[Comprehensive] Demon Fox Hiding Horse

The door of the living room was not closed tightly, and a faint light came out from the slightly open door, illuminating the dark corridor that was opaque due to the old-fashioned architectural style, illuminating a narrow ray of light.

The closer you get to the door, the clearer the voice of conversation coming from the crack of the door becomes.

Sasuke and Naruto didn't consider that their actions at this moment would not be noticed by the two parents at home. When they got close to the distance where some voices could be vaguely heard, they had already hidden each other. Ma and Hades acquiesced to the fact that the two of them "eavesdropped" at the moment.

There was no conversation, no eye contact, the two tacitly relaxed their movements, and slowly approached the door from left to right...

"This matter... don't tell Sasuke for now."

——Just leaning his body against the door, before he could adjust his slightly squatting posture, a whisper came out clearly through the crack of the door, and the long-lost familiar and unfamiliar voice that uttered the whisper made Sasuke's voice The whole movement froze.

The black-haired boy seemed to have been cast some kind of immobilization technique, his expression was completely frozen on his face for a moment, and he maintained a strange and awkward posture, half squatting and half standing at the door on one side, and Ming Ming on the opposite side People asked with puzzled and worried eyes several times, but failed to get any response from him...

If it wasn't for the concern that the person in the living room who had such a great influence on Sasuke would be alarmed by making a rash sound, causing the other party to react that Sasuke didn't like, Naruto would have rushed to his friend and vigorously shook him awake !

Frowning and looking at Sasuke who was still standing stiffly at the door on the other side, Naruto silently turned his gaze to the gap in the slightly opened door——

From there, the voice could not hear the strange whispering voice that could not hear the change of mood or anger, and it continued to pass: "Since he has been here for the past five years, what does it matter if it takes a little longer?"

"In the past, I was afraid that he would lose his goal and motivation to become stronger, so I tried to arouse his fighting spirit with hatred, but now..."

"With you and Hades-san by his side, guarding his growth, and guiding his direction, Sasuke has grown into the appearance I most hoped to see him become in a place where I can't see it— —Strong, brave, calm, steady, not bound by the past, see hope and the future in his eyes..."

"I originally thought that I personally cut off all the things that should have appeared on him, imposed hatred on him, and decided the future path for him without asking for his opinion—— Just because at the time I thought it was the best option for him."

Speaking of this, the "stranger" in the living room paused for a moment, and finally there was a slight bitterness in his tone: "At that time, I just thought, even if I hated me, even if... I changed beyond recognition... , as long as Sasuke can survive, as long as...he can survive..."

"I thought it was love and protection for my younger brother, but look at Sasuke like this now! He hasn't been distorted by hatred, and he hasn't become himself because of the weight of revenge. In Kurama, you and Hades-san Under personal upbringing, he looks almost the same as the Sasuke I once expected..."

"Sure enough, how ignorant and arrogant I was back then."

——The "stranger" in the room spoke softly, as if smiling, but there was a feeling of gratitude and joy in the tone that made people feel sour.

"So, Kurama, it's really... as good as it is now."

"It doesn't matter if Sasuke doesn't know the so-called 'truth'."

"Even if...you still hate me, it doesn't matter."

"Since he will no longer lose himself because of this hatred, since he can control his heart and not want to become stronger because of hatred, since he is still walking on the path that those people would like to see him on, then... ..."

"Just let him go on like this."

"The rest... will be borne by me."

"—!!!!"

——Naruto noticed sharply that Sasuke's expression suddenly changed the moment the "stranger" inside the door finished speaking this sentence!

The originally stiff body suddenly relaxed and then tightened quickly, his hands were clenched into fists and hung by his side, the black-haired boy lowered his head, Naruto couldn't see clearly in the dimly lit corridor What kind of expression is on his face at this moment...

"Hey, Sasuke..."

He finally couldn't help calling out in a low voice full of worry.

However, the soft call that should have alarmed the "stranger" in the door was covered by a louder sound in the next second.

Naruto stared dumbfounded at Sasuke's sudden upheaval, and opened the door of the living room with a "bang", exposing himself to the eyes of everyone in the room. On that handsome face that has always been expressionless, there was an expressionless expression. It has been full of tears since then...

"Aren't you ignorant and arrogant now?!"

He looked straight at the person in the room who showed a surprised face because of his sudden appearance and hadn't seen him for five years. The familiar eyes that had always looked at him with a gentle smile, Sasuke couldn't control the choking in his voice anymore.

"Why are you still arbitrarily deciding what is 'best' for me?!"

"What right do you have to decide for me whether I should know the truth?!"

"What should my future be like and why should it be up to you to decide?!"

"I have my own judgment, whether I am the helpless poor Sasuke five years ago who watched the clansmen die one by one and was so weak that he wanted to kill himself, or the ridiculous one five years later, even though I hate you to death, but Hiding in a corner and secretly hearing a word of your recognition and praise for me, I will also be uncontrollably happy like an idiot, and I still let you control my emotions, the 'expected' Sasuke, I have my own judgment!"

"I can decide what I want, not what you need to be given!"

"Weakness is a sin, but... so is arrogance."

"You... don't even know what you did wrong."

"Even though you think you know it already."

"...Itachi."

——After five years, I finally called out this name in person.

Not "brother", but "Itachi".

Sasuke stubbornly stared his eyes wide. Although his small face was covered with tears, he looked very embarrassed and embarrassed at the moment, but in the confrontation with Itachi, he was obviously the one who had the upper hand.

"You would never have thought that Zangma would not let you know that the 'truth' you least want me to know, was told to me exactly by Zangma the night I woke up from the hospital— —in a way that couldn't be more real and clear."

"Although some of the plots that Zangma didn't know were not known at the time, but under the secret investigation of intentional or unintentional in the past five years, we are not completely clueless."

"So, don't try to say anything else to irritate or confuse me, Itachi."

"You know, I'm no longer... the Sasuke I used to be."

The young man said in a low voice, looking at the dark-haired young man who looked sixty to seven percent similar to himself in front of him, the eyes were clear and deep.

Even itachi, who took care of him from childhood to adulthood and devoted most of his attention to him for seven whole years, couldn't help being slightly stunned by the strange brilliance displayed by his younger brother at this moment.

After a long time, he came back to his senses, but his first reaction was not to respond to Sasuke...

"You did it on purpose, didn't you?"

The black-haired young man smiled wryly and looked at the red-haired demon fox who sat across from him, who seemed not at all surprised by the scene in front of him: "Shield my perception of the outside world, help Sasuke hide from my detection, let him Use your half-baked concealment skills to 'sneak' to the door, and 'just in time' to hear our conversation that has just reached that stage under your induction..."

Shaking his head, Itachi had deep helplessness on his face:

"Zangma, you really shouldn't..."

——Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the clear knocking sound between the bottom of the cup and the saucer when Kurama put down the teacup.

Rarely, there was no smile on Yaohu's face, but a seriousness that made Itachi slightly startled...

"Itachi, it's time to face all this thoroughly."

The red-haired boy sighed and spoke softly.

"I thought...you should have realized something when you accepted my invitation to enter this door?"

"After all, you know Sasuke so well."

"Why do you think that after you tailor-made a five-year training plan for him, he still... didn't notice anything?"

"That's just your self-deception, Itachi."

He waved in the direction of the door, signaling Sasuke, who was still staring at Itachi stubbornly and refusing to look away, and Naruto, who was curiously and worriedly looking behind the door, came and sat down beside him, and Kurama turned back , looking calmly at Itachi's pair of seemingly calm, but under the calm water surface, there are actually unparalleled black eyes that are twisted and turbulent under the dark tide——

"I never confessed to you that Sasuke already knew all the truth I knew, just because I didn't want to scare you away, so that Sasuke would never be able to see you when you didn't want to show up. But Itachi, gave me This possibility of concealing you and blinding you..."

"Who do you think...?"

—except, yourself?

Kurama didn't really say the last question.

He just stopped talking, watched Itachi quietly, and after feeling two masses of warm body temperature around him, he gently reached out and patted the shoulders of the two little guys comfortingly...

"You should have known that such a day would come."

In Itachi's wordless silence, Kurama finally concluded this way, and Kurama paused for a few seconds, and slowly put on his usual gentle smile again.

"This space should belong to you and Sasuke."

As he spoke, he pulled up Naruto, who looked confused, and Hades, who stood up at the same time, without even exchanging glances, they moved in unison tacitly, and before Itachi could react, he had already walked into the living room doorway...

"Let's have an open and honest talk, you two."

At the last second before the door was completely closed, Kurama said with a smile.

"Don't worry, until your conversation is over, we...no one will bother you."

——With the last word "disturbance" falling, the door has been tightly closed.

In the quiet living room, only Sasuke and Itachi were left silently facing each other, and at a certain moment, the two brothers looked at each other, and suddenly... collided in mid-air without preparation...