Things had reached this point, and Itachi could no longer hold back. The Mangekyo Sharingan in his right eye spun wildly, about to unleash the inextinguishable flames of Amaterasu on Li Chuan.
However, the next second, Li Chuan's figure had already disappeared before his eyes.
Then, a small flying sword hovered in front of the Mangekyo Sharingan in his right eye before he could even react.
"Itachi Uchiha, you should be very clear, if I wanted to kill you, you would have already died just now, so don't activate the Ninjutsu in your right eye again."
Li Chuan appeared behind Itachi, smiling and patting his shoulder.
Itachi's pupils contracted slightly. He coughed twice and replied:
"I lost."
"Very good, I'm not someone who likes to force others.
How about this, I'll give you two choices now:
First, agree to my previous conditions, that way it's good for you, good for me, good for everyone.
Second, I'll kill you right now and take both of your eyes."
Li Chuan retrieved the small flying sword and walked in front of Itachi.
Itachi twitched his mouth, and finally reached out, plucked out his left eye, and handed it to Li Chuan, saying:
"I choose the first option!"
He definitely couldn't win by fighting. Although he still had Shisui's Mangekyo, which could cast the will-altering Kotoamatsukami, he wouldn't use Kotoamatsukami unless Li Chuan was truly going to kill him.
Because that was what he had prepared for his younger brother, Sasuke.
"A smart choice, then I won't go back on my word either."
Li Chuan snapped his fingers, took the left eye from Itachi's hand, then took out a vial of medicine and injected it directly into Itachi's body.
Itachi, injected with the Extremis virus, immediately let out a loud roar. Then, his originally empty left eye socket quickly grew a new eye under the Extremis virus's healing ability.
At the same time, a burst of scorching flames appeared on his body.
"My body and eye!"
Itachi clenched his fists, felt his current body and the newly grown eye, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.
He really didn't expect that the things Li Chuan said were actually true.
His body, which was originally extremely weak due to excessive use of the Mangekyo and intense mental anguish, had completely recovered at this moment, and he could clearly feel the powerful strength contained within this body.
Also, these flames that could be controlled freely and originated from instinct, although not a Kekkei Genkai, were indeed very similar.
"Ah, what a pity that what grew back isn't a Mangekyo Sharingan!"
At this moment, after Li Chuan put away the left eye, he carefully looked at the new eye that had grown in Itachi's left eye socket, showing a somewhat regretful expression.
The newly grown eye was clearly no longer a Mangekyo Sharingan, but an ordinary eye.
"It's just that it hasn't been 'opened' yet. If I spend a few years, it should be able to become a Mangekyo Sharingan again."
Hearing Li Chuan's sigh, Itachi replied in a relaxed tone.
At this point, most of Itachi's hostility towards Li Chuan had disappeared, because he understood that if Li Chuan was truly an enemy, then with the terrifying strength Li Chuan had just shown...
...he could have completely killed him directly and taken the Sharingan, instead of using a trade, and even helped him heal his body and increase his strength along the way.
Although he was temporarily left with only one Mangekyo Sharingan, because his body had recovered and been strengthened, and he had gained new abilities, overall his strength hadn't actually decreased much.
The key was that he could feel that his left eye was still that eye, it had just returned to its state before it was 'opened'.
Afterwards, he just needed to use the Mangekyo Sharingan in his right eye, which shared the same origin, to guide it. Opening the eye, one tomoe, two tomoe, three tomoe, and developing into a Mangekyo Sharingan was just a matter of time.
By then, his overall strength would actually have increased.
"That's good news!"
Hearing Itachi's words, Li Chuan's eyes immediately lit up.
Originally, he was still worried about how to stimulate Sasuke to 'open' his Mangekyo again, because he still needed Sasuke's Mangekyo to synthesize the Eternity Mangekyo Sharingan.
Now it seemed maybe he wouldn't need to. After a few years, when Itachi's left eye became a Mangekyo again, he could just take it and synthesize the Eternity Mangekyo Sharingan together with the current one.
The condition for obtaining the Eternity Mangekyo Sharingan is transplanting the Mangekyo Sharingan of a relative. The closer the blood relation, the higher the success rate.
What blood relation could be closer than one's own bloodline?
Of course, it's hard to say if this kind of operation will succeed, after all, it hasn't happened before.
However, if it really doesn't work then, he can find a way to stimulate Sasuke again. Anyway, if Sasuke 'opens' his Mangekyo, using one of his eyes can definitely synthesize the Eternity Mangekyo.
"Are the things you said before all true?"
Itachi extinguished the flames on his body and looked at Li Chuan's face with a serious expression.
Li Chuan immediately knew what Itachi wanted to ask and replied with a smile:
"Of course, isn't there a member in the akatsuki called Zetsu? You can ask him for information about Konoha, and I believe you'll know that everything I said is true.
The Third Hokage is already old. The only ones who can take over as Hokage now are the Sannin, Jiraiya and Tsunade. Unfortunately, Jiraiya is unwilling to be Hokage, and Tsunade doesn't even return to the Village now.
Oh right, there's also Danzo, but do you think if Danzo becomes Hokage, Sasuke can still live normally in Konoha?
Without a doubt, with my strength, my identity, and my contributions to Konoha, becoming the Fifth Hokage is only a matter of time."
Speaking of this, Li Chuan paused for a moment, then continued:
"So, cooperate with me. The generation of the Third Hokage and others always fought for power and did many things that couldn't see the light of day. If things continue like this, Konoha will sooner or later be finished.
When I become Hokage, I will reveal the truth of that year, allowing you to reunite with Sasuke, rebuild the Uchiha Clan, and then eliminate scourges like Danzo and root, letting Konoha return to light!"
Was Konoha what Itachi cared about most?
No, what Itachi cared about most was his younger brother Sasuke, and only then Konoha. Moreover, this Konoha referred to the entire Konoha Village, not just the Third Hokage.
Therefore, Li Chuan's success rate in winning over Itachi now was actually quite high.
As expected, hearing Li Chuan's words, an expression of being moved clearly appeared on Itachi's face.
Didn't he want to return to Konoha, reunite with Sasuke, resolve misunderstandings, and live happily together?
It was just that he couldn't, and the high-ranking officials of Konoha would absolutely not allow it. For Sasuke to be able to live safely in Konoha, he had to be like this now.
So, what Li Chuan described indeed moved him greatly.
"I will not report what happened today to the Third Hokage. As long as it is not harmful to Konoha and Sasuke, I am willing to cooperate with you."
After some thought, Itachi gave his answer.
Li Chuan nodded. He originally had no intention of harming Konoha and Sasuke.
"No problem, then you can continue to lie low in the akatsuki for now. If you have any information, you can pass it to any Chuan Ji store in any town."
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