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Chapter 102 Itachi, You Understand Me
Chapter 102 Itachi, You Understand Me
The wriggling branches shifted gently, carrying a group of ninjas wrapped up like dumplings from all over the forest, gathering them behind An and revealing them.
Under An's perverse sense of humor, these ninjas were bound together with branches and vines in a "return armor binding" style, suspended under towering trees, powerless and unable to move.
Hanging on the left are Hiruzen Sarutobi and several elite clan ninjas, while hanging on the right are many other ordinary Konoha ninjas.
In comparison, the right side has more people, but most of them are ordinary ninjas, mainly Chunin and Genin. The left side has fewer people, but each one is an elite.
The two sides hang facing each other, clearly distinct.
Only those hidden fish in the rocks were taking up space, so An threw them all out.
Onoki was terrified and hurriedly ordered his men to be brought back. The entire army retreated, not daring to interfere in the affairs between An and Konoha.
"Hey, Itachi."
"The choice is now in your hands. I assure you, in the name of the current head of the Uchiha clan, that of these two groups, I will only kill one, and the other will be left unharmed."
"Look, I killed Hiruzen Sarutobi and released these Konoha ninjas!"
"Or should we kill all these Konoha ninja and release Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage?"
"Or to put it bluntly, show me whether you are truly loyal to Konoha Village."
"Or will you remain loyal to your master in Konoha?"
An smiled and gestured to the left and right, indicating that Itachi should choose.
Actually, An wanted Itachi to kill people himself, but he also knew that haste makes waste, and he had to slowly and patiently wait for Itachi to make progress step by step.
Games should be played step by step, one level after another!
"Itachi, don't believe him!" Even though he had been captured alive, Hiruzen Sarutobi was still restless, struggling and shouting, "He's lying to you!"
"Think about his hatred for Konoha!"
"He won't let us go!"
An frowned, flicked his finger, and a vine stretched out, forming a gag that completely blocked Hiruzen Sarutobi's mouth.
"Hey, Itachi, you should be the one who understands me best out of everyone."
An smiled as he looked at his beloved "good brother," his eyes filled with cruelty.
"Of course I hate Konoha Village, and I will definitely destroy it completely."
"But I won't just do it that easily, that would be too boring!"
"I will give you a chance to struggle, and then, just when you think you have hope, I will utterly destroy it, leaving you in complete despair!"
"Making you suffer, that's what I want!"
"You can absolutely struggle and resist by any means necessary. Maybe you can turn the tide and save Konoha from this disaster?"
"The ninja world is so vast, anything can happen!"
"So we should still have hope; maybe it will come true!"
"See, now I'm giving you a choice, aren't I?"
"I assure you again, of these two groups, I will only kill the one you choose."
"After I finish killing them, I will leave Konoha and no longer interfere in the war between you and the other four villages."
"If you choose to save Hiruzen Sarutobi, then Konoha will lose many elite ninja."
"If you choose to save your comrades, then Konoha will lose the Third Hokage—well, maybe that's a good thing for Konoha!"
"If you choose neither and try to save both, the result will be that Konoha will lose everything."
"And this will only annoy me, so I will continue to wander through this battlefield and keep looking for the next choice for you."
"Well, the situation is what it is now; you have the choice."
"Come, tell me, who do you choose to die?"
Looking at Uchiha An, whose face was full of malice and whose eyes were almost shining, Itachi's heart felt as if it had sunk into an abyss.
Of course he didn't want to choose that!
If he could, he would certainly like to kill Uchiha An and save everyone!
He wouldn't even blink if he could kill Uchiha An here, even if it meant sacrificing everyone present.
But the problem is that reality doesn't unfold as he wishes.
His current strength is inferior to that of Uchiha An. Under the influence of Wood Release, he has absolutely no way to defeat Uchiha An.
How did a perfectly good ambush plan turn out like this?
How did he manage to do that?
How could an Uchiha like him use Wood Release, a technique that no one since the First Hokage has been able to use?
It seems like Obito Uchiha also knows Wood Release?
Do they have some kind of trick?
Itachi was breathing heavily, his mind a complete mess.
Seeing Itachi in a dilemma, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was hanging from the tree, cried out in distress, but no matter how he twisted his body into a pretzel shape, he could not break free from the restraints of Wood Release.
As the Third Hokage of Konoha who was an expert in using Itachi Uchiha's methods, Hiruzen Sarutobi knew Itachi's personality all too well.
To put it nicely, it's called knowing how to think about problems using the Naruto's way of thinking.
To put it bluntly, it's cold-blooded!
When others think about problems, they may be driven by emotions or their own interests. They always have many concerns and consider all aspects when they act.
But Itachi is different!
Itachi's way of thinking is rather extreme.
He doesn't use emotions as a standard of measurement, nor does he care about his own interests.
But for him, the concept of a village is a figurative one, a whole, rather than a particular individual or family.
This leads him to view everything as numbers, something that can be compared in size.
Moreover, family ties do not carry any weight for him.
The village's interests come first!
Everything for the village!
For the sake of the village, he was willing to annihilate his Uchiha clan.
After careful comparison, he felt that the village side was heavier, while the Uchiha were just a clan in the village, so their weight was naturally lighter.
To prevent the Uchiha clan from retaliating against the village when they grew up, he even targeted the elderly, the weak, and the children.
This extreme personality trait makes one perfect for being taken advantage of!
Once the right angle is found, Itachi can easily fall into his own mental trap and follow the path others want him to take.
He and Danzo could use Itachi Uchiha in the past, and now An Uchiha can certainly use him too!
There was no need for Itachi to say a word; Hiruzen Sarutobi already knew what Itachi would choose!
He couldn't help but get anxious, so he let go of the Vajra Cudgel and threw it away, hoping that the Ape Demon King would find an opportunity to disrupt the situation and interrupt An's game.
However, although An was playing games with Itachi, he paid a lot of attention to the others.
As soon as the Monkey King transformed and appeared, he was immediately entangled by a large number of tree branches. In an instant, all of his chakra was drained. He could only glance helplessly at his old master before dispelling the summoning jutsu and disappearing from the spot in a puff of white smoke.
Anna glanced at the restless Hiruzen Sarutobi, then flicked her finger slightly, giving him a special look.
The branches on Hiruzen Sarutobi's body accelerated the extraction of chakra, instantly leaving him powerless and unable to move, with no time to do anything else.
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