Chapter 828 Kaleidoscope

Although Uchiha Itachi had too many questions in his mind at this time, he still suppressed his emotions when he saw the miserable appearance of Kakashi in front of him.

Although they were at the border of the Land of Fire, it did not mean that it was absolutely safe here. Under the premise that Kakashi was seriously injured, it was not ruled out that those people would catch up again.

... Maybe Zhi was helping to cover the rear?

But unfortunately, his idea was quickly ruthlessly broken by Kakashi in front of him.

"There will be no more pursuers."

As if he saw their thoughts, Kakashi spoke hoarsely.

"I killed all those people."

Hearing this, Jia, who was supporting Kakashi, suddenly shrank his pupils. He never thought that Kakashi would do such a decisive thing.

In his impression, although Kakashi fought decisively, he rarely showed such ruthlessness. However, these words from Kakashi's mouth seemed unusually calm, as if he had just done something insignificant.

"Where is Zhi? Why didn't she come with you?"

Unlike Jia's shock, Uchiha Itachi on the side looked directly into Kakashi's eyes, and his words were vaguely anxious.

"Weren't you together before? Why are you the only one back? Zhi shouldn't be..."

"... Sorry."

As if he didn't dare to look at him, Kakashi closed his eyes.

"Zhi... We later encountered a strong enemy. In order to buy me time to escape, she chose to stay and face the enemy alone."

When saying these words, Kakashi's voice seemed low and heavy, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from the bottom of his heart.

In a trance, he seemed to have returned to that night again.

After the brilliant fire, the most sensible thing for him to do was to hurry up and leave there. After all, the noise there would definitely attract the samurai again.

He should have seized the excellent evacuation opportunity created by Uchiha Zhi, stayed away from danger, and joined Uchiha Itachi and Jia.

...But he couldn't tolerate his own departure.

Although the hope was slim, Zhi still had a slight chance of survival...assuming that the figure that detonated hundreds of detonating tags and died with the enemy in one breath was actually a shadow clone created by Zhi.

His speculation was not groundless. A week ago, the other party had enthusiastically written a paper on 100 feasible uses of shadow clones. The use of shadow clone human bombs ranked 27th among the 100 feasible plans.

In fact, compared to the shadow clone human bomb, other feasible plans are even more outrageous, because the content of the paper is too dark, and the shadow clone is not regarded as a shadow clone, so he stopped writing it halfway.

What if... the one who detonated the detonating talisman at that time was the shadow clone created by Zhi? After all, the other party has always believed that there is no right to speak without practice, and this possibility does exist.

Although Zhi's shadow clone must have allocated a lot of chakra to the shadow clone in order to be more realistic, the real death experience of being blown to pieces at close range may have caused an extremely strong impact on her spirit... but at least she is still alive.

If he left at this time, Zhi, who fainted due to the strong mental shock, would really be hopeless.

... Unfortunately, those warriors came too quickly.

Before he could search for the whereabouts of the other party, the warriors of the Iron Country appeared on the snow cliff like ghosts.

In fact, at this time, he could still make a choice.

After all, the illusion that Zhi had cast on him still existed, and he could leave at any time if he wanted to.

However, he did not hesitate in the first choice, let alone the second choice.

Looking at the warriors rushing over below, he simply and roughly wrapped the wound on his abdomen with tape to prevent blood loss, and he quietly pressed his body down a little in the snow

--In silence, the positions of the hunter and the prey changed.

Strictly speaking, this was not the most difficult battle he had ever experienced, because the illusion that Zhi had cast on him was still there. In the snowy night, those warriors could not fight against him who opened the Sharingan, and they didn't know what was going on. Compared with the previous time, the combat effectiveness of these warriors suddenly dropped sharply, like puppets controlled by others, and their movements were too stiff.

... But there is no doubt that this must be the most difficult one.

When he stood among the corpses at dawn, he seemed to feel that he had died once.

But to his disappointment, he searched for a whole day and night on the snow cliff, but did not find any trace of Zhi.

If the other party was not at the top of the snow cliff, then the only place where the other party could be was at the bottom of the snow cliff. Hundreds of detonating tags were detonated at the same time, destroying part of the top of the snow cliff. There was a possibility that the other party slipped and fell off the cliff.

Even if he didn't want to admit it in his heart, the possibility of Zhi's survival was no more than one percent.

When everyone becomes a ninja, it means participating in a high-risk job with a very high mortality rate. It is normal for teammates, companions and even relatives to suddenly die while performing a mission.

Kakashi originally thought that he was used to this kind of thing, but when it happened in front of him again, he was still a little dazed.

Such a living existence quietly turned into an image in his memory, and its origin came from a B-level mission he accepted...

During the journey from Tiezi Country back to the border of Fire Country, he himself didn't know how he made it. His whole body felt hazy, and his consciousness and body seemed to be completely separated.

If he hadn't insisted on bringing the news back to Zhi, he might have collapsed midway. Originally, he thought he was mentally prepared to face Uchiha Itachi, but now he looked at the opponent's Although he looked anxious, he suddenly felt a little scared.

"... Based on the above, according to my comprehensive judgment, the probability of her surviving has dropped to 1‰."

"so what?"

Looking up at him, Uchiha Itachi's voice sounded extremely soft.

"You promised me that you would protect her before, and now you tell me that she died?"

"……Feel sorry."

Opening his mouth, Kakashi seemed to want to say something more, but in the end, he just couldn't help but spit out these two words.

At this time, the exhaustion and guilt on his face were all intertwined together, forming a kind of... numbness that was difficult to describe in words.

"Kakashi-sensei, it's not your fault."

Keenly noticing the strangeness of Uchiha Itachi at this time, while guarding Kakashi behind him very vigilantly, A started to speak.

"Under that situation, everyone was doing their best. I believe that Zhi Zhi... must have been willing to make that choice."

——After a slight pause, A continued to speak the second half of the sentence.

He should have been accustomed to the sacrifice of teammates by his roots. Even the death of a colleague whom he had known day and night for seven or eight years could not shake him in the slightest, let alone a teammate he had known for less than a month. .

The task assigned to him by Lord Danzo was to monitor Uchiha Chi, provide intelligence and receive instructions at critical moments. Now that Uchiha Chi is dead, his task has been completed ahead of schedule, and he should feel relaxed.

...that's how it should be.

But for some reason, when he said those words himself, he suddenly felt empty in his heart, as if something was missing.

"You know, Kakashi-sensei, what I want has never been an apology."

Completely ignoring A's words, Uchiha Itachi looked straight at Kakashi, with no expression on his face, and his voice was even more terrifyingly calm.

"Where is that snow cliff? Tell me the address and I'll look for it. Just because you can't find it Kakashi-sensei doesn't mean I can't find it."

"Wait a minute, our top priority now is to withdraw to the village and report the situation of this mission, not..."

A originally wanted to speak to stop him, but in the middle of his words, his expression suddenly changed slightly when he met Uchiha Itachi's eyes.

He has never seen someone's eyes look like a pool of stagnant water, so empty that they reveal a heart-stopping emptiness. They look like the poor man who is about to die of thirst in the depths of the desert, or more like a terminally ill patient who has only a few days to live. No life at all.

For a moment, he subconsciously moved his head away, and even dared not look at the other party again.

"...After I take care of the wounds on my body, I will take you over there."

After a brief silence, Kakashi answered.

"Your current state is very wrong, and I believe Zhi wouldn't want to see you in this state, so you'd better control yourself."

"Don't worry, I feel fine now."

Twitching the corner of his mouth slightly stiffly, Uchiha Itachi showed a smile to Kakashi.

"I don't know what happened, I just suddenly felt a little...sad."

Obviously Uchiha Itachi looked like he was smiling, but it felt like he was crying. As the words fell from Uchiha Itachi's mouth, the bloody Sharingan quietly appeared in his eyes.

While two magatama appeared in the depths of Uchiha Itachi's eyes, the third round of magatama slowly emerged, and then, in Kakashi's unbelievable eyes, the three magatama in Uchiha Itachi's pupils slowly appeared. The dark triangular windmill shape was slowly outlined.

"This eye..."

I don't know what he thought of, but Kakashi's expression suddenly changed slightly, almost subconsciously. He turned his head and looked at Kaguya who was supporting him next to him.

But what gave him some peace of mind was that because he had met his eyes before and then moved away, A currently didn't notice anything strange in Uchiha Itachi's eyes.

Without much hesitation, Kakashi let go of the hand holding him up, then put his hand on Itachi Uchiha's shoulder, and pressed the other person's head down a little.

"A, now you go to your temporary station to prepare relevant medical equipment. Itachi and I will be there in a moment."

Trying to keep his tone as calm as possible, Kakashi spoke to A, who was a little dazed beside him.

Unlike A, who may not know anything, he recognized Uchiha Itachi's eyes at this time. Considering A's identity as a root ninja... no matter what, Uchiha Itachi's eyes at this time were absolutely Don't let the other party see it.

——The ultimate evolution of Sharingan——Mangekyo! !

Kakashi naturally knew about the Mangekyō Sharingan. Not to mention that he was at the forefront of the Nine-Tails riot that night, the eye he inherited from his best friend Obito seemed to be a Mangekyō as well, but he had not yet mastered the true power of that eye.

It was precisely because of this that, not to mention the power of the Mangekyō, he knew better than anyone else the horrible consumption of the Mangekyō. Uchiha Itachi had just opened the two-magatama Sharingan more than a month ago, and now, stimulated by the death of Zhi, he was directly promoted from the two-magatama to the Mangekyō. For the opponent, this would be an extremely heavy burden.

It is no exaggeration to say that if Uchiha Itachi did not withdraw from that weird state, the opponent might even be sucked dry by the newly opened Mangekyō! !

"Itachi, calm down, Zhi has not been confirmed dead yet."

After confirming that Jia had left, he didn't care about the terrible wound on his body. He held Uchiha Itachi's shoulders with both hands and tried to wake him up.

... Zhi had already been in trouble, and he couldn't let Uchiha Itachi get into trouble again.

But when his heart sank slightly, the expression on Uchiha Itachi's face was unexpectedly calm, so calm that he even felt a little scared.

"Don't worry, Kakashi teacher, I'm calm."

Looking up at him, Uchiha Itachi even showed a calm smile on his face.

"From childhood to adulthood, I have never been so calm as I am now. I feel better than ever now, so..."

Before Uchiha Itachi finished speaking, Kakashi decisively cut the other party's neck with a knife, successfully knocking him out.

... In this situation, letting the other party fall asleep for a while may be the best way to deal with it.

"Mangekyo Sharingan... the more you lose, the more you gain?"

Kakashi sighed softly while holding the unconscious Uchiha Itachi and looking at the blank and empty expression on his face.

... He seemed to understand why the village was so afraid of Uchiha.

When Uchiha Itachi awakened the Mangekyō just now, he felt a kind of almost creepy sadness and emptiness.

- At that time, he even had a fear in his heart that could not be expressed in words.

Using the death of a loved one and extreme sadness to exchange for power... Is this an evil Uchiha?