After Training Bankai for a Decade, I Was Scouted by the Akatsuki Chapter 183 A Fish That Slips Through the Net of the Uchiha

Under the dim daylight.

The two quickly passed through the forest, completely leaving Konoha behind.

However,

While leaping forward, Itachi's mind was also pondering carefully.

In fact,

He certainly didn't retreat because he was afraid of Jiraiya.

With his current Mangekyo Sharingan configuration of "Amaterasu" "Tsukuyomi",

He was confident that even if he couldn't quickly defeat Jiraiya, as long as he coordinated with Kisa's abilities, he could also temporarily suppress him.

Even, truly capturing Uzumaki Naruto was just a matter of ti.

After all, he could also defeat Jiraiya by torturing him in the Genjutsu World with Tsukuyomi...

However,

Itachi had not considered any of these thods.

Because, his purpose in coming this ti was itself to interrupt Akatsuki's Tailed Beast Capture Plan,

And incidentally find a way to leak Akatsuki's intelligence to Konoha.

And now,

His purpose had basically been achieved.

There was naturally no need to stay there and fight Jiraiya.

Just after eting Jiraiya,

In just a few exchanges,

Itachi very cleverly revealed the information that "Akatsuki wants to capture the Tailed Beast Jinchuriki of each country" to Jiraiya.

Even,

He very implicitly hinted to him that Akatsuki's base was in Agakure.

If Kisa wasn't beside him, he would have wanted to leak even more.

Unfortunately, he couldn't.

Itachi wasn't stupid either.

He naturally noticed Kisa's strangeness.

As soon as this guy joined Akatsuki, he was directly placed by his side. It was impossible for him not to detect that Kisa was there to monitor him.

Therefore, he had been acting cautiously.

Even this intelligence leak was especially careful, afraid of being discovered.

Luckily now,

Everything seed to be handled properly.

Next,

He needed to find a way to quickly confirm if Sasuke was still safe.

Itachi's gaze flickered.

This trip to Konoha,

The biggest surprise for him was Sasuke's situation.

He had originally wanted to take this opportunity to again motivate Sasuke.

But now,

Let alone motivating him, he couldn't even find him...

"Itachi-san."

Just as Itachi was thinking,

Kisa's voice suddenly appeared, interrupting his thoughts.

"Hmm?"

Itachi looked over, his expression indifferent, and said:

"What's wrong?"

As his words fell,

Kisa slightly curled his lips, his gaze fixed on Itachi, and chuckled:

"It seems there's sothing..."

"Itachi-san hasn't confessed to yet, right?"

"...?"

As his words fell, Itachi's heart shook.

Wh...at?!

Could it be...

Did this guy find sothing?!

A slight chill ran down Itachi's back, but he still pretended calm, raised his eyes, and said indifferently:

"What are you referring to?"

As his words fell,

Kisa raised an eyebrow and smiled:

"Earlier,"

"In that ran shop, I heard a strange na..."

"It seed to be called 'Uchiha Sasuke', right?"

"Can you tell about it?"

"--?!"

At these words, Itachi's breath caught slightly.

After a mont,

He imdiately frowned and said coldly:

"This has nothing to do with our mission this ti."

Hearing this,

Kisa seed not to notice his tone, still speaking in his own self-absorbed manner, grinning:

"Hehe, just simply curious."

"After all, Itachi-san,"

"I rember the legend says you killed the entire Uchiha clan..."

"Then, this Uchiha Sasuke that popped up, is he just a fake using the na?"

"Or..."

"Was he a fish that slipped through the net back then?"

"..."

As his words fell, Itachi's heart sank.

He didn't expect,

Kisa actually rembered this and specifically brought it up to get to the bottom of it...

After pausing for a mont,

Itachi lowered his eyes, pretended to be cold, and said flatly:

"...Just a fish that slipped through the net."

"I only just discovered that soone actually survived."

"...?"

Hearing Itachi's brief answer, Kisa's heart stirred.

However, after just a mont, he turned his head back, looked into the distance, and said mysteriously:

"I see... is that so?"

"Understood."

A smile curled at the corner of Kisa's mouth.

He didn't speak further.

...

Two days later.

In Agakure, inside the Akatsuki's base.

All mbers assembled.

A very surprised voice instantly appeared.

"Ha?!!"

"What did you say?! The mission to capture the Kyubi Jinchuriki failed???!"

The person making this sound,

Was the always lively Deidara.

And at this mont, he was crossing his arms, raising an eyebrow as he looked at Itachi ahead, very unhappily saying:

"Hey hey hey!! What's going on?!"

"Wasn't it you who voluntarily said you wanted to participate in this Kyubi capture mission back then?"

"I rember, at that ti, you seed to list a whole bunch of reasons, right?!"

"And now..."

"Instead, the mission completely failed! Huh!?"

Deidara said loudly.

And hearing this,

Itachi just slightly lowered his eyes and did not respond.

He had long expected this and didn't plan to argue or confront anyone.

And at this mont,

Kisa beside him looked at Deidara and said:

"Ho..."

"Watch your speaking attitude, Deidara."

"Itachi-san is still your senior, right? Isn't this too impolite of you...?"

"Tch."

Deidara curled his lip and said self-absorbedly:

"I only know that this senior talked big and didn't deliver."

"Unlike us over here, our mission was completed very easily."

Deidara said as he spoke.

And across from him,

Zetsu imdiately thought to himself, speechless.

Easily?

Easy, my ass...

If that Kyo hadn't co to the rescue, you might have been killed by Hidan by now, right?

"..."

The eting hall fell silent.

Even Pain and Konan beside him,

After listening to the reports from Itachi and Kisa just now, also fell silent in unison.

Then, after a mont, Pain said indifferently:

"So you're saying..."

"Because Jiraiya was personally protecting the Kyubi Jinchuriki, so... you temporarily chose to retreat, is that right?"

"That's correct."

This ti, it wasn't Itachi who answered, but Kisa.

His gaze was calm, speaking thodically:

"We briefly exchanged blows,"

"Then Itachi-san imdiately judged the disadvantage of this battle, and that it would highly likely alert the enemy and attract Konoha's attention."

"To avoid interfering with future plans to capture other Tailed Beasts,"

"We could only choose this option."

Kisa said calmly.

His words weren't covering for Itachi, but because he really agreed with this view.

And hearing this, Kakuzu on the other side imdiately squinted and said:

"Is that guy nad Jiraiya really that formidable?"

"Although I've seen the so-called Legendary Sannin on bounty posters before, it shouldn't be to the point where he can suppress both of you at the sa ti, right?"

Kakuzu said full of doubt.

For people who could join Akatsuki, he naturally wouldn't underestimate them.

It could even be said,

Except for that Zetsu and Hidan, almost everyone here had the strength to serve as a village's Kage.

Itachi and Kisa were naturally no exception.

And now,

Two Kage-level powerhouses were actually suppressed by a single Jiraiya from Konoha?

Kakuzu was naturally full of doubt about this.

However,

What he didn't know was,

After hearing this, Pain and Konan's expressions on the contrary relaxed slightly.

Then a mont later.

Pain suddenly raised his eyes and looked over, saying flatly:

"This ti, Itachi's choice..."

"Is understandable."

"I know that Jiraiya."

"His all-around strength is indeed very strong."

"It was also very wise of you not to rashly choose to fight him then, avoiding blowing things out of proportion."

"..."

As Pain's words fell,

Kakuzu, Deidara, and others were montarily stunned.

Because,

He was quite literally directly concluding the outco of this mission.

That was --

Losing to Jiraiya is not disgraceful.

What the hell...???

Deidara's expression was strange, and he was preparing to continue speaking.

And at this mont,

Pain raised his eyes and swept his gaze over, his look focused, and said indifferently:

"In that case..."

"This Tailed Beast Capture Plan will be temporarily put on hold for now."

"Let consider it and then decide on future actions."

"eting adjourned."

"???"