"You hateful bastard, die!"
Naruto immediately pinpointed Itachi's location and charged forward again, but the moment he attacked, Itachi suddenly turned and stared at him.
Suddenly, his entire body stiffened, and then he turned to punch the air.
"Damn it, Naruto's caught in a Genjutsu."
Sasuke knew exactly what was happening. He immediately followed up, wanting to do something.
"You are too weak."
But Itachi quietly appeared beside Sasuke, landing a heavy punch to his abdomen.
"Wah—"
The intense pain made Sasuke spit out a mouthful of blood, and his entire body convulsed as he knelt to the ground.
But even so, he still pulled out a kunai, wanting to stab Itachi.
Bang!
However, Itachi kicked him in the stomach, sending him crashing heavily into a tree.
Without any pause, Itachi had already appeared in front of him, grabbing his neck and pinning him against the tree trunk.
"Why are you so weak?"
Itachi spoke with extreme indifference, the three tomoe in his eyes constantly spinning, transforming into the Mangekyo pattern.
"Because it's not enough. Your hatred for me is far from enough. It seems I should deepen your impression."
"Impression..."
Sasuke was in such pain he could barely breathe, but hearing these words, he immediately understood what Itachi was going to do.
He began to struggle but couldn't break free from Itachi's arm. Slowly, his consciousness began to turn black and white.
He had been dragged into a Genjutsu!
"This is our home."
Itachi's voice rang out, and not far away was the sight of him holding a sword, about to execute his parents.
He slowly raised the sword, a cold smile appearing on his face.
"For the next twenty-four hours, you will wander in this day."
"No!"
Watching Itachi swing his sword down, Sasuke couldn't help but let out a roar.
But he couldn't do anything at all, only staring blankly at the scene.
However...
Buzz—Buzz!
Suddenly, he heard the roar of thunder, and a purple light suddenly appeared in this black and white world.
The next moment, the entire world was frozen, and the Purple Lightning became even more dazzling.
"This is..."
Sasuke murmured, that Purple Lightning had already shattered Itachi's body, and the entire world instantly collapsed.
Everything returned to normal, and at this moment, he suddenly saw a white-haired figure's Ninja blade fall.
Instantly, blood splattered. But this time it was no longer his parents, but Itachi's.
[Completed Sasuke's exclusive side mission: Uchiha's Brotherhood is Like This]
[Reward obtained: Sasuke's special Yin Release]
"Tch, he's fast."
In the Land of Waves forest, Takemi gently shook the blood off his short sword, then looked at Kakashi beside him.
"Kakashi-sensei, you're too useless. How did Obito manage to rescue him again?"
"...I can't help it."
Kakashi felt a bit depressed. Being teased like this by his student was not something to be happy about.
Yet, he truly couldn't do anything, as Obito was his responsibility to deal with.
"I can't fully compare to him in the use of the Sharingan. After all, it's his eye. I can only try my best to stop him."
"But it doesn't matter. After all, my first mission back then was like this too."
Takemi was still kind-hearted, he didn't make things difficult for Kakashi.
"But since things have come to this, we should see it through. Gato colluded with the Akatsuki to obstruct the mission. There's no problem with us eliminating him, right?"
"..."
Kakashi didn't particularly want to speak. He felt that his disciple's obsession was too deep.
He could only tentatively ask, "Why do you always focus on him? He shouldn't have offended you, right?"
"Of course not, Kakashi-sensei. Your awareness isn't enough."
"?"
"As Jonins, we definitely have to shoulder the tens of thousands of Ninja in Konoha!"
"..."
"So, some of this money for us, and some for the village?"
"..."
Kakashi understood. Takemi hadn't changed from beginning to end. He was still all about 'never forgetting his original intention'.
For a moment, he seemed to see the figure of a one-eyed old man in Takemi, which was not good.
However, he wouldn't say much now, because Naruto and the others had already arrived.
"Kakashi-sensei, Takemi, we've finished counting."
Sakura glanced at Sasuke and Naruto, then cautiously and a bit nervously spoke, "Everything's fine on our side, and the client, Tazuna-san, is also fine. The people Takemi captured are all still alive, it's just that their condition is a bit bad."
"As long as you're fine."
Kakashi nodded. He glanced at Sasuke. In fact, he was most worried about this kid.
However, he noticed that Sasuke's gaze was fixed on Takemi, which made him involuntarily scratch his head.
"Takemi, Kisame can be brought back to Konoha for interrogation, but Zabuza and Haku probably won't yield any information, right?"
"Hmm, the Akatsuki probably wanted to recruit them, but they unluckily ran into us."
Takemi nodded. He stroked his chin and suddenly smiled, saying, "But it doesn't matter. It's a good opportunity to chat with him, after all, he's Gato's man."
"I feel like you have some ulterior motives."
Kakashi shrugged. He was too lazy to stop these things, and he noticed something. His disciple's reputation seemed to be even greater than his...
"Hey, Sasuke, why are you always staring at Takemi?"
Just as Takemi and Kakashi were walking towards Zabuza and Haku, Naruto couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
He didn't dare to speak loudly now. Although he was usually carefree and would probably recover soon, at least for now, he was truly intimidated by Takemi's combat power.
"Idiot..."
Sasuke snapped back to reality and also spoke softly, but before Naruto could explode, he suddenly said, "Takemi-senpai, has he always been that strong?"
This question made Naruto freeze. After struggling for a long time, he said, "I don't know either, but this guy seems to have always been amazing, just a bit nasty in personality, mhm mhm."
"...I think you should be grateful he didn't kill you."
"Hey? How can you say that?"
Naruto couldn't help but curse, but Sasuke ignored him and immediately followed Takemi and the others.
However, in Sasuke's heart, the moment Itachi was about to kill his parents, and Takemi instantly shattered everything and heavily injured Itachi, seemed to echo.
"Is this true power, power that Itachi can't even compare to..."
Sasuke clenched his fists with unknown thoughts swirling in his mind.
"Not dead yet, right?"
By now, Takemi had arrived in front of Zabuza and Haku. The short sword that had pierced their bodies had already been pulled out by him.
However, after being brutally beaten by him and covered in Purple Lightning, neither of them could move.
But upon hearing Takemi's words, Zabuza still stubbornly raised his head and said, "Not dead. I never thought that the brat from two years ago would become like this."
"Eh, you two met two years ago?"
Naruto couldn't help but feel a little curious. Wasn't Takemi just a graduate two years ago?
His words also made Sasuke and Sakura full of curiosity, and even the trembling Tazuna couldn't help but peek over.