Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 540 Search

"Father, what happened?"

On a cratered battlefield, Itachi, dressed in a green ninja vest, looked at his father in front of him with a face full of questions.

He was ordered by the Hokage to support this battlefield, but he never expected that the one who needed support would be his own father.

Moreover, it seems that the battle here is over!

To be fair, Toshiro treated Itachi quite well, except for the first few years when he got Itachi to join Root and serve him like a slave.

Since becoming a father and after the signing of the peace treaty, Toshiro gradually phased him out of the ANBU ranks and began to work as an ordinary mission ninja.

This will make it easier for him to take care of his family.

However, from time to time, there are still some tricky things that need to be handled by him.

For example, right now, he was originally on another battlefield supporting the samurai who were fighting, when he suddenly received a message from the Hokage asking him to come here.

"Is this... Hanzo the Salamander?"

Looking at the stranger sitting cross-legged on the battlefield, Itachi, who also had perfect scores in academic subjects, only needed a moment to recall who this person was.

It was somewhat surprising that this dead person could actually reappear in the world.

"It's Edo Tensei!"

After offering an explanation, Fugaku's face darkened, and he and Jiraiya, who stood beside him looking embarrassed, remained silent.

The two of them failed to intercept the pocket, and the second and third generations were even taken back by the other side, which made them somewhat embarrassed.

Where's Sasuke?

His gaze swept over his clansmen in the distance, but he didn't see his younger brother. Itachi had a bad feeling.

Normally, whenever he appears, Sasuke will be the first to come over, either to ask him questions related to training or to explain the principles of ninjutsu or genjutsu.

"Sasuke...he's been...captured by...Kabuto!"

Sasuke was kidnapped by an outsider right under his father's nose. Although it was difficult to talk about, Fugaku still recounted the whole story to Itachi.

"pocket…"

Upon hearing that his younger brother had been kidnapped, Itachi did not react with the shock and panic that an ordinary person would have; instead, he became even calmer.

"Is it to revive Orochimaru?"

From his father's narration, Itachi astutely grasped the key points of the matter.

His previously expressionless face turned cold again, and he exuded a low-pressure aura, making him seem unapproachable.

"Lord Jiraiya also has a father and has to command a large army."

"Leave Sasuke's matter to me!"

Itachi bowed respectfully to his father and Jiraiya, without uttering a single unnecessary word. With his crimson Sharingan eyes wide open, he began searching for traces left by Kabuto.

"Itachi, Sasuke is in your hands now!"

Although he wanted to personally rescue his son, Fugaku was not someone who disregarded the bigger picture.

With the Hokage, who is the clan leader, absent, he was ordered to lead his clan in battle and could not be separated from his clan for an extended period of time.

After weighing the pros and cons, he chose to stay and lead his people in battle.

"Kabuto's own strength is still unclear, but he can summon a large number of the dead to participate in the battle. Among those known to be the Second and Third Hokage and Hanzo of the Salamander are..."

"We don't know what other powerful figures he controls. The best way to deal with these Edo Tensei resurrected beings is with sealing techniques or that eye technique!"

Still worried about his eldest son, Fugaku watched Itachi's departing figure and reminded him of Kabuto's troublesome nature.

"Remember, you're not just Sasuke's older brother, you're also the child's father. Be careful!"

Itachi is already a father; he can't let his grandson lose his father for the sake of his own son.

"Please rest assured, Father, I will handle this carefully!"

As if he had thought of something, Itachi paused in his departing figure.

"Salamander?"

Using the Sharingan's perception, they found some faint traces, but it was almost impossible to track Kabuto down with them.

Hearing his father's words, he turned around abruptly and focused his gaze on Hanzo the Salamander, who had already been sealed away.

"Lord Jiraiya, could you please hand over Hanzo the Salamander to me?"

A sudden inspiration struck Itachi, and he figured out how to find Kabuto and Sasuke.

"It's no problem to hand him over to you, but this guy is extremely strong, so you still need to be careful."

"Especially the salamander toxin in the other person's body; if it were to leak, the consequences would be unimaginable."

Hanzo the Salamander was sealed by Kabuto himself. In order to seal this guy, he also caused the Second and Third Hokage to be captured by Kabuto, for which he was very annoyed.

Unexpectedly, Itachi Uchiha is interested in the salamander.

Although it was a bit strange, he didn't refuse.

Thank you!

Without saying a word, Itachi, carrying the motionless salamander Hanzo, leaped away and disappeared from Fugaku and Jiraiya's sight.

Arriving at a secluded spot, Itachi formed several hand seals.

Quack quack quack!

A burst of noisy chatter followed.

A visible layer of chakra appeared on Itachi's body, pressing and intertwining with each other, transforming into a black crow.

"Shisui, I never expected to have to use your eyes under these circumstances!"

A crow circled the weasel's head twice before landing obediently on his left shoulder. Its nimble head turned, seemingly observing its surroundings.

The scarlet four-cornered windmill was clearly visible in his eye socket.

Sensing the familiar chakra in the crow's eyes, Itachi's expression turned somewhat sad, and he couldn't help but think of his former best friend.

If only Shisui were still alive.

"Kotoamatsukami!"

There was no time to hesitate; every minute that wasted increased the danger level for Sasuke.

He was incredibly grateful that on that night, after the Hokage captured him, he seemed to sense the message carried in Shisui's chakra and did not confiscate the eye.

Otherwise, finding Sasuke this time will be quite troublesome.

"untie!"

After using his eye technique, Itachi recalled the crow and formed hand seals again, releasing the seal on the salamander.

"This old man... what is this?"

He was summoned and his consciousness was taken over. He fought a fierce battle with his former defeated enemy, and then he was sealed away by Jiraiya.

Before he could even process what had happened, he was struck by the face of the god of war. This Hanzo of the Salamander was truly unlucky.

Or rather... he has reached new heights in life.

"Take me to Kabuto!"

His question had barely left his lips, and he was about to say something else, when Itachi's emotionless words reached his ears.

"yes!"

After a slight pause, as if struggling with something, this man, who was once so full of pride and dared to declare war on the three kingdoms of Sand, Earth, and Fire, who used the Land of Rain as their battlefield, was now a force to be reckoned with.

And the demigods of the ninja world who defeated them one by one, bringing a brief period of peace to the Land of Rain, no longer possessed the imposing and domineering aura they once had.

He obediently agreed and then led the way in the unknown direction.

Itachi followed closely behind him, his expression neither joyful nor sorrowful.

(End of this chapter)