Chapter 696 Brother and Brother (1)

Early July.

The Kingdom of Forest, North.

The figure is swaying, and only afterimages of speeding past can be seen on the road, as well as slightly trembling tree branches and leaves. The figure has already flashed tens of meters away, and is running straight forward.

"Master Sasuke, we are just ahead."

Miko Hoshino, who was at the back of the team, pointed to the front.

Among the mottled leaves, you can see through the gaps, there is an extremely huge building, which suddenly appeared in the center of the forest, blocking everyone's sight.

hour to evening, dusk is approaching.

The bodies of the people who were running were stained with the brilliant colors of the sunset.

"I see, speed up."

Blinking Sasuke's eyes, he flew out at a speed like flying, and directly distanced himself from the people behind him.

Not to be outdone, Shigego and the others quickened their pace and followed closely behind Sasuke, for fear of falling behind.

They came all the way from the country of birds, almost without stopping during the period, and only took military food pills and marching dry rations on the way to restore the depleted chakra and physical strength.

The huge high wall that encloses the forest forms a circle, forming a territory that is closed to the outside world.

A huge ruined building rose from the ground among the weeds and trees. The traces on the building are very old, and it seems to have been destroyed by the war. Some places have been destroyed, which is quite age-related.

Judging from the remnants around the building, it has been here for at least ten years, and no one has come here.

Below the high wall, a straight path with an open door extends to the inside of the high wall.

The seven Sasukes flashed to the center of the path, looked up and looked forward.

Remnants are all over the high walls, and there are many fallen leaves on the ground. With the dusk as the background, it looks even more desolate and desolate.

Sasuke took the lead, without any hesitation, passed this path, and stepped into the high wall.

The huge dome building ahead is more conspicuous.

Enter the interior of the high wall, and on both sides of the path are pools of green leaves.

The water source in the pool is very clear, maintaining the original natural atmosphere.

In the middle of the path passing through the dome building, a tall figure stood majestically.

At first glance, it looks like a humanoid shark.

The skin color, face, and the fangs exposed are all very similar to sharks.

His back was carrying a bandaged knife taller than a portrait, and he just stood in front of everyone, showing a very cruel smile, staring at everyone.

"Hehe, just like what Itachi said, it's really here."

Kisame's eyes fell on Sasuke's body, and he smiled even more.

"I remember you were in the same group as Itachi."

Sasuke took a deep breath, felt the unusual chakra on Kisame's body, and knew that this was an extremely powerful ninja, so he couldn't be careless.

"It seems that Itachi is indeed inside."

Confirmed something, Sasuke didn't wait any longer, and rushed towards Kisame without waiting for the people behind to catch up.

Interlaced with his figure, passed by his side, and flew towards the dome building.

"Sasuke, wait"

Jouwu and the others also followed, intending to break through Kisame's blockade in the same way.

Boom!

Under Kisame's single-handed swing, the big sword shark muscle immediately smashed the road ahead, causing an explosion, forcing Chong Wu and others who rushed forward.

"Hey, what's the matter with you guy?"

Kidomaru's mouth was agitated, and six arms leaned against the mouth, pulled out a golden metal monitor, tied the bow, and the arrow reached Kisame's heart.

Tayuya also put the flute to his lips, ready to attack at any time.

Jirobo stood in front of him, using his strong body as a shield, staring at Kisame solemnly.

"I'm afraid it's a bit troublesome to use this guy as an opponent. His chakra is scary."

Chongwu's voice was low, a tinge of darkness appeared in his eyes, and he swept towards Kisame fiercely.

"Hehe, don't be so impatient, I won't do anything to you, I just hope you stay here obediently."

Kisame said with a smile, not caring about the vigilance of these people.

"What's the meaning?"

Shigego noticed that Kisame had no fighting spirit at all, and didn't understand what he was doing.

"It means that this battle is a matter between their brothers. We outsiders, don't bother in the past. This is also Itachi's request. As a companion, I can only respect his belief."

Kisame said so.

Placing the big sword shark muscles behind him again, the tense atmosphere dissipated from the two sides.

"are you serious?"

Tayuya asked, frowning.

"Or else."

Kisame sat down cross-legged casually, letting go of his guard as if he wasn't worried about Shigego's surprise attack at all.

"I don't want to get involved in any troublesome things. You know, fighting is very tiring. After all, no matter what the result is, this is a battle between their brothers. If outsiders intervene, they will be hated by both of them."

Kisame stated this again.

Zhou Wu and the others looked at each other, put away their fighting stance, but did not relax their vigilance, monitoring Kisame's every move anytime and anywhere.

The road in front of me has no curves, only a dark corridor passing forward. Although there are flickering candles, there are still very few places that can be illuminated.

Sasuke walked forward along this road, his footsteps were steady and orderly, a pair of dark pupils shone forward with deep eyes, and flickering candlelight danced in them.

It may have been as long as an hour, a day, a year, or a century. With Sasuke's continuous steps, this corridor finally ushered in the end.

Connected to the end of the corridor is an extremely wide hall.

The candlesticks were damaged, and there were a lot of uneven scratches on the walls and floor, as well as Kunai and shurikens scattered on the ground, which were already rusted.

It is not difficult to see that this place has experienced a major war.

On a stone chair at the front of the hall, a thin figure sat quietly.

The eyebrows of this figure are somewhat similar to Sasuke, and the nasolabial folds on both sides of the nose make him look older than his actual age.

The slightly thin body was wrapped under the red cloud coat with a black background, with blood and darkness, a chilly breath rushed towards his face.

He closed his eyes tightly, as if he was resting, and could not stand any disturbance.

Until the sound of footsteps near her ears approached within ten meters of her, she slowly opened a pair of blood-red eyes, and the three pitch-black hooks slowly rotated, mysterious and cold.

Looking directly at Sasuke's body, the originally scarlet eyes contained unimaginable darkness.

Sasuke did not hide the traces of his arrival. Looking at the young man in front of him who was only a few years older than he actually was, he thought that he would be very excited to see this person again, but in the end, he was very calm both on his face and in his heart.

Only a pair of pitch-black pupils began to turn into a bright red color, and like them, three pitch-black hook jade emerged, forming a connection with the man's line of sight in the serious air.

"Itachi..."

Called the young man's name, Sasuke's tone was quite calm, without any restlessness.

He stopped and silently estimated that the distance between himself and Itachi was only eight meters.

Itachi looked at Sasuke who had stopped, and was still sitting on the stone chair safely. His Shulunyan was just like Sasuke, without any fluctuations. He just whispered: "Sasuke, long time no see."

"It's been a long time since we last met. It should be almost four years since we last met."

Sasuke replied calmly.

Itachi stared at Sasuke for a while, and found that the other party did not show any signs of attack, and said in a slightly indifferent voice: "It seems that you have grown a lot in the past few years, and you are no longer yelling and rushing like last time. But, I remember telling you before, it is best to come to me after you have the same eyes."

"Kaleidoscopic Sharingan? I don't need that kind of thing. I have made all the preparations before I came. Unlike last time, I have already seen your future clearly with this pair of Sharingan."

Sasuke pressed his right hand on the hilt of the Kusanagi sword, and the sword was covered with fine and silky electric snakes, which shone slightly in the dark, flickering, even though the light was very low, it was still eye-catching.

"Seeing? Not deciding? Do you know that people will use known knowledge to interpret the world in front of them and insist that it is reality, but this kind of cognition is actually extremely ridiculous. You said that you saw my future with your Sharingan. It seems that you don't understand the real gap between us."

Itachi sat there peacefully, his eyes dim.

"A real gap?"

Sasuke frowned.

"From the kingdom of ghosts, you should have learned about it. Kaleidoscope Sharingan, the power of these eyes is very special, so special that if you are not the same level of eyes, you can't compete with them. Although it is a pity that your eyes have not evolved, but if the eyes are nourished by immortal magic, maybe they can also exert a unique effect."

"what are you talking about?"

Suddenly, Sasuke felt uneasy.

Itachi's appearance is really a bit weird.

"As I said before, people will determine the truth of the world with their own limited cognition. Whether it is you, me, or others, they are just such ordinary people. And I want to find a new path from this limited 'hope'. For this, your power is indispensable."

Itachi raised his arm and stretched out his index finger, like a sharp sword, pointing at Sasuke's eyes.

"A new way?"

Sasuke tilted his head, and then there was a sneer at the corner of his mouth.

The figure was distorted. Sasuke, who was originally standing in the center of the hall, suddenly turned into a puff of black smoke and melted into the air.

Chick!

The blade pierced the rock, and also pierced Itachi's body from behind the stone chair, passing through the chest.

Itachi, who was sitting on the stone chair, shuddered violently.

Looking down, the Kusanagi sword piercing through the chest from behind was covered with a layer of shining thunder, like a bird chirping, resounding throughout the hall.

"you"

"I just want to ask you a question... Why did you stand on the side of Konoha's high-level when the Konoha Uchiha clan attempted a coup d'etat?"

Sasuke squatted down behind the stone chair, holding the hilt of the sword with his right hand, and resting on the top of the hilt with his left hand, turning Chakra into Chidori, paralyzing Itachi's body, making him unable to move.

Itachi slowly raised his head, strangely, no blood flowed from the corner of his mouth or chest.

Seems to have stretched to the limit, Itachi looked at the candlelight on the candlestick on the wall in front of him, his eyes were in a daze for a moment.

"For peace and righteousness..."

The words were only halfway through before they were interrupted by a cold murderous aura.

The Kusanagi sword in the assistant's assistant turned sharply, and the thunder light gushed out even more violently.

The body of Itachi, stimulated by the lightning, seemed to be able to withstand the limit, and suddenly expanded into a huge balloon, which burst with a bang.

quack.

Itachi's exploded body turned into countless crows, making a hoarse and ugly cry that overwhelmed the chidori's voice.

Where Sasuke was standing, a figure stood there at some point.

Wearing a red cloud coat with a black background, a pair of scarlet eyes stared at him indifferently, without the slightest wave in his eyes, as if there was nothing in this world that could cause his mood to fluctuate.

This person is Itachi.

Sasuke stood up slowly, and came to the front of the stone chair, the lightning on the Kusanagi sword bloomed, and it didn't restrain itself, but it tended to intensify.

Sasuke was not surprised that Itachi was unharmed.

It's better to say that the sneak attack just now can directly defeat Itachi, which is truly incredible.

He knew that the man in front of him was a perfect ninja with no flaws, whether it was illusion, ninjutsu, or taijutsu.

"Itachi, you are still as arrogant as before. In your eyes, I am afraid that I have always been the child who is babbling behind you and can't really grow up. But don't forget, the blood of the Uchiha clan is also flowing in your body."

Sasuke said as if he had read Itachi's mind.

Sasuke's words made Itachi seem a little silent.

Arrogant? Maybe.

As Sasuke said, no matter whether he loves the Uchiha family or not, the source of his strength can never get around the word "Uchiha".

This point will not be denied when he betrays the family.

Itachi Uchiha, Itachi Sharingan, Itachi Annihilation... All titles are closely related to the Uchiha clan.

As for himself, he once destroyed all of this with his own hands.

"It's meaningless to say these things now."

"No, just because I'm still alive, it's necessary to bring up this matter again." Sasuke's voice was slightly cold, "Honestly speaking, whether it's Orochimaru, Kakashi, or Oni Land, or Konoha, I only half believe the information from them. The truth of the matter, I need to prove it from you, a person who has experienced it personally!"

"Even if all of this is proved, so what? Your personal power is insignificant in the face of the general trend of the world. Chasing the so-called truth too much will only repeat my past 'arrogance'."

"Really? But I think my own power is enough to destroy Konoha."

Sasuke's tone was decisive, his eyes were burning, and a dark aura of destruction was brewing.

His remarks silenced Itachi again.

After a long time, he spoke:

"That's the truth."

"Why do you want to do this?"

"For Peace"

Responding to Itachi was the figure of Sasuke who appeared in an instant, the Kusanagi sword in his hand piercing Itachi's chest almost uncontrollably.

Obviously, this answer did not satisfy Sasuke.

"Look, this is the consequence of chasing the so-called 'truth' too much, and becoming less confident even in the ironclad evidence I have seen."

Kunai appeared on the right hand, and after attaching chakra, it easily blocked the attack of the Kusanagi sword.

After that, Itachi's left hand stuck out of his sleeve immediately, holding three shurikens between his fingers. The moment he blocked the Kusanagi sword, the three shurikens flew out like black swifts and shot straight at Sasuke's chest.

Sasuke stepped back, distanced himself from Itachi, swung his sword, and chopped off three shurikens on the spot.

"Art fire escape **** fireball!"

Itachi's attack was flawless, and the connection was seamless.

The scorching fireball engulfed Sasuke's figure, the terrifying high temperature, the rocks on the ground seemed to be melted, and a big crater was blasted out.

However, Sasuke was not found in the pothole.

And such an attack, it is impossible to burn Sasuke to ashes.

I saw the ferret standing on the ground suddenly flashing to the side.

A sword light struck from behind, only piercing the afterimage of Itachi left in place.

Sasuke slashed, stepped hard, turned his body sharply, and rushed straight to Itachi's direction, not giving the opponent a chance to breathe.

Facing Sasuke's fierce pursuit, Itachi's expression remained calm, as if all the battle situation in front of him was under his control.

The sound of metal clashing was heard again, sputtering out sparks and lightning.

Kunai and Kusanagi sword attack each other without giving in to each other, and the figures of the two are also approaching the extreme, unable to distinguish each other.

Click!

The Kunai in Itachi's hand finally couldn't bear the attack, and a crack appeared.

No matter how strong the kunai is, it will be difficult to last under the sharp edge of the Kusanagi sword.

So, Itachi stepped back, threw the Kunai in his right hand, and flew straight to Sasuke.

Sasuke tilted his head slightly, causing the flying kunai to pass through the air and insert into the wall behind him, making a long and narrow gap in the wall, which was shocking.

Itachi, who drew back and retreated, stretched his hands towards the ninja bag, and in the blink of an eye, three shurikens on the left and right sides were ready in Itachi's hands.

However, just as Itachi was about to launch the shuriken in his hand, his eyes were in a trance.

Seeing this, Sasuke was overjoyed, and was about to use his feet, when suddenly the scene in front of him began to distort, and he became dizzy.

Sasuke was horrified, bit his tongue with his teeth, and the pain hit him, which made his brain calm down immediately. He jumped back, kept a safe distance from Itachi, and gave him a wary look.

Illusion!

The two were awe-inspiring.

Before I knew it, the scene in front of me was in a trance, which is the proof of the illusion.

"I see. When I took out the shuriken, did I activate the illusion by the way?"

Sasuke looked at the six shurikens in Itachi's hand, and suddenly realized.

"Then, your illusion is stimulated by the previous Kusanagi sword, using the sense of touch. It seems that you have not only grown in physical skills over the years."

Although it was doubtful, Itachi affirmed it.

"It's meaningless if you can't succeed. But, how do you defend the next move?"

Sasuke put the Kusanagi sword into the scabbard, opened his mouth slightly, swallowed the surrounding air, his chest swelled up, and in the breathing cavity and mouth, there was a thick and staring celestial chakra. In Itachi's shocked expression, he spewed out the energy accumulated in his body without hesitation:

"Immortal Law Extinguished Fire!"

Drizzling.

The blue-haired woman listened to the sound of raindrops falling on the platform of the tower.

There was a vastness in front of her eyes, and there seemed to be unresolved sadness in the woman's eyes, and her brows were tightly knit.

However, her sad expression didn't last long, when she was disturbed by a slight sound of footsteps.

Subconsciously, the blue-haired woman put away her gloomy expression, and turned into an unreasonable coldness and indifference.

The visitor is half black and half white, sharing the same body, which is a mixture of black and white.

It is also an important legacy left by Uchiha Madara to Akatsuki.

Among them, Heijue is the embodiment of Uchiha Madara's will.

Therefore, the blue-haired woman is always wary of black and white.

For her who has experienced all kinds of betrayals and sufferings, the only person in this world she can trust is Nagato.

"Didn't you go out to collect information?"

The woman asked in a cold voice.

"Xiao Nan, there is a problem with Didala."

Hei Jue knew that Xiao Nan didn't like him, and he didn't care about the other party's extremely indifferent tone, so he said directly.

"Didara? What happened to him?"

Xiao Nan looked at Hei Jue and Bai Jue.

Xiao's intelligence work has always been in charge of them, so Xiao Nan is currently unaware of Didara's affairs.

The quick-talking Bai Jue interjected: "He and Ah Fei were ambushed by people from the Kingdom of Ghosts. Didara is currently unknown. He is probably caught or dead."

"The country of ghosts? Why are they again?"

Xiaonan frowned even more after hearing this.

When Izuo was arrested half a year ago, the kingdom of ghosts also intervened.

It directly made them lose the two cadres Xie and Fei Duan.

Not long ago, Orochimaru and Yinyin Village were once again harmed. It can be said that the relationship between the two parties has dropped to freezing point.

"They came prepared. They had already cleaned up the battlefield for Uchiha Sasuke in Lin Zhiguo to prevent outsiders from disturbing them. Didara and A Fei were unlucky and were ambushed directly by their people."

Hei Jue explained.

"Who is leading the charge?"

"Chiba Kazuhime, the daughter of Chiba Shiraishi and Uchiha Ruri."

"A troublesome fellow."

"It's really troublesome. A Fei is not her opponent, so Lin Zhiguo needs support."

Heijue explained his intention.

Although Nagato will hand over Akatsuki's affairs to him and Bai Jue for the time being, Hei will never be ignorant of Xiaonan's status in Nagato's mind, and there are some things that need to be discussed with the other party before taking action.

"Beiliuhu? But his stronghold is far away from Lin Zhiguo."

Xiaonan began to seriously consider this matter.

"No, with the strength of Beiruhu, even if he joins forces with Ah Fei, it may not be enough to deal with Chiba Kazuhime. That is a real monster."

Heijue's voice was low.

"Then you mean..."

Xiao Nan thought for a moment, his face was slightly stiff.

Hei Jue stared at Xiao Nan's increasingly ugly face, and said faintly:

"Let's dispatch Payne. Only Payne can deal with her now. After all, Xiaonan, you don't want Master Nagato to 'recover' and see an extremely broken Akatsuki, right?"

Xiao Nan took a deep breath, took a deep look at Hei Jue and Bai Jue, and nodded slowly.

Follow the footsteps of Heijue and Baijue, step into the darkness and disappear.

(end of this chapter)