Itachi Returns to Konoha

"But... can you really hold on?"

Kisame hurried after him. Seeing Itachi's pale face, he helplessly stepped forward to support him.

Itachi was even weaker now. No one knew how much longer he could truly endure.

"Cough, cough... I can still hold on for a while!" Itachi waved his hand. But when he turned to look at Kisame, there was a trace of regret in his eyes. "Kisame, after this trip to Konoha, leave Akatsuki!"

Huh?

Kisame froze upon hearing that.

The look in his eyes as he gazed at Itachi changed as well. He seemed to want to say something, yet did not know what to ask or what to say.

But his heart grew heavier and heavier. Perhaps Uchiha Itachi would not last much longer. Perhaps he would not return from this trip to Konoha.

"I may not return from this trip to Konoha. Without Samehada, you can't bring out your full strength in Akatsuki at all. Cough, cough..." Uchiha Itachi raised his head to look at the sky, his expression somewhat melancholy. "The Shinobi World is about to fall into chaos!"

He understood Uchiha Xuan Yu well. With Xuanyu's terrifying strength, he would not keep allowing the Konoha Higher-Ups to oppress him. And Xuanyu always repaid his grudges—the debt the Konoha Higher-Ups owed the Uchiha Clan for what they had done back then would also be repaid!

Then there was the Akatsuki Organization moving through the Shinobi World!

And Akatsuki's plans.

All of it proved that the Shinobi World was about to descend into chaos, and the time was drawing near. Whether Akatsuki or the Akatsuki Organization, both were unstable factors.

"The Shinobi World is about to fall into chaos?" Kisame looked at Itachi and fell silent. He had followed Itachi for years, so he had always