Chapter 61
When Sasuke woke up again, he opened his eyes to the familiar Japanese-style ceiling, the faint morning light shining through the window, and a thin blanket covering him.
Is he asleep...?
Countless times he slept in this room with Yuki and Itachi.
He always liked to snuggle in his aunt's arms, while his older brother gently patted his shoulder from behind, and the three of them embraced.
Memories filled with my older brother and aunt—
How could he be here? He remembered... his duel with Naruto on the hospital rooftop yesterday, only to be stopped by Kakashi. Seeing the difference in their abilities, he clearly realized that if things continued this way, he would never achieve revenge. Even if it meant searching for Orochimaru and obtaining that cursed power, even if there was a possibility his body would be taken away—
Thinking of this, Sasuke's face turned somewhat gloomy.
Then, he thought about going back to the original Uchiha base to take one last look...
Sasuke clenched his fist, his knuckles turning slightly white from the force.
I can't remember—I can't remember at all.
I felt like I knew him very well.
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A month after leaving Konoha, in a town near Konoha, Itachi Uchiha returned to the village to investigate the whereabouts of the Nine-Tails, while Sasuke Uchiha defected and joined Orochimaru.
She was dressed in a morning robe and wearing a bamboo hat. She was in the dumpling shop, where she ordered a serving of three-colored dumplings to rest for a while.
She had to continue pretending to be Lin Xue, the one who had lost her memories of Uchiha Yuki. Right now, she couldn't completely defeat Uchiha Madara—no, Uchiha Obito.
Her former younger brother killed her clansmen, the Fourth Hokage, and Kushina—
Perhaps because the memories of her past sixteen years were intertwined with her experiences of the past twenty years, she found it difficult to bear this complex mix of emotions. So, she temporarily shut off her emotions. The blood feud, the pain, and the disgust of her clan were all hidden beneath her calm and expressionless face.
She stood up, gently placed the coins on the tray, and turned to leave.
"Xiaoxue, have you returned to Konoha Village?"
Suddenly, a figure emerged from the forest; it was Bai Jue.
She threw a kunai, which pierced its head precisely, pinning it firmly to the tree.
White Zetsu: ......
Bai Jue pulled the kunai off himself and quickly caught up with Xue's pace, walking beside her and saying, "Yuan has something to tell you, Xue." For some reason, he felt that the young woman in front of him seemed to be more indifferent to it than before.
White Zetsu dared not ask any further questions, and could only relay Obito's words to it: "Regarding the matter of the Nine-Tails being taken out of Konoha by Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin, and training in various places, someone needs to be in charge of monitoring it."
"Before that, Xiaoxue and Yuan need to meet up and discuss the details."
Xue nodded, and upon seeing this, Bai Jue immediately disappeared into the darkness.
She had something on her mind that she needed to know the exact truth from Itachi, she thought to herself.
However, to her surprise, Obito Uchiha came to find her in person, and it happened while she was chasing Itachi's trail.
"Long time no see, Xue."
The tall man wearing an orange swirling mask spoke as he suddenly appeared before her, a strong sense of intrusion making her uncomfortable. When did he become so strong? Uchiha Yuki fell silent. The man took a step closer to her, and Yuki snapped out of her reverie. Perhaps she should treat him like Lin Xue. So, she looked away, her tone undeniably cold: "Afei...?"
Has she sensed something? Xue wondered.
The sun had already set, and Xue, on her journey, didn't notice the change in Obito's chakra. She thought to herself that this was probably due to the ability of Obito's Mangekyou Sharingan—a space-time ninjutsu type. With her Mangekyou Sharingan, which was immune to mental genjutsu, she couldn't launch any real attack against him.
The forest was dimly lit, and Xue leaned against a tree, only a person's width away from him.
"Oh dear~ I'm a little angry that you're such a stranger to me, senior—" Suddenly, his tone changed from playful to deep and magnetic, "Did you remember something? If you don't tell Fei, Fei will be sad too."
"...I can't remember anything," Xue replied, the man's figure almost enveloping her in his arms.
However, he took a step back, covered his face with his hands, and pretended to be very shy: "If Xiaoxue suddenly remembers something, or is misled by others and does something that is not good for me, I will be very troubled too~"
"After all—didn't Xue say she would always be with me?"
The voice was so eerie that Xue couldn't help but stiffen and instinctively bite her lower lip.
That was just a promise made under duress; how could it be taken seriously? If she were strong enough…
Through the mask's right eye, he saw that the young woman before him was completely unaware of how unnatural her every move was.
It's a shame she was once an elite ninja who served in the Anbu. She can't even hide her emotions properly. What a foolish sister of his!
The man extended his hand, gloved in black leather, and pressed his thumb against her lower lip, slightly separating her teeth from her lips. Then, he forced his thumb into her mouth. The leather tasted unpleasant, and the intrusion of the foreign object made Yuki instinctively want to vomit. She tilted her head slightly, and Obito could see her rosy mouth, her soft tongue, and her pearly white teeth. Her fair face was in his palm. Obito narrowed his eyes, removed his mask with his other hand, and pinned her against the tree, a kiss he couldn't escape falling upon her.
Her body instinctively and subconsciously responded to the other person; it was out of habit, and Xue frowned as she accepted the kiss.
The woman I lost in my memory was interacting with him in this way... the man who killed everyone.
Suddenly, she pushed him away and knelt on the ground, retching uncontrollably.
Obito lowered his eyes and laughed instead. He grabbed her wrist forcefully and lifted her into his arms.
He tore open the space, and the next second, snow fell onto the white bed.
It was the room where Lin Xue had just woken up.
He tore off his robe, his face flushed red, and he curled up to cover himself.
"No, no, don't do this..."
He leaned closer to her and whispered, "Isn't this what Xue usually likes the most?"
Xue could only grit her teeth and let him manipulate and invade her.
Obito couldn't understand why, despite their bodies being so close, their hearts were so far apart.
The gap between hearts is growing ever wider.
He wanted her to belong to him completely, both physically and emotionally.
Mingming—from the very beginning, it was just the two of them relying on each other for survival.
What if other insignificant people die?
Under the Eye of the Moon's plan, they will eventually reunite.
Beneath her, she lay at his mercy, her long, slightly wavy, dark hair spread across the bed. Her smooth, slender body exuded an extreme contrast of beauty, like a fresh rosebud slightly decaying—dark, decadent, yet alluring. Even her furrowed brows added a touch of coquettishness she was unaware of.
The man's masculine aura relentlessly eroded everything, and Xue could only passively accept his sudden lust.
The room was lit by incandescent bulbs, and there was no clock.
I don't know how much time passed, but as the throbbing discomfort inside my body finally subsided,
The other person did not withdraw from her body, but simply embraced her from behind.
The gentle, even, and long breaths, along with the warmth spraying behind her ears, sent a tingling sensation through Xue.
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