What I Know

Dead? Of course not. After going to all that trouble, how could Yinsen possibly let Itachi Uchiha die so casually?

"No!"

Sasuke suddenly turned his head, staring at Yinsen in shock as if trying to determine whether he was lying. Only after seeing Yinsen's expression did his turmoil settle somewhat.

"I see..."

He turned to look at Itachi Uchiha, who lay collapsed not far away. He truly looked dead, especially with that rose embedded in his chest, trembling gently in the wind as though reminding everyone of its presence.

"Then what is this flower?"

"It can put him into a state of suspended death... and treat the old injuries inside his body."

Kakashi and Sasuke both stared at Yinsen in astonishment, unable to understand why he had done this. As for Yinsen's Wood Release being able to heal injuries? After witnessing what had just happened, they no longer found that particularly surprising.

"Let's leave first. I'll explain somewhere else."

Yinsen had been keeping an eye on the surroundings. Zetsu, that fellow who seemed to be everywhere, was not nearby, which was why he dared explain so much to Kakashi and Sasuke.

Kakashi had roughly guessed some of it. As an elite Hidden Leaf jonin, he had access to more classified intelligence. From Yinsen's inexplicable pursuit operation, and the fact that he had merely put Itachi Uchiha into suspended death while putting on an act before another Akatsuki member of being determined to kill this Rogue Ninja, Kakashi knew this was no simple matter.

What worried him now was Sasuke. He was not sure whether the young man was ready to bear something like this.

Kakashi also knew that a ninja could not live in the light forever. Sasuke would encounter such things sooner or later.

"Should we pull out that