At this moment, the most nervous person was Sasuke Uchiha.
This was Sasuke's first mission with his older brother, Itachi.
Three years ago, Naruto had stabbed Sasuke in the chest with a kunai. Sasuke had actually seen it happen.
Sasuke had seen Naruto attack him with the kunai.
Later, Sasuke woke up at Konoha Hospital, only to see Itachi sitting by his bed, peeling an apple for him.
Sasuke was utterly shocked, feeling as though his entire worldview had been rewritten.
Enduring the pain in his chest, Sasuke got to his feet and tried to kill Itachi.
However, Itachi set down the peeled apple and turned to leave. Before leaving, he said, "Don't hate Naruto. Everything you saw was Genjutsu. Naruto was actually the one who saved you, and he saved me too—he saved our Uchiha Clan."
Itachi had deceived his younger brother, but he was already used to it. Sasuke, his younger brother, was there to be deceived.
This had all been a story Naruto and Itachi had secretly arranged together.
Naruto had decided that if they were going to deceive Sasuke, they might as well deceive him for the rest of his life.
Itachi did not object, because he was the one who had deceived Sasuke the most ruthlessly.
After Itachi left, Sasuke was left standing there in complete confusion.
Enduring his injuries, Sasuke escaped the hospital, found Kakashi, then found Hokage Tsunade, wanting to learn what had happened.
And so, Sasuke learned another lie—a beautiful lie Naruto had prepared for him.
Tsunade had explained, "After thoroughly investigating Danzo Shimura's residence, we discovered some classified documents and learned the truth about the Uchiha incident from years ago."
"Danzo Shimura's classified documents recorded the existence of a mysterious organization called Akatsuki. This organization may very well threaten Konoha in