Naruto: If I ask you to kill Sasuke, you will become a succubus?

But will anything change if I become the Mizukage?

I thought about this.

While I was thinking, I couldn't help but reach out and grab Sasuke's lapels on both sides, holding them together, covering most of his exposed chest and abdomen.

Sasuke paused, "What's wrong? Doesn't it look good?"

……

Should I lead a rebellion against him? If so, why don't I just start opposing him now?

Since I can't find a reason to oppose him now, what difference will it make if I become the Mizukage?

I can't even find a reason to oppose Uchiha Sasuke!

Lord Shikamaru... could he have thought of this?

Obviously, at the beginning, there was no need for a reason to oppose Uchiha Sasuke.

But I can understand his pain and anger more and more.

……

"It looks good, but..." I felt like I was split in two. One half was away, thinking about the illusory future, and the other half was inside my body, staring at my hand, his snow-white collar, and his chest, which was only slightly exposed. "Be careful not to catch a cold."

"I thought you'd like it."

I looked up at him.

"White clothes." He looked at me with his dark eyes: "Don't you like them?"

……

No, that's not right, Sasuke must have done something wrong.

Not everyone in Konoha was involved in the demise of the Uchiha clan.

For example, the current Hokage, Tsunade, is innocent.

Although revenge against Konoha is justified, does the scope of the attack really have to affect everyone in Konoha?

Can we just stop if we kill those high-ranking officials?

……

I whispered, "You look good in dark colors, too. It's just unusual because you rarely wear light colors."

"No," I suddenly heard Sakura's voice. She looked at Naruto beside her with a subtle expression and whispered, "Is this the time to discuss clothing issues?!"

But Naruto looked down at his clothes thoughtfully and touched the zipper of his coat.

He pulled the zipper down a little, looked at his black underwear and thought: "Which style does Zhaolu prefer…"

Sakura: "...There are too many flaws..."

……

I thought about what Itachi-sensei said earlier.

He said that as long as I stayed with Sasuke, he would never become the person I feared.

I finally came to my senses.

The two separated halves quickly merged into one.

"I don't want you to come to me after everything is over. I will accompany you, no matter what you want to do, I will accompany you." I looked at Sasuke and said firmly: "The current Hokage, Lady Tsunade, is innocent. The person who coveted my eyes is the leader of Konoha's Root, Danzo Shimura. The person who attacked the Uchiha clan back then may also be him. I will help you kill him and help you get revenge, okay?"

Sasuke didn't answer me right away. He asked, "Have you seen Uchiha Itachi's memories?"

I was taken aback.

I haven't seen it. But I can say that I have seen it, and I can testify that Itachi-sensei is innocent.

Then Sasuke would forgive him, and they wouldn't be enemies anymore and could be brothers again.

As long as Itachi-sensei doesn't say that he is not innocent.

But I hesitated for a moment and chose to tell the truth: "I haven't seen it."

"why?"

I lied: "I'm worried that if I control him and then use pupil techniques on him, the control may fail."

"Then you can go and see him now. I will help you watch him." Sasuke's eyes were full of trust in me: "Help me look at his memory, Chaolu, and then tell me if my guess is correct. Is he... innocent?"

“…I’m sorry, I can’t do that.”

Sasuke was stunned: "What do you mean?"

"I changed my eyes and lost the eye technique that allowed me to read other people's memories." I looked at Kakashi, "That eye technique is now with Kakashi."

Sasuke frowned in confusion, "Why would you want to exchange eyes with him?"

"I think his pupil technique will be more helpful to me."

Sasuke frowned even more. "Are you hurt?"

My physical condition recovered quickly. On the way here, I felt that the bandage was obstructing my vision, so I took it off.

"No. My eye is intact."

Sasuke didn't see what was wrong and didn't ask any more questions.

He stared at Kakashi, as if considering whether to let him invade Itachi's memory, but he hesitated for only a moment, then frowned and rejected it: "I don't trust him."

Kakashi is a ninja of Konoha and may hide things that are detrimental to Konoha, or even lie.

"Remove the control over Itachi, Asaka. In that case, I will ask him personally."

I:"……"

I looked at Teacher Itachi. When Sasuke rushed over to attack me just now, Teacher Itachi was able to dodge and put a long distance between us.

I suspected that once I "released" the control, he would just turn around and run away. But I had no reason to refuse - and I couldn't keep pretending to "control" Itachi-sensei, so I had to have a reason to set him free.

I made a random seal as a "release" seal, and sure enough, Itachi-sensei immediately narrowed his eyes, pretending to have just woken up from ignorance, quickly confirmed the current situation, and then disappeared from the spot in an instant.

Sasuke immediately chased after him: "Wait a minute--! Itachi!!"

Naruto seemed to want to catch up, but when he got to my side and saw me standing there motionless, he also stopped and asked me in surprise: "Aren't you going to catch up, Chaolu?"

"…That's their family affair, let them make their own choice."

Itachi would never kill Sasuke, and given Itachi's current physical condition, it would probably be difficult for Sasuke to kill him.

Itachi-sensei...will you...choose to change?

……

Sasuke and Itachi left, and we followed the traces left by Neji, following the direction they were heading towards Orochimaru's stronghold.

There were many traces of battles along the way, and it seemed that Orochimaru did not just send out Sasuke.

I even suspect that Sasuke didn't delay our mission. He came out purely to see Itachi... and me?

Orochimaru gave the task of delaying time to other subordinates.

When they reunited with Neji and the others, Orochimaru and Kabuto had already disappeared, but in their complex underground castle, there were still a lot of experimental data and experimental subjects left behind.

Teacher Kai has sent a letter to Konoha, requesting that follow-up troops be dispatched to further search this stronghold.

When I saw Shikamaru, he was frowning and flipping through the experimental notes left by Orochimaru.

I walked towards him, Shikamaru heard the noise and looked up, "Asaka? Did you fight Sasuke?"

I shook my head. "He asked me to release Uchiha Itachi from his control, and then he chased after Uchiha Itachi."

"It doesn't look like it. There are no signs of you fighting." Shikamaru frowned, "But Sasuke asked you to cancel it, did you do it? Uchiha Itachi escaped, can we still get information about Akatsuki?"

Seeing his distressed expression, a terrifying thought suddenly came to my mind -

What if Lord Shikamaru is wrong?

What if Uchiha Sasuke is right, and Lord Shikamaru and Orochimaru are wrong?

is it possible?

Didn't I always think that Kakashi was very worthy of respect and admiration, but only now discovered that he also had limitations?

Could it be that Lord Shikamaru and Orochimaru... also have their own limitations?

No no no...

I can't think like that!

Lord Shikamaru and Orochimaru... they must plan everything out, must make plans in the tent, and win the battle thousands of miles away...

They are not mediocre people, nor are they cowards... They are heroes, they are far-sighted, able to see into the future, strong and wise leaders, leading people to fight for a better future -

How could they go wrong?!

They can never be wrong.

"Shikamaru?" I couldn't help but call him.

"how?"

"Will you... make mistakes?"

"What kind of question is that?" Shikamaru said with a smile, "Of course I will."

"Do you also make mistakes in judgment?"

"of course."

"But isn't Shikamaru very smart?"

Shikamaru said helplessly: "I may have a slightly higher IQ, but I'm just an ordinary person."

ordinary people...

"Tell me, is it possible that you can make a plan that lasts for... several years? And every step of this plan will be exactly under your control?"

Shikamaru gave a weird look, "What kind of question is that?"

"Is it okay? Will this be difficult for you?"

"For example? What is the goal of the plan?"

"For example... um... you had a dream one day and knew that I might die one day six years later. In order to save me six years later, you made a plan. However, you would forget about the dream day by day and only remember the plan you made... Do you think you can save me according to your plan? Do you think... that the plan you made can be done without any mistakes at every step?"

Shikamaru said helplessly: "What movies have you watched recently? This is probably impossible to do."

"Why isn't it possible?"

"If you send spies to lurk in enemy territory and silently collect intelligence for a long time, the risk is great, but it is not impossible to lurk for a long time. However, people are the most uncontrollable. The more you do, the more variables there are. The world changes rapidly... The more detailed the plan, the lower the tolerance for error. The lower the tolerance for error, the more rigid it is, and the easier it is to fail. No one can ensure that a plan that lasts for several years can accurately achieve its goals."

impossible……

"Then if someone does something that is dangerous to Konoha, what will Shikamaru do?"

"To eliminate the threat, of course."

"What if Konoha did something wrong first?"

"Report to the Hokage, and follow his orders."

"…What if the Hokage's order is wrong?"

Shikamaru was silent for a moment, "I will try to persuade you, but if the Hokage insists, then you will have to obey."

It suddenly occurred to me that the world that Lord Shikamaru wanted to restore was the ninja world like we have today?

However, I already feel that the current ninja world is not a good one, and I even want to change it myself.

And did Sasuke break the rules of the current ninja world?

If we save Naruto, the world will be a better place... How better is better?

Judging from Naruto's current performance, the so-called better is that Naruto becomes Hokage and then continues to maintain "peace" between the five major countries.

Then the ninjas from all villages and countries are just like Kakashi. Everyone is still fighting for their own interests, and the ninjas are still willing to risk their lives to earn the commission fees.

in case……

That thought popped up in my mind again: What if Lord Shikamaru and Orochimaru are going in the wrong direction?

"Asaro?" Shikamaru came closer to me strangely: "Are you okay? You look so bad."

I held his hand.

Shikamaru was slightly stunned.

His hands were calloused, dry, warm and slightly rough.

These hands will not hesitate to kill any existence that is not in the interest of the village for the sake of Konoha.

That's how right he is.

He is the same as Kakashi.

Perhaps this is the spirit of the Hokage heritage - everything for the village.

Sasuke...

Shikamaru……

The faces of both of them kept appearing in my mind, entangled, and made me feel extremely confused.

Is Naruto really the key?

If he survives, will the world really have a better future?

Is it really that bad that Sasuke rules the world?

After all, I never lived under Sasuke's rule. I just saw some fragments through the memories and eyes of other people.

I don’t know what kind of world Sasuke wants, nor do I know what kind of world Lord Shikamaru and Orochimaru want.

I suddenly felt like I knew nothing.

The originally clear road was suddenly shrouded in fog. The seemingly flat road seemed like an illusion. Perhaps when you step on it, you will find that you have stepped on empty air and fallen off the cliff.

Who can I talk to about my confusion? Itachi-sensei?

No, even though he knows everything, his stance is obviously the same as Lord Shikamaru and Orochimaru, otherwise they wouldn't have let me go find him.

——They all believe that the interests of the village are the most important.

They don't think there is any need to change the world as it is now.

...There is only one person who wants to change the world.

Should I go talk to him?

Uchiha Madara.