Chapter 18:

Vertical sun.

Hatake Akashi walks daily on the way to the Konoha training ground.

People came and went on the street, but the atmosphere was a bit wrong this time, and there was a lot of discussion among them.

"Really."

"Have you heard? The Uchiha clan was exterminated last night! Only the youngest son of the patriarch is alive, so pitiful!"

"I have also heard that the person who killed the clan was also the son of the patriarch of the Uchiha clan, the genius Uchiha Itachi!"

"It's miserable!"

"Who would have thought that the dignified Konoha No. 1 tycoon would be exterminated in one night!"

"Who knows? But then again, why did Uchiha Itachi do this? It's cruel to slaughter his own people and kill his parents with his own hands."

Listening to pedestrians talking about you and me, Hatake Akashi was silent while holding a sword.

He knows.

Since then.

Uchiha Itachi would be labelled as Konoha Rebellion and fled.

Ninja school.

The students in class 1 found that two of them had not come.

One is the chief student of this year, Hatake Akashi.

Another one.

It is Uchiha Sasuke whose name is second only to him.

Everyone knows it more or less in their hearts.

A terrible event happened to Konoha last night.

Once Konoha's largest wealthy family, known as the Shocking Ninja World since the Sengoku period, Uchiha, who owned the Sharingan clan, was annihilated!

The only survivor.

It was their classmate Uchiha Sasuke.

The same.

The genocide of Uchiha soon fermented.

Not only the entire Konoha Village, but also other villages have also learned the news.

The spies they planted in Konoha sent the news back to their village for the first time.

Konoha also stepped up time to start arranging defenses in the village.

They knew the inside story among them.

But for other villages, especially the Five Ninja Villages, without Konoha of the Uchiha clan, almost a half of their combat power was lost!

It might be that there is an ambitious person who wants to start a war, taking advantage of Konoha's weakness to blackmail a sum.

After some time, Sasuke came back to school under the arrangement of Third Generation.

But the Tsundere in his eyes was no longer seen, replaced by a touch of silence.

The whole person began to speak quietly.

The goal in his heart also changed from defeating Hatake Akashi, and silently added the belief that he killed his brother Uchiha Itachi with his own hands, and avenged his parents.

...

"Konoha announcement!"

"Rebel Uchiha Itachi turned his back on the village and the people, and committed the cruel murder of relatives and friends and massacre of the ethnic group. From today onwards, he has been classified as an S-rank rebel!"

"Whether it is Konoha or other villages, anyone who can catch Uchiha Itachi can take his head to Konoha Village to receive the bounty!"

Konoha finally made an announcement.

This matter was qualitative.

Uchiha Itachi, slaughter family member, defected to the village!

Listed as an S-class rebel.

This action shocked the Ninja world!

People who don't know the truth spit on his portrait. The teenagers dreamed that they would one day capture Uchiha Itachi and become the hero of the whole village.

But what they don't know is.

Can people who can slaughter the entire Uchiha clan with their own power can match them?

...

"How about, do you want to see this village more?"

Wearing a hat, Uchiha Itachi, whose entire face is hidden, stands on a high hill, looking down at the village where he grew up.

Behind Uchiha Itachi is Obito, who also wears the Uzumaki mask.

"Nothing, let's go."

Itachi didn't look back, and after a faint saying, he turned and left the place.

"Haha."

No one could observe Obito's face hidden under the mask, and he gave a cold smile. The cold eyes glanced at Konoha, and then the whole person slowly twisted into the space.

...

Below the hill.

It is Hatake Akashi who is training hard.

It seemed that he was in a reaction, and he glanced up suspiciously, but found nothing.

"Akashi -kun!"

"Hinata? Are you here?"

Hatake Akashi knew who the owner of the voice was without turning around.

Hinata's voice is very distinctive.

With gentleness, with a hint of cowardice, it happened that when he called Hatake Akashi's name, he brought a little surprise.

Many emotions are mixed in it, and only he can enjoy it alone.

"How come you have time to come to this place today? Don't you have to go to class?"

Hatake Akashi put down the sword in his hand and wiped the sweat off his face with a towel.

Hinata folded her hands and held a bento box in front of her body, and whispered with a hot cheek:

"I saw that Akashi-kun didn't let Shadow Clone come to class today. I'm worried that you will be hungry after training, so you will come to give you a lunch without permission. You won't blame me?"

It turned out to be a special food delivery.

Immediately, Hatake Akashi understood.

He gently squeezed Hinata's small face with his hand, "You are so kind, and I can't thank you in time, so why should I blame you?"

Hinata's face was flushed with his hands, and her breathing became much faster.

"Nan, Akashi -kun...Don't be like this."

Speaking of the latter, it was already small and almost inaudible.

Seeing this, Hatake Akashi rubbed her head with a smile and put it on his shoulders.

Hinata's body temperature has risen, and his face is hot like a fever, Hinata has lost the ability to react.

She almost fainted.

After the brain went blank, Hinata finally became soft and weak.

"Uh..."

Fainted like this?

I was still a bit hasty.

Picking up the bento sent by Hinata and carrying Hinata behind his back, Hatake Akashi walked towards Hyuga's house step by step.

Quiet and unspeakable along the way.

Only the moonlight and the dim streetlights illuminate their shadows, growing longer and longer.

During the process, Hinata kept lying on his back.

It may or may not be awake.

But the two went all the way tacitly.

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