[Hokage] Flower Time

Accompanied by his words, there was a dignified silence.No one moved or made a sound, and even the wind stopped blowing.

Uchiha Itachi slightly moved his right hand, which was slanted in the skirt of his clothes, this slight movement surprised Hanatoki, and forced him to raise his guard.But the opponent just moved his hand briefly, that's all.

It is exhausting to try and fight Uchiha Itachi with illusions, and she is not sure if she has a chance of winning if she fights him again.And Uchiha Madara obviously won't let her do whatever she wants - at least she can't damage the eyes he needs.

Looking at Itachi's expressionless and indifferent face, Huashi asked, "...Then, let me ask you again."

"Where did Zhishui go?"

Uchiha Itachi's eyelids drooped slightly, and his answer was the same as always: "I don't know."

Obviously, he will not give another answer.

In addition to the boundless bewilderment in Huashi's heart, there is also a trace of happiness.Since it is "don't know", it means that everything is still possible. ...Perhaps, Zhishui is still alive in some corner?Perhaps, under the guise of other people's identity, he kept watching himself in the dark, and blamed himself for it?

Even though Zhishui had no reason to do that, she still comforted herself in this way.

"Look at the tense atmosphere." A leisurely voice came in untimely, accompanied by slow footsteps: "I thought Mr. Itachi was in some trouble again, it seems... Mr. Itachi's enemy A little more than me."

The tall and strange-looking man passed through the stone pillar, walked to the side of several people, and said, "You seem to have a rather unpleasant conversation."

"There is nothing to talk about." Uchiha Itachi did not look away, and his tone was the same as before, with no ups and downs: "If you have to say something, then my only advice to you is what I just said ...Do your best to survive, and then, as you think, come to me for revenge."

Such words seemed to have completely drawn the boundary between the two of them virtually.The time and friendship we had grown up together in the past are all annihilated and disappeared at this moment, turning into nothing.For the relationship between each other, only "enemy" is the only option left.

For some reason, she really wanted to let out a sigh, but she didn't know why such a sigh came from.

During the two years of following Madara, she couldn't forgive Uchiha Itachi's actions, but she didn't want revenge, because she believed that the other party chose to do such a thing out of righteousness, and the pain he bore was far stronger than herself.Such torture will accompany him throughout his life until he dies.Death is far easier than living in condemnation and pain.

But now, she didn't know whose words to believe.

If what Itachi said is true, should she seek revenge?To take revenge for those children who haven't grown up to the best age, for those clansmen who don't know the inside story?

She just wanted to find her brother, and didn't want to pay attention to other people's grievances.

What a painful thing revenge is.

"And..." Uchiha Itachi said, and added: "Put away your cheap trust. I think you should at least have learned not to trust anyone."

After a pause, he said lightly again: "The Uchiha Madara standing in front of you also..."

Itachi Uchiha hadn't finished speaking when he was interrupted by Madara.

"Itachi." He whispered, "The reason why you are weaker than me is that you have more weaknesses and fetters than I do."

"..." Uchiha Itachi didn't speak the next words.He was silent for a while, raised his face slightly, and said indifferently: "No, I don't have anything like that."

"Really?" Bumblebee asked.

"If you are a partner, don't talk like that." Kisame, who was in charge of smoothing things over, showed his sharp teeth: "Although I have reminded my partner to be careful of my killing intent, I always feel that... if you fight , is of no use to me."

Hua Shi didn't take another look at the three people in front of her, she walked towards the way she came.After walking a few steps, her figure turned into a few flying black feathers and disappeared.

×

Everything was exactly as she expected, Uchiha Itachi didn't say anything, I don't know if he really didn't know, or he was trying to hide something.Before he changed his mind, the way to seek the truth in front of Itachi seemed to be blocked.

She tried her best to recall the information she inquired in the underground secret room of Nanga Shrine that day——Shisui went to Hokage Tower before disappearing, met the third generation of His Excellency, and wanted to use her own power to change Master Fuyue's rebellious will, Shimura Danzo didn't believe him, so he took away one of his eyes...

Danzo Shimura has also seen Shisui.

If he can be found, perhaps more specific things can be learned that day.

And... Itachi's untrue words, the so-called "for the sake of a true self", killed all the people in the clan...

Should she believe it?

According to what Madara said, it was just a task assigned by Danzo.So the truth of all this, Danzo also knows?

All joints, back to Konoha Village.

Among Konoha's senior management, she only knew about the fourth Namikaze Minato and the third Sarutobi Hiruzen, and the rest of the people had little contact.Danzo in my impression seems to be a very gloomy person, with a serious and dull speech, and a slight limp due to old diseases when walking.As for his last impression, it was the night of the genocide, when he brushed her hair away with a cane, and then gave an order that completely ignored her will.

That indifferent and merciless tone still horrified her to this day.

Moreover, that person also took away one of my brother's eyes.

She was sitting on a tall, stout branch of a tree that stood out against the bare sand and gravel nearby.The tree has sparse leaves on top, and looks at a tree of the same size on the other side.

Bai Jue protruded his own face from the trunk of the tree. Obviously, this was also a clone that he used to monitor and follow Huashi.His green eyes turned slightly, and he saw Huashi's body sitting leaning against a branch: "...you are really disrespecting Madara more and more."

"It's fine if you never use honorifics, but now you don't even say goodbye. It would be terrible if I lost you."

"...Anyway, you won't lose it."

"Well... I'm used to it too." Bai Jue's tone was very helpless: "You used to be like this child, you have always disrespected Madara. Now it's getting worse, and he doesn't even have the will to discipline you at all. I don't know what to do. What to say."

"Then take your little dinosaur and shut up."

Her words were fierce, but Bai Jue was completely unaffected, and continued to look around and chatter endlessly: "Ah, there is a tree opposite. When spring comes, it will bloom, right? It's almost your birthday."

"..." Listening to Bai Jue's words, she hummed briefly in response.

When she celebrated her birthday in the past, it was indeed the time when the cherry blossoms were in full bloom in spring.The cherry blossom tree in the fence of Konoha Hospital will bloom at that time, and the petals stacked on the branches are like layers of pink and white clouds, beautiful and soft.

Occasionally, she would stand outside the fence of the hospital and watch the branches of the cherry blossom tree sticking out of the fence through the fence.She never went into the hospital, so as not to be mistaken for a lost child by the kind little nurse.

At that time, Zhishui would stand by her side and say...

"It's not good to leave suddenly without saying a word?"

Reality and memories were intertwined, and a sudden voice pulled her back from her contemplation to reality.Madara appeared from the vortex of space and stood on the branch beside her.Because of the sudden weight, the entire branch trembled violently downward.

"I don't want to stay there." She didn't turn her head, still looking at the tree in the distance.

"You begged me to bring you to meet Uchiha Itachi, and now you don't want to see him." Madara said, "You are too presumptuous."

"...I didn't ask you." Hua Shi was very dissatisfied with his choice of words.

"No, you begged me to take you to see Uchiha Itachi." Madara emphasized again: "It is only out of my kindness that I let you come to see him."

The words he used made Hua Shi more and more annoyed, but there was no way to refute.Thinking about it carefully, her relationship with Madara has always been like this.He teaches her ninjutsu but never puts her on an equal footing and nearly kills her multiple times.

He is the absolute leader, he decides everything, even her life and death.

Huashi clenched her hands tightly in the dark, her black eyes gradually turned red like flames due to emotional fluctuations.

—She is far from strong enough.

But, before that...

"Take me to see Danzo." She hid the red in her eyes, calmed down her emotions, and said in a calm tone as much as possible.

"It should be said...'Please take me there'." He corrected tirelessly: "Although, I have the same intention, but your request does not make me very happy....Danzo knows part of the truth, and it is okay Prove that my words are not false."

"..." She frowned and looked up at his standing body: "I can't believe what you said now."

Itachi's words earlier shattered her cognition again, and all the silk threads that had been combed and obeyed fell apart again.She had to reconsider the credibility of the spots, and the words Itachi hadn't had time to utter.

"Uchiha Madara standing in front of you, that night also..."

What did Uchiha Madara do that night too?

She didn't know, and Itachi wouldn't tell.All the truths are waiting for her to find out.

As Itachi said, her trust cannot be given at will, because a slight mistake will turn the world upside down.

"You are always repeating these childish words." Madara said: "I remember I should have said it? Now you have no choice but to trust me."