Best Friends Reunited, but Everything Has Changed (1,200 Monthly-Ticket Bonus! Please Subscribe and Vote!)

Uchiha Itachi and an Old Friend Reunited, but Everything Had Changed (1,200 Monthly-Ticket Bonus! Please Subscribe and Vote!)

"What happened? Why are you rushing around like this..."

After logging out Yasuo's alternate account, Aoba opened the hidden room and asked with a slight frown.

"Uchiha Itachi found us, and Haku was captured too!"

Aoba immediately looked surprised. Itachi had actually managed to find this place?

It seemed the failure in the Land of Waves last time had been weighing heavily on Itachi.

"Calm down. Take it slowly and tell me everything that happened from the moment you met."

As Karin recounted everything, Aoba gradually pieced together part of what had happened, then let out a sigh of relief.

Itachi still understood him well. He had not used any extreme methods and had merely wanted to see him.

Although a major battle might be unavoidable, he was no longer the person he had once been.

Even if he could not use some of Yasuo's signature methods, that did not mean he was helpless against Itachi.

After he had reflected Itachi's Tsukuyomi back with the Reflecting Bell, Itachi probably would not use Genjutsu against him so readily again.

Still, it would be safer to bring "Prince" along too.

Deep in the forest, Itachi and Haku stood motionless, as though some immobilization spell had been cast on them.

But in truth, Itachi simply did not want to move, while Haku did not dare to move.

That single difference represented two entirely different situations.

After an unknown length of time, Itachi suddenly raised his head and looked toward the direction Karin had left. "He's here..."

Haku looked over as well, his expression complicated.

He was clearly nothing more than a tool that could be discarded at any time. Why had Itachi not abandoned