Chapter 344: Two Fake Orphans
It had been a week since Itachi and Shisui headed out to find the old man collecting tailed beasts. It was really hard to find this old man. They first went to where his last known location was. It was the battlefield where Kakashi and Rin fought Kirigakure Shinobi.
But they didn't find any clue there either, except remains of what seemed like a campfire. After long days of going from village to village, they finally came to Amegakure. They looked like kids so no one questioned them about why they were there. Plus, their disguise of poor homeless kids was on point. Iwagakure was filled with homeless kids and they knew it.
While they were walking through the street, they saw an old man in shining white robes in the distance. There were a few animals following him while singing songs too.
"We found him, Itachi," Shisui exclaimed.
Itachi looked in the distance with no expression. His face had grown plain after seeing all the fighting and being forced to kill people at just the age of 4. He had lost his innocence too early.
Shisui knew about this and always tried to cheer him up. He truly saw him as his little brother and was ready to do anything for him.
"What are we going to do? How do we approach him?" Itachi asked.
Shisui's eyes twitched, "Ah, I never planned for that. How should we approach a man who is able to control... one... two.... six tailed beasts. He's obviously way stronger than us."
"Why not just go to him and talk. I don't think he is a bad man. I read all the reports from my father. In all his attacks on villages for the tailed beasts, he did not kill anyone. And look, there are some young people following him." Itachi pointed at Yahiko and the rest.