69novels Chapter 332 Memory
Chapter 332 Memory
The paper door was pulled back up, separating the two spaces.
Sasuke lowered his head, his hair hanging down, blocking his face. He stared at the tatami without moving, until Chaolu walked over and sat down beside him. Then he raised his face, his eyes red: "You know everything?"
"...I don't know if I know everything, but I definitely know more than you."
Sasuke had already vaguely guessed that there might be other hidden stories behind the genocide. Although he still had the reason to tell himself at the beginning that if Itachi was really the murderer, then he would be too unfair to his clan members and parents if he unilaterally tried to exonerate him.
But people are always more inclined to believe what they want to believe.
What if?
in case……
As he was thinking about Asaro's defection, he couldn't help but start thinking about Itachi's defection, so one night, he dreamed of that bloody night.
He saw Itachi look back at him for the last time before he fled -
He saw his tears.
Is that real?
What if so?
What if it’s not?
He suddenly didn't dare to hate him too much, but he didn't dare to love him anymore.
After nearly three years of pulling his mind back and forth, Sasuke longed for an answer.
He pursued Itachi relentlessly, and went from wanting to kill him by any means necessary to wanting an answer first.
Now Itachi gave it to him.
He said that he had his own reasons, but he was indeed the murderer.
At least one of the murderers.
Their parents died at his hands without any misunderstanding or accident.
Itachi's words were extremely direct, and Sasuke suddenly jumped up and shouted "I don't believe it!"
Later, Itachi showed him his memories directly.
Omitting all the background and details, the whole thing is like this, but those background and details that are difficult to explain in a few words are the most important footnotes to the whole thing.
Sasuke's voice was hoarse: "When did you know?"
Zhaolu decided to tell him the truth: "From the beginning."
"…at the beginning?"
"From the first day I arrived in Konoha, when the Uchiha clan was still there, I knew at that time that they would all die."
Sasuke's eyes widened, "What are you talking about?"
Thinking about it now, it was such a wonderful thing - she lived a peaceful life in Konoha Village, just like every other villager, thinking only about what she should do and how to spend the day. But under the same sky, in the same village, the air that the Uchiha clan breathed became increasingly cramped, and the rope around their necks was gradually tightening.
We are clearly in the same world, but we are divided into the human world and hell.
At that time, she was very indifferent to the matter. She just thought that the scroll said that the matter was very complicated and she didn't need to care about it.
She just went over it in her mind and thought, oh, this is how the Uchiha clan was exterminated, and then turned around and went to look for Naruto.
Was her inaction wrong?
Intellectually speaking, she just knew more inside information than others, so did she have any responsibility towards the Uchiha clan? Did she have to save them?
But emotionally speaking——
Should she feel guilty?
Does her cold-eyed observation also constitute part of Sasuke's pain?
He had the right to ask for the truth, but she was right next to him and knew everything, yet she remained silent.
Sasuke didn't blame her—she was only six at the time, what could she do?
She might be able to remind some people, but who?
Who will believe her?
As Itachi said, by then it would be impossible for the Uchiha clan and Konoha to change their minds.
Therefore, Sasuke hated another thing: "You helped Itachi hide it from me?"
He didn't understand. Itachi defected not long after Asano came to Konoha. During the period before his defection, the village was undercurrent. Itachi was lurking on both sides and wished he could work 48 hours a day in the Anbu. It was impossible for him to have contact with Asano.
How long had she known Itachi? How long had she known herself?! Why was she on Itachi's side?!
Chaolu whispered, "This is related to my life experience. Itachi is the only one who knows my life experience, so he is very important to me."
Sasuke glared at her angrily, "You've been lying to me."
...It seems like someone said this not long ago.
"Sasuke..." Chaolu paused. Her tone seemed to be coaxing him, but the words she said made him stunned: "I have hidden more than this from you."
"?"
"I'm going to tell you everything I've kept from you now, do you want to know?"
Sasuke stared at her face steadily. She lowered her eyes, with no expression of sadness or joy, as if she would accept whatever he wanted to do to her, and as if she didn't care no matter how he treated her.
But he still needs to take a look at what the matter is before he can make a decision.
Sasuke said solemnly, "Come."
After going through Itachi's memories, he wanted to see what other hidden secrets there were!
So after seeing Itachi's memories, Chaolu's illusion was cast on him again.
He saw another self - Uchiha Sasuke who was so aloof, cold, powerful, would not allow anyone to challenge him, and did not believe that anyone could stand shoulder to shoulder with him.
He saw the scroll that Orochimaru and Shikamaru had given her, which contained all the information they had gathered over the years about Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto.
He saw her fall from the incubator into this world;
Seeing Shikamaru helping her up;
Seeing Ino's pale, tired face;
Seeing Kakashi die in battle, Sakura fled in tears of grief;
He saw his Susanoo crushing the Five Kage like ants;
Seeing himself and Naruto finally fall on the rubble after trying his best...
He woke up from his coma, panting and extremely weak, with Naruto lying beside him.
He didn't have the strength to fight anymore, he thought, I lost...
Well, I lost.
When the last one wakes up, he will definitely be very proud. How hateful.
But while he waited for Naruto to wake up, his best friend never opened his eyes.
He regained some strength in a daze and climbed up with difficulty.
He looked in disbelief at Naruto who was still lying on the rubble.
"…Naruto?"
Naruto lay there, looking serene as if he had fallen into a beautiful dream from which he would never wake up.
He didn't know what to do.
——He has a plan.
Sasuke thought, wasn't he originally planning to kill Naruto and then the Five Kage?
However, after he really won, he realized that maybe he didn't actually want to win.
Maybe he longed for someone to stop him.
The feeling of winning... wasn't as good as he had imagined.
But Naruto was dead, there was no going back.
In Chaolu's memory, the fragments about Sasuke are all from the perspective of an observer. She doesn't know what Sasuke is thinking, but Sasuke himself——
When he sees "his" expression, he can sense his emotions, understand his thoughts, and resonate with him.
But wait…
At that time, everyone else in the world should be in the infinite moon reading. Whose perspective is this?
——This is the memory of a monk.
This man named Jigen unlocked the Infinite Tsukuyomi.