"Because I'm Sasuke now......." Orochimaru licked his lips and said, "If it's Sasuke, he would definitely go there himself for this kind of thing, so......"
"I see. To avoid Uchiha Itachi's suspicion, huh? That's indeed a wise decision," Kabuto laughed.
"Alright, Kabuto, come with me," Orochimaru said indifferently, putting away the tongue he had stuck out. Not only that, but his voice also changed to Sasuke's cold and young voice.
"Now, remember, I'm Uchiha Sasuke, understand?" Orochimaru said.
"Understood, Sasuke-sama," Kabuto nodded.
"No, remove the 'sama'. Sasuke doesn't like people calling him that. Alright, let's set off. But before that, I have to change my clothes first. These clothes are too easy to recognize," A cold voice rang out, and Orochimaru's figure walked out of the hall.
"Orochimaru-sama, has he finally taken the first step? I'm really looking forward to it. What kind of performance will Orochimaru-sama have in the future?" Looking at Orochimaru's back, Kabuto's eyes became more and more fanatical.
"This is the third base that I've investigated, a temple in the southwest direction of the Land of Fire. And behind this temple, there's a huge cave. That's the place, Sasuke," Kabuto said. At this time, he and Orochimaru had arrived in front of a temple. Before, they had investigated two Akatsuki bases, but they had already been deserted. Not to mention Itachi, they hadn't even seen any other Akatsuki members.
"Very good, Kabuto. You stay outside. I'll go alone," Using Sasuke's voice to order Kabuto, Orochimaru then stepped into the temple alone.
Passing through the temple without stopping, Orochimaru directly walked into the cave. It was pitch black inside, and the sound of dripping water was constantly coming from the top of the cave. However, walking in it, Orochimaru didn't stumble at all. Only the sound of his footsteps echoed in the entire cave.
"Is there anyone?" Just as Orochimaru was wondering, a voice finally rang out in front of him.
"You've come, huh......"
Hearing this, Orochimaru's body stopped. Although he hadn't heard this voice for a long time, he still remembered it very clearly. It was Itachi's voice.
"Who?!" Even so, Orochimaru didn't reveal it and asked back. Of course, he used Sasuke's tone.
"It's me, Sasuke......" After a moment, a figure walked out, and the three-tomoe Sharingan slowly rotated. It was Uchiha Itachi.
"As expected, it seems that Itachi is waiting for me. No, he should be waiting for his younger brother." After analyzing secretly in his heart, Orochimaru directly activated the Sharingan without hesitation, and his eyes were also filled with anger.
"You've grown taller," Itachi still said to himself.
"But you haven't changed at all. Even that indifferent gaze is still the same....." Orochimaru said coldly. At this moment, he seemed to be possessed by Sasuke, performing quite realistically.
"You're not shouting and rushing over rashly like before, huh? Before, you would directly use Fire Release as soon as you saw me in order to kill me......" Itachi said indifferently.
"Fire Release? I don't remember using Fire Release to deal with you. What I used was the Chidori that Kakashi taught me," Orochimaru said coldly.
"Is that so? I must have misremembered ah....." Itachi replied, his expression unchanged.
"This guy Itachi is deliberately saying past experiences that are half-true and half-false. It seems that he wants to verify whether I'm really Sasuke. If it wasn't for my Reincarnation Technique being able to share the memories of souls, I'm afraid Itachi would have really noticed the flaw......."
At this time, Orochimaru secretly warned himself. In Sasuke's memories, the first time Sasuke met Itachi after the massacre of the clan, Sasuke had directly used the Chidori, not Fire Release.
"Hmph, you don't understand me at all!" Orochimaru's eyes narrowed, unwilling to say any more nonsense to Itachi. The more he said, the more he would reveal, and then he waved his right hand!
"Chidori Sharp Spear!" A spear-shaped lightning chakra instantly shot out from the palm of Orochimaru's right hand, directly piercing Itachi's chest!
"Cough cough!" Itachi immediately spat out a large mouthful of blood and then fell to the ground.
"He was actually killed so easily...... No, this should just be a clone." Looking at Itachi, who had fallen to the ground, Orochimaru analyzed in his heart.
"You've become stronger, Sasuke....." After saying this last sentence, Itachi's body suddenly turned into crows and fell apart.
"As expected, Itachi's best at the Crow Clone." Seeing the crows all over the cave, Orochimaru couldn't help but frown.
"Go to that Uchiha base that was abandoned before alone. We'll settle things there," Among the crows flying around, Itachi's voice came indifferently.
"The abandoned Uchiha base, huh?" Orochimaru searched Sasuke's memories and finally confirmed where that base was referring to.
"It seems that Uchiha Itachi is already suspecting me, but he hasn't seen through me." After Itachi left, Orochimaru laughed, "He's asked Sasuke to go to the abandoned base of the Uchiha clan. It seems that he really wants to settle things. I'm his younger brother now. The so-called settling things should just be giving me power or something like that. This is really worth looking forward to."
Thinking of this, Orochimaru's heart couldn't help but become even more excited, because it seemed that he could become stronger again. He walked out of the cave with a smile on his face. When he came to the outside of the cave, Orochimaru's face immediately returned to its coldness.
"Sasuke, how was it? Did you really see Itachi?" Seeing Orochimaru come out, Kabuto asked cooperatively.
"I saw him," Orochimaru nodded, and then said, "Kabuto, next I have to go to a place. You just follow me."
"Okay," Kabuto nodded with a smile, and then the two of them set off again and headed into the distance.
After a moment, in a tree next to the temple, Black Zetsu and White Zetsu slowly emerged from it.
"It seems that the battle between Sasuke and Itachi is about to begin. Let's hurry up and follow them," White Zetsu said.
"Hmm," Black Zetsu replied, "But..... I always feel that this Sasuke seems a little off....."
"Off? What do you mean?" White Zetsu asked back.
"It's just a feeling. I can't explain it either," Black Zetsu replied in a low voice, "And why is Kabuto following next to Sasuke? He should be following next to Orochimaru."
"Haven't we already received information that Orochimaru has been killed by Sasuke, so Kabuto changed masters?" White Zetsu replied.
"Maybe," Black Zetsu said, "Since the battle between Sasuke and Itachi is about to begin, then let's go and inform Obito first."
"Alright, then let's hurry up. I think..... the battle between these two will definitely be very exciting," White Zetsu laughed, and then Black Zetsu and White Zetsu sank into the trunk of the tree again, as if nothing had happened.
.......
At this time, in the abandoned Uchiha base, in a hall in that tower, Uchiha Itachi was sitting in a seat, slowly opening his eyes.
"Sasuke, huh? But, are you really Sasuke....."
Above the Valley of the End, the two huge statues of Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama stood facing each other on either side of a huge waterfall.
And on top of Uchiha Madara's head, a figure wearing an orange mask was sitting there peacefully.
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