Uchiha Itachi paused for a long time, and finally made some kind of decision. "Can I ask you a few questions?"
"Ask," Naruto said plainly.
"What is your position? Or, who are you fighting for?" Uchiha Itachi asked.
"For myself," Naruto answered.
Uchiha Itachi frowned. "Then what is your goal in fighting?"
"It depends. Sometimes it's to earn money, sometimes it's to prevent my life from being bothered, and sometimes it's to stop strong enemies," Naruto thought for a moment and said.
This answer was a little unexpected for Itachi. He thought that someone with Naruto's power, and who had been fighting for so long, must have some big ambition.
But you're just doing it for a stable life and to protect yourself?
He wouldn't trust Naruto's words easily. People with deep thoughts are often very good at lying.
Uchiha Itachi looked at Sasuke in the distance, then looked away.
His silly younger brother had been fooled by him for so many years without realizing it, so he couldn't count on him for advice.
He paused and continued, "Why are you working with Orochimaru?"
"He has talent, I have money. Why not work together?" Naruto asked in return.
"But he's a wanted criminal from Konoha, and you're a Jonin from Konoha!" Uchiha Itachi pointed out.
"Aren't you a wanted criminal from Konoha too?"
"We're different!"
"I know we're different, but what I'm saying is that identity doesn't decide benefits, let alone position and danger!"
Uchiha Itachi was silent for another second. "Can you guarantee you can control him? Orochimaru is a very dangerous person!"
"Or else why do you think I want that eye of yours?" Naruto said.
"Since you already know about that eye, then the stuff with Danzo must have been your doing, right?" Itachi frowned. "You killed Konoha's leaders?"
As soon as he said this, Sasuke's eyes widened and he looked at Naruto with disbelief.
Uzumaki Naruto killed Konoha's leaders?
How could that be?
"Didn't you kill the entire Uchiha Clan too?"
Naruto didn't deny what he had done.
"I'm different, I did it for..."
Itachi said halfway, glanced at Sasuke, and didn't continue.
This attitude made Sasuke unhappy.
"I don't care why you wiped out the Uchiha Clan, but Uchiha Itachi, I'll never forgive you!" Sasuke said coldly.
Itachi looked at Sasuke without speaking, until Naruto answered.
"I have the same goal."
!!
"You know what I wanted to say?"
"In front of me, you have no secrets."
Itachi was shocked in his heart. "The Yamanaka clan's secret technique? But I didn't sense your chakra..."
"That's not important."
Naruto interrupted Uchiha Itachi. "What is important is that many of the things that are making Konoha and the ninja world unstable are being controlled by Danzo behind the scenes, including the conflict between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha's leaders, and the creation of the Akatsuki Organization!"
The creation of the Akatsuki Organization is related to Danzo?
This information made Itachi lose his composure a little. "What do you know?"
"If you want to know something, you can go ask Pain. Just say I told you to ask, and he'll tell you."
"You know Pain too?"
Itachi was completely confused now.
Aren't you the Nine Tails Jinchuriki?
Shouldn't Pain capture you when he sees you?
Now you're telling me you and Pain are in on something?
Could Pain be a spy?
"You're asking a lot of questions. Shouldn't you give me what I want now?" Naruto said impatiently.
Itachi wanted to say something, but in the end he swallowed all the doubts in his heart.
"One last question. What do you need these eyes for?"
"Don't know yet."
"Don't know?"
"Yeah. I know this eye's abilities, I know it's useful to me, so I want to keep it. Maybe I'll need it later."
"..."
This eye was his back-up plan to deal with Sasuke, to prevent Sasuke from becoming Konoha's enemy in the future. But if he gave it to Naruto now, if Sasuke were to become an enemy of Konoha in the future...
Thinking of this, Uchiha Itachi had another idea. But he was so busy thinking that he forgot that Naruto could read minds!
"Don't think about using it up now and letting me use it again in a few decades."
Naruto sensed Uchiha Itachi's thoughts and said coldly, "If you really plan to do that, then the promise we just made doesn't count. You won't be able to protect yourself or the Sharingan!"
After saying that, Naruto's finger touched Uchiha Sasuke's temple.
Uchiha Sasuke's face was cold and a little speechless.
So what's the point of threatening Uchiha Itachi with me?
I'm just a tool he can kill at any time to prove how great he is!
Uchiha Itachi didn't know what Sasuke was thinking, and wouldn't explain even if he did.
He never explained anything to Sasuke. As an older brother, he always had a kind of arrogance of acting first and asking later, fighting alone!
"I agree."
Itachi didn't struggle anymore. He knew he had no right to bargain with Naruto.
Naruto could do this deal, or not!
If he didn't do it, he wouldn't lose anything. If he did, he'd make a small profit.
On the other hand, if he didn't do this deal, he would lose a lot. If he did, he would at least gain something.
At least he could save Sasuke's life.
He used the one hand he could still move to make a hand sign and perform the summoning technique to summon a crow.
One of the crow's eyes was Uchiha Shisui's Sharingan!
Naruto didn't look at the eye. He plucked it out without looking and used a sealing technique to store it well.
"Deal done. I'll let Sasuke go this time. As for you... whether you live or not, and whether you want to live or not, is up to you."
Naruto got what he wanted and disappeared in a flash of golden light with a slight smile.
He had basically achieved his goal this time and didn't want to stay here any longer.
As for Sasuke, he would have nothing to do with Konoha or himself in the future.
Now that the thing with Uchiha Itachi was over, he wouldn't go back to Orochimaru either.
After Naruto left, only Itachi and Sasuke were left here.
The two looked at each other. One person's eyes showed killing intent, and the other person's eyes showed relief.
Just when Uchiha Itachi thought the fight was about to start again, Sasuke opened his mouth and said, "What exactly happened? What were you talking about with Uzumaki Naruto just now? What is that Sharingan he wanted for?"
Itachi didn't answer, but just smiled at Sasuke and said something confusing.
"This is the last time, Sasuke. Forgive me."
As soon as he finished speaking, Uchiha Itachi was surrounded by an orange-red Susanoo.
This time, he attacked first!