Chapter 473: Itachi Uchiha: Unable to Clear His Name

"It is all Aizen's conspiracy; he wanted to destroy Konoha."

Itachi Uchiha's voice was drowned out by the waves of anger and condemnation, without a ripple.

Just by looking at the furious and grief-stricken appearance of the Shadow Organization members, one could tell that in just a few short months, Aizen had completely become the benchmark in the hearts of the villagers and ninja.

A good tactic.

Itachi Uchiha could not help but feel a lingering fear; fortunately, he had kept the 【Izanagi】 trump card to kill the opponent.

Otherwise, if he had let such a guy continue to stir up trouble in the village, he truly dared not imagine what terrible consequences there would be.

"I want to avenge Lord Aizen!"

A figure holding a machete forged from refined steel leaped high, intending to hack Itachi Uchiha to death.

Itachi Uchiha raised his head, his pitch-black Tomoe spinning.

The opponent collapsed to the ground, the dual blades slipping powerlessly from his hands, brushing past the cheek of Itachi Uchiha, who was bound by Wood Release, due to inertia.

Leaving behind a faint bloodstain.

Just at this moment,

A violent explosion sounded not far away.

Orange-red flames were swallowed by seawater resembling a giant wave; Kisame, gripping Samehada, stood on the giant wave and said with a ferocious expression: "Bastard, I only came to Konoha because I followed Mr. Itachi; how dare you search my memories?"

Especially since the Shadow Organization's method of searching memories was extremely brutal.

It was like the treatment given to a prisoner on death row, which would leave very serious damage to the brain; naturally, Kisame could not agree to it.

And then they started fighting.

Kisame scanned his surroundings and, discovering Itachi Uchiha surrounded by the Shadow Organization, appeared beside him after a few flashes.

Bang.

With one slash, he shattered Tenzo's Wood Release vines and bared his teeth, saying: "Mr. Itachi, how could such fragile Ninjutsu bind you? Were you trying to play with them?"

"Since they took the initiative to attack, we should be able to fight back, right?"

As he spoke,

Samehada, which possessed the attributes of a Zanpakuto, aimed at the surrounding Shadow Organization and released the aura of the ocean without any restraint.

Kisame's Samehada had been infused with countless Reward Points and resources, transforming from an ordinary ninja blade of the ninja world into a Bankai-level Zanpakuto.

Merged with his soul, its true name is 【Ghost Sea Emperor】.

After Bankai, it can summon giant waves resembling ocean demons, swallowing every life touched by the ghost sea.

Although the dozens of Shadow Organization members were all Elite players, as long as he and Mr. Itachi joined forces, they could completely kill nearly half of them before retreating unscathed.

"Shut up, Kisame!"

Itachi Uchiha took a deep breath; he had no intention of attacking, only saying: "I want to see the Hokage."

In the current situation where he could not clear his name, even if he talked until the end of the world, no one would believe him.

But the Hokage would definitely believe him.

"Lord Hiruzen Sarutobi, I believe you will absolutely not let me down!"

Itachi Uchiha thought to himself,

And hurriedly said to the irritable Kisame: "Kisame, don't be impulsive; everything is Aizen's conspiracy and trickery. If we strike, we lose."

"These are just attacks from some Elite players; endure it, and we will go see the Hokage."

Upon hearing this, Kisame

suppressed his irritable emotions and retracted Samehada.

"Fine, you want to see the Hokage? Then I'll let you die knowing the truth!"

Tenzo was full of grief and indignation, but he still remembered Lord Aizen's words.

Itachi Uchiha was a hero who had once protected Konoha; he could not be dealt with arbitrarily and must be handed over to the Hokage for a decision.

Silence.

The Shadow Organization was immersed in the grief of Lord Aizen's death, wishing they could tear the murderer to pieces.

But a ninja's order is to obey; no matter how much they hated Itachi Uchiha, they could not bypass the Hokage.

However,

letting the two suffer a little bit was still acceptable; the Hokage surely would not blame them.

Tenzo raised his eyelids, and the nearby Konoha ninja immediately understood. The Defense Wall was activated.

Currently, they had not yet stepped into the territory of Konoha; it was considered a transition zone between the wilderness and the Konoha Family Territory.

It was included within the attack range of the Defense Wall.

"You two, keep up; if you fall behind, you'll die!"

Tenzo dropped these words and charged forward with the Shadow Organization members without looking back.

Just as Itachi Uchiha and Kisame were about to follow, a Grudge Impact wave embedded in the Defense Wall spread out like ripples, enveloping the two.

Hum.

Kisame only felt a splitting headache and hurriedly drew Samehada; a ferocious, pitch-black water ghost emerged from the blade.

It let out a roar, shattering the ripples.

"Mr. Itachi, do we really have to go in?"

A look of hesitation appeared on Kisame's shark-like face, and he began to think of retreating.

Konoha's attitude toward Itachi Uchiha was clearly not as good as Mr. Itachi had described; on the contrary, because Mr. Itachi had killed Aizen, they were being extremely ostracized.

In Kisame's opinion, since Konoha did not welcome them, they should just turn around and leave.

Relying on their two Golden-level combat strengths, they would be honored guests no matter which force they wanted to join.

"Konoha is my home."

Itachi Uchiha said these words and stepped forward.

The subtext was clear: Konoha must be returned to, and if Kisame was unwilling to continue following, he could leave.

"Alright then, Mr. Itachi, I will accompany you on this adventure."

Kisame gritted his teeth; in the end, he did not commit the act of abandoning Itachi Uchiha.

Because, as Itachi Uchiha was a 【Dark Warlock】, most of his soul power was attached to his companion, and the two of them working together could complement each other and become even more powerful.

If he were to leave, Mr. Itachi's strength would be weakened to the bottom.

Kisame did not consider himself a kind person, but he did not want to commit the act of abandoning or killing a companion again.

Boom.

As if a pebble had been thrown into a calm lake, waves of Grudge fluctuations rippled outward.

Kisame swung Samehada continuously, but he could not completely negate the Grudge Impact.

In the air, ghost heads condensed from Grudge were tearing at Kisame's flesh.

Embedded in the Konoha Family wall were several 【Wall Orb】s, which were building-type wall materials that accumulated pollution crystals or had a probability of dropping from Dark bosses.

Just like defensive towers, once activated and consuming energy, they could continuously launch attacks.

The source of these Grudge Impacts was a drop item obtained after the Mobile Unit led by Tsunade killed the Dark boss 【Grudge Infant】.

【Grudge Infant's Wall Orb (Dark Gold grade)】: Every two seconds, it releases one 【Grudge Impact】; once the residual Grudge aura in the attacked area reaches a certain concentration, it can cover the area with a layer of 【Grudge Mist】, and life forms trapped in the mist will periodically suffer bites from the Grudge Infant.

"Mr. Itachi, are you alright?"

Kisame resisted with difficulty against the ghost heads that emerged silently from the mist to bite him.

He turned his head to look at Itachi Uchiha with concern, only to find the other party completely unscathed.

Although covered by the mist, he had not suffered any attacks, and even the Grudge Impacts that landed on Itachi Uchiha did not seem to affect him in the slightest.

"Damn it, Itachi Uchiha is a Dark Warlock?"

Tenzo, who had already walked into the wall gate, saw Itachi Uchiha's state and his expression turned extremely ugly.

This 【Grudge Infant】 was a ghost creature created by a Dark Warlock, so it had been branded with a steel seal strictly forbidding it from attacking Dark Warlocks.

Even the dropped orb carried this effect.

He had originally wanted to make Itachi Uchiha suffer a bit, but he had not expected that the other party would not be afraid at all.

Tenzo turned his head and asked: "Can we activate other Wall Orbs?"

The ninja beside him shook his head and said: "No, a Shadow Organization squad leader only has the authority to activate one Wall Orb; if you want to activate more orbs, you need to find Lord Aizen!"

Speaking of this, everyone's eye sockets began to turn red again.

They wished they could kill Itachi Uchiha directly.

(End of this chapter)