Chapter 385: Encounter! The Betrayer! The Furious Black Zetsu.

  A few days later, two figures were swiftly moving through the forest.

Another figure was half-exposed on the ground, following along.

The three of them were moving very fast.

"Itachi, can you still use that eye of yours?"

Zetsu suddenly asked, looking at Uchiha Itachi's back.

"I don't know." Uchiha Itachi's answer was very straightforward.

Zetsu clicked his tongue and said, "If your eye can't be used, then it might be a bit difficult to turn your brother Uchiha Sasuke against us!"

Uchiha Itachi's hand veins bulged, but his facial expression remained as calm as ever.

"I've already said he has no value. We're just wasting our time going there." Uchiha Itachi said without turning his head.

Biwa Juzo, on Uchiha Itachi's left, suddenly spoke up, "How is it a waste of time? Uchiha Sasuke is with the Whitebeard Pirates. We're going to get close to the Whitebeard Pirates, so we can also investigate them secretly, right?"

"What? Weren't they in Konohagakure Village? Why are they suddenly heading this way?" Biwa Juzo, carrying the Kubikiribocho, also changed his expression.

The shadow cast by Whitebeard on him seemed like it was just yesterday.

Zetsu's expression was strange as he responded, "I don't know if it's a coincidence... but we actually ran into them."

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Three paper shurikens pinned a White Zetsu clone to the ground.

You should know, if Zetsu hadn't saved him back then, he would probably be a corpse by now.

Uchiha Itachi didn't know how to refute Biwa Juzo's words.

"What's wrong?" Uchiha Itachi below looked up at Zetsu, who was half-exposed above.

"Ten of them..." Konan said calmly, "If we weren't a bit cautious, we might have really been discovered by him..."

"Maybe it's just a coincidence," Zetsu thought, feeling increasingly uneasy but unable to pinpoint the reason. Whoosh!

It was indeed the Six Paths of Pain!

...

Clearly, the direction the three of them were heading was indeed where the Whitebeard Pirates were currently located.

After all...

Konan, dressed in the Akatsuki uniform, was not alone. Behind her stood six figures of varying heights and builds!

These six people all had expressionless faces, as if they were all paralyzed.

In a calm and indifferent tone, she said, "The seventh one, this should be the special Clone Jutsu of that person called 'Zetsu'. He seems to be a very cautious guy."

The six people following Konan...

'This guy feels strange...' Zetsu's eyes were fixed on Uchiha Itachi's back, and he muttered to himself.

Zetsu's words were shocking: "The Whitebeard Pirates!"

Under Biwa Juzo's "guidance", Uchiha Itachi and Zetsu eventually fell into the trap.

That place was—Konohagakure Village!

"After all, they suddenly disappeared for more than a year and then suddenly reappeared. It's said that they have many strange new members. Our information on the Whitebeard Pirates is already outdated."

Konan, with an expressionless face, threw another shuriken, completely killing this White Zetsu clone.

Uchiha Itachi's pupils contracted instantly.

A few days passed quickly.

...

"I'll go take a look." Zetsu's body merged into a large tree using the Mayfly Technique.

What was quite surprising was that these six people had many strange black rods inserted all over their bodies.

Uchiha Itachi, Biwa Juzo, and Zetsu quickly stopped.

"After this trip, we will be able to regain information about them. Isn't that good?"

But they didn't look like accessories.

"So many clones, if even one escapes and runs back, this operation will be declared a failure."

In the end, he chose to remain silent and did not continue speaking.

"Who... who are they?" Uchiha Itachi felt that Zetsu was acting like a riddle, which made him frown.

It felt like their bodies were pierced and then adorned with many accessories.

Because they all saw that something seemed off ahead.

"Leaving so many clones along the way, the purpose should be to prevent someone from following him. Unfortunately... he doesn't know that the ones following him are us."

They quickly moved to the top of the tree, looking ahead.

No accessories could be this ordinary, right?

"Roar!!!" A three-headed hellhound Summoned Beast suddenly sprang out from the woods, each head biting a White Zetsu clone, clearly killing all the White Zetsu clones.

At this moment, even he was stunned: "This is..."

At this time, "Tendo Pain" standing next to Konan suddenly spoke, his voice calm: "With us here, no matter how many clones he creates, it won't matter."

Uchiha Itachi then jumped to the top of a tree, coming to Zetsu's side.

And like Konan, he was also wearing the Akatsuki uniform.

Looking ahead, they could see a large ship moving quickly on land!

"It's really the Whitebeard Pirates..." Uchiha Itachi couldn't help but feel a bit nervous.

He had suffered a lot at Whitebeard's hands back then.

And his proud Sharingan Genjutsu had no effect on that ridiculously powerful man, Whitebeard.

"Hmm? Why are you staring at me?!" Uchiha Itachi suddenly noticed Zetsu beside him, staring intently at him.

Zetsu squinted his eyes and said, "Itachi, why is it that the Whitebeard Pirates are heading in this direction and not any other?"

Uchiha Itachi became alert, "Are you suspecting me? Didn't you just say it was a coincidence?"

"But it's too much of a coincidence, and..." Zetsu said word by word, "Logically, the White Zetsu clone I placed behind should have reported back to me by now."

He continued, "But until now, none of the White Zetsu clones I placed behind have appeared. And the Whitebeard Pirates have shown up at this moment."

Uchiha Itachi frowned, "Think whatever you want, it has nothing to do with me."

Although he was a spy planted in the Akatsuki by the Konohagakure village, he was not a spy planted by the Whitebeard Pirates in the Akatsuki.

This guy called Zetsu is really suspicious!

However, this coincidence is indeed a bit strange.

"Besides, wasn't it you who suggested all this today?" Uchiha Itachi said coldly, "I've always emphasized that the useless person is not fit to be our partner, but you insisted on your own opinion."

"Me? I wasn't the one who suggested it at first..." Zetsu was suddenly shocked, "Wait!!!"

He finally remembered something, "Biwa Juzo!!!"

When Zetsu hurriedly looked down, he found that Biwa Juzo was constantly retreating.

And he had already retreated dozens or even hundreds of meters away!

Uchiha Itachi also looked over and was stunned for a moment, "Biwa Juzo, you..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a hearty laugh echoed through the sky, it was the bold laughter of Whitebeard.

"Gurararararara! It's going so smoothly! What's your name again, kid? Something Biwa? Forget it, whatever, you did a good job! Are you interested in becoming my son and joining the Whitebeard Pirates? Gurararararara!"

Whitebeard's voice confirmed that Biwa Juzo was the spy who betrayed them!

From the beginning, it was Biwa Juzo who used words to lure them closer to the Whitebeard Pirates, ultimately leading them into a trap!

"Damn it..."

Zetsu was almost furious.

For so many years, he had only been the one to use others, never had anyone used him.

But this time, he was used by someone.

And he was fooled.

Before this, he even thought that Biwa Juzo, although a bit weak, was indeed a good teammate.

Damn it!

Doesn't that mean that part of his plan was already known by the Whitebeard Pirates?

Zetsu's face was uncertain.

Killing intent filled the air.

"Uchiha Itachi..." Zetsu glared at Itachi again, "You were the one who brought him into our group, right?"

Uchiha Itachi fell silent.

The slightly trembling eyelashes told Zetsu that his mood was not calm at the moment.

"Damn it! I almost got killed because of you! I'll settle this with you when we get back!" Zetsu gritted his teeth in anger and chose to flee without hesitation.

He didn't want to stay and fight with the Whitebeard Pirates.

He knew his own limits.

Even though he was now a fusion of Black Zetsu and White Zetsu, making him fairly strong.

But the problem was...

The Whitebeard Pirates were much stronger than him.

Just one Whitebeard was more than he could handle.

"You can't escape." A familiar voice suddenly came from behind, startling both Uchiha Itachi and Zetsu.

When they turned around, they saw a group of people behind the traitor Biwa Juzo!

"That woman...?!"

"Konan?!!"

Zetsu had already realized, his face looking as bad as it could get. "And those other guys..."

It wasn't just Biwa Juzo who betrayed them.

The entire Akatsuki organization had betrayed them!

"What are you doing?" Zetsu was already furious. "Everything in Akatsuki was because of me..."

But Konan interrupted him directly, "Akatsuki's development up to now is indeed related to you, and you have indeed contributed a lot. But... that doesn't mean you can use Akatsuki to do things that lead to a bottomless abyss."

"Moreover..." Konan said seriously, "From the beginning, you wanted to use Akatsuki. After all, you and Uchiha Obito were almost inseparable. Do you think Uchiha Obito, pretending to be 'Uchiha Madara', approached Akatsuki with simple intentions?"

"Obito..." Zetsu wished he could pull Obito out of the underworld and tear him in half!

That reckless guy was more trouble than he was worth.

Who knows what Madara saw in Uchiha Obito back then.

"So, you teamed up with the Whitebeard Pirates behind my back to kill me?!"

Zetsu felt a sense of impending doom.

In front were the Whitebeard Pirates, behind were Konan and the Six Paths of Pain.

Even though he was very good at escaping.

He wasn't confident he could get away.

"That's right."

Konan responded calmly, "And you won't be alone on your way to the underworld."

Her words made Uchiha Itachi's heart tighten.

"Because there's also Uchiha Itachi!"

Konan added.

"Sorry, Itachi. From the beginning, I was with the Whitebeard Pirates." Biwa Juzo, carrying the Kubikiribocho, finally confessed his stance.

"After all, the plant beside you is one of the culprits that plunged Kirigakure Village into the blood mist policy. How could I work for such a guy? As for you, Itachi... no matter what your reasons were, what you did to your clan is something the Whitebeard Pirates cannot tolerate."

"And you chose to collude with this pitcher plant to complete that plan, which sounds both ridiculous and creepy. That's something I cannot tolerate."

Uchiha Itachi: "..."

At this moment, Uchiha Itachi seemed to understand what it felt like to be betrayed by someone familiar.

Maybe.....

The clansmen he personally killed back then might have felt the same way when they saw that the murderer was Uchiha Itachi before they died?

Rumble—

The ground beneath their feet began to tremble. One towering tree after another was forcibly broken by the Moby Dick, and an enormous ship appeared in this place.

The Moby Dick, after several modifications, looked like a small mountain at first glance due to its exaggerated size.

Now, even a tailed beast wasn't half the size of the Moby Dick!

"Uchiha Itachi!!!"

A slightly immature yet resentful voice rang out from the deck of the Moby Dick.

"Bastard..."

Sasuke stared intently at the man standing on the treetop ahead, completely ignoring the "Zetsu" beside him.

His small hands were tightly clenched into fists, veins bulging on the back of his hands.

His emotions began to become somewhat unstable.

His eyes were filled with hatred.

"Sasuke..."

Uchiha Itachi stared blankly at that somewhat familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar face. He hadn't seen this face for a long time, and for a moment, he felt a bit estranged.

"Shisui..."

Uchiha Itachi also saw the expressionless Shisui standing beside Sasuke. Although he couldn't see any expression on Shisui's face, he vaguely sensed the disappointment emanating from Shisui.

"Izumi..."

He also saw the girl who once admired him greatly.

However, the hatred in the girl's eyes towards him was no less than Sasuke's.

He could also see the girl's Three Tomoe Sharingan!

"Gurararararara! Brat..." Whitebeard slowly walked forward, his tall and sturdy body exuding an imposing aura.

"Last time, you actually survived!"

He looked down at Uchiha Itachi with disdain.

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