"Ah?" Sasuke froze, looking at his brother in confusion. He had just said there was nothing he couldn't tell him, so why had he suddenly changed his mind?
Thinking that, Sasuke puffed out his cheeks in displeasure. Just as he was about to grumble, he saw the gloomy look on Itachi's face. He had never seen that expression on his brother's face before, and instinctively swallowed the words he had been about to say. He obediently turned around. "Then... then I'll go back first."
With that, he turned and ran off at a quick trot. As he got farther away, a sly smile appeared on his face. After checking the terrain, he quietly doubled back, using the grass and trees for cover as he returned to where he had been.
Hmph, you think you can send me back that easily? No way. Sasuke secretly thought. Shielded by the treetops, he quietly looked down below, where his brother stood facing Naruto.
But the conversation he had expected did not begin. Just as he was wondering about it, a figure suddenly appeared before him—it was Naruto.
"Sasuke, it seems you're not very good at listening to your brother," Naruto said with what he considered a gentle smile as he watched Sasuke's hairs stand on end.
A bead of cold sweat rolled down Sasuke's face. He cried out, "I'm sorry!" Then he fled at a speed too fast for the eye to follow.
He had seen a dangerous gleam in Naruto's eyes. His instincts told him that if he did not leave now, the consequences would be terrible.
"My little brother seems rather afraid of you," Uchiha Itachi said, turning to look at Naruto standing on the tree trunk.
Scratching his head, Naruto smiled. "Maybe I hit him a little too hard that