Hokage - Sunflower

? Aoi, who came to the ground with a stand-in technique, took out a shuriken and shot it at A Fei, with seals forming in her hand, "Fire escape, the art of fireball!"

"This technique, you..." Ah Fei stood still, the shuriken and flames seemed to have penetrated through his body, leaving no wounds.

Aoi froze for a moment, Kunai with the detonating talisman had already shot at her, and Aoi, who couldn't move, just tried to dodge the attack with seals, when Aoi appeared behind her and punched her in the back.

"Aoi!" An angry voice came, Sasuke rushed over here, threw a few kunai and hit the kunai that was shooting at her, the detonating talisman exploded in mid-air instantly, and Aoi was also strangled by Ah Fei neck.

Her throat was pinched tightly, Aoi felt it was difficult to breathe, and the Sharingan quickly transformed into a kaleidoscope, blood flowed from her eye sockets, a black flame appeared on A Fei's shoulder immediately, and then disappeared with a bang.

"Damn it, Shadow Part | Body?" Aoi coughed a few times, feeling severe back pain, the bones should be cracked.

Sasuke helped Aoi to his feet, and looked at Deidara who followed and Ao Fei who came out from behind the tree with a black face like the bottom of a pot.

Didara was startled when she saw Aoi, "This guy really woke up?" Then he said to A Fei in a very bad tone, "Why are you attacking her?"

"Eh? Deidara-senpai, she is also an enemy, and she also has Sharingan. Didn't it mean that Mr. Itachi killed all the Uchiha clan?"

"You don't know that, A Fei." Didara folded her hands on her chest with some pride, "It's my credit for her being alive, um."

"You're just giving me something." Sasuke said dissatisfied.

"That's also due to my uncle! En!" Deidara yelled in protest, and then said to A Fei, "Anyway, you are not allowed to touch her!"

"Okay, okay, I got it, Senior Didara~" A Fei repeatedly waved his hands begging for mercy, "Then, how was she saved?"

"Yes..." Didara was about to speak, but suddenly seemed to remember something, "I can't say, I promised Itachi to keep it a secret."

"It turned out that Mr. Itachi wanted to save her~" Ah Fei's tone was meaningful.

"Didara, you talk too much." Sasuke lowered his tone, with a hint of threat.

"You actually said that I talk too much? Damn it! I'm going to kill you today!" Didara started to squeeze the clay in his hands as he spoke.

"Hey! Stop!" Sasuke picked up Aoi and backed away again and again, "Aoi can't walk yet!"

Hearing this sentence, Didara immediately stopped and looked at Aoi's legs, his expression became puzzled, "Is there a problem with the legs?"

"No problem." Sasuke stopped, "I just woke up and I'm not used to it yet."

Xianglin, Suigetsu and Shigego noticed the battle here and rushed over, standing behind Sasuke.

"Wow, there are suddenly more companions!" Ah Fei shouted exaggeratedly.

"Hey, Ao Fei, you are too noisy!" Dissatisfied, Deidara walked up to Sasuke and stared at Aoi's face carefully.

"That..." Aoi was a little embarrassed to be looked at like this, but Sasuke, who was holding her, didn't mean to avoid it.

"Speak!" Didara shouted in surprise as if he had won a lottery.

"...Is it strange that I can talk?" Aoi was even more embarrassed, asking why Didara seemed very interested in her, they only met once, right?

"It's a miracle...well." Didara rubbed his chin and muttered to himself.

"Hey, don't keep staring." Sasuke frowned, "Tell me about Itachi."

"I've said it all, I won't tell you! En!" Deidara called out a big bird, "A Fei, let's go!"

"Got it, senior!" Ah Fei jumped onto the white bird nimbly, looked at Aoi with his face covered by the mask, then took off and left.

"Sasuke, don't you want to chase them? They are Akatsuki's people." Suigetsu asked, just watching them leave like this.

"Forget it." Sasuke withdrew his gaze, "Let's go to the next town."

Aoi hugged Sasuke's neck tightly, full of doubts in her heart. When she was choked, she clearly saw the Sharingan under the mask. Is that person also from the Uchiha clan?He was in the same organization as Itachi, so did the extermination have something to do with him?

When night fell, the Eagle Squad reached the border of the Land of Fire, rested in the forest, and lit a bonfire. Everyone around the flame did not speak, and only the sound of the flame burning could be heard in silence.

"Tomorrow, let's go to each of Akatsuki's strongholds provided by Shigego." Sasuke's black pupils reflected flames, and he glanced at Aoi who was already sleeping next to him, "After you find Itachi's whereabouts, don't let Aoi know, go directly tell me."

Suigetsu frowned: "Sasuke, you..." Suigetsu closed her mouth suddenly, with cold sweat and the murderous intent in Sasuke's eyes, she didn't dare to speak again.

Aoi woke up and opened her eyes, only to find that only Shuiyue was poking the extinguished firewood in front of her, and everyone else was gone.

"Where are they?" Aoi asked Shuiyue.

"They..." Shuiyue propped her head on her hands and said casually, "I went to find Itachi. I will take care of you temporarily during this time."

The seemingly calm Shuiyue kept complaining in her heart, why was he left alone, and a burden was thrown on him!

"...Really." Aoi sighed, she probably could guess the reason, she had no hatred for Itachi, the confrontation between Sasuke and Itachi, if she was present, it would only increase Sasuke's troubles.

"So you just stay here obediently and wait for Sasuke to come back." Suigetsu stood up, walked to Aoi and knelt down, "I will..."

The words stopped abruptly.

Aoi quietly looked at Suigetsu with dull eyes, the originally dark pupils had turned into Sharingan.

"I'm sorry, Suigetsu, I really don't want to see any of them die." Aoi's eyes turned Gouyu slowly, "Now, tell me where Sasuke went."

Although the body muscles have not fully recovered, she can already walk slowly with the help of chakra, but the speed is too slow, and Aoi is worried that when she arrives, everything will be over.

It's just that an unexpected person appeared in front of her.

"Aoi, long time no see."

The familiar black hair and black pupils, and a face similar to Sasuke's, but more mature.

"Weasel..."

For a moment, Aoi felt that words were powerless. She didn't know what to say to express her complicated feelings at the moment, and Aoi found that she had fallen into an illusion.

"You still like using illusion so much, Itachi."

Itachi still remained expressionless, walked up to her, reached out and touched Aoi's head, "I haven't grown much taller, Sasuke must have grown a lot."

"Sasuke has indeed grown a lot." Aoi looked up at him, "whether it's physically or otherwise."

"Really?" Itachi said with a slightly softened expression, "I'm looking forward to it."

"Do you have to kill me?" Aoi's tone became pleading, "Can't you just tell the truth? If Sasuke kills you, he will collapse if he knows the truth!"

"Aoi, there is no such thing as the truth."

"Yes!!" Aoi's expression was full of affirmation, her face darkened, and Aoi lowered her voice, "Who is that masked man from Akatsuki who calls himself A Fei?"

Itachi breathed heavily and looked at Aoi sharply, "How do you know him?"

"I accidentally met last time, and he wanted to kill me." Saying that, Aoi looked straight at Itachi, "I saw it at that time, the Sharingan under the mask."

"..." Itachi was silent, as if he was thinking about something. Aoi was almost certain that the man in the mask definitely knew the truth about Itachi's genocide, and might even have participated in the extermination of the genocide.

"Are you thinking about the possible threat that Ao Fei may pose to Sasuke?" Aoi's brain was running rapidly, "For example, he may deliberately tell Sasuke the truth or even distort the truth after you die, and use Sasuke's hatred to achieve For some purpose..."

Itachi's expression moved, and Aoi knew she guessed right.

"Who is he?"

Itachi sighed, and said slowly, "Uchiha Madara, 16 years ago, the person who controlled Kyuubi to attack the village."

"Madara?" Aoi narrowed her eyes, "I'm sure you told me that he's dead."

Itachi reached out and touched Aoi's eyes: "People always rely on their own knowledge and opinions to judge reality, but they are bound by it. Speaking of which, knowledge and opinions are originally ambiguous things. The reality you see It could also be a phantom, Aoi, how far can your eyes see?"

Aoi frowned, "I won't completely affirm or deny one thing. If I say this, itachi will be sure that what you see is the real reality? Aren't you also bound by your knowledge and opinions?"

Itachi was stunned for a moment, silent for a while without answering, but said another thing, "Aoi, do you still remember what you said?"

"I don't remember." Aoi lowered her head to avoid Itachi's gaze, bit her lower lip tightly, and tasted rusty blood in her mouth.

"Such a decisive denial, it seems that you have never forgotten." Itachi's tone became gentle, "Speaking of which, I used you."

Don't say... Aoi's pupils narrowed slightly.

"Aoi, I believe in you."

"But I don't believe in myself!" Aoi yelled a little aggrieved, "If Itachi dies, I don't care about Sasuke! I don't care what path he takes! Itachi, if you are worried about Sasuke, don't die!"

The feeling of being believed is so heavy.

Itachi didn't answer, but instead patted Aoi's head, "Aoi, no matter whether Sasuke can kill me or not, my body can't last long, and this is also..." Itachi lowered his eyes, with a trace of guilt in his eyes.

"...Is the body a side effect of the kaleidoscope?"

"Probably." Itachi talked about his life, just like talking about the weather.

"I'll save you!" Aoi grabbed Itachi's clothes, "So please, don't go, okay?"

Showing a somewhat helpless expression, Itachi shook his head.

"Sasuke is counting on you, Aoi."

"Why do you entrust it to me...you are Sasuke's older brother!"

"Don't cry." Itachi sighed slightly, and wiped Aoi's cheeks with his hand, and Aoi realized that her tears had flowed out uncontrollably, her hands trembling and tightly gripping Itachi's clothes, "I won't let you go... ..."

Closing his eyes and opening them again, Aoi's eyes had turned into Sharingan, the surrounding scenery fluctuated a bit, the place where Itachi was standing changed, and Aoi's illusion was deciphered by Aoi.

Running Chakra to make Sharingan into a kaleidoscope shape, Aoi tried to make Itachi fall into Tsukuyomi, even if the illusion is far inferior to Itachi, she should be able to...

"It's useless." Itachi's Sharingan also began to change.

There was a piercing pain in her eyes, Aoi's eyes had already started to bleed, she gritted her teeth and faced Itachi's kaleidoscope, even if there was only a little chance, she couldn't give up.

However, her illusion is really too weak.

Aoi stared blankly at the familiar red sky and her bound self, but she never thought Zhongyue was reading about herself.

"Itachi, don't go..."

"Sorry, Aoi." Itachi lifted Tsukiyomi, and the scenery around Aoi changed to reality, "This is the path I chose."

The Itachi in front of her disappeared into a bunch of crows, and Aoi, who had just escaped from Tsukiyomi, collapsed and knelt on the ground in an instant, her tears couldn't stop like a bank bursting, and even covering her face with both hands couldn't stop her from crying.

What can I do……

How can she stop a man who is determined to die...

"Meet again."

Aoi raised her head abruptly, her tear-stained and embarrassed face was facing a big whirlpool mask. ?