A man in a strange one-eyed orange mask jumps up and down the continent leading to the Land of Rain in a strange pose, attracting the attention of many passers-by.

He seemed to be in a good mood, with light movements and chuckles of "hehe" from time to time. The steps were not large, but the speed of progress was beyond imagination, and in the blink of an eye, his black trench coat covered with red moire disappeared at the end of the road. If you go along the main road, you will find the border of the Land of Rain.

Until this moment, the man wearing the grimace mask had not made up his mind.

Should we kill Itachi Uchiha and take away his eyes, or should I spare him and wait for a more opportune moment?

Above the face under the mask, there is a mixture of hesitation and determination.

According to his plan, the Uchiha Itachi should be used in more critical places. From the first time he saw Itachi Uchiha, he sensed a strange danger. It was something he had never felt since he opened the Kaleidoscope Writing Wheel.

His instincts told him that the teenager would be the one to change his plans. But on what ground?

Is it just the Uchiha Itachi's three-hooked jade writing wheel, or the thin body, or the untapped potential hidden in that body?

He wanted to tell himself that it was just his hallucination. But Uchiha Itachi's blood-red eyes appeared in front of him again and again. In the depths of those pupils, some unknown force was at work.

It was a force that he had to surrender to.

No, the Uchiha Itachi must be eliminated as soon as possible. As for those eyes, I'll figure it out later.

The air twisted, and a black dot suddenly appeared in the air in front of him, and the rapidly rotating black dot met his body.

After a faint fluctuation, the masked man's body disappeared into the empty air along with the black dots.

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Kakashi Hachiki came out of Konoha like a storm, ignoring any acquaintances he met on the road. It can be seen that he is in a very bad mood.

In the eyes of the Shadow Ninja, ruthlessness, always, and putting the task first have become his labels.

But even he couldn't help frowning when he received the task.

Kill a Konoha teenage ninja who colludes with the Kirist Shinobi.

What kind of bullshit mission is this...

It wasn't until he heard the ninja's name that he understood the meaning of the mission.

Although there was inevitably some disgust and disdain in his heart, he still had a cold face and took over the task from the hands of the three generations of Hokage Ape Flying Sun Slash.

Because of the relationship between the chakra under the mask, in the dark, he has an inexplicable relationship with the Uchiha clan.

There is no doubt that he is not a member of the Uchiha clan, but he does have an eye of the Uchiha clan.

Because of this chakra eye, he knew better than anyone what it meant to a ninja. Especially those ninjas who are trapped in the bottleneck of cultivation and can't go further.

With these eyes, it is like giving wings to a tiger, and all bottlenecks are no longer a problem.

He could understand the vigilance and defensiveness of the Konoha higher-ups against the Uchiha clan. No matter who you are, if you have a tiger by your side, it will be difficult to sleep peacefully, let alone a group.

Just to kill a child?

In front of his eyes, the faces of the three generations of Hokage Ape Flying Sun Slash appeared, and under the mask of kindness and grief, there was a deep killing intent.

"Although this decision is very difficult, it is a conclusive fact that Uchiha Itachi colluded with the Fog Hidden Village, so, thank you for your hard work...

These are the exact words of the ape flying in the sun. As he said this, his old voice trembled slightly, as if he was mourning the fall of a young genius.

Kakashi Hachiki knew it was acting. A few years ago, when his father, Hachiki Shuoshige, known as the "Konoha White Fang", was "killed", Sarutobi had the same expression, looking like he was wearing the same mask.

Uchiha Itachi...

As he ran, he silently recited the somewhat unfamiliar name in his mind.

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The forest wind was wrapped in rain and a faint chakra breath, and a strong danger sliced through every inch of Uchiha Itachi's skin like a knife.

Unlike the previous chakra smell that was vague in the air, this time, the smell of some powerful chakra seemed to be close at hand.

"The Art of Shadow Clones."

The Uchiha Itachi sealed almost without thinking.

His body split in two, rushing in the opposite direction.

"Huh!"

The masked man stopped, and in the small hole above the orange mask, a three-hooked jade writing wheel gleamed with an unexpected light in its eyes.

"What a cunning little ghost."

He stared straight ahead. It was a lonely forest, and there was no one in sight, but he seemed to be talking to someone.

"Since it's a doppelganger, then I have to use a doppelganger...

He muttered to himself, and was about to seal the seal when he stopped again.

The two chakras he could sense suddenly became four, then eight, and scattered in all directions at the same time.

His hands that were sealing stopped in mid-air, and their rock-solid hands trembled slightly from anger.

"In this case, we can only spend a little more time to solve them one by one."

After half a ring, he reluctantly lowered his hand. In my heart, I faintly admired Uchiha Itachi.

Although the shadow clone technique is a basic ninjutsu, the number of clones can reflect the amount of chakra and the fine control of chakra of a ninja.

Even he himself couldn't create eight shadow clones.

Although he didn't know how Uchiha Itachi did it, he quickly calmed down.

He chose a random direction and continued to jump and jump. It seems that this is the only way to make his somewhat depressed mood happy.

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"Psychic."

Not long after leaving Konoha, Kakashi Hachiki summoned the ninja dog for the first time.

Compared to the face gentleman, his tracking technique is much simpler and more effective.

As the psychic rune disappeared, eight ninja dogs of different shapes appeared in front of him at the same time.

Ninja dogs of different fur and sizes roared and bit each other, and suddenly became a mess.

"Hey, there's something going to call us all at once."

A miniature tracking dog panted out of the gap between the other ninja dogs and asked dissatisfiedly.

Seeing this chaotic scene in front of him, Kakashi's mood became worse and worse.

What a tricky task.

He sighed deeply.