Side Story: The Travels of Fugaku and His Wife 3

Side Story: The Travels of Fugaku and His Wife 3

In the ruins.

Itachi Uchiha suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood!

He had just activated his Susanoo to block Sasuke's Kirin, only to be pierced by a golden spear that suddenly flew in!

Sasuke Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha's gazes simultaneously shifted from each other, staring at the golden Susanoo giant walking towards them…

Its presence alone was enough to crush their psychological defenses!

Not to mention, after a bitter underground battle, both their minds and chakra had already pushed them to the brink of despair!

Sasuke couldn't even suppress the Orochimaru sealed within his body!

Itachi Uchiha covered his lips, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, his brow furrowing deeper. "A Susanoo of this level… could it be that guy Madara Uchiha? I didn't expect him to get here so fast…"

With his remaining strength, perhaps only a desperate Susanoo would have a fighting chance, but his Mangekyo Sharingan's ocular power was already insufficient…

Several ninjas in Jonin uniforms flew up and stood on the heights of the ruins. The Konoha headbands on their foreheads brought a look of panic to Sasuke's face…

However, when Sasuke saw their faces clearly, the little guy suddenly looked on in horror. "Uncle Shōwa, Uncle Enkei… why are you here?"

"We'd like to ask the same thing…"

Uchiha Enkei glanced at the somewhat weakened Itachi, his expression a bit strange. "Sasuke, why are you and Lord Itachi here?"

Before Sasuke could answer…

Before the surprise on Itachi's face could fade…

A voice, full of rage yet extremely familiar, fell upon the ears of Sasuke and Itachi. "Speak. I'd like to know too! Why are the two of you fighting here!"

Sasuke Uchiha collapsed into a kneeling position. "Dad…"

The red Susanoo on Itachi Uchiha dissipated. His body wavered, and he was finally crushed by this familiar voice, collapsing miserably to the ground!

He forced his body to sit up. Two lines of bloody tears flowed from his eyes. He scanned his surroundings in a daze, but his vision was too blurry to see his father's face clearly…

Finally, he found his direction. "Father, you…"

Mikoto Uchiha slowly walked over, helped Itachi up, and looked at the bloodstains and exposed wounds on his legs. She asked with a worried expression, "Itachi, are you injured?"

"How can this be… Mom…"

Itachi turned his head, clearly seeing the familiar face so close to him, and the worry in her eyes. He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood!

Mikoto quickly helped him sit up, took out a handkerchief to wipe the bloodstains, and asked softly, "What on earth is going on…"

"This must be a genjutsu!"

"This is all a genjutsu!"

"I'll never believe this!"

"Did you think I wouldn't be able to break free just because you put me in a genjutsu like this?"

Sasuke looked at his father, then at his mother in the distance, and scanned the familiar faces around him. His voice was icy, "Itachi Uchiha, when you killed Mom and Dad, killed everyone in our clan, I was left with no relatives!"

"In this world, my only relative is you!"

"And the person I hate the most is also you!"

Smack!

A slap fiercely landed on Sasuke's face!

Fugaku Uchiha stood in front of Sasuke and kicked him to the ground. "What nonsense are you spouting! Have you gone mad with jealousy for your older brother?"

Mikoto spoke up, stopping her furious husband. "Fugaku-kun, let's first understand what the situation is… Itachi's injuries are very severe."

"He deserves to die!"

Sasuke's eyes were bloodshot. He glared fiercely in his brother's direction and said coldly, "I wish I could grind his bones to dust! From the day he made me lose all love, I swore I would kill him!"

"How dare you defy your older brother!"

Fugaku kicked the irritable Sasuke over again. He glanced at his defiant younger son, then at his elder son, and said in a cold voice, "Speak. Why were the two of you fighting here, to the point of losing your tempers!"

Sasuke Uchiha extended his palm, bit his finger, and looked up at Fugaku in horror. "This is impossible… impossible… Mom and Dad were killed by Itachi a long time ago! This is all fake! Fake!"

The chakra in Sasuke's body suddenly went rampant!

Uchiha Enkei flew down and landed beside Fugaku, saying in a low voice, "Captain, Sasuke's condition is very strange…"

"Hm?"

"Those of us who cultivate sage arts can all sense it. The natural energy in Sasuke's body is clearly beyond his control…"

Uchiha Enkei glanced at Sasuke and continued in a deep voice, "You also know about Sasuke and the Great Sage Kitahara. He has never trained in sage arts…"

Slabs of white material suddenly flowed down from Sasuke's body…

A giant, eight-branched serpent slowly formed from those white substances, its basin-sized mouths howling wantonly!

After experiencing a life-and-death battle and a mental breakdown, Sasuke Uchiha no longer had the will to suppress Orochimaru's chakra, allowing him to be revived, relying on the Eight-Branched Serpent technique!

"Sasuke, I told you long ago, only I can help you kill Itachi!"

Orochimaru slithered out of a snake's mouth. Looking at the many ninjas present, his gaze gradually became vacant. How come there are still so many Uchiha in the ninja world?

What on earth is going on?

Weren't the Uchiha clan annihilated by Itachi long ago?

Under the wary gazes of these people, Orochimaru's eyes slowly came to rest on Mikoto Uchiha. "So you are all still alive, Mikoto… The Uchiha clan has truly played a grand game of chess!"

To be honest, she was the only acquaintance he had here.

Mikoto Uchiha mustered her courage, faced Orochimaru, and asked, "Teacher Orochimaru, I want to know, why did you bewitch my second and eldest sons into killing each other…"

"Heh heh heh…"

Orochimaru let out a low laugh. "This matter, shouldn't you be asking Sasuke?"

"Uchiha Enkei…"

Hearing this, Fugaku frowned. He looked at his wife's former supervising Jonin and ordered in a deep voice, "You all go and send Orochimaru-senpai on his way. Grind his bones to dust!"

Orochimaru: "…"

Fugaku Uchiha, what do you mean?

Shouting to kill before things are even clear!

Do you really think these Uchiha cannon fodder can beat him? Even if you, with your fierce eyes, were to do it yourself, you wouldn't necessarily be able to defeat his Eight-Branched Serpent technique!

What he had never expected was that several Uchiha Jonin quickly assembled, placed their palms on each other's backs, and shouted, "Sage Mode: Open!"

They could use the method of collectively absorbing natural energy to allow one of their clansmen to quickly enter Crow Sage Mode!

A pair of pitch-black wings silently unfurled…

Uchiha Enkei flew towards the Eight-Branched Serpent!

Mikoto Uchiha relaxed slightly. She soothed her eldest son's emotions and asked softly, "Itachi, is Kitahara not with you?"

The eyes of the Akatsuki's Vermilion Bird were filled with great doubt. He looked at the matter-of-fact expressions on his mother's and the other clansmen's faces and asked, "…Who is Kitahara?"

Shing!

One by one, ninja swords were unsheathed again!

Fugaku Uchiha landed beside Mikoto in a few leaps, protecting his wife behind him. His expression gradually became fierce. "Tell me, who are you?"