Chapter 37: Severing the Laughable Past

Two figures raced through the forest, vying for speed.

Uchiha Itachi paid no heed to Uchiha Izumi's shouts from behind.

He merely frowned slightly, trying to shake off the pursuing figure.

At this moment, Uchiha Itachi felt Izumi was incredibly hypocritical.

Not just ordinary hypocrisy.

All of Izumi's previous image in his eyes was completely overturned.

"Itachi, why attack your own clan? You didn't need to be so ruthless in a competition among clansmen."

Izumi's footsteps were swift, keeping pace with Uchiha Itachi.

"Enough! You're standing with Raijin now, so what else is there to say?"

"Raijin has been harming Konoha. He's no longer worthy of being a Konoha ninja!"

"Izumi! I warned you before, Raijin is dangerous! But you just wouldn't listen!"

"In that case, don't blame me for being heartless."

Suddenly, Itachi stopped and stood on a tree branch, looking coldly at Uchiha Izumi.

He still had some affection for Izumi, otherwise, he would have eliminated this girl on the way.

Her taijutsu movements were decent, but her application of the Sharingan was less than one ten-thousandth of his.

Did such a person truly deserve anyone's attention?

"Harming Konoha?"

Uchiha Izumi suspected she had misheard!

It seemed like the information she got from Raijin was...

Konoha had been tormenting the Uchiha clan all along.

Harming Konoha... that also depended on whether the Uchiha had the capability.

Lord Raijin was even planning to escape to another world to survive.

But Konoha still couldn't tolerate them, even pursuing and killing them when they left the village.

If they hadn't been accompanying him, who knows what irreversible things might have happened.

*Bang!*

Several smoke bombs exploded in succession!

Five masked figures appeared!

"Root!"

Uchiha Izumi looked warily at the people in front of her.

Her hands tightly gripped kunai.

Her three-tomoe Sharingan scanned the movements of everyone around.

"Attack!"

The Root ninja's words were concise.

There was no need for signals between them, just two words spoken.

Their figures swiftly charged towards Uchiha Izumi.

Short blades were drawn from their backs and held in their hands.

Under the sunlight, the blades gleamed coldly.

*Bang!*

Two figures suddenly lunged forward, their feet pounding the ground.

Their blades were held at their sides, but as they slashed through the air, faint afterimages seemed to appear.

Seeing the blades about to fall on her head.

Uchiha Izumi's Sharingan glared.

One person's movements froze in mid-air.

"Ha!"

Uchiha Izumi shouted delicately.

The kunai in her hand reversed!

The next moment,

Sparks flew!

The clash between the kunai and the short blades produced a shower of sparks. 

"Don't underestimate the power of the Uchiha Sharingan!"

Izumi Uchiha spoke proudly, her three-tomoe Sharingan staring at the person in front of her.

She noticed that he only had one eye, and that eye was protected by a genjutsu rebound technique.

"Mind Body Switch Technique!"

In the midst of the fierce battle, a man with a ponytail in the distance suddenly targeted Izumi Uchiha and used a ninjutsu.

His consciousness followed the activation of the ninjutsu and instantly entered Izumi Uchiha's mind!

"Hahahaha! The Uchiha clan is nothing more than this!"

The Yamanaka clan ninja sneered with disdain!

Izumi Uchiha, who was originally fighting, stopped moving and dropped the kunai in her hands.

He didn't need to control her for too long, just a few seconds!

Even if Izumi Uchiha's Sharingan tried to resist, it would take at least a few seconds.

The next moment!

There was a tearing sound in the air!

The person who was previously trapped by the Sharingan genjutsu instantly regained consciousness. He had deliberately allowed himself to be controlled, waiting for this moment!

How could they, the Root, not have any precautions against the Uchiha clan's genjutsu?

He and the one-eyed man in front of him instantly crossed their short blades and thrust them towards Izumi Uchiha's heart.

"You, a mere outsider! What right do you have to judge the Uchiha?!"

A cold male voice echoed in Izumi Uchiha's mind. The Yamanaka clan ninja, who was about to retreat, suddenly shivered!

He saw a pair of three-tomoe Sharingan!

But immediately after! These three-tomoe Sharingan connected into a line.

Converging into a triangular pattern.

With cold and evil chakra, it looked at him indifferently.

At this moment, he seemed to see his own death.

"The Yamanaka clan's Yin Release secret technique? Die!"

A terrifying power erupted from the eyes, directly devouring the consciousness of the Yamanaka clan ninja.

Izumi Uchiha regained control of her body.

"Ah!"

A shrill scream echoed through the forest.

Itachi Uchiha looked over and saw the ninja with the single ponytail holding his head and screaming in pain.

The next moment, as if unable to bear it any longer, he reached for the short blade on his back.

But before he could touch it.

*splat*

A mass of red and white matter splattered on the ground!

The Yamanaka clan ninja became a headless corpse.

"Izumi has grown so strong?"

Itachi Uchiha frowned slightly.

*crack*

Then! Two necks snapped.

The two Root members who attacked Izumi Uchiha slumped to the ground, their heads hanging down, lifeless.

And on Izumi Uchiha's arm were two bloody holes.

She had barely managed to find the best solution.

"Itachi Uchiha! Quickly kill that girl. She awakened the three-tomoe Sharingan at the same age as you. She will become a menace sooner or later."

A Root ninja spoke as he retreated a few steps.

At the same time, he pulled the young figure beside him.

This was their Root's secret weapon, not to be easily revealed.

Or perhaps, after Itachi Uchiha died, they would let him take action.

"Yes!"

Itachi Uchiha nodded.

Izumi was also someone with good talent.

If not controlled by Konoha, she would only become a threat to the village.

"Itachi! I want to hear from you, what do clan, family, and friends mean to you?"

Izumi Uchiha looked at Itachi blocking her path and asked solemnly.

She had wanted to ask this question for a long time.

But only today did she have the chance to speak.

"Clan? A group of senseless people, their hearts filled only with betrayal, always thinking of disrupting Konoha's peace. In my eyes, family... friends are all the same!"

Itachi Uchiha paused, his eyes filled with struggle.

He thought of his younger brother. Why was he born into the Uchiha clan?

If only he could be more ordinary.

"So that's how you see the Uchiha clan. You truly are a cold-blooded monster."

Izumi Uchiha reached behind her with her wounded hand, grabbing a kunai and holding it in front of her.

Her eyes were filled with a determination to die.

It seemed that only one of them would leave this place alive today.

"Cold-blooded? I'm doing all this for Konoha!"

Itachi Uchiha's voice sounded calmly from behind Izumi.

Before Izumi could react, a kunai pierced through her body.

Blood flowed down the handle of the kunai into his palm.

*thud*

Izumi fell to the ground, trying to cover her wound!

But it was useless. The wound was too severe!

It had pierced directly through her heart and lungs.

"He really wants to kill me! He used to be someone who wholeheartedly worked for the Uchiha, but now he's become like this!"

"Itachi Uchiha! You will die a horrible death for walking this path, but... you must die by my hand!"

"I will personally sever our past, I will personally sever that ridiculous love!"

Izumi Uchiha's heart surged with an infinite desire to survive.

Her pupils dilated, and blood flowed from the corners of her eyes!

The next moment, a terrifying chakra erupted from her body, giving her some strength back.

"Hmm?!"

(End of Chapter)