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Large patches of blood appeared on the table. Uchiha Itachi, feeling dizzy and disoriented, looked up at the table in disbelief.

"...Don't move, let me take a look."

Chiaki frowned slightly, flicked his wrist, and a strand of pink chakra thread wrapped around Itachi's wrist.

"really……"

After examining Itachi Uchiha's body, Chiaki understood.

Is this a case of divine jealousy? Itachi Uchiha's talent was ridiculously strong, but his body was completely unable to withstand it. His excessive strength and weak body led to lung disease.

Chapter 544 Tuberculosis

"Cough...cough cough cough..."

Itachi clutched his lungs with one hand and pressed the other hand on the table, panting heavily.

His face was as pale as paper, and his clothes were covered in blood. This was the first time Itachi had ever felt so weak.

"Young Master!?"

Swoosh

Shisui appeared behind Itachi Uchiha in an instant, looking at him in horror, "What's wrong with you! Young Master!?"

"Cough... Qianqiu... Sister Qianqiu..."

As Itachi coughed, he tightened his grip on the pink chakra thread he was holding. The thread moved, allowing Shisui to see Chiaki at the other end.

"Lord Chiaki? You...?"

Shisui stared at Chiaki in disbelief, "Did they actually lay a hand on the young master?"

"Idiot, back off."

Chiaki rolled her eyes at Shisui, her expression stern as she reached out and placed her hand on the pink chakra thread.

"Otohime!"

She gave a solemn, clear shout, and Otohime instantly appeared beside Chiaki, tilting her head. "What do you want?"

"help me."

Chiaki gestured to Itachi, and Otohime raised an eyebrow. "Tuberculosis?"

"It's tuberculosis."

"Oh, whatever."

Otohime shrugged. "What do I need to do?"

"I need some time to seal in the problem in his lungs."

Chiaki spoke in a low voice, and Otohime nodded in response: "I understand, I understand. Tuberculosis was an incurable disease in our area. At most, we could forcibly seal it with chakra, but it wouldn't last long."

"That's true even in this day and age."

Qianqiu said in a low voice, "But I have a way."

"Well, I'll wait and see."

Otohime shrugged and floated toward Uchiha Itachi, but Shisui stepped forward. "Lord Chiaki, what do you intend to do to the young master?"

Shisui understood that Otohime was Chiaki's stand-in, and her actions represented Chiaki's will. Therefore, stopping Otohime was meaningless; the only thing to stop was Chiaki.

"Get out of the way."

Otohime pushed Shisui aside and gracefully landed in front of Itachi.

"Sealing Technique! Yin-Yang Seal!"

She drew a circle with her hands in front of her and then pressed them against the weasel's lungs.

"Lord Qianqiu! If you have any complaints, come at me! Don't lay a hand on the young master!"

Shisui pleaded with Chiaki, knowing he was no match for Chiaki, but he couldn't just stand by and watch Chiaki do anything to Itachi.

Although Chiaki and Otohime had spoken, their conversations were mostly brief, with most of the dialogue taking place in their minds. Shisui couldn't quite understand their conversations.

"And seal Itachi's power as well."

Chiaki spoke to Otohime, and Shisui heard this.

"Yes yes~"

Princess Otohime waved her hand dismissively, turning the Yin-Yang Seal in her hand up and down, "If strength is also sealed, then the Four Symbols Seal will have to be used."

"Sealing Technique! Four Symbols Sealing!"

"Lord Chiaki! You mustn't!"

When Shisui heard that Chiaki was going to seal Itachi's power as well, he felt a pang of panic.

The Uchiha clan relies entirely on Itachi to bring prosperity. If Itachi's power is sealed, what will happen to the Uchiha clan in the future?

Thinking of this, Shisui gritted his teeth, turned around and rushed towards Otohime, "Excuse me!"

As expected of Shisui, who possessed the skill of Body Flicker, his speed was extremely fast. He appeared beside Otohime like a flash of light, placing a hand on her shoulder.

He hoped that simply capturing Otohime would stop her actions.

However, Shisui was clearly wrong. Otohime was not an ordinary human; she was a chakra aggregate.

During her chase with Naruto, she was quite used to turning into chakra the moment she was caught in order to cheat.

This time was no different. Shisui clearly grabbed Otohime's shoulder, but found that he had grasped nothing the next second, and his hand had gone directly over Otohime's shoulder.

"?!"

Shisui squeezed the air in shock. Otohime turned around and glanced at him disdainfully, saying, "Don't bother me, I'm busy."

He had no choice but to grit his teeth and suppress his emotions, shouting again, "Excuse me!"

After saying that, Shisui drew his katana and tried to slash at Otohime.

"Okay, stop making trouble."

Chiaki finally couldn't stand it anymore. She flicked her fingers, and two pink chakra threads instantly shot out from her fingers. One wrapped around Shisui's katana, and the other wrapped around his wrist.

"!?"

Shisui felt an immense force binding him, rendering him completely immobile.

He turned around in horror, and was even more shocked when he saw the two pink chakra lines.

It's important to know that Chiaki had dealings with the Uchiha clan at the very beginning.

At that time, Chiaki was unable to stop herself, and even allowed herself to assassinate Future once in front of him.

But what about Qianqiu now?

She only needs two pink chakra threads to render herself immobile, so wouldn't it be incredibly easy for her to kill me?

Over the years, although Shisui has made progress and grown, compared to Chiaki, it's like a firefly vying for the moon's brilliance—one is in the heavens, the other on earth; they are simply incomparable.

Even so... I'm going to give it my all!

Shisui felt bitter, but he was still prepared to fight for the future of the Uchiha clan and to protect Itachi, even if it meant sacrificing his life!

"Cough cough... Shisui, Chiaki-neechan is saving me..."

Seemingly noticing Shisui's inexplicable determination and resolve, and even his desire to burn his life force, Itachi raised his head with difficulty and spoke weakly.

"Do not talk."

Otohime glared at Itachi, "Calm your chakra and don't make things harder for me!"

"OK……"

Itachi nodded awkwardly, then closed his eyes.

"And you, don't stand here in the way, go guard the door!"

Princess Otohime turned around and rolled her eyes at Shisui. "I really don't know what you're thinking. If I wanted to do something to you two, would I need to go to such lengths?"

"Uh……"

Shisui nodded awkwardly, silently bowed to Chiaki in apology, and quickly left the room.

After a moment, Otohime slowly withdrew her hand, let out a long breath, and said to Chiaki, "Chiaki, his condition is quite serious, and it is almost impossible to cure him completely."

"That's just because the technical skills aren't up to standard..."

Qianqiu said helplessly, "If there are corresponding medications and surgery, it can still be treated."

"Anyway, there's nothing we can do now, since we don't have those things."

Otohime naturally understood what Chiaki was talking about, and she spread her hands as she spoke.

"If all else fails, cut it off."

Chapter 545 Inevitable

Sasuke didn't know why, but ever since his older brother had a private conversation with Chiaki, he seemed rather listless.

His face was often pale, his lips were bloodless, and he looked sickly.

Shisui, who was responsible for protecting his elder brother, didn't say a word. He just looked like he had seen a ghost and led his elder brother and himself away from the Senju mansion.

After that, Sasuke noticed that his older brother was spending more time at home, almost every day.

At first, my father would visit my older brother often, but then one time, he smashed everything in my brother's room in a fit of rage and never came again.

Although Sasuke didn't know why his father was angry, he was still happy that his older brother could often stay at home with him.

"Brother, are you sick?"

Sasuke sat down next to Itachi, looking up at Itachi sitting by the courtyard watching the sunset. He slowly began to learn chakra perception. In his perception, Itachi seemed to be just an ordinary person, with no obvious fluctuations in chakra.

"Yes, my brother is sick."

Itachi snapped out of his daze, smiled, and ruffled Sasuke's hair. "Sasuke has learned to care about me."

"Brother, you..."