Chapter 87: Uchiha Itachi

Chapter 87: Uchiha Itachi

"Yo... you two are really close, aren't you? Could this be a date? Sakura and Hinata would be very sad to see this."

Just as Izayoi and Sasuke Uchiha were buying ingredients and cooking utensils everywhere, on their way to the next shop, a teasing voice that deserved a punch suddenly reached their ears.

Following the direction of the voice, Sasuke Uchiha's forehead immediately creased with black lines.

Izayoi, however, raised his hand in response, "Good morning, Jonin Kakashi."

"Kakashi, what are you doing here?" Sasuke Uchiha walked over and asked.

"I'm waiting for someone."

Kakashi Hatake leaned against a pillar, holding Make-Out Paradise in his hand, while the corner of his right eye inconspicuously glanced at the dumpling shop beside them.

Through the noren curtain, two figures could be seen sitting inside, enjoying tea and dumplings.

They were wearing black cloaks embroidered with red clouds, acting brazenly.

After all, the ninjas of the Konoha Crush and the ninjas active in the black market were all very familiar with this uniform.

Noticing Kakashi Hatake's gaze, Sasuke Uchiha was about to follow his line of sight.

At this moment, a female voice entered their ears.

"Kakashi, Izayoi, Sasuke, what are you doing here?"

Turning their heads, the figures of Kurenai Yuhi and Asuma Sarutobi came into the trio's view.

"Teacher Kurenai, Jonin Asuma," Izayoi politely greeted them as always.

"You two are on a date?" Kakashi Hatake still had that irritating look on his face as he teased.

Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi both blushed slightly.

Before they could respond, a gust of wind blew past them.

Looking towards the dumpling shop, the figures inside had already disappeared.

"I have things to do, I'll take my leave first."

Kakashi Hatake put away his little yellow book, nodded to Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi, then vanished in a Body Flicker Technique.

Understanding his intention and also seeing clearly what that gust of wind was, Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi also nodded, then vanished in Body Flicker Techniques without even saying goodbye to Izayoi and Sasuke Uchiha.

Taking everything in, Sasuke Uchiha couldn't help but frown. "What are those Jonin up to?"

"They went to chase your brother," Izayoi kindly reminded him. "Your brother was just sitting there eating dumplings, didn't you see him?"

"My brother?" Sasuke Uchiha subconsciously froze, then, reacting, his expression instantly turned ferocious, and he said urgently, "Uchiha Itachi was here just now?!"

"Yeah, but he's gone now."

Without another word, Sasuke Uchiha used Lightning Release Chakra Mode to enhance his speed and used the Body Flicker Technique in the direction Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi had gone.

Watching his disappearing back, the corners of Izayoi's mouth curled up slightly, and he murmured, "After this blow, you should crave power even more. This way, you'll have the determination to pursue evolution and the will to bear the cost."

"My leek is finally about to grow to the point where it can be harvested."

...

On the bank of a river that separated the forest.

Two figures wearing black cloaks embroidered with red clouds and conical hats with wind chimes were blocked by Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi.

"So, we were still discovered?"

Kisame Hoshigaki took off his hat, grinning to reveal a row of shark-like teeth, and laughed, "Leader is really too extreme, secretly cooperating with Orochimaru, infiltrating Konoha to kill people, and didn't even inform us afterwards. But you Konoha people also look down on others too much, daring to block us with just two people."

"'Hidden Mist Monster' Kisame Hoshigaki, an S-rank missing-nin from the Hidden Mist Village," Kurenai Yuhi immediately recognized Kisame Hoshigaki's identity.

Asuma Sarutobi took out his Flying Swallow blades and put them on, his eyes filled with killing intent as he looked at the two, "Is that guy with the Rinnegan your leader? Your Akatsuki organization also had a hand in the Konoha Crush. Are you two being sent here now to respond to our wanted posters? If so, then you two will stay here today."

"Heh..."

Kisame Hoshigaki grinned again, then laughed at the person beside him, "Mr. Itachi, are all the ninjas in your Konoha this arrogant?"

"Mr. Asuma, Ms. Kurenai, long time no see."

Uchiha Itachi also took off his hat, his scarlet three-tomoe Sharingan staring at the faces of Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi, which had changed in surprise, and said calmly, "Please don't interfere with us, I don't want to kill you."

"Heh..."

After his initial shock, Asuma Sarutobi couldn't help but sneer, "This way of speaking doesn't sound like the ruthless person who wiped out his own clan."

"Uchiha Itachi!!"

Just as the four were facing each other, and the atmosphere suddenly became heavy,

A roar filled with hatred, carrying the sound of Chidori's intersecting lightning, entered the ears of the four.

Immediately, a lightning-filled figure appeared out of nowhere behind Uchiha Itachi, holding a ball of blue-white lightning in his hand, his dual-tomoe Sharingan spinning wildly in his eyes, stabbing towards Uchiha Itachi's heart with a face full of killing intent, "Die, you monster!"

Facing Sasuke Uchiha's deadly attack from behind, Uchiha Itachi remained calm.

In the next second, just like when Tenten faced Temari,

Uchiha Itachi's body only swayed slightly, his figure shifting sideways beside Sasuke Uchiha's palm, and the Chidori missed its target.

Then, one hand grabbed his wrist, throwing Sasuke Uchiha towards the forest, smashing heavily into a large tree.

Before Sasuke Uchiha could even groan, Uchiha Itachi appeared in front of him, one hand choking his neck and lifting him up, while the other hand grabbed the still-sparking lightning hand and lightly applied force, dislocating his wrist.

Sasuke Uchiha, choked by the neck, couldn't even let out a scream, his face turning red.

However, his eyes showed no sign of surrender, still filled with hatred and killing intent as he stared at Uchiha Itachi, as if wanting to kill him with his gaze.

"Sasuke!"

Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi's expressions changed drastically, and they were about to rush over to save him.

At this moment, a large sword wrapped in bandages swept across like a blunt weapon, forcing both of them back.

Kisame Hoshigaki held Samehada in his hand, grinning and saying, "It's a reunion between brothers, let's not disturb them! Sorry, this road is blocked."

Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi exchanged a glance, then nodded.

Immediately, the two coordinated tacitly. The former, wielding the Flying Swallow blades wrapped in Wind Release chakra, charged towards Kisame Hoshigaki, while the latter quickly formed hand seals, her body twisting and disappearing like a mirage.

Then, Kurenai Yuhi's upper body emerged from above Sasuke Uchiha's head, holding a kunai and stabbing towards Uchiha Itachi, trying to force him back with this illusion.

"Don't disturb us, Ms. Kurenai."

However, Uchiha Itachi only raised his eyes expressionlessly and looked, and the three-tomoe Sharingan that spun once unleashed an invisible Yin Release chakra, instantly causing Kurenai Yuhi's expression to become blank, and the illusion disappeared.

And her main body appeared not far away, unable to move.

After instantly incapacitating Kurenai Yuhi, Uchiha Itachi looked at the struggling Sasuke Uchiha and said coldly, "Only a dual-tomoe Sharingan, it seems your hatred for me is still not enough, foolish little brother. Let me help you."

After speaking, the three tomoe in Uchiha Itachi's eyes instantly transformed into black lines connected in the shape of a shuriken. He was about to use his Mangekyo Sharingan's Tsukuyomi, which would become rarer with each use, preparing to make Sasuke Uchiha relive the night of the massacre in a realistic way, to strengthen his hatred for him.

"Hey..."

At this moment, a voice suddenly entered his ears, "Uchiha Itachi, what do you want to do to my little brother?"

Whoosh—

Before his eye power could be released, the piercing sound of air being torn and the deadly threat made Uchiha Itachi release Sasuke Uchiha without hesitation and vanish in a Body Flicker Technique.

Almost the instant he disappeared, a white laser flew through his original position.

Immediately, this laser swept towards Asuma Sarutobi and Kisame Hoshigaki, who were still fighting.

The two quickly leaped into the air to dodge. The former landed on a tree, while the latter landed on the river surface where Uchiha Itachi had appeared. At the same time, he put away Samehada, simplified his hand seals, and shouted, "Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

The river surface churned up huge currents, forming a water dragon that collided with the incoming laser.

Although this water dragon was as thin as paper and was easily cut through by the laser, it successfully weakened the laser's power.

Seemingly knowing that the laser couldn't harm the opponent anymore, the caster stopped wasting unnecessary chakra.

Crushing the Storm Release light ball in his hand, Izayoi walked up to Sasuke Uchiha, who was sitting on the ground panting heavily, and asked, "Are you alright?"

"I... I'm fine."

Sasuke Uchiha replied in a hoarse voice, then looked at Uchiha Itachi standing on the river surface and shouted again, losing his mind, "Izayoi, help me kill him!"

"A bit difficult, let's give it a try while they still don't know my information."

Izayoi turned to look at Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki, then raised his hand and quickly condensed a basketball-sized energy ball.

"This is... a Rasengan? How is it so big?!"

Kisame Hoshigaki said with surprise, "And that Storm Release just now... Mr. Itachi, this kid seems to be very familiar with your brother, and he even seems to be your brother's boss. Do you know him?"

"He was the top student of Sasuke's class, seems to be a commoner orphan," Uchiha Itachi had an impression of Izayoi, while also being surprised by Izayoi's strength.

"Commoner orphan?"

Kisame Hoshigaki was slightly taken aback, looking at Samehada, which was trembling in his hand, and smiled playfully, "Chakra that even Samehada craves, this isn't something a commoner orphan can have. It seems this one should be a member of the 'Lost Senju'."

"Mr. Itachi, let me play with him for a while," Kisame Hoshigaki's hunting instinct was aroused.

Uchiha Itachi said calmly, "No, your techniques are too loud. Our identities and organization have already been exposed. There should be a large number of ninjas heading this way now."

In the next second, both of their expressions changed drastically.

They saw that within the energy ball in Izayoi's hand, three small energy balls suddenly appeared.

If it were just a simple non-elemental chakra energy ball, it wouldn't be enough to make two Kage-level experts' expressions change drastically.

The main reason was that as soon as those three small energy balls condensed, they immediately turned three colors.

They were the transparent white of wind, the yellowish-brown of earth, and the orange-red of fire.

Then these three small energy balls suddenly began to rotate rapidly clockwise. After a few rotations, one of the small energy balls contrarily rotated counterclockwise and collided with the other two small energy balls.

In an instant, the three colors mixed together, but instead of causing the large energy ball to explode, it made the blue energy wall of the energy ball become as transparent as glass, enclosing a fist-sized white light ball inside.

Anyone with sensory techniques could feel the terrifying energy contained within this white light ball.

Especially Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Sasuke, who had activated their Sharingan, could see that the chakra within that light ball was filled with the aura of destruction.

Kisame Hoshigaki and Uchiha Itachi, who had some understanding of the information of the ninja world's top powerhouses, were not unfamiliar with this technique, although its shape was different.

Before Kisame Hoshigaki could speak, they saw Izayoi on the shore throw the transparent white energy ball in his hand towards them.

"Are you kidding me? You can throw Dust Release?!" Kisame Hoshigaki no longer had a playful look, cursing loudly.

"Let's go!"

Uchiha Itachi immediately used the Body Flicker Technique to escape, and Kisame Hoshigaki followed closely behind.

Asuma Sarutobi on the shore and Kurenai Yuhi, who had broken free from the Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes, also didn't dare to pursue and immediately turned and fled into the forest.

"Played it big!"

Having succeeded in one try and not even having time to name the technique, Izayoi's expression also changed slightly, then he picked up Sasuke Uchiha and ran.

Whoosh—

The transparent white light ball thrown onto the river surface had its white light ball inside suddenly shatter, as if a fragile object had been struck.

The white light inside, like magma erupting from a volcano, not only instantly filled the entire sphere but also caused the sphere to expand rapidly.

The transparent energy wall was still there, indicating that the white light hadn't broken through the energy ball, but had only expanded its sphere.

However, the speed at which the energy ball expanded was too fast, like the explosion of a Tailed Beast Ball.

Turning his head and looking at the approaching light wall that was faster than their Body Flicker Technique and was clearly a silent explosion, a line of blood tears suddenly flowed from the corner of Uchiha Itachi's eye, and his pupils widened, "Amaterasu!"

Black, inextinguishable flames appeared out of nowhere, covering the light wall.

But in the next second, the inextinguishable flames, which few things besides sealing could affect, actually disappeared at a visible speed.

To be precise, they were decomposed by a higher-level power.

"Mr. Itachi, help me hold them off for two seconds," Kisame Hoshigaki quickly formed hand seals.

Uchiha Itachi didn't speak but released astonishing eye power, transforming it into the arm of an orange-red giant, holding a shield and colliding with the advancing light wall.

This time, the light wall's advancing speed finally slowed down.

It was also at this moment that Kisame Hoshigaki shouted, "Water Release: Water Shark Bullet Technique!"

A giant water shark leaped out of the water, swallowed Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki, and after sinking into the water, swam away at an extremely fast speed.

Boom————

No matter how far they swam, the two heard a belated earth-shattering explosion in the water.

Looking down from a god's-eye view, a huge ball of light suddenly appeared in the river that divided the forest in two.

The ball of light was like an ever-expanding lid, covering the surrounding trees and river, its area incredibly vast.

Although the sound of the explosion was loud, no energy diffusion or even aftershocks were seen.

Moreover, the disappearance speed of the light ball was also very fast.

After the light ball disappeared, a perfectly smooth, large crater with no debris or signs of explosion appeared.

River water flowed into it, and it was believed that Konoha would soon have a lake.

(End of this chapter)

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