Early July.

Forest Country, North.

The silhouettes of people were moving around, and only the afterimages of people speeding by could be seen on the road, as well as the branches and leaves of trees shaking slightly. The figures had already flashed to a place dozens of meters away, and were running straight forward.

"Sasuke-sama, you're just ahead."

Miko Hoshino, who was at the rear of the team, pointed forward.

Among the mottled leaves, one could see through the gaps that an extremely huge building suddenly appeared in the center of the forest, blocking everyone's view.

It's late afternoon, and dusk is approaching.

The flying people were stained with the brilliant colors of the sunset.

"I see it, speed up."

Sasuke blinked and flew out at lightning speed, directly distancing himself from the people behind him.

Not to be outdone, Jugo and the others also quickened their pace and followed Sasuke closely for fear of falling behind.

They came all the way from the Kingdom of Birds with almost no stops. They only took military food pills and marching rations on the way to restore their lost chakra and physical strength.

A huge high wall enclosing the forest forms a circle, forming a territory isolated from the outside world.

A huge ruined building rises from the ground among weeds and trees. The traces on the building are very old and seem to have been damaged by war. Some places have been destroyed, which is quite dated.

Judging from the remnants around the building, no one has been here for at least ten years.

Under the high wall, a straight path with an open door extends to the inside of the high wall.

Sasuke and the seven others flashed to the center of the path, looking up and forward.

Remnants are all over the high wall, and leaves are falling on the ground. With dusk as the background, it looks even more desolate and desolate.

Sasuke took the lead and without any hesitation, passed this path and entered the high wall.

The huge dome building in front is more eye-catching.

Entering inside the high wall, the path is flanked by pools of green leaves.

The water in the pool is very clear and maintains its original natural atmosphere.

In the center of the path passing through the dome building, a tall figure stood majestically.

At first glance, it looks like a human-shaped shark.

The skin color, face, and exposed fangs are all very similar to those of sharks.

On his back was a bandaged sword that was taller than the portrait, and he stood in front of everyone openly, staring at everyone with a very cruel smile.

"Haha, it's just like Itachi said, it's really here."

Kisame's eyes fell on Sasuke and his smile became even wider.

"I remember you were in the same group as Itachi."

Sasuke took a deep breath and felt the unusual chakra on Kisame's body. He knew that this was an extremely powerful ninja and he should not be careless.

"It seems that That Itachi guy is indeed in here."

After confirming something, Sasuke stopped waiting and rushed towards Kisame without waiting for the people behind him to catch up.

Interlaced with his figure, passed by him, and rushed towards the dome building.

"Sasuke, wait-"

Jugo and others also followed, intending to break through Kisame's blockade in the same way.

boom!

With Kisame's one-handed swing, the Great Sword Shark immediately smashed the road ahead, causing an explosion and forcing back the charging Jugo and others.

"Hey, what's going on with you?"

Kidomaru moved his mouth, moved his six arms toward his mouth, pulled out a golden metal monitor, strung the bow, and shot the arrow to Kisame's heart.

Tayuya also held the flute to her lips, ready to attack at any time.

Jirobo stood in front, using his strong body as a shield to stare at Kisame solemnly.

"It might be a bit troublesome to face this guy as an opponent. His chakra is scary."

Zhongwu's voice was low, and there was a hint of darkness in his eyes, sharp and fierce.

Sweep towards Kisame.

"Haha, don't be so impatient. I won't do anything to you. I just want you to stay here obediently."

Kisame didn't care about these people's vigilance and said with a smile.

"What's the meaning?"

Jugo noticed that Kisame had no fighting spirit at all and didn't understand what he was doing.

"It means that this battle is between their brothers. Outsiders like us, please don't go over and disturb us. This is also Itachi's request. As a companion, I can only respect his beliefs."

Kisame said so.

Putting Samehada behind him again, the tense atmosphere dissipated between the two parties.

"are you serious?"

Tayuya asked with a frown.

"How else."

Kisame casually sat down cross-legged, letting go of his guard as if he wasn't worried about Jugo's surprise attack at all.

"I don't want to get involved in anything troublesome. You know, fighting is very tiring. After all, no matter what the outcome is, this is a fight between their brothers. If outsiders interfere, they will be killed by the two of them.

We all hate it."

Kisame stated this again.

Jugo and others looked at each other and put away their fighting posture, but they did not relax their vigilance and monitored Kisame's every move anytime and anywhere.

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There are no curves in the road in front of you, only a dark corridor leading forward. Although there are flickering candles, there are still very few places that can be illuminated.

Sasuke kept walking forward along this road, his steps steady and orderly, his dark pupils shining forward with a deep gaze, with the light of flickering candles dancing in them.

It may have been as long as an hour, a day, a year, or a century. With Sasuke's constant footsteps, this corridor finally came to an end.

Connected to the end of the corridor is an extremely wide hall.

The candlestick was damaged, and there were a lot of uneven scratches on the walls and floors, as well as kunai and shurikens scattered on the ground, which were already rusty. The east wall was completely damaged, with only a pile of rubble scattered randomly.

Stacked there.

It is not difficult to see that this place once experienced a war.

On a stone chair at the front of the hall, a thin figure sat quietly.

This figure's eyebrows are somewhat similar to Sasuke's, and the nasolabial folds on both sides of his nose make him look older than he actually is.

The slightly thin body was wrapped in a black red cloud coat. Blood and darkness, and a cold breath rushed towards his face.

He closed his eyes tightly, as if he was taking a rest and could not bear any disturbance.

It wasn't until the footsteps in his ears came within ten meters of him that he slowly opened a pair of scarlet eyes, and three black magatama slowly rotated, mysterious and cold.

His gaze was directed towards Sasuke's body, and his originally scarlet eyes contained unimaginable darkness.

Sasuke did not hide the traces of his arrival. He looked at the young man in front of him who was only a few years older than he actually was. He thought he would be very excited to see this person again, but in the end, he showed no signs of it, both on his face and in his heart.

Very peaceful.

Only a pair of pitch-black pupils began to turn bright red, and three pitch-black magatama emerged, connecting with the man's gaze in the serious air.

"Itachi..."

After calling the young man's name, Sasuke's tone was quite calm, without any agitation.

He stopped and silently estimated that the distance between himself and Itachi was only eight meters.

Itachi looked at Sasuke who had stopped, still sitting peacefully on the stone chair. His Sharingan eyes were the same as Sasuke's, without any fluctuations. He just whispered: "Sasuke, long time no see."

"It's been a long time indeed. It must have been almost four years since we last met."

Sasuke replied calmly.

Itachi stared at Sasuke for a while and found that the other party showed no signs of taking action. He still said in a slightly indifferent voice.

"It seems that you have grown a lot in the past few years, and you no longer rush over to me yelling like last time. However, I remember telling you before that it is best to come to me again after you have the same eyes."

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"Mangekyo Sharingan? You don't need that kind of thing. I have made all preparations before coming. Unlike last time, I have already seen your future clearly with this pair of Sharingan."

Sasuke placed his right hand on the hilt of the Kusanagi sword. Thin and silky electric snakes flowed on the sword, shining slightly in the dim light, flickering. Even though the light was very low, it was still eye-catching.

"Seeing? Not deciding? You know, people will use their known knowledge to interpret the world in front of them and firmly believe that it is reality, but this kind of understanding is actually extremely ridiculous. You said you saw it with your Sharingan
To be continued...