Chapter 33 Prequel Mission 2: Your Brother, My Brother

The moment he entered the clan's territory, Itachi noticed something was wrong because he could not sense the breath of living people...

Itachi's figure flashed and he entered the nearest house. At first glance, everything inside the house was normal, except that there was no one in sight.

After Itachi left, he checked several houses in succession and found the situation to be similar. All the people in the Uchiha clan's territory had disappeared somehow.

Itachi looked very unhappy. In this situation, he could only think of one possibility, that is, the village took the initiative to eliminate the Uchiha people who wanted to rebel.

But the Third Hokage had clearly promised him that he would handle it and guaranteed that Sasuke and Shingon would continue to stay in the village... Was it to deceive his trust and then take action in advance?

Thinking of this, Itachi disappeared instantly. This time he came to the house of Shingon. Just like the house he checked before, the things in the door of the room were intact, but the person disappeared inexplicably...

Itachi was stunned for a long time, with the image of the future world described to him by Shinon in his mind. At some point, the shape of the Mangekyō Sharingan appeared in his eyes, and a line of tears flowed down his face...

Before returning to his homeland, Itachi went to the Ninja School to confirm that Sasuke was still in the school. Now it seems that leaving Sasuke alone was probably to restrain him.

Everything happened unexpectedly, Itachi was not mentally prepared at all. He forced himself to calm down because he still had one thing to confirm.

Although he knew in his heart that since the village wanted to suppress the Uchiha rebellion, it would definitely not leave any future troubles, he also knew that his father also possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan, and if he really took action, the village would probably suffer heavy losses.

This was also the reason why he had asked the Third Hokage to handle the matter. Now it seems that the village still doesn't trust him...

Itachi felt as if he had fallen into a quagmire. Every step he took was very difficult. He thought he would sink deeper and deeper, but he never expected that there would be light coming.

Itachi opened the door of his home. The moonlight fell from the night sky, covering the entire courtyard. At the end of the courtyard was the porch where he and Shingon had sat and chatted. On the porch at this time, there was a black-haired boy sitting there, just like that day. When the boy saw him, he smiled and said, "Itachi, you're back."

Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan can see through any illusion, but at this moment, he couldn't confirm whether what he saw was real or an illusion...

Itachi walked in and came in front of Managao. He could clearly see Managao's appearance. The last time he and Managao sat here and chatted, Managao's eyes still had two magatama, but this time the magatama in Managao's eyes had become three.

Shingon was also looking at Itachi's eyes curiously. This was the first time he saw the Mangekyō Sharingan. The shape of Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan was like three magnified magatama connected together.

While looking into Itachi's eyes, Shingon also saw himself in Itachi's eyes, and his eyes were upgraded again.

Managao had no idea how the second magatama grew, but the third magatama was generated not long ago when the system said "Uchiha Itachi is the extinct clan".

"Here... was it you who did this?" Itachi suddenly asked. He didn't know why he asked this question. To make all the Uchiha disappear silently, they could only use the power of the village. But when he saw the truth at this time, he suddenly had this idea.

Itachi looked at Managao, who was covered in a layer of faint moonlight. The soft halo made his bright face look even more innocent and harmless. The whole person was like a illusory light and shadow projected from outside the world.

But all the Uchiha clan members disappeared, and only Shingon was left here. Shingon was neither surprised nor panicked. He greeted him with a smile as if they always met.

Zhenyan suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed to the full moon in the night sky: "I sent everyone to the moon."

Itachi could not help but look up. The moon tonight was unusually round, so round that it seemed very close to them, as if it was about to fall down. But Itachi knew that this was all an illusion. The moon was hundreds of thousands of kilometers away from the ground. Even the Fourth Hokage's Flying Thunder God was probably out of reach, let alone sending all the Uchiha clan members up there.

Aliens, white radish spirit, there always seems to be some wild ideas in Shingon's mind, but these wild ideas are all based on reality. Aliens are recorded on the Uchiha stone tablet, and he has seen the white radish spirit with his own eyes in the wooden house outside the village, so sending people to the moon is probably also a reality.

Just like he wanted to defend the village, maintain the reputation of the Uchiha clan, and protect his younger brother, he always had to pay a price. So what did Shingon pay?

"What did you pay for it?" Itachi asked.

"Uh, this..." Zhenyan was actually quite embarrassed. After all, he had just brought Xiao Shi back some chakra, and he had used up most of it. "Xiao Shi is unhappy..."

"???" Itachi's face was full of confusion, "Xiao Ju?"

Shingo and Itachi looked at each other, their Sharingan reflected each other's appearance, and at that moment, the space gate around them changed...

Shingo and Itachi were transferred from the real courtyard to a starry sea space gate. In the center of this space gate, there was a monster with ten tails, which looked like both a human and a tree.

After his eyes turned into three magatama, Shingon discovered that by using the power of the Sharingan, he could enter the sealed space gate of the tailed beast even without contacting the jinchūriki. At this moment, he used the power of the Sharingan to pull Itachi into the space gate where the Ten-Tails was.

Itachi looked at the monster in front of him, and he was surprised to find that his Mangekyō Sharingan was ineffective against this monster. At this time, the monster was roaring and lashing the surrounding space doors with its tail, and it looked like it was going crazy...

"Xiao Shi is not usually like this." Zhen Yan explained, "I misappropriated some chakra today, so it is unhappy."

Itachi: “…”

Itachi was very clever. He quickly thought of the Nine-Tails in the village from the ten tails of the Ten-Tails. He asked Shingon, "How come there is this thing in your body?"

The fact that Zhenyan was able to have ten tails was naturally thanks to the help of his uncle Heijue, but Heijue said that his identity must be kept secret, so Zhenyan could only tell part of what he could say: "It was like this, when I met Xiaoshi, it hadn't eaten for a long time. I told it to follow me and there would be food, so Xiaoshi followed me..."

Itachi: “…………”

Is it so easy to pick up the tail beast?!

Perhaps because Managao looked too relaxed and casual, Itachi gradually calmed down. He looked at Managao and suddenly said seriously: "Don't mention this to anyone again."

"As for what's going on in the clan, you should pretend you know nothing. Let me talk to the Hokage."

What Manabu had done was beyond the capabilities of ordinary ninjas, especially now that they no longer have the protection of their family. If the village knew about Manabu's situation, he would probably be used as a weapon by the village.

So Itachi decided to follow the original plan and make himself the murderer of the "clan annihilation". As for the "remains" of the missing Uchiha clan members, he would inform the Third Hokage that he had dealt with them. The reason for dealing with them was to prevent the Sharingan from being used by someone with ulterior motives. I think the Third Hokage would understand.

[Host, the deviation rate has dropped by 2%.] The spiritual system suddenly came online and whispered to Zhenyan. In fact, it didn't understand, because in its opinion, the plot had completely gone astray, but the deviation rate not only did not surge, but also decreased...

But Shingon understood that this was probably related to the decision Itachi had just made.

Thinking of this, Shingon looked at Itachi and said, "If I don't tell him, the village will hold Itachi responsible, right?"

"I will leave the village." This was also what Itachi had planned long ago, and he would take all the blame alone.

"Has Itachi decided where to go?" Zhenyan asked again.

This time, Itachi was a little confused.

Shingon smiled and said, "Let me introduce you to a job. There is an organization in the Hidden Rain Village. The members of the organization are all talented. Itachi will definitely get along well with everyone if he goes there."

Itachi: "...Do you know anyone from the Hidden Rain Village?"

"I know the leader of that organization." Shingon thought about it and said, "If Itachi wants to go, I will write you a letter of introduction and then let the white... radish spirit take you there."

Itachi: “…………”

After helping Itachi find a job, Shingon took Itachi out of the Ten-Tails Space Gate. He looked in the direction of the gate and said, "Sasuke will be back soon. Itachi wants to see Sasuke before he leaves, right?"

"Have you thought about what to say?" Zhenyan asked.

Itachi also looked towards the gate and finally spoke: "Sasuke is still very innocent. We can't let him know the truth."

Itachi knew Sasuke. If he let Sasuke know the truth, he would definitely not be at ease staying in the village, and might even have a grudge against the village. Instead of that, it would be better to let this "evil man" do his best and let Sasuke transfer his hatred to him...

"What are you going to do?" Zhenyan asked again.

Itachi's calm Kaleidoscope turned towards Mangon. Mangon sensed Itachi's eye power and took the initiative to enter it.

Tsukuyomi is the ability of Itachi's left eye. After activating Tsukuyomi, he can construct an illusion world completely controlled by Itachi. Now Mango is in the illusion created by Itachi.

The scene in the illusion world is the same as the Uchiha clan in reality, except that the clan members who were sent away by the truth have returned. Itachi shuttled through the clan territory, doing what he was supposed to do, until he finally stood in front of the truth with blood on his body...

Zhenyan watched the entire video and commented: "I think those scenes are not suitable for minors to watch and need to be censored."

Itachi: “…………”

Itachi was actually a little hesitant, because with Shingon's intervention, things were completely different from what he had expected. But then he had to go meet the Third Hokage and take the blame for the Uchiha's disappearance. When he left the village on the charge of exterminating the clan, there would definitely be many rumors in the village.

If he didn't use illusion to let Sasuke see the "reality" directly, with Sasuke's trust in him, it would be difficult for him to fully believe the content of the rumors.

"Sasuke admires you very much." Shingon said again, so even if Sasuke is not told the truth, he should not be shown those pictures, as it will affect the child's mental health.

Shingon looked at Itachi who was still in a state of confusion, and finally decided, "As for Sasuke, let me tell you."

Itachi was going to take the blame for him, so he had to do something to help Itachi.

Itachi was silent for a long time, and finally looked at Shingon and said solemnly: "Sasuke, I'm leaving it to you."

"You can leave without worry." Shingon patted his chest and assured, "Sasuke is also my brother. I will definitely teach him everything I know and train him to become the new generation of Uchiha."

Itachi: “…………”

Itachi was completely worried because he suddenly remembered that Sasuke and Shingon were learning the art of talking. For a moment he wanted to take back the request he had just made...!