Naruto's Endless Pretense

"Stupid brother, you are as weak as before."

Itachi grabbed Sasuke's wrist and gave it a firm squeeze with an expressionless expression.

"Ahhh!"

Sasuke's wrist was like a piece of rubber, and the wrist below hung limply. The chakra dagger he was holding clinked on the ground.Itachi didn't give Sasuke time to heal. He pulled hard with his hand and pressed his knee against Sasuke's chin.I don't know if he bit his tongue, but Sasuke looked up and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"It's really appalling. Is this the power you gain from hating me?"

Itachi didn't let go of Sasuke's hand, he twisted around, tripped under his feet, and pushed Sasuke down on his back, with his knees pressing the bottom of Sasuke's neck.Sasuke tried to struggle, but couldn't muster any strength.

"It's just like last time, unprepared. It seems that this peaceful village has allowed you to indulge in your own arrogance?"

Itachi looked at Sasuke's painful struggle indifferently, and kept increasing his strength on his hands, but at this time, a bolt of lightning passed through his chest.Itachi let go of his hands in surprise, blood slowly flowing from the corners of his mouth.

"Same as last time, use genjutsu right from the start. Your genjutsu is indeed first-rate, but my Sharingan is not in vain."

Sasuke, who was originally suppressed by Itachi, slowly turned to stone and turned into pythons that spread out.The real Sasuke stood behind Itachi, holding him firmly in place with the Chidori Spear in his hand.

"It's actually a snake instead of a slug?" Itachi spat out a mouthful of blood and said to himself.

"Before I do anything, let me ask you a question."

Sasuke ignored Itachi's words and his eyes became sharper.

"Itachi, I know you. You are a principled and proud person. What made you want to attack Hanabi? Do you still need to take hostages to deal with my useless brother?"

"Is this the look you're talking about? It seems like you care about that child very much."

Itachi seemed to step out of Sasuke's Chidori Spear without any care, his internal organs mixed with blood gushing out from the cracks in his abdomen.He turned around and grabbed Sasuke's throat with force, staring at Sasuke's Sharingan. The magatama in his eyes slowly connected into a large triangular windmill.

"Don't involve innocent children. This is the original purpose of the founding of Konoha, and it is also one of my principles. Children are the purest people in the world, so don't dye them with our colors."

Looking at Itachi who was using the Mangekyō Sharingan, Sasuke didn't panic at all, he opened his Sharingan and looked at each other.A black auspicious cloud curse mark appeared on his face at the same time.

"And do you think I will fall for your pupil technique so easily now? Although Tsukuyomi is a very advanced pupil technique, it still relies on illusions released by the five senses. With my current eyes and curse seal, this third The two types of chakra can completely ignore all illusions except those of other gods."

"Other gods! How do you know other gods? What else do you know?"

Hearing this word, Itachi suddenly panicked, and his broken body became twisted.This is also understandable. The other god is Shisui's pupil technique, and Shisui was a key figure who died in the Uchiha genocide.

In Itachi's impression, the image of Shisui being killed by him to open the Mangekyo was instilled in Sasuke.Now that Sasuke knows Shisui's special eye technique, does that mean he knows something?Or, did that guy Danzo instill something into Sasuke?

"Don't be so surprised. You can't even maintain the illusion. It's really embarrassing."

Sasuke smiled and raised his hand to gently touch Itachi's face, then snapped his fingers.The pain was like broken glass, and the whole world was broken into countless pieces, and then integrated back together.But the scene in front of me has changed.

Neither Sasuke nor Itachi was injured, and the chakra daggers were still in their hands.Kisame had already jumped far away, and Kakashi was also protecting Hanabi behind him.Itachi knelt next to Kisame, covering his left eye with his hand, looking very painful.

"What happened, Sasuke?"

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sp;Kakashi and Kisame looked at each other and asked Sasuke softly.

"It's nothing. You can ignore his eyes for the time being."

Itachi covered his left eye and climbed up from the ground with Kisame's help.Although his movements did not become slower, everyone could tell that Itachi must have been at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Sasuke.

"You've really gotten stronger Sasuke."

Itachi lowered his hand covering his eyes and hid it in his sleeves, looking at Sasuke with complicated eyes.

"But the so-called growth is not just about getting stronger. Sacrifice and compromise are essential. Let me see with my own eyes whether you have grown or whether you will become like me!"

Itachi shouted and quickly formed seals with his hands, and several water dragons suddenly flew out of the river and wrapped Sasuke and the three of them in the middle.Kisame waved the Samehada sword, stepped on the water and ran towards Sasuke, opening his mouth and spitting out a spiral water bomb.At the same time, a large amount of chakra surged out of his body, forming a flying shark bomb that enveloped him.

"Itachi's brother, I don't know how you made Itachi suffer, but choosing the battlefield by the river was a big mistake on your part!"

"Really? It seems like you have completely forgotten. Places with water are my home court!"

Facing the water escape attack jointly launched by Kisame and Itachi, Sasuke showed a subtle smile on his face.Using the Seal of Haomao, he inserted the snow into the ground, and the surrounding water rushing towards him gradually formed ice crystals in a circle with a diameter of five meters.Even the water dragon controlled by Itachi was frozen in place without exception.

"Ice Escape·Blowing Snow!"

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In the special medical room of Konoha Hospital, a special injured patient is receiving personal treatment from Tsunade, the fifth Hokage of Konoha.He is the third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Not long ago, the water and fire duo organized by Akatsuki attacked the ninja school in Konoha.Although the Third Hokage was missing an arm, he still fought resolutely at the front. With the cooperation of the Ape Demon King, he barely managed to hold on until support arrived.However, he was also seriously injured as a result.

"That way there's no big problem."

Tsunade rushed to the scene as soon as she heard the news, but only saw the third generation who was seriously injured and lying on the ground.In desperation, he could only send a special team to capture Itachi and Kisame, while he treated the teacher.Tsunade's skills were very superb, and with all her strength, the third generation's injuries quickly stabilized.

"Are the kids okay?"

"...It's okay. Sasuke and Kakashi have gone after Akatsuki's people now."

After hearing Tsunade's words, Sandai sighed deeply.From Tsunade's tone, he could understand that the situation was definitely not as simple as said.However, he is now an old man and has a broken hand. Even if he wants to, he can't do anything.

"That's good, it's time for you to return to your position as Hokage. I'm not worth your time as an old man."

"But." Tsunade hesitated.

"You are the Hokage! You have to put the village first, especially in such a special period like this. Your burden is the heaviest!"

Sarutobi's firm tone made Tsunade no longer insist and left the special medical room.Just as Tsunade turned and left the room, an old man wearing a cane and wearing a bandage walked in.It's Danzo.

"Sarutobi, I have something to ask you."

"Duanzo, I happen to have something to ask you for!"

Danzo's tone was calm and gloomy, like the usual Konoha Darkness.But after seeing Danzo, the third generation's eyes became sharp, and even a faint murderous aura was released.Danzo, who had experienced the war years with the Third Generation, was slightly shocked. This momentum reminded him of the Third Generation who was called the strongest Hokage in history when he was young.

"When Itachi attacked me today, I could clearly feel his intention to kill me. Although he endured it in the end, he was serious.

Sandai finished speaking word by word, and then stared into Danzo's eyes, as if he wanted to see through his heart.

"Did you do something to Sasuke?"