Chapter 112

After these words, Itachi almost instantly formed a series of seals with one bloody hand and lightly hit himself on the shoulder.

Summoning Technique!

Pooh!

A moment later, a raven appeared from the white smoke on his shoulder.

This raven emitted a unique and mysterious chakra, and one of its eyes had a Mangekyo Sharingan.

This was Itachi's last plan for Sasuke.

But now Konoha, and perhaps the whole world, could only be saved by this Mangekyo Sharingan, or, more precisely, by its unique ability!

At the sight of this raven, genuine wariness finally flashed across the First Mizukage's face.

Even he could not ignore the notorious Kotoamatsukami, which some claim is the strongest Genjutsu in the Shinobi world.

Because he couldn’t be sure that even with Ajin’s ability, his thinking would be restored after death and the “resetting” of his brain.

Wariness towards Kotoamatsukami was of course wariness, but he did not feel any strong anxiety about this.

After summoning the black raven, an exhausted Itachi immediately proceeded to launch the Kotoamatsukami.

But...

Just at that moment, a slightly guilty voice sounded nearby.

“I’m sorry, Itachi...” Kisame said quietly, reaching out to the black crow on the shoulder of the dying Uchiha.

A moment later, the Bijuu Without a Tail, sharply clenching his palm, snapped the neck of his partner’s black crow.

From this, Itachi fell into despair and the very next second he collapsed to the ground, exhausted.

The flash of the burning candle has finally come to an end...

“I guessed, but still lost the last bet...” he wheezed heavily, emerging from his state of oblivion just before his death.

Having only just figured out the identity of the First Mizukage, he had already begun to think that perhaps Kisame was no longer trustworthy.

But the problem is that he had neither the time nor the energy to take precautions.

There was only one option - place a bet!

The bet is that Kisame will remain loyal to Akatsuki, yes, to Akatsuki, and not to him, Uchiha Itachi.

After all, he always knew and was sure that the Akatsuki organization specifically assigned Kisame to control his actions.

But now it seems...

It was not only he himself who made the wrong bet, but also Akatsuki.

After all, Kisame will leak all the information about them to Kiri!

Although this should no longer worry a dying person...

The dying Itachi lay on the ground, looking up at the blurry sky and seeing Sasuke's silhouette in it.

– We know our true selves only when it’s time to die, is this the meaning of death? I'm sorry... Sasuke, I turned out to be the worst brother in the world, now you can only count on yourself... - Itachi's eyelids slowly drooped, and life finally left his body.

“Now you are free, Itachi...” Kisame whispered quietly, looking at Itachi’s bloody corpse with mixed emotions, then he walked up to the First Mizukage and respectfully held out the Mangekyo Sharingan extracted from the crow. – Did you need it?

Yudao was not at all surprised by Kisame's words.

He calmly pulled out a previously prepared bottle of formaldehyde from his pocket and carefully placed the Mangekyo Sharingan into it.

Really dangerous things are best kept to yourself...

Yudao was unable to obtain Shisui's eye until Itachi summoned the raven.

“Thank you, Kisame,” Yudao raised his head and grinned wryly, closing the cap of the bottle with the Sharingan.

- It's my duty! – Kisame grinned in response, but in his voice one could feel sincere respect mixed with admiration.

Meanwhile, Ranmaru embarrassedly scratched the back of his small head with his hefty hand, trying to understand what was going on here. And soon it dawned on him: maybe it’s because of the note that he secretly handed over at Yudao’s request shortly before they were sent to Konoha?

- Why did you fight, if you were your own? – he inquired in a low voice, either with doubt or with dissatisfaction.

“Because I didn’t know if the Mizukage was real,” Kisame answered bluntly.

Itachi would be very surprised to hear their conversation.

Judging by his behavior, Kisame recognized Ranmaru's strength.

But Ranmaru himself didn’t know this and simply felt that this guy with a shark face was not as evil as he had previously thought, except that he was a cruel and bloodthirsty little guy...

Meanwhile, Yudao slowly approached the corpse of Uchiha Itachi, not paying much attention to their dialogue, and was pleasantly surprised when he took a quick glance at the bloody face.

He was almost sure that a person like Itachi would definitely destroy his eyes before dying, but in reality this turned out not to be the case.

The Mangekyo Sharingan remained intact.

Itachi thought about Sasuke until the last moment.

But if we dig a little deeper, no one else can use this Dojutsu right now.

Because one Mangekyo Sharingan has already lost its light forever, and the other is almost completely blind.

Now their only real use is to help Sasuke awaken his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

Itachi probably decided not to destroy his Mangekyo Sharingan precisely because it is useless to everyone except Sasuke.

Soon, Ranmaru and Kisame approached Yudao.

- What's happened? – Biju Without a Tail asked doubtfully.

“Nothing special, just rats,” Yudao shook his head matter-of-factly and turned his gaze to Itachi’s right hand.

Then in silence.

Phew!

Under their gaze, a strange white substance gushed out of the scarlet ring with the “cinnabar” symbol on Itachi’s ring finger...