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"But where is Uchiha Itachi?" asked Jūgo.
"..." Sasuke was silent.
In fact, Sasuke didn't know where Uchiha Itachi was. Although he asked Orochimaru, Itachi's former partner, Orochimaru didn't want Sasuke to die and destroyed the Undying Corpse Container, so he didn't tell Sasuke the specific location of the Akatsuki organization.
"It seems that Uchiha Itachi won't be found in a short time," seeing this, Jūgo sighed.
Just after he finished speaking, the grass in front of them suddenly squirmed, and then White Zetsu with a huge pitcher plant emerged from the ground. He smiled and greeted the group, "Hey, friends from the Hebi team."
Swish!
Suddenly, Jūgo's fist, Sasuke's Kusanagi sword, Karin's kunai, and Suigetsu's Kubikiribōchō (Executioner's Blade) were neatly placed on White Zetsu's neck. White Zetsu calmly raised his hands in surrender and said, "Don't be nervous, everyone. I'm not here to attack you, but I have some information to tell you."
"Who are you?" Sasuke asked coldly.
Strictly speaking, this should be the first time Sasuke officially met someone from Akatsuki. Although he had heard some things about Akatsuki from Orochimaru, he had never seen one in person.
"I'm from Akatsuki. You can call me White Zetsu," White Zetsu said straight to the point with a smile. "As for the purpose of coming to you, it is to tell you the whereabouts of Uchiha Itachi. I think you are looking for Uchiha Itachi, right, Sasuke?"
"...Why?" Sasuke was puzzled.
Since the other party was from Akatsuki, they should be his companions. Knowing that he was going to kill Itachi, they took the initiative to tell him Itachi's whereabouts? What?
What Sasuke didn't know was that the people of Akatsuki didn't believe that Sasuke could kill Itachi, so they could boldly tell him Itachi's location. If possible, they even wanted to bring Sasuke directly to Itachi.
"There is no reason. If you want to find him, go to the southern base of the Uchiha Clan in the Land of Fire. Itachi is waiting for you there," White Zetsu said. After finishing, his body slowly sank into the ground and disappeared, even his chakra signature vanishing without a trace.
Sasuke did not chase after White Zetsu. He frowned and said, "The southern base of the Uchiha Clan in the Land of Fire?"
He knew that place. It was a base of the Uchiha Clan outside the village, used for storing weapons and secret training. Before the extermination of the clan, many coup plotters secretly trained there.
"Sasuke, are you going or not?" asked Suigetsu.
"Of course, I will go," Sasuke did not hesitate at all.
He had put so much effort into killing Uchiha Itachi. From the time he witnessed the massacre of his clan members when he was seven years old until now, at sixteen, for a full nine years, he had been thinking about killing Itachi every day and night. It had almost become his inner demon.
"Since you said you want to go, then we will go with you," Jūgo said. "Let's set off now. This place is not far from the base."
"Let's go," Sasuke walked silently in a certain direction, and the other three followed him silently.
Five days later.
Outside the Uchiha Southern Base.
Ritsu sat on a tall rock and waited, while Kisame stood under the rock and fiddled with Samehada. As for Uchiha Itachi, he had gone to the base to wait for Uchiha Sasuke. Ritsu certainly had no interest in intervening, so he waited outside the base to watch the fun. Kisame had the same idea. This was a fight between brothers, and it was not appropriate for him, an outsider, to get involved. Moreover, he believed that Uchiha Itachi was more than enough to deal with Sasuke alone.
"It's so slow. When will that Uchiha Sasuke come?" Kisame complained impatiently.
As soon as he finished speaking, Ritsu looked up into the forest and said lightly, "Finally, they are here."
Four people slowly walked out of the forest. They were the members of the Hebi team led by Uchiha Sasuke.
"That's Uchiha Sasuke?" Kisame looked at Sasuke among the four and said thoughtfully, "Those eyes, even though they haven't used the Sharingan yet, you can tell at a glance that they are different from ordinary ninjas."
Uchiha Sasuke also saw the Akatsuki robes on Ritsu and Kisame and asked vigilantly, "Are you Uchiha Itachi's companions? Where is Uchiha Itachi?"
"Don't worry, kid, we have no intention of fighting with you," Kisame pointed to the stronghold not far away and said, "Mr. Itachi is waiting for you in the stronghold. Go quickly."
Uchiha Sasuke looked at the stronghold and then said to Karin and the others around him, "You wait for me outside. I will come out to meet you after I kill Itachi." After that, without waiting for Karin and the others to answer, he walked directly into the stronghold.
Kisame looked at Sasuke's departing back and curiously asked Ritsu, who was sitting on the rock, "Mr. Ritsu, do you think Uchiha Sasuke can kill Mr. Itachi?"
"What does it have to do with me?" Ritsu didn't care. Instead, he looked at Karin in the distance with interest and shouted, "Hey, that red-haired woman."
"Huh?" Karin was stunned, pointed at her nose, and asked, "You, you called me?"
"Of course," Ritsu hooked his finger and said, "Come here. I want to talk to you."
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