Chapter 142 Chapter 142 Family Changes

Time goes back to an hour ago.

The ordinary ninjas in front of the Uchiha clan have dispersed, and Konoha seems to have returned to peace on the surface, but everyone knows that this is just the calm before the storm.

Sasuke calculated the time it would take for a child to run across the village at normal speed. After standing at the door for a moment, he quickly rushed into the Uchiha clan's territory.

By this time, the sky had completely darkened. Inside the clan territory, only a few brothers, whom he had never seen before, were patrolling with tired faces. Seeing Sasuke return, they forced a smile: "Sasuke is back?"

Sasuke finally stopped, his face a panicked expression, trying to remain calm. He asked, "What happened in the clan? I just saw a few giants near the school..."

The Uchiha didn't reply, but simply stared at Sasuke intently. He shook his head as if thinking of something. "It's getting late. Don't linger outside. Go back early, or the clan leader won't worry."

Seeing that he couldn't get any information out of him, Sasuke pursed his lips and ran towards the clan leader's residence without much hesitation.

When he rushed back home, he saw his parents and Itachi sitting opposite each other in the yard. It should have been a very normal scene, but to Sasuke, it felt like a tit-for-tat situation.

"Dad. Mom, brother..." Sasuke's voice interrupted the confrontation between the two sides.

He cautiously responded as a child should: "Have the enemies been repelled?"

Mikoto was the first to react. She stood up and pulled Sasuke into the house: "Don't worry, Sasuke, everything has been resolved."

"Did you fall down while running back in such a hurry? Your clothes are all dirty~"

Mikoto gently instructed, "Go take a shower first. Mom will prepare dinner."

Sasuke opened his mouth but swallowed the words back, letting Mikoto take his hand and leave, humming softly in response.

The atmosphere at dinner was very depressing. The four of them sat quietly at the table. After they had a simple meal, Fugaku dismissed Sasuke: "You have to go to school tomorrow. It's getting late. Go to bed early."

Sasuke glanced at his brother who didn't move, and it was obvious that he wanted to have a long talk with them.

According to past experience, he should have gone back to his room to sleep, but this time, Sasuke did not move. He asked tentatively, "Dad, can I stay and listen?"

"I'm not a child anymore. If there are any difficulties, I can also contribute to everyone's efforts." Sasuke's eyes were full of expectation: "Dad, didn't you say before that I have a lot of ideas? Let me listen to them. Maybe my ideas will be useful to you too?"

Fugaku looked at the light in Sasuke's eyes and was a little dazed for a moment, but before he could refuse, Itachi had already spoken in advance: "Forget it this time, there is nothing to say anyway, I will rest soon."

Itachi leaned over to face Sasuke and gently tapped Sasuke's forehead: "Sorry, Sasuke, I'll definitely do it next time!"

After hearing this, Fugaku didn't say anything more.

Sasuke hummed softly, but he did not hide the grievance on his face. He walked slowly to the door and stopped, without looking back, and said in a firm voice: "Dad, brother, I will make you accept me."

Sasuke returned to his house alone.

The family chose to conceal the fact. In their eyes, no matter how smart the six-year-old self had appeared before and how many eye-catching "childish words" he had made, he was still just a child without decision-making power.

They subconsciously excluded him, treating themselves as children who knew nothing and not wanting him to be involved.

However, my brother was taken to the battlefield by his father when he was only 4 years old, and he graduated at the age of 6 and started planning his life early.

They are obviously the same age, but born just one year earlier. His talent is just as good as his brother's, but his father's view of him and his brother is completely different.

He knew his father and the others were doing this for his own good...

But why do I feel so sad?

Sasuke huddled under the quilt and began to think about how he would behave in the village. As he thought about it, his consciousness began to become blurred.

The large amount of rapid exercise had shocked Sasuke's spirit today. Even if his mind was confused and entangled, the child's energy was there, and soon he fell into a deep sleep.

After he fell asleep, a dark figure walked gently to his side and tucked the corner of the quilt for him.

In the front hall, Fugaku and Itachi did not communicate much. They seemed to be caught up in their own brainstorming, as if they were both speechless.

Looking at his eldest son with a gloomy face across from him, Fugaku sighed inwardly, but ultimately didn't say much.

Shisui died not long ago, so it's normal for Itachi to be in a bad mood. After the high-level meeting tomorrow, I'll have a good talk with Itachi about the future development of the Uchiha clan...

But Fugaku never expected that things would take a turn for the worse in just one hour.

When he finally reacted, he realized what decision Itachi had made.

The Uchiha who remained in Konoha met their end.

Uchiha Itachi didn't start his action until late at night, taking advantage of the clan's already weak defenses, and he didn't even have to spend much effort.

The few hundred remaining Uchiha soldiers of mediocre ability were like little chickens stretched out their necks in front of him, and had no power to resist.

The Root Ninjas directly targeted ordinary people and quickly cleared the area.

They didn't have Itachi's Sharingan illusion, and there were so many people to be eliminated that it was impossible to kill them all quietly...

Then, cries for help were heard everywhere.

By the time the screams reached Fugaku's ears, it was already too late...

The shadow clones that were hastily sent out fought back decisively, looking at the Uchiha clan's territory that was already covered in blood, and those masked Root ninjas in the shadows, and finally Itachi who had already cleared out the Secret Ninjas.

A flash of sadness flashed across Fugaku's eyes.

"Itachi, is this your choice?"

"You know very well that we still have a chance."

Itachi's clothes were stained a darker shade by blood. He looked at his father with vigilance in his eyes: "There is no chance anymore, father. Face the reality."

The screams of ordinary people being slaughtered around them became the background sound of the confrontation between the two men, but at this moment, the two men turned a deaf ear to them.

Fugaku lowered his eyes and was the first to release his shadow clone: ​​"Come to the living room, I'll wait for you there."

But by the time Itachi opened his Mangekyo, wary and afraid to step into the living room, Fugaku and Mikoto were already kneeling with their backs to the door, completely accepting their son's choice...

Sasuke, awakened by the screams, subconsciously held his breath, grabbed the kunai from his backpack, and hurriedly followed the sound. When he was outside the living room, he heard the noise coming from inside.

Compared to you, our pain is but a moment...

Father...I'm sorry...

Don't be sorry, all the choices you make have meaning...

No matter what, Itachi, you are my pride...

Go ahead, I'll leave Sasuke to you...

"Clang." The crisp sound of the kunai falling to the ground startled Uchiha Itachi, who had already swung his butcher knife.

He subconsciously turned around with the knife in his hand, looking vigilantly towards the corner outside the house where the sound came from, ready to strike at any time.

"Why?"

A voice that was beyond everyone's expectations was heard.

The man in the shadow took two steps forward, completely exposed to the three people in the room.

That's Sasuke!

The expressions of the three people in the room changed drastically.

No one noticed when Sasuke quietly approached them, even though their spirits were already tense to the extreme...

"Who let you out! Go back!" Fugaku shouted in a low voice.

But Sasuke was extremely calm at this moment. He lowered his head and his expression could not be seen clearly.

"So, Father and Mother, you've abandoned the entire family and are planning to abandon me too, right?"

The room fell into silence for a moment.

Mikoto whimpered in pain beside him, and Fugaku's mind was in a rare state of confusion.

The village must not know that Sasuke might know the inside story, otherwise the village will definitely not allow Sasuke to survive...

But before Fugaku could respond, Itachi had already made a decision.

Rather than continue to argue and arouse Sasuke's suspicion, it would be better for him to just shoulder everything...

But for Sasuke, it might still be too cruel...

Under Sasuke's wide eyes, the blade swung down without hesitation.

The warm blood splashed onto Sasuke's face, which had completely lost its expression, taking away all of Sasuke's senses.

…

“Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!”

The painful wails resounded throughout the patriarch's mansion.

The black eyes turned into scarlet Sharingan.

"Asshole! Asshole! What did you do! What did you do?!!!"

Sasuke picked up the kunai at his feet and rushed towards Itachi like mad. He chopped Itachi's hand with the kunai in his hand, as if he wanted to cut off the hand that Itachi used to kill his father and mother.

The speed was so fast that even Itachi's pupils shrank suddenly. The moment he was hit, he turned into countless crows and regrouped behind Sasuke.

He kicked Sasuke hard, sending him flying and crashing into the bodies of Fugaku and Mikoto.

"What did you do? Didn't you see it?"

"You are so obsessed with the organization, so obsessed with your clan, your mind is ridiculous, Sasuke, you are just like your father, extremely stupid..."

"Father and the tribesmen are at least worthy of measuring my capabilities, but you?"

Itachi wiped the blood off his face expressionlessly and sneered: "You are not worth killing..."

"My foolish brother, if you want to kill me... then hate me as much as you can!"

"And then, carrying hatred, living in ugliness and struggle..."

Sasuke slowly raised his head from his parents' corpses. Instead of fleeing, hatred fueled his murderous intent. His scarlet eyes fixed on Itachi, who was mocking him, even though the man opposite him had once been his beloved brother...

Itachi was slightly stunned, then his face turned cold. The Mangekyo Tsukuyomi pulled Sasuke in without any resistance and tied him to the cross.

One knife after another, without any mercy.

"You are not even qualified to face me right now."

"See these eyes? They hold infinite possibilities..."

As he did so, Itachi explained the method and power of the Mangekyo opening, and also played the scene of himself slaughtering his people to Sasuke in a loop...

I thought Sasuke couldn't hold on for long, but unexpectedly, Sasuke's spirit was much more resilient than Itachi imagined...

Even though he had shown mercy...

His mind and body seemed to have gone numb, and he had no idea how many times he had been stabbed. It was not until the normal world returned to his eyes that Sasuke could no longer hold on and his vision went black.

In a trance, I seemed to hear Itachi's last words:

"When you have eyes like mine, come find me again..."

…

When he opened his eyes again, Sasuke was no longer in Konoha.

He stared blankly at the wooden structure above his head, his eyes filled with emptiness.

After a long while, as if sensing the presence of someone who had been sitting silently beside him, he spoke hoarsely:

"Grandpa, I was left behind."

"Father, mother, they died voluntarily, I heard it..." As if he had found support, Sasuke's emotions finally burst out. Tears welled up in his eyes, but Sasuke kept them in his eyes as he stared wide open.

Looking at Sasuke who was stubbornly refusing to show his vulnerable side, Izuna couldn't help but feel distressed.

He soothed gently, "That's not your problem, Sasuke."

"We will always be with you..."