Witty Naruto Life

Chapter 237 Itachi Uchiha's Emotionally Tumultuous Mood
The masked man felt confused because he thought of the Akatsuki's apparent leader:

Pain's Six Paths.

Naruto said his information came from the god who created the world, and their organization's leader also claimed to be a god...

Is it really just such a coincidence?
No, we must not blindly believe Naruto's words.

This matter is not that simple...

“A clumsy trick,” the masked man said, making his tone dismissive. “Do you think I can’t see through your attempt to sow discord?”

Naruto didn't refute, but his gaze towards the masked man deepened slightly: "Who knows..."

"Okay, I've answered your question. Now it's your turn to answer mine."

The masked man remained silent, unable to glean any further information from Naruto's eyes.

But he remembered the answer.

If there really was a traitor within the Akatsuki organization, then the intelligence he has gathered so far makes sense.

Now it's his turn to decide whether to give a false answer.

"Next, we need to capture the Eight-Tails," the masked man raised his voice, "So Naruto, what will you do next? Warn the Hidden Cloud Village directly?"

"If I remember correctly, the relationship between Kumogakure and Konoha doesn't seem to be that good, hehe."

He expected to see suspicion and hesitation in Naruto's eyes, but unfortunately, Naruto remained expressionless, as if he were wearing a mask.

"Eight-tailed? It's not one tail but eight tails, that's interesting." He commented casually, causing the masked man's eyes to narrow.

The next moment, Naruto abruptly changed his tone: "You are lying."

This accusation is not unfounded. It is known that members of the organization are active near the Land of Rivers, while the Land of Lightning is thousands of miles away from the Land of Rivers, separated by the vast Land of Fire.

The masked man paused, then snorted coldly, "Believe it or not."

"..."

"..."

The two were locked in a standoff.

……

the other side.

Sasuke and Ergou continued their run along the forest until they arrived at a hidden stronghold.

The entrance resembled a basement entrance, concealed by dense bushes. Parker and Siba stood there, the latter letting out low growls.

"The smell is very strong. Sasuke, he might be inside this base."

Parker said to Sasuke, swallowing hard.

Unexpectedly, after all the twists and turns, he and Shiba would witness the history of the Uchiha clan firsthand.

But looking back at Sasuke's expression,

His cold eyes seemed unchanged, as if this was just a trivial matter, which made Parker feel somewhat emotional.

His composure is truly remarkable; no wonder he became Naruto's best friend...

Sasuke looked at Er Gou: "You two, walk slowly in a bit. Once you've confirmed Itachi is inside, immediately dispel the summoning, understand?"

"understood."

Then, Sasuke conjured the Thousand Dagger Spear and instantly inserted it into the keyhole in the center of the doorway.

"Snapped!"

The door lock shattered with a crack, and Sasuke stepped forward and pulled it open, hearing a creaking sound that kicked up a cloud of dust that filled the air.

An indescribable sense of gloom washed over me.

Sasuke paused for a moment, then entered the basement with Er Gou.

Da da da……

Footsteps echoed crisply in the narrow, cramped passage. It was pitch black all around, with extremely low visibility, as if entering a haunted house.

We passed through a narrow passage and arrived at another place.

The surrounding space suddenly became spacious, leading to inner rooms in different directions, but the visibility was still very low, and even the candlelight was not visible.

Suddenly, a man's voice broke the silence, coming from the left side of the corner ahead.

"Who is there?"

Upon hearing this, both the man and the dog trembled. Pakkun and Siba almost simultaneously let out low growls, with the former saying to Sasuke:
"Sasuke, we..."

"You guys go first," Sasuke said in a deep voice.

"Leave the rest to me."

"Sasuke, please don't die. If you die, Naruto won't be able to explain to Konoha..." Pakku said, and together with Siba, they dispelled the summoning.

Da da da……

Sasuke quickly walked toward the source of the sound.

then,

In this somewhat empty, secluded room, he saw the man he hated so much.
Uchiha Itachi.

In an instant, the surrounding air seemed to freeze, and a faint sense of oppression swept over, indicating that this meeting was anything but ordinary.

"You look like you've grown a little taller." Itachi stared at Sasuke expressionlessly and slowly took a step forward.

"puff!!"

Uchiha Itachi turned around and saw that Sasuke, who had appeared behind him at some point, had pierced his chest with the Chidori Spear!
Then, I heard him say: "Explode!"

"Puff puff!"

Instantly, countless sharp spikes of Thousand Bird Spears appeared on Itachi's body, piercing him from the inside out, turning him into a hedgehog!
Seeing Sasuke's miserable state, he suddenly murmured:

"Since we're all Sharingan users, let's not play these pointless tricks."

After saying that, Itachi and Sasuke in the scene almost simultaneously vanished like sand, as if the battle had never happened.

The two stood facing each other again, and what had just happened was merely a battle of illusions.

“You’ve really changed a lot,” Itachi said slowly, looking at Sasuke. “You won’t charge at me yelling like before, and you won’t run away in fear anymore…”

"You don't understand me at all!" Sasuke's tone suddenly became harsh, but he quickly calmed down: "Itachi, before you die by my hand, I have to ask you one thing."

Itachi Uchiha remained silent, simply staring at Sasuke.

"What did you say to Naruto last night?"

All around fell silent; for a moment, the only sound was the dripping of water onto the stone surface.

Itachi maintained his indifferent expression, but inwardly he hesitated.

He thought he understood Sasuke's thoughts, but at this moment, when he looked at his own younger brother, it was as if he were looking through a filter.

Itachi Uchiha couldn't quite understand Sasuke's thoughts, just as Naruto was beginning to struggle to decipher the man who had been away from the village for many years.

Itachi paused for a moment and then said, "...I thought you came to seek revenge on me."

"Hmph..." Sasuke snorted coldly, "I'll ask you one more time, what did you say to Naruto last night?"

Seeing Itachi remain silent, Sasuke suddenly stopped pressing him and changed the subject: "Do you know about inner demons?"

Itachi remained silent, but the look in his eyes as he looked at Sasuke seemed to say: I don't know, can you explain it to me?

"Everyone has psychological shadows, and the things that materialize from these shadows are inner demons."

Do you know who my inner demon was in my younger years?

“It’s you, Itachi Uchiha.” Sasuke said bluntly, and this frankness made Itachi’s pupils shrink.

Generally speaking, one can only openly share these secrets with others after completely overcoming past unpleasant experiences, let alone sharing them with one's enemies.

"Years ago, Naruto and I tried countless ways to overcome the inner demon known as Uchiha Itachi, but after joining Orochimaru, I obtained this by chance,"

After saying that, Sasuke took out a black fragment.

He didn't even tell Naruto and Sakura about 'accidentally obtaining the black fragment'.

Sasuke continued, "This thing helps me confront my inner demons, so I began to fight you countless nights."

"I used countless possibilities, attacked you from every possible angle, and tried every method imaginable,"

"Until recently, something happened, do you know what it is, Itachi?"

Uchiha Itachi listened quietly to Sasuke's speech. When he got to this point, his tightly closed lips parted slightly, as if he wanted to ask: What happened?
But in the end, he didn't speak, maintaining his outward indifference.

Sasuke didn't mind, and then revealed a shocking truth:

"You've disappeared, and the inner demon known as 'Uchiha Itachi' has vanished completely from my heart!"

boom! !

Like a depth charge exploding violently in a lake, Itachi Uchiha felt a surge of intense emotion, accompanied by an inexplicable sorrow.

Even the usually composed Itachi Uchiha found his mind in turmoil, and his eye twitched uncontrollably for a moment.

Sasuke stopped speaking and stood quietly in place, as if waiting for Itachi Uchiha to process this fact.

If this was a psychological tactic, then Sasuke has already gained the upper hand and dealt a fatal blow to Itachi Uchiha!
The reason was simple: Itachi Uchiha vaguely sensed a fact from Sasuke's self-narration...

"Isn't that surprising? To be honest, I'm surprised too. I hated you so much, so why did you disappear from my heart?" Sasuke continued.

"I started frantically searching for your image in my heart, but there was nothing, nothing at all. It was as if you had vanished into thin air."

"I even started to doubt whether I had given up on revenge, but after examining my own heart, I found that I hadn't; my determination to take revenge remained unwavering."

"But that determination has become less important."

After saying that, Sasuke took out a Flying Thunder God kunai and stuck it into the ground between the two brothers, making a crisp "ding" sound.

Uchiha Itachi silently gazed at the kunai.

He knew that this was Naruto Uzumaki's unique technique, the Flying Thunder God Technique.

"You no longer want revenge against me?" Itachi asked after calming himself down.

“I think, but as I just said, it doesn’t matter anymore, and I know very well why it has become unimportant to me,”

Having said that, Sasuke smiled, a smile that carried a refreshing and sunny quality, as if it had transported him back to the days before his clansmen died.
That simple yet exhilarating and uplifting time.

Sasuke smiled and said to him, "Uchiha Itachi, you are completely unimportant to me now."

"I... no longer care about you."

The visibility in the secret room seemed to increase instantly, and candlelight began to emerge from the surrounding candlesticks.

Let the light re-enter this dark space.

When a ray of light appears in the darkness, darkness is no longer the cave's destiny.

"Now, look me in the eyes and answer me..." Sasuke's gaze gradually turned cold.

"What exactly did you say to Naruto Uzumaki last night?"

(End of this chapter)