Tap tap tap...
Tap tap tap tap...
The sound of wooden clogs rhythmically echoed on the stone pavement.
Uchiha Itachi walked down the stone road amidst the ruins, his gaze unwavering, seemingly ignoring the Root Ninjas standing in the corners of the ruins, stepping towards the warehouse door inside.
The Root Ninjas noticed Uchiha Itachi's disregard for them, and the murderous intent in their eyes erupted with anger. One of them began to slowly draw out his Ninja Sword!
"Don't be hasty."
A Root squad leader coldly halted his subordinate from attacking Uchiha Itachi and continued, "Anyway, his life should end today..."
"Quite an intense murderous aura..."
As Uchiha Itachi walked slowly, his fingers secretly formed a hand seal inside his sleeve. His eyes slightly lowered: "Outside, there are forty-one people in total..."
This number...
Is double the number of Root members he used to be with.
Uchiha Itachi began contemplating; surely Akihara Kagura arranged these people here, worrying that he would escape after killing Sasuke?
However...
All these worries were unnecessary.
Because he never intended to leave here alive.
Uchiha Itachi stood at the warehouse door of the stronghold, reached out to push open the warehouse door, and stepped into the somewhat gloomy house.
"Inside is..."
"Forty-three people."
Uchiha Itachi immediately noticed the group of Root Ninjas standing inside the house, even glimpsing the figures standing alert on the beams of the roof through his peripheral vision.
The number of Root members...
Is almost as many as the Dark Department members?
It seems this time Akihara Kagura truly doesn't want him to leave here alive.
However...
These people are not important.
Uchiha Itachi raised his eyes and saw Uchiha Sasuke sitting on a stone chair in the middle, looking at his once timid and cowardly brother.
Uchiha Sasuke propped his chin with his palm, surrounded by Root Ninjas, appearing as their leader with a face full of arrogance and indifference.
"Finally here..."
Uchiha Sasuke's lips curled into a cold smile, looking chillingly at his fratricidal brother, his eyes showing disdain: "Itachi, I thought after I killed your clone last time, you wouldn't dare to come see me..."
Last time, they had clashed during the Kazekage retrieval battle.
During their last encounter, Uchiha Sasuke almost effortlessly killed Uchiha Itachi's clone puppet, despite that clone puppet possessing only thirty percent of its power.
"Sasuke."
Uchiha Itachi shook his head, his lips pressed together: "Can your Sharingan only see the past? You're still afraid, afraid you might not be a match for the Mangekyo Sharingan, so at this moment, you bring these useless people..."
"What did you say!"
A masked Root Ninja roared with rage!
"Calm down."
Uchiha Sasuke soothed the group of Root Ninjas eager to react with anger, his gaze remaining unchanged, as if not feeling insulted by Uchiha Itachi.
"This is not fear."
Uchiha Sasuke stared at Uchiha Itachi, murderous intent gradually brewing in his eyes: "Although I want to kill you, all the clan members present also have the right to watch you die in front of them, just like their relatives and parents, who were massacred by you on the night of the clan annihilation..."
"Clan members..."
Uchiha Itachi's brows furrowed.
"Remove the masks."
Uchiha Sasuke slowly straightened up, speaking coldly: "Let this traitor know, the Uchiha Clan shall not perish!"
A Root Ninja took off his mask.
The other Root Ninjas followed suit, removing their masks.
Everyone present revealed their pairs of blood-red Sharingan.
Each face was filled with hatred, their eyes full of murderous intent like tangible blades, glaring intensely at Uchiha Itachi ahead.
"Uchiha Itachi..."
"Many of them you probably don't remember, do you?"
Uchiha Sasuke grasped his Ninja Sword, flipping his palm, drawing the sword out, staring at the sharp blade as if wondering when this sword could drink Uchiha Itachi's blood: "That's quite normal, in order to hide, everyone except me had to use a false name, everyone almost forgot their own name..."
"This is..."
Uchiha Itachi's pupils shook intensely, his fingers involuntarily trembling.
How is this possible?
Uchiha Itachi's vision deteriorated somewhat, barely recognizing a few people, struggling to make out their youthful outlines from some of their faces.
The most crucial evidence was that these people could freely switch between the familial Bloodline Sharingan and ordinary eyes, undoubtedly possessing the Uchiha Clan's bloodline!
These are all Uchiha clan members!
This kind of thing...
How is it possible?
On the night of the clan annihilation, how could so many people survive!
Uchiha Sasuke swung down his Ninja Sword, speaking coldly once more: "Since that day, I was already thinking, the goal for the rest of my life is only one, to kill you at all costs to exact revenge..."
"Fortunately..."
"There are still many Uchihas living in this world."
"There are still many people sharing the same goal with me, I'm no longer alone."
Uchiha Sasuke pointed his Ninja Sword at Uchiha Itachi, speaking coldly: "Now first tell us the truth of that night of the clan annihilation, why kill the others, why kill Dad and Mom!"