Chapter 45

Itachi not only received all of Madara's techniques and abilities, but also the memories of his life, making him aware of Madara's entire plan. Itachi also realized that his brother seems to have turned to Konoha's side in the end, which left him somewhat relieved.

"In the end we were wrong to try to control people's destiny..." Itachi muttered.

The memories of Madara's life showed him many things, from his pain, to anger and thirst for revenge, to the day Madara made a plan to change the world completely. Itachi realized that from Madara's memories, Madara thought that what he was doing was the right thing, but in the end, even Madara himself was treated as a mere pawn.

"Zetsu... It looks like you managed to fool everyone just right..." He muttered

Itachi was surprised at this being who managed to fool Madara as if he was nothing.

"Madara was perhaps blinded by his desire to create a new world..."

With these thoughts he decided to focus on the other memories he received.

Every scene he saw made his heart beat faster, and every knowledge he gained made his soul tremble with excitement.

Thousands of techniques, jutsus, taijutsu, ninjutsus, genjutsus, plus a lot of battle knowledge, and knowledge about the Uchiha clan and the Sharingan.

Itachi saw so many things that he started to get numb, all the memories of Madara caused him to have a huge headache, and this was completely different from the time when he absorbed Minato's soul.

It took a few hours for Itachi to process all the new knowledge and memory he received, and when he was done he came out of his Universe and appeared in the hotel room.

The first thing he noticed was that his eyes seemed to have become even more powerful, but he would only be sure when he used them in battle.

"Uchiha Madara..." Itachi muttered with dead eyes.

Exhausted after absorbing Madara's soul, Itachi lay down on the bed and slowly fell asleep.

...

[With Jasmine]

A few hours after Itachi left the space, Jasmine opened her eyes and analyzed the place she was in with piercing eyes.

"This place is completely strange..." She muttered with a serious expression.

She walked to the house that was in the middle of the forest and without much hesitation entered it. And inside, Jasmine was surprised, as there were several things that she had never seen before.

Jasmine explored the whole place for a while, but found nothing that caught her attention. Having finished exploring, she decided to stay in the best room in the house.

After choosing the room she would stay in, she sat on the bed and realized how soft it was, and soon began to meditate to begin the process of destroying the poison in her body.

During her meditation process she constantly took a break because she couldn't get Itachi out of her mind, every time she remembered him holding her gently her face would heat up and she couldn't fully concentrate.

Realizing that she couldn't continue her meditation she just lay down on the bed as she placed her face heavily on the pillow while saying words that were inaudible.

"Damn..."

...

The night passed quickly and before people realized it was already daylight again, and Itachi and Jasmine seemed to have not had a good night's sleep but for completely different reasons.

Itachi had trouble sleeping, this was because Madara's soul seemed to have affected some of his feelings, which caused him to have serious trouble sleeping. He realized that even though he had absorbed Madara's soul completely, his will still seemed alive and seemed to be influencing his thoughts even if only slightly.

"I hope this doesn't get me into trouble..." He thought.

Jasmine didn't seem to have slept very well either, that's because every time she tried to sleep or meditate, Itachi would appear with a smile on his face causing her to have trouble sleeping.

...

"I guess it's time to pick her up..." Itachi thought as he disappeared from the hotel as if he wasn't there initially.

Before leaving the Xia clan, Itachi left a mark of the Flying God of Thunder at the entrance of the clan so that he could return there at any time. Within moments he was in front of the Xia clan, and the first thing he noticed was that the atmosphere seemed a little strange and as he walked around the outskirts of the clan he noticed that people seemed to be in a bit of a hurry.

"I wonder what happened?" Itachi thought as he continued to walk past people unnoticed.

In the blink of an eye, he was already inside the Xia clan meeting room, inside the room was Xia Hongyi and the guards that Itachi kicked out earlier. Everyone in the room had grave expressions as if something big had happened.

"They really dared to plot against us? I still can't believe that my sworn brother could do this..." Xia Hongyi said in a serious manner.

An old man who was standing in the corner of the room stood up and started to say, "Not only did they attack some stores, they also harassed our employees..."

After the old man spoke the other people in the room also started talking about last night's events, causing Xia Hongyi's complexion to darken.

Itachi who heard the entire conversation realized that Xia Qingyue's actions yesterday seemed to have affected the relationship between the two clans, but even he was surprised at such a reaction in just a single night. And before he could interrupt these people's conversation to say that he would be taking Xia Qingyue to the sect, a man suddenly entered the meeting room with a relatively desperate expression.

"PROBLEMS! WE HAVE PROBLEMS! It was the Xiao Sect that attacked us at the behest of their young master, Xiao Kuangyun!" The man exclaimed with a pale expression.

All the people in the meeting room turned to the man as they nodded their heads, the atmosphere in the meeting room seemed to have become even worse.

"Initially, Xiao Kuangyun came only to bring a talented disciple back to the Xiao sect, but it seems that someone told him that Master Xia's daughter is an unparalleled beauty, which caused Xiao Kuangyun to turn his attention to our clan." The man continued to say.

Xia Hongyi at this moment trembled with anger upon hearing the words the man said. Not only did this person attack the stores of the Xia clan, he also dared to covet his daughter, even if he is from the Xiao sect he still doesn't have this right, especially when his also belongs to one of the four great sects in the Empire.

"Looks like you guys are in trouble..." A deep voice sounded making all the people in the room instantly freeze.