Starting with rogue ninjas, building the insect kingdom.

Chapter 496 When Sasuke Learns the Truth

"I will use these eyes to defeat my brother... to avenge you, to kill that guy!"

However, as soon as he got up, he felt a strange stinging pain in his body. His body stiffened, and as expected, the chakra supply to his two eyes could not withstand it.

Don't be too quick to be moved.

Obito Uchiha rummaged through a box next to him and pulled out several bottles of different colored medicines. He pressed the person down on the bed and poured them into their mouths. It wasn't just liquid medicine, but also some pills.

Sasuke instantly sensed that the stiffness in his body was gradually dissipating.

"What is this?"

"Insect medicine. Stolen from the Land of Waterfalls. It can enhance your physical strength and mental power, allowing you to withstand those eyes. It can also make you stronger quickly, so you must make good use of it."

"You don't need to say anything more."

Sasuke fell silent, a scalding heat rushing down his throat and into his entire body, like a burning snake coursing through his veins.

Sasuke's skin instantly turned bright red, and the veins on his forehead bulged, but he gritted his teeth and remained silent.

One bottle, two bottles, three bottles...

After drinking all the medicine, Sasuke felt full of power.

The next second, his body leaped off the operating table, the kaleidoscope in his palm spun violently, and a mental shock rushed straight to Obito's face.

Amaterasu!

Obito seemed to have anticipated this, his body becoming transparent, and Sasuke's hand passed through him without touching anything.

"Hollowfication..." Sasuke gritted his teeth.

Obito's figure solidified again. He wasn't angry; instead, he smiled and said, "You turn your back on people after gaining power? Just as impulsive and brainless as the hawkish Uchiha."

Sasuke landed hard and said fiercely, "You're a murderer too. I'll kill you."

"You're welcome to come and take my life anytime." Obito spread his hands. "But before that, there's something I think you should know."

"On the night of the Uchiha massacre, I wasn't the only one who did it. Do you think Danzo could have killed so easily without special privileges? And your brother, why did he suddenly choose to kill you all? If it was for the Mangekyou Sharingan, there was no need to provoke you when your father's eyes were clearly in the warehouse."

"What exactly are you trying to say?" Sasuke shouted anxiously.

"Don't you understand? It was Konoha, everything was orchestrated by Konoha. Uchiha Itachi was merely threatened and manipulated. Guess what the Hokage used to threaten your brother."

"You're lying!" Upon hearing this, Sasuke exploded, shouting, "What do you know! What do you know?"

"I'm lying? Then let me ask you, you all escaped the calamity, so why did Itachi Uchiha still kill the rest? Was he insane?"

"He was on a mission. Konoha gave him the mission to kill his entire clan, spare you, and then infiltrate Akatsuki as a rogue ninja."

"Hiruzen Sarutobi exchanged one condition for Itachi's loyalty—your life."

"Hahahaha!" Obito laughed loudly. Yes, that was exactly the reaction. That was the normal reaction of a child.

"Tell me, this isn't true, this isn't true."

Obito didn't waste any more words with him. He reached out and grabbed Sasuke's shoulder, and the vortex swept the two of them up.

The next second, Sasuke was thrown into an unfamiliar forest.

"If you want to know the truth, go ask the Third Generation." The voice drifted from the void and then disappeared completely.

After Obito finished speaking, he disappeared completely. Now he needs to rest and recuperate. After all, maintaining both Kamui Mangekyou Sharingan and Rinnegan takes a lot of strain on the body. It would be best to find a White Zetsu to share the burden with him.

Sasuke was abandoned in this desolate forest, with darkness stretching into the distance, and even darker was the future he couldn't see, and the hatred he couldn't discern.

"The Third Hokage!" Sasuke gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. No, he had to go back immediately. He had to return to Konoha. He had to find them and get all the answers.

"Why? Why must the Uchiha clan be wiped out?"

Without further hesitation, he ran back towards Konoha along the path he had come from.

However, the person he longed for was also heading in his direction.

After running for less than half a day, Sasuke suddenly stopped.

A person was standing on a big tree ahead.

With long, black hair cascading over his shoulders, and a handsome face tinged with an inescapable sadness, it was Uchiha Itachi.

He looked up, his voice soft and urgent, "Sasuke, I've finally... found you."

Sasuke's pupils contracted sharply. His hands clenched involuntarily, and the Mangekyou Sharingan in his palms began to spin wildly.

Hatred, anger, pain, guilt—all sorts of emotions surged into my heart like a tide.

"Itachi..." Sasuke Uchiha gritted his teeth, finally suppressing his hatred, and asked the question he most wanted to ask.

"Why did you do this? Why didn't you come with Dad? The three of us... escape Konoha together!"

Itachi saw the pain flash in his younger brother's eyes and finally understood: Obito Uchiha had told his brother everything. Since that was the case, there was no need to hide anything anymore.

"Sasuke, you don't understand." Itachi Uchiha slowly walked up to Sasuke. "Everything I've done is for Konoha, for the ninja world."

"The ninja world is facing a massive catastrophe, and the slightest misstep could lead to its annihilation. And you—Sasuke—you are the key to saving this world."

"My savior!" Sasuke found the words "savior" utterly absurd.

If he were only 6 years old, he would be very happy. Hearing such words would make him so excited that he couldn't sleep all night. But he is 8 years old now and is no longer a child.

If he could, he wouldn't want to be a hero or save the world; all he wanted was for his parents to be alive and for his family to be together.

"Just for this reason? By what right? By what right do you decide my life?"

Uchiha Itachi was also taken aback by Sasuke's words and stood there stunned for a moment.

"Sasuke, I... I was just making the right choice. I'm sorry, brother, I didn't consider your wishes back then. But if I could do it all over again, I would still choose to do the same thing."

"But I'm sorry, there's no going back."

"You arrogant and conceited bastard!" Uchiha Sasuke rushed forward angrily, his fists clenched, his feet stomping heavily on the ground, cracking the soil.

Then he unleashed punch after punch, each punch accompanied by a whooshing sound.

However, despite the speed of his punches, he could never touch Uchiha Itachi. Itachi was like a feather, blown away by the wind before his punches could arrive.

Until, until the kaleidoscopes in her palms spun wildly, releasing streaks of black flame, which, under the control of another eye technique, transformed into fiery arrows...