[Comprehensive] living to death

Itachi noticed them - Sasuke realized it.When he stared at the battle with Sharingan, he was sure to meet Itachi's eyes.His elder brother was like this, even if he stepped on the edge of the cliff of death, he would never forget to pay attention to the surrounding movement with one eye.

Ibaraki!

The elder sister yelled a short sentence loudly, which should be the man's name—it was the man's name, and Sasuke saw him turn his head.Her voice spread far into the center of the smoke, shaking like an invisible rope, making the white-haired strange man stop in place, only looking in her direction.In a fierce battle, distraction is a terrible thing, but Itachi missed this opportunity to attack.In fact, Itachi also looked over.

Sasuke suddenly realized one thing: In this battle that almost fascinated him, neither side did their best.He looked down at his hands, made a few small force movements, and thought to himself how far away his strength was.

The sun was shining directly down, even the ground was dazzling.His shadow, sister's shadow, parents' shadow, and then suddenly two new shadows were added.The two people who were still fighting over there just now had come before them.Sasuke looked at the stranger cautiously: white hair (messy, like an old man, reminiscent of Jiraiya, is he also a lecherous old man?), tall figure (no wonder it is not as sensitive as Itachi, and it is said that the brains of people who are too tall Not very smart), appearance-barely readable, but what's the matter with smirking at my sister?Sure enough, the brain is not bright enough?

The strange man even yelled, "Mingyue, wait a minute, I'll get rid of this overwhelmed human first, and it will be fine soon..."

"What to solve? Ibaraki, you idiot!" The elder sister said angrily, "This is my younger brother! And here are my parents and younger brother!"

My sister hit the man, but she was smiling, her eyes lingering on him, and even complaining was affectionate.Sasuke looked at them.If the resistance he had just now was just the flat, vague, and ordinary rejection that everyone would have towards new outsiders who joined the circle, then at this moment, he really felt uncomfortable.

——Obviously they are family members, but it seems that the person closest to my sister is that stupid stranger.

When Sasuke was silent, my sister was already talking to Itachi.She was very happy, hugged Itachi with a smile, and explained the reason to him, which also aroused the dissatisfaction of the white-haired man.Although his sister made him swallow his complaints at a glance, but the eyes were back and forth, and the invisible bond between them was more obvious.

Sasuke quietly observed Itachi's expression.The older his brother was, the less he showed mood swings, at least Sasuke often didn't know what he was thinking.He did seem to have a fleeting moment of surprise, but then settled into his usual composure: smiles, polite words, innocuous detachment and indifference.

Then, Itachi's eyes turned to him.

Sasuke spoke first: "Brother."

"You're here too, Sasuke."

Itachi's smile on him was genuine.

But the displeasure behind his smile was more genuine.

Itachi was very angry.Sasuke suddenly realized this, itachi was far more angry with his sister's boyfriend than he was.It's just that he didn't want his sister to see it, so he pretended to be nonchalant.

"Find a place to sit down first, and then explain the matter clearly." The father said, "Mingyue, take us to your place."

The elder sister walks in front with the white-haired man on her arm, mother and father are on the right, Sasuke is behind, and Itachi is beside him.Both of them stared at the backs of their sister and the man.Sasuke deliberately slowed down.Itachi glanced at him, said nothing, just kept the same speed as him.

"Itachi...brother..."

"It's okay if you want to call me by name directly."

Itachi looked at him with a knowing look.They were walking into the shade of a tree at this time, the strong light faded from Itachi's body, restoring the darkness and desolation in his eyes, so the clarity became clearer and sharper, as if he could see through what Sasuke was thinking at a glance .That's what Itachi has - uncomfortable insight, even when he's always been kind to Sasuke.

Sasuke remembered what Itachi once said: Excellence makes people lonely.

He avoided the question and asked directly: "Are you angry?"

"'Angry'? I have no reason to be angry."

"This sentence sounds yin and yang, but it's not like what you said."

"yes."

Itachi looked calm.He looked forward again and frowned quietly, as if he had encountered a difficult problem and had to think over and over again.

Sasuke snorted.To be honest, he had to admit that Itachi would be embarrassed, and this incident made him a little happy, even seeing the white hair around his sister was more pleasing to the eye. "It's useless for you to be angry again, that's my sister's own choice." He said a little harshly, "Just now, my sister called out the man's name first."

For a few seconds, Itachi tensed his expression, his eyes were as dark as the dark sea before the storm.But he quickly smiled. "That's right, I have no intention of hindering my sister's preferences." He was calm and patted Sasuke on the shoulder, "But, Sasuke, do you accept this completely? Or do you just think it will make me unhappy?" , to deliberately provoke?"

The solemnity and thoughtfulness that haunted his brows just now have disappeared, leaving only a calm cloud and breezy wind.

"You acted in a fit of anger, Sasuke." Itachi said lightly, "You're really like a child."

Away from Pamphlet Street and away from dense human buildings.A few houses are dotted in the scattered fields, and then go around the woods along the path, and the air cools down quietly, filled with the familiar scent of grass and trees.Sasuke took a deep breath, and tried his best to replace the anger in his chest with a natural and calm coolness, so that he could pretend the same determination as Itachi, looked at him, and said, "Itachi, do you think my sister really can't see it? You What do you think my sister will think?"

In fact, Sasuke doesn't know his sister well.They were nine years apart, and neither had actually participated in the other's most important stages of development.But Sasuke has a certain intuition that allows him to hit exactly what Itachi cares most about.

"Sister!" Sasuke yelled.

The few people in front all looked over, and of course my sister also stopped, and turned back with a beautiful smile on one side. "What's the matter?" She looked a little mischievous, even more carefree, "I wanted to ask just now, what are you two muttering behind?"

From the corner of his eye, Sasuke saw Itachi's slightly discolored face, and even a hint of warning in his eyes.Sasuke was not saddened by the hostility from his brother—he thought it was indeed "hostility"—on the contrary, his heart was beating with excitement, and his blood was pumping excitedly.He finally felt that he got what he wanted, even if it was just a little bit, even if it was just the beginning.

Hostility - is an emotion that only appears when facing an equal opponent.Would a grown-up be hostile to a three-year-old?He would only tease the child with a piece of candy, and no matter how distressed the other party was, he would only smile gently and patiently.

For the first time in his life, Sasuke felt he had the upper hand over Itachi.He smiled—the deliberate smile of a winner.

"elder sister--"

He even prolonged his voice on purpose to make the time go by more slowly, while his peripheral vision kept focusing on Itachi.However, his elder brother has already cleaned up the surprise that he was caught off guard just now, and has become a calm abyss again.Sasuke pursed his lips in boredom, the complacency in his heart faded away, but he was sure that he had found the right direction.

"Sasuke?" My sister asked suspiciously.

Sasuke smiled quickly.He is not a person who is good at using a smile to prevaricate a situation, and to put it bluntly, he is not a person who is good at laughing.But it's not hard to smile at my sister. "Sister," he himself was surprised by the cuteness in his tone, "how long do we have to go?"

I don't know if Itachi secretly breathed a sigh of relief... Sasuke was observing, but what he saw was still only the surface of the abyss.

The elder sister said "oh", and asked him with a smile if he was tired from walking, and if she should recite it, or let her brother-in-law do it.As soon as the words came out, the white-haired eyebrows moved, and just as he was about to say something, his sister stomped on him without changing his expression.The tall and big man actually showed a child-like aggrieved expression, and he didn't dare to resist his sister, so he just glared at Sasuke.Sasuke lifted his chin unceremoniously, and thought disdainfully: Are you idiots, you actually take your sister's words seriously?Besides, who wants you to carry it?

"We're almost there," said my sister. "See that bamboo tree? That's the entrance. Well, I used illusion to cover it up."

For my sister, it seems normal for strange things to happen, even if there is a large and elegant courtyard behind a stick of bamboo, it is not surprising.Sasuke was originally standing on the top of a strangely shaped rock, looking at the surrounding environment, but his father scolded him for being unruly and asked him to come down and sit with everyone.He rolled his eyes in his mind, jumped down and walked into their circle without saying anything.

"Dad is still so fierce."

"It's okay, sister," Sasuke said intentionally, "I'm used to it."

The father's cheek muscles twitched, his expression seemed to be angry.

"Father." Itachi, who was sitting on the side, said, "What happened just now is like this..."

Itachi's appearance on Pamphlet Street naturally has his purpose.Actually, he came to find Tsunade Hime, one of the "Three Ninjas", and hoped that this adult could make a clear statement on Konoha's current situation and support the decision of the Fourth Hokage, so as to increase the chips of the Hokage series.That Tsunade Hime has traveled around the world, ignoring the village affairs for many years, but because of her gambling nature, she often haunts casinos in prosperous places.Based on Itachi's position and ability, it is not difficult to find her whereabouts.By coincidence, Tsunade Hime, who has been unlucky all year round, clashed with another gambler who is not skilled but has an arrogant attitude.In a fit of anger, Tsunade Hime told Itachi that as long as he got rid of the rampant stinky man, she would agree to consider Itachi's request.Naturally, that "reckless gambler" was the stupid big guy next to my sister.

"So, what about Tsunade Hime?" The father first asked about this matter, "Where is Tsunade Hime? Didn't you say that when the matter is resolved, you will come forward to support you?"

He fixed his eyes on Itachi with undisguised eagerness, clearly paying attention to it.

"Hime Tsunade took advantage of the chaos and left. It seems that she still wants to stay away and neutral."

"That's really his style." Father sneered, "So, Itachi, what are you going to do next?"

"This result is not unexpected. It was just an act of icing on the cake, and it doesn't matter if it doesn't succeed." Itachi responded very calmly.It seems that the matter of being tricked by Tsunade has no effect on his plans or mood. "After I found out that Tsunade Hime had left, I originally wanted to evacuate, but I didn't expect..."

He glanced at the man lightly.

"...a little accident happened." Itachi calmly made the final conclusion.

My sister's eyes flashed.

"Ahahahaha, I actually forced him to play for a while. He didn't know much about...the way of life here." She smiled briskly, skipping the ambiguities in her words, "But not Don’t know each other, anyway, my dear is just an idiot.”

"Sister, you are so nasty!" Sasuke blurted out and complained.

"Hahahahaha, everyone is my dear, dear parents, dear brothers~"

"Mingyue, you are causing trouble for your younger brother again. It seems that Itachi should really be the elder brother." Although the father said so, his expression was much gentler.Sasuke even suspected that his father was joking, but he was too serious, so no one realized.

But my sister kept laughing. "Yes, that's the agreement at the beginning." She blinked at Itachi, "Itachi, did I cause you trouble?"

Even in a courtyard full of wild charm, what he faced was just a stone table, and Itachi sat upright, just as upright and serious as he was at home and in front of Hokage. "No." He said, "Sister's business has never been a problem."

Saying this, Itachi met the man's eyes calmly.They had never met each other before, and believed that their first impressions of each other were not good, but in this glance, they had tacitly completed a certain kind of confirmation; this kind of confirmation made the man's face stern, and Itachi frowned slightly.

After that, it was a party of peace and joy.My sister brought out some refreshments and turned the scene in front of me into a tea party, and my mother was able to take good care of everyone at the table, even the white-haired girl next to my sister would be more polite to her mother.Father still asks Itachi some work matters from time to time, some questions Itachi will answer, and some questions will not.Whenever the atmosphere was a bit stiff, my sister would laugh and laugh and round things up, so the happy atmosphere continued.

For the first time, Sasuke consciously observed his sister's words and deeds, and finally discovered how important the existence of his sister is to this family of silence and majesty.He still has warm childhood scenes in his memory, but before that, he always thought it was because he was young, and young children always have more unbridled happiness.Now it seems that there is actually only one real difference: the sister is there, or the sister is not.

Suddenly, Sasuke thought he understood Itachi's thoughts.It would be great if my sister could be with everyone all the time.Even though everyone will have the day to leave the family, the time for my sister to leave this home is...too early.Sure enough, the so-called "love" is actually a "choice", which brings about drifting away and parting?Sasuke vaguely thought of Naruto, Sakura, his troubles and hidden emotions in his heart—if only everyone could keep the original pure relationship, then no one would be far away, let alone lost.

It turns out that Itachi would have the same idea.With this secret happiness, Sasuke showed his first sincere smile to his brother today.Itachi looked at him, didn't say anything, just poured another cup of steaming tea into his empty water cup.

Parents decided to stay at my sister's place for the night, Sasuke and Itachi were also there.After dinner, the white-haired man disappeared. My sister looked calm, and she seemed to know the truth.She also hugged her mother's arms and acted like a baby, saying that she wanted to sleep with her mother, but her mother became shy and said that she was an older child, so why would she still play a rogue.

Itachi also saw this scene and smiled at it.This smile is very refreshing, and it is completely different from the alienation in the daytime.Since childhood, Sasuke saw a lot of girls' cute looks, and he didn't like it very much. Even if it was his sister who was coquettish and coquettish in front of him, he would also express his disdain.It is a man's pride to be independent and strong.

"Hey, brother," Sasuke asked his brother's advice in a low voice, "wouldn't mother agree to my sister? This is too naive. Even if mother agrees, father will definitely not agree."

The curvature of Itachi's lips widened. "No, I just hold the opposite opinion." There was a slight pleasure in his tone, "My sister has never failed to make my father and mother agree."

As soon as the voice fell, the mother really spit out the words of promise, covered her face and smiled, saying that she was really an irresistible child.And my father didn't object.Sasuke stared at this scene, confused, and felt that itachi was inferior to him in terms of insight, and couldn't help feeling dissatisfied with himself.

Sure enough, you can't relax at any time!If you want to be Itachi's opponent, you have to work hard all the time.

"I went to practice." Sasuke said.

"Now? But..." The mother showed a surprised look.

"Let him go." The father was quite satisfied, and it was rare to say a word of praise, "That's right, Sasuke, you know something."

For him, even if it is praise, his father can always say it to make him unhappy.Sasuke bowed his head as a salute, and then he went to the mountain.

The mountain is not high, but the forest is full of vitality. There are also several small waterfalls.The trees in spring still have the bleakness of winter, the evergreens are still gray, and the leaves are only sprouting a little.Tired from practicing, Sasuke jumped to the top of the tree and looked at the moon through the twigs covered with leaf buds.

A small full moon hung in the sky, bright enough to form a circle of light, and also illuminated the mountains and forests.There was silence all around, and the sound of water falling from a waterfall not far away.Moonlit night mountains and forests are as quiet as water, washing away the worries of the world.

Just when Sasuke was about to go back, he heard voices.On the side near the waterfall, it was very soft, but it was indeed Itachi's voice.Sasuke held his breath subconsciously, carefully concealing his own breath, and only focused on the flow of the wind with his ears.

Don't get too close, don't move, or you will be discovered.

Itachi's voice came with the wind.

"Sister, that man is not kind. The bloody smell on his body is the strongest I have ever seen."

"Well, I don't deny that..."

"What did that man do tonight?"

The sister was silent for a moment.

"Ibaraki pursues strength, but is not good at getting along with others." She said in a steady tone, "Tonight, he should be looking for a challenge."

Itachi seemed to sigh.Sasuke can fully understand the meaning behind this, that is: as expected, it is so.

"Sister, that man is not someone you can trust." Itachi said, "Let's break up."