At this moment, the stage switched the scene over to Sparkle.
Sparkle leisurely brewed herself a cup of tea.
"The Akatsuki Organization is collecting Tailed Beasts, right?" Sparkle said. "Why, though? Do you want to strengthen your military power and unify the world? Or do you have some other objective?"
"..."
Kisame Hoshigaki was a little speechless.
Did this woman think he and Itachi would actually tell her?
Then Kisame Hoshigaki suddenly realized that her gaze had turned toward him.
After a moment, Sparkle smiled and nodded.
"I understand."
Kisame Hoshigaki: ???
Wait!
What did she understand?!
What the hell was going on?!
"Mr. Itachi, I just now... wasn't under Genjutsu, was I?"
Kisame Hoshigaki asked.
"No."
That was how Itachi answered.
Kisame Hoshigaki nodded.
But then he realized something was wrong.
If he was already under Genjutsu, was Itachi's answer really Itachi answering him, or was it merely an answer she had made him believe came from Itachi?
"Then where is the Akatsuki Organization's base?" Sparkle asked a second question.
Then Sparkle looked at Kisame Hoshigaki again.
"Mm. I understand."
Kisame Hoshigaki: ???
—Don't look at me while saying you understand, damn it!
What exactly did you understand?!
Hanabi Hyuga's Genjutsu was extremely powerful. And this kind of power differed in some way from the Uchiha Clan's Genjutsu.
So when facing Hanabi Hyuga, Kisame Hoshigaki genuinely had no idea whether he was in the real world or what exactly was happening.
I can't tell! I really can't tell!
[Look how terrified the kid is, 233]
[Honestly, I'd be scared too]
[Yeah, the other side asks a question, then looks at me and says she understands. I'd damn well think there was something wrong with me]
[Sparkle was originally part of the Akatsuki Organization, right? She's fucking with the kid]