Escape From Konoha

When I walked out of the sheltered house, I looked up to see a gray sky.

Gray is the only color in this village.

No matter how bright the color, it will be dyed gray in this village.

Yuyin, a village that can only place its hope in the rain.

During the third Ninja World War, this village was once ruled by the Nation of Fire, but then Konoha's Nine-Tails Rebellion broke out, Konoha's strength was damaged, and when he was busy with various affairs, the village was separated from the Nation of Fire Konoha's jurisdiction, self-government, and recovery and development at an extremely fast speed.

And this village is the headquarters base of the organization named 'Xiao'.

It is also the birthplace of ‘Akatsuki’.

The icy wind and rain were blowing Hongyun's black-bottomed coat, and his black hair was blowing in the wind. Itachi couldn't help but grab the collar. In such an environment, the human body could not help but feel the cold.

It has been a while since I joined ‘Xiao’.

But even if I live in another environment, I still forget everything about the past in my mind.

On that bloody night, he stabbed the blade into the body of his clansman, ended the life of his lover, and also ended the lives of his parents with his own hands...

Then, another immature figure appeared in Itachi's mind.

Slowly closing the red Sharingan with the three gou jade emerging, the younger brother's figure became more and more clear, and the hatred and despair reflected on the younger brother's face were so vivid.

He is a sinner of his own race.

However, all this is for the sake of the village and to prevent the outbreak of war.

These are inevitable sacrifices.

However, Sasuke must not think rationally about all this.

This engraved hatred will allow him to gain great power, drive him forward, avenge his elder brother, and restore the reputation of the Uchiha clan.

At least, now the Uchiha clan does not need to bear the charge of 'rebels', and is still a clan that Konoha can be proud of.

"Sasuke..."

Itachi whispered the name of his younger brother Sasuke, opened his eyes again, and the light of Sharingan became as bright as blood, strangely bright.

"You look quite relaxed now, Itachi."

A voice came from behind, it was a teammate from the same group in 'Xiao' - Ganshi Guisame.

An S-class murderer who successfully assassinated one of the Five Great Nations, the Daimyo of the Land of Water.

He was once one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of Kirigakure. Such a character would betray the village and become a traitorous ninja for assassinating the leader of a country... Such a treasonous act made Itachi feel vaguely repulsed.

If you are not careful, Kisame's actions will plunge the Kingdom of Water into boundless chaos and break the relationship between Kirigakure and the top management of the Kingdom of Water.

Didn't he consider such serious consequences?

Itachi didn't answer, just turned around and stared at Kisame with his Sharingan.

He has a strong body and is much taller than himself. He always has a weird, bloodthirsty smile on his face. It may be because of his special face shape, like a ferocious shark ready to bite people.

Seeing Itachi's silence, Kisame scratched his head helplessly and said: "Don't be in a daze here. The leader asked me to call you for a meeting. You are somewhat conscious of joining the organization. You are staying here behind closed doors. You probably don't know yet. It's a big event that happened in the ninja world recently."

"Big event?"

Itachi was confused by Kisame's words.

In the recent ninja world, apart from the genocide incident that he personally completed, are there any other major events worthy of praise?

"Haha, as expected you don't know here yet. How can you still sit still now? Having said that, you Konoha ninjas are really more powerful than the other, especially the ones named Uchiha, who are so arrogant."

Not sure whether he was sarcastic, sarcastic, or simply joking, Kisame looked at Itachi with interest, as if he wanted to see something.

Kisame's words made Itachi feel even more strange.

What does this have to do with Uchiha?

Kisame didn't explain anything to Itachi, but turned and left, motioning for Itachi to follow him to attend the meeting.

Itachi pondered for a moment, then followed Kisame as he walked in the chilly rain towards the tower.

The scenery of Yuyin Village is relatively depressed, mainly due to the lack of population, so it looks relatively lonely and lonely.

In the past, because this was the area hardest hit by the Third Ninja War, many Rain Country people left their homes and fled to other countries to avoid the war.

Akatsuki was formed during those special years.

As Akatsuki's headquarters base, Itachi has been living in a secluded area of ​​Hidden Rain Village since he joined the organization. No one usually disturbs him. If he needs to go shopping, he will try his best to go out when there are fewer people.

However, since he is a newcomer and he still has to get used to the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan, he basically spent these days practicing alone and spent less time with Kisame.

This is because there is no task to do in normal times. As long as it is not a task period, everyone does not like to stay with others, but will choose to spend time alone.

Entering the tower, the sound of rain outside became quieter in my ears.

The hard, cold-colored floor makes people unable to feel much warmth.

Heading towards the top of the tower, I met no one else on the way and walked smoothly to the top of the tower.

According to Kisame's description, this high tower is said to be the residence of the leader of Amegakure, Sansho Hanzo in the past.

It has always been a symbol of Amegakure, but now it is taken over by Nagato, the leader of Akatsuki. There is an area in it that is used as Akatsuki's conference room.

"Is it a brat like you who destroyed the Uchiha clan, betrayed Konoha, and joined Akatsuki? I can't tell at all."

A voice sounded suddenly.

Itachi stopped and turned his gaze back, concentrating slightly.

A handsome man with white hair stood behind him at some point and said those words.

The other party's appearance is very young, but his temperament is not like that of a young man at all. Instead, he looks old-fashioned.

The speed of Shunshen was very fast, but Itachi was not afraid. If it was only at this speed, with his own skill, he could see through it with his Sharingan and react quickly.

Although he is proficient in ninjutsu and genjutsu, his physical training has not fallen behind, and he has become increasingly better.

"Hey, don't bully the newcomers as soon as you come here."

Kisame walked over and blocked the two of them. At the same time, he explained to Itachi: "This, like you, is an S-class fugitive from Konoha, Hiruhu. Be careful, he really likes to hunt blood successor ninjas. .And you have five blood inheritance limits, if you are not careful, you will die."

Kisame didn't realize it at all, and directly exposed Bei Liuhu's old background.

Beiliuhu heard Kisame reminding Itachi to expose some of his abilities, but he didn't care, just shrugged.

"Don't worry, Sharingan is no longer my hunting category. Compared with Sharingan, Baiyan is my preferred target."

Beiliuhu said so.

"White eyes..."

"I'm just here to see what it's like to be able to destroy the Uchiha clan's kid... Generally speaking, please give me your advice."

"Please give me more advice."

Itachi simply replied.

It seems that this 'senior' seems to be the type that is not too difficult to get along with.

And it came from Konoha, Beiruhu... Itachi remembered seeing this name in the ANBU files before.

At the same time as Sannin, but due to lack of talent, he embarked on the evil path of using human experiments to develop forbidden techniques, and became Konoha's rebellious ninja.

Next, the three of them walked together and walked to the innermost room.

Bei Liuhu took the lead, pushed open the door of the room, and entered the room.

Itachi and Kisame also entered.

Nagato stood in front of the window, looking out at the rainy scene.

Next to him, followed a young woman with blue hair. Itachi remembered that her name was Konan. She was one of the senior members of Akatsuki. She had a very good relationship with the leader Nagato, and the two were almost inseparable.

The other person made Itachi's expression change slightly.

He saw an acquaintance.

"Ah, long time no see, Itachi-kun. I didn't expect you to actually come here after leaving Konoha. When I first heard the leader talk about it, I couldn't believe it."

The eerie laughter sounded, reminding people of something not so good.

Purple eye shadow, snake-like cold-blooded vertical pupils, and a wide grin at the corners of his mouth, completely unlike actions that humans can do.

In other words, the other party is no longer a human being at all.

"Long time no see, Orochimaru-senpai."

Itachi nodded and greeted Orochimaru.

A disciple of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, one of the legendary Sannin...the reason for his defection is very similar to that of Beiruhu. He left the village in pursuit of evil forbidden arts. He is a dangerous existence with no bottom line of humanity.

Such people were also absorbed, and Itachi became more and more aware of the terror and danger of the Akatsuki organization.

For Konoha, it is not a good thing to have such a terrorist organization lurking in the dark.

Especially the agreement between him and Madara, he doesn't know how far it can be maintained. At the moment, he can only take it one step at a time.

He has no ability to limit Akatsuki.

If anyone takes it out, it will be worth his headache.

Not to mention, Nagato, the leader who can overwhelm all dangerous rebels and hold a high position.

"Since you appear here, it means that you have been abandoned by Danzo. Sure enough, my guess in the past is correct."

Orochimaru laughed meaningfully.

He realized Danzo's surveillance of Itachi a long time ago.

It can be seen that the group is hiding on Itachi, definitely plotting something.

Now that the Uchiha clan has been exterminated and Itachi has defected to the village, what role did Konoha's top brass play in this operation? Orochimaru's smile becomes even more intriguing.

What a pathetic puppet. Orochimaru looked at Itachi's slightly immature face and thought to himself.

Let such a child shoulder the mission of exterminating the clan, to shirk away all the crimes... Orochimaru sighed softly.

Konoha is indeed no longer the Konoha it used to be.

Hokage is no longer the Hokage he was before.

Only things change and people change.

What happened to Itachi made him more determined that his choice to leave Konoha was correct.

"Senior Orochimaru, don't get the priorities wrong. In any case, I abandoned Danzo in order to gain stronger power. This is the inevitable result. Konoha and the clan cannot be a place to measure my measure. , nothing more.”

Itachi responded calmly and said matter-of-factly.

Orochimaru smiled and said nothing.

What a brat full of lies and falsehoods.

In a way, it's naive enough.

It is precisely because of this that Danzo will be regarded as a "sharp blade" to destroy Uchiha.

A family with a glorious history has come to an end in Konoha.

Scorpio, who was in the same group as Orochimaru, just glanced at Itachi lightly, and then turned his eyes away.

I don't have time to argue with a brat.

And he had serious doubts about the other party being able to destroy the Uchiha clan alone.

As a famous Uchiha clan, there are definitely many Jonin. Even if it is a sneak attack, it is undoubtedly a fantasy to want to wipe out the clan with the power of one person.

Combined with Orochimaru's tone just now, it seems that it involves some political disputes within Konoha, which makes Scorpion even more boring.

"Okay, now that everyone has arrived, let's officially start the meeting."

Finally, Nagato spoke, ending everyone's chat and letting them return to the topic of the meeting.

Make new friends and have plenty of time.

After hearing what Nagato said, everyone except Xia sat down around the rectangular conference table. Nagato was naturally at the main seat.

The emotionless Samsara Eye is like a projection from the sight of a god, putting great pressure on people.

Itachi hesitated and asked, "I just heard from Kisame that something big happened outside. Is it because of this so-called big thing that the meeting was held?"

After Itachi finished speaking, Orochimaru laughed and replied: "It seems that You, Itachi-kun, don't know anything at the base. The world has been turned upside down outside, and the influence of the matter is even more shocking than that of You, Itachi-kun, who exterminated and defected." What about other people’s eyeballs. I didn’t expect that, since the third Ninja World War, the kingdom of ghosts, which has been in a period of rapid development, will be dominated by them behind the scenes.”

"them?"

Itachi keenly caught the key words.

"The kingdom of ghosts has officially declared war on the kingdom of the wind. Not only that, the signature of the declaration of war from the kingdom of ghosts to the kingdom of the wind is Chiba Shiraishi. Itachi-kun, you know what this means Bar."

"!?"

Chiba Shiraishi?

Hearing this name, Itachi's expression froze.

Nagato glanced at Itachi, and said instead of Orochimaru: "As Orochimaru said, behind the scenes in the kingdom of ghosts, Chiba Shiraishi, Uchiha Ruri, and Hinata Ayane are manipulating. Not long ago, the four The reinforcements led by Daikazekage suffered heavy losses under the attack of Uchiha Ruri. Now Sand Yin is planning to mobilize more troops to fight against the kingdom of ghosts."

Another familiar name.

And he is also a member of the Uchiha clan.

Although when the opponent left Konoha, he had been completely removed by Konoha's Uchiha.

Itachi felt unbelievable, but there was still a look of indifference on his face, making it hard for people to see the flaws.

I just feel that a group of rebels are manipulating small countries behind the scenes and declaring war on big countries. Regardless of the outcome, the end of the war... will only bring countless pains to mankind.

For the word war, Itachi felt rejection from the bottom of his heart.

"I don't know how long this war will last. If it fails, it will spread the war to other countries, which will trigger the Fourth Ninja World War."

Orochimaru speculated.

"Maybe it will bring the chaos of war to the Land of Rain... Chief, what do we need to prepare next?"

Beiliu asked out loud.

A war has broken out between the Kingdom of Ghosts and the Kingdom of Wind, and there is a high probability that the Kingdom of Rain will be involved.

Akatsuki's headquarters is in the Land of Rain. If the Land of Rain is forced to get involved in such a battlefield, Akatsuki's actions will inevitably be hindered.

"No, since Qianye Baishi intends to make a move, he must have already made sufficient preparations and will firmly control the situation on the battlefield in his own hands. Qianye Baishi will only make a move if he is fully in control. That’s the kind of man he is.”

Nagato thought for a moment and shook his head, looking like he understood Shiraishi thoroughly.

"Then the next arrangement is..."

Orochimaru looked at Nagato.

"Well, what should I say? I need your help with something next."

Nagato looked solemn.

"What's up?"

Scorpion asked with great interest.

Nagato's strength has always been a mystery among the Akatsuki. Everyone only knows that he is very strong, and may even be stronger than all Akatsuki members combined.

It must not be a simple thing that allows him to ask for help.

"Come with me."

Nagato glanced at everyone and walked out of the conference room first.

"It's really mysterious."

Beiliu whispered.

"It's probably that thing."

Orochimaru smiled as if he had some realization.

"That thing... Orochimaru, do you know anything?"

Bei Liuhu was a little surprised.

Itachi and Kisame also looked at Orochimaru, very interested in the 'thing' Orochimaru said.

Xie said: "This rotten snake has studied the curse seal technique very deeply. It happens that the leader is also very interested in his curse seal technique and wants to create a ninja force that is completely curse seal. Although he is a little reluctant, This rotten snake is the guy closest to the leader besides Xiaonan. It’s reasonable to know some things we don’t know in advance.”

"Can I call this jealousy, Scorpion?"

Orochimaru smiled teasingly.

"Shut up or I'll kill you!"

Scorpion's eyes were cold and his voice was hoarse and impatient.

…

At the bottom of the tower is a huge space that is completely vacuum.

It's hard to imagine that there is such a magnificent 'secret room' hidden under the tower.

Candles burned on the surrounding walls for lighting.

A huge half-length figure protruded from the ground. Its color and body were like dead wood. Behind it stood many columnar objects, which was ferocious and terrifying.

Human beings are as small as insects in front of it.

The aura was long and deep, and everyone was staring at the huge dead wood figure with different thoughts.

In front of the huge dead tree figure, in addition to Nagato and Konan, there was also a half-black and half-white yin and yang face - Black and White Zetsu stood there, waiting for everyone to arrive.

"This is……"

Kisame's brows jumped. This kind of humanoid monster that looked like a dead tree gave him a very dangerous feeling.

"The Heretic Golem is also the container I use to seal the tailed beast."

Nagato did not hide anything and told everyone the answer.

"Is this it?"

Xie and others looked up, thoughtfully.

Although Nagato told them before that the purpose of the organization was to collect tailed beasts.

But how to collect it, and what to do with the tailed beast after catching it, were not explained in detail.

Now that they saw the heretic demon, their doubts were cleared.

But can something like this really be used to seal a tailed beast?

"The golem has been in a damaged state before, but after a period of repairs by me, it finally restored some functions. But it still lacks some energy to operate. I hope to borrow your chakra to temporarily restore part of the golem's vitality. This way Once you come here, you can train excellent 'soldiers' in advance."

Nagato said so.

When he mentioned 'excellent soldiers', the corners of Orochimaru's mouth split evilly like a snake.

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The door creaked open.

The old man sitting in the interrogation room woke up from his drowsiness after hearing the noise, opened his eyes, revealing a pair of Sharingan eyes, shining with red light.

"..."

The person who came was a man with a gloomy and dark aura all over his body.

There were deep wrinkles on his face that had been tempered by time.

The forehead and the right half of his face were wrapped in bandages, and his right arm was also bandaged and placed in front of him.

He walked step by step with a cane in his left hand, seemingly slow movements, but every step was very calm and capable.

Although he was over fifty and approaching sixty, his hair was still black in color, and he didn't see a single white hair in it.

The root leader—Shimura Danzo.

"Why, did you come here to laugh at me specifically to show off your victory?"

The old man with his sharing eyes exposed asked, with a flat expression, he raised his head and looked at Danzo.

Danzo was silent for a moment and then said: "No, this time it was a fundamental failure. Not only did it fail to achieve the expected results, but on the night Itachi took action, thirty-seven Uchiha children disappeared."

The old man sharingan - Uchiha Sifang thought for a while, then realized something, and snorted softly.

"That idiot Li Huo just does some meaningless things. Obviously he just needs to leave and remain anonymous. So, he is dead."

For Uchiha Sifang's unnutritious reprimand, Danzo just took a light breath and looked at Uchiha Sifang seriously.

"Not long ago, the kingdom of ghosts declared war on the kingdom of wind...do you understand what that means?"

If before, Danzo was still struggling with how Uchiha Rihuo escaped from Konoha Village and left Konoha with thirty-seven Uchiha children, now... he already understands.

I also know where Uchiha Lihuo arranged for those thirty-seven children to go.

Hearing what Danzo said, Uchiha Siyi understood that the other party came to verify an answer.

"Has the action started over there? I knew that those young people would not be willing to be lonely."

Uchiha Shifang had a smile on his face. In Danzo's view, this was undoubtedly contempt and ridicule for Konoha, although the other party did not mean to ridicule, but simply stated his point of view.

"Sure enough, when Uchiha Ruri defected and you later retired and lived in seclusion, it was to push Uchiha Fugaku to the forefront and attract attention. The Uchiha who stayed in Konoha is your chosen abandoned son."

Danzo's face was stern, and he took a deep breath, trying to calm down the turmoil in his heart.

"Abandoned son?" Uchiha Shifang and Danzo looked at each other seriously, laughing at themselves: "If the Uchiha clan is strong enough, why would I have to cut off an arm and only let Ruri and the others leave? This is all because of strength. It's not enough. In the final analysis, it is caused by my incompetence, because I have no ability to save more people, so I can only make Fugaku an abandoned son."

It's really ridiculous to say that.

With the establishment of the one-country-one-village system, the strength of the Uchiha clan has not improved at all compared to the Warring States Period, but has declined significantly.

The conservative foreign policy of Konoha and the Country of Fire is the key to being attacked by enemies everywhere.

War broke out again and again, and the ninjas of the Uchiha clan were at the forefront, making tragic sacrifices. In every war, the family's strength was reduced.

The Uchiha clan, who had paid such a price, was still ostracized by the village. The clan members naively believed that as long as the Hokage appeared in the clan, everything would be changed and the clan would be able to rise to the core of Konoha.

However, in the eyes of all Uchiha, it was just a beautiful and cruel illusion.

Looking at the essence through the phenomenon, in the village of Konoha, there is no living soil for the Uchiha clan.

This is the reason why the Uchiha Quartet insisted on letting some of the tribe go away.

Senju's love would only make him sick, causing the Uchiha tribesmen who had lost their subjective consciousness to fall into naive fantasy, and finally die from this ridiculous fantasy.

The love of a thousand hands hanging high on a castle in the air is by no means something that humans can understand, it is so beautiful.

All illusory love that deviates from reality is worthy of suspicion and opposition.

"You know? It's often some beautiful visions that lead people to hell."

Uchiha sighed.

His plan was imperfect and cruel.

If Uchiha Itachi became the butcher's knife waved towards Uchiha in the hands of others, then the one who abandoned so many people in Konoha is also Uchiha's sinner.

He was unable to save all his people.

He is just a remnant of an old time.

"The blood and tears of the Uchiha clan have already been shed. Now you can no longer use the so-called will of fire to restrain the 'power' of the Uchiha. The revenge that belongs to the Uchiha will come sooner or later .”

The Uchiha crowd looked at Danzo without fear.

The other party's eyes were full of gloom, revealing cold murderous intent.

"Why, do you want to kill me with this expression? Then, do it quickly. You must have got a lot of Sharingan from those Uchiha ninjas. You who covet Uchiha's power, don't you?" Maybe not. My Sharingan also has the value of being collected by you... No, maybe for you, my Sharingan has a more special meaning."

Uchiha raised the corners of his mouth, looking at Danzo's face that gradually became panicked and frightened, a strange smile appeared on his face.

"Because these are the eyes of your friend, Uchiha Kagami."