Escape From Konoha

"I'm ten minutes late today, what happened, Itachi?"

Came to the monitoring room of the root, where the root ninja asked Itachi.

Itachi, who was wearing a mask, did not answer this question from the root ninja.

In fact, he has tried his best to restrain his anger and wants to kill the root ninja in front of him...

But doing so is pointless.

The person who took action against Shishui was Danzo, these root ninjas, they had no thoughts of their own, they were just puppets who obeyed Danzo's orders.

Killing these people will not give oneself a sense of revenge at all.

Moreover, indulging in boring hatred will make oneself farther and farther away from the ideal.

Shishui also doesn't want him to live in hatred and pain all his life.

Carrying the will of his best friend, seeing the long road in the future on his behalf, and living a strong and brave life is what he should really do.

Killing a hypocritical and peaceful man like Danzo will only make it difficult for him to move in Konoha, and it will also affect the reputation of the family.

Such a thing must never happen.

"It's nothing, just a little uncomfortable."

"Would you like to go back and rest?"

"No, it's not a big deal, just stick with it."

"Well, if something goes wrong, we have medical ninjas here."

The root ninja briefly cared about Itachi, but also knew that Itachi was just talking politely.

"Thank you, how's it going?"

Itachi looked at the monitor screen and asked.

The root ninja said: "Except for the rally last night, the Uchiha family has been very quiet recently. However, one person's actions are rather strange."

"Who?"

Itachi asked curiously.

The root ninja pointed to a screen, and there appeared a man, very old, almost fifty years old, just like a child, playing with a group of Uchiha children in the park.

"he is……"

Itachi narrowed his eyes.

"His name is Uchiha Lihuo, and he used to be a close friend of Uchiha Sifang. According to what we have found, after Uchiha Sifang retired, he and Uchiha Sifang also have a lot of connections. In the Anbu , and there are relevant records.”

"So did you find anything?"

"No. I thought they were still plotting some dangerous plan that was not good for the village, but after so many years, the two of them have honestly lived in the Uchiha clan, living a leisurely retirement life."

"You guys are over-hearted. Uchiha Sifang is older than Hokage, and now he needs a cane to walk safely. Uchiha Lihuo is also in a marginalized position in the family, and he is idle in the family all day long."

Itachi said that, thinking that the people at the root were too suspicious.

To monitor the entire Uchiha family, there are not enough people at the root. If you want to waste your energy on marginal characters like Uchiha Lihuo, it is a waste of time.

"Because of idleness, it is the most suspicious."

Root ninjas mean something.

"Is there something wrong with your brain?"

Itachi snorted coldly.

The root ninja shrugged and said it didn't matter.

In the list of Uchiha family that needs to be monitored, Uchiha Sifang and Uchiha Lihuo are far higher than Itachi's father Uchiha Fuyue.

The more inconspicuous it looks, the more marginalized it is, and the characters who cannot find the handle are the most troublesome.

It's just that he could only see that Uchiha Lihuo's behavior was a little weird, but he didn't know exactly what was weird.

It is better to follow up carefully whether it is because you are overly concerned or not.

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After many more days, Konoha and the Uchiha family have been in the turbulent dark tide.

At home, Itachi held his brother Sasuke's transcript in his hand, with a satisfied smile on his face.

His younger brother Sasuke is undoubtedly a child with excellent talents. Although he is only seven years old, his grades in the ninja school are the same as his own, impeccable.

Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, teamwork, individual combat, and tactical application are all undisputed first in the grade.

In addition to being overwhelmed by a girl named Haruno Sakura in the theory class, she also achieved excellent results in second place.

This made Itachi a little curious.

Sasuke's theoretical knowledge of ninja has always been taught by himself. Even if the second-year theory test has a question beyond the outline, Sasuke can easily answer it, but he still only got the second place.

Whether Sasuke was careless in the exam or did his best to get second place, Itachi prefers the latter.

As an older brother, Itachi has always taught Sasuke that even in fair competition exams, even in the face of classmates, he can't show mercy and try his best to defeat the opponent.

This is not only for yourself, but also to respect the strength of the opponent.

Sasuke wouldn't make such a low-level mistake. It can only show that the girl called Haruno Sakura can be excellent in theoretical application.

"Sorry, brother, I didn't get first in one subject this time. Next time I will be first in all subjects."

The younger brother Sasuke was in a disturbed mood, looked at Itachi with a tight face, and vowed that next time he would be the first in all subjects.

"It doesn't matter, don't underestimate anyone who is better than yourself. Since others have talents that surpass you, you should accept it with an open mind. There is no perfect person in this world."

Even if you are yourself, there will be times when you are powerless and helpless.

I really want Shisui to take revenge, but I also know what the consequences of killing Danzo will be.

Whether for the sake of the village or the family, he must give up this hatred.

"I know, but I won't give up."

Sasuke's eyes flickered with determination.

Itachi smiled softly, and knew why Sasuke worked so hard, because he wanted to surpass his brother.

It is true that as a student of the ninja school, Sasuke's grades are already very good. Among the children of the same age, no one can compare them comprehensively.

But compared with his own abnormal ability and strength, it seems very weak.

Sometimes excellence is not a good thing.

In the depths of Sasuke's heart, perhaps he didn't even realize it, and the so-called jealousy developed.

This reminds Itachi of Shishui's dying words and the whole process of opening the Kaleidoscope Shaker.

Jealousy... a terrible thing.

Perhaps, in my own heart, there is also the composition of darkness. Itachi thought to himself.

But Itachi couldn't see what the darkness in his heart was.

I don't envy others, I don't envy others, and I don't complain to anyone cowardly... What kind of inner darkness is such a self?

Just as Itachi was thinking, Sasuke's words came in his ears:

"That, brother, are you free tomorrow? I'm on vacation tomorrow, and I want to practice shuriken with you, brother."

"Tomorrow..." Itachi thought for a while, then smiled helplessly: "Sorry, Sasuke, forgive me, I have a date tomorrow, wait for the next time."

After speaking, he tapped Sasuke's forehead with his finger.

Sasuke glared at Itachi dissatisfied: "Dating? Is that the woman who often comes here to find her brother?"

For some reason, Sasuke felt a little empty in his heart, and a feeling called jealousy developed.

It was because of that woman that my brother didn't have time to practice with him.

Annoying flies, you should leave your brother's side.

"Okay, Sasuke, I will practice with you next time. Because you are my younger brother."

"I see, I say that every time I refuse."

Sasuke sullenly walked back to his room, sulking alone.

When Sasuke returned to his room, Itachi also sighed.

As soon as he stood up from the corridor, he heard someone shouting his name outside.

"Uchiha Itachi, you are here, come out for me quickly!"

The clamor was so loud that Itachi could hear it, it was Uchiha Yatsushiro's voice.

Itachi's eyes suddenly scorched hot, and the irregular shape of the hook jade flashed away in the scarlet eyes, and then returned to normal, calmly walking towards the entrance.

Uchiha Yatsushiro and the others came here to stop the water.

That's right, Zhishui has been dead for so many days, no matter how slow his brain is, he should react.

This boring family is probably only so powerful.

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Uchiha Shisui is dead.

Although the news has not yet spread to the outside world, it has made people in the Uchiha clan panic.

As the mainstay of the Uchiha family, Shisui's strength is obvious to all, but the guards have discovered Shisui's body and suicide note one after another.

Although the handwriting of the suicide note is the same as that of Zhishui, it is really simple for a ninja with a shackle eye to imitate the exact same handwriting.

The radicals suspect that the murderer who killed Shisui was Itachi Uchiha.

Thinking of this, Fuyue, who was standing in the living room, frowned deeply.

Yesterday, his son Itachi had a huge conflict with Uchiha Yatsushiro and other radical clansmen. Although the conflict of events was suppressed by him, it also means that his son Itachi, I am afraid that he will not be affected by radical people in the future. accept.

The idea of ​​​​passing the position of the patriarch to Itachi also became hesitant in Fuyue's heart.

Another question is whether Shisui was killed by Itachi.

If yes, why did itachi kill Shisui? Itachi's strength is much worse than Shishui, and it is impossible to kill Shisui silently.

If Itachi didn't kill Shisui, who could kill the man with the name of Shisui in the Uchiha clan?

Most importantly, where did the two writing wheels on Zhishui's body go? Taken by who?

the murderer?

Or the guards who first searched Shishui's body?

Or... is Shishui really committed suicide?

But the reason for Shisui's suicide is really as written in the suicide note, "It's very tired, so the Uchiha family will go to the end, and I really want to die..." Is it pessimistic?

This kind of suicide note is more like discouraging the Uchiha family from launching a coup.

Fuyue felt that the truth behind the death of Zhishui was far more complicated than he imagined.

Someone is calculating the Uchiha clan.

That's for sure.

Just don't know who it is.

Anbu...or a root?

Only these two sectors are the most suspicious.

Just as Fuyue was thinking, there was a knock on the door.

Fuyue looked up at the entrance, stood up from the living room, walked to the entrance, and opened the door.

What he saw was a weak looking girl.

Uchiha Izumi.

She is a female friend of his son Itachi.

"Well, is Itachi-kun at home?"

Worry was written on his face.

Itachi, Uchiha Yatsushiro and others had a violent conflict yesterday. It is no longer a secret in the clan. The girl was overly worried, so she came here specially at this time.

Such a good girl. Fuyue sighed in his heart.

"Sorry, Itachi has gone out on a mission, and I don't know when he will come back."

After Fuyue finished speaking, he regretted it a little.

Is your tone of speech a little too condescending and too indifferent?

It would be a bit bad if the romance between the girl and her son Itachi broke down.

"That's it, excuse me, then I'll come back another day."

The girl named Izumi Uchiha bowed slightly to Fuyue and then left.

"..."

It must be because of his tough tone that he was afraid and dissatisfied with his future 'old husband'.

Fuyue patted his head angrily.

He wanted to say something to save the girl, but when it came to his mouth, he didn't know what to say.

In the future, do you want to learn to be kind to your family?

Fuyue couldn't remember when he was able to show a gentle expression naturally.

I always feel that after becoming the patriarch, I have forgotten a lot of things before.

He hoped that his son Itachi would become a good person, so when Itachi was four years old, he took him to the frontline battlefield to enlighten the mind of ninja survival.

After realizing Itachi's talent, he kept forcing him to embark on the path of being an excellent ninja. Although Itachi succeeded in 100% perfecting what he explained, but after that, the smile on Itachi's face became less and less.

It's okay with Sasuke, but in front of my father, I don't seem to have seen a few smiles.

Especially in recent years, something is isolating their father and son's relationship.

An indescribable sense of obstruction made Fuyue feel inexplicable regret in his heart.

"Is it because I'm too tired? Alas..."

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Itachi came back at night.

The family of four was eating at the table, and suddenly, Fuyue said: "By the way, Itachi, this afternoon, that little girl named Izumi Uchiha came to you again. It seems that she is very worried about your current state. Tell her in the past, and don't let people's hearts go to waste."

Itachi stopped eating, nodded and said, "I see."

Mother Mikoto also heard about it from her husband, and quietly smiled at Itachi as a sign of encouragement.

Only Sasuke said strangely: "Didn't my brother say, did you go out on a date with her today? What else is she doing here?"

Sasuke's words fell to the ground, and there was silence on the dining table.

The relaxed expression on Fuyue's face also became solemn, and his sharp eyes were fixed on Itachi.

"Itachi, what's going on? What the **** are you doing?"

"It's nothing, there are important tasks on it, so the appointment is postponed."

Itachi has already thought of his words.

"No, certainly not. You're hiding something from us."

Fuyue put down the tableware and swept his eyes coldly.

"You're worrying too much, father."

"Why haven't you attended the rally recently."

"Because of boredom."

"Has the family's sense of honor also been discarded?"

"This kind of family is not enough to set off my ability, it's just that simple."

boom!

Fu Yue's face was ashen.

A good dinner suddenly turned into a battlefield, serious and terrifying.

Sasuke trembled at the dining table, afraid to speak, feeling a little guilty.

If I hadn't said that, my father and brother wouldn't have quarreled.

Uchiha Mikoto looked at Fuyue and Itachi, the father and son, and had to bring Sasuke into the room to prevent him from seeing some bad scenes.

"Which side are you on?"

Fuyue was a little distressed.

His question was like Uchiha Yatsushiro questioning Itachi's position at the meeting.

A family or a village.

That kind of suspicion and distrust is now filling Fuyue's eyes.

"I'm Itachi from the Uchiha clan. No matter what happens, this will not change."

Itachi raised his head and looked at Fuyue without fear, his eyes firm.

The atmosphere at the dining table has not been eased in the slightest, but has become more solemn.

"Then let me ask you, what secret information did you get in Anbu?"

Fuyue asked with a cold face.

Itachi replied calmly: "It's about the secret of the village, I can't answer."

"Is this what you mean by the clan's position?"

"Because I stand in Uchiha's position, I can't tell everything."

Not to be outdone, Itachi responded.

Fuyue was extremely angry and laughed. He didn't expect that the eldest son, who had always been so proud of him, would one day confront him not to be outdone.

Seeing Itachi's indifferent and emotionless face, Fuyue felt a chill in his heart.

At this moment, he couldn't figure out what Itachi's position was at all.

"What are you looking for?"

"To stop the continuation of the tragedy."

Itachi closed his eyes.

Thinking back to when he was four years old, under the leadership of his father, he stepped into the center of the battlefield and witnessed all kinds of tragic situations.

Countless refugees wailed, and were affected by the war of ninjas in the wailing, and their fragility died like being mowed by someone. The painful sound hit his heart and shocked his weak heart.

The tragic battlefield was filled with human corpses, shattered bodies, and scattered flesh and blood.

It was a nightmare he will never forget.

At that moment, he vowed to stop all wars in the world.

No matter what you sacrifice, you are willing to sacrifice anything.

Just so that tragedies like that don't happen again.

Fuyue looked helplessly at his son who already had his own ideas. For the first time, he felt that as a father, he was so sad.

Since when has the trust between father and son been cut off?

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The days before the coup of the Uchiha family are approaching.

The number of participants, the name of each participant, the route of action, the armaments prepared, including how to use the power of the human column to control the tailed beast to cause riots, and how the final beheading operation was carried out, how to deal with it after the war, and the launch of the Uchiha clan The coup personnel have made detailed plans.

The shocking preparations were handed over to the high-level Hokage and other four people by Itachi at this moment.

They took the intelligence gathered by Itachi, only to find the content on it very dazzling.

"It seems that they can't be tolerated any longer. If they plan to seize power in a coup d'etat, they can only be dealt with as traitors."

It was Xiaochun who was talking about going to bed.

"Xiaochun, don't be impulsive, things are still to the point of easing... Don't make a decision too early."

The Japanese Slash Organization turned to bed Koharu, gasping for breath because of his excited words.

"Rizhan, don't hesitate any longer. The situation of the Uchiha family is out of control. For the sake of the villagers, we must start first and end the turmoil as soon as possible."

"Don't say that in front of Itachi, he's still a kid."

Rizao reprimanded Xiaochun for turning to bed.

Turning to bed, Koharu hummed slightly dissatisfied, but the initiative was in Hokage's hands after all.

Itachi knelt in front of the four of them, lowered his head, and wore a fox mask on his face. He didn't know what he was thinking.

"You can't easily start a civil war with the Uchiha family, there should be other ways to stop it."

Rijian still has a firm and conservative strategy.

"Then unite Anbu and Genbu temporarily, stop the Uchiha clan before they break out, launch a surprise attack, and take down Uchiha effortlessly."

The key to the matter is whether Itachi is willing to be their leader.

Rizhan frowned at Danzo's statement.

"The Uchiha family is also a part of the village, and force should not be used to judge them. Let me think about it again, there must be a way."

Under the hesitation of Hiyazaki, the meeting against Uchiha broke up again.

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Root headquarters.

Itachi came here and stood in front of the dark man of Shinobu.

Beside him, there are two other root shinobi. If at this time, if you do it yourself, you can quickly kill the two shinobi, and then quickly shoot at Danzo, there is a high probability that he can be assassinated.

But reason told Itachi that he couldn't do it.

After killing Danzo, it is impossible for him to leave the root base alive.

There are countless root ninjas here, and it is impossible for him to be their opponent, and he will only be besieged to death by them.

And at that time, he will be accused of attacking the high-level, and become an inexcusable defector ninja.

"Rizhan is a hypocritical person who keeps saying that he wants to discuss with Uchiha, but he has never discussed with the Uchiha family. So, don't believe his words. At the critical moment, the first person to attack Uchiha is absolutely It's him."

Danzo said to Itachi, his tone flat.

"Is that the reason why you shot Shishui?"

Itachi questioned reluctantly. I still can't let go of Shishui's death.

"You know? But killing Shishui is not my intention, but his existence, which will make the balance of the village lose. Or, for the peace of the village, he must sacrifice for it. But even if he dies, he The power left behind will also become the cornerstone for Konoha to become stronger and protect Konoha."

"Shameless statement."

The corners of Tuanzang's mouth twitched slightly.

"But everything I do is just for the sake of Konoha. Because the Uchiha family has come to this day, it is the result of the connivance of Sun Zhan, and so is Shisui. He is not worthy of being a Hokage, only the old man is worthy to sit in the position of Hokage. ."

After Itachi heard this, he only felt that compared to the three generations of Hokage, Danzo's existence was really like a distorted mass of maggots, ugly and dark.

If he hadn't been blocking it, the negotiation between Hokage and the Uchiha family should have reached an agreement long ago, and things would not have gotten to this point.

"So, there is only one option left, and that is to destroy the Uchiha family."

The expression on Danzo's face turned cold.

Itachi's body tightened. Although he had expected it, he still felt a sense of sadness when he suddenly heard this order.

The Uchiha family that has existed for thousands of years, it is a kind of sadness to think about the extinction of the family here.

Thousand-handed clan, at least they still have the will to pass on.

And what about the Uchiha family...

Itachi was filled with dark thoughts that suddenly wanted to destroy everything.

At this moment, a sly smile appeared on Danzo's face again.

"However, your younger brother Sasuke seems to be ignorant of the coup d'état. If you can carry out this mission, your younger brother will live because of your choice."

A dead end was given, and a dead end that did not look like a way of life.

But it's like a drowning person, holding on to the last straw, and holding on to it.

Itachi looked at Danzo with red eyes, expressing his anger.

"Calm down. Think carefully, isn't this the ideal you have been pursuing? Think about it, if the Uchiha clan's coup succeeds, Konoha will suffer heavy losses, then, is that scene what you want to see? "

Danzo asked loudly.

Itachi's head hummed.

Yes, if the Uchiha coup is successful, then the tragedy of the Shinobi World War will continue to unfold.

If you give up your ideals, then what are your efforts so far?

Isn't it ridiculous?

"Sacrificing a family and saving the village, now is the time for you to make a choice for your own ideal."

Danzo's words, like the whispers of a demon, kept eroding Itachi's heart, making him unable to breathe.

"Remember the question I asked you a long time ago? If one person on a ship has a serious infectious disease, as the captain, what should you do to save more people? You also forget this. Yet?"

After listening to it, itachi suddenly woke up.

If he remembered correctly, the option he chose at the beginning was to eliminate the man who had contracted the infectious disease, throw him off the boat, and let more people on the boat live.

"As a Konoha ninja, you must know what to do now. I don't want to force you, but standing on the side of the Uchiha clan means destroying the clan. Standing on the side of the village, you and your younger brother can survive... ...what are your options?"

Danzo silently saw the boy who was less than fourteen years old in front of him, clearly aware of the fluctuating emotions in the other party's heart.

In fact, losing Itachi is not another spokesperson.

But itachi is the most suitable person.

There is no more suitable person to be his puppet than him.

His ideals, his perseverance, are his greatest weakness.

Those who have weaknesses are the easiest to grasp.

Betrayal is not so easy.

"...you...remember your promise..."

After Itachi said this, he seemed to have drained all his strength, and his eyes darkened.

Sadness, bitterness, powerlessness and other emotions are brewing in my heart.

After all, he couldn't resist the will that this man added to him.

A satisfied smile appeared on Danzo's face, and his heartbeat continued to speed up.

After so many years, the biggest thorn in the village has finally been solved.

Since the death of his teacher Chisue Tobirama, he has always followed his teacher's wishes and implemented the countermeasures to isolate the Uchiha clan, so that this clan who destroyed the peace of the village was completely erased from the leaves and became a text in history.

Moreover, it is still destroyed in the hands of his own clan.

It's an excellent killing tool. Danzo looked at Itachi, who was a little lost.

Even among the roots, there is no better tool for killing than this young man.

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Withdrew from the task of monitoring the Uchiha clan, Kakashi had a more leisurely life.

His subordinate, Tianzang, is a loyal Anbu.

After all, there is something wrong with this basic strategy.

As the sub-commander of Anbu, occasionally I need to relax.

I went to the bookstore and found that Jiraiya's new book was still not published, which made Kakashi sigh inwardly.

The idea of ​​locking Jiraiya into a small dark room has been getting stronger and stronger recently.

"Meow~"

A cat meow suddenly caught Kakashi's attention~www.wuxiamtl.com~ I saw a very ordinary tri-color cat standing by the roadside staring at him with round eyes, as if expressing something.

"Cat... it's really troublesome, I still prefer dogs..."

Kakashi put away "Intimacy Paradise", walked to the roadside stall, and bought a grilled fish.

Then he walked to the meowing cat, squatted down, put the grilled fish in front of it, and let it eat.

The three-colored cat didn't eat it immediately, but licked Kakashi's fingers with its tongue, then took the grilled fish and walked away with graceful steps.

Kakashi stood up and left naturally.

A message also entered Kakashi's mind.

——On June 19, at 7:00 p.m., open the No. 2 route.