Chapter 427 Battle of Brothers
Sasuke's voice was so loud that all the ninjas present heard it.

Except for the Second Hokage who frowned slightly, the others did not react much. After sighing that it was great to be young, they did not say anything else.

The first Hokage was a little dazed.

He saw the shadows of himself and Uchiha Madara in Naruto and Sasuke, and for some reason, he felt particularly close to these two children.

Shisui walked up to Sasuke, reached out and tapped his forehead, then said with a smile: "Don't be angry, if you don't care about Naruto, why don't you dare to go in?"

After being exposed, Sasuke fell silent.

Brother Shisui is right, Naruto is one of his few friends. For someone like him, it is difficult to make true friends, so every friend is precious.

After taking a deep breath, Sasuke said to Shisui, "Brother Shisui, did you gain anything when you went in just now?"

Shisui nodded, hesitant to speak:
"We have obtained a lot of intelligence, but it's all bad news. If nothing unexpected happens, the nine tailed beasts have all fallen into the hands of Byakuya and Uchiha Madara... The coalition has become more dangerous."

Shisui described the situation as dangerous, but Sasuke sensed relief from Shisui's tone.

This clan brother didn't seem surprised by the capture of the nine tailed beasts, as if things would develop this way a long time ago, which made Sasuke think a lot.

Could it be that Brother Shisui and Byakuya have not severed their connection? Then what about Orochimaru?
Just as Sasuke was daydreaming, the Second Hokage suddenly realized something and disappeared on the spot.

The next moment, the Fourth Hokage and others also disappeared from the spot and headed in the same direction. Not long after, they used ninjutsu to force out the ninjas hiding in the dark.

There were two ninjas hiding in the dark.

When he saw these two people, Sasuke's face suddenly became solemn, and a strong murderous intent appeared in his eyes. These two people were none other than Uchiha Itachi and Kisame sent by Obito.

At this time, Uchiha Itachi and Kisame also looked very ugly.

They were only ordered to monitor Byakuya's operation to retrieve the tailed beasts, but they unexpectedly met Orochimaru, Shisui and others, and he discovered the past Hokage who had been dead for many years.

After making this discovery, the two began to move immediately without any hesitation.

Unfortunately, their chakra was still sensed by the First Hokage. Facing the Second and Fourth Hokage who had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, they had no chance of escape.

After their attempts to escape failed, they decided not to run away and prepared for a final fight to the death.

"Uchiha Itachi!" Sasuke muttered Uchiha Itachi's name with gritted teeth, as if he wanted to eat Uchiha Itachi alive.

Uchiha Itachi is his elder brother and also a ninja who betrayed the family.

Although thanks to the efforts of Shisui and Byakuya, the family only lost a dozen radical ninjas and the entire clan was not destroyed, this did not in the slightest reduce his hatred for Itachi.

Uchiha Itachi pretended to be calm and said:
"Sasuke, I haven't seen you for a year, and you are still as weak as before. How can you defeat me when you are so weak?"

"Stop bragging here. You may not be Sasuke's opponent right now."

Shisui walked up to Sasuke, staring at Uchiha Itachi, and then continued: "And all the ninjas who participated in the night of genocide are here. You don't have to keep pretending. Tell me about the deal you made with the Third Hokage."

"Shisui, I can't hide it from you after all..."

Uchiha Itachi glanced at Shisui, then looked at the Third Hokage and said, "But I don't think I did anything wrong back then, nor do I think there is anything wrong with the Third Hokage's judgment."

After seeing Uchiha Itachi admit that he had reached a deal with the Third Hokage.

Jiraiya and Sasuke's faces changed. They couldn't believe that Uchiha Itachi's genocide was actually related to the Third Hokage. This was simply beyond their understanding.

The first, second and fourth generations also looked shocked and stared at the two of them.

Under the gaze of everyone, the Third Hokage said with gritted teeth: "Uchiha Itachi is right. It was me who gave the order for Uchiha Madara to massacre the Uchiha."

"The conflict between the security forces headed by Uchiha Fugaku and the Hokage Building has reached its limit. If it continues to develop, the village will only fall into an endless civil war."

"In order to avoid the outbreak of civil war, I can only issue an order to exterminate the clan and let Uchiha Itachi lurk beside the masked man to obtain information about the masked man's organization."

"But later on, for various reasons, I lost contact with Uchiha Itachi."

Hearing this, the Edo Tensei Hokage, led by the Shogun, didn't know what to say. They thought that the Shogun treated Naruto harshly for the sake of the village, but they didn't expect that the Uchiha clan's genocide was also related to the Shogun.

As for the Third Hokage's order to exterminate the entire clan, the three Hokage had different ways of dealing with it.

In the eyes of the First Hokage, the Third Hokage's behavior was irrational. The Uchiha clan was a member of the village, and their coup must have been because the Hokage and the Uchiha had lost the channel of communication.

And even if Uchiha launched a coup, there was no need to kill those women, children, the elderly and the young. At least they should not die at the hands of Uchiha Itachi.

The second generation Hokage also had a similar view and felt that Uchiha should not die at the hands of Uchiha Itachi.

If he were in charge of Konoha, he would definitely be able to suppress the Uchiha people so that they would not dare to resist. Even if he really took action against the Uchiha people, he would disguise it as an invasion from another village and would never do it so crudely.

In the eyes of the Second Hokage, the Third Hokage's orders not only caused Konoha to lose the Uchiha, but also lost the support of most of the ninja clans, and he became a nominal Hokage in the village.

However, this kid Shisui is very good at stealing things.

Being able to lead the remaining Uchiha to take control of the Root, what happened back then was definitely not as simple as Danzo manipulating Uchiha Shisui. It is very likely that Shisui manipulated Danzo.

Poor disciple of mine, he is still kept in the dark.

The Fourth Hokage blamed himself for dying too early. During his reign, he had always wanted to ease the conflict between the Uchiha clan and the village and make the Uchiha clan a normal ninja clan.

Unfortunately, before he could take any action, he died because of the Demon Sealing Technique.

Looking at Uchiha Itachi and the Third Hokage, Shisui sneered:
"Sandaime, until now you are still prejudiced against the Uchiha and don't know who the enemy is. That's why you are being toyed with by Danzo and Orochimaru."

"The first person to get the position of Hokage happened to be Danzo who was right beside you."

After hearing this, the Third Hokage fell silent again. He had become a complete loser, and this embarrassing scene was being watched by the First Hokage and Tobirama-sensei.

"Shisui brat, have you said enough?"

The Second Hokage said impatiently: "And you, Monkey, cheer up quickly. You took the initiative to stand up and sacrifice for your companions back then. Why have you become like this now?"

"You can tolerate the criticism of Lian Jing's descendants?"

"I did something wrong..."

The Third Hokage said this without any confidence. He did not have any of the sophistication and dignity of a Hokage.

"Of course you are wrong!" The Second Hokage said with a serious face: "Your mistake is not that you issued the wrong order, but that you failed to lead the village to prosperity."

"As a Hokage, you can give any orders, but once the village falls into decline or even destruction, no matter you are a good person or a bad person, you are not a good Hokage."

The Second Hokage's words made it clear what the Hokage was responsible for and also made the Third Hokage feel ashamed.

Just as the Third Hokage was about to say something, the Fourth Hokage stepped forward and said:

"Let's put the past aside for now. Since the Sandaime said that Uchiha Itachi was his undercover agent and had been collecting intelligence around the masked man, can you tell us the information?"

"As for how we should deal with this ninja next to Uchiha Itachi."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes immediately fell on Kisame, and Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi even blocked Kisame's way.

Faced with being surrounded by many Kage-level warriors, Kisame felt like he was on edge.

If he wanted to defeat any of the ninjas here, he would be at risk of defeat, not to mention that he was surrounded. He could not even think of any possibility of escape.

Seeing Kisame in danger, Uchiha Itachi quickly said:
"I know all the information that Kisame knows. There's no need for you to embarrass him. He's also a poor guy who was teased and ordered around by the masked man."

After a pause, Uchiha Itachi said: "As for the information you want, I can tell you, but the Ninja World War has already begun, and you can't do anything even if you know it."

The Second Hokage said impatiently:
"Uchiha, stop talking nonsense and just tell us your information. If the information is correct, we can let you go."

Uchiha Itachi cleared his throat and said:

"The first piece of information is that the masked man is not Uchiha Madara. You may already know this. The second piece of information is that the leader of the coalition forces, Byakuya, is secretly colluding with Uchiha Madara."

Having said that, Uchiha Itachi deliberately looked at the reactions of these people.

After hearing the news, none of the ninjas present reacted, which made Uchiha Itachi a little confused. Could it be that this was not important information?

"We already knew about the collusion between Bai Ye and Uchiha Itachi..."

Hearing this, it was Uchiha Itachi's turn to be shocked. Could it be that his intelligence gathering ability was so useless? Impossible, he had received professional training in the Root.

"Is there any other information?" The Second Hokage stared at Uchiha Itachi and said.

Uchiha Itachi shook his head and said, "Bai Ye's collusion with Uchiha Madara is the most important information I know. The rest is about the abilities of Uchiha Madara, Bai Ye and the masked man..."

Just as Uchiha Itachi was about to continue explaining, the Second Hokage stopped him with his hand:

"We already have all of your information. I wonder what you've been doing undercover all these years. If you could have told us a few months ago, it would have been useful."

Uchiha Itachi said somewhat embarrassedly: "But the Sandaime died at that time. Except for the Sandaime, I am a traitor in front of any Konoha ninja, and I can't pass on information."

"…What you said makes some sense."

The Second Hokage was unable to refute Uchiha Itachi for a moment.

After obtaining the information, the next thing to discuss was how to deal with Uchiha Itachi.

For the ninjas of the Naruto series, Uchiha Itachi himself was a spy sent by the third generation. Now that the Ninja World War has begun, it is naturally time to close the espionage activities.

Not only is Uchiha Itachi not an enemy, he is also a contributor to the Hokage series.

To put it bluntly, after hearing that Uchiha Itachi had dealt a heavy blow to the Uchiha clan, the Second Hokage might have been laughing in his heart, after all, there was a blood feud between the Uchiha clan and the Senju clan.

But to Shisui and Sasuke, Uchiha Itachi was a blatant traitor.

After making room for the three Uchiha, Shisui and Sasuke came in front of Uchiha Itachi, looked at him and said, "Itachi, do you have anything else to say now?"

"I have nothing to say. I am the sinner of the family."

Uchiha Itachi smiled with ease, and then asked Sasuke a question: "Sasuke, are father and mother doing well?"

Sasuke was stunned for a moment, then said: "They are different from you, a stray dog. They are living well now. They don't have to worry every day, and they can continue their work as a security force."

Uchiha Itachi sighed and showed a regretful expression:

"Is that so? What a pity! I was hoping that after slaughtering the entire clan, they would be so angry that they would open their Mangekyō Sharingan."

"It's a pity that they are as emotionally indifferent as you are, and don't even have the ability to open the Kaleidoscope."

"What do you mean?"

Sasuke asked in confusion. Uchiha Itachi's spy behavior made his hatred for Itachi weaken a little, and transferred it to the Third Hokage, but Uchiha Itachi seemed to start challenging his bottom line again.

Uchiha Itachi smiled evilly, and then said:

"Of course it was to stimulate the opening of the Mangekyō Sharingan. You don't think I really did it for the village, do you? The reason I asked the Third Hokage for permission was not only to avoid being disturbed by the Hokage and Danzo, but also because I thought of today's situation."

"Although I have wiped out my clan, as long as I am a spy sent by the Third Hokage, I will not be punished by the Hokage faction, and I can even continue to stay in the Konohagakure."

"After this Ninja World War is over, I will return to the village and continue assassinating Uchiha ninjas until you awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan. Then I will obtain your eyes and evolve them into the Mangekyō Sharingan."

Having said that, Uchiha Itachi covered his face with his hands and laughed out loud.

Then, Uchiha Itachi left Sasuke and Shisui and rushed towards the location of the Third Hokage, as if he really intended to act according to this plan.

However, Sasuke's eyes were extremely cold and he stared at Uchiha Itachi.

He drew out the dagger from his waist and instantly appeared in front of Uchiha Itachi. The blood-red three-magatama Sharingan began to spin rapidly, as if undergoing some kind of transformation and was about to evolve.

Uchiha Itachi blocked the dagger with a kunai and said contemptuously: "Can't you wait to kill me? Now you made the first move. Even the previous Hokage can't save you."

Sasuke, who had long lost his mind, didn't hear these words at all and went straight into combat mode.

Seeing the two brothers fighting, Shisui, who had retreated to the side early, sighed softly in his heart, and recalled Lord Bai Ye's prophecy in his mind.

Lord Bai Ye once said that there must be a battle between Sasuke and Itachi, and this is also the opportunity for Sasuke to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Now it seems that everything is going in the direction of prophecy.

(End of this chapter)