[Hokage] One tit for another
Chapter 116 Apologize
Biting cold... as if immersed in the darkest water, the dead silence strangled my throat.The imaginary warmth was far away from me, as if something was broken, like the illusory moon reflected in the water, and soon swayed into a piece of scattered light.
so cold...
so cold...
The heavy darkness rushed towards me from all directions, and the berserk force was tearing in the void, and the thin threads connected together were broken like spider silk, falling apart.
so cold...
I want……
The breeze blowing into the room woke me up.
It was very quiet, except for me, there was only one person's steady breathing in the room.
My eyes were wrapped in bandages, so tightly wrapped that I couldn't see.But I can clearly feel that the Chakra in my eyes that belongs to Sharingan is indeed gone, that is to say, the operation is successful.
I was completely relieved, until the moment I lay on the operating table, I still couldn't feel at ease, afraid that this was another conspiracy by Itachi, and afraid that when I woke up, I would be the one who got the eternal kaleidoscope Sharingan.
However, next to the bed, the person holding my hand was Itachi, who seemed unusually calm, not as violent as imagined.
Although I can't imagine Itachi roaring and roaring at me, but since I caught him, this kind of stagnant calm makes people feel very strange.
"In three days, the bandage can be removed." As if aware of me waking up, Itachi's voice sounded, revealing a touch of care and tenderness.A glass of water was handed to my mouth. Before I could react, my lips were carefully moistened, and the warm water moisturised my slightly dry throat.
In a trance, it seems that the time has been confused, making me think that I have gone back to a long time ago. At that time, when I woke up from a nap every day, Itachi also fed me water in the same way, which naturally seemed to be a conditioned reflex.
"Yeah." I raised my hand and touched the bandage on my eye.
My hands are a little weak, partly because the effect of the anesthetic has not dissipated, and partly because the negative chakra of Sharingan is withdrawn from my body, and the chakra in my body is slowly taking over.
The Chakra that has been absorbed by the eyes and accumulated in the eyes all year round slowly flows back into my body. I calculated based on the current Chakra recovery speed. It is estimated that after I fully recover, the amount of Chakra will increase a lot.
Maybe I can also become a ninja with a huge amount of chakra, and it is not a problem to be called a "tailless beast"!
"Master Naruto's notice has been sent to the five major countries, and my charges have been cleared. Now I am Konoha's special dispatched ninja. Three days later, when your body recovers, I have another mission to perform." Itachi Said calmly.
Already ready to perform the task?And just as an ordinary ninja, not the previous Anbu.This fully explained Konoha's attitude.Tsunade is indeed a neat woman.
The ninjas who were at the same time as me at that time already possessed great strength and extensive influence. I believe in them, including Naruto... and Kakashi, Shikamaru and others.It should be much easier for Itachi to be accepted.
Itachi tightened his grip on my hand, for the first time there was a wave of forbearance in his voice: "Are you very proud now?"
"Of course." I finally couldn't help laughing, maybe the corners of my mouth were already curled up before.
How could I not be proud, I was so proud that I was about to fly, this was the happiest moment in my life, bar none.
What a pretty flip isn't it?
According to Itachi's original script, he will die in my hands, and I will get his pupil power, so as to have more powerful power.And because I killed the notorious S-class criminal, my little defection is not worth mentioning. Coupled with Naruto's persistence, I can rely on this to return to Konoha and become everyone's hero, saying Maybe many people will welcome me who killed Itachi Uchiha.I was wanted for escaping from the village before, and it was gone.
But what about the facts?Itachi was cleared of the crime, Itachi was the one who returned to Konoha, Itachi was the one who became the hero, Itachi was the one who gained the trust and recognition of everyone, and Itachi was the one who got the eyes.
Everything is the opposite of what he planned.
Did he think he was the only one who could write scripts? !
This is called being slapped hard by reality.I could almost hear the loud crackling of Itachi's face.
I don't care if I can wake Itachi up or not.I just want revenge.Let him see what real reality is!Not everything is going to go the way he planned.
Itachi was silent, he kept holding my hand hard, as if he was trying to endure something.
I guess it was anger.The sound of Itachi's suppressed and heavy breathing was all around his ears, and it was not as dead silent as before.
Maybe my thought was wrong before, he was not as calm as stagnant water, but tried his best to cover up all the waves under the surface of the water.
I seem to be able to feel the surging emotions under his calm surface, but the angrier he is, the happier I am.
Is he as angry as I am?Time and time again, when I managed to catch up with him, he always distanced me with his unreasonable paranoia and stubbornness.
Who will appease my anger?
It's okay, now, the anger I've built up has dissipated.I am now so happy that I can go out and run hundreds of laps around Konoha.
"Don't you want to say something?" I asked kindly, giving him a chance to defend himself.
"Sasuke..." Itachi sighed softly, almost like a moan of pain, he knew what I was asking, and now, he has no choice but to answer honestly.
"Indeed, you have already thought of it. According to my plan, I will die in your hands in the end."
These words seem to be a switch, opening up all the things that have been hidden for a long time.
However, it may be the Uchiha family's unique snake spirit disease mode. Even after saying "I want to die by your hands", Itachi is still very calm, as if this is a common thing, and what he suffers is just The current situation, not the idea itself.
Should I be surprised?
This bastard is not ashamed of his own brain damage at all!
Itachi's voice barely calmed down, he stiffly let go of my hand, and then pulled my hand up again, sticking it to his face, as if only in this way could he support himself to continue speaking .
"Anyway, it is an indisputable fact that I killed the Uchiha clansmen. Mom, Dad, and your favorite Aunt Keiko. I killed them all. Whether it is a ninja from the security department or an innocent ordinary person, My hands are covered with the blood of my people. My sins cannot be washed away. Whatever the reason, I killed them. To this day, I still don't know how I did it that night .”
There was an imperceptible tremor in Itachi's voice.I can feel his drooping hair brushing the back of my hand.
Ah……
"Then why don't you kill me?" Almost subconsciously, the words came out of my mouth, and I didn't even have time to swallow them back.
Itachi's hand trembled suddenly.
The room was silent.
Only the breeze blew through the open windows, making the cloth curtains rattle and rattle.The birds landed on the branches outside the window, chirping and shaking their feathers.
I was also taken aback.
Because I never thought that I would say such a thing, it seems that this idea has long existed in my mind, but I deliberately ignored it.
yes……
Why didn't itachi kill me in the first place?In fact, if he killed me too, there wouldn't be so many troubles.He clearly knows that I am rebellious by nature, and he clearly wants to protect Konoha and peace.Do I look like a Nobel Peace Ambassador?
He should know, right?I don't like Konoha.
Compared with me being an innocent child, I will work for Konoha when I grow up. No matter how you look at it, it is more likely that I will become a big devil and destroy the world, right?
So, why... Itachi didn't just kill me too.
It seems that I have been deliberately forgetting such a possibility.
Or, I knew from the start that he would keep me, so I took it for granted.
But why should a bastard who wiped out his entire clan try his best to protect his younger brother?
He even killed his parents.
And why do you want to keep me?
Admittedly, there are various reasons for this.
But there is only one thing that I dare not think about, and it is also something I don't want to believe, so I don't pursue it at all.
"How is it possible...Sasuke." Itachi held my hand tightly, he sighed, almost whispering, as if a huge pain was burning him like fire, burning through his mask of pretending to be calm.His voice was very low, obviously intermittent, but I suddenly felt that he might be screaming somewhere.
"How could I possibly do..."
My fingers trembled like a spasm, but I didn't answer.
It seems that it took a long time for Itachi to regain his usual appearance, as if it was just an illusion just now.
"Sasuke, in fact, I also have selfish intentions." Itachi said softly, "I keep you because I hope that you, a member of the Uchiha clan, can punish me. If I kill my clansmen, I will be punished by them, so as to alleviate My sin. It's for me too."
"Sasuke, you don't know how lucky I am to be punished by you."
Itachi is indeed a young man of literature and art, he didn't graduate from the second year of secondary school.Full of righteousness, full of sin.
I was silent, because this is indeed the answer he might have, although the reason is still beyond my imagination.
"Since you want to be judged by me, the means of punishment should be decided by me, right?" I exerted a little force and pulled out the hand that was on Itachi's cheek.
Itachi's body froze, and for a moment, he seemed to desperately grab my hand that I had withdrawn.
"Death, on the contrary, is the easiest way to punish. Itachi, you want to die, but I won't let you die. You have to live, living in the guilt and suffering in your heart, this is the most painful way, isn't it? You have my eyes, If you don’t want my eyes to be wasted, take good care of them, you can’t die if anyone dies. If you need it, this is my verdict on you.”
I spoke slowly, making every word crystal clear.
If crime and punishment is Itachi's logic, then I will follow his logic.
There was a long silence.
Itachi silently bent down, hugged me, and pressed against my forehead.
This seemed to be his rare vulnerability.
I didn't move, I felt his breath close at hand, and acquiesced to his movements.
Itachi's body is very warm, completely different from the freezing temperature before the operation, and it seems that his body has recovered as I thought.
"I'm sorry, Sasuke." Itachi said with a low sigh.
"Why do you apologize?" I asked.
After a moment of silence, Itachi's voice sounded slowly: "For everything I have done to you."
Finally... wait.
I frowned, that's what I wanted to hear.
I need an apology for Itachi's bad behavior, for his insistence, for his paranoia and neglect of me.If it wasn't for him always ignoring my strength, maybe we could join forces long ago, and the situation would be much better than it is now.
The thing I regret most is that I got angry with Itachi back then and left Konoha with Orochimaru.
At that time, I should have betrayed the village alone, followed Itachi until I found him, and even if he refused to listen in arrogance, I should have pestered him endlessly until I explained everything to him.With my eyes, I can find him.
But because of my anger, I chose to improve my strength. He refused to let me defect to the village with him, so I defected with Orochimaru.After three years of separation, I didn't expect Itachi's health to be so poor.
But "never regret it" is my life rule, so it's useless to say that.
Now the result is already very good, I am satisfied.
"I forgive you, brother."
Finally, I heard my own voice say it.
The author has something to say: In fact, Brother Itachi and Erdan didn’t have any apology before. He didn’t forgive him. Brother Weasel has nothing to apologize for, and Erdan can’t even talk about forgiveness. He was just angry, but he never blamed it. Brother Weasel.They were all too stubborn and arrogant, but this time, Brother Weasel was the first to admit his mistakes, so Er Dan felt at ease.
But in fact, this kind of reconciliation was already too late. At the moment Er Dan decided to give eyes, everything was irreparable.
The part about killing his parents but keeping Sasuke...
There are many reasons, because Sasuke is innocent, because Sasuke is a child, a bloodline, and the future of the Uchiha family.Compared with adults, children need to be taken care of more, not to mention that the Uchiha couple are the core of the rebellion, how can they be let go, but Sasuke who "knows nothing" is suitable as a bargaining chip to contain Itachi.
However, there is another reason, or even a possibility, for the delicate-minded bastard—because he is the most important thing to Itachi, more important than his parents, more important than Itachi himself, more important than Konoha, and more important than peace.
But Erdan didn't want to believe that he was so important, he didn't dare to think that he was more important than his parents.It's a cruel thing to put everything on a balance.Erdan is worthless for his parents, while avoiding... because he has no way to choose who is more important, his parents or Itachi, but Itachi chose... Well, everyone can experience this feeling.
About switching eyes.
I don't care how AB is set!Let’s just think this is the second set of the same person. The power of two pairs of kaleidoscopes is combined into a pair of eternal kaleidoscopes, so the essence of changing eyes is to integrate the power of kaleidoscopes. Because the power of the eyes is taken away, it is naturally blind.And to take care of Brother Weasel's [-] degrees of myopia, so Erdan's cornea was also replaced with him.So, the power and cornea of Erdan's kaleidoscope Sharingan were given to Brother Itachi. Erdan's eyes are still intact in appearance, and Brother Weasel can still feel the abyss gaze of love from his younger brother.
Also, the original uncut version of this chapter will be placed in the group, don't have high expectations, it's just an ordinary Itachisa occasion, but that is pure entertainment, please treat that and the main text as a parallel world, here The text is still very serious, in my heart, Brother Itachi is still a good brother who forbears!In contrast, I still prefer this kind of fetters and family affection.If there is really something jq, Brother Itachi will definitely collapse.
so cold...
so cold...
The heavy darkness rushed towards me from all directions, and the berserk force was tearing in the void, and the thin threads connected together were broken like spider silk, falling apart.
so cold...
I want……
The breeze blowing into the room woke me up.
It was very quiet, except for me, there was only one person's steady breathing in the room.
My eyes were wrapped in bandages, so tightly wrapped that I couldn't see.But I can clearly feel that the Chakra in my eyes that belongs to Sharingan is indeed gone, that is to say, the operation is successful.
I was completely relieved, until the moment I lay on the operating table, I still couldn't feel at ease, afraid that this was another conspiracy by Itachi, and afraid that when I woke up, I would be the one who got the eternal kaleidoscope Sharingan.
However, next to the bed, the person holding my hand was Itachi, who seemed unusually calm, not as violent as imagined.
Although I can't imagine Itachi roaring and roaring at me, but since I caught him, this kind of stagnant calm makes people feel very strange.
"In three days, the bandage can be removed." As if aware of me waking up, Itachi's voice sounded, revealing a touch of care and tenderness.A glass of water was handed to my mouth. Before I could react, my lips were carefully moistened, and the warm water moisturised my slightly dry throat.
In a trance, it seems that the time has been confused, making me think that I have gone back to a long time ago. At that time, when I woke up from a nap every day, Itachi also fed me water in the same way, which naturally seemed to be a conditioned reflex.
"Yeah." I raised my hand and touched the bandage on my eye.
My hands are a little weak, partly because the effect of the anesthetic has not dissipated, and partly because the negative chakra of Sharingan is withdrawn from my body, and the chakra in my body is slowly taking over.
The Chakra that has been absorbed by the eyes and accumulated in the eyes all year round slowly flows back into my body. I calculated based on the current Chakra recovery speed. It is estimated that after I fully recover, the amount of Chakra will increase a lot.
Maybe I can also become a ninja with a huge amount of chakra, and it is not a problem to be called a "tailless beast"!
"Master Naruto's notice has been sent to the five major countries, and my charges have been cleared. Now I am Konoha's special dispatched ninja. Three days later, when your body recovers, I have another mission to perform." Itachi Said calmly.
Already ready to perform the task?And just as an ordinary ninja, not the previous Anbu.This fully explained Konoha's attitude.Tsunade is indeed a neat woman.
The ninjas who were at the same time as me at that time already possessed great strength and extensive influence. I believe in them, including Naruto... and Kakashi, Shikamaru and others.It should be much easier for Itachi to be accepted.
Itachi tightened his grip on my hand, for the first time there was a wave of forbearance in his voice: "Are you very proud now?"
"Of course." I finally couldn't help laughing, maybe the corners of my mouth were already curled up before.
How could I not be proud, I was so proud that I was about to fly, this was the happiest moment in my life, bar none.
What a pretty flip isn't it?
According to Itachi's original script, he will die in my hands, and I will get his pupil power, so as to have more powerful power.And because I killed the notorious S-class criminal, my little defection is not worth mentioning. Coupled with Naruto's persistence, I can rely on this to return to Konoha and become everyone's hero, saying Maybe many people will welcome me who killed Itachi Uchiha.I was wanted for escaping from the village before, and it was gone.
But what about the facts?Itachi was cleared of the crime, Itachi was the one who returned to Konoha, Itachi was the one who became the hero, Itachi was the one who gained the trust and recognition of everyone, and Itachi was the one who got the eyes.
Everything is the opposite of what he planned.
Did he think he was the only one who could write scripts? !
This is called being slapped hard by reality.I could almost hear the loud crackling of Itachi's face.
I don't care if I can wake Itachi up or not.I just want revenge.Let him see what real reality is!Not everything is going to go the way he planned.
Itachi was silent, he kept holding my hand hard, as if he was trying to endure something.
I guess it was anger.The sound of Itachi's suppressed and heavy breathing was all around his ears, and it was not as dead silent as before.
Maybe my thought was wrong before, he was not as calm as stagnant water, but tried his best to cover up all the waves under the surface of the water.
I seem to be able to feel the surging emotions under his calm surface, but the angrier he is, the happier I am.
Is he as angry as I am?Time and time again, when I managed to catch up with him, he always distanced me with his unreasonable paranoia and stubbornness.
Who will appease my anger?
It's okay, now, the anger I've built up has dissipated.I am now so happy that I can go out and run hundreds of laps around Konoha.
"Don't you want to say something?" I asked kindly, giving him a chance to defend himself.
"Sasuke..." Itachi sighed softly, almost like a moan of pain, he knew what I was asking, and now, he has no choice but to answer honestly.
"Indeed, you have already thought of it. According to my plan, I will die in your hands in the end."
These words seem to be a switch, opening up all the things that have been hidden for a long time.
However, it may be the Uchiha family's unique snake spirit disease mode. Even after saying "I want to die by your hands", Itachi is still very calm, as if this is a common thing, and what he suffers is just The current situation, not the idea itself.
Should I be surprised?
This bastard is not ashamed of his own brain damage at all!
Itachi's voice barely calmed down, he stiffly let go of my hand, and then pulled my hand up again, sticking it to his face, as if only in this way could he support himself to continue speaking .
"Anyway, it is an indisputable fact that I killed the Uchiha clansmen. Mom, Dad, and your favorite Aunt Keiko. I killed them all. Whether it is a ninja from the security department or an innocent ordinary person, My hands are covered with the blood of my people. My sins cannot be washed away. Whatever the reason, I killed them. To this day, I still don't know how I did it that night .”
There was an imperceptible tremor in Itachi's voice.I can feel his drooping hair brushing the back of my hand.
Ah……
"Then why don't you kill me?" Almost subconsciously, the words came out of my mouth, and I didn't even have time to swallow them back.
Itachi's hand trembled suddenly.
The room was silent.
Only the breeze blew through the open windows, making the cloth curtains rattle and rattle.The birds landed on the branches outside the window, chirping and shaking their feathers.
I was also taken aback.
Because I never thought that I would say such a thing, it seems that this idea has long existed in my mind, but I deliberately ignored it.
yes……
Why didn't itachi kill me in the first place?In fact, if he killed me too, there wouldn't be so many troubles.He clearly knows that I am rebellious by nature, and he clearly wants to protect Konoha and peace.Do I look like a Nobel Peace Ambassador?
He should know, right?I don't like Konoha.
Compared with me being an innocent child, I will work for Konoha when I grow up. No matter how you look at it, it is more likely that I will become a big devil and destroy the world, right?
So, why... Itachi didn't just kill me too.
It seems that I have been deliberately forgetting such a possibility.
Or, I knew from the start that he would keep me, so I took it for granted.
But why should a bastard who wiped out his entire clan try his best to protect his younger brother?
He even killed his parents.
And why do you want to keep me?
Admittedly, there are various reasons for this.
But there is only one thing that I dare not think about, and it is also something I don't want to believe, so I don't pursue it at all.
"How is it possible...Sasuke." Itachi held my hand tightly, he sighed, almost whispering, as if a huge pain was burning him like fire, burning through his mask of pretending to be calm.His voice was very low, obviously intermittent, but I suddenly felt that he might be screaming somewhere.
"How could I possibly do..."
My fingers trembled like a spasm, but I didn't answer.
It seems that it took a long time for Itachi to regain his usual appearance, as if it was just an illusion just now.
"Sasuke, in fact, I also have selfish intentions." Itachi said softly, "I keep you because I hope that you, a member of the Uchiha clan, can punish me. If I kill my clansmen, I will be punished by them, so as to alleviate My sin. It's for me too."
"Sasuke, you don't know how lucky I am to be punished by you."
Itachi is indeed a young man of literature and art, he didn't graduate from the second year of secondary school.Full of righteousness, full of sin.
I was silent, because this is indeed the answer he might have, although the reason is still beyond my imagination.
"Since you want to be judged by me, the means of punishment should be decided by me, right?" I exerted a little force and pulled out the hand that was on Itachi's cheek.
Itachi's body froze, and for a moment, he seemed to desperately grab my hand that I had withdrawn.
"Death, on the contrary, is the easiest way to punish. Itachi, you want to die, but I won't let you die. You have to live, living in the guilt and suffering in your heart, this is the most painful way, isn't it? You have my eyes, If you don’t want my eyes to be wasted, take good care of them, you can’t die if anyone dies. If you need it, this is my verdict on you.”
I spoke slowly, making every word crystal clear.
If crime and punishment is Itachi's logic, then I will follow his logic.
There was a long silence.
Itachi silently bent down, hugged me, and pressed against my forehead.
This seemed to be his rare vulnerability.
I didn't move, I felt his breath close at hand, and acquiesced to his movements.
Itachi's body is very warm, completely different from the freezing temperature before the operation, and it seems that his body has recovered as I thought.
"I'm sorry, Sasuke." Itachi said with a low sigh.
"Why do you apologize?" I asked.
After a moment of silence, Itachi's voice sounded slowly: "For everything I have done to you."
Finally... wait.
I frowned, that's what I wanted to hear.
I need an apology for Itachi's bad behavior, for his insistence, for his paranoia and neglect of me.If it wasn't for him always ignoring my strength, maybe we could join forces long ago, and the situation would be much better than it is now.
The thing I regret most is that I got angry with Itachi back then and left Konoha with Orochimaru.
At that time, I should have betrayed the village alone, followed Itachi until I found him, and even if he refused to listen in arrogance, I should have pestered him endlessly until I explained everything to him.With my eyes, I can find him.
But because of my anger, I chose to improve my strength. He refused to let me defect to the village with him, so I defected with Orochimaru.After three years of separation, I didn't expect Itachi's health to be so poor.
But "never regret it" is my life rule, so it's useless to say that.
Now the result is already very good, I am satisfied.
"I forgive you, brother."
Finally, I heard my own voice say it.
The author has something to say: In fact, Brother Itachi and Erdan didn’t have any apology before. He didn’t forgive him. Brother Weasel has nothing to apologize for, and Erdan can’t even talk about forgiveness. He was just angry, but he never blamed it. Brother Weasel.They were all too stubborn and arrogant, but this time, Brother Weasel was the first to admit his mistakes, so Er Dan felt at ease.
But in fact, this kind of reconciliation was already too late. At the moment Er Dan decided to give eyes, everything was irreparable.
The part about killing his parents but keeping Sasuke...
There are many reasons, because Sasuke is innocent, because Sasuke is a child, a bloodline, and the future of the Uchiha family.Compared with adults, children need to be taken care of more, not to mention that the Uchiha couple are the core of the rebellion, how can they be let go, but Sasuke who "knows nothing" is suitable as a bargaining chip to contain Itachi.
However, there is another reason, or even a possibility, for the delicate-minded bastard—because he is the most important thing to Itachi, more important than his parents, more important than Itachi himself, more important than Konoha, and more important than peace.
But Erdan didn't want to believe that he was so important, he didn't dare to think that he was more important than his parents.It's a cruel thing to put everything on a balance.Erdan is worthless for his parents, while avoiding... because he has no way to choose who is more important, his parents or Itachi, but Itachi chose... Well, everyone can experience this feeling.
About switching eyes.
I don't care how AB is set!Let’s just think this is the second set of the same person. The power of two pairs of kaleidoscopes is combined into a pair of eternal kaleidoscopes, so the essence of changing eyes is to integrate the power of kaleidoscopes. Because the power of the eyes is taken away, it is naturally blind.And to take care of Brother Weasel's [-] degrees of myopia, so Erdan's cornea was also replaced with him.So, the power and cornea of Erdan's kaleidoscope Sharingan were given to Brother Itachi. Erdan's eyes are still intact in appearance, and Brother Weasel can still feel the abyss gaze of love from his younger brother.
Also, the original uncut version of this chapter will be placed in the group, don't have high expectations, it's just an ordinary Itachisa occasion, but that is pure entertainment, please treat that and the main text as a parallel world, here The text is still very serious, in my heart, Brother Itachi is still a good brother who forbears!In contrast, I still prefer this kind of fetters and family affection.If there is really something jq, Brother Itachi will definitely collapse.
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