Itachi looked at the sky. It was already deep into the night.
However, Sasuke still hadn't returned.
"I heard that he fought with Jinchuriki from Suna ninja Village. Logically speaking, he should have returned long ago." Fugaku rubbed his chin. He was also a little weirded.
The opponent was just Jinchuriki. Even if he went berserk, it was not worth it for Sasuke to spend so long.
Itachi had some doubts and planned to go out to find Sasuke.
He was stopped halfway.
"Sasuke is with me. He is doing the right thing."
"This voice, you are Kabuto, why are you dressed like this ?" Itachi looked at this man in surprise.
"Something troublesome happened, so I had no choice but to do this. Itachi, Ni-san values you very much. Although I have never understood it, since it is his opinion, I will not disobey."
Kabuto slowly took off his hood. "You are different from Shisui. That guy will easily trust others. He is an idiot, but you are different. You are very smart."
When Itachi saw Kabuto's face, his expression suddenly changed. He subconsciously took a few steps back to distance himself. The muscles all over his body tightened and revealed Sharingan.
Kabuto's face seemed to have been eroded by something. Countless cells were squirming.
"Your face, no, what happened to your body? First generation cells? No, this should be that person's cells. What are you doing?"
Mangekyou Sharingan could already see the level of cells in his vision. It was precisely because he could see it clearly that Itachi felt a chill rise from his body.
Countless cells are fighting fiercely and bloodily like bugs. This kind of horrifying scene is beyond imagination for Itachi.
And what truly made Itachi wary was the eyes in Kabuto's eye pockets.
Byakugan.
Where did this blind eye come from? There are only two or three people in the Hyuga clan. The elder only has one eye left. Hiashi's eye was gouged out by Hoheto. So this is Hanabi's eye?
"Kabuto, what did you do? Is this the will of that person, or is it your intention?" Itachi didn't say anything. Instead, he lowered his voice and said in a low voice.
Kabuto sighed, "That's right. If it was Shisui, he would have attacked me immediately. He would only consider capturing me first. Only you would calmly negotiate with me."
"Answer my question."
"In the current situation, my brother's will is my will. It is the right thing for me to transplant his cells and take the risk of transplanting his eyes."
He looked at Itachi with a bit of nostalgia.
In the past, the two of them, together with Yamato, were known as the strongest new generation. After graduation, they went their separate ways.
Because of Mokuton, Yamato was recruited by Yondaime.
As a member of Uchiha's clan, Itachi could only wander in the middle area of the Hokage faction and Uchiha, walking carefully, afraid of disturbing anything.
As for him, he disappeared after graduation and joined the Root department, which also showed his performance in the exam of Chunin.
"Has something happened to Lord Yuuji? Was one of the people in the fierce battle in the alien dimension Lord Yuuji?" Itachi asked.
Kabuto nodded. "You are a smart person. It doesn't matter if you know what you should say or not. My eyes were also transplanted by the situation."
Byakugan transformed into a blue Rinnegan. The powerful Hitomi immediately suppressed Itachi.
"Byakugan turned into a blue Rinnegan. This should be Otsutsuki's eyes."
Itachi immediately guessed the origin of the eyes and remembered the killed Otsutsuki Urashiki.
"Kabuto, what did you do to my brother? As my classmate, you should know where my bottom line is!"
"Sasuke is very good. After being attacked by Setsuna, he killed him. He got Setsuna's Indra Pupil. Now he has probably begun to merge. You brothers will meet again soon. You will see the real Pupil of Indra."
Kabuto chuckled, his blue eyes flashing with a deep luster. "At least, he doesn't have to kill you and transplant your eyes like the future him. My brother saved the lives of your entire family and the entire Uchiha clan."
Itachi was silent.
It was indeed so.
He was different from Shisui. Shisui was Yuuji's braindead fan.
Itachi had always suspected that there was something wrong with Shisui's eyes. It seemed that his eyesight had declined after consuming a lot of Hitomi's strength. It should be that he had carried out a secret mission for Yuuji and used Kotoamatsukami on someone.
Shisui would not ask for the reason or speculate about the motive. Instead, he would carry out the order. Itachi was different. Even if he carried out the order, he would hide all kinds of analysis results in his heart.
Itachi tried his best to maintain his cold rationality. Although this rationality had told him countless times that Uchiha's clan had embarked on a path that was different from what Sasuke had vaguely told him in the future, mainly because of Yuuji.
Of course, gratitude was gratitude, but it does not warrant a reverence.
It seemed that now was the time to suppress the fate of the entire Uchiha clan and gamble on another future.
The price of Uchiha's clan had already been secretly marked by that person.
"My brother rewritten the fate of your clan and secretly buried a lot of foreshadowing. I perfected my brother's plan and pushed Sasuke to take the last step, so that you don't have to kill each other..."
"Let's be honest, what am I going to do? What level do you master and apprentice hope I can achieve?"
"In the fourth great battle of Ninja World, some forces are too strong. This won't do..."
The two talked in secret.
The entire process was silent and no one noticed anything.
When Itachi returned home, his mind was a little dazed.
"With such a poor mental state, it seems that something remarkable has happened."
Fugaku sat at the door of the house and watched Itachi come back quietly. "Did something happen to Sasuke?"
"Yes, but it's a good thing. It won't be long before he can have the eternal Mangekyou." Itachi hesitated and said.
Fugaku raised his eyebrows and looked at his eldest son in shock.
The eternal Mangekyou? He had the same eyes as Madara and Kazue... But how did Sasuke know the method of advancement?
"Is it related to that person? That's right, Sasuke is his disciple. The stronger Sasuke is, he will definitely be pleased." Fugaku nodded repeatedly.
"Yes, Senior Kazue took two months to complete it, but her situation seems to be very special. The time Sasuke needs will be very short. If it is fast, he will succeed in a week."
Itachi sat next to Fugaku, silent.
The father and son sat side by side, and neither spoke.
Fugaku did not continue to ask. Of course, he could see that Itachi was not just lost in his soul because Sasuke was about to get the Eternal Eye - nor could he be lost in his soul. It was Itachi's character to feel happy from the bottom of his heart.
When Itachi did not take the initiative to mention it, it already showed that it was not something that could be casually revealed.
"What are you two doing? Why isn't Sasuke back yet? It's time to eat!"
Mikoto opened the door and shouted.
"Let's go, eat first. No matter what happens, Uchiha's clan will stand on your side." Fugaku patted Itachi on the shoulder and stood up.
"Father, if our clan is saved because of a certain someone and is exempted from the annihilation of our clan, and can enjoy respect and peace, then what should we do if that person wants us to follow him and make another choice?"
"I see. I more or less understand what you are worried about. Since there is no way to resist, we will join in."
Fugaku only left this sentence behind.
Itachi lowered his head.
...
Somewhere outside Konohagakure.
The fusion operation for Sasuke was going on.
"Don't worry. I will personally perform the operation for you. There won't be any problems."
"Yamato, why are you here?"
Sasuke said in a deep voice, looking suspiciously at the person in front of him.
Yamato said calmly, "I am also Sensei's disciple. Isn't it normal for me to help you?"
"That's not what I want to ask... Forget it." Sasuke looked exhausted.
Everything happened too quickly.
Sasuke spread out his palms, looked at the two eyeballs, and then glanced at Setsuna who was unconscious on the ground.
"Why are you hesitating? Setsuna wants to kill you. You do not owe him anything." Yamato said coldly.
Sasuke hesitated, "It can merge with other people's eyes. This..."
He was a little disgusted.
Thinking about it, he pressed the two eyeballs into his own eyes and slowly fused them with his own eyes, obtaining new eyes...
Sasuke had never thought that the process of Uchiha's clan upgrading to Eternal Eyes would be so bloody and cruel!
"Don't feel burdened. This is just a method to supplement the genes. Because Indra inherited a part of Rikudou Sennin's genes, he had the pupil who would never lose his sight. As the descendants of Indra, you only inherited part of Indra's genes, which is even more incomplete." Yamato said.
This is just a method to supplement the lost genes. There is nothing to be disgusted about.
"What exactly is the pupil of Indra? This old thing has the pupil of Indra obtained by making a wish to a demon. What's the matter with me?" Sasuke said in a deep voice.
"Because you have part of Indra's Chakra in your body. Chakra is a special energy condensed by spirit and life. The spirit part will guide you to develop in the direction of Indra in a specific part." Yamato said.
"I have Indra's chakra in my body... Did Sensei know it from the beginning? "
"I don't know. Maybe he only knew about it in recent years. After all, Otsutsuki appeared one after another and brought us a lot of information. "
Sasuke nodded thoughtfully.
He lowered his head and looked at the two eyeballs, no longer rejecting them.
To a certain extent, these were his eyes.
"Why do I have Indra's chakra on me?"
"I don't know. You need to find the truth yourself, but at least Sensei won't harm you. If he was here, he would probably want you to obtain the Eternal Eye."
"I want to see Sensei."
"He has something to do, so he can't see you."
Yamato said, "Don't hesitate anymore. If you don't transplant this pair of eyes, do you want to steal your father or brother's eyes in the future? Get them to come and steal your eyes?"
"No! That can't happen!"
"As far as I know, your brother seems to have the intention to give up his own eyes to help you. Do you still remember the mysterious powerhouse who has appeared in your clan before ? He is the future you."
Yamato threw out an explosive piece of information.
Sasuke's mind buzzed and went blank.
Of course, he remembered that person. The mysterious man with a Rinnegan and a six-pointed star pattern had thick bangs that covered half of his face. He was very mysterious.
Many people thought that he was actually the leader of the Eye Organization. At least that was what Fugaku thought, and he even specially talked to him about this matter.
But that guy was his future self?
"Think about it carefully. Think about that person's Mangekyou Sharingan. Think about that strange pattern. You should be able to think of it," Mangekyou Sharingan said. "That is the Eternal Eye. That pattern is also made from two different patterns."
Sasuke shuddered and trembled all over.
"That's right. That person's eyes were formed after you took your brother's eyes." Yamato's voice was like the whisper of a demon.
"Impossible! How could I attack my brother..."
"Originally, you would have done it. Now, you can grow normally. Thanks to Sensei, he changed the fate of countless people with his own strength. This naturally includes you, Sasuke," Yamato said coldly.
Logically speaking, he had also obtained this information from Kabuto not long ago. When he first found out about it, he was also dumbstruck.
However, there was no reason for someone like Sensei to lie at all. Moreover, Sensei also possessed the time precious artifact that he had seized from Otsutsuki, and he was able to shuttle through time.
Under the dim light of the candle, Yamato slowly told him about what had happened in another history.
From the initial shock and disbelief of Sasuke, he gradually became silent.
Uchiha's clan was exterminated by his brother, and he was the only one left?
He defected to Orochimaru, killed Itachi, and finally transplanted Itachi's eyes?
Sasuke was completely numb.
"With Sensei here, all the tragedies will not happen. No matter how strong your Uchiha clan is, you will never dare to rebel, because once you make a move, you will really be exterminated."
Yamato pointed at his head. "Think about it. When you were young, the relationship between Uchiha's clan and the village became very tense, but it gradually became unsettled. No one was stirring again."
The strength of Uchiha's clan far surpassed any period in normal history. From the number and quality of top experts, it far surpassed that.
However, such a strong clan of Uchiha never rebelled, nor did they dare to rebel.
Without Yuuji using absolute strength to suppress it, based on this clan's character, they would have already turned the heavens upside down.
After Sasuke heard this, he sat there in a daze, not moving at all.
After a long time, he finally spoke with a hoarse voice, "I understand. Let's start the operation. I want to transplant these eyes."
"If you make the right decision, you will obtain the real pupilof Indra. You will take another path."
Yamato nodded, took Setsuna's eyes, and began the operation.
Everything was silent, with only occasional sounds.
When Yamato began to take off his gloves and clean up his blood.
Setsuna slowly woke up.
"You finally woke up. You lost. As a price, you lost your eyes." Yamato said coldly.
Setsuna stared at the empty eye sockets and sat helplessly on the ground.
There was no doubt that this adventure had completely lost to him.
But what could he do? If he didn't take the opportunity to make a move now, in a few years, he would be left behind by Sasuke even more, and there would be no chance.