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Chapter 61: Itachi's Choice
As the shinobi world's strongest village, Konoha's alert forces were naturally unprecedentedly powerful—layer upon layer, with countless sentries both visible and hidden.
However, with an insider present, even the most powerful alert forces couldn't exert their proper effectiveness.
Silently withdrawing his scorpion tail from a hidden sentry's body, Sasori finally stood before Konoha Village's gate.
"I never thought that in my lifetime, I could actually kill my way into Konoha Village so openly."
"Laughable that Hidden Sand, one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, yet... hmph!"
Itachi stood to Sasori's side and slightly behind, holding a box in his arms, eyes downcast, silently wordless.
Sasori slightly turned his head, his gaze sweeping over Itachi once, consoling him:
"Once we open Konoha Village's passage and let those White Zetsus kill their way in, you'll naturally have your chance for revenge."
Itachi kept his face expressionless, wooden, saying not a word.
Sasori stopped paying attention to him, only hunching forward as he shuffled ahead.
Outside the village, covert assassination was still possible, but now at the village entrance with people flowing like a shuttle, continuing assassination methods wasn't realistic.
Soon the two were discovered by Konoha Village's gate guards.
"Halt! Who are you?"
"Those eyes—it's Uchiha Itachi!"
"Sound the alarm quickly—enemy invasion!"
"Where are the outside sentries? Why no news back?"
"Activate all traps and mechanisms quickly!"
As urgent bell sounds rang out, a group of shinobi surged toward them from all directions.
Sasori removed his mask, revealing the mechanism-like mouth beneath. His jaw opened, spitting out dense rain of senbon needles like overwhelming rain, shooting toward the guards.
This needle rain was both fast and dense. Many shinobi had no time to react before being struck by multiple shots, immediately collapsing.
Even more terrifying—the needle rain was coated with some poison. Even without being struck in vital areas, just scratches quickly caused limbs to weaken, entire bodies going soft.
"Not good!"
"The senbon are poisoned!"
"Take antidote pills quickly!"
For a moment, Konoha's shinobi fell into chaos.
Itachi's gaze flickered once. He didn't attack but instead shifted his steps, wanting to change direction and leave.
However, though he wanted to leave, Konoha Village's people didn't agree.
"Uchiha Itachi!"
"It's the rogue ninja Uchiha Itachi!"
"Kill him!"
The guards spontaneously separated a squad, surrounding Itachi while throwing shuriken at him from afar.
Itachi hastily leaped backward.
Thud thud thud!
A series of sounds rang out. Several shuriken embedded themselves where he'd just stood.
Immediately a group of people "swooshed" over in body flickers, surrounding him in the middle.
"Itachi, you traitor! The Third Hokage treated you well—how dare you rebel?"
Facing these accusations, Itachi only silently lowered his head, looking deeply at the box in his arms once, still saying nothing.
"Enough talking with a traitor. Quickly kill him, then go help elsewhere."
Following the lead shinobi's command, other shinobi immediately formed seals with both hands.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
"Earth Release: Earth Spear!"
The Fire Release was merely frontal obstruction to block vision. The real killing move was the Earth Spear suddenly thrusting from beneath his feet.
However, such conventional jutsu meant nothing to Itachi. He merely lightly jumped, dodging everything.
But the light above darkened. A figure suddenly appeared overhead, holding a massive strange iron hammer with chains attached, forcefully throwing it toward him from mid-air.
The hammer was entirely purple, shaped like the Three-Tails. Upon release, the guards behind immediately spread left and right like a pair of wings, transforming into a flying fish that dove straight at Itachi.
Itachi hastily jumped away again while his gaze flickered left and right, carefully staying alert.
Since Kotetsu Hagane had appeared, Izumo Kamizuki who always moved together with him must have arrived too.
Sure enough, viscous water flow was quietly spreading across the ground—precisely Izumo Kamizuki's signature jutsu.
"Water Release: Starch Syrup Capturing Field!"
Itachi frowned, having no choice but to form one-handed seals. Opening his mouth, a fire dragon sprayed forth.
"Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Jutsu!"
Surging flames circled across the ground, immediately evaporating all the spreading water flow completely clean.
The flying fish hammer heavily crashed into the ground with a "boom," creating a large crater.
Immediately a figure descended from above, landing beside the flying fish hammer. Reaching out to pull up the hammer, he shouldered it.
On the other side, Izumo Kamizuki also appeared, rubbing his head and complaining:
"Oh my, he's a traitor after all. Too familiar with village people—original tactics are completely useless!"
Looking at these two famous Konoha "gate gods," Itachi's brow furrowed tightly as he said in a low voice:
"Let me pass!"
"I have something to confirm with the Third Hokage. I don't want to fight you."
"Hmph!" Kotetsu gripped the chain in one hand while swinging the hammer again with the other. "We won't let a traitor like you appear before the Third Hokage!"
Itachi's gaze flickered, somewhat hesitant in his heart whether to fight these former comrades.
But a rain of senbon suddenly shot from another direction, assaulting Kotetsu and the others from behind, immediately making them flustered.
After they evaded this attack, they discovered the other side's battle had already remarkably ended.
Sasori of the Red Sand stood alone beside a pile of Konoha shinobi corpses, slowly shuffling toward his direction.
"Hey, Itachi, you're really slow!"
"This doesn't seem like you at all!"
"You need to show the methods you used when subduing Kakuzu!"
"You're not still thinking about reconciling with Konoha Village, are you?"
"Where's your magnanimity?"
Seeing Uchiha Itachi still remain silent, looking heavily burdened with worries, Sasori didn't urge him further but instead stood before him, raising his scorpion tail high to face Kotetsu and the others.
"Well, forget it. I won't force you!"
"I'll handle these enemies for you!"
"You just need to shut down the defensive mechanisms at the gate and let the White Zetsus quickly kill their way in."
After speaking, Sasori opened his mouth again. Another rain of senbon needles burst forth, covering toward the enemy.
"Earth Release: Earth Wall!"
An earth wall rose from the ground, blocking the senbon needle rain outside but also obstructing both sides' vision.
Before Kotetsu and others could breathe easier, an iron scorpion tail heavily bombarded the earth wall, crushing it like dead wood. Together with the senbon needle rain, they covered overhead toward them.
"Not good!"
Kotetsu hastily stepped forward, swinging his strange hammer to block the iron scorpion tail while Izumo Kamizuki rapidly circled around him, deflecting those poisoned senbon needles.
But this senbon needle rain was both dense and rapid. Prolonged defense must fail. Just as they were about to be shot into sieves, Itachi behind Sasori suddenly moved.
His eyes suddenly focused. Purple-black chakra surged from within, rapidly condensing and shaping on his body surface to form a half-body skeletal giant. One punch thundered down toward Sasori's back.
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