Itachi launched his Great Fireball Jutsu[b]Great Fireball Jutsu[/b], which shot straight into the water waves. Immediately, the lake water turned into steam, and the surroundings became completely white.
To avoid the Great Fireball Jutsu[b]Great Fireball Jutsu[/b], Kisame Hoshigaki kept diving underwater.
Sasuke had been waiting here for a long time. Kisame Hoshigaki felt as if a pair of extremely large Sharingan eyes were staring at him underwater.
From the pitch - black water, a pair of red pupils emerged. In Kisame Hoshigaki's eyes, these red pupils kept enlarging, and finally, like an abyss with a huge mouth, they gradually swallowed Kisame Hoshigaki.
Kisame Hoshigaki knew that he had been caught in a Genjutsu[b]Genjutsu[/b], but he found it strange. Itachi was on the water surface, so why was there another pair of Sharingan hidden underwater?
Kisame Hoshigaki was not afraid of Genjutsu[b]Genjutsu[/b] because he had a good partner, the ninja sword Samehada.
The ninja sword Samehada seemed to have life and could move on its own. It transmitted Chakra into Kisame Hoshigaki's body, instantly disrupting the control of the Genjutsu[b]Genjutsu[/b] and making Kisame Hoshigaki regain his clarity.
At this time, Kisame Hoshigaki found that the person hidden underwater was actually Sasuke, Itachi's younger brother.
"So, you're Itachi's younger brother. It's all because of you that Itachi has always been so attached to Konoha!" Kisame Hoshigaki roared. "Daring to challenge me underwater, I've gotta say, you've got some guts."
Sasuke fell into memories:
About a year ago, under Itachi's guidance, Sasuke's training had reached a bottleneck. No matter how hard he tried, his strength couldn't improve at all.
At this time, Itachi told Sasuke something: "Among the Uchiha clan members who possess the Sharingan, after experiencing strong negative emotions, they will awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan."
Sasuke began to be in a dilemma. He originally hated his elder brother, but now that he had reconciled with Itachi, it was difficult for him to have strong negative emotions again.
"Come with me," Itachi took Sasuke to the Uzumaki clan's mansion, which was Naruto's stronghold.
He even took Sasuke to the basement, where they saw Tanzo Shimura.
As soon as he saw Tanzo Shimura, Sasuke was instantly enraged.
Because according to Naruto's arrangement, Sasuke thought that Tanzo Shimura was the culprit of the Uchiha clan's extermination case many years ago. It was Tanzo Shimura who had exterminated Sasuke's entire family.
Tanzo Shimura was Sasuke's enemy.
Sasuke was puzzled: "Why is Tanzo Shimura locked up here? Didn't he die?"
"Naruto locked him up here. Naruto also specifically erected a stele here, on which the symbol of the Uchiha clan is engraved."
Sasuke walked over and found that there was indeed a stele in the cage. On the surface of the stele was engraved the symbol of the Uchiha clan, which resembled a ping - pong ball emblem a bit.
Itachi interpreted: "Naruto wants Tanzo Shimura to kneel in front of the Uchiha clan's emblem forever and repent for the Uchiha clan."
"Why not just kill him?"
"Because we need him to help you awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan."
Sasuke was shocked.
What followed was a horrifying scene. Itachi cast Genjutsu[b]Genjutsu[/b] on Sasuke, sending him back several years to that fateful night.
Young Sasuke happily went home. As a result, there were corpses of clan members all along the way. Sasuke pushed open the door and saw Tanzo Shimura standing in the house.
Tanzo Shimura held a bloody dagger in his hand, and at his feet lay the bodies of Sasuke's parents.
"Ah!" Sasuke was extremely angry. He stabbed a dagger into Tanzo Shimura's abdomen and activated his Mangekyo Sharingan[b]Mangekyo Sharingan[/b].
...
Sasuke came out of his memories.
He closed his eyes and then suddenly opened them. His Mangekyo Sharingan[b]Mangekyo Sharingan[/b] made him look extremely fierce.
To obtain the Mangekyo Sharingan[b]Mangekyo Sharingan[/b], members of the Uchiha clan had to endure inhumane emotional torment.
Once one obtained the Mangekyo Sharingan[b]Mangekyo Sharingan[/b], it became a pair of eyes used for killing.
"Susanoo!" Sasuke summoned Susanoo[b]Susanoo[/b] underwater. Several illusory ribs floated around him.
The half - body skeletal demon enveloped Sasuke and confronted Kisame Hoshigaki head - on.
Kisame Hoshigaki was very surprised. He knew the power of Susanoo[b]Susanoo[/b] from Itachi's use of it and never expected that Itachi's younger brother could also master it.
There was a sound of water being broken above.
Kisame Hoshigaki looked up and saw that Itachi had also summoned Susanoo[b]Susanoo[/b], breaking through the water surface. Together with Sasuke, they formed an encirclement, trapping Kisame Hoshigaki inside.
San Isobu noticed that these humans who had come to provoke it had split into two factions and started fighting among themselves. It didn't want to engage in battle any longer and quickly fled.
Konoha Village.
Naruto set out to do something more crucial.
Naruto was walking on the streets of Konoha when he noticed someone was following him secretly.
Naruto thought to himself: It's an Anbu ninja. Since Tanzo Shimura went missing, they've started suspecting me.
It was only a matter of time before Naruto was suspected of Tanzo Shimura's mysterious disappearance.
Three years ago, during the Chunin Exams[b]Chunin Exams[/b], intelligence showed that Naruto led Shukaku to Tanzo's stronghold.
After Shukaku was defeated, only Naruto remained unscathed, while Tanzo Shimura's whereabouts were unknown.
However, Naruto was still very young at that time. Even if people suspected him, they would find it absurd.
No one would believe that a child had the ability to harm Tanzo Shimura.
But three years later, Naruto was directly promoted to Jonin[b]Jonin[/b], which meant his strength had been recognized by Tsunade. This surprised many people.
Especially the two Konoha advisors, Homura Mitokado and Neko Azuma. They suspected Naruto because of this.
So, Homura Mitokado and Neko Azuma arranged for the Anbu to investigate Naruto.
At this time, Naruto remained silent and went to the Konoha Cemetery, where many Konoha heroes were buried.
All the ninjas who died for Konoha were buried here.
Naruto walked up to a tombstone and placed a bunch of flowers in front of it.
"I've taken care of the tracking ninja," Orochimaru's figure emerged from the shadows.
"Yeah," Naruto didn't care about those Anbu ninjas following him at all. They were just small fries.
"Orochimaru, do you think Kakashi will hate me for what I've done?"
"Heheh," Orochimaru leaned against Naruto and deliberately sniffed his smell.
"Naruto, since when have you become so indecisive?"
"Then let's start."
Orochimaru spat out the Sword of Kusanagi[b]Sword of Kusanagi[/b] from his mouth and swung it, splitting the tombstone in two.
Orochimaru dug open the sarcophagus and took out some soil from it.
Seeing that Orochimaru had obtained what he needed, Naruto turned around and left.
The next day, Kakashi came to pay his respects as usual. When he saw the tombstone in front of him split in two, the flowers in his hand instantly fell to the ground.
Kakashi was extremely shocked, with a grief - stricken expression and disbelief in his eyes.
The tombstone of Rin Nohara was split in two, and the entire tomb was damaged.
Inside the mansion of the Uzumaki clan.
Naruto was learning Impure World Reincarnation jutsu[b]Impure World Reincarnation jutsu[/b] from Orochimaru.
Orochimaru was teaching Naruto as if he were Naruto's teacher.
Naruto was holding in his hands the soil dug out from Rin Nohara's tomb, feeling a bit guilty inside.
"I really don't wanna learn this Ninjutsu[b]Ninjutsu[/b], but I gotta. Otherwise, I can't deal with Obito."
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