For some people, stop.
It never meant rest.
It meant accumulation.
Accumulating strength, and then?
In the direction of the Land of the Wind in the Land of Fire.
Borders.
Dark clouds covered the moon.
Stones and short grass were flattened under their feet.
Their ears listened to the roars of tigers, leopards, jackals, and wolves, and the hissing of venomous snakes.
Suddenly, a boundless green city wall appeared in front of their eyes. The mottled forest was like a farmer with a hoe and a merchant with a foot.
It was like an ocean without even a sampan. It would eat people. But for a ninja with high combat power,
It could only mean that they were like fish in water, big fish eating small fish. Especially for a ninja from Konoha, they had to enter the forest. Otherwise, why would they fight when they were wild?
Uchiha Itachi was no exception.
So when he saw the forest, he naturally slowed down and found a beautiful tree branch to sit down on. He drank some water and ate some dried food. However, the usual feeling of peace with his back against a tree trunk was nowhere to be found. Instead, the hair on his back was standing on end. He was being watched. Was it the companions of the Shinobu Iwa who came to seek revenge?
Itachi tightened the loose bag in his hand and silently rolled his comma-shaped pupils. First, he confirmed that there were no illusion traps in front. Or was it a rebellious ninja who dared to come to Konoha to hunt Konoha Ninjas? Maybe. Itachi was a little annoyed. He had just gotten rid of the two people who were suspected to be his pursuers.
There were suddenly two more breathing creatures in the forest in front of him.
It would be best if these four people were not from the same group.
But so what? Itachi raised his head and straightened his back.
The word fear had never appeared in Uchiha Itachi's dictionary.
However, they had just caught up with Itachi.
The leader of the Four Generations, Naruto and his guard captain, had successfully run in front of Thor to hide in front of Itachi. They only wanted to say,
Child, aren't you thinking too much?
"What do you mean by Itachi stopping here?" Bo Fung Watergate stood far away on a tree trunk.
"They probably realized that we're not easy to deal with, so they're preparing to take a break first. While we're still doubtful, they'll rush over and kill us in one blow." Uchiha Shisui craned his neck to look at Naruto, who was standing horizontally on a tall tree trunk. He felt a little tired, mentally tired — whenever his Naruto was under too much pressure, he would act out of character from time to time.
"Then what do you think? Should we wait for him to come over, or should we go over first?" Naruto's Chakra was still firmly attached to his feet and the thick tree trunk.
"Of course, I'll lure the enemy while you surround him." Shisui pulled back his sore neck. "Hold him down and escort Thor back to Konoha."
"…" Watergate didn't say anything, but there was a hint of accusation in his eyes.
"If you haven't figured out how to talk to him, then seal off Chakra at the root first." To be honest, Shisui had been by Naruto's side for many years, but he had never seen him so indecisive and soft-hearted. Bo Fung Watergate was really annoying like this, especially when he was as hard to please as always. "There are many jailers at the root. If you can't talk things out with Itachi, just start a fight. Beat him until he's convinced!"
"…" Watergate still didn't say anything, but the accusation in his eyes was even more obvious.
"…" Shisui was a little scared by Naruto's stare. He realized that Naruto seemed to think that pure violence couldn't solve any problems. However, he was immediately engulfed by a golden light that flashed again and again, and again, and again.
When Uchiha Shisui opened his eyes again, he saw Naruto holding Itachi with one hand and letting go of him with the other. They had already returned to Konoha.
Konoha, Fire Country
Root Station
In an interrogation room with only one chair.
"Wake him up." Watergate handed the limp Itachi to Shisui.
"Well, it's a good idea to knock him out first, sir." Shisui shook his head to recover from the shock of the passive space jump and patted Itachi.
Itachi didn't wake up.
Watergate showed the steel needle in his hand and handed it to Shisui. "I asked the medic for some anesthetic."
Shisui was speechless.
Watergate said, "It's better to be prepared."
Shisui took out the all-purpose reliever from his pocket and shook it under Itachi's nose.
"Bang!"
Shisui's back was against the stone wall. He felt as if he had been hit by the legendary locomotive of the Country of Craftsmen. His neck felt cold and then warm, and the skin broke when he touched it. "012110, you don't have the habit of smearing poison on your shurikens, do you?"
"Reporting, no." Itachi flipped over and then looked blankly at the captain of the night shift of Naruto's guard in front of him, and then looked at Naruto -sama. Only then did he let out a long sigh and relax. "It's the real person, sir. Well, sir, was that a drill? "
Watergate looked at Itachi's eyes that were still rolling commas and didn't deny it. "Itachi, tell me, why did you rush to complete the mission after receiving the Anbu Minister's mission?"
"There's too little information about the mission. The sooner I finish it, the sooner I can." Itachi was even more confused by Naruto's question. "After all, I'm Naruto -sama's guard captain. It's not appropriate for me to be out in the field for too long."
"Well. Since you've already completed the mission with record-breaking speed, why didn't you follow the mission procedures? If I remember correctly, you and Kakashi seem to like to collect mission data. " Watergate continued to ask, "I believe you haven't forgotten that missions that don't follow the rules can't record data. Once this kind of assassination mission is successful, in order to protect the mission personnel, there's a procedure for someone to be separated from the target immediately. Why did you leave the auxiliary personnel around you and return to the village on your own?"
"…" Itachi seemed to be confused by Naruto's long sentence. He consciously kicked the bone bag skin on the floor and responded after a while. "Although I really want to break the mission record of the Anbu Minister, I've never deliberately done that. So, when I felt very bad, I came back first."
"What's wrong?" Naruto was a little confused by Itachi's answer. "Do you feel that there's something wrong with this mission?"
"No, there's nothing wrong with the mission. It's the auxiliary personnel. The Anbu behind me gave me a different feeling from the previous missions. "
"How is it different?"
"Not good."
"How is it not good?"
"It's just not good."
Watergate frowned. "Then I'll ask you another question. Even if there are various reasons affecting you, how did you judge that and come back in such a hurry?"
"I don't feel good."
"Why not?"
"I can't tell."
…
After repeating this several times, Naruto was sure that the subordinate was not lying. Finally, he asked in a different direction, "Then, from the time you took the mission to the time when you were brought back by me on the way back, except for the Anbu who felt different from usual, did you encounter any strange people or things?"
"Yes. A lot. " Itachi's answer finally became much smoother. "I planned to stop the two guys who dared to run with me, but then I opened my eyes and this happened."
"Well." Watergate held back the twitching of the corner of his mouth and nodded. Seeing that the mist in Itachi's blood-red eyes was gradually dissipating, he quickly asked the last question, "By the way, is your relationship with your father better now?"
"Ah, what?" Itachi didn't answer Naruto's inexplicable question this time. He just stared at Naruto for a long time, as if he was thinking.
"Pour him a glass of water." Naruto sighed.
Uchiha Shisui, who had been standing aside since just now, hurriedly poured water and then pulled Itachi to the stool. "I added ice and honey for you. Okay, it's okay, Itachi."
Itachi drank the water in the glass in one gulp, chewed and swallowed it together with the ice cubes, took a few deep breaths, and then suddenly stood up and looked up at Naruto. "Sir, what happened?"
"Ah, something did happen." Naruto looked at Itachi's restored eyes and smiled, and pressed Itachi back to the chair. "Because I need to confirm something very important, I used some dishonorable means on you without your permission. I want to apologize to you first."
"Obeying orders is a ninja's virtue, Sir." Itachi stood up again.
"Respecting every subordinate is also Naruto's virtue." Watergate pressed Itachi back to the stool again, and then immediately changed the topic. "Itachi, I have something to tell you."
"Yes, Sir." Itachi didn't stand up this time, because Naruto's hand didn't leave his shoulder, and because his heart suddenly thumped, as if something fragile fell from a high cliff, but it fell and fell, and it just couldn't reach the bottom.
"Uchiha Fugaku is dead." Naruto's voice sounded.
"Oh." Itachi answered subconsciously. He felt that maybe Hokage's dishonorable tricks hadn't been cleanly metabolized from his blood. Otherwise, why would he understand the meaning of these seven words, but when they were connected together, they were so strange?
"My condolences." Naruto put a thin folder in Itachi's hand. "Look at it yourself. When you're done, go out and turn left. Where is your father? Your mother is with him. You should also persuade your mother. She's not in a good mental state now."
"Yes, Sir." Itachi stood up and saluted.
"We won't disturb you for now." Watergate wanted to touch Itachi's head, but he stretched out his hand and retracted it. "After you've finished reading the document and seen your mother, come to me if you have any questions. But I don't think you're a child anymore, Uchiha's new patriarch, Uchiha Itachi. "
"Yes, Sir." Itachi still stood up and saluted.
Bo Fung Watergate motioned Shisui to pour Itachi a glass of honey water with ice, then gently closed the door and walked out of the lonely interrogation room. "Shisui, what do you think?"
"The confession agent used by the interrogation unit has always been very useful. Itachi didn't lie." This time, Shisui didn't misunderstand Naruto's gaze. "He has proven to you that he's still very clean."
"So, Shisui." Naruto looked at his subordinate's serious face and smiled again. He took out a thin document from his backpack and opened his mouth without saying anything. "So I still lied to him. Read the document and remember to inform Kakashi. Be careful not to let it slip."
"Your Excellency, please be at ease. Your will is where our blades point." Shisui watched Naruto's golden light flash, then looked at the thing in his hand that was obviously prepared long ago and smiled. Well, Naruto's disappointing weakness at the border just now was purely to vent and play with people. And the Namikaze Minato who was finished was still the Golden Flash who bravely shouldered the responsibility, who was decisive in killing, who was strong, who was respected by others, and who would never change.
It was already 3: 30 in the morning.
Naruto's building.
Naruto's office.
Bo Fung Watergate came back from Gen's place, put away his equipment and ninja bag, and rushed to his small bed without even taking off his clothes. But as if in the next second, Kakashi flashed in a silver light. "Why don't you go home and sleep? I've already heated your bath water several times."
Naruto ignored him and rolled the blanket over his head.
Kakashi pulled the blanket down a little and reached out to help Sensei take off his forehead protector. "Are you tired?"
"Just sleepy." Watergate moved his head to make it easier for Kakashi. "Is Naruto okay?"
"No, no." Kakashi put Sensei's forehead protector neatly on the table. "Sleep well."
"Well, go to Gen's place and find Shisui. Also, Itachi will be in charge of him from now on." Watergate turned over, found a good position, and really fell asleep.
"Don't lie down, it's easy to lose oxygen." Kakashi frowned and helped Sensei take off his coat, covered him with a quilt, and slept on the pillow. Then he sighed and went to take off Sensei's shoes. It was a bit difficult to take off his shoes. And because Sensei was wearing standard shoes with missing toes, the soles of the shoes were covered with mud and rotten grass. Did he go and step on sh * t? Kakashi helped Sensei clean the dried mud with a towel and found that Sensei's feet and calves were a bit swollen. This wasn't a good sign for a ninja. Kakashi sighed again, and waved his hand to the Anbu on duty to get hot water.
Kakashi took the basin, soaked the hot towel in the hot water, wrung it dry, folded it neatly, and put it on Sensei's feet. After the towel transferred all the heat into Sensei's skin and muscles, he pressed down hard.
"Yes."
"Did I hurt you?" Kakashi heard Sensei's muffled groan, but he pressed down harder. "It'll be done soon, go to sleep."
"Kakashi." But Minato couldn't go to sleep by himself. He sat up and said, "Why are you so stubborn? I remember I just told you to go find Shisui."
"It's just a few minutes." Kakashi continued, "Yesterday you didn't sleep more than two hours, and today you stayed up all night. Do you know your feet are swollen? Didn't the hospital tell you not to stay up all night? "
"Then who made me run around in the middle of the night! Don't disturb my sleep! "Watergate urged," Go find Shisui! Go to work! I hope that by the time I wake up, all of you will have settled everything. "
"Okay, okay." Kakashi threw the cold towel into the basin, gave the Anbu on duty a look, and closed the door.
At the same time.
Root Headquarters.
Danzō Muramura's office.
Mikoto Uchiha had just sent her eldest son away, and then tears flowed down her face. She closed the door and walked into the inner room, which had the same layout as Naruto's room, and stared blankly at Uchiha Fugaku on the bed. At this time, Uchiha Fugaku's body had been repaired by Konoha Hospital. As long as Mikoto didn't take off her husband's clothes, she wouldn't be able to tell that his stomach had been cut open just a day ago.
"Fugaku. Watergate is a big liar. Not only did he deceive me, but he also deceived Itachi! I promised him that as long as he didn't involve Itachi and Sasuke, he could do whatever he wanted with Uchiha, but in the end, he still involved Itachi. Let me tell you, do you know why your son left in a hurry after seeing you? He's busy killing people for his Naruto -sama. " Mikoto squatted down, took Fugaku's hand, and touched her face, "The fate of a ninja is really sad, isn't it?"
But Fugaku didn't turn over and sit up as she expected. He hugged her shoulder and shouted, "It's better than planting sweet potatoes in the field."
But Mikoto wasn't disappointed. She continued to take Fugaku's hand and slowly pinched his fingers one by one, "I told you to exercise well. Don't think that you can be lazy just because you retired. Look at your fingers, they're stiff. You're so useless. No wonder you can't even protect your son. Ah, marrying such a useless man, I really want to remarry."
However, Fugaku didn't fly into a rage and slap his woman across the face like Mikoto had imagined him to, just because his pride as a man was hurt.
But Mikoto still wasn't disappointed. She continued to stroke Fugaku's arm, and chose to poke Fugaku's deeper livor mortis spots as if she had lost her memory. "Sure enough, old men will become uglier and uglier, and their bodies will emit a strange uncle's odor. Look, you're still so young, but you already have age spots. But your woman is still as beautiful as a flower. "
But Fugaku still didn't refute a single word.
Finally, Mikoto put down Fugaku's arm, stood up, and slapped her husband. "I'll reward you. You promised to do my laundry, cook, comb my hair, and be an obedient little wolf puppy when you retire. Who would have thought that you're also a liar?"
This time, Fugaku moved. He tilted his head to one side, and his eyes were wide open as if he was angry.
Mikoto suddenly felt a little funny. She poked Fugaku's face, and then reached out to cover his eyes. "Actually, I've wanted to slap you since the first day I married you. Today, my wish came true. And you, don't be too angry. Anyway, your woman will be buried with you sooner or later. At worst, I'll let you kiss her back. "
But Fugaku didn't respond again.
Mikoto continued to stroke Fugaku's eyes. "Okay, it's already like this. Don't make a fuss. Hurry up and close your eyes. Don't suddenly open them when you're saying goodbye to the body. It's not good to scare the flowers and plants. Be good, like your son and wife, have a little perspective of the overall situation. "
The overall situation was always more dangerous.
…
The time was 3: 45 am.
The wind was a little high, and the Dark Group was gathering.
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