Chapter 725: The Truth

Chapter 725: The Truth

A few years ago, due to the Shisui defection incident, the settlement of the Uchiha Clan was relocated from the most prosperous area to the most remote ‘outskirts’ of the village, so Itachi had to pass a section of ‘wild road’ every time he returned home.

The ground on the ‘Wild Road' is compacted yellow soil, which will become muddy when it rains. On the left side of the ‘Wild Road' is a field, as it is autumn at this time, the rice fields are full of bent rice ears, while on the right side is an open field, and there is a river with a small dam beside it. Sasuke likes to come here to train his Great Fireball Technique.

‘Maybe he is waiting for me to go home.’

Itachi felt warm in his heart when he thought of Sasuke, but when his eyes fell on ‘Kanpū’ who was blocking the road, there was a bit of impatience and disgust on his face.

“What on earth do you want to do!” Itachi asked in a deep voice.

“Itachi, it’s me.” ‘Kanpū’ took half a step forward, his eyes are eager and full of expectation!

Itachi frowned when he saw this: ‘Sure enough!’

‘Do you think I will be fooled?’

‘Don’t underestimate my Uchiha Clan!’

“I have no time to play such boring tricks with you.” Itachi said expressionlessly.

He is really angry at this moment. After all, not only did Kanpū not help him find out the truth of Shisui’s defection, but now, he is repeatedly... humiliating him!

It’s simply too much!

However, both parties are Konoha’s Shinobi after all, and both are members of the sixth team. Even if they were not on good terms with each other, they had to at least save some face on the surface, so Itachi tried his best to hold his anger.

But the next scene was unacceptable to Itachi.

Boom!

Light smoke exploded in front of him, and ‘Kanpū’ in front of me suddenly turned into Shisui’s appearance.

“Itachi, it’s me!” Shisui squinted his eyes and looked at Itachi excitedly. His eyesight has deteriorated a lot in the past few years, and he has become accustomed to squinting to see people.

“Gekko Kanpū!”

Itachi gnashed his teeth, with veins showing near his temples, “Don’t go too far!!”

Shisui was startled, then said with a bitter smile: “Itachi, I am not Kanpū, it is me, I am back, because of the Advisor Danzo’s rebellion, I can only appear as Kanpū’s shadow clone before, I...”CHeCk for new stories on no/v/el/bin(.)c0m

“Enough, I don’t want to hear what you say!”

Itachi, who had become wise after learning a lot from the experience, showed the posture of ‘I won’t listen, I won’t listen’, and his figure flickered away in an instant.

......

Back home, Sasuke is still at the Academy, but Fugaku is the only one at home. He’s standing on the wooden corridor in the backyard, quietly looking at flowing water in the small courtyard, and it is unknown what he’s thinking.

“Father.” Itachi greeted him, then turned around and wanted to go back to the bedroom.

“Itachi.”

Itachi was shocked: “This...”

‘How is this possible?’

He recalled that the reason for Shisui's defection was because he sneak attacked Minato, but everyone secretly believed that Fugaku was the one who instructed Shisui to do so. Even Itachi had suspected countless times that this might be the truth he was looking for.

But if this is the truth, how can Fugaku and Minato collaborate?

Looking at the puzzled expression on his son’s face, Fugaku seemed to have completely let go of himself. At any rate, he has already said everything to Danzo, so it’s not a problem to say it again.

But as a father, he needed to give himself and his son a reasonable reason, so he said thoughtfully: “Itachi, the fact that you can strictly abide by the Anbu's mission in front of me proves that you have grown into an excellent Shinobi. In this case, it's time to tell you the truth.”

“The truth?”

Itachi looked at him steadily, “The truth Father is saying is...”

“It’s the truth about Shisui’s defection that you have been investigating all these years.” Fugaku said.

Itachi’s pupils shrank, for fear of hearing something like ‘I ordered Shisui to sneak attack the Yondaime Hokage’.

“Shisui's defection was Yondaime’s instruction.”

Fugaku looked deeply at his son and asked, “Do you... understand?”

Itachi's delicate body trembled.

‘Yondaime’s instruction?’

‘So Big Brother Shisui did not attack Yondaime Hokage-sama, and his defection was... a mission?’

‘And it must be the most confidential mission in the Anbu and must not be disclosed to anyone... So Gekko Kanpū knows the truth and does not tell me...’

‘That means, the reason Father can communicate with Yondaime Hokage-sama is because there is no conflict between them. Because Big Brother Shisui’s defection does not exist at all!’

The amount of information in this sentence was too great. By the time Itachi thought about many things and raised his head again, Fugaku has already drifted away.

‘Father...’

Uchiha Itachi remembered how he treated Fugaku so indifferently over the past few years, and immediately felt very guilty!

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After three seconds of feeling guilty, Itachi suddenly remembered something.

‘If Big Brother Shisui’s defection is just a fake, then he must not let Danzo know about his return to the village!’

‘Then, the person who just stopped him might really be the real Big Brother Shisui!!’

Itachi couldn’t wait to turn back and confirm, but as soon as he moved, he couldn’t help but think of the last ‘crazy man’ incident. For a while, he didn’t know whether to advance or retreat.