Chapter 61

To be honest, Miss Namikaze Haitao cared quite a bit about what the twins and Getsugen had said. Yes, she knew it: it must have been when she was thirteen years old that Uchiha Itachi would slaughter his clan and defect. But why? She refused to believe it. She could never believe that someone like Itachi would do such things. There had to be a reason—for instance... genjutsu! It had to be because of genjutsu or something else! She had to, she simply had to stop this from happening. She could not let Sasuke end up like her, which meant she had to possess power equal to his. Yet, she had not seen him in nearly four months. She had visited the Uchiha compound many times, of course—mostly to argue with Sasuke or to freeload a meal. But according to Sasuke, he was always busy, tied up with missions and the like. So busy, in fact, that he had even missed her birthday. Of course, Haitao had received plenty of gifts, but she desperately wanted to slaughter that stingy bastard next door!