As night fell, Konoha Village was bathed in silence. In the starry night sky, a bright moon hung high, casting its silver light on the earth.

The village was quiet, the streets were empty, with only the rustling of leaves in the breeze and the occasional chirping of insects.

In the woods outside the village, a ninja wearing a red cloud and black background was shuttling between the trees, and he was in a hurry to get on the road. The ninja opened his eyes, and the scarlet Sharingan flashed black magatama in the darkness.

The three-magatama Sharingan scanned the surrounding environment, and the ninja jumped to the ground and hid in the shadows of the woods. He blinked and noticed a huge transparent dome covering the entire Konoha Village. This was an induction barrier used to prevent foreign invasion.

The ninja just walked into the barrier as if it didn't exist. As a former Konoha ninja, he knew this place very well. He looked ahead and noticed that the village gate was closed, so he jumped high, landed on the wall, and continued to run up until he reached the top.

The wall of Konoha was one of the tallest structures in the village, second only to the Hokage Building. The ninja glanced around to make sure there were no Anbu patrolling nearby, then leapt into the depths of Konoha Village.

Like other places in Konoha, the Senju clan was immersed in tranquility. Everyone fell asleep, unaware of the danger approaching. Naruto and Hinata also fell asleep in each other's arms.

"Boom, boom"

There was a knock on the window.

"Cuck!"

Suddenly, Naruto heard something dripping on the window, and he immediately threw a kunai at the target reflexively. He didn't even open his eyes because he was still sleeping.

The kunai was attached with lightning chakra, so it did not shatter the glass, but instead penetrated the window and hit something on the other side.

"What is that?" Naruto thought. He turned his head to the left and noticed Hinata was slowly waking up.

"What's wrong?" Hinata asked sleepily.

"Boom, boom"

The knocking sound came again, and this time Naruto was fully awake. He looked up at the window and found something knocking on the glass.

He activated his Sharingan to see more clearly. It was a black crow, tapping the window with its beak.

Naruto got up and dressed carefully so as not to wake Hinata.

Naruto kissed Hinata's forehead.

"I'll go out for some fresh air, you continue sleeping." Naruto said. Hinata responded vaguely and fell asleep again.

Naruto quietly left the room, leaving a shadow clone to protect Hinata.

"Just in case." He thought to himself, then walked out of the Senju clan's territory and followed the crow.

Naruto followed the crow to a training ground in the village. He saw the crow fly and land on the shoulder of a man standing on a branch.

"Is my crow bothering you?" Itachi asked.

"You're really brave, Itachi." Naruto looked at the ninja in front of him carefully.

"I'm not here to fight you, Naruto. I'm just here to talk to you," Itachi deadpanned.

"I know." Naruto whispered.

When Itachi heard this, his eyes suddenly widened and he quickly jumped down from the tree. When he landed on the ground, he found another Naruto standing where he had just stood, and he quickly turned into a puff of smoke.

"When did he get behind me? I didn't even notice it!" Itachi thought in surprise, watching Naruto's shadow clone disappear. Naruto sat cross-legged on the ground.

"If you had any hostility towards me, you would be dead now." Naruto said seriously. "Now tell me, what do you want from me?" Naruto looked at Itachi and asked.

"I have some questions for you. In exchange, I will tell you about the Akatsuki organization." Itachi said in his calm tone.

"Really?" Naruto asked in surprise. "I thought you were so loyal to Akatsuki that you were willing to betray them for me, and I'm not sure if I have or am willing to share the information you want." Naruto said.

"I'm willing to take that risk," Itachi replied simply and Naruto smiled.

"I still want to know what exactly you are doing in Akatsuki, Itachi," Naruto asked and Itachi raised an eyebrow.

"Like the other members, capturing the tailed beasts," Itachi replied, but Naruto shook his head.

"I don't think so." Naruto said, Itachi looked at him expressionlessly. "I recently heard some interesting news about the Uchiha clan genocide." Naruto said, noticing Itachi's body stiffened slightly.

"Speaking of which, you came at the right time, because I also have a few questions to ask you, and only you can answer these questions." Naruto added.

"What do you know?" Itachi asked.

"I know everything, Itachi." Naruto said, and Itachi lowered his head. "Your family was plotting a coup, so the Konoha high-ups decided to..." Naruto explained, and Itachi nodded silently.

"You killed your own people for Konoha." Naruto said slowly. "You did something I could never do." Naruto said, but Itachi remained silent.

"However, you shouldn't feel guilty about this because you didn't kill anyone," Naruto said, and he saw Itachi's head snap up, his eyes filled with shock.

"What did you say?!" Itachi asked in disbelief.

Was Naruto teasing him?

"I checked the Uchiha clan's cemetery and found that everyone's body was fake." Naruto said and Itachi's eyes widened in surprise.

"No!" Itachi shook his head in disbelief. "That's impossible! I should be able to detect the flaws of those corpses." Itachi said.

"The bodies they left behind are perfect replicas, including the DNA, just like clones." Naruto explained. "I don't know how they did it, but it would take years of research to achieve this level of cloning technology." Naruto said and an idea suddenly popped into Itachi's mind.

"Yes Zetsu." Itachi said in disbelief.

He was deceived by Ah Fei. He always thought Ah Fei was a rare genius in a century.

"That black and white vegetable?" Naruto asked and Itachi nodded.

"One of his abilities is to copy another person's body and take on the appearance of anyone," Itachi explained.

"If this is true, then it means that Afei is most likely a member of the Uchiha clan?" Naruto asked, and Itachi nodded.

"He has been using me from the very beginning. He helped me complete the plan to exterminate the clan, but all of this was carefully planned by him. A Fei claimed to be Madara, and I was such a fool to believe his lies. I told him the information about the clan without knowing it and didn't even doubt his identity." Itachi shook his head in annoyance.

"So what are you going to do now?" Naruto asked, watching Itachi sigh. "You can go back to Konoha." Naruto suggested, but Itachi smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Thank you, but I still have a lot to do, and time is running out." Itachi said, suddenly falling to the ground and coughing violently.

He coughed up a large pool of blood, even staining the ground red.

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