No one knows Hokage better than me

Danzo originally wanted to send someone to take away the Grayl Stone, but Shui Feng Maru stayed by Yun Shengxiao's side, and the people in the root had no chance to take action.

After all, this is a special period. If Genbu fights with someone at the Jonin level, the huge news will inevitably be discovered by the celebrities and ninja leaders watching the game.

He was invaded by the traitorous ninjas of the Kingdom of Stars last night, and making excuses today will definitely make those high-ranking officials distrustful. If they lose their credibility because of an unidentified stone, it will be more than worth the gain.

Therefore, Danzo told his subordinates not to take action for the time being, and to wait until the ninjas from Mingyin Village left the border of the Land of Fire to kill them all.

Inviting allies of an enemy country to participate in the Chunin Examination is tantamount to a "Hongmen Banquet".

It's easy to come, but it's hard to leave

Combined with what the Daimyo of Tang Country had said, Ji Zhixing had already guessed that Danzo would send people to hunt down his subordinates.

Taking into account issues such as credibility, the assassination was unlikely to occur within the Land of Fire, and it was fundamentally impossible for the target to return to Mingyin Village alive.

So in the end, Ji Zhixing chose to wait for his subordinates at the border between the Country of Fire and the Country of Tea.

At this moment, in a forest, a man wearing a black jacket was running quickly on the branches. Judging from his figure, he turned out to be a ninja.

A few hours later, the man arrived at the foot of a cliff. After looking around for no one, he released the crow in his arms.

After a while, a man wearing red clouds and black bottoms appeared. He was actually a member of the Akatsuki organization, Itachi Uchiha.

"Qingmu, why are you here?" Itachi looked calm, but there was a faint feeling of ominousness in his heart.

Kiyoki was once a jounin who guarded Konoha's granary. He had nothing to do with Itachi, but by chance, they got to know each other while chasing down a rebellious nin who wanted to poison Konoha's granary.

When Itachi left Konoha, he was worried that if the Third Hokage died one day, Danzo would be detrimental to his younger brother, so he wanted to find someone who was not familiar with him but was trustworthy to help take care of Sasuke.

After thinking about it, Itachi finally found Qingmu and asked him to inform him at the agreed place, where they are now, if one day he finds Danzo starting to attack Sasuke.

Itachi knew very well that Qingmu was not someone he would chat with. His presence meant that Sasuke was in danger.

The man in the hood took off his hat, and looking at his face, he turned out to be the ninja who had passed by the hospital and saved Sasuke.

Naturally, he was not passing by at all, but sensed a dangerous aura, so he went to the hospital to visit Sasuke. Unexpectedly, he happened to meet the assassin.

Fortunately, those people were not basic and had average strength, so Qingmu was able to repel them without any damage.

Looking at Itachi's somewhat vicissitudes of life, Qingmu felt somewhat touched.

From that simple contact, Qingmu was able to conclude that Itachi was definitely not the kind of person who would kill for frivolous purposes, let alone his biological parents if he wanted to kill his family.

There must be some secret that cannot be disclosed. Qingmu knew that Itachi would not tell him, and he did not intend to ask. After all, it was better not to know some things.

Thinking about it, Qingmu returned calmly: "Duanzo has already taken action against Sasuke, what are you going to do next?"

Itachi looked up at the sky. Dark clouds blocked the sun, and there was no blue in the sky.

"I want to go back to Konoha." Itachi said.

"It's different from the Third Hokage being in power now. Danzo has been looking for opportunities to hunt down rebellious ninjas like you. If you return to Konoha, aren't you just throwing yourself into a trap?" For some reason, Qingmu was actually worried about a rebellious ninja.

Maybe in his eyes, Itachi is still the young boy he was before.

"If I don't return to Konoha, Danzo will definitely find an opportunity to kill Sasuke." Itachi's answer was simple, but there was helplessness in his words.

The darkness of the ninja world sometimes scares even Itachi

"Even if you return to Konoha, what can you change? Now that Danzo is the Fifth Hokage, and all the ninjas in the village are at his disposal, even you can't get out of Konoha alive." Qingmu told the truth.

Itachi paused for a while, then said: "Thank you very much, Qingmu, don't come to me again in the future."

Itachi was thinking about him, Qingmu knew this very well.

After all, this matter will be discovered by Danzo. If Itachi is caught, he will also lose his head.

Thinking about it, Qingmu sighed helplessly and sighed: "Actually, sometimes I think about why there are ninjas in this world."

"It is clear that life is not easy, but there is no light at all. Does such a world really have a future?"

"I believe you are not a madman. There must be some hidden secret behind the genocide. I am not going to ask, nor do I want to hear the truth. I just want to say one last thing, if possible, we will still be friends."

After saying that, Qingmu put on his hood again and turned to leave.

Although he has experienced too many inhuman experiences, Itachi's mind has already matured. But when he heard that a ninja from Konoha whom he had not been very familiar with before was willing to call him a friend, he couldn't help but shed a tear.

"Thank you, Qingmu" Itachi's words were clearly vibrating.

Qingmu already knew what the other party meant. As a rebellious nin, Itachi would be dragged into the water if he really made friends with him.

From the moment he accepted the task of exterminating the clan, Itachi foresaw his future: lonely and dark, with a long way to go.

At this point, the two intersecting straight lines approach from infinity and then go to infinity again.

Qingmu has returned to Konoha, as if nothing had happened.

And Itachi, although he didn't want to open his heart to outsiders anymore, he met many noble people.

Not to mention Qingmu, there are also Juzo Juzo, who sacrificed himself to block the four-tailed attack for him, and Kisame Inikisaki, who is cruel on the surface but actually respects him. It can be said that it is because of the existence of these people that Keeping Itachi from going completely into darkness.

Although capturing the Nine-Tails was a task assigned by the organization to Itachi and Kisame, Kisame knew very well that the Nine-Tails could not be sealed until the end. Now that Itachi said he went to Konoha to capture the Nine-Tails, he clearly had other motives. .

Being driven by curiosity is one thing, but worrying about Itachi being in danger is another. Thinking like this, Kisame did not expose Itachi's lies, but rushed to Konoha with him as his partner.

Danzo is now in power, and although Itachi is very powerful, he has no intention of sneaking into Konoha.

Instead, he walked around to the side of the Shimura family and released a few crows to fly into the walls of Konoha.

Shibamoto Sugiura, who was helping Mr. Shibato train, saw a few crows hovering over the Shimura family and then flew out of Konoha. It felt very abnormal.

So he asked Mr. Zhi to continue practicing, and he followed the crow out of Konoha Hidden Village.

As a result, in the woods on the outskirts of Konoha, he actually saw Uchiha Itachi, an S-level rebel ninja who defected to Konoha after killing the Uchiha clan.

Shibamoto Sugiura didn't know the truth. He only knew that the person in front of him was a traitorous ninja of Konoha, and he would never let him escape.

Thinking about it, Sugiura didn't waste any time and directly drew his sword and rushed towards his opponent.

Itachi lifted up his clothes and released a large number of crows from his arms.

"Is it an illusion?"

Sugiura was very vigilant. He could feel that the chakra in his body was not disordered, which meant that he was not affected by a genjutsu.

So, these crows are just a cover-up.

The chaotic chakra gathered on the blade, and then swung it out suddenly.

Suddenly, countless intersecting air arc blades slashed in all directions. No matter how fast the crow reacted, it was chopped into pieces, blood spattered, and black feathers fell to the ground.

But the moment Sugiura turned around, he suddenly looked at Uchiha Itachi.

He had never seen the lines in the latter's eyes before, maybe it was the legendary Mangekyō Sharingan.

However, even when facing the kaleidoscope, Sugiura did not panic at all.

With a strength comparable to that of the three ninjas, blue clouds of smoke appeared from his body, and then he made a sudden move and stabbed Itachi's heart directly with the short sword.

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Itachi used the Substitute Technique to form a flock of crows, and then waited for Sugiura to find someone, but there were no traces of rebellious ninjas around.

At that moment, Itachi used Shisui's eyes to activate the "Better God", rewriting Shibamoto Sugiura's will, and its name was: Protect Sasuke

As a disciple of Danzo Shimura, Itachi is very aware of Sugiura's strength. If he is allowed to protect Sasuke, he will have nothing to worry about before Danzo discovers something strange.

Although Sugiura used the "Psychic Seal Technique" to bless himself and increase his ability to resist illusions several times in a short period of time, everything was in vain in front of the most powerful illusion "Beyond the God".

Now even Sugiura himself doesn't know that his will has been rewritten, so he naturally won't tell others about seeing Itachi.