Shocked! I can't hide my tears!

"It's really great to meet you..."

Naruto's words made Sasuke slightly stunned, and there seemed to be a strange feeling in his eyes, which made his mouth curl up...

His eyes flashed a soft look, and finally turned fierce, and he said in a deep voice: "Naruto, no matter what you say, my mind will not change."

"Konoha, I will never go back!"

"On the contrary, I will destroy them and everything in Konoha."

Hearing this, Naruto's bright smile turned into a bitter smile, and he narrowed his eyes and said sadly: "I say, is this really the only way to go?"

"Yes, either kill me and become a hero, or be killed by me. These are the only two options you have."

"Everything in Konoha, including the genocide inflicted on the Uchiha clan, I will take back everything one by one!" Sasuke said in an extremely cold voice.

Naruto opened his narrowed eyes, his pretty face showing determination, and said firmly: "I will not be the hero who kills you, nor will I be killed by you. I will not choose either of these two paths!"

"I..."

【boom!】

With a loud bang, a repulsive force surged out from the explosion, blowing the two people back. In the end, they both stood steadily in the lake.

"I now understand everything you're thinking..."

Naruto stood in the lake, looking at Uchiha Sasuke with complicated eyes.

Sasuke really...really intended to destroy Konoha. His hatred was just like Naruto's hatred for the village back then, or even worse.

Sasuke lost his family, his fellow tribesmen, and finally his brother... How desperate was he when he knew the truth?

Naruto couldn't understand it because he had never lost anything, so he couldn't experience that feeling, but he knew that if he lost teacher Iruka, perhaps he would go crazy too?

It was precisely because of this mutual contradiction that Naruto could not understand it at all, but now, in the collision of the Rasengan, he understood it a little bit.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Those were dark shadows that chased after them from the forest behind them, surrounding Sasuke and Naruto.

That is..a member of the root.

As soon as Danzo learned that Uchiha Sasuke had defected, he ordered to capture Uchiha Sasuke alive!

"The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is also here?" Looking at Uzumaki Naruto, a Root Anbu was slightly stunned, and then his eyes turned cold.

"You two, please come with us."

"What do you want to do?" Naruto stood in front of Sasuke and shouted at these people.

"Lord Danzo wants to see you." After saying this, the Anbu that surrounded them instantly rushed towards them, as if they wanted to capture them alive.

“Yeah… Yeah…”

Suddenly, a flock of crows flew up from the Valley of the End, and flew in the air above the lake...

In front of Naruto and Sasuke, crows suddenly gathered densely, and then a figure in a pitch-black cloud robe appeared out of thin air without a trace.

Looking at this figure, Sasuke's pupils suddenly shrank. That was...

"You are...."

Seeing the figure suddenly appear, the Anbu were slightly shocked and at the same time were very surprised. Just when they were about to retreat...

"Immerse yourself in the Sharingan's illusion..."

The man formed a seal with one hand and glared with his Sharingan. Everyone fell to the ground and fainted instantly.

This scene happened so fast, in just a few seconds, it was over before Naruto could react. He stared at the former in a daze until...

"Uchiha..Itachi."

Sasuke said blankly, his eyes full of disbelief. He just appeared before him like that.

"Sasuke, and...Naruto-kun." Uchiha Itachi turned around slowly, showing a complicated expression, looking at the two of them, especially Sasuke.

There are many emotions in his eyes, including complexity, heartache, guilt, warmth...

The only difference was that night when I was filled with murderous intent.

Sasuke was silent. Itachi's appearance made him at a loss. He didn't know how to face him. The latter had the same idea.

Only Naruto was looking at Uchiha Itachi, Sasuke's brother, curiously.

For a moment, the lake fell into silence.

until..

"call out!"

It was a figure that arrived as promised. Upon closer inspection, wasn't it Kakashi?

"Teacher Kakashi?" Naruto was surprised when he saw the latter's path.

"Naruto, come here!" Kakashi said in a deep voice, staring at Uchiha Itachi with caution.

Even though Tianmu had exposed Itachi's affairs, Kakashi's vigilance had not decreased, and a hint of complexity flashed in his eyes.

"Kakashi-san, don't worry, I have always been Uchiha Itachi of Konoha." Itachi's words eliminated Kakashi's vigilance.

It made the latter's situation even more complicated. In the past, he had led the other party for a period of time in the Anbu, but later the other party actually did such a thing, which made him particularly puzzled at the time.

Hearing the word Konoha, Sasuke frowned and became more dissatisfied. He didn't understand why? They treated you like that, why do you still do this?

"This is not the place to talk. Let's go. Itachi, you follow us." Kakashi spoke with a complicated expression.

"Okay." The latter nodded.

Following behind everyone, Sasuke kept staring at Itachi's back, his eyes full of confusion and bewilderment. How should he face him?

After what happened that year, he knew that they could never be the same again.

Just when Sasuke was troubled, Naruto caught up with him and gently bumped him with his shoulder, revealing a bright smile. Immediately, the latter felt much better.

At least, at least he wasn't alone.

.......

Hokage's Office

Kakashi completed the mission and returned with a few people.

"Lord Sandaime." Itachi said respectfully to Hiruzen who was wearing the Hokage hat.

Hiruzen was not surprised to see him. He sighed bitterly and said, "You have had a hard time these years. The affairs of the Uchiha clan should not be borne by you alone."

"Sandaime-sama has done everything he could. It is our clan that has caused you trouble." Itachi shook his head, without any blame in his words.

After doing what he did back then, he was ready to take responsibility for it all.

Hiruzen sighed, but Sasuke fixed him with a cold gaze.

......

I lost the second rank of jonin today, I'm really upset, I'll post one more picture. (??益?)