Konoha: Make the Uchiha Great Again

Chapter 287 The Strange Monk

In the desert, Naruto, Sasuke and Karin stared at Sasori and Uchiha Itachi in front of them.

The breeze was blowing continuously, making layers of yellow sand fly, and Uchiha Itachi looked at the three people in front of him, especially Sasuke, with a complicated look.

He hasn't seen Sasuke for many, many years. It has been eight years since he left Konoha.

During these eight years, he never saw Sasuke, and during these painful eight years, he always had two beliefs in his heart.

One is that he believes he is right, and the other is that he hopes Sasuke will not be implicated.

Although these two beliefs have been eroded and changed over the past eight years, the first belief can only barely hold on now.

And the second belief became the hope that Sasuke could understand him and know that everything he did was for Konoha.

But as it stands now, all his persistence is impossible to achieve because he saw the look in Sasuke's eyes.

It was a look that was filled with anger and hatred, a look that wanted to kill him completely, a look that made him heartbroken!

"Oh, it seems this boy is your brother?"

Just when the murderous atmosphere was extremely thick, Scorpion suddenly spoke.

"It seems that Konoha doesn't take us two little thieves very seriously, otherwise they wouldn't have sent these little brats over here."

"Do you think we're easy to deal with?"

Sasuke stared at Sasori and Uchiha Itachi indifferently, and he spoke in an extremely cold voice.

"As members of the Akatsuki organization, you dare to come to the Fire Country to cause trouble. I have to admire your courage."

"Excuse me, this seems to be the territory of the Wind Country. Of course, it doesn't matter if you say it's the Fire Country. After all, you did destroy the Wind Country and the Sand Village."

Scorpion shook his head and spoke calmly.

"Whether you are easy to deal with or not still depends on your skills. I heard that you are a disciple of Uchiha Yuhara, right?

Uchiha Yuhara did give us a huge shock back then, but you are not your teacher, and you don’t have his strength! "

Scorpion's words were very harsh, and he looked down on people like Sasuke.

But Sasuke and the other two did not show any sign of being angry at all. Although they were all young men and only about sixteen years old, they were still in the prime of their youth.

But they don't think they can compare to Yuhara, because Yuhara's strength is already deeply rooted in people's hearts, and they will not have such thoughts even if they are young and energetic.

What's more, Yuhara's strength is not only in terms of physical strength. They have received a good education since childhood, so naturally they will understand such things.

"Sasuke, I'll take care of this guy."

Just then, Naruto suddenly spoke, his eyes fixed on Scorpion and spoke quickly.

"You deal with Itachi. I think you have been waiting for this opportunity. Karin, you are responsible for saving Gaara.

Let's move faster, don't embarrass ourselves."

Naruto's growth over the years is obvious to all, and Karin is no less impressive. She has further developed her medical ninjutsu abilities. It can be said that at this moment their team is a qualified and perfect team.

Karin nodded slightly, her chakra already beginning to surge, and Naruto did the same, while Sasuke's gaze was fixed on Uchiha Itachi.

The breeze was still blowing gently, and the next moment Naruto and Karin moved at the same time. Naruto rushed in front of Scorpion in an instant, while Karin went to find Gaara as soon as possible.

Only Sasuke and Uchiha Itachi were still standing there, staring at each other quietly.

"Long time no see, Sasuke!"

It took a long time before Uchiha Itachi opened his mouth slowly. No emotion could be heard in his calm words, and his eyes had turned into a pair of scarlet three-magatama.

"Yeah, long time no see... Uchiha Itachi, I've been waiting for this day for a long time." Sasuke did not hide the murderous intent in his eyes as he spoke coldly.

"Really..." Uchiha Itachi shook his head in a low voice: "It seems that your eyes have grown a lot. How far can you see with your pupils now?"

"All I saw was your death."

Sasuke suddenly chuckled, and his hand slowly grasped the ninja sword at his waist.

"Also, you no longer have your Mangekyō. You are not worthy of the Uchiha name. You are already a lost dog. Your eyes have been recycled.

Now, let me take back your life as well, to wash away the great damage you have caused to our lineage!"

"Heh." Uchiha Itachi also chuckled: "Do you take Uchiha Yuhara's words as the truth? Then prove it to me."

Sasuke's eyes changed slightly because the voice came from behind him!
Without thinking, the ninja sword at his waist was unsheathed instantly. Then he turned quickly and the ninja sword and kunai collided with each other with a loud bang of metal.

"It seems that you have grown a little, but it is far from enough."

Uchiha Itachi watched everything indifferently, but the pain in his heart was constantly increasing. He could feel that Sasuke's murderous intent was becoming stronger and stronger.

Sasuke ignored Uchiha Itachi completely. For him, it was really boring to talk to such a traitor.

He quickly swung the ninja sword and launched another attack. A fierce battle broke out without warning. The two men moved extremely fast and only the sound of kunai and swords clashing could be heard several times.

boom!
Sasuke's ninja sword was knocked away, but Uchiha Itachi still had the upper hand in physical skills.

The ninja sword pierced directly into the yellow sand, and Sasuke's body was knocked back, flipping in the air before landing again.

"Fire Escape·The Great Fire Extinguishes!"

The moment he landed, Sasuke had already completed the seals with his hands, and a hot breath quickly spread throughout his body.

The next moment, he spewed out powerful Fire Style, and the wide-ranging sea of ​​fire directly enveloped Uchiha Itachi. He had already mastered this kind of Fire Style to perfection.

In order to avoid the fire escape, Uchiha Itachi jumped high, but the next moment his eyes showed a hint of surprise.

Because Sasuke appeared in front of him at some point, a violent arc of electricity appeared in the ninja sword in his hand, and a cold light flashed.

Blood splattered as Uchiha Itachi was stabbed in the chest. He fell heavily to the ground under the great force, with a trace of blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.

He opened his mouth to say something, but Sasuke kicked him hard, and he fell into a sea of ​​fire!

"Sasuke, you've become stronger!"

A sound like a sigh came from behind Sasuke after he landed again.

Sasuke turned his head coldly and looked at an open space. The crows were flying wildly, and in an instant they once again formed an Uchiha Itachi!
"Boring illusion, is this all you know?"

Sasuke's voice was like ice, he tilted his head slightly and said.

"Teacher once said that illusions are meant to deceive people, but they can also kill people, and you have fallen into your own illusion.

You are deceiving yourself, and you are also killing yourself. You are already beyond help!"

“Bang, bang, bang!”

While Sasuke was fighting Uchiha Itachi, Naruto and Sasori's battle had also begun.

At this time, Naruto was nimbly shuttling back and forth between Scorpion's puppets. His fists kept hitting those puppets, and almost none of these puppets could withstand his attacks.

Almost everything was shattered into pieces after being hit by him, there was no other possibility, and the same thing happened to Karin.

They were both very fast and cooperated very well. In just a moment, Karin had rushed to Gaara's side, while Naruto stood in front of Scorpion.

"It seems that you are indeed quite capable, but you seem to have forgotten your identity."

Scorpion looked at Naruto in front of him and spoke calmly, and he had already taken out a scroll with the number 'three' written on it.

"You are the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and you delivered yourself to us. This is really a happy thing."

Although the Akatsuki organization became Konoha's enemy very early on because of Yuhara, their goals and ideas were not revealed too much.

Therefore, the world at most regards them as an evil ninja mercenary organization, and does not think too much about whether they have other purposes.

Of course, the top leaders of Konoha still knew something about it. After all, there were people like Yuhara and even a half-mob like Orochimaru.

Therefore, they naturally knew and could not ignore Akatsuki's desire for the tailed beasts.

However, Konoha would not easily tell others about this kind of thing. After all, this kind of thing is still very troublesome and dangerous.

Especially now, Akatsuki can basically be regarded as their 'strategic partner'.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Akatsuki is Madara's Akatsuki, and not led and controlled by Nagato as it is now.

"I don't care what you think or what you're going to do."

Naruto clenched his fists and stared at Scorpion in front of him. At the same time, a strange power burst out from his body.

This power made Scorpion frown slightly involuntarily. Without any further ado, he immediately released the puppet of the Third Kazekage.

And at this moment, Naruto's aura underwent a huge transformation. Orange eye shadow appeared on his face, and even his eyes changed.

This powerful aura was suffocating, and even Scorpion felt a sense of crisis looming over him at this moment.

Even though this crisis was not as desperate and suffocating as the one Yuhara brought him, it still made him alert involuntarily.

He seemed to have felt this kind of aura on Yuhara before, and they didn't quite understand why this kid also had such a thing.

But he didn't have time to think about it, because Naruto had already spoken.

"What I have to do now is to deal with you, the bastards who came to our homeland and acted recklessly.

I will never allow you to do this, and I will never let you go!"

"Am I beyond help?"

Uchiha Itachi was silent when he heard this, because he didn't know how to answer, and his heart was deeply hurt by this sentence.

Perhaps these words revealed Uchiha Itachi's current situation and his future, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

And the most important thing is that this sentence was said by Sasuke, which made his pain even more severe. He stared at Sasuke so hard that he didn't know what to say for a while.

Sasuke had obviously completely given up on what he was thinking about, that there might still be some brotherhood in his heart, and without any nonsense, Sasuke just took action!
"Fire Release: The Art of Fire Dragon!"

Sasuke quickly formed seals with his hands, and almost instantly a huge fire dragon gushed out from him.

"Fire Release: The Art of Fire Dragon!"

Uchiha Itachi also chose the same technique. For a moment, two fire dragons collided in the air, and violent sparks burst out from both sides.

At this moment, Sasuke brandished his ninja sword and rushed to Uchiha Itachi again. His ninja sword was shining with cold light, which was intimidating.

Seeing this, Uchiha Itachi immediately jumped back, then he raised one hand and strange chakra began to surge in his body.

"This is?"

Sasuke, who was in pursuit, immediately noticed something strange. He frowned and wanted to take a step further when he suddenly felt a strange aura coming from the flames behind him.

He glanced around with bloodshot eyes, and his expression suddenly changed slightly.

Because his flame had been swallowed up by Uchiha Itachi's flame, and the moment his flame was swallowed up, the flames were already coming towards him!

"This aura is a bit like a teacher. It seems that this guy has also improved."

Sasuke thought to himself, he paused without hesitation, and then ran away.

As his figure moved, those strange flames followed closely behind him, and Uchiha Itachi also increased the output of chakra.

Obviously, this guy has now used Yin-Yang Release, and such an attack is still a bit beyond Sasuke's capabilities.

Sasuke currently doesn't know what Yin-Yang Release is, but his keen intuition tells him that he must not be touched by the flames containing such chakra.

Otherwise, his end will definitely not be good!
He ran away at an extremely fast speed, and the flames were chasing him relentlessly, igniting everything wherever the flames passed.

Whether it was the dry yellow sand or the puppets that were broken by Naruto and fell to the ground, they all turned into nutrients at this moment.

With the help of Yin-Yang Escape, the power of these flames is no weaker than Amaterasu's fire!
Sasuke kept moving to avoid these horrible flames, but under Uchiha Itachi's control, flames started in other places at the same time. As Sasuke escaped to more places, the flames became wider and wider. Soon the area was covered by flames, and the range of Sasuke's escape became smaller and smaller.

It's just that Uchiha Itachi's condition at the moment is not very good. He has made great progress in the past three years, but Yin-Yang Release is obviously still a heavy burden for him.

He couldn't help but start panting. He still had mixed emotions towards Sasuke because he was not sure what to do.

He had no intention of killing Sasuke, he just wanted Sasuke to know the truth, his truth.

He was unwilling to see his thoughts and ideas buried like this, and he was unwilling to see Sasuke believe in and be loyal to the person he hated the most.

Even though he had failed miserably, he still couldn't help but want to give it a try, because Sasuke was his younger brother.

"Hmm? Has the control of that flame been relaxed?"

Although Sasuke felt a little miserable being chased by such flames, he was still observing and waiting for an opportunity.

He soon noticed the change in the situation, especially when he observed Uchiha Itachi's situation out of the corner of his eye, he immediately knew that his chance had come!

He had no idea what Uchiha Itachi was thinking. Even if he knew, he would not care at all and would even look at him with contempt.

The hatred between them is completely irreconcilable. The hatred was sown when this guy wanted to destroy the entire family and help the Third Hokage.

Sasuke doesn't care what he thinks, let alone things like righteousness, because to him, it's all bullshit.

Even killing all of his own family members, how can this be considered a statement of justice?
Being cold-blooded is being cold-blooded. Why do you find so many high-sounding excuses for yourself!
What's more, facts have proved that this guy's choice was incredibly wrong. How could the Third Hokage's group of insects govern Konoha?
Look at Konoha now, everything is so good, and look at Konoha back then, everyone lived in fear.

Do those guys really think they are the Hokage and Konoha belongs to them?
What a joke!
There is a saying that is deeply rooted in Konoha now, that is, the Hokage is the Hokage of Konoha, and Konoha is everyone's Konoha!
This sentence was said by his teacher, and it perfectly explains the relationship between Hokage and Konoha.

You are so bad that you forced my whole family to be killed just to maintain your power. Who are you? Are you worthy?

And you, Uchiha Itachi, are you worthy?
Sasuke hated and loathed Uchiha Itachi from the bottom of his heart. No matter what this guy said, Sasuke probably wouldn't listen.

And now this guy suddenly slowed down his attack pace, which seemed to Sasuke like a huge opportunity.

"Fire Escape, the art of dragon fire!"

Sasuke didn't say anything, he immediately formed seals with his hands, and in an instant another fire dragon flew towards Uchiha Itachi.

Under the scorching heat and impact, even the yellow sand on the ground was ignited by his flames.

Uchiha Itachi quickly leaped back, but at the same time, flames of Great Dragon Fire burst out from other places around him, which immediately made him realize that this was Sasuke's method.

After so many years of experience, Sasuke's methods are no longer imaginable to ordinary people.

Uchiha Itachi immediately jumped up and nimbly avoided all damage from the fire.

After a long time, the smoke and dust dissipated, and they both stood in a ruin shrouded in flames, staring at each other.

"It seems that the Hokage just now was also very taxing on you."

Sasuke sneered. He was also somewhat out of breath at this time. He was using both physical techniques and genjutsu, and then a wave of ninjutsu. He felt a little uncomfortable.

Uchiha Itachi was also panting. He looked at Sasuke quietly, and finally he spoke slowly.

"You have indeed made great progress, but your eyes have not yet reached the final step, which is somewhat a pity."

"Maybe, but killing you is enough."

Sasuke's eyes suddenly became more indifferent, and strong murderous intent continued to burst out from his body.

"From the moment you wanted to destroy the entire family to satisfy those illusory dreams in your heart, your fate was already determined!

You are the traitor of the family, you are the most shameless person in the family, and you are the one who brings shame to all of us.

No matter whether it is my father, mother or brother Shisui, everyone is ashamed to be associated with you. You are the scourge of the entire family!"

"What do you know? Do you think Uchiha Yuhara is always right?"

When Uchiha Itachi heard these words, he could no longer control himself and he shouted loudly.

"Is everything okay in Konoha now? Konoha is like a wild beast, madly invading other places. Is this right?
When the first Hokage was still alive, he had never done anything like this, but look at it now!
Don't be fooled by Uchiha Hanehara's hypocrisy. He has always been a bloody man. The Third Hokage died at his hands.

Now wherever he goes seems so peaceful, but do you know how many people have died because of him in private?
He killed all those who didn't listen to him. No one survived, not even one!

Such a cold-blooded guy, such a devil, you actually..."

"That's better than you!"

Before Uchiha Itachi could finish his words, Sasuke interrupted him coldly and firmly.

His eyes were extremely scarlet, and terrifying power was rapidly brewing in his body. He looked at Uchiha Itachi indifferently and said angrily.

"What qualifications do you have to speak of my teacher like that?

You are just a stray dog, you are just a guy that everyone hates!

And even if the teacher did all this, there is always a price to pay to achieve a goal.

Is the Fire Nation unstable now? Are the residents under the control of the Fire Nation unhappy?
These are enough. Besides, you have already extended your butcher knife to the entire family. You are the least qualified person to evaluate the teacher!

Maybe I shouldn't talk to a hopeless guy like you at all. What you have done is reasonable and well-founded, and what others do is full of mistakes.

You really don’t deserve to be called a human being, you really don’t deserve to live in this world! "

Sasuke's words left Uchiha Itachi speechless. At this moment he felt cold all over. He clenched his fists and his body trembled slightly.

He wanted to say something, but didn't know how to start. But at this moment, two figures suddenly appeared in front of him, and his face changed drastically.

"Yes, he is indeed unworthy, so he must die this time."

Shisui looked at Uchiha Itachi indifferently, but there was another person beside Shisui that Uchiha Itachi dared not face, and that was Uchiha Izumi!

At this time, Uchiha Izumi was looking at Uchiha Itachi with hatred, and all of this made Uchiha Itachi feel heartbroken.

At the same time, he also understood that he was in great danger this time.
"How far is it?"

In the desert, Nagato followed behind Black Zetsu and asked weakly.

At this time, he was using his own body. Ever since he was defeated by Yuhara and lost the body belonging to Yahiko, Nagato had begun to use his own body.

He also knew that his current situation was not optimistic and that using this body would likely bring about many unimaginable consequences.

But he didn't take it to heart. After all, in his opinion, only Yahiko could carry the power of heaven, and the bodies of other people were not worthy of it.

Since there was no way to get Yahiko's body back, he would rather use his own body to carry this power.

Because he was also very dissatisfied with what Yuyuan said, he wanted to prove that these eyes belonged to him!

But these years have made him realize a fact, that is, these eyes may not really belong to him, because he really has no way to control these eyes!
The energy required by these eyes is truly terrifying; it is simply not something he can bear.

And whenever he used these eyes, he could always clearly feel some hysteresis.

At first he thought it was because he was remotely controlling the clones, but now he is in the same state when using his original body.

This made him realize that these eyes might not be so obedient, and even that these eyes might not really belong to him!

If it really belongs to you, there would not be such terrible hysteresis.

And after he stopped using his clone, he also found that these eyes had a certain resistance to him.

These discoveries really made Nagato despair. He had always firmly believed that he was born with these eyes and that he was the incarnation of the Six Paths Sage walking in the world!
But now he realized that everything he thought was just a joke. He was nothing. He was just a sad being used by others to save their eyes.

This feeling of being thrown from heaven to hell really made him feel heartbroken.

It's not like he hadn't considered destroying these eyes, but he quickly thought of something.

So the person who installed these eyes on himself would allow him to do this?

The answer is naturally no. This guy may even be watching me secretly. If I do anything rash, the revenge may be terrible.

It doesn’t matter if he dies, but this matter will most likely implicate Xiaonan, and that is something he cannot accept.

Therefore, he could only let go of his inner anger. He wanted to see what these guys were going to do!
He wanted to ask in person why these guys chose him and what he was now.

Therefore, he forced himself to exercise during these three years. Even though he was already skinny and might even die at any time, he still persisted.

He wanted to ask in person why, he wanted to find out the truth of it all.

And with his persistence, he finally made some progress.

Since he can't walk, he uses repulsion to make himself fly instead of walking!
His life is inseparable from the vitality provided by the Outer Golem, so he should reduce his actions as much as possible. If he must take action, he should extract enough life to go out.

Under such circumstances, he could finally move freely, even if the price was that he could feel his situation getting worse, but he was willing to do so.

"We're almost there. If nothing goes wrong, it's right in front."

Black Zetsu glanced at Nagato, who was seriously ill and might die at any time, and seemed helpless.

But behind this helplessness, he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, because if this guy really died, then some things would become simpler.

But he couldn't show such emotions, he didn't want this guy to see any clues.

In fact, he himself did not expect that this guy would be so easy to deceive. He just told him that this operation might encounter obstruction from the Fire Nation and hoped that he could help.

Unexpectedly, this guy agreed directly, which really made Hei Zetsu overjoyed.

Uchiha Madara is finally going to be resurrected, and his plan can finally be accelerated. How can he not feel excited?
Although Uchiha Yuhara has always been like a mountain pressing on his head, especially according to Uchiha Madara, this guy may have also opened the Rinnegan.

Then I must have the Rinnegan to compete with him, and the only one who can compete with him is Uchiha Madara.

"Is this day finally coming?"

Black Zetsu was thinking excitedly in his heart. He had no idea that this might be the end of him.
"If I'm not mistaken, it's around here."

In the desert, a man in monk's clothes walked slowly forward. He raised his head, glanced at the scorching sun in the sky and shook his head.

Strictly speaking, he didn't like this place because the environment here didn't seem like a place for humans to live, even though such an environment had no effect on him at all.

But he still came, because he felt that there was something he wanted here, that is, the split power of the Ten-Tails!

If it weren't for these powers, he might not want to take the risk, because strictly speaking, his current condition is also very bad.

He would never forget that a thousand years ago, that damn woman split his body into two to feed the sacred tree.

If he hadn't reacted quickly enough and used half of his body to run a distance to successfully find an unlucky guy, he would probably have been unable to turn over forever!

He survived, but he paid a huge price for it and suffered extremely serious sequelae.

This was because the unlucky guy he found was simply unable to withstand his enormous energy, forcing him to fall into a long sleep, and they even fought for his body.

And because of this unfortunate guy's poor physical condition, he had no way of fully recovering his strength.

If he uses this unfortunate guy's body to completely resurrect and become an Otsutsuki, then his power will completely enter this body.

However, this poor condition would definitely prevent him from surviving for more than a month, and during this month, he would not even be able to move.

Because this will consume the life of this body and cause him to die completely!
Such humiliation and hatred were truly unforgettable. Now he could only wait silently for an opportunity, but the incident three years ago made him realize that he had to speed up.

Three years ago, the power of the mutated Otsutsuki that permeated the sky frightened him. If it was in its prime, he would not be afraid, but now he could not resist it at all.

So he made a decision that he had to find a way to recover, he had to take action.

Whether it is collecting the power of the Ten-Tails or finding a suitable body to be cultivated into an Otsutsuki and carry his own energy, he must try to do it.

Otherwise, what awaits him will be eternal loneliness, which is an unacceptable loss for someone like him who longs to become the true Otsutsuki God!
If this goes on, it would be better to just kill him directly.

Taking a deep breath, he slowly lowered his hat and continued walking forward.

The breeze blew, and strangely, no footprints were left where he walked.
(End of this chapter)