Chapter 325 Late that night...
Time goes back to one night when all members of Akatsuki returned to the Hidden Rain Village after killing Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo.
"Who?!"
Naruto, who was lying on the bed, suddenly woke up. An alarm from the depths of his soul reminded him that someone was staring at him!
Naruto followed his feeling and looked towards the window of his room, and found that there was indeed... a crow crawling on the windowsill.
"Oh, it turned out to be just a crow, I was scared to death...
Wait, why does this crow have a Mangekyō Sharingan? ! "
Naruto: (°ー°〃)? ! !
As we all know, in the Naruto world, there is only one crow who can possess the Mangekyō, and his master is...
Naruto, whose mind had completely cleared up, immediately walked to the windowsill.
"Did Itachi ask you to come to me?"
The crow nodded and motioned for Naruto to follow before flapping its wings and flying off into the distance.
Naruto casually put on a coat and hurried out of the house to chase the crow.
Following the silhouettes of crows in the moonlight, Naruto finally met Itachi in a quiet forest outside the Hidden Cloud Village.
That night, Itachi sat on the ground, leaning against a tree trunk, with his entire body hidden in the trunk, and empty wine bottles scattered around his feet.
This was the first and only time Naruto saw Itachi drink, and drink so much.
Even from a distance, Naruto could smell the strong, sickening smell of alcohol in the air.
"Ha~ You're here, Naruto."
Itachi tilted his head back and gulped down another bottle of sake. He threw the bottle away and patted the empty space beside him.
"Come and sit."
Looking at the tree roots and soil soaked by the spilled wine or some other unknown liquid...
Naruto: ?_?……
"I'd better stand."
Itachi glanced at Naruto, then picked up a bottle of sake and opened it.
"what ever."
Naruto stood there stupidly, watching Itachi continue to pour himself wine, one bottle after another...
Naruto finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"Hey Itachi, you bastard called me here in the middle of the night... Is it just for me to stand here and watch you drink?!"
"Oh, yes, yes, I almost forgot something... I called you here because I want to ask you something.
Sorry, I don’t know why, but tonight I always want to let loose…”
Itachi said sorry, but the speed at which he threw the empty bottles did not slow down at all.
Naruto: (ー ー゛)…
"If you have something to say, please say it. If not, I'm going home to sleep~"
Naruto turned around and was about to leave, but the next second Itachi flashed behind him and held his shoulders tightly.
"Sorry, please wait a moment..."
Chakra quickly flowed throughout his body, and the alcohol vapor rising from Itachi's body instantly enveloped the two of them.
The taste...Naruto almost vomited out his dinner on the spot.
"How much did you drink?!"
"...Honestly, I don't remember either."
After regaining consciousness, Itachi returned to his usual serious and solemn appearance and answered word by word.
Naruto stared silently into Itachi's eyes which were filled with the word "sincerity". Sincerely...
Naruto had the urge to pin this bastard to the ground and beat her!
……
The two of them found a clean place again, and Naruto, who had been running around the village chasing crows late at night, was finally able to sit down.
"Tell me, why did you come to see me so late at night?!"
Naruto gave Itachi a big eye roll in annoyance.
God has mercy on him, he is just a child.
Doesn't Itachi know how important it is for a child to get enough sleep? !
What on earth had prompted Itachi to bring himself here in the middle of the night...
"I'm dying, Naruto."
Naruto:!!!∑(°Д°ノ)ノ
It would be fine if the weasel didn't make a sound, but once it did, it would be earth-shattering.
Itachi's simple words "I'm going to die" almost scared Naruto to death.
"… Explain yourself clearly. What happened that made you want to die?!"
"I have planned to give my eyes to Sasuke after he opens the Mangekyō. Then... I want to leave this painful world."
Itachi paused for a moment, and his slender and powerful hand quietly fell on Naruto's shoulder.
"I believe that with your help, Sasuke should be able to open the Mangekyō soon. By then..."
Feeling the weight on his shoulders, Naruto's mood suddenly became extremely heavy.
Obviously, the entire Uchiha clan had been saved by him,
Obviously Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo are already dead,
He had obviously tried his best to rewrite everything!
But why... did that bastard Itachi make the same choice as in the original plot? !
Is it really so difficult for him to live a good life? !
And to be honest...
Even with the amazing talent of Hashira who allowed him to open a magatama after his entire clan died, Naruto was really not sure if he could make him open the Mangekyō!
Moreover, Itachi has said directly that when the second pillar opens the Mangekyō, it will be the day when he, the filial son of the Uchiha family, dies...
What the hell... Even if Naruto really had a way to speed up the process of Hachimanji opening his Mangekyō, he wouldn't dare to take action after hearing this.
otherwise……
[Uchiha Nijira: The Fourth Ninja World War will be started by me, Uchiha Nijira... Prepare to die, you last-place loser! ]
Naruto shuddered and quickly erased the devilish image from his mind.
"... I'll leave Sasuke's future in your care, Naruto."
Naruto came back to his senses just in time to hear Itachi say this.
So Naruto slapped away Itachi's hand on his shoulder and refused bluntly.
"I reject!"
"..."
A trace of astonishment flashed across Itachi's face. Obviously, he didn't expect Naruto to reject his request so bluntly.
"Unless you tell me honestly...what exactly prompted you to make such a choice."
Now it was Naruto's turn to grab Itachi's arm tightly.
It seemed that Naruto would not let Itachi leave unless he explained the matter clearly today.
"…I was the one who killed my clansmen. I am the sinner of the Uchiha clan and should not live in this world anymore."
"But I have saved them all. I have made up for your sins!"
Naruto stared at Itachi stubbornly.
“Yes, you saved them…”
Itachi looked up at the crescent moon in the sky and let out a long sigh.
"It is precisely because my tribesmen have been resurrected that I... have to die..."
Naruto: (???)? ! !
...What does that mean? He doesn't understand!
Could it be that this is the bizarre conclusion that can only be reached after using the Uchiha clan's unusual brain circuits to think about the problem? !
It's just like……
(Tuzi: What?! Lin is dead... Damn, I want to create a world with Lin!
Nizuka: My brother's last wish is for me to protect the village... Damn it, I'm going to destroy Konoha right now!
Madara: Because Hasila is my best friend...so even if I die I will tattoo his face on my heart!)
