Tu Sheng [Hokage]

(1)

"When I grow up, I also want to join the police force!"

Itachi smiled softly, and he turned around and touched Sasuke's face on his back.

The two brothers went to work in the police department together. This kind of thing is so beautiful that it is unreal.

I'm sorry, Sasuke

This is impossible to achieve.

The sun shone on the clan emblem on the wall, and the red and white fan was particularly dazzling in Itachi's eyes.

(2)

In order to enter the Anbu, Itachi, Shisui and Xiaobai, who were taken along by them, accepted the task of assassinating Tonto.

Itachi kept telling himself that although Kohinata Mukai was a ninja who grew up in the same village, at this time he chose to collude with Kirigakure and became a traitor.

He deserved his death, but the guilt he was about to bear still made him uncomfortable.

But for the goal of entering ANBU, he couldn't refuse.

Unlike Itachi's ideal of becoming a ninja who protects Konoha from the shadows, the reason why Haruno Haku participated in this mission was just that the two of them went, and he, the remaining member of the Iron Triangle, should also go.

He turned his head and looked at the pink head, and the other person responded to him with a smiley expression.

This person has been full of contradictions since he was a child.

He obviously doesn't look aggressive, and his taijutsu and ninjutsu scores are also poor, but he is incredibly strong.

Later, because of their long relationship, he discovered the secret of Haruno Shiro before Shisui did.

Itachi had seen with his own eyes Haruno Shiro's hands turned into sharp claws that looked like demons, and his green eyes were shrouded in a strange blood red.

He should obviously have no killing experience like Itachi, but he killed without hesitation in mission after mission.

Obviously Haruno Haku's name symbolizes purity, and the Haruno family emblem is a white circle, which represents purity and freedom from pollution.

But he is a man who is not afraid of getting dirty.

Even for Itachi, Haruno Shiro's actions already showed some disrespect for life.

"A mission is a mission"

Every time I asked him, he said this indifferently.

Yes, the task must be completed.

When he was struggling to hold up the light in the darkness, the boy who seemed untainted by any necessity voluntarily jumped into hell, as if that was where he belonged.

(3)

After they subdued Kohinata Mukai, Haruno Shiro immediately wanted to follow Danzo's order and kill him.

"Wait! Xiaobai"

Fortunately Shisui stopped him.

"Surrender yourself, Hinata Mukai. Lord Hokage is always tolerant of those who surrender."

Mukai smiled, the chakra in his body was surging, and he was obviously unwilling to compromise.

And Haruno Shiro, who was holding the knife, gave him no chance to fight back, and if he got serious.

Neither Shisui nor Itachi could stop him.

Blood flowers bloomed behind Hinata Mukai. Haruno Haku expressionlessly stabbed Mukai's body with the ninja sword that was half his height. He completely ignored Itachi who wanted to say something else.

"Are you okay?" He turned to Itachi and said.

Clean tourmaline-like pupils stared at Itachi

"I've been absent-minded since just now..." Haruno Shiro muttered.

This man was also surprisingly perceptive. He added in his mind - the shadow clone was on duty at Konoha Hospital far away. He did this to keep his father from being angry.

Shisui didn't say anything more. He helped the little Hinata Mukai who was still breathing.

Mukai spurted a mouthful of blood from his mouth.

“Sure enough, it’s well-deserved.”

"Sending two Uchiha geniuses, and even the White Demon, Konoha really thinks highly of me."

Itachi knew that "White Devil" was a nickname given by his enemies to Haruno Haku, who was just beginning to show his talents.

Shisui moved his body calmly, and he blocked Hinata Mukai behind him.

Itachi, who saw Shisui's purpose, looked at Mukai and said:

"Do you have anything else to say?"

When he was about to give his last words, Itachi noticed that Haruno Shiro had wiped the blood off the knife, glanced at them lightly, and walked aside to enjoy the cool air.

Mukai said that he alone bears the responsibility and has nothing to do with his wife and children.

Itachi lowered his eyes tiredly. He suddenly began to hate Haruno Shiro a little bit. No matter how hard the dead man struggled, he still didn't waver at all.

Always adopt a bystander attitude.

(4)

Surprisingly, Haruno Shiro decisively rejected Danzo's request to join "Root".

In the underground base where "Root" is located, Itachi and Haruno Shiro stood side by side. Shiro next to him was not afraid of Danzo who had burst out with murderous intent.

He reiterated firmly: "Forgive me and obey my orders."

Danzo's gloomy gaze swept over his fair face. The boy's expression remained unchanged, but this look full of murderous intent made Itachi panic.

He had no doubt about the difficult situation Haruno Shiro would face if he made such a choice.

"Hurry up and agree!" He shouted in his heart, but it seemed as if he was being silenced and he couldn't make any more noise.

Looking at Haruno Bai's retreating back.

"He will kill you." Itachi thought desperately in his heart.

(5)

Haruno Shiro was accused of contradicting his superiors, and was expelled half a month after joining ANBU.

So something unexpected happened, he always received extremely dangerous tasks, and when that person and he described the people he killed in an understatement, Itachi would always feel uneasy in his heart.

Those rebellious ninjas who died at the hands of Haruno Shiro were all A-level and above rebellious ninjas that he saw in the rebellious ninja files. What Itachi knew was that all this was done intentionally by Shimura Danzo.

Itachi was originally very worried about the situation of his close friend, but he put his heart back in his stomach when he heard that Haruno Shiro had killed five S-class rebel ninja alone.

He suddenly realized that Haruno Shiro might be stronger than everyone he knew.

(6)

Kakashi took him to the surveillance room at the lower end of the building. A windowless room with walls covered entirely with surveillance monitors.

Every blind spot, every scene, is a familiar scenery to Itachi.

"The Nine-Tails Incident..."

"The upper echelons of the village suspect that this matter is related to Uchiha."

Itachi suppressed the surprise in his heart and listened to Kakashi in silence.

If father and the others knew that the area where Uchiha lived was under 24-hour surveillance, their anger would definitely be even more intense.

Can't tell them.

Telling them this is nothing more than fuel for them to launch an armed coup.

The relationship between the village and the family has become increasingly tense.

(7)

Shisui's proposal is currently the only feasible method with the least casualties.

He used the strongest illusion "Bie Tianjin" to rewrite his father's thoughts. As the leader of the clan, if Itachi's father had proposed giving up the coup during the Uchiha gathering, the war that was doomed to Uchiha's destruction might have been contained.

But he still didn't dare to let down his guard. The Uchiha clan had already targeted him and Shisui, and Danzo's difficulties gradually angered Haruno Shiro.

He thought of the Nine-Tails Rebellion many years ago, a force so powerful that it could destroy everything.

Haruno Shiro, is there one too?

(9) Death of Shisui

But on the night of the meeting where Shisui said he wanted to control his father.

Uchiha Itachi stood alone on the agreed cliff, waiting for Shisui's arrival.

The sun is gradually setting in the west, and night is about to fall.

Itachi inadvertently noticed something strange behind him, and turned around sharply.

After seeing Shisui who had arrived long before the agreed time, he hesitantly looked at the person in his arms.

"Is this... Bai?"

The blood flowing from Shisui's closed right eye has dried up.

"Sorry, Itachi"

Shisui placed the unconscious Haruno Shiro on a flat surface.

"The plan failed, and this kid was involved."

"What's wrong with your eyes?"

Shisui didn't answer the question, sitting silently next to the unconscious Haruno Shiro, his eyes drifting to the other side of the cliff.

"I couldn't get close to Uncle Fugaku. The rally is almost over. I'm afraid today's rally will emphasize the coup. Our plan has completely failed."

"and"

Shisui then moved his gaze to Haruno Shiro's sleeping face with his eyes tightly closed.

"His power has been seen by many people, albeit in another form."

Itachi knew what this meant;

"Is it Danzo?"

"what"

Anger welled up in Itachi's heart, and then a sinister man's face appeared in his mind.

Shisui said in a low voice

"Xiao Bai's power is indeed beyond my imagination."

His voice became a little tired.

"If this kid had been involved, maybe the result would have been like this."

He had never seen Shisui show such emotion. The breath of death lingered around him. The friend who always led him and fought alongside him for the Uchiha clan was about to lose his light.

"Xiaobai... he's not human." He reluctantly touched the pink hair on his hand. The smooth and cold touch made Shisui feel a little distracted.

"Looks like a dragon"

Itachi no longer held back, Shisui showed a clear smile

"Ah, that makes sense."

"There is no way to prevent the coup. If this causes civil strife in Konoha, other living countries will take the opportunity to attack, and war may break out."

There's no way to stop it...

In the face of death, human beings are really fragile.

Itachi, who was currently closest to Shisui, couldn't understand what was going on in Shisui's mind.

"When I was about to use the other gods to prevent the coup, Danzo dug out my right eye. He definitely didn't believe me. It seemed like he didn't want people to interfere with his own way of protecting the village."

Itachi, who saw Danzo often, knew that the man didn't believe anything.

The way he protects the village...

Get rid of everyone who stands in his way?

"My left eye would also be a target."

Shisui reached his hand towards his intact left eye and inserted his fingers into it.

"If Danzo understands the secret of Xiaobai, he will definitely use my eyes to control him."

"so…"

The blood-stained eyeball lay quietly on Shisui's palm.

"Before that time comes, use this eye to change."

Itachi took over the eyeball, which was Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan.

"Right." Shisui, with his eyes closed, took out a white letter with his clean hand and stuffed it into Itachi's pocket.

"If Xiaobai had never met us, he might not have to face this situation, but I don't regret it."

He fell backwards, and Itachi had no time to catch him, just watching his former best friend fall off the cliff of Nanga River.

"Don't reject the beauty of encounter because of the sadness of the ending"

These were Shisui's last words.