Chapter 219 Uchiha Itachi's Conflict

Chapter 219 Uchiha Itachi's Conflict

Chapter 219 Uchiha Itachi's Conflict

In the Land of Earth, there is an underground money exchange somewhere.

A man wearing a black windbreaker with red clouds on it walked in. He had his face covered and wore a Takigakure Village forehead protector, but there was a scratch on it, indicating his identity as a traitor.

The man greeted the man in charge, then took out a human head and placed it on the table. "This is the target."

"That's right, Mr. Kakuzu. You are really efficient."

The person in charge here was all smiles, asking people to go and get money, and he treated Kakuzu very well because he was a celebrity here.

In the bounty hunter circle, Kakuzu's name is well-known to everyone. He is efficient, ruthless, and has a very high hunting efficiency.

Once a high bounty is offered on a person in the black market, if he is of average strength or does not have strong guards, he will soon lose his life and be taken by Kakuzu in exchange for money.

After Kakuzu took the box of money, he tapped it lightly to confirm that it was five million, and closed the box with satisfaction, "Do you have any new good targets?"

"Mr. Kakuzu, you've come to the right place this time. The underground bounty has just been updated. This time there's a heavyweight, but the difficulty is also quite high."

The person in charge said with a smile, spreading out the bounty notices one by one for Jiaodu to look at. At the same time, he pushed a bounty notice to the front, on which was Lu Li's face.

"Sixty million? As I recall, the Hokage's son is only worth thirty million, right?"

Kakuzu first saw the amount on the bounty, and his eyes lit up, almost turning into money symbols, but he still expressed his confusion in a low voice.

The person in charge took out the detailed information of the bounty target, "Mr. Kakuzu, you will know it after just a quick look. You may not know much about his name, but for an experienced ninja like you, his title should be familiar to you. He is 'Natural Disaster'"

Kakuzu seemed a little confused when he heard this. Although he lived a long time, he was not active in the Third World War. He had heard of the name of Natural Disaster, but he could not remember the other party's real name.

Anyway, judging from his age, most of these little devils who only shine briefly on the battlefield are not worth mentioning.

However, the information actually said that this natural disaster also injured the Fourth Raikage, which aroused some interest in him and made him feel that this was indeed a target worth hunting.

Sixty million should be able to help the organization accumulate a lot of war funds.

As the 'finance' of Akatsuki, Kakuzu loves money on the one hand, but he is more helping the organization accumulate funds for future uprisings.

Kakuzu took a bounty order, left the money exchange, and headed straight for the Land of Lightning, wanting to find out some information related to the natural disaster.

Compared to those small orders worth a few million, he still wanted to do something big and make 60 million directly.

…………

Three days after Lu Li broke out from Yunyin, he was in Konoha Village, the Uchiha clan's territory.

In the training ground, a little boy was holding a kunai, concentrating fully, and then shooting it hard at the target.

boom--

The sound of kunai hitting wood was heard, and disappointment appeared in the little boy's eyes, because he shot off target and the kunai stayed on the outer ring.

This lost expression did not last for more than a few seconds, because because of the fall of the big hand, a smile appeared on his little face.

The young man standing behind him touched the boy's head and said gently, "Sasuke, you're doing better than yesterday."

"Brother~"

Sasuke called out affectionately in a childish voice. He adored his brother and enjoyed being with him, but his brother was usually very busy and it became increasingly difficult to see him lately.

The person standing behind Sasuke was naturally his brother, Uchiha Itachi. He had just got off work and was still wearing the clothes of the Anbu, but he had put away his mask.

Itachi glanced at the messy training ground, the dust on Sasuke's body and the scratches on his knees, and knew that Sasuke had practiced a lot today. "Can you still walk?"

Sasuke straightened himself up with all his strength, "No problem!"

As he was speaking, he took a step forward, his legs wobbling a little, and it was Itachi who held on to him so that he didn't fall.

Sasuke blushed a little, and Itachi leaned over and carried Sasuke on his back, "Let's go home and eat."

Sasuke's voice was diluted by his brother's gentle voice, and he knocked his chin on his brother's shoulder, "Yeah."

The two brothers walked on the path under the setting sun, looking at the flowers and plants by the field. Sasuke's face was filled with happiness, but from a perspective that Sasuke could not see, Itachi's face had a heavy look on it.

"Brother, you said last week that you would have a day off tomorrow and that you would teach me shuriken. I'm really looking forward to it."

Sasuke said on Itachi's back that he really wanted to get guidance from his brother. Becoming stronger was secondary. He enjoyed spending time with his brother.

"I have a temporary mission tomorrow. Sorry, Sasuke. Maybe next time."

As usual, Itachi rejected Sasuke with his usual sentence pattern, but it was not that he didn't want to accompany Sasuke, but that he always had an urgent mission.

Various things have happened recently, which has made his mind very confused and he has no time to play with his younger brother.

He also has a special mission to carry out tomorrow, and it is a very difficult mission. He may not even come back alive.

"Oh, I see..." Sasuke was a little disappointed after being rejected by his brother, but he did not complain too much. Instead, he fell asleep on his brother's shoulder due to fatigue from training.

Itachi walked on the path carrying Sasuke on his back, facing the gradually setting sun. When the darkness and the afterglow of the sunset intertwined, the three magatama of the Sharingan in his pupils spun rapidly, faintly transforming into different shapes.

Of course, he had no mood to play with Sasuke now, because just the day before, his most respected elder clan member and best friend, Uchiha Shisui, died.

Shisui's death made him fully realize the darkness of Konoha and made him feel deeply despair. Amidst the pain and various complex emotions, he opened his eyes.

Itachi understood that the situation was heading towards the worst direction. Uchiha Shisui failed to persuade Danzo and instead had one of his eyes taken away. The situation had become completely passive.

The family members were also outraged by Shisui's death, and the hawkish faction was secretly mobilizing to rebel.

Itachi loves this village and his family, but now he is caught in a dilemma, feeling very conflicted and painful.

On the night after Shisui's death, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned him. It was a seemingly peaceful conversation, but it was actually a test of his loyalty.

He answered all of them correctly, and what he said was generally what he really thought. If he had to make a choice, he did not want a war to break out. If necessary, he was prepared to use his newfound power to suppress the riots within the tribe.

The Third Hokage had promised him that he would leave a seed for the Uchiha clan, let his younger brother Sasuke survive, and take good care of him, which gave Itachi some comfort.

But he still felt suffocated in his heart. After all, he was only a thirteen-year-old boy. It was too cruel for him to have the heart to kill all his tribesmen.

Fortunately, a major event happened internationally recently. The former war hero of Konoha, Natural Disaster, is still alive and causing havoc in the Hidden Cloud Village. This incident shocked the five major ninja villages.

The Hidden Cloud Village condemned Konoha internationally, saying that Konoha's rebel ninjas were causing trouble in Kumogakure and Konoha should give them an explanation.

Well, if someone knew the inside story of the whole incident, they would definitely think that the Hidden Cloud Village was extremely shameless, but the Hidden Cloud Village captured Lu Li secretly and imprisoned him, and no one has any evidence to say that they had imprisoned Lu Li for eight years.

This kind of thing is a political matter, and it's all about who is more shameless.

Although the Konoha Village knew roughly what was going on, they could only accept it. After all, Lu Li was indeed a traitor to their country.

Due to the negative international impact and the urgent need for Konoha to establish the strong status of their ninja village after the death of the Fourth Hokage, the natural disaster must be handled properly.

But Tianzai was a very powerful ninja back then, and this time, it is rumored that he injured the Fourth Raikage. Ordinary Anbu hunting teams would probably not be able to capture or kill him.

So this task finally fell on the Anbu elite directly under the Hokage, that is, Uchiha Itachi.

Itachi was a smart man. He could see clearly that the Third Hokage did not really trust him. After all, his statement of wanting to kill all his own people was not credible in the eyes of outsiders.

Now that a natural disaster has occurred again, the Third Hokage obviously intends to test himself.

If he could successfully kill or capture Lu Li, Konoha's international status would naturally rise, and he would also be able to give an explanation to the Hidden Cloud Village, which would bring huge political benefits.

But if he failed and died at the hands of the Hidden Cloud Village, the Uchiha clan would lose a large part of its fighting power. At that time, even if the clan members really rebelled, they probably wouldn't be able to cause much trouble.

Itachi knew what the Third Hokage was planning, but he felt he had no choice. If they confronted him head-on, the family members would not stand a chance of winning, even if he had the Mangekyō Sharingan.

His good friend in the Anbu hinted to him that the Third Hokage had sent people to call back Lord Jiraiya who was traveling outside the village. If a fight really broke out, he would not be a match for Jiraiya, one of the legendary three ninjas.

Itachi was upset by what happened to the Uchiha clan, and this mission was full of dangers, but in a sense, he felt that this was also a chance for him to catch his breath.

After all, he could finally walk out of the village, breathe the air of freedom, and temporarily put aside the mess in the tribe.

Was it a natural disaster? Why did the former hero of Konoha betray?
…………

Lu Li traveled very fast these days. He eliminated all kinds of small temptations from the outside world and went straight to the border of the Fire Nation.

He was not going to a dangerous place like Konoha Village, but if he went south from the Land of Lightning and then west to the Hidden Rain Village, he would have to pass the border of the Land of Fire.

This is where many small countries meet. Adjacent to the border of the Fire Country are the Field Country, Frost Country, Taki Country, and Grass Country.

The Fire Nation occupies the best central area of ​​the continent, and the small countries on the periphery can only depend on it for survival. Once a war breaks out, these small countries on the periphery will become Konoha's buffer zone.

Weak countries have no diplomacy and sovereignty. The Second Ninja World War and the Third Ninja World War were both fought in these places. The five major ninja villages would not let the war spread to their own territories. All the wars were fought in those small countries.

This is also the reason why Nagato and his companions hate the ninjas of the big country so much. The war between the big countries will be decided in their homes, which will eventually lead to their homes being destroyed and the people living in misery.

When Lu Li passed through the small country, he also saw other explorers, both from the End Space and the God Space, but no one attacked each other.

Obviously, in the first few days after entering the world, everyone's camps were still vague. After they established their own camps, the next time they met, they would probably fight to the death.

After all, explorers from the enemy camp have double the chance of finding the Dead Man's Chest, which is a huge temptation, even for explorers in the same space.

When Lu Li was crossing the border between the Land of Field and the Land of Fire and trying to reach the Land of Water Trap directly through the forest canyon, several kunai flew over and pierced the tree trunks beside him.

Lu Li stopped and looked with interest at the four Anbu who were surrounding him from all directions. Judging from their attire and mask style, they should be Konoha's Anbu.

This group of Anbu were all very aloof, and no one said a word after they made their move. It was obvious that they had already determined his identity and had made arrangements in advance to surround and kill him.

(End of this chapter)