Chapter 714

"So, you want us to use the time-travel function again to send you back, is that it?"

In the izakaya, Minato looked at Uchiha Itachi and said in a calm tone.

"... Yes, that's right!"

Uchiha Itachi was silent for a moment, then nodded.

"Can you tell me the reason? Did you not have a good time today, or did this world disappoint you?"

Minato drank a cup of sake, then looked straight at Uchiha Itachi and asked.

"No, neither!"

Uchiha Itachi shook his head.

"Then can you tell me the reason?"

Minato didn't give up and continued to ask.

"I... might not be able to stay here for three days!"

"Why? Is it because of your body or some other reason?"

"No, my body is fine, it's just..."

"Just what?"

"......"

Facing Minato's aggressive questioning, Uchiha Itachi lowered his head in silence.

"I'm afraid that if I stay here for three days, I won't be able to bear leaving!"

After a long while, Uchiha Itachi finally raised his head again and said to Minato with an unusually firm tone.

"......"

Minato was suddenly stunned.

He had thought of countless possibilities for why Uchiha Itachi would want to leave this world.

But he had never thought of one—human nature.

In Minato's view, Uchiha Itachi could shoulder all the infamy for the sake of the village.

He could infiltrate the Akatsuki organization and send intelligence back to Konoha right under the noses of many outstanding ninja.

Such a person, by all accounts, should be someone with a heart like a rock and a firm will.

Someone who even viewed human nature with detachment.

Such a person shouldn't be able to stay behind for any person or any matter.

Yet, the man sitting before him now had greatly exceeded his expectations.

"What, surprised?"

Perhaps seeing Namikaze Minato's confusion, Uchiha Itachi drank a cup of sake and said with a smile.

"A little..."

"Actually, this is nothing.

Perhaps in your eyes, I should be someone extremely calm who is never swayed by his emotions at any time.

Someone who would even go so far as to hurt those around him to achieve his goals!"

"No, I didn't mean that..."

Minato tried to explain, but Uchiha Itachi interrupted him first.

"It's not strange that you would think that; in fact, the me from before was indeed that kind of person!

We Uchiha are not without emotions; on the contrary, our clan understands emotions better than other races, and we love more deeply!"

Namikaze Minato nodded; he had already heard about this from Uchiha Obito.

"Before, for the sake of the village, for the sake of people, I put away all my love for my clan and my family.

And then I suppressed them with all my might..."

Speaking of this, a bitter smile appeared on Uchiha Itachi's face involuntarily.

"Sigh..."

Minato across from him wanted to comfort him, but didn't know how to start.

"For so many years, they have been suppressed in the deepest part of my heart.

I thought that even if I saw the people of the Uchiha Clan again, or even my own family, I would be able to suppress it.

Unfortunately, this time, I seem to have overestimated myself!"