Kurama covered his mouth, carefully glanced at Naruto, and let out a sigh of relief after confirming that Naruto didn't hear his laugh. He was the strongest tailed beast, Kurama, and couldn't let Naruto hear him laugh like a pig; that would be embarrassing.
In short, the situation was very dangerous now. Although Itachi and Kisame's mission was only to confirm the status of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, if given the chance, these two would not hesitate to capture the Nine-Tails.
There was a similar scene in the original story, but there was a slight difference: Naruto now had no power to fight back.
Kisame stood outside the door, looking at Naruto, his sharp teeth exposed, smiling creepily. "Hey, kid, are you the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?"
Itachi sighed helplessly, his face expressionless. "Kisame, there's no need to ask such obvious questions twice."
"Itachi-san is right." Kisame nodded, stepped into the room, and drew Samehada from his back. "Kid, you can transform into a tailed beast. Let me see how powerful the legendary strongest tailed beast is."
Naruto: "..."
He tightly gripped the dagger, instinctively trying to extract chakra, but the intense pain from his body told him he couldn't fight now.
What should he do? Naruto was anxious. Although he didn't know what these two wanted, from Kisame's words, they were definitely not good people. But how did these two know he was here?
A Jinchuriki leaving the village was a big deal. No village would be stupid enough to reveal this information.
"Konohagakure has a spy." Kurama said coldly in the sealed space, then smirked as if he remembered something. "Or maybe a traitor."
"Traitor?" Naruto understood the word spy but not traitor.
"Simply put, someone in Konohagakure deliberately revealed your whereabouts." Kurama lazily replied.
"Traitor!" Naruto was shocked, then shook his head vigorously. "Impossible! Even if the villagers hate me, they know what to say and what not to say. Besides, not many people knew I was leaving. There can't be a traitor."
Kurama was surprised: "You actually thought of all that? Who are you? Where's that idiot Naruto?"
Naruto was exasperated: "Kurama!!! That's not the point right now! We need to figure out how to beat these two guys. Give me chakra, or I can't fight them!"
"Giving you chakra will kill you." Kurama nonchalantly picked his nose. "Besides, you don't need to worry. Someone's been watching from the side for a while now, just to gather more information."
"Huh?" Naruto was full of questions.
His senses hadn't detected anyone else around, nor had Itachi or Kisame. Even though the seal was half-torn, allowing Kurama to slightly interfere with the outside world, he couldn't extend his senses.
How did he know?
But just as Naruto was about to ask, a shout came from the direction of the stairs: "One! Hit! Seven!"
The voice was filled with sorrow, anger, and a hint of longing. It was perfect.
"How did you get all that from one sentence?" Naruto looked at Kurama, bewildered.
"Never mind that. You should think about how to handle Sasuke. The gap between him and Itachi won't be closed by a shout of 'One Hit Seven'." Kurama grinned at Naruto.
If he remembered correctly, this encounter was one of the reasons for Sasuke's defection. Naruto's strength also made Sasuke feel a sense of crisis, thinking he might not even be able to beat Naruto if he stayed in Konoha.
But this guy was stubborn. Even knowing Orochimaru's intentions weren't pure, he still went to him for revenge. If Orochimaru hadn't had his hands sealed by Sarutobi Hiruzen, forcing him to reincarnate with a long cooldown, Sasuke might have become Orochimaru's reincarnation material.
But... what did that have to do with Kurama? He didn't like Sasuke anyway.
Of course, that wasn't the main point now.
With Sasuke's shout, not only Naruto but also Itachi and Kisame's attention was drawn. Kisame, who had been ready to test Naruto's skills, became interested, resting Samehada on his shoulder with a grin: "Itachi-san, that seems to be your brother."
"Yeah." Itachi replied coldly, glancing at Sasuke before losing interest, acting as if he didn't care about Sasuke at all.
"You bastard!" Sasuke couldn't stand it, his Three Tomoe Sharingan suddenly activated.
The lightning of Chidori appeared in his hand, and he charged at Itachi like an arrow.
He didn't care about the difference in strength. He just wanted to kill the bastard in front of him, even if it cost him his life!
Kisame looked at Sasuke in surprise, with a look of amusement: "Itachi-san, your brother has talent. He's already activated the Three Tomoe Sharingan at such a young age. Don't you care about him at all?"
"Kisame." Itachi didn't seem to see Sasuke charging at him, his voice cold. "Our mission is the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Nothing else matters."
The intense lightning seemed capable of cutting through anything, its powerful force advancing towards Itachi. But... it only reached in front of him. Itachi didn't even bother to turn his head, simply extending his left hand to grab Sasuke's wrist, his strength pinning Sasuke in place, unable to move.
The lightning slowly faded, and the powerful force disappeared, leaving only a deep scratch on the wall.
"How cold," Kisame laughed at Itachi, not caring at all about Sasuke, who was in Itachi's grip. "I get it, Itachi-san. I'll make sure to experience the power of the strongest tailed beast."
With that, Kisame looked at Naruto.
Sasuke gritted his teeth, staring at Naruto with blood-red eyes almost bleeding: "You don't even dare to look at me, Uchiha Itachi!"
Itachi glanced at Sasuke, meeting his hateful gaze with dull Sharingan eyes. "You're not worth my attention right now. After all these years, you're still so weak."
"Weak enough that even looking at you is a bother."
Sasuke clenched his fists tightly, his eyes turning a deep red, and shouted without caring about his image: "Uchiha Itachi..."
"Bang!!!"
A loud noise came from the wall, and as it cracked, Sasuke spat out a mouthful of blood, looking at Itachi in disbelief with his Sharingan.
Itachi's hand was on Sasuke's neck, his eyes full of coldness: "Too weak. You're too weak now... Why are you so weak? Because you don't have enough..."
"Hate."
"My foolish little brother."
"If you want to kill me, hate me, curse me."
"And live an ugly life."
"Keep running away, just to stay alive."
"When you have eyes like mine one day."
"Come before me."
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