Chapter 142
Having just awakened his Sharingan, he wasn't yet strong enough to kill Uzumaki Naruto.
Only after awakening the higher-level Susanoo, and even obtaining those two divine artifacts, could he... So, Itachi looked deeply at Naruto.
That gaze was one of ultimate hatred and warning.
This won't end like this, I will definitely come back, Uzumaki... Naruto!!!
Boom!
The orange-red giant bone claw, an extension of the Susanoo's skeleton, slammed down on the ground.
Itachi leaped up, using the force to propel himself.
In just a brief moment, he vanished.
By the time the closest Police Force personnel arrived, Itachi was completely gone... Of course, Naruto's figure had also disappeared... "Everyone has been deceived by Uzumaki Naruto! The dangerous one is also Danzo!"
Itachi ran through the dark alley, using his Sharingan to observe and evade one clan member after another who had come out to investigate.
"It can't be like this...!"
Thinking of Uzumaki Naruto's words and his plans for his sister, Itachi's hatred surged like the torrents of the Valley of the End.
Tap.
Rushing out of the alley, Itachi saw a familiar figure running on the street.
"Brother?"
Sako's direction was not towards the scene of the incident.
Instead, it was... towards Uzumaki Naruto's house!
Chapter 86. Itachi: My foolish little sister...
Why would his sister be at the entrance leaving the Uchiha Clan Compound so late at night?!
Even if she had sensed the commotion from his fight with Uzumaki Naruto.
Her running direction was completely wrong, wasn't it?
Itachi thought about these things and suddenly realized what his sister intended to do.
'Sako... she's going to find Naruto?!'
After a moment of stunned, even greater fury erupted.
"Brother..."
Sako immediately turned around.
"I heard everyone say..."
Seeing his sister's bewildered and adorable face, a myriad of thoughts flashed through Itachi's mind.
If things continued like this, his sister would sooner or later become Uzumaki Naruto's plaything!
Therefore... he had to free his sister from this situation.
"Ah, I killed Shisui."
Itachi admitted his actions with a cold face.
"Why?! Brother would never do such a thing, right?!"
Sako's small face was filled with panicked hope.
For her, she could never accept her brother becoming a murderer.
What's more, her brother had killed his best friend... Shisui-san!
"My foolish little sister."
Itachi shook his head, and killing intent began to burst forth from him.
"I killed Shisui to measure my own capacity..."
"Your own capacity? Just for that... you killed Shisui-san, and... and..."
His sister closed her eyes, clenching her teeth, seemingly enduring something.
"Are you going to kill Naruto too?!"
When his sister opened her eyes, they were already brimming with tears.
Facing his sister's loud questioning, Itachi's heart shattered.
Because his sister had been deceived by Uzumaki Naruto, just like his father... Captain Kakashi... and the others.
Except for Danzo Shimura and himself.
Everyone else was kept in the dark by Uzumaki Naruto.
But... "Of course! Uzumaki Naruto must die!"
Itachi's chilling killing intent surged towards Sako, who instantly felt as if she were in an ice cave, her small body beginning to tremble.
"Stop kidding me!!!"
Sako forcefully broke through the shroud of killing intent and shouted loudly again.
"This isn't you at all, big brother!!!"
"Hmph, that's because I'm trying to ascertain your capacity."
Live... Sako.
"To become your opponent, I will hide my true capacity..."
Live!
"Your hatred for me isn't enough, my foolish sister. As you are now, you're not even worth killing. If you want to kill me, then resent me, curse me! And live on in ugliness! Keep running... just to survive. Then, one day, when you have the same eyes as me, come before me."
"The same eyes?" Sako listened to her brother's words, feeling that everything was wrong.
"That's right. You are like me, someone who can awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan, but... awakening it requires a condition, and that is... killing your best friend!"
Through their final conversation, Itachi began to reveal the clan's secret to his sister.
He did this only hoping that she would live, and then... become strong.
"And that condition... is to kill your best friend!"
This was the insurance.
Sako, kill Uzumaki Naruto! You must become his enemy, and recognize his true face!
"Only then... will you be worthy to stand before me."
That's it... Hate me, Sako.
This way... you will have a true purpose in life.
Whenever you think of accepting Uzumaki Naruto... this wound will deeply sting you... making you remember my existence.
Remember... the way to awaken the Mangekyo!
"Stop joking around~!"
His sister suddenly shouted, pulled a Kunai from her leg pouch, and threw it forcefully.
His sister, with her Sharingan activated, had a face full of anger and sorrow.
Facing Sako's throw, Itachi didn't even dodge.
As the Kunai grazed his ear, knocking off his forehead protector, Itachi's Mangekyo Sharingangenjutsu was already activated.
"Tsukuyomi!"
Sako: "!!!!"
...Today is the weekend.
The time is afternoon.
Sako and Izumi were walking together on the street.
The day before yesterday, yesterday, and today... Sako had visited Naruto's house, but she hadn't found Naruto.
She went to the Shrine Maiden, but got no news either.
She asked the Hyuga Clan maid, who also said she didn't know.
Even the Anbu lady didn't know Naruto's whereabouts.
It was as if Naruto had disappeared.
Now, Konoha was much quieter. Without Uzumaki Naruto causing trouble or playing pranks, everything seemed to become very peaceful.
"Naruto... where did he go..."
Sako's eyes showed confusion, but she couldn't get an answer.
If Naruto really disappeared, it would mean she would live in a world without Uzumaki Naruto.
This caused a sudden, unprovoked panic in Sako's heart.
"Sako? Are you thinking about Naruto again?" Izumi-jie jie, walking beside her, asked.
"H-how could that be~?!"
Sako immediately shook her head.
"Hmm?"
Sako, walking in the bustling market street, suddenly sensed something unusual.
She began to look around, seemingly trying to find something.
Izumi: "What's wrong? Sako."
"I... I feel like someone is watching us... watching me..."
Sako felt it should be a gaze.
Who could it be?
It was blurry, seemingly a man.
It couldn't be Naruto, could it... playing a prank.
Oh, right, she hadn't told him her name and identity yet.
Naruto also didn't know her relationship with Izumi-jie jie.
He didn't know much about her.
Actually, it wasn't that she didn't want to tell him, it was just... there was no suitable opportunity.
The tsundere Sako was not very frank in her heart.
"It's nothing, Izumi-jie jie, let's keep going..."
After buying things and shopping, the two walked towards the Uchiha Clan Compound.
However, on the way back, that lingering sense of unease made Sako very uncomfortable.
Not just psychologically, but physically as well.