he saw Uchiha Itachi, it might be several years later, or even ten years later.

After all, that bastard who turned his sword on his own family would definitely hide from the ninja world.

Unexpectedly, Uchiha Itachi appeared in front of him alive and well.

That face, even if it turned to ashes, Sasuke would never forget!

"Damn it!!!"

Sasuke was about to grind his teeth, his Sharingan unconsciously activated, a single Tomoe slowly rotating in his pupils.

If anyone observed his eyes carefully, they would find that another part of his eyes had a small black dot slowly forming.

But it seemed to lack something, which made this small black dot not turn into the second Tomoe.

"I! Want! To! Kill! You!"

Sasuke paused after each word he said, showing the murderous intent in his heart.

With each step Sasuke took forward, the speed of the second step was faster than the previous one. After taking a few short steps forward, he had already rushed towards the direction of Uchiha Itachi without hesitation!

Sasuke's speed was so fast that in the eyes of ordinary people, it seemed as if only a residual image had passed.

Before Sasuke reached Itachi, he had already taken out a Kunai from his Ninja Tools bag with one hand.

Sasuke, who was holding the Kunai, appeared in front of Itachi in less than two seconds, and the Kunai stabbed upwards towards Itachi's chest!

This strike was aimed at Uchiha Itachi's heart.

If hit, it could kill the opponent on the spot.

Just at this critical moment, a hand suddenly grabbed Sasuke's wrist, making the Kunai in his hand unable to advance an inch no matter what.

The sharp little tip of the Kunai was less than two centimeters away from Uchiha Itachi's chest, and it was about to touch his clothes.

"Has it been two or three months since we last met? Why are you still so weak?" Although Itachi was a bit surprised at Sasuke's speed, he still spoke in a cold tone with an expressionless face, "Someone like you, doesn't even have the chance to touch my clothes."

"Damn it!" Sasuke gritted his teeth, after letting go of the Kunai in his hand, he also grabbed Uchiha Itachi's wrist with his other hand.

Using Itachi's body to borrow strength, Sasuke decisively raised a foot and kicked towards Uchiha Itachi's head.

Seeing this, Itachi slightly exerted force on his arm, directly disrupting Sasuke's movement.

Then a knee strike, fiercely hit Sasuke's abdomen.

"Puh!!!"

The bitter water in his stomach almost vomited out, Sasuke's eyes were wide open.

"Do you know what you look like now? Like a clown who wants to amuse the audience with exaggerated body movements."

Itachi started to exert force on the palm of his hand holding Sasuke's wrist, he said coldly, "Unfortunately... no matter how hard you try, you can't please me. Is your hatred only to this extent?"

"This guy..." Just as Kisame was about to step in and take action, he was stopped by Shisui.

Kisame looked at Shisui with some confusion, Shisui explained, "Let Sasuke vent a bit, whether he beats Uchiha Itachi, or Uchiha Itachi beats him, it can let him vent his hatred in his heart."

Hearing this, Kisame could only suppress his displeasure.

And now Sasuke's wrist has been pinched by Uchiha Itachi for a while and it hurts.

He gritted his teeth and endured the pain in his wrist, his other hand quickly took out another Kunai and stabbed towards Uchiha Itachi.

Itachi let go of his hand and took a step back, easily dodging this strike.

Sasuke, whose hands were freed, first threw the Kunai in his hand at Itachi, then taking advantage of this excellent opportunity, Sasuke quickly formed seals with both hands.

"Fire Release·Great Fireball Jutsu!!!"

He spat out a fireball from his mouth, the firelight of the fireball illuminated Uchiha Itachi's face with some orange-red color.

In Itachi's pair of Three Tomoe, a hint of surprise flashed.

He originally thought that Sasuke, who had joined the Whitebeard Pirates, would stagnate in strength due to the dissipation of hatred in his heart.

But the power that Sasuke is showing now is simply worlds apart from a few months ago.

The Great Fireball Jutsu directly engulfed Uchiha Itachi's body, his body seemed to turn into ashes under the intense fire.

"Huff... Is he dead?"

Sasuke was panting heavily, making so many moves in such a short time because he was pushing his limits to the extreme.

"My foolish little brother!" A familiar voice rang out from behind Sasuke, causing his pupils to shrink.

When Sasuke hurriedly turned around, a hand directly strangled Sasuke's throat.

Itachi lifted Sasuke up with one hand, a pair of calm eyes, and Sasuke's eyes full of hatred stared at each other, "I didn't expect our Uchiha clan to produce such a 'waste'."

In an instant!

Sharingan Genjutsu was directly injected into Sasuke's consciousness.

Itachi prepared to let Sasuke watch the details of the "Night of Annihilation" a few more times.

Especially to let Sasuke witness the death of his parents again!

He believes that only in this way can Sasuke's true hatred be completely stimulated in his heart.

It was also at this moment that Sasuke's mind suddenly flashed through a series of slides, all of which were the details of the Night of Annihilation.

He once again saw Uchiha Itachi killing each of his clansmen with his own eyes, and also saw Uchiha Itachi killing his father and mother.

In the Genjutsu, the crimson blood splashed from his parents' bodies and splashed on his face.

The warm blood made Sasuke's eyes gradually enlarge, and a few traces of fear flashed in the depths of his eyes.

In the Genjutsu, Sasuke also saw Uchiha Itachi, who killed his parents, slowly looking towards him with a Ninja Sword in his hand.

The strong fear and psychological shadow that were aroused made Sasuke run wildly outwards, and soon he escaped from the mansion and came outside.

But what came into view was a ground full of corpses.

All of them were the bodies of the Uchiha clan!

Every person's death was very tragic, and the faces of the corpses were frozen with fear.

"Hate me, despise me, live on with this hatred!" In the Genjutsu, Uchiha Itachi also chased after him step by step, and the Ninja Sword in his hand was still dripping blood.

Sasuke was terrified, he still wanted to continue to run away.

But just as he turned around, a scene in the distance made him freeze all over.

Because he saw a long flagpole standing in the distance, and a huge black cloth was hanging on top of the flagpole.

Under the moonlight, the pattern on the black cloth appeared in front of Sasuke.

That was the pirate flag of the Whitebeard Pirates!

That's right, that direction is the temporary residence of the Whitebeard Pirates in Konohagakure Village.

Naruto, Pops, Karin, Hinata, Shisui... and so on, their family, they are all there.

And Uchiha Sasuke has long been a crew member of the Whitebeard Pirates.

He is even the son of Whitebeard Pops.

So...

What am I really afraid of?

"...I'm under Genjutsu!"

Sasuke suddenly woke up, he wanted to control his physical body with a strong will.

When Uchiha Itachi in the Genjutsu was closing in step by step, Sasuke actually did it.

In reality, he fumbled out another Kunai from the Ninja Tools bag in a daze, and stabbed his thigh hard with it!

Puchi——

The intense pain made Sasuke forcibly break free from the Genjutsu.

Sasuke's eyes widened instantly, and he decisively pulled the Kunai out of his thigh, regardless of the blood gushing out of his leg.

His right hand tightly held the Kunai, stabbing towards Itachi in front of him.

Uchiha Itachi: "!!!"

Itachi hurriedly dodged to the back, but Sasuke's sudden strike still pierced his clothes.

The tip of the Kunai gently touched Itachi's chest skin. 

This degree wouldn't even cause scratch to Itachi's skin.

But the fact that seven-year-old Sasuke could do this was enough to surprise many people.

"Cough! Cough cough cough..."

Sasuke knelt on one knee, clutching his neck, his face turning green as he kept coughing.

"Quite an interesting little guy." Orochimaru looked at Sasuke with interest, "To be able to forcibly break free from the Sharingan's Genjutsu, what an astonishing willpower? If it weren't for Kimimaro, he might be the best vessel I've ever seen."

Biwa Juzo's standing position just blocked Sasori's giant puppet, such a position made it impossible for Sasori to take action against Sasuke.

"Uchiha Itachi's little brother is also extraordinary." Biwa Juzo also exclaimed, "Could it be that the people of the Uchiha clan all have such amazing talents?"

"Tsk." Sasori glanced at Sasuke who was kneeling on one knee, "But that's all there is to it, if I were him, Uchiha Itachi would at least be seriously injured."

Itachi fell into silence again, Sasuke, who had forcibly broken free from the Sharingan Genjutsu, was a bit unexpected to him.

He thought he had already highly estimated Sasuke.

After all, Sasuke has also shown progress in recent times.

But he didn't expect that he still underestimated Sasuke.

Not only has Sasuke's strength improved rapidly, but his mentality is also more firm than before.

Just as Itachi wanted to take a step forward, a shark suddenly flew over from the side.

The shark swallowed Sasuke in one bite and took Sasuke away from Uchiha Itachi.

After taking Sasuke to a safe place, the shark finally dissipated into a puddle of water flow.

Seeing this scene, Uchiha Itachi turned his head to look at Hoshigaki Kisame.

Kisame's mouth was filled with a smirk, "You're aiming at Uchiha Itachi, aren't you? Sorry, Sasuke is no longer your family, he is our family of the Whitebeard Pirates. You, who stretch out your poisonous hand to your family, are simply the most despicable existence in the world, shamelessly extreme to an extreme."

Kisame admits that he is not a good person.

If he were a good person, he wouldn't have so many lives of his companions from Kirigakure Village on his hands.

But today, he has learned something new.

It turns out that there are people in the ninja world who are worse than him.

"Sasuke is still young, he temporarily does not have enough strength to defeat you, or to kill you..." Kisame smirked, "Then let me do it for him as his family!"

As Kisame's words fell, he made his move.

At the same time Kisame made his move, Naruto, Kakashi, Izumi, Shisui also took action one after another, each finding their own target enemy.

However, just as Kisame was about to rush towards Uchiha Itachi, a sudden big foot kicked towards him.

Kisame quickly dodged.

Looking up, he saw a giant puppet standing in front of him.

"You guys... all of you are focusing on Uchiha Itachi, is there not one of you who takes me seriously?"

Sasori looked down at Kisame, "Although Whitebeard hasn't come yet, using his son to test this puppet specially designed to deal with him, can also get a lot of useful data."

Although Sasori's voice was not loud, Kisame still heard it.

"Tsk." Kisame, carrying Samehada, looked at the puppet, "A puppet specifically to deal with Pops? Just this big guy?"

A glint of cold light flashed in Kisame's eyes, "Pops is not a man that any puppet master can mess with! Let me dismantle this big guy into parts!"

On the other side, Uchiha Izumi and Uchiha Shisui, two people from the Uchiha clan, attacked Uchiha Itachi at the same time!

Shisui's cane sword decisively unsheathed, slashing at Itachi's wrist at a very tricky angle.

Izumi also attacked Itachi's throat with her Sword!

Itachi sidestepped Izumi's attack, but he couldn't dodge Shisui's attack, and he could only pull out a Kunai with his other hand to block it.

Ding!!!

The moment the Kunai and Sword collided.

Both of their powers were temporarily at a stalemate.

"Itachi, I don't know why you took the wrong path. But if a person does something wrong, they have to pay the corresponding price." Shisui said solemnly, "What you did to the clan, it disappoints me too much! Peace shouldn't be like this!"

"Shisui, it's you who are indecisive, you are the one who has become strange to me." Itachi couldn't help but retort, "Didn't the results of what I did also lead the village towards peace?"

"You once told me... as long as the result is right, no matter what price is paid in the process, no matter how much pain is endured... everything is right."

"I've always kept that in mind, I've never forgotten."

Shisui increased his strength and forced Itachi back.

He held the sword with one hand and said with a stern face, "Then have you remembered another sentence I said - be strict with yourself! The person who should bear the price and pain is oneself! Not dragging others to bear it together."

"Do you know how many people died on the night of the Uchiha clan's annihilation? Do you know how many people you have plunged into despair and fear?"

"You use this sophistry to distort what I said to you..."

Shisui took a deep breath, he suddenly said, "Maybe you have never changed, it's just that I have never seen through you, this rotten person."

"Today, let me correct your mistakes!"

Shisui quickly attacked Itachi again, and Izumi on the side immediately followed.

Under the cooperation of the two, Itachi was forced to defend in close combat, both hands holding a Kunai each, constantly blocking the attack, and his feet were constantly retreating.

...

On the other side, Naruto chose "Biwa Juzo" as his opponent.

Because if no one cares about Biwa Juzo...

Then he might be exposed.

Naruto thinks he is very smart to do so.

He kicked at Biwa Juzo, and Biwa Juzo raised Kubikiribocho, a sword as wide as half a door panel, to block Naruto's attack.

Biwa Juzo's arm shook abruptly, and the force of Naruto's kick surprised him.

You know, Biwa Juzo, who can wield the nearly hundred-pound Kubikiribocho as if it were his arm, already has a body of brute strength.

But Naruto can make Biwa Juzo feel that his strength is very great.

This is enough to show that in the ninja world, Naruto's strength can also be called brute strength.

Biwa Juzo slashed at Naruto with a sword.

Under the cover of Kubikiribōchō, he quickly stuffed a scroll into Naruto's arms.

Biwa Juzo's voice was very low, he said, "This is the information about the 'Akatsuki' that I have collected during this period."

Naruto understood clearly, he stuffed the scroll into his pocket.

Then, he continued to fight with Biwa Juzo in a proper manner.

...

"Hehe, they're all fighting, aren't you going to make a move, Tsunade?"

Orochimaru and Tsunade faced each other, a smirk appeared on Orochimaru's face, "Are you reluctant to take action against your former teammates? If that's the case, I'm quite moved."

Tsunade said with a cold face, "Orochimaru, are you still pursuing the so-called immortality? For your goal, you even treated Kimimaro as a reincarnation vessel."

"That child admires you so much, he even wishes you were his biological father. But you only treat him as a tool, do you still have any compassion now?"

Orochimaru was taken aback, he laughed, "Compassion, something that can be discarded, I threw it away after the war ended. As for Kimimaro... hehe, I didn't force him, he voluntarily wanted to be my reincarnation vessel."

Tsunade scorned, "You can give up on that! As long as I'm here, I won't let you take him. After I cure his disease, do you think he will be grateful to me?"

"By then, we'll see whether his bond with you is deeper, or his bond with me is deeper."

Tsunade also smirked.

This time, the smile on Orochimaru's face finally faded, "Didn't you say you didn't want to get involved in ninja affairs a long time ago?"

Tsunade casually said, "Then I'll take back what I said before."

Orochimaru's eyes narrowed, "Tsunade, if you want to stop me from pursuing my goal, I might kill you, you know!"

Crack——

Suddenly, several cracks appeared on the ground under Tsunade's feet.

She rubbed her hands together and said, "Then try it."

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