[Hokage] Flower Time

Uchiha Itachi didn't show Hanato the next picture, and her consciousness returned to her body.There is still a quiet night around, but it is not the bloody night in the Uchiha clan many years ago, but the peaceful and quiet night in this remote town.

There was no light in the alley, and dim lights were lit on the opposite side of the street.Dou Da's lights flickered faintly, as if they were several worlds away from them.

Huashi took a step back and looked at the man in front of him with a complicated expression.Her foot kicked against the debris piled aside, and she was caught off guard by a dull echo.

"you……"

She bit her lip, urging herself to say something, but couldn't.

"As you can see, I have shown you everything I know." The scarlet color in Uchiha Itachi's eyes faded, he lowered his head slightly, and his tone was as calm as before: "Shisui really cherishes You, the words he failed to utter, I must tell you."

Hua Shi was startled, and realized what the "unfinished words" he said was Shishui's apology.

She doesn't need anything like that.

Huashi said, "Itachi, please don't talk for now. I want to think quietly about what I should say."

The memories he showed in front of her shocked her too much.She needs time to sort out her inner thoughts and how to face this person in front of her.However, Uchiha Itachi didn't seem to want to give her a chance to think about it, and he quickly followed up with the following words: "Your brother still wants to protect Konoha and the Uchiha clan until he dies..."

"I'm not you, and I'm not Shisui!" Huashi covered her ears, shook her head, and said, "Please don't repeat things like protecting Konoha Ninja Village with me again!"

Uchiha Itachi stopped his unspoken words, turned into a sigh, and finally said: "I see."

Huashi put down her hands covering her ears, she raised her head, and said to Itachi: "I am very grateful to you for deliberately saving my life on the night of carrying out the genocide mission, but your little kindness means nothing to me. It's useless at all, even if I live, Konoha's higher-ups won't keep me..."

"I know." Itachi said this sentence again, and his words became more and more deep: "I know, even if you save your life, you may face another execution. But..."

"At that time, as long as you are kept alive, you still have a glimmer of hope. If you confirm your death with your own hands, there is not even the last hope left. This is the only thing I can do. ... And, you also succeeded I survived, even if it ran counter to my original wish." Itachi Uchiha turned his head slightly, looking at the dim lights across the street, as if he was muttering to himself in the empty space.

"If I hadn't opened the Kaleidoscope Sharingan at that time, if I hadn't been rescued by Uchiha Madara by mistake, I wouldn't be standing in front of you now." Huashi said , couldn't help but clenched his hand.

Hearing "Uchiha Madara" in her mouth, Itachi's eyes moved and swept towards her: "Originally, I planned your future path...but I didn't expect him to intervene in this matter. "

"That's because you only proposed 'don't touch Sasuke Uchiha'?" Huatoki asked back: "To be honest... I don't like others to decide the trajectory of my life for me without authorization."

Uchiha Itachi half-closed his black eyes and said, "...just think it's because I'm too conceited."

A gust of night wind blew the hem of his clothes, and the dark red clouds on the robe also fluttered along with it.He said slowly: "I thought that you, who don't know anything, will need someone to pave the safest way forward for you. But... now, I realize that maybe I was wrong."

"I once promised Shisui-kun that at least I would not let you be drawn into the vortex of the Uchiha rebellion, but in the end you still bear the stigma of rebellion. ... This is my biggest failure."

"No matter how worried or concerned I am, I have no right to plan your life." Uchiha Itachi said: "Everything I have done for you has indeed failed. You have not followed my instructions at all. Do as you imagined...Maybe, I don't know you well enough."

Huashi recalled what Uchiha Itachi had done after the genocide, and frowned slightly.His actions once puzzled her and made her extremely angry, but now it seemed that those were all things he had planned.

She has seen Itachi three times.

For the first time, Itachi told her that Zhishui's whereabouts were unknown, and her life and death were unknown, which gave her the desire to continue to survive in the face of desperation.

The second time, Itachi told her that Zhishui was killed by him.This made her angry, and gained stronger pupil power because of her hatred.According to Uchiha Itachi's design, maybe she should have left Madara's side and killed Itachi alone, but things changed unknowablely, and she didn't do what Itachi imagined.

This time, Itachi clearly showed the truth in front of her.Shishui committed suicide, and until the moment before his death, he still missed Muye Village and her.

"Maybe." Huashi lowered her head and said, "When a child grows up, no matter how stubborn he is, there will be a day when he will change. I am no longer that child who doesn't know anything...Of course not. Will do as you guessed."

Huashi asked softly: "You have woven so many lies...you have lied to me many times, so this time, is it true?"

Itachi Uchiha looked down at her without answering.When she slowly raised her head, Itachi suddenly stretched out his hand and reached for her forehead.The Suzaku ring on his finger could not be seen clearly in the dark night.His two fingers were about to touch her forehead, but they stopped suddenly because of the scratched forehead.

Itachi moved his palm down, spread out his five fingers, kept a few inches away from her cheek, and said in a low voice: "This is true... and it's the last time. There won't be a next time."

His palm slanted and touched her cheek.Seeing that his fingertips were about to touch Huashi's skin, she suddenly reached out and grabbed Itachi's wrist, stopping his movement.

"You..." Hua Shi's eyes drifted towards his wrist: "What does the chakra condensed on the fingertips want to do? You think I'm too weak, so you want to give me your pupil power?"

When he was flowered, he realized his intentions, and Itachi's fingers curled imperceptibly.He said in a low voice: "You can put it this way."

"I don't need it." Huashi moved his hand away from her face and said, "You should understand my strength, I have power that is not inferior to yours, and I don't need your pupil power to protect myself."

After saying this, Hua Shi couldn't help being slightly taken aback.

...Sensible as Itachi, how could he not know her strength?

Why, give her pupil power at this time?Why, is this the "last time"?

"You won't..." Huashi murmured in a low voice: "Do you want Sasuke to kill you? That's why you come to 'tell me everything' at this time and give me all the remaining power?"

Uchiha Itachi didn't answer.

Huashi's tone became urgent, and she asked again: "Is that so?"

Itachi Uchiha withdrew his hand, and his cuffs dropped quietly.

"Itachi!" Huashi couldn't help raising his voice, and said, "Didn't you say that 'self-righteously helping others decide everything' is a wrong thing? Then why did you choose to do that? Sasuke... Sasuke should also It’s right to know the truth!”

A cat suddenly ran across the night-covered street. It squatted on the top of the wall, watching the two people standing in the alley, its green eyes shining brightly.Maybe it was because Hua Shi spoke too loudly, the cat suddenly jumped up, passed through the alley, and disappeared in an instant.

Uchiha Itachi was silent for a while, and said, "Sasuke is my only younger brother."

No need to say much, Hua Shi also understood what he meant.Itachi's feelings for Sasuke are like Shisui's feelings for her.It's just that, in Itachi's heart, Sasuke and the village may have the same status, but Huashi is slightly lighter than the village and Dayi.

Because he is the only and cherished younger brother, even though he knows that this is wrong, he still wants to pave the brightest way forward for him.

This time, Hua Shi said softly, "I see."

"Sorry." Itachi said softly.

"Apologize for what?" she asked.

"I once wanted to choose you, but I still couldn't make up my mind to abandon Sasuke." Itachi said, "Maybe, this is the reason for my failure."

"Please forgive me, I don't know whether I should praise you as an 'excellent and kind brother', or accuse you of being too conceited." Hua Shi murmured, "It would be great if my brother was here."

If only Zhishui was here, she wouldn't have to face such a complicated and embarrassing situation.

Itachi Uchiha stretched out his hand toward the night sky, and there was the sound of flapping wings in the air.A black crow flew out from the shadow of one side of the wall and landed on his dangling arm.The crow turned its head in Huashi's direction and stared at Huashi with red eyes.

This is……

Huashi's attention was immediately attracted by the crow.

These are Shisui's eyes.

Thinking that Zhishui's other eye was right in front of her, she became a little nervous.

Uchiha Itachi stretched his arm forward, and the crow was handed to her.

"This is Shisui's other eye." Itachi said, "It was originally your brother's thing, and now I will give it back to you."

The black crow turned its head to stare at her, and a kaleidoscope of sharingan patterns slowly emerged in its eyes.Taking advantage of Gouyu's transformation, Huashi quickly closed his eyes.

"Uchiha Itachi..."

She gritted her teeth and said coldly: "What do you want to do to me with other gods?"