The one coming to kill me and Dean Yakushi Nonou isn't the Akihara Kagura I imagined, but someone I never would have expected!
Could it be just like Kakashi Hatake said, that Akihara Kagura merely wanted revenge on Yakushi Nonou for his favoritism and didn't necessarily want to kill them?
That's unlikely...
Even for revenge, Akihara Kagura should be here!
"..."
Kabuto's mind is very sharp.
Compared to most people in the Ninja World, Kabuto can be considered smart. He's already begun to unravel some truths.
Akihara Kagura not appearing here is the strangest thing. How could a revenger not show up when the great vengeance is about to be avenged?
Perhaps...
Kabuto reconsidered what Kakashi Hatake had said.
Perhaps Akihara Kagura doesn't want to kill them but is warning them to be wary of Shimura Danzo's schemes. Maybe that's why Akihara Kagura mentioned Dean Yakushi Nonou and the fake photo incident the first time they met...
Kabuto's heart suddenly twitched; he never really wanted to kill them, only to protect them and rescue them from Root?
Yes!
That's it!
That guy Kakashi Hatake also said that to save them, Akihara Kagura and Uchiha Itachi were fighting over the future leader position of Root!
That's also why Uchiha Itachi is here. As someone serving Shimura Danzo, he's ordered to kill them and claim their heads to step into the future Root Leader position!
At this moment!
Kabuto already figured it all out!
"Dean, run, go find Akihara Kagura!"
Kabuto could only clash with Uchiha Itachi while wielding his Chakra Scalpel and warn his dean: "It's not Kagura; it's Danzo who wants to kill us!"
"Kabuto..."
The weak voice of Yakushi Nonou called out softly.
"Dean, you go first!"
Kabuto didn't dare look back. He could only fight and continue to remind, "Once I deal with this kid, I'll come find you immediately!"
"Kabuto... you go..."
Yakushi Nonou intermittently spoke.
Kabuto finally noticed the dean's abnormal state. He had no choice but to endure the cost of a wound, rebuff Uchiha Itachi's attack, and glance back at his dean.
That glance...
Made Kabuto's heart pause suddenly.
He saw that at some point, Yakushi Nonou had collapsed onto the ground, a shuriken embedded at the junction of her chest and abdomen, her clothes soaked red with blood!
Kabuto leapt to Yakushi Nonou's side, ignoring his own bleeding wounds, ignoring the enemies nearby, and quickly gathered Chakra onto Yakushi Nonou's wound!
"Dean..."
"Hang in there..."
"I can heal you for sure..."
Kabuto, sweating coldly, worked hard to save Yakushi Nonou: "You have to hold on, trust me, I can heal you, it's just a minor injury..."
"I apologize."
Uchiha Itachi gradually approached Kabuto and Yakushi Nonou with his Ninja Sword, finally speaking his first words.
"I heard everything."
A trace of pain and sadness flickered in Uchiha Itachi's eyes, yet he continued to eye Kabuto's neck, firmly raising his Ninja Sword high: "Even though I know you're just experiencing the joy of reunion, I have to kill you."
"Don't... don't worry about me... hurry, escape..."
Yakushi Nonou was still trying to persuade her child.
"Dean... Dean..."
Kabuto seemed to have gone foolish, hearing nothing, murmuring Yakushi Nonou's name repeatedly.
Kabuto seemed unaware of the Ninja Sword about to descend upon him, fully absorbed in trying to heal the heavily injured Yakushi Nonou.
"Farewell."
Uchiha Itachi swung the Ninja Sword down with force!
Perhaps this moment would be etched forever in Uchiha Itachi's heart as the first step into darkness, a step he could never turn back from!
Perhaps...
He could never turn back!
Plop!
As the Ninja Sword descended, a teenager's silhouette appeared beside them, clutching the blade tightly to halt its fall!
The sharp Ninja Sword immediately slit open the palm!
This palm might have incurred deep wounds!
Blood flowed down from the teenager's injured hand, drip-dropping onto Kabuto's neck like a rain of blood...
Yet the teenager seemed oblivious to the pain, holding onto the Ninja Sword, showing a smile to a startled Uchiha Itachi in front.
"Remember what I told you?"
This teenager watched the peer in front, his smile gradually turning cold and ominous: "Uchiha Itachi, I warned you long ago to stay away from Lord Danzo, and I told you, if you can stop me from killing, depends on your luck..."
"Now's the time to fulfill my words, let's see your luck, let's see if someone can stop me before I kill you..."