"Don't harm Sasuke."
Uchiha Itachi's first words came out with some pain.
Because these words appeared somewhat weak and powerless, he had almost once killed the most important person to Akihara Kagura with his own hands.
Uchiha Itachi believed that Akihara Kagura was lurking here, surely eavesdropped on his conversation with the Third Hokage, and must know the truth of the night of the clan massacre, and certainly knows that Uchiha Sasuke is still the most important person to himself.
However...
Uchiha Itachi could not silence him.
It was even difficult to threaten Akihara Kagura.
Because Uchiha Itachi understood just how extreme Akihara Kagura's personality was, he surely wouldn't be threatened by him, and might even put Sasuke in greater danger because of it.
The only thing useful...
Might be the Kotoamatsukami Sharingan Shisui left behind.
But it wasn't the critical moment yet, Uchiha Itachi didn't want to use that eye, after all, Kotoamatsukami required a not insignificant cooldown time.
"Sasuke..."
Akihara Kagura looked up at the night sky, as if reminiscing over old days: "I still remember during the Chunin exams, that little brat had a lot of confidence in you, and you treated him like a treasure, thinking about it now, how much has changed over time..."
"Don't harm him."
Uchiha Itachi clenched his fist, whispering his terms: "I can secretly help you get rid of your enemies, maybe you still trust Danzo, but tonight I met with Danzo, and he is very dissatisfied with the matter of you succeeding as the leader of the Root..."
"You even went to see Danzo?"
Akihara Kagura glanced at Uchiha Itachi, his smile growing wider: "Did Danzo promise you something? I don't trust Danzo, have you always trusted him?"
Akihara Kagura spread open his palm, smiling brightly: "Remember? Uchiha Itachi, I warned you more than once to stay away from Danzo, getting too close to Danzo will make your life miserable..."
"...…"
A bead of cold sweat appeared on Uchiha Itachi's forehead.
At this moment...
Uchiha Itachi vaguely understood everything.
Had Akihara Kagura been warning him to stay away from Danzo from the very beginning?
"Back then, you..."
Uchiha Itachi clenched his fist tightly, reminiscing scenes when both he and Akihara Kagura were under Kakashi Hatake's command, and he was being targeted by Akihara Kagura.
Every meeting...
Akihara Kagura would tell him to stay away from Danzo.
Uchiha Itachi remembered their final separation.
If back at that hotel in the Land of Earth, he had chosen to go with Akihara Kagura to rescue Kakashi senpai instead of going to assassinate Yao Shidou and Yakushi Nonou...
Akihara Kagura knew his task might involve assassinating Yao Shidou and Yakushi Nonou, so that's why he persuaded him to go to the Hidden Rock Village to save Kakashi back then.
Uchiha Itachi gazed piercingly at Akihara Kagura: "Back in the Land of Earth, you already knew my mission back then, didn't you..."
At that time, he wasn't even sure of the assassination targets, yet Akihara Kagura already knew he would definitely be assassinating Yao Shidou and Yakushi Nonou.
"I understand Danzo very well."
Akihara Kagura did not deny and spoke softly: "Yao Shidou and Yakushi Nonou are very important to me, so I went to warn them when you were about to make contact with them."
"If back then..."
Uchiha Itachi took a deep breath, closing his eyes: "If back then I hadn't taken on the mission, and instead went with you to save Captain Kakashi..."
"...…"
Akihara Kagura didn't answer his words, but instead asked in return: "Do you remember those words that Captain Kakashi liked to say the most?"
Akihara Kagura looked at him, filling in his own answer: "Failure in performing missions means you're a loser, but those who don't cherish their comrades are worse than losers..."
"Besides, you wouldn't have done it either."
Akihara Kagura stared at Uchiha Itachi, chuckling lightly: "Those born in the Uchiha clan are inherently proud, never liking to entrust their fate to others, always thinking they can handle everything themselves, and only then realizing their helplessness, ultimately leading to their downfall..."
"...…"
Uchiha Itachi couldn't refute.
"Enough."
Uchiha Itachi took a deep breath, closing his eyes: "Saying all this now is meaningless, it was my mistake back then, so what exactly do you want to do?"
"Do something for me."
Akihara Kagura leaned lazily against the wall.
"Shimura Danzo, is it?"
Uchiha Itachi thought of the Shimura Danzo he had mentioned, he didn't care about Shimura Danzo anymore: "If you need me to, I will find an opportunity to assassinate him."
"Do I need you to make a move if I want to kill someone?"
Akihara Kagura shook his head, looking up at the distant sky: "Didn't you just mention something about the Akatsuki Organization?"
"I found some information, Orochimaru is within the Akatsuki Organization, although he's an S-Class Traitorous Ninja, I think your strength is decent, consider it using waste material..."
When Akihara Kagura said this, his voice paused slightly and revealed a bizarre smile: "Help me give Orochimaru some trouble..."
"Alright."
Uchiha Itachi nodded.
Although Akihara Kagura didn't mention why he didn't suggest having him kill Orochimaru, maybe he wanted to take revenge on Orochimaru personally, but he saw no issue with this task.
"As for Sasuke..."
"I won't make things particularly difficult for him."
Akihara Kagura waved his hand, continuing: "The drama of brotherly conflict, I've always enjoyed watching it. That little guy might even like to pester me, after all, I'm the only one who has ever beaten you, maybe he'll seek me out for the power of revenge?"