Unable to bear that crushing pain any longer, Namikaze Hiatohi slipped away quietly, longing to find some secluded spot where she could calm her mind. This world was utterly unlike the one she knew; perhaps she should stop treating this careless attitude as a habit of life.
She had not gone many steps before she saw Itachi talking to a long-haired man. That man had golden, snake-like pupils, framed by purple markings around his eyes, and his whole aura radiated the danger of a deadly viper. Hiatohi quickly searched her mind for his identity: Orochimaru.
She must have seen him in some villain compilation video, but even without that, her intuition told her this man was no good news. What was he saying to Itachi?
Chapter 22