Chapter 112 Elegy — Itachi
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After Itachi finished speaking, he rapidly formed seals with one hand. In almost an instant, he finished forming seven seals, then suddenly slapped his own shoulder.
Summoning Jutsu!
Poof!
As a cloud of white smoke dispersed, a black crow stood on Itachi's shoulder.
This crow possessed an extremely special chakra fluctuation. Even more attention-grabbing was the fact that one of this crow's eyes was actually a Mangekyo Sharingan.
This was Itachi's final trump card, originally prepared for Sasuke.
However, the only thing currently capable of saving Konoha was this Mangekyo Sharingan. To be precise, it was the technique hidden within this Sharingan!
After this crow appeared, Yuto, who had maintained a calm expression the entire time, finally revealed a look of being moved.
In the ninja world, regarding "Kotoamatsukami," which has always claimed to be the strongest genjutsu, Yuto could not afford to take it lightly.
Even possessing a demi-human bloodline and the ability to reset after death, Yuto did not dare guarantee that his rewritten thoughts after dying could return to their original state.
However, although he attached importance to this ninjutsu, Yuto did not display any nervous expression.
After this black crow appeared, Itachi directly lifted the restrictions on this technique.
Just as "Kotoamatsukami" was preparing to activate, a voice with a hint of apology sounded beside Itachi's ear.
"I'm sorry, Itachi."
Kisame spoke softly. Having said that, he reached out and fiercely grabbed the crow's neck, twisting it with force.
Itachi's black crow had its neck directly broken by Kisame, and its head was twisted off.
Itachi froze for a moment. The boiling aura that had surged due to his terminal lucidity instantly fell, and he collapsed face-up on the ground.
"Although I guessed a little, it seems I still lost the bet."
The originally somewhat trance-like state slowly faded. Itachi had blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth as he spoke intermittently.
At the moment Itachi knew Yuto's identity, actually, he had not trusted Kisame as much.
However, in his condition just now, Itachi no longer had the sharp weapons or chakra to make the necessary precautions. The only thing he could do was gamble!
The gamble—that Kisame still stood on Akatsuki's side. Yes, standing on Akatsuki's side, not on his, Itachi's side.
From beginning to end, Kisame's existence was merely a precaution the small organization took against Itachi.
But currently, it seemed he lost the bet, and likewise, Akatsuki lost too.
Once Kisame returned to the Mist Village, Akatsuki's intelligence would likely be completely leaked.
However, this already had nothing to do with him, a dying man.
Itachi lay on the ground covered in blood. Looking up at the somewhat blurry sky, he could not help but see Sasuke's figure appear before his eyes.
"We do not know who we really are until the moment before our death. When death arrives, you will truly understand yourself. Is this the meaning of death?"
"I am sorry... Sasuke. From start to finish, I never set a good example as an older brother. The road ahead can only be walked by you alone."
His heavy eyelids completely fell, and Itachi's breath vanished entirely.
Kisame took a deep look at Itachi's corpse and whispered, "Are you free?"
Kisame raised his head again and walked toward Yuto in large strides. He gently dug out the item containing the "Kotoamatsukami" technique from that black crow and said respectfully to Yuto:
"Lord Yuto, this is what you wanted."
Hearing Kisame's words, there was no look of surprise on Yuto's face.
He took out a bottle containing light salt water that he had prepared long ago from his pocket and carefully placed Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan inside it.
It was safer to keep something that could threaten him in his own hands.
If Itachi had not voluntarily summoned that crow, Yuto would have had no way to obtain this eye of Shisui's from him.
"Thank you for your trouble, Kisame."
Yuto raised his head to look at Kisame and spoke with a light laugh.
"All for Lord Yuto!"
Kisame grinned, his tone filled with reverence and adoration.
Seeing this scene, Ranmaru could not help but reach out and touch his little head. Clearly, he had not reacted for a moment to what had actually happened.
After a while, Ranmaru remembered the note Lord Yuto had asked him to deliver back then; perhaps that was the reason for this.
"Since we are on the same side, why did we still have to fight?"
Ranmaru looked at Kisame and asked, with a hint of confusion and dissatisfaction.
"Because at that time, I was not certain if Lord Yuto was the real Lord Yuto."
Kisame glanced at Ranmaru and spoke without reservation.
If Itachi were still alive at this moment and heard the conversation between Kisame and Ranmaru, he would probably reveal a look of surprise on his face.
Because this state of Kisame represented that he had already fully acknowledged Ranmaru's strength.
Ranmaru did not know this; he simply felt that this senior with a shark face, apart from looking a bit fierce, did not have as bad a personality as he imagined.
Yuto did not care about the conversation between Ranmaru and Kisame. Instead, he stepped forward to the already dead Itachi.
He glanced lightly at the location of Itachi's eyes, and a look of unexpectedness flashed through Yuto's eyes.
He originally thought that Itachi would destroy both of his eyes before dying, but it seemed now that Itachi had not done so.
Both Mangekyo Sharingan had been preserved intact.
As expected, Itachi was thinking of Sasuke until his death.
Given the current condition of Itachi's remaining two Mangekyo Sharingan, even if transplanted to someone else, they would be unusable.
After all, one was completely blind, and the other was almost ruined.
The only remaining function of these two eyes of Itachi was to help Sasuke's eyes evolve into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
This was probably also the real reason Itachi left these two eyes behind. After all, apart from being useful to Sasuke, these two eyes were of little use to anyone else.
Seeing Yuto's actions, Ranmaru and Kisame hurriedly followed.
"What is wrong, Lord Yuto?"
Kisame looked at Yuto with some confusion.
"Nothing much, just getting rid of a certain fellow who was spying."
Yuto's gaze landed on the ring Itachi wore on his hand.
Accompanied by a moment of silence.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, from the ring engraved with the character "Vermilion" on Itachi's hand, a white spore shot out from within.
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