Brothers

"Damn it! How much longer until we reach the village?" Mirai had temporarily stabilized Itachi's condition with a basic medical barrier, but it would not last much longer. Worse still, Shikouin's Chakra was nearly depleted, making it impossible to use the defibrillator again anytime soon.

Karin opened the window and took a look outside. After estimating the time, she told Mirai, "Three more hours!"

"Tell Young Master there isn't enough time. More importantly, the patient himself has no will to live." Mirai sighed. Over the years, she had often gone to Konoha Hospital to help and had saved quite a few people. But this was the first time she had encountered someone who had given up on treatment.

Meanwhile, at Akatsuki's secret hideout, Sasuke bristled when he heard Obito say it had been to protect him. "Protect me? You actually said it was to protect me?? What kind of joke is that?!"

"I'll say it again. You may seem to understand Brother, but in truth, you know nothing about him." Obito looked at Sasuke and mocked him calmly.

"If you keep spouting nonsense, I'll kill you," Sasuke said coldly.

"It seems I can't convince you through normal means. Still, that's understandable. A suspicious person suddenly telling you something like this..." Obito emphasized his words. "But everything I said is true. You heard it from Itachi too, didn't you? About the accomplice from that night. I am Madara Uchiha. However, Akira Kurama held me up that night, so I failed to meet up with Itachi on time."

"Akira Kurama... So he really was there!" Sasuke clenched his fists as hatred rose within him.

"Akira Kurama's appearance was merely an accident. He was still quite immature back then, yet he rescued an Uchiha Zoku girl from my hands." Ignoring what Sasuke