Chapter 49

The four rock statues on the Hokage Rock are Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Minato Namikaze.

In this world, after losing their only brother, the two clan leaders of the Senju and Uchiha clans finally formed an alliance and established the present-day Konoha Village. After the first ninja village appeared, other major countries began to follow suit and establish ninja villages. The ninja families that had been fighting each other began to gradually stabilize with the emergence of ninja villages. In addition, with the joint efforts of [Senju Hashirama] and [Uchiha Madara] to suppress them, the ninja world entered an unprecedented period of peace. Later, the first and second generations of Hokage retreated behind the scenes, but still had a great influence, so the ninja world has been peaceful until now...

The above is what the players, Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, heard from the villagers of Konoha. Even if we take into account that this is a world of infinite moon reading, for Tobirama Senju, the above content is still very absurd, because in his opinion, it is impossible for the Senju to form an alliance with the Uchiha.

After listening to the description of the villagers of Konoha, and looking at the peaceful and harmonious Konoha Village in front of him, Senju Tobirama felt that it was even more inconsistent. So what is fake is fake...

Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju were walking together on the street, collecting useful information. As they were crossing the street, a ball suddenly rolled over from the side of the street and stopped at their feet.

Senju Hashirama stopped and picked up the ball at his feet. He looked ahead and saw an old house on the street. A little boy was standing in front of the door. The boy had a small braid on his head, and as his head tilted to one side, the braid swayed, making him look particularly cute.

Senju Hashirama smiled, walked forward, and asked, "Is this your ball?"

The little boy was not shy. He reached out to take the ball, then blinked his big eyes curiously at the tall man in front of him.

"Iwata, thank the first generation." An old voice suddenly came from behind the little boy.

Senju Hashirama looked over and found a white-haired old man sitting inside the door of the old house. The old man noticed Senju Hashirama's gaze, reached out to pick up the crutch beside him, and stood up with difficulty. Senju Hashirama then noticed that one of the old man's trouser legs was empty.

"Sir, the First Generation." The old man spoke respectfully.

Senju Hashirama wanted to say that he was not the Hokage here, but seeing the old man's serious expression, he swallowed his words and changed the topic to ask: "Are you a ninja too?"

The old man was stunned for a moment before he said, "It used to be."

"Do you know that this is an illusion?" Senju Hashirama asked again, observing the old man's reaction.

Hearing his words, the old man's aged but kind expression froze for a moment, but soon returned to normal. Looking at the child playing with a ball outside the door, the old man smiled and said, "This kind of life is indeed too good to be true."

"Father, who are you talking to?" At this moment, a young couple came out. When they saw Senju Hashirama, they were stunned for a moment, and then greeted him respectfully.

Senju Hashirama glanced at the young couple, then looked at the old man: "Now I can wake you up from the illusion, are you willing?"

The old man's crutch suddenly exerted force, and his back hunched down a little, as if standing for a long time made it difficult for his only remaining leg to support him. He coughed and said to the young couple behind him, "Let's take Yan Tai in."

The young couple looked a little uneasy, as if they had noticed something. They followed the old man's instructions and led the little boy who was playing with the ball outside the door into the room.

"Master Shodai, I know you mean well." The old man spoke again, "But my family is here. I am old and won't live much longer. I just want to see my family again."

The wind blew, rolling up the old man's empty leg. The war took away not only his leg, but also his spiritual support. When he woke up, all he could face were three cold tombstones. But here, he found his support again.

Senju Hashirama looked at the old man's eyes that were weathered by time. He said nothing more, but turned and left.

"Brother." Senju Tobirama followed behind, "Uchiha is indeed very cunning. He actually used this method to trap people in an illusion."

Senju Hashirama came back to his senses from his contemplation. He looked at his angry brother and said, "It's not entirely wrong."

Senju Tobirama: "..."

...

Sasuke always thought that he was a rational person who could distinguish between truth and falsehood, and at least would not be emotional about unreal things. So even though he was taken home by Uchiha Mikoto, he did not really identify with this place.

"Sasuke is back." Itachi greeted him when he saw him, and his expression was exactly the same as in his childhood memory.

Uchiha was actually not good at expressing his emotions, like his father, who was usually too strict, which made him in awe and afraid to take the initiative to get close to him. But Itachi was different. Although Itachi looked quiet and indifferent, when facing him, he could always make him feel a unique gentleness, and he was indulged by this gentleness, always pestering Itachi and asking Itachi to teach him how to cultivate.

But later, his gentle brother turned into the executioner of the clan overnight. He couldn't believe it and even found excuses for Itachi. He thought Itachi was deceiving him, but Itachi put the facts in front of him again and again and told him that it was the fact, and the more he loved him, the more he hated him.

However, he ended up hating the wrong person. After Itachi's death, the truth came to light. It turned out that he was just following the path Itachi had arranged for him. Later, when the Fourth World War broke out, he met Itachi again. This time, Itachi did not arrange a path for him, but told him that no matter which path he took in the future, he would love him.

He can choose his own path, but he decides to take the path Itachi once took. Too many people have sacrificed for peace, and he will not let Itachi's sacrifice be in vain. He will inherit Itachi's will and move on, so he has to break the illusion before him and restore the world to normal first.

Since it was an illusion that would be exposed sooner or later, he naturally would not recognize the family members here, so he did not respond to Itachi.

Itachi frowned and watched Sasuke come in. He pondered for a moment and followed him in.

"Where did you go?" Uchiha Fugaku asked at the dinner table.

Hearing his father's voice, Sasuke straightened his back subconsciously. He quickly came to his senses and regretted his behavior. His already cold face became even colder...

Uchiha Fugaku looked at his silent son in confusion. Uchiha Mikoto stepped out to smooth things over and said, "I'm going to find Naruto."

"It's the child of Minato's family." Uchiha Fugaku thought for a moment and said, "Not long ago, Minato mentioned to me that Naruto was too jumpy and wanted him to go to the Anbu to hone his character. Sasuke is not young anymore, so he should find something to do. Come with me to report to the police department tomorrow."

"..." Sasuke couldn't help but look at Uchiha Fugaku, he didn't expect to hear such words, because in his impression, Itachi was better than him, and his father valued Itachi more, and the Konoha Police Department has always been in charge of the Uchiha, and his father asked him to go to the Police Department. The meaning conveyed was very obvious, that is, he wanted to surpass Itachi and train him to be the successor.

So this world is indeed fake...

Sasuke tightened his grip on the bowl and chopsticks, and finally he put them on the table and stood up. Three pairs of surprised eyes looked at him at the same time. He turned around and left with a slight pause in his steps, and his mouth moved a little, but in the end he still said nothing and left the familiar Uchiha residence just like that...

"Sasuke!" Uchiha Mikoto wanted to chase after him anxiously, but was stopped by Itachi.

"Let me go." Itachi said, and followed the direction Sasuke left.

Sasuke didn't have a clear destination, but when he stopped, he found himself at the training ground in the Uchiha clan's territory. Several targets in the training ground were placed in tricky positions and were specifically used for training the Sharingan.

It was here that Itachi taught him how to throw kunai when he was a kid. Itachi always hit the bull's eye accurately, but he was eager to show off and ended up hurting his foot. In the end, Itachi carried him back...

Memories surged up uncontrollably, and Sasuke stood in the center of the training ground, holding several kunai in both hands. He soared into the air, and the kunai flew out...

Sasuke landed safely on the ground. Without even looking, he knew that he could hit every target as accurately as Itachi...

The sound of applause was suddenly heard. Sasuke turned around and saw Itachi following him.

Itachi looked at the target hit by Sasuke and said with a smile: "Sasuke has grown up."

Sasuke pursed his lips and said nothing.

Itachi looked at him again and asked, "Sasuke doesn't want to go to the police department?"

Sasuke remained silent, and Itachi looked more and more puzzled. He looked at his speechless brother and asked again, "Is Sasuke in trouble?"

"Or did we make you unhappy?" Itachi asked the latter question in an uncertain tone, because it seemed impossible to him, but the reality seemed to be so. His brother suddenly changed and treated them as coldly as a stranger.

Sasuke didn't want to have too much involvement with his family here. He just wanted to leave as soon as possible and return to reality. However, when he saw Itachi's confused expression and the worry in the other's eyes, he always got entangled. He knew he shouldn't do that.

"If this world is fake, what would you do?" Sasuke asked Itachi in return, while also reminding himself.

"So this is why Sasuke doesn't call me brother?" Itachi was very smart and one sentence made him understand why Sasuke was cold to them.

"If we didn't exist, Sasuke would have a hard time being alone." Itachi said, and when he looked over, he had the gentle expression he was most familiar with, "So, even if we're gone, you have to take care of yourself."

Sasuke felt that the softest part of his heart was hit. The emotions that he had been suppressing suddenly surged up, making his nose sore. He almost blurted out "brother", but he bit it tightly in his mouth...