Chapter 389: The Unfathomable Itachi
"Have you forgotten I'm a medical ninja?" Haruno Sakura said. "Not only is healing our specialty, but faking injuries is also our forte..."
She beckoned to Itachi: "Please do not resist my ninjutsu either, Mr. Itachi."
Sakura smiled with an air of "Come here, I'll give you a buff," but Uchiha Itachi didn't suspect anything and took a step closer.
Then... he was punched fiercely by the girl!
"Cough cough..." Itachi arched his back, coughing embarrassedly a few times, dark red blood gushing from his mouth. Haruno Sakura's casual punch was heavy and powerful, the force blasting directly into his internal organs, injuring them! Fortunately, this was the Tsukuyomi world, where even the heaviest injuries could be recovered.
"You..." The black-haired young man frowned, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and gradually realized something from this punch. Besides the abundant brute force blasted into his body as a small revenge, there was also a stream of chakra full of vigorous vitality...
"I injected Yang Release medical ninjutsu chakra," Haruno Sakura said after he calmed down. "This jutsu will touch the hidden injuries in your body, causing you to show signs of unstable aura and heavy damage in a short time... We'll pretend that both sides are heavily injured to fool those plant-people."
"A feasible plan..." Itachi straightened up, sensed the chakra in his body, and said silently.
"Then that chakra will heal the accumulated injuries in your body until it runs out..." Haruno Sakura stared into his eyes and said, "Allow me to be presumptuous, but your physical condition is quite terrible!"
"Although you hide it well, as a medical ninja, I can see it very clearly!"
Uchiha Itachi was silent for a moment before saying slowly, "I understand."
The Ice Style girl frowned and reminded him: "Did you not understand what I meant? Long-term use of the Sharingan has placed too much burden on your body, and you are slowly approaching your limit. If you let it deteriorate, within two or three years, you will be terminally ill and beyond cure! It's best to receive treatment immediately and recuperate for a while!"
Itachi lowered his eyelids so the girl couldn't see his expression clearly. After a while, she heard him sigh and say softly, "Thank you for your kindness..."
The girl raised her eyebrows: "You don't believe me? Although my medical ninjutsu is not as good as Master Tsunade's, it's more than enough to make a diagnosis!"
Itachi did not answer her but said solemnly: "This is my business, please don't interfere... and please don't tell Sasuke! I will handle it myself... Someday, he and I will reach a conclusion..."
Haruno Sakura frowned deeply.
These two Uchiha brothers were simply drama queens who weren't comfortable unless they were conflicted.
In her view, there was no deep hatred between the two, but rather deep affection. In that case, what issues and problems couldn't be solved? Uchiha Itachi acted as if he bore everything and insisted on going his own way, which was simply speechless. If his physical problem dragged on, it would really become serious. Once a person dies, there is nothing; conversely, as long as the person is still there, there is hope. Whatever problems exist between the Uchiha, Konoha, and the brothers Itachi and Sasuke, there is always a way to solve them!
Perhaps the Uchiha clan were all so paranoid!
She also sighed.
Chaos in the ninja world was imminent. Compared to the stormy waves that the "Akatsuki" might stir up, some personal grievances and grudges were simply too insignificant...
Perhaps after everything is over, if everyone is still alive, Sakura will have enough time and energy to help Sasuke solve this problem then!
As for Itachi's body, as a spy, he probably wouldn't have the chance to receive treatment and rest for a while... After Haruno Sakura spoke, she realized she had said some meaningless nonsense!
Moreover, what exactly was on this man's mind? Even now, Sakura hadn't truly seen it clearly!
Who exactly was stirring up trouble behind the scenes? Why did the situation back then develop like this? What did Uchiha Itachi think... Haruno Sakura herself only grasped a few clues and not the full picture.
"Even if you ask me like this," Haruno Sakura said with some helplessness, "as Sasuke's companion, I also have my own stance..."
"Don't worry, at least for the time being, I won't tell him too much..."
Otherwise, with Sasuke's personality, Sakura was a little afraid he would do something stupid!
At this point, both fell silent.
A long time passed.
"No matter what... Sasuke should have lived quite well these years." When saying this, the corners of Itachi's mouth curled up slightly, and he said, "It's really great that he can have companions like you."
This was the first time Haruno Sakura saw a smile on Uchiha Itachi's face.
"Regrettably, I am not a competent brother..."
It was a smile full of exhaustion and gratification.
Haruno Sakura remained silent.
"If there's nothing else, I'm going to end Tsukuyomi!" Itachi put away his smile, and the expression just now disappeared completely as if it had never appeared.
Haruno Sakura nodded and said seriously, "Then, farewell. I hope there will be a chance to see you again!"
"Hopefully..." Itachi said in a low voice, putting his hands together and forming the seal to release Tsukuyomi.
The black negative-like fantasy world began to shake and collapse piece by piece.
"One last piece of advice for you," Itachi's voice became ethereal and distant with the collapse of Tsukuyomi, "be careful of Danzo..."
"I found Root ninja monitoring you nearby!"
His voice disappeared into the horizon.
"What?!"
Before Haruno Sakura could react, the world spun. When everything stabilized, she had appeared in the real world, kneeling on the ground, supporting herself with both hands and looking at the ground.
"Back." Sakura's heart moved, and the chakra in her body circulated, instantly making her aura chaotic, showing a weak appearance.
She panted, staggered to her feet, cold sweat dripping from her face as if heavily injured by Tsukuyomi, and the exhaustion in her eyes could not be hidden at all.
Haruno Sakura looked in the direction of Uchiha Itachi. His acting skills were also remarkable. If it weren't for the fact that she was the one who conspired with Itachi just now, Sakura might really have thought that Itachi suffered a backlash from Tsukuyomi and was already crumbling!
"What's going on... Itachi is injured too?" The White Zetsus said in surprise.
Learning from the lesson of peeping at Sakura and Kisame's battle just now, these plant-people dared not get too close to avoid being affected by that map-clearing level ninjutsu; but in this way, they couldn't see very clearly what happened on the field.
"It should be because Tsukuyomi was broken by Haruno Sakura..." Another White Zetsu said.
"This is impossible... How could Tsukuyomi be broken?!"
"Nothing is impossible!" The White Zetsus argued, "There is no perfect, invincible ninjutsu in this world. If Tsukuyomi really instantly killed everything, Konoha would have long been the Uchiha's world!"
"But can a mere girl using Ice Style contend with Tsukuyomi?"
"It seems that Itachi is slightly inferior in this battle!"
The White Zetsus were astonished and argued in low voices. Until—
"Stop arguing, we should go! Itachi is about to retreat..."
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