Konoha's Master of Illusion

Chapter 144 Sasuke's Affair
It can be said that Tetsuya got a glimpse of the power of the Samsara Eye for the first time. One of the many abilities, the technique of turning into a clone, can solve the dilemma they are facing.

Although this is not a dead end for Tetsuya, the scroll previously hidden in the Luojiao Cave is a back-up to deal with similar situations. After all, there are too many potential dangers in mixing with the Akatsuki organization.

For Nagato, using the elephant turn clone to help Kakuzu and Tetsuya get out of trouble can be described as a little trick.

Compared to Pain's Six Paths ability, the Magic Lantern Body and the Elephant Turn Clone are more like dispensable accessories, just a little trick in addition to the powerful ability of the Samsara Eye.

With this thought, Tetsuya became more anxious to get in touch with Uchiha Itachi as soon as possible.

So what if he has the chakra of the three tails? Under Nagato's Rinnegan ability, he is not as weak as a lamb to be slaughtered.

I don’t know if Orochimaru is thinking of ways to do things for himself.
He was thinking about Uchiha Itachi and Orochimaru while he was running. The former had just watched Pain finish his chakra output, and the elephant turning clone technique was interrupted.

"how?"

Itachi and Kisame were the only ones who came to Pain through the magic lantern body. After all, only part of their chakra was used, so there was no need for everyone else to come and watch the situation.

Nagato did not hide what happened specifically. He briefly told them beforehand, and then waited for Kakuzu's signal on the day of the operation.

"It was solved successfully, thank you for your hard work."

Tendo Payne nodded in reply, indicating that the trouble had been taken care of, and then heard Kisame's slightly worried voice:
"In this way, doesn't it expose more information about the organization? If it's just for a sum of money."

Of course, Kisame is a qualified ninja, but after all, he has never really held the job of managing chores. It is inevitable that he has some doubts about Nagato's behavior. Since his real loyal partner is Obito, he lacks respect for Payne. Some were in awe and directly expressed their doubts.

There is even a hint of dissatisfaction.

Kisame had always been like this, so Nagato just shook his head at his words and said calmly:

"Money is one of the most important things in the world"

Seeing that Payne didn't seem to be prepared to give any more explanations, Kisame Ana put aside her doubts and began to make suggestions:
"The behavior of Iwagakure and Kumogakure doesn't take us seriously. There's no guarantee that they won't do more things that are detrimental to Akatsuki in the future. Do we need to teach these guys a lesson?"

This was a thought that naturally occurred in his heart, but when he said it, he did not expect Payne to agree as the leader. It was more to maintain his persona of a bellicose and reckless man.

Payne just glanced at him, and the emotion revealed in that indifferent gaze was difficult to capture.

For Konan and Nagato, everyone knows that Kisame is Obito, who is also known as "Madara Uchiha" to them.After that, he was assigned to form a team around Itachi and took on the job of monitoring Itachi. It can be said that he maintained a lot of trust.

This is also because Nagato has a relatively high degree of trust in "Uchiha Madara".

It's just that Kisame's occasional rude remarks still make people feel a little unhappy, especially after Nagato gradually began to regard himself as a god, and his mentality also had many potential changes.Sometimes I can't help but have some more violent thoughts, but I am just concerned that this guy is a capable person for my partners, and he is very powerful and will be useful in the future, so I will eventually suppress this violence.

I don't know if Kisame realized that his life was in danger, but anyway, he didn't continue talking.

He didn't speak, and Itachi didn't even bother to speak.

Uchiha Itachi is now in a relatively bad state. His identity as a spy is just a label attached to him. Over the years, he has been more like a wage earner with no subjective initiative, working hard for the Akatsuki organization without complaint.

Itachi was still focusing more on thinking about how to guide his younger brother, especially after hearing that Sasuke had now defected from Konoha to follow Orochimaru, and the anxiety that the plan had gone off track always lingered in his mind.

How can we get Sasuke back on track?

The magic lantern was lifted, and the illusory and dark environment receded like a tide. Itachi and Kisame opened their eyes and sat in the wild forest.

The lit bonfire was burning out the last flame, and the grilled fish on top, which was pierced with branches, had also cooled down and was just warm enough to eat.

Kisame took big bites of the fish meat that was full of burnt aroma, and at the same time handed the other one to Itachi who was staring at the ashes of the campfire in ecstasy:

"Eat some, the temperature is just right."

When an uninformed person saw this scene, they would probably have to think that these were two travelers on their way out. Of course, this would have to exclude Kisame's terrifying face that was full of shark characteristics.

Itachi stretched out his hand to take the grilled fish and said lightly without bringing it to his mouth:
"someone is coming."

These words made Kisame narrow his eyes, his vicious shark pupils shrank a bit, and the bloodthirsty impulse in his heart suddenly began to grow.

His hand touched the handle of Samehada's knife beside him.

Itachi would specifically warn someone approaching, so the person coming must not be some passing cat or dog, but at least a ninja, and he was coming towards them.

Having partnered with Itachi for these years, Kisame has already seen clearly what this partner is like.

The man who massacred his own family was actually a kind-hearted old man. As long as he was not an enemy seeking death, he would avoid any ninjas who happened to be passing by, or even deliberately avoid them for fear of fear. Kill yourself.

To be honest, Kisame, who had countless innocent people's blood on his hands, liked this trait of Itachi very much.

Human psychology has probably always been like this.

In short, when Itachi will take the initiative to remind him that someone is approaching, it is usually the enemy.

But this time, this enemy was somewhat unexpected.

Orochimaru, who turned around from a blind corner behind the tree at some point, smiled brightly:
"Tsk tsk. Why are you so hostile to your companions?"

On the surface, it seems that these words are for Guixier.

Because he had the greatest reaction, he had already stood up, holding the Samehada sword in front of him, his eyes full of dangerous and wild aura.

In fact, Itachi was the one who was even more hostile and was about to take action.

You only need to look at the slowly rotating triangular windmills in his eyes to know that as long as Orochimaru dares to make any change, there is a high probability that he will be directly controlled by Tsukuyomi and enjoy three days and three nights of extreme torture.

"Senior Orochimaru, I didn't expect to meet again so soon."

Itachi still used honorifics on his lips, and his defense was still maintained, and there was some warning in his words:
"Why, isn't that enough?"

This is obviously asking, has Orochimaru found a way to counter my Tsukuyomi genjutsu?Otherwise, how could you have the courage to run in front of yourself again?
These words were particularly infuriating, at least to Orochimaru.

But the situation was stronger than the people. He really couldn't resist the Tsukuyomi illusion. In addition, he came in front of the two people with a purpose, so he had to suppress the discomfort in his heart and smiled and said:

"Haha, it's nothing actually. I just want to talk to Itachi about this kid Sasuke."

It's a bit risky to say this. Orochimaru is quite worried whether the opponent's younger brother will lose control directly.

But the real purpose cannot be stated clearly, otherwise Kisame will definitely report this matter, and then Payne and the others will not start investigating you. What is the purpose of Orochimaru being the messenger for Tetsuya Yamanaka and Itachi Uchiha?What is the purpose of Tetsuya Yamanaka secretly contacting Uchiha Itachi, a Konoha spy?

That's not going to end immediately.

So I can only use Sasuke as an excuse.
(End of this chapter)