"Third Hokage..." Uchiha Itachi read the words aloud, one by one. He seemed to understand the reason, but when he turned his head, all he could see was Sarada's retreating back.
He hurried after his niece, only to find the surrounding villagers pointing and gossiping about their group.
He had wanted to see what the Konoha villagers of the future had become like, but the moment he turned his head, a mouthful of spit flew straight at him.
Then someone shouted, "Young Miss, why did you only bring one chain today?"
"Young Miss, why didn't you chain him up too...?"
Some even shouted filthy things like, "Young Miss, I love you," and "I want to be Young Miss's dog." Yet there were clearly far more villagers attacking Uchiha Itachi and Yamanaka Feng than there were flattering Sarada Uchiha.
Some of the attacks were directed at Yamanaka Feng, while the rest came at Uchiha Itachi with particular ferocity.
There were also calm people among the villagers, but their calmness lay in urging everyone else not to cause Sarada trouble, rather than stopping them from attacking the other two.
Sarada ignored them. Her pace quickened, and before long, the gathered villagers had been left far behind.
The streets ahead grew quieter, and Uchiha Itachi's breathing gradually steadied. Although this was Konoha of the future, some old buildings and old shops seemed not to have changed location.
He immediately recognized that they were already close to the Uchiha Clan territory. Only near the clan territory did the villagers become sparse.
Because every member of the Uchiha Clan had long since been wiped out. Or perhaps...
Uchiha Itachi lowered his head again. Perhaps because he no longer wished to see those villagers, Tsukuyomi had made them leave, no longer surrounding him or hurling insults