Tenten quickly identified the source through her familiarity with her teammate's chakra, shock spreading across her face.
When had Sasuke's chakra become so full of aggression and negative emotion?
And why was it erupting inside the village?
"It is Sasuke."
Neji's voice reached them, carrying a trace of gravity, though calm analysis dominated his tone.
His Byakugan had not only located the chakra eruption, but also allowed him to "see" everything happening in the distant courtyard.
"But it doesn't look like a fight. It seems more like an uncontrolled burst of chakra caused by intense emotion."
Keeping his Byakugan trained on the scene, he described it to Tenten and Rock Lee, who could not see it:
"Sasuke is standing beside someone who should be his mother, facing another person who's been restrained.
That person..."
Neji paused, apparently checking the man's identity. "His chakra signature is very weak. He has severe internal injuries, and his chakra is being suppressed.
Judging by his appearance, he should be a little older than Sasuke.
He should be the Uchiha Itachi we've heard about."
"Uchiha Itachi?!"
Tenten and Rock Lee both exclaimed under their breath.
In Konoha, that name stood for an S-rank rogue ninja, one of the perpetrators of the Uchiha Clan Massacre, and Sasuke's sworn enemy!
He was also Sasuke Uchiha's older brother.
They had heard that Sasuke had captured him during this trip to Kirigakure.
Neji continued describing the scene. "Sasuke is extremely agitated. He said something to the man who appears to be Uchiha Itachi.
Reading his lips, it should be, 'You kept claiming it was all for Konoha, yet you turned your blade on your own clansmen. You really are scum.'"
Neji calmly repeated those words steeped in bitter hatred, letting Tenten and Rock Lee feel the overwhelming fury and