Forced to sell misery

"That's too much, Crow."

When Fuma Hikoya's Lightning Release was about to hurt Itachi, Kakashi came over instantly, grabbed Fuma Hikoya's wrist with one hand, and slammed him against the tree trunk next to him.

"He is my brother." Itachi said, so he would protect him even at the cost of his life.

"Ah, I thought you didn't have a very good relationship with this guy." Kakashi glanced at him.

"Excuse me," After briefly checking Jing Ye's body, Itachi looked grim, and left instantly while holding Jing Ye.

"Hey, we're on a mission right now... Tsk, you're not a cute kid at all."

"Captain, that's the spy that Kotetsu and his men were hunting. He's confirmed dead," another ANBU stepped forward to investigate, sealed the body in a scroll, and said to Kakashi.

"Understood. Send him to the torture department. I will speak to the Hokage-sama."

"Yes!"

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"That kind of power... the Mangekyō Sharingan?"

As space distorted, a man in a tiger-striped mask appeared.

After receiving the news from White Zetsu, Obito rushed over immediately, and sure enough, he saw something interesting.

And it's getting more and more interesting...

Uchiha Jingye, please don't let me down.

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The flashing electric arc engulfed the thin figure, blood splattered, and Itachi fell in front of him, his eyes full of relief.

He struggled to reach out his hand, but the moment his fingertips touched, Itachi's figure shattered like an illusion -

"No!"

He shouted angrily and desperately, and struggled, but everything before his eyes was still drowned in endless blood... His soul seemed to be burning in fire, filled with suffocating pain!

Jing Ye woke up from a nightmare. He stood up and was about to leave without caring about the infusion needle in his hand. However, he stumbled and fell the moment his legs touched the ground, bringing down the fixed iron frame. The needle on the back of his hand was pulled out, revealing a small piece of flesh.

It's... a wound on the leg.

Jing Ye struggled to stand up.

"What a troublesome little brat." Kakashi couldn't help but feel a headache when he saw this scene as soon as he came in.

"Get out of here!" Jing Ye waved away Kakashi's hand, and when he raised his eyes, he revealed a pair of blood-red eyes, full of cruel scarlet.

Kakashi was stunned for a moment. Those eyes...

“Jing Ye!” Itachi appeared in an instant, helped Jing Ye up, covered Jing Ye’s eyes with his hands, and comforted him softly, “It’s okay, it’s okay now…”

After a moment, Itachi caught Jingye's limp body and put him back on the bed, then called the nurse on duty to treat Jingye's wounds.

"Excuse me for a moment." Itachi looked at Kakashi

Kakashi calmed down by then and nodded.

The two walked to a secluded place.

"Captain, please keep this matter a secret." Itachi turned and looked at Kakashi with a serious expression.

"You know, this is impossible." Kakashi said seriously.

"But, as a user of the Sharingan," Itachi opened his Sharingan and looked at Kakashi, "Kakashi-san should also know something about the Sharingan, right?"

"so what?"

"Jing Ye is only 11 years old."

"Yes, the owner of the Mangekyō Sharingan at the age of 11." Kakashi sighed, "So, Itachi, what do you want to say? You are also 11 years old, and you are already my subordinate."

"But Jing Ye, Jing Ye is different. He has never been a ninja, and he has never received systematic training..."

“These are not things we consider.”

Itachi clenched his fists, then slowly unclenched them, "Kakashi-san once said that his eyes were a gift from a close friend of the Uchiha. So, the price Kakashi-san paid to keep these eyes must have been high, right?"

"Itachi, I understand what you mean. No one in the village dares to covet the Sharingan openly. But I don't understand why you are so stubborn in hiding this matter," Kakashi pushed up his forehead protector, "It can't be hidden."

"I won't fight with you." Itachi lowered his eyes, and the magatama in his pupils disappeared.

"Sorry." Kakashi said after a long while.

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With a "smack" sound, a red palm print appeared on his face. Itachi lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry, father."

"Do you know why I hit you?" Fugaku lost his composure in a rare rage. "As a member of the clan, I am your clan leader. You concealed the fact that my cousin had opened his eyes. As your brother, I, as your father, even concealed the fact that my own child had an accident. Itachi, you disappoint me so much."

"Yes, Father."

"Mangekyo Sharingan..." Fugaku murmured, "Why would it be Kagamiya?"

"If it was you or Shisui who opened the Mangekyō Sharingan, the result would be completely different. Since the Nine-Tails Rebellion, there has been a state of distrust between the clan and the village. The Sharingan, especially the Mangekyō Sharingan, has become a taboo of sorts!"

"Father..."

"I told you at the beginning that before you become an Anbu, you must first not forget that you are a member of the Uchiha clan!"

"Itachi, you disappoint me so much. Maybe I shouldn't have let you into ANBU."

"Father!" Itachi looked up and saw his father's bloodshot eyes.

He fell into a hallucination, and suddenly woke up, breaking out in a cold sweat, "This is..."

"Yes, this is what I see as the future of the Uchiha clan."

"There are more and more discontented voices in the clan, and the village has been treating us Uchiha clan more and more harshly, even driving us to the edge of the village. However, as the clan leader, I cannot push the clan down the path of destruction!"

"I can't stop you all, but in order to avoid using force, I hid the fact that I have the Mangekyō Sharingan. With the Mangekyō, I can control the Nine-Tails. If my clan members learn of this, they will make further demands."

"Itachi, do you understand? The upper echelons of Konoha are corrupt! Even if I have to launch a coup, I want it to be a bloodless revolution that minimizes the losses to the village and the clan."

"That's why I said you are the hope of the clan, Itachi. You entered the Anbu with your outstanding abilities and can get in touch with the top leaders. The key to this revolution is the control of Konoha's top leaders. However, Itachi, you only remember that you are the crow of the Anbu, but you don't remember that you are Uchiha Itachi of the Uchiha clan."

"Father..." Itachi's heart was filled with bitterness. He thought of Shisui, the Anbu, the Hokage, and the clan... Was what he insisted on right?

"Why..." Fugaku sighed, "It would be Kagamiya."

"The Mangekyō Sharingan... The village will not allow Uchiha to possess such power. Besides, Jing Ye is not a ninja. The power of the Sharingan is far from as simple as everyone imagines. Such power may not be a good thing for Jing Ye."

"Itachi! Look into my eyes," Fugaku suddenly shouted, "If the village ordered you to kill Jing Ye, what would you choose?"

"Father...Father?!" Itachi widened his eyes.

"If the Hokage's men want to take Jing Ye away, don't stop them."

"Think about it carefully, Itachi." Fugaku left.

Itachi lowered his head, and when he raised it again, two lines of blood and tears flowed from the corners of his eyes. In his blood-red eyes, the three magatama slowly rotated.