Starting as the Hidden Mastermind from Naruto

Chapter 154: The Mentally Tortured Uchiha

Itachi Uchiha was not forced to his death.

Instead, he was truly being driven mad.

Ever since Itachi Uchiha resolved the threat of Obito Uchiha, he thought he could peacefully wait for his younger brother to grow up and become stronger. Who would have thought that before his younger brother had even grown up, he would be targeted by this group of lunatics from Akatsuki?

Now, as Kisame Hoshigaki was about to charge down with Samehada to finish off Sasuke Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha finally couldn't hold back and called out to his teammate.

"Kisame."

Itachi Uchiha stopped Kisame's movement and said softly, "Wait until their battle is over before we go deal with them!"

"..."

A grin immediately appeared at the corner of Kisame Hoshigaki's mouth. He tilted his head slightly to look at Naraku Uehara beside him, "Hey, intern, what's your opinion?"

"Then let's keep watching!"

Naraku Uehara looked down at Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki fighting on the ground, a mysterious smile on his face, "I've heard that the more intense an Uchiha's emotions are, the more their Sharingan will evolve, with the three-tomoe Sharingan being the highest level. Is that right?"

Itachi Uchiha was silent for a moment before replying, "That's right. The highest level among Sharingan is the three-tomoe Sharingan."

"Hahahaha…"

Kisame Hoshigaki stood beside Naraku Uehara, shouldering his Samehada, and praised loudly, "That's just the conventional saying. Mr. Itachi's Sharingan is the legendary Mangekyo Sharingan, the same eyes possessed by this Asura of the Ninja World below us, Madara Uchiha!"

"Oh?"

Naraku Uehara acted quite curious, but he still shook his head gently, "I wouldn't dare to hope for a Mangekyo Sharingan, but I am very interested in a pair of three-tomoe Sharingan.

Since Sasuke Uchiha and Mr. Itachi have a life-and-death feud, after we kill Sasuke later, could Senior Kisame help me dig out his eyes?

How does that saying go? This should be called waste utilization, right?"

As Naraku Uehara spoke, a smile played on his lips as he looked at Itachi Uchiha, "Mr. Itachi wouldn't mind this, right? After all, both Obito Uchiha and Mr. Itachi are figures I, an intern, dare not offend.

If I want to get a pair of Sharingan as a gift for Teacher Konan, I can only dig out Sasuke Uchiha's eyes…"

"..."

Itachi Uchiha fiercely clenched his fist, then slowly relaxed it the next moment, saying softly, "I don't think a woman would like such a bloody and evil gift. If you want to please your teacher, you'd be better off buying a bouquet of flowers."

"To be honest, I think so too."

Kisame Hoshigaki chimed in, nodding in agreement, "After all, the Blast Sword 'Splash' you gave to Lady Konan last time was really hard to comment on…"

"This is where you two are wrong!"

Naraku Uehara chuckled and shook his head, explaining softly, "The gift I gave to Teacher Konan last time, she probably really liked it in private. After all, Teacher Konan's personality is different from other women in the ninja world."

"Whatever makes you happy."

Kisame Hoshigaki nodded with a speechless expression.

Time passed bit by bit.

The night grew darker, and the moonlight grew brighter.

Under the moonlight, the battle between Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki finally ended. Sasuke, empowered by his three-tomoe Sharingan, was finally victorious.

Unfortunately, without the power of the curse mark from the original history, Sasuke Uchiha's battle was incredibly difficult. Not only did it take longer than in the original history, but he even came close to defeat.

Even after winning, Sasuke's body was nearly exhausted.

As the loser of the battle, Naruto Uzumaki had fainted directly.

Naraku Uehara, who had been watching their battle from atop the statues in the Valley of the End, stretched lazily and softly ordered, "Alright, Senior Kisame, you can make your move now!"

"Excellent!"

Kisame Hoshigaki revealed his full set of shark teeth. Just as he gripped his Samehada and was about to charge down, he was stopped by a hand!

Kisame Hoshigaki's vigilance shot up, but with his secret boss Naraku Uehara right beside him, Kisame was not panicked. He just chuckled lightly and said, "Does Mr. Itachi have a different opinion?"

"Someone's coming."

Itachi Uchiha looked at the several dark figures rushing over from the distance and said in a deep voice, "They look like Konoha ninjas. Perhaps we have to stop our operation for now."

The two youths below in the Valley of the End, one was his only relative, Sasuke Uchiha, and the other was Konoha's most important Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. No matter what, nothing could go wrong with either of them!

Fortunately, just as Itachi Uchiha was out of options and about to launch a sneak attack to try and kill Kisame Hoshigaki and Naraku Uehara, the arrival of those Konoha ninjas who had chased them to the Valley of the End finally let Itachi breathe a sigh of relief. At least he didn't have to expose himself.

Facing the combined force of Naraku Uehara and Kisame Hoshigaki, even if Itachi Uchiha wanted to launch a sneak attack, he couldn't guarantee a 100% chance of success.

Especially Naraku Uehara.

As an intern who had always been hidden in Amegakure, no one could find any real intelligence on Naraku Uehara. They only knew that this fellow had an outstanding record in the Chunin Exams.

Naraku Uehara, as expected, did not disappoint Itachi Uchiha's expectations and said with extreme confidence, "Don't worry, the leaders are just Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy. Even if the Konoha Sannin were to chase us, we must continue our operation and capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!"

"Then should I go kill Sasuke Uchiha?" Kisame asked at the opportune moment.

Naraku Uehara looked at Kisame Hoshigaki as if he were an idiot, "Since Mr. Itachi doesn't agree to Sasuke becoming a member of our Akatsuki, and this brat has chosen to defect anyway and can no longer stay in Konoha, of course we kill him!"

"..."

Itachi Uchiha finally couldn't take it anymore. He slowly retracted the kunai in his sleeve. This Naraku Uehara fellow was right. Since Sasuke had defected, if he returned to Konoha, only punishment and prison awaited him.

Itachi Uchiha had personally witnessed the methods of the people in the Torture and Interrogation Force, especially Ibiki Morino, who had once been tortured by a rogue ninja. It was said that he most enjoyed torturing captured Konoha rogue ninjas.

"Forget it, let Sasuke Uchiha join Akatsuki!"

Itachi Uchiha slowly closed his eyes, as if making an incredibly difficult decision. He continued to add, "In the ninja world, only the power of the Sharingan can resist genjutsu. It's a good opportunity for me to use his Sharingan to hone my own visual prowess. As Uehara said, let's just treat him as a piece of trash that still has some use!"

"..."

Naraku Uehara and Kisame Hoshigaki looked at each other.

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As two people who knew the truth about the relationship between the Uchiha brothers, Itachi and Sasuke, everything was understood without words.

"Very good."

Naraku Uehara raised his head and watched the figures chasing from the distance, saying softly, "Senior Kisame, Mr. Itachi, go and entertain the ninjas who are hunting Sasuke! I'll clean up the mess!"

"Alright, it really is that precious beast Might Guy who's coming!"

Kisame Hoshigaki chuckled lightly, gripped his Samehada, and leaped down from the tall statue, charging towards Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy.

"I'll stop Kakashi Hatake."

Itachi Uchiha frowned. He had already thought through Sasuke Uchiha's situation. With no other choice, he could only dive towards Kakashi Hatake.

Clearly, Itachi Uchiha did not seem to use his full strength this time. He just went up and entangled with Kakashi Hatake for a while, deliberately letting a masked Anbu ninja rush towards the bottom of the Valley of the End.

Itachi Uchiha knew every powerful Anbu ninja in Konoha. That Anbu's codename seemed to be Yamato.

It was said that Yamato had a very high mission completion rate in the Anbu.

As a Konoha spy, there wasn't much Itachi Uchiha could do.

If he let too many Anbu pass, perhaps it would only lead to them being massacred by Naraku Uehara. He hoped that the Anbu named Yamato would not disappoint his expectations and would at least rescue Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Naraku Uehara had been watching the battlefield. He glanced at the Anbu who had rushed over and couldn't help but chuckle softly, "A spy is a spy. As expected, you'll still go easy!"

After laughing a few times, Naraku Uehara suddenly extended his palm and shouted in a low voice, "Shadow Secret Art! Clone!"

As Naraku Uehara's voice fell, his body suddenly split into a dark black shadow, which ran down the statue and landed beside Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki.

(End of Chapter)

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