Chapter 111: Obsession Erupts, Deciding to Fly Back Alone
"Then I'm going in." Itachi landed on the stone path of the South Gate. The soles of his shoes had barely touched Konoha's ground when the image recording array disc hidden in the door lintel lit up with a circle of faint light.
Kisame followed behind him, Samehada's scales lifting and closing as if it smelled the scent of danger. "Mr. Itachi, this gate is opened too cleanly, not even patrol footsteps."
Itachi looked up at the empty street. Rainwater slid from the brim of his bamboo hat. He did not step back. "Sasuke wants me to be afraid."
"I think he wants you to go in." Kisame gripped Samehada tighter. "Those two things don't conflict."
Itachi ignored him, raising his hand to press against the roadside wall, leaving a very faint trace of crow chakra.
Kisame looked at his action. "You're still leaving traces?"
"If he isn't here, I'll draw him here."
"But he's right ahead." Kisame jerked his chin toward the end of the street. "Look."
At the high platform at the end of the street, a single light turned on. Sasuke sat there, the black hokage robe pressed beneath him, his young body failing to conceal that inquisitor posture.
Itachi saw him, his breathing stuttering for a moment, and his right hand subconsciously reached toward the crow scroll in his ninja tool pouch.
Sasuke did not stand up, only lowering his head to flip through a document, like he was waiting for a late criminal.
Fugaku stood on the left side of the high platform, his three-tomoe sharingan already activated.
Kakashi leaned against a stone pillar, his forehead protector pushed up, his sharingan staring at Kisame.
Might Guy squatted halfway on the eaves, his green bodysuit glaring in