Itachi, You Don’t Want to Lose Your Little Brother, Do You?

Itachi and Kisame, wearing Akatsuki's red cloud cloaks and bamboo hats, were walking along the riverbank.

They had been sneaking into Konoha for more than half a day, and relying on barrier codes and Sharingan, they had gone almost unnoticed along the way.

But Itachi's mood was bad at this moment.

First: He had confirmed that the information was true. The Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen had indeed publicly handed over the position of the Fifth Hokage to Orochimaru.

Although Orochimaru hadn't officially ascended the throne. But in Konoha, he was already the real Hokage, holding almost all the power. This wasn't good news for Itachi.

Second: He found that Sasuke was missing!

For Itachi, this was a hundred times more serious than the change in the Hokage's position!

He had returned specifically to spy on Sasuke, just to see how Sasuke was doing and whether Hiruzen was still abiding by the agreement he made at that time to protect Sasuke.

Who knew, but the night before, Sasuke had mysteriously disappeared.

There were signs of a fight at the scene, and it was obvious that someone had taken him away.

Itachi's face was expressionless, but his heart was already very angry, he immediately captured some Konoha ANBU ninjas and tortured them with genjutsu.

As a result, the desired information wasn't obtained.

All he knew was that the ANBU was also searching for Sasuke, and no trace had been found.

But in Itachi's eyes, this was like Orochimaru's own performance.

"Itachi, I heard that you killed all the Uchiha Clan back then, but I didn't expect that you still had a younger brother left behind."

"You really cherish your brother!"

Kisame teased with a smile.

He wasn't stupid either. After walking for a long time, he naturally knew that Itachi was looking for his younger brother, Sasuke.

"Kisame."

Itachi glared at Kisame, who immediately fell silent.

"Okay, okay, I won't ask anymore. But we can't keep searching like this. If Orochimaru really captured your brother, I'm afraid no one will be able to find him."

"Except..."

Itachi stopped, and naturally heard the meaning of Kisame's words, so he said firmly:

"Kisame, prepare yourself, the next battle might be fierce."

"Oh? Itachi, what are you going to do?"

"Attack the Hokage Building and capture that cunning snake!"

"Oh? That's very interesting!"

Kisame wasn't the type of person who was reckless, but he didn't mind making a fuss just to accompany Itachi.

The two did as they said and immediately prepared to attack the Hokage Building.

But as soon as they started, they were blocked by two figures.

Konoha's elite Jonin, twelve former ninjas who guarded the Land of Fire, Konoha's close combat captain, the legitimate son of the Third Hokage, and a head with a bounty of up to 35 million ryo, the number one gold collection target in Kakuzu's ledger: Sarutobi Asuma!

And Kurenai, who was also a Jonin.

The two of them also noticed the two of them who were behaving and dressed strangely, and were ready to test them.

"You two aren't from the village, are you? What are you doing in Konoha?"

"Asuma, Kurenai, forgive me. I don't have time to chat with you."

Sasuke was missing, and Itachi, who was a little anxious, naturally had no intention of talking to them.

Don't say anything, just take action.

He glared at Kurenai and activated his illusion.

Kurenai was shocked, and before she could react, she fell into a sea of red.

With one face-to-face encounter, Kurenai was already defeated.

Even without Tsukiyomi, Itachi's illusion abilities were stronger than Kurenai's.

"Uchiha Itachi!"

"Not good!"

Asuma was startled and immediately attacked with a knife.

"Itachi, isn't this rude?"

Kisame smiled as he swung his sword, Samehada, and slashed at Asuma.

Although he was polite, his subordinates weren't ambiguous at all.

The two of them only fought for less than one round before Asuma's shoulder was slashed by Samehada's special feature, causing his wound to bleed.

At the same time, Kurenai forced herself to bite the corner of her mouth, relying on pain to stimulate, she could barely break free from Itachi's ordinary genjutsu.

But the next second, Itachi grabbed her throat with one hand and lifted her up.

"Asuma, put down your weapon."

"I'll only say it once. I don't want to kill you, but I also don't have time to waste with you."

"If you insist on fighting, then die with her!"

Itachi, who was eager to find his younger brother, was very domineering and cruel, and didn't want to stay here at all.

"Stop, Itachi!"

Faced with such a threat, Asuma froze in place.

Gritting his teeth, he squeezed the handle of his knife tightly, struggling in his heart.

With the safety of the village on one side and his newly fallen in love lover on the other, he really didn't know how to make a choice.

"Asuma, leave me alone! You can't."

"AHHHH—"

Itachi increased his strength, pinching Kurenai until she couldn't breathe.

Asuma looked at Kurenai and then at Kisame across from him. No matter what happened, he couldn't let two S-class traitor ninjas make a mess in the village!

Especially if he surrendered, would the enemy definitely let him go?

Asuma didn't dare to gamble, and was afraid to gamble.

"It seems you've made your choice, die with her!"

Itachi threw Kurenai away like trash. Then, he prepared to take action against Asuma.

At that moment, a familiar deep voice suddenly sounded, stopping Itachi's attack.

"Long time no see!"

"Uchiha Itachi!"

Itachi and Kisame looked back at the same time, and sure enough, they saw a familiar figure leading another figure slowly approaching.

Orochimaru had obviously come earlier, and initially wanted to watch the show for a while.

But he realized that if this went on for longer, Asuma might get into trouble.

Asuma himself wasn't important, what was important was his father, the only remaining child, if he was here.

It was hard to say whether the old man would go crazy or not.

Orochimaru didn't like variables outside his control, so he appeared first.

"Orochimaru, and Kakashi."

Itachi looked at Orochimaru with a dark gaze and muttered.

"Well, you can also call me Hokage-sama!" Orochimaru raised the corner of his mouth, feeling very proud.

Itachi didn't bother to pay attention.

He didn't know why the Third Hokage had a brain seizure and handed over the position of Hokage to Orochimaru.

Or had the Third Hokage been controlled by Orochimaru and become his puppet?

It didn't matter, he was only here for Sasuke.

"You still dare to appear in front of me? Have you forgotten the last failure?"

"Of course not! That was a painful point in my life. But thanks to you, I realized the power of Kekkei Genkai and showed the way to my eternal life."

Orochimaru didn't dodge and didn't hide his failure.

Failure was nothing, becoming immortal was the real victory.

The one who lived the longest and lived the best was the ultimate winner!

Itachi didn't want to argue with Orochimaru and asked directly:

"You knew I was coming?"

"Itachi, you killed the entire clan but left your younger brother. With such a clear weakness, do you still need to guess? Besides, the old man already told me everything about you. The same applies if you go to Akatsuki."

Itachi took action bravely and couldn't let Orochimaru speak again.

Kisame was still there, and although he had a good relationship with him, Itachi knew that he was sent by Pain to watch him.

But he couldn't tell him that he was sent by Hiruzen to be Akatsuki's secret agent.

Itachi activated his Sharingan genjutsu and immediately finished off Orochimaru on the opposite side.

But the next moment.

*BANG*

Orochimaru, who was dominated by the illusion, suddenly exploded into a ball of white mist.

It turned out that it wasn't Orochimaru's real form at all, he had already suffered one loss, how could he fall for the same trick twice?

Of course, Kakashi next to him was also stunned.

He was shocked to see Itachi and Kisame appear in Konoha Village.

Unexpectedly, he had been tricked by Orochimaru.

Kakashi: (ｷ｀ﾟДﾟ´)? ! !

Damn it!

It turned out he had been staring at a shadow clone all day?

The Orochimaru he had seen since morning was a shadow clone? Had he been fooled?

Damn it!