This Uchiha Itachi is very lonely

"Fight to protect this country?"

There was confusion in Itachi's eyes.

I don't have a deep understanding of Konoha, let alone the Land of Fire.

After all, since birth, his scope of activities has been probably at home and at the training ground.

Now Artoria suddenly told herself that she was the guardian of the Fire Country, which left Itachi without any...preparation?

"It seems like someone is coming this way."

But before Itachi could think about this concept, Artoria's voice interrupted his thoughts, "Sounds like...a lot of them."

She slowly turned around and looked in a direction in the dense forest.

The awe that had risen from his words just now was tainted with a touch of coldness on his body.

"Is it an enemy?"

Itachi asked in his mind.

Even my inner voice was unconsciously lowered.

Artoria shook her head and replied regretfully: "Limited by my current spiritual body, I cannot use my magic power. I need to wait for them to appear before I can confirm my identity."

Itachi controlled his breathing, "Yeah..."

…

…

"Are these Uchihas monsters?"

"We obviously have three times more troops than the opponent, so why are they scattered now?"

"Calm down, everyone. Uchiha is known as the most powerful bloodline clan in the ninja world, and it's not for nothing."

Several rock ninjas wearing dark red ninja vests were galloping through the dense forest.

Among them, the leading Jonin was carrying an unconscious boy on his shoulders. The clothes the boy was wearing were embroidered with the Uchiha clan emblem, making Artoria, a spirit body, recognize him at a glance.

identity.

"I can't sense chakra, so I can only judge from their clothes and forehead protectors that they are one jounin and three chuunin." Artoria reminded, "Your tribe was kidnapped. They seem to be

To study the Sharingan."

After reading Itachi's memories, she knew very well what the so-called blood inheritance boundary and the Sharingan were all about.

This kind of blood inheritance, which is like a treasure and can bring stronger combat power to ninjas, often attracts the prying eyes of outsiders.

Hearing that a clan member had been taken away, Itachi, who was huddled motionless in a tree hole, calmly replied:

"If you can, please help me observe the direction they leave."

"When father and others arrive, we can pursue him in the right direction."

"Judging from their words, the current war situation should be on our side."

Although he couldn't observe these people with his own eyes in order to hide himself.

But I can hear their subtle conversations and capture some useful information from their words.

As for...rescue.

Not a single thought came into Itachi's mind.

A child who is only five years old and has only refined chakra and learned simple uses wants to fight against four official ninjas? He is not that overestimated.

"You clearly took advantage of their half-day rest to gather manpower, but you couldn't annihilate them all? Damn it!"

"I'm lucky to be able to catch such a living Uchiha and leave. Don't expect too much!"

"If we can safely bring back this prisoner, can Master Huang Tu forgive us for our failure?"

The sound of the conversation gradually faded away, but its content made Itachi, who was originally calm, shake his body unconsciously.

Whoosh——

Originally, Iwagakure Jounin, who was still talking to his teammates, suddenly stopped and stopped in the shadow of a big tree.

He leaned against the tree and scanned the place he just passed with the corner of his eye.

Through the faint moonlight, what appears in the field of vision are big trees, unnoticed stones, and weeds all over the ground.

Apart from this, there are no living creatures at all.

"Is there any movement?"

Across a big tree, a Iwagakure chuunin silently asked the jounin with his eyes.

The other two rock ninjas had also taken out their kunai at the moment when the jonin instantaneously hid in the shadows of different trees, waiting for orders.

But their expressions were very puzzled.

"Just now...I seemed to hear breathing besides us."

Silently making a signal with his finger, the Iwagakure jounin replied vigilantly, "When we left just now, maybe we should find a sensing ninja to take it with us."

As he said that, he casually threw the Uchiha boy on his shoulders to the others beside him, "You guys wait here, I'll go over and confirm."

Although he didn't see anything in front of him, as a Jonin, his vigilance still made him want to go back and confirm.

"They found you."

Under a big tree not far from where the Iwa Ninjas were, Arturia stared at Itachi and asked, "What are you going to do?"

She doesn't understand.

In Artoria's eyes, Itachi had shown a maturity far beyond that of a child. Even in such a dangerous situation, he could still control his breathing and heartbeat steadily.

But why did his breathing suddenly become heavier at that moment?

"Half a day."

Itachi also discovered his mistake.

The moment his breathing became heavier, the sounds of conversations and footsteps in his ears disappeared.

Silence fell all around.

I was indeed discovered.

But Itachi was thinking not only about the fact that he was discovered, but also about the word "half a day" that represents time.

"They just said that they took advantage of our half-day break to gather a combat force that was three times better than ours."

"The time we took a break was because I asked for a break after I woke up from a coma."

"In other words...the current predicament is because of me!"

To be honest, this was the first time Itachi felt such a heavy heart.

From the moment he can remember, whether it was the training content required by his father when he was still in the Leaf Village, or what he saw, heard and felt after arriving on the battlefield, he had never felt heavy.

But now just because of one word, my heart feels like a big stone is pressing down on me.

If it were just me, just me.

Whether it's death or survival, that's just a matter for himself as Uchiha Itachi.

But if it is because of me that other people's sacrifices are caused...

Itachi's thoughts felt chaotic like never before,

They were ambushed because of me,

They died because of me,

Now that Uchiha was kidnapped because of me...

In Itachi's mind, the scenes of fighting when his father led him away from the ambush point kept flashing.

Each Uchiha clansman fought under the enemy's blade,

Explosions, collisions, the dull sound of flesh and blood being pierced by kunai, the sound of broken bones,

Their blood splashed on their bodies, like raindrops falling on their skin,

them……

"Enough!"

Suddenly, Artoria's cold voice interrupted his thoughts, "Shouldn't you be thinking about how to survive the current predicament now?"

"...I'll be fine."

But the next moment, Itachi, who seemed to have fallen into self-doubt, responded to her with his heartfelt voice.

"The Sharingan's insight is very strong. It is absolutely impossible for these people to steal an Uchiha silently from the battlefield. Someone will catch up soon."

"They stopped here, then maybe the next second..."

The words haven't been finished yet.

call out--

A sound that broke through the air sounded from a big tree near Weasel.

Then, another dull sound came from another big tree.

"You are right, people from your clan are here."