A slender figure was heading toward the Police Force.
That figure was Uchiha Izumi.
Her face was filled with anxiety and confusion.
Izumi came to the Police Force, wanting to find Rengoku or Itachi.
She wanted to know why Itachi, why he would betray the Uchiha clan.
Just as she was moving forward, Izumi suddenly felt a chill run down her spine.
She halted her steps and did a backflip, leaving her original spot.
And the spot she had just stood on was now pierced by two kunai.
Izumi took out shuriken from her ninja tool pouch and threw them midair.
The target was the tiger-mask-wearing man who had just appeared.
Obito let the shuriken pass through his body.
He slowly clapped his hands, "Not bad eyes."
His praise wasn't without reason. The Uchiha Izumi before him was just thirteen years old, yet she already had three tomoe Sharingan.
So young, and in the Uchiha clan, that was already unlimited potential.
'Just right, I can harvest a pair of Sharingan.'
Seeing that masked man didn't look like someone from Konoha, Izumi immediately guessed the man's identity.
"You're the helper Itachi brought?"
Obito could hear the tone in Izumi's voice and found it a bit interesting, "Oh? Looks like you and Itachi are somewhat close?"
Izumi pressed her lips together and said nothing. But in her heart, she was unbearably upset, 'Itachi really has betrayed the clan.'
Izumi instantly threw the kunai in her hand, then immediately ran away.
But how could Izumi possibly escape Obito's pursuit and killing intent?
Obito pulled out his usual chain and flung it. Izumi couldn't dodge in time and was directly bound.
With a yank, Obito slammed Izumi hard onto the ground.
Izumi's whole body ached. Thinking this was someone Itachi had brought, her heart ached even more.
"Help me! Itachi!"
Obito heard Izumi's cry of despair and finally felt a bit of relief.
"Heh… Itachi can't save you."
He yanked again, and Izumi was fiercely dragged back.
At this moment.
Amaterasu!
BOOM!
Black flames directly crashed onto Obito's head!
"AHHhh!", Obito let out a hoarse scream, his own voice leaking out.
Rengoku wasn't satisfied yet, Amaterasu directly engulfed Obito's entire body.
Obito was so frightened his guts nearly split. There was actually someone in the Uchiha clan with Mangekyo Sharingan.
He endured the searing pain and used his other three tomoe Sharingan, which emitted a dazzling red light.
Izanagi!
Obito disappeared from the spot like a puff of smoke.
Rengoku landed on the ground, continuing to search for Obito's position.
To think he actually made Obito activate Izanagi. Who knows what time duration Obito set?
At that moment, behind a tree, there was a sudden fluctuation of pupil power.
Rengoku leapt up and turned, but all he saw was a disappearing hem of a garment.
"Hmph!"
Rengoku snorted coldly, 'Ran like a bit*h, huh!'
He and Obito had a massive grudge, because of the Nine Tails' attack back then, Ryuri became disabled.
Whatever else Obito had done, just this one reason alone meant he had to die.
Rengoku had arrived just when Obito started attacking, when Obito was dragging Izumi, he was in physical form.
At that time, Amaterasu, the fastest attacking method, was the best choice.
Rengoku's pupil power was extremely abundant. At this moment, his eyes just felt slightly uncomfortable.
"Rengoku…senpai…", Izumi had just been thrown around so much she was dizzy and disoriented.
She had thought she was about to die, yet she was saved by Rengoku.
Rengoku and Shisui were close friends, so Izumi naturally knew him as well.
If it weren't for the need to support his family after the Nine Tails incident, requiring him to take on a large number of missions, their relationship might have been even closer.
"You don't need to go to the Police Force. Itachi's not there," Rengoku's tone was indifferent, sounding rather unsympathetic.
Izumi thought it was because of Itachi's betrayal that Rengoku was venting his anger on her, so she didn't dare to speak.
But Rengoku had no such emotion. Even toward Itachi, he didn't feel much anger.
Because Rengoku was someone who always believed in the winner-takes-all.
All processes between were merely methods, as long as the goal was achieved, that was enough.
His cold tone was simply because he was looking at the Bond Star panel.
This thing, though his golden cheat and foundation of survival, but it didn't even come with a manual. He didn't know how to increase bonds.
Itachi had already hatched the third Bond Star before.
But now the progress bar hadn't moved at all. He was considering how to increase the bond next.
He glanced up and down at Uchiha Izumi, his gaze like looking at a slab of pork.
Under Rengoku's gaze, Izumi felt a little uneasy. Others might not know her relationship with Itachi, but Rengoku was well aware.
She didn't know what Rengoku was planning to do.
But there were some questions she couldn't hold back, "Rengoku-senpai, did Itachi really betray the clan?"
Rengoku had already decided to use Izumi for an experiment, so he could only sigh helplessly, "Don't blame him. Itachi had no choice."
"Konoha made a deal with him. As long as he helped the village eliminate the Uchiha, they would spare you and Sasuke."
Izumi was shocked, "Me…me and Sasuke?"
Rengoku spoke with a deep tone, "Among those in the clan, the ones he cared about most, besides Fugaku and Mikoto, were you and Sasuke."
"Konoha's people would never spare Fugaku and Mikoto."
"Itachi could only bear the infamy to protect your and Sasuke's lives."
Izumi was still young, and too many things had happened tonight. It was easy for her to be fooled by Rengoku.
Her resentment toward Itachi instantly vanished, her heart full of endless emotion. Right now, she wished she could fly to Itachi's side.
Rengoku, who was experienced, easily saw that Izumi had already been completely moved.
That was enough, this kind of emotional manipulation didn't need to go any further. Rengoku still had serious business to do.
He said sternly, "But after my persuasion, Itachi is preparing to rebel with the clan against Konoha."
"It's just that the situation is complicated. I still need to support him."
"You follow me first, we'll talk on the way."
"Yes! Rengoku-senpai!"
Even though Izumi had just experienced a life-or-death situation, when she thought she could help her beloved, she immediately followed Rengoku.
Rengoku led Izumi toward the clan grounds while quickly telling her, "Many in the clan have reached a peak of resistance toward Konoha, but our armed coup is very likely to fail."
"So tonight, we won't attack Konoha. On the contrary, none of us will admit we had any coup intentions."
"This situation over there involves three forces, one is the Third Hokage and his ANBU."
"Danzo's Root, and a coalition formed by other ninja clans."
"Tonight, I will decide how to deal with the enemies based on who shows up. You don't say anything, don't ask anything."
"Forget what happened before. Our clan needs unity to get through tonight."
"You can understand the rest later."
As Rengoku explained to Izumi, he watched his bond value with her rise rapidly.
Once Izumi's Bond Stars reached the maximum of two stars, he stopped explaining.
Izumi thought Rengoku trusted her and thus told her all this. She had no idea, Rengoku did it purely for the bond value.
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