Naruto: Hayate Blade

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Uchiha Itachi is a particularly profound character. Although I have watched Naruto since I was a child, and like everyone else, I have been fascinated by Itachi's strength and temperament very early, but for his heart, for him to destroy the Uchiha clan has always been difficult to understand. It wasn't until I made more than 20 character profiles of Naruto characters and looked at the ninja world written by Kishimoto from a different perspective that I was finally able to understand everything Itachi did, and it all started from his growth experience.

Itachi's childhood coincided with the Third Ninja War. Witnessing the cruelty of war with his own eyes made him understand the importance of peace and also made him look down upon personal life and death. At the memorial service after the war, Itachi met Orochimaru, a Sannin who had made great achievements in battle. Orochimaru was lamenting: "There is no point in mourning for the dead." Itachi couldn't help asking: "What is the meaning of life?" Orochimaru He glanced at the child and replied: "It makes no sense." This was the question Orochimaru had been exploring for a long time, and he didn't know the answer.

Among his peers, Itachi stood out. At that time, he didn't know how to use ninjutsu, but his every move already revealed his amazing shuriken talent.

Later, the nine-tailed demon fox suddenly ran rampant in Konoha Village, causing a huge disaster. Since the only existing power that could control the nine-tails was the Sharingan of the Uchiha family, the top management of Konoha became suspicious of Uchiha, which made their entire family suspicious. Move to the border for surveillance and quarantine. This move intensified the conflict between Uchiha and Konoha, sowing the seeds for future conflicts. After moving, Itachi's father, Uchiha Fugaku, the clan leader, began to teach Itachi ninjutsu. He was surprised to find that Itachi could learn the ninjutsu he demonstrated just once, and he realized that his son was a genius.

Later, Itachi entered the ninja school and ranked first in the school in ninjutsu, taijutsu, and shuriken. He immediately became an idol in the eyes of the children and got to know a little girlfriend of the same race. Note that the three-color dango he ate with his little girlfriend was the tea snack that Itachi and Kisame later had when they sneaked into the village, which shows that he misses this time very much.

But Itachi was not from the same world as them after all. He did not waste time in school, but used his shadow clone to take classes. He went to Uchiha Shisui to practice by himself. The only one who could communicate with Itachi on an equal footing was the older Shisui.

After graduating from school early, Itachi encountered a terrifying masked man named Obito during a mission. Seeing that all his teammates in the team were killed, Itachi opened his Sharingan in grief and anger, but when he returned home, his father congratulated him on opening his eyes. This is the price for the death of a companion. Itachi, who had nothing to congratulate, began to hate this concept of Uchiha, which is what he refers to as "the family's magnanimity." But facing his father, he did not show anger, but said obediently: "I will continue to work hard from now on." From then on, Itachi learned to act, and only when facing his younger brother and being treated as an older brother by him He will reveal his true self only when he reaches Shisui.

Shisui is another genius of the Uchiha family, and he has become a jounin at a young age. During an exercise by Itachi and his partners, they ran into a conflict between the Root Organization and an ANBU. The ANBU had information about a traitor and wanted to hand it over to the Hokage for investigation. However, the Root Organization wanted to snatch the information and kill the traitor directly. . Shisui decided to help Anbu: "Ninjas are nameless people who support peace in the dark, but using force to force people into submission and maintaining order by violence cannot be considered peace at all." Itachi, who was hesitating about which side to help, also stood after hearing this. On the ANBU side. The confrontation here is a bit like a microcosm of the future conflict between Uchiha and Konoha, but by then, he did not have Shisui's advice.

Itachi fought against a root member alone, relying on the insight of the Sharingan and the ultimate shuriken technique to defeat the opponent. Shisui used the instantaneous technique to create a clone that had no body but could attack, and easily defeated the other two. name enemy. Because Itachi accidentally sprained his foot during the battle, Shisui carried him on his back all the way back. Shisui: "I regard you as my own brother, so I'm very happy to take care of you like this." Itachi looked happy, and the two eyelashes with tear grooves really looked like brothers.

Under the influence of Shisui, Itachi joined the Anbu and wanted to be a "nameless person who supports peace in the darkness." But a few years later, Uchiha's resentment against Konoha reached its peak and they were plotting a coup. Shisui noticed this and wanted to use his pupil technique to stop the rebellion, but before he could do it, he was plotted by Danzo and Gen. Danzo believed that Shisui's pupil technique could only be suppressed for a while, and the best way to completely eliminate the Uchiha threat was to eliminate them, so Danzo used Izanagi to sneak attack and capture one of Shisui's eyes.

Shisui used the teleportation technique to escape, but having lost one eye, he could no longer use the pupil technique to stop the rebellion. The only way now was for him, the "strongest man in the clan", to die and let the Uchiha clan members measure the power gap. Later gave up the coup. So he entrusted the other eye to Itachi, whom he trusted most, hoping that he would "protect the village and the name of Uchiha" and then committed suicide by jumping off a cliff. Itachi also opened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Due to Shisui's death, Uchiha postponed the coup, but they soon discovered that a new "strongest man in the clan" had appeared, and it was Itachi who had just opened the kaleidoscope. Fugaku found Itachi and showed him the kaleidoscope he had hidden for many years, saying that as long as the father and son teamed up, and Itachi's status as an ANBU directly under the Hokage, they would be able to take control of Konoha's top brass and complete the "bloodless revolution."

But is it really that easy? Itachi, who is in the Anbu, knows the details of Konoha very well. Once the Uchiha rebels, the village will be a catastrophe. If the enemy country takes advantage of the chaos to invade, the village and family will cease to exist. Itachi cannot agree Father. He came to the place where Shisui jumped off the cliff: "Shisui, I can't protect the village or Uchiha."

Itachi once asked Kakashi: "Captain, you said that your Sharingan was entrusted to you by a friend, so do you have to respond to your friend's wishes?" Kakashi replied: "I personally think so." Itachi. Closing his eyes, he could only trust the village.

He reported the news that the Uchiha clan was plotting a coup to the top of Konoha, hoping that the village could resolve the matter peacefully, but the Third Hokage had no countermeasures, while Danzo advocated the annihilation of the Uchiha clan. He only gave Itachi two choices, either to join the rebellion on the side of the family, or to side with the village and help kill all the Uchiha clan members. Danzo offers Itachi a deal, in exchange for his brother Sasuke's life if he helps the village.

From Danzo's point of view, Itachi had no choice but to agree, because even if he helped the family, they would only be destroyed together. But while Uchiha underestimated Konoha, Konoha also didn't know that Fugaku had opened the kaleidoscope. If Itachi sided with the family, it would be enough to threaten Konoha, and his choice determined the direction of this conflict. Shisui is dead and Sasuke is too young. He has no friends to discuss with, so he can only bear the fate of the village and family alone. If he is not careful, both sides will suffer.

He kept thinking about the meaning of the three: village, family, and ninja. Finally, he saw Sasuke playing in school. Thinking of the war he had experienced, he made up his mind. Konoha Village is the place where the first Hokage connected the various families and established a hard-won order in the war. The Hokage of all generations were held by people who were deeply recognized by the villagers. If Uchiha seizes power, even if he is lucky enough to succeed, other families will also Will not obey. In order for his brother and other children like him to continue to enjoy peace, he must choose the village. Shisui: "Ninjas are nameless people who support peace in the dark." He decided to sacrifice his reputation, identity, and even family ties to support peace; Shisui: "Protect the village and the name of Uchiha, at least do this , Uchiha will not bear the stigma of rebellion. With Sasuke here, the family also has hope of revival.

At this time, he once again met the masked man from back then, that is, Obito. Obito claimed to be the leader of the Akatsuki organization, and wanted to kill the Uchiha clan with him and collect some Sharingan. Itachi made a condition: "You are not allowed to attack Konoha Village and Sasuke."

At night, the action began. Itachi and Obito joined forces to assassinate the Uchiha clan, and his father was the most difficult target. But Fugaku was relieved after learning Itachi's thoughts. Entrusting Uchiha's future to Sasuke might be a feasible way. He didn't want to be an enemy of his son and took the initiative to choose death. Seeing that Itachi was unable to attack him, Fugaku said: "Compared to yours, our pain lasted only a moment. Although we have different ideas, we are still proud of you." The pride he was referring to should be that Itachi still found a way to revive the family. , and finally Itachi killed his parents while crying.

Itachi betrayed his family and killed his relatives. Did he do anything wrong? The genocide of Uchiha must be a mistake. Everyone will naturally attribute the mistake to the executor. But after seeing through the cause and effect of the incident, we will find that the real fault is not Itachi, but Konoha and Uchiha, who gave Itachi no choice.

Some viewers felt that Sasuke was out of his mind to seek revenge on Konoha later, but combined with this plot, Konoha's top brass was the culprit who forced his brother to exterminate the clan. It is only natural for Sasuke to hate Konoha.

After the assassination, Sasuke came home from school and was suffocated by the horror. After seeing his brother, he finally felt at ease, but Itachi said: "You stupid brother" and then used genjutsu to let him see the whole process of the massacre. Stimulated by great grief, Sasuke opened his Sharingan, but Itachi said to him: "You are not worthy of being killed now. Come to me again when you have eyes like mine."

Itachi pushed his beloved brother far away. This was the last step of the plan: to make Sasuke only hate himself, not Konoha, and let him grow up without knowing the truth. When Sasuke opens the kaleidoscope one day, he will give him his eyes and let him build an Uchiha clan that has nothing to do with past grievances.

But Itachi was wrong about this. He thought his brother was too weak. He thought he could bear all the responsibilities, but he couldn't bear the damage caused to his brother. Sasuke really didn't know the truth, but how could he let go of the hatred of losing all his relatives? From that night on, Sasuke embarked on the road of revenge, no matter who the target was.

Afterwards, the Third Hokage and Danzo rushed to the Uchiha family to search for survivors and recover the bodies. Itachi quietly appeared in front of Danzo and gave him a parting warning: "If you dare to take action against Sasuke, I will reveal all the secrets of the village. To the enemy country." He wanted Danzo to know that Sasuke was more important to him than the village. Then he secretly met with the Third Hokage. The Third Hokage asked him: "From now on, Konoha will regard you as a traitor and be included in the S-class wanted list. What are your plans?" Itachi replied: "During the operation, I made a deal with the leader of Akatsuki. That person I promised not to attack Konoha. I will join Akatsuki to make sure he keeps his promise." But he actually had nowhere to go.

Under the guidance of Obito, Itachi came to Akatsuki's stronghold. He cut his forehead with a knife, completely bid farewell to the identity of Konoha ninja, and became a member of the Akatsuki organization codenamed "Suzaku". The only people in the world who know the truth are Obito and the four top brass of Konoha.

Itachi's life in the Akatsuki organization was much easier than when he was in Konoha. Among his partners, one was Loquat Juzo who had risked his life to protect him, the other was Orochimaru, an old acquaintance, and the other was Miki Kaki who respected him from the bottom of his heart. Kisame. The members of Akatsuki are also very interesting, but occasionally there will be friction. For example, when partnering with Orochimaru, Orochimaru once wanted to take his Sharingan, but was defeated by his illusion; when he first met Deidara, his The illusion made Xiaodi almost self-destruct again. But overall, the Akatsuki organization is still a harmonious and harmful family. But Itachi was Konoha's undercover agent after all, so he didn't do anything to help Akatsuki. When he and Kisame captured the Four-Tailed Jinchuuriki, he always let Kisame fight in single combat.

Many years later, the Akatsuki organization received news that Orochimaru attacked Konoha Village and the third Hokage died in the battle. After Itachi heard about it, he immediately rushed to Konoha. He had asked the Third Hokage to protect his younger brother. Now that the Third Hokage was dead, he was afraid that someone would do harm to Sasuke. After returning to the village, Itachi first went to eat a bunch of his favorite three-color dumplings when he was a child. Unfortunately, things have changed, and the person beside him is not his little girlfriend, but Kisame...

While eating dango, Itachi was recognized by Kakashi. This captain, who had performed missions with ANBU back then, was very familiar with him. Kakashi didn't know the truth back then, and thought Itachi was just a traitor who betrayed his family and the village, but he knew how powerful Itachi was, so he asked Asuma and Kurenai around him to hold Itachi back, and he contacted Akai for reinforcements.

Itachi easily deflected Red's illusion and subdued Kakashi with Tsukuyomi. After seeing Kai, he made an excuse of "not wanting to start a war" and retreated with Kisame. His goal had been achieved, reminding the old foxes in Konoha that he was still alive. But now that he's back in Konoha, he certainly wants to see his brother whom he hasn't seen for many years. Seeing the grown-up Sasuke, Itachi finally felt at ease, but seeing that he was still only the second Magatama Sharingan, Itachi was disappointed. The long-term pressure and the consumption of the Mangekyō Sharingan had already overwhelmed Itachi's body, and he was worried that he would not be able to hold on until Sasuke could activate the Mangekyō. So Itachi continued to act as Sasuke's enemy, using Tsukuyomi to further stimulate him, presumably to get him to evolve into a three-magatama but Sasuke just passed out.

At this time Itachi noticed Naruto, the nine-tailed Jinchuuriki boy next to Sasuke. Seeing him desperately trying to save Sasuke, Itachi was thoughtful. At this time, Jiraiya appeared, and Itachi didn't want to fight him, so he used Amaterasu to break the toad mouth restraint technique and escaped. Itachi's purpose of this trip had been achieved, and there was even an additional gain. He saw another possibility from Naruto.

At this time, Itachi still thought that he could arrange Sasuke's fate, but he soon discovered that he was wrong. After Sasuke met Itachi, the fire of revenge that was about to be suppressed by friendship was rekindled. In order to gain strength as soon as possible, he actually left the village. He defected to Orochimaru.

Three years later, when the Akatsuki organization was extracting a jinchūriki tailed beast, they discovered that the ninjas of Konoha and Sunagakure had found their stronghold. Hearing that Naruto was among the visitors, Itachi took the initiative to apply to intercept them. On the one hand, he was worried that Naruto, the pillar of Konoha, would fall into the hands of other Akatsuki people. On the other hand, he wanted to see what Naruto had done in the past few years. Growth depends on whether you can withstand your own entrustment.

Since the last meeting, Naruto has been practicing under Jiraiya's guidance and has made rapid progress. Seeing Naruto use the Odama Rasengan, Itachi knew that Naruto had enough potential. But he wasn't sure how strong Naruto's feelings for Sasuke were, so he didn't immediately entrust him with the important task.

At this time, under the guidance of Orochimaru, Sasuke mastered the power of the Heavenly Curse Seal, developed the S-level ninjutsu Kirin, and later devoured Orochimaru. Although the kaleidoscope has not yet been turned on, Sasuke still believed that he was strong enough to kill Itachi, so he formed a team and began to search for Itachi. After the incident of supporting Suna Ninja and Hidan Kakuto, Konoha Village finally had its hands free. Naruto, Kakashi, Yamato and others formed an elite team and began the second operation to recapture Sasuke. In the history of the development of Konoha Village, there was such an incident. A very powerful family was wiped out overnight, and the person who wiped out the family was a boy who was called a genius in the family. This family It's the Uchiha clan.

After the Nine-Tails attack on Konoha, the Uchiha clan began to be suspected by the top management of Konoha Village. After all, the only one who could control the Nine-Tails at that time was the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan, so the Uchiha clan did not participate in the confrontation at all. During the Kyuubi battle, and after this incident, the Uchiha clan was assigned to the edge of the village.

Of course, this incident also caused strong dissatisfaction among the Uchiha clan, but peace was finally achieved at that time. As the clan leader, Uchiha Fugaku did not want to continue the trouble, so he temporarily suppressed the Uchiha clan's thoughts of rebellion. However, then, As time went by, the Uchiha clan's thoughts of a coup began to become uncontrollable.

At this time, two special ninjas appeared in the Uchiha clan. These two people were Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi. These two people stood on the side of Konoha Village at this time. First, Uchiha Shisui hoped He used his genjutsu to change the minds of his tribe, but due to Danzo's obstruction, the plan failed.

Later, Uchiha Itachi inherited Shisui's legacy. That night, Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Obito, the two of them directly destroyed the Uchiha clan. However, the Uchiha clan was the first family of Konoha Village at that time, why did Uchiha Both Ha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui believed that the Uchiha clan must have failed in this coup. Compared to Konoha Village, are the Uchiha clan so vulnerable?

In fact, the strength of the Uchiha clan at that time was very powerful. The strength of one family was comparable to that of the entire Konoha Village. In addition, they had the Sharingan as their own bonus, so the strength of the Uchiha clan was comparable to that of the Konoha Village. The strength is infinitely close, and in the anime, Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi both choose to side with Konoha Village, but there are actually other reasons.

First of all, the most important point is that whether it is Shisui or Uchiha Itachi, the two people do not think that the Uchiha clan must be defeated. Shisui has the strongest illusion, and Uchiha Itachi is also very strong. In addition, Uchiha The most talented ninjas in the Wave clan have no worries about lack of strength at all.

But as a ninja of Konoha Village and a descendant of Uchiha Mirror, Uchiha Shisui's thoughts are different from other Uchiha people. When he was a child, Uchiha Itachi often played with Shisui. Therefore, Uchiha Itachi's thoughts were more or less affected by Uchiha Shisui.

Uchiha Shisui chose to side with Konoha Village, not because Konoha Village is very powerful, but because he knew what the consequences would be once the Uchiha clan launched a coup, so in order to avoid casualties, Uchiha Shisui chose to use his other gods to change the minds of the Uchiha clan and achieve the effect of killing without blood.

But when it comes to Uchiha Itachi, the conflict has become more and more intense, so Uchiha Itachi has no other choice but to choose to destroy the Uchiha clan. Of course, this is also because he wants to protect his younger brother. After all, Uchiha and Mu The strength of Ye is almost the same. If Uchiha fails, then Sasuke will only die.

Comparing Utsuchi Itachi and Utsuchi Nagato, their confrontations were both in the Reincarnation State of Utsuchi, so they are comparable. Another point to mention is that both Itachi and Nagato were in poor health in life, but Nagato had the Six Paths of Pain, and Uchiha Itachi couldn't defeat him even if he tried his best to deal with it at the beginning. Judging from Itachi's condition at the time, Susanoo in the third stage could not last too long. Coupled with the side effects of the non-eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, Itachi's encounter with Nagato in life could only be a disaster. Itachi used the Ten Fist Sword to seal Nagato, which initially proved that "the Sharingan surpasses the Rinnegan." So who is stronger, Itachi or Nagato?

During Naruto's Fourth Ninja War, Kabuto Yakushi resurrected Uchiha Itachi and Uzumaki Nagato at the same time, both of whom were reincarnated in a state of filth. In fact, for Nagato, part of his strength was weakened in disguise. Without Payne to rely on his own body to fight, Nagato, who has poor mobility, would suffer a lot. But for Uchiha Itachi, it is very different. The infinite chakra completely makes up for Itachi's "Spirit 5" disadvantage, while eliminating the side effects of the non-eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. Although the reincarnation's strength will be weaker than in life, for Uchiha Itachi, it is a very obvious enhancement. At least there is no need to worry about the three shortcomings of chakra, sharingan and body.

After using the other gods to override the control of the Reincarnation of the Evil Earth, itachi, together with Naruto and Kirabi, faced off against Nagato. After the Dirty Itachi released Amaterasu, he did not immediately participate in the battle. Instead, Naruto and Kirabi were "completely tortured" by Nagato. The Dirty Itachi activated Susanoo to save the situation, and calmly analyzed the Earth Blast Star that destroyed Nagato with Naruto and Kirabi. Taking advantage of Nagato's poor mobility, Utsuchi Itachi used the Ten Fist Sword to seal him with one sword. In this battle, Utsuki Itachi's performance was particularly eye-catching, and it also belonged to the "Battle of the Gods." So is Nagato's own strength really inferior to Weasel's strength?

What should be clear is that after Itachi and Nagato were reincarnated by the dirty earth, Itachi's strength was strengthened and Nagato's ability was weakened. At the same time, the battle of the Dirty Itachi was not fought alone, but with the help of Naruto and Kirabi. This battle was strictly speaking a "three-on-one" battle. Without Naruto and Kirabi as "baits", Itachi's shuriken would be difficult to break through the vision sharing of the Rinnegan, and at the same time, a "Yasaka Magatama" alone would not be enough to break the Earth Blast Star. The strength of Naruto and Kirabi does not need to be explained too much. Without the help of the two of them, even the strengthened Itachi still has no chance of winning when facing the Nagato with poor mobility. At least you cannot crack the Earth Explosion Sky Star. .

At the same time, let me mention here that Nagato is not as "mythical" as everyone thinks: that is to say, even without the appearance of Itachi Uchiha, Nagato cannot defeat Naruto and Kirabi. At that time, Naruto had mastered the Nine-Tails Chakra mode and was in a "semi-perfect jinchuriki" state, while Kirabi was a real perfect jinchuriki. When Kirabi was subdued by Nagato's Shurado move, his tailed beast transformation and full tailed beast transformation were not used. In this battle, Kishimoto wanted to focus on Uchiha Itachi's IQ and strength and weaken Naruto and Kirabi. Otherwise, Naruto and Kirabi at the time would be enough to defeat Nagato after the reincarnation of Uchiha.