cluster amaryllis

Chapter 5

Only seven years old, alone, stepping through the ocean of red flowers, walking safely on the distant Huangquan road, at the end of the road of fire, there is the tired silhouette of that man.

The man said indifferently and unhurriedly why it was so late.

He thought about it.

Before he could speak, he woke up.

He sat there looking at the slightly swaying tree shadow on the paper door, and once again clearly remembered the fact that the man had long since died.

Even in a dream, the intersection in the distance was as blurred as fog. If he hadn't woken up, he would probably give a thank you, and then follow the man and walk forward quietly.

The dead man's wish is so simple, the 14-year-old Itachi can hear it clearly.It's just that the dead man didn't know that for the exterminated Uchiha, his wish had no meaning at all.

As predicted by the woman from the land of clouds, Shisui of the Uchiha family left this world at the age of 30.

Died at the hands of children.

At that time, itachi, who was riding on the man's shoulder and looking at the path full of red flowers in the distance, didn't know that everything the man did was a conspiracy.

It's just that he faintly noticed in his heart that the man was just like him, and there was a quiet beast dormant in his chest, and he didn't know when he would be able to wake it up.

Maybe all that man did was to wake up the beast named Itachi, wake up the beast that can only bring bad luck, from Uchiha's stale and dying body, teach him to open his eyes, teach him how to Use sharp claws and fangs, teach him to learn to rely, point him to the direction of the prey, give him great strength, and let him realize the deep-rooted desire instead of himself.

Even so, he still followed the man.

The man's heart was also slowly dying, but it smelled like new snow, and the indifference and isolation that covered everything made him deeply attached.

The man watched him slowly grow stronger, waiting for Itachi to complete the prophecy of the woman in the country of clouds, waiting for everything to end, waiting for his weak hope to grow, waiting for him to become Itachi's most important and closest person that day.

As for the young Itachi, of course he didn't know at that time that when he followed Shishui, his future life path was already paved with red flowers in autumn, and that blood-stained road was destined to guide him through To the land of the netherworld.

The young Itachi only remembered how Shisui brought him home, how the man put him down in front of the heavy and tall wooden door, how he followed the man in disappointment walked in behind.

When passing by his uncle and aunt, Zhishui rubbed his head and greeted them.That was the hypocritical side of that man.

Strange that he liked even that at the time.Normally, he would keep his head down and walk away in silence, but that day he raised his head and looked at the other party. Zhishui patted him on the back lightly: "Children, be polite."

As if he had been hypnotized, he asked him honestly.

Maybe no matter what the man said, he would do it. At that time, Itachi didn't feel that there was anything wrong.He completely forgot that the man was sent by his tribe to monitor him.

Shisui who laughed at him for being a fool at the beginning would also praise him for his extraordinary willpower and clear mind, and then once said that he is very suitable for going to Anbe.

"Go and see something you don't usually see." That's what the man said at the time. "Or take a look... the things you usually see, are they what you see, are they what you think."

When the man said that, he had just passed the Chunin exam, so it's not like he didn't suspect the man's intentions.But... For Itachi at that time, no matter what a man asked him to do, he would do it without hesitation.

Although the man never told him anything.

After passing the Chunin exam, when his father asked him to prepare for entering the police department, he replied that he would enter Anbu, and the expression on his father's face was more surprised than angry.

I don't know if it's because he is no longer silent or because he rejected his father's decision.

When he was leaving, he met Sasuke who ran over recklessly in the corridor. The child didn't even look ahead when he walked, but he jumped on him all at once.

The young brother doesn't know anything, he just sticks to his side like a shadow, coquettishly willful in the tone of a child, and raises his head when he calls his brother, with a shallow smile on his face. nasal.

That five-year-old child can already grasp Kunai and throw it towards the bull's-eye, but the chance of hitting the bull's-eye is so pitifully low. Itachi, who had seen the child's practice, standing in the shadow of the eaves, couldn't tell. Where did the disappointment in my heart come from at that time.

Sasuke is a child with obvious emotions, whether it is emotion, anger, sorrow or joy, it is clearly written on his face.During the war years, both Jnin and Chunin had heavy tasks. Konoha Village was often in a situation where manpower was not enough. Itachi, who became a Jnin at the age of seven, also began to frequently go on missions. Every time the young Sasuke heard him say to his father If you have to go out on a mission the next day, you will become unhappy, and you will poke the rice with your chopsticks dissatisfied, and you will not eat.

The kid was nothing like him.I don't like natto, but I love to eat tomatoes. When I am naughty, I can't calm down at all. When I was very young, I would say hello and smile shyly. I would look at him with expectant eyes and ask when my brother will come back. With that exaggerated expression and tone, he said that his brother was super powerful, and then begged him coquettishly to let him teach him shuriken.

At first he didn't know how to deal with that child. Sasuke was easy to deal with when he just learned to speak, but when he got older, he didn't know what to do.

The eyes looking at him were full of unsuspecting trust, and he only felt strange when he saw the face similar to himself.When sitting at the entrance to change shoes, the child often chased him out and told him seriously that his brother would come back early.

Sometimes he just sat there and watched little Sasuke standing in front of him.

He thought for a while, should he reach out and rub the child's hair like Shisui did.

But still not, he just stretched out his hand, poked Sasuke's forehead that was not protected by the headband with two fingers, watched the child staggered back, took four or five steps before standing still.

When Sasuke raised his head to look at him, the center of his forehead was already slightly blue.

He called Sasuke, the child pouted, although he looked very unhappy, he still walked over obediently, and did not become vigilant because of it.

The young and stupid brother had no idea.

On the battlefield, the person standing in front of him only needs a little more strength to kill a person.

"Silly brother..."

The child rubbed his forehead with the back of his hand, and muttered dissatisfiedly that his brother really hated it.But when he got up to leave, he hurriedly put on his shoes and chased him out, anxiously repeating what he said before, grabbing his sleeve and asking him to go home early.

He didn't answer anything.

If that's what dad wants...

he thinks.

Then... there is no need for me to expect anything.

Before entering Anbu, his father once talked to him again.

The general meaning is still to prepare him to enter the police department directly in a few years.

He wondered if that was due to his father's duties as Minister of Police.

He was silent, and his father waited for a long time for his answer, and finally just said, I really don't understand what your child is thinking.Since you are so close to Zhishui, why don't you want to come to the police department?

That was the first time he heard compromised and tired voice from his father's tone.

He raised his head and looked at his father who was sitting upright in front of him, thinking sarcastically, you don't know anything.

No one knew what the real Shisui was thinking, and Itachi thought he knew at that time.

Although he didn't say it clearly, Zhishui's disappointment was like the star-like sand and stones under the clear river water, and he didn't hide it at all.

After the Itachi Chuunin exam, I went to Shisui's office and looked at the Uchihas on the wall behind Shisui who could never speak. The elites of the police department of the past generations also looked at him with their heads down, but the expression It seems that there is something unspeakable.

"Police Department..." After noticing Itachi's gaze, Shisui turned his head, looking up at the portraits behind him that had been displayed for decades, "Uchiha ancestors, seeing us now, don't know I won’t rush over from the Styx in anger.”

Itachi looked at Shishui's calm side face, not sure if the other party was joking.

The man who spoke didn't actually look back, but Itachi knew that he was getting angry, even though he seemed to be laughing when he spoke.

"Those Uchihas now are like eagles whose hair has been plucked, and they can't even watch the house."

After saying this, Shishui turned back, spread out the scroll to be read, and lowered his head, his black eyes were deeply buried in the thick shadows.

After he was successfully promoted to Chunin when he was ten years old, he entered Anbu that year.Shisui laughed after seeing his white mask and asked him what it was.

He was silent for a moment, and replied that it was ITACHI (Itachi).

Shisui just rubbed his head.

Indeed, the weasel is nothing more than a beast that brings bad luck.

It's a pity that he is not Zhishui, he would care about those absurd statements about the impermanence of fate.He has lived with this name for ten years without incident, and has been safe and sound so far. Even if the old saying is true, he should be the one who brings bad luck to others.

But when I saw Shisui again the next day, Itachi's hand was grabbed and pulled away forcefully.

"Entered the Anbu at the age of ten, still a bit young," said Zhishui