NIP Chapter 139 You seem to care a lot about him?
Chapter 139 You seem to care a lot about him?
Chapter 139 You seem to care a lot about him?
Itachi stood quietly in place, his gaze fixed on Sasuke, who was completely unharmed.
The unease that had been churning in my heart gradually subsided.
Sasuke is fine! In fact, he seems to be in pretty good shape.
Itachi had witnessed everything Sasuke did when he encountered Kisame Hoshigaki. Sasuke's skillful use of ninjutsu and his decisive and quick-witted reactions were far superior to before.
Sasuke has grown up!
Itachi pondered to himself.
In this light, it seems that the bizarre dream not only did not have a negative impact on the younger brother, but also taught him many things that he would never have had the opportunity to learn otherwise.
For example, the "Crow Technique" and "Crow Clone" that Sasuke used when he fought Kisame.
Sasuke originally had no chance to learn these skills, but that dream allowed him to learn them in a different way.
Itachi remained calm and said, "It's been a long time, Sasuke."
Upon suddenly hearing that familiar yet unfamiliar voice, Sasuke was jolted.
In an instant, he felt a sudden "whoosh" in his mind and saw a person standing in front of him with a face that he knew all too well!
The next second, intense anger and disgust erupted, overwhelming his reason.
Sasuke's five fingers suddenly clenched, his nails digging into his palms without him even realizing it.
"You fake—" His voice trembled, but it was a cold laugh born of rage, "You actually dare to wear Nissan's face?!"
His whole body trembled slightly with anger, his chest heaved rapidly, and his dark pupils suddenly turned blood red, the magatama spinning rapidly.
Sasuke suddenly roared, completely enraged, and took a step forward, swinging his right arm!
A sharp, crackling sound of electricity suddenly rang out, and a burst of brilliant blue-white lightning erupted in his palm, while countless leaping electric snakes coiled around his entire arm.
Anger had long since extinguished his reason; he had completely forgotten that not long ago he had told Naruto not to act impulsively if he encountered any Akatsuki members!
"what!"
Sasuke roared, dragging the shrill Chidori along, and charged straight into Itachi's chest like a cannonball!
The dazzling lightning illuminated Sasuke's ferocious face with a ghostly blue light, and his figure, flying close to the ground, kicked up a cloud of dust and fallen leaves!
However, they seemed to take such attacks completely in stride.
He simply stood there quietly.
Just as the Thousand Birds roared in, Itachi slightly shifted his body, precisely grazing Sasuke's lightning-fast body to avoid it. "Fake—?"
As Itachi dodged the attack, the word Sasuke shouted in his fury flashed through his mind.
"Hehehe—"
Just then, a sinister laugh came from not far away.
Kisame, carrying the Samehada sword wrapped in bandages, sauntered over, his wide mouth full of sharp teeth grinning as he looked with interest at the two brothers who were locked in a tense standoff.
"Seventh Sister, it seems your younger brother doesn't want to acknowledge you! That's truly heartbreaking!"
Hearing his partner's gloating remark about losing, his slightly furrowed brows instantly deepened.
He gave Kisame a cold look, and his scarlet Sharingan suddenly narrowed!
The moment their eyes met, Kisame's smile vanished abruptly, his expression froze, and he stood frozen in place as if he had lost his soul.
Those triangular fish eyes suddenly lost their luster, their unfocused reflections mirroring Itachi's scarlet, cold pupils. In that brief moment, Kisame had unknowingly fallen into Itachi's genjutsu!
The same Sharingan genjutsu was used by Itachi, and Kisame couldn't even tell how he fell under the genjutsu.
However, Sasuke, enraged, had no time to notice Kisame's abnormality.
His eyes were fixed on that despicable "fake," and now, seeing his attack miss and his opponent easily evade it...
He was so enraged that he lost all sense of reason!
He roared repeatedly, his hands rapidly forming hand seals, his Sharingan spinning wildly, and another whistling Lightning Release: Chidori gathered in his palm.
Like an enraged beast, he charged at Itachi again with reckless abandon!
"Haaah!" Sasuke leaped high into the air and delivered a powerful horizontal kick that slashed down at Itachi's head!
This kick, accompanied by the sound of wind, was fierce and used almost all of his strength.
A red glint flashed in his eyes, and seizing this fleeting opening, he suddenly made his move.
He didn't dodge; his left hand shot out like lightning and firmly gripped Sasuke's sweeping right leg with a thud.
Sasuke's pupils contracted as he felt his ankle being tightly gripped by a terrifying force, as if locked in steel clamps, rendering him unable to move.
Immediately afterwards, a piercing pain shot through my calf!
Itachi remained expressionless, then suddenly exerted force with his hand, and a crisp "crack" was heard.
A sharp pain instantly spread throughout his body. Sasuke groaned, and in the agony, he lost his balance and fell to the ground like a wolf!
His ankles had turned white.
Itachi looked down at his fallen brother, his eyes as cold as an icy pool.
"So," his voice remained as calm and cold as ever, devoid of any emotional fluctuation, "you should be able to calm down a bit now, right?"
Sasuke clenched his back teeth so tightly that his cheeks trembled slightly from the excessive force.
"hateful-!"
Sasuke was filled with hatred and rage, his chest felt like it was about to explode.
This damn fake is incredibly good!
My attacks were completely useless against him; in fact, he defeated me in no time.
Humiliation, resentment, self-blame—
A mix of complex emotions burned like flames in Sasuke's heart, making his eyes red.
Sasuke forced himself to look up despite the pain, only to meet Itachi's cold, downcast gaze.
There was no trace of pity or mercy on the other person's face, only an unfathomable chill.
That look was as if he were looking at a complete stranger, or perhaps—just an ant-like prey!
Looking at the indifferent and cold expression on the guy's face, Sasuke felt as if an invisible hand was squeezing his heart.
Anger and hatred surged violently within him once more.
That's right... his reasoning is correct!
Sasuke stared with bloodshot eyes, his venomous gaze almost piercing through the other person.
In the dream, Nissan is gentle and kind; he would never show such an expression to anyone.
The older brother who accompanied me in my dreams, encouraged me, and protected me as I grew up had such warm eyes.
This cold-blooded and ruthless beast in front of me could never be my Nissan!
He's a damn fake!
Sasuke spoke each word with a distorted tone, filled with hatred, "You damned imposter, I will kill you!!"
At this moment, he was like a trapped beast on the verge of despair, his eyes filled with an intense hatred that seemed to want to tear the other person to pieces and grind their bones to dust.
Seeing Sasuke's deep-seated hatred, Itachi's tense expression faltered slightly.
He stared blankly at his brother's eyes, which were filled with resentment and venom, and his thoughts were a jumbled mess.
He was well aware that the purpose of the massacre he had personally orchestrated was to instill in Sasuke a deep and unforgettable hatred for him, thus fueling Sasuke's rapid growth through hatred.
But-
Witnessing firsthand how her younger brother now truly hates her to the core, a hatred uncomplicated by any other emotion.
A bitter feeling still welled up in his heart.
I don't know, but Sasuke's previous hatred stemmed from his inability to understand his brother's confusion and pain.
Sasuke couldn't understand why Itachi would commit such an evil act; it was a hatred born of betrayal by a loved one, a hatred born of love.
But now it's utter, complete, and unreserved hatred!
It is the pure hatred that one feels towards the murderer of one's father or the extermination of one's clan.
After a moment of silence, Itachi came to his senses and forcibly suppressed the bitterness in his heart.
He lowered his eyes and coldly scrutinized his younger brother, who was trembling with pain and anger, his mind racing.
Did Sasuke just say something that made him think I was a fake?
He thought the "Uchiha" in front of him was fake?!
Itachi frowned, a sense of realization creeping into his mind—had Sasuke developed a mistaken understanding because of that strange dream?
"Sasuke! I'm here to save you!"
Just then, a loud shout suddenly came from not far behind.
"Rasengan!"
Itachi turned around and looked.
In the distance, through the woods, a figure wearing an orange jacket was seen rushing towards them at high speed.
It was a blond kid, about ten years old, with a head of spiky blond hair flying in the wind, and his blue eyes filled with a look of anxiety and anger.
He held a rapidly spinning ball of blue chakra in one hand and lunged at the person behind him without any regard for the consequences!
"Naruto?!" Sasuke looked up at the sound and saw his companion roaring as he charged towards him.
His eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief.
"What's this guy doing here?"
Sasuke was both shocked and anxious.
Didn't Naruto head in another direction? How come he suddenly came here?
And—this idiot! Fine, a sneak attack is fine, but yelling like that makes the enemy think they're not alert enough?!
Itachi stared at the blond brat rushing towards him, his eyes darkening slightly.
A head of dazzling blonde hair, and that somewhat familiar face—.—
He had seen the blond kid before in that strange dream.
In his memory, in Sasuke's dream world, this Naruto Uzumaki was extremely powerful, even far surpassing Sasuke at that time.
Thinking of this, Itachi frowned.
So, Sasuke's hatred is far from enough.
Just like the huge gap between him and this blond kid.
It's still a long way off!
Almost in the blink of an eye, Naruto roared and pounced forward.
But even in the face of this devastating attack, Itachi remained calm and composed.
Snapped!
Itachi's hand precisely caught Naruto's outstretched right wrist!
The Rasengan was less than half a foot from Itachi's chest, but it could not go any further!
Before Naruto could react, the figure in front of him flashed and approached him like a ghost.
Immediately afterwards, he felt a heavy blow to his abdomen: "!"
Without anyone noticing, he had already raised his leg and landed a solid kick on Naruto's lower abdomen!
"Ugh!" Naruto groaned, feeling a tremendous force sweep across his body along his ribs. His internal organs seemed to have shifted and churned, and everything went black before his eyes.
The next second, his body flew backward uncontrollably.
boom!
Naruto's back snapped off a thick tree branch, and he crashed into the bushes in the forest like a broken sack, rolling dozens of meters before finally coming to a stop by slamming into a large tree.
That kick was clearly delivered with great force!
"Naruto!!" Sasuke watched helplessly as Naruto was kicked a great distance by Itachi and crashed heavily into the forest.
He couldn't help but let out a nearly desperate roar.
He glanced indifferently at Naruto in the distance, and seeing that he wouldn't be able to get up anytime soon, he turned his cold gaze back to Sasuke.
"You seem—very concerned about him?" His voice was unreadable, as if he had just crushed a bug in his way.