Naruto: The Beautiful Uchiha is Actually Me?

Chapter 81 Them?

"Yan Yi...? What brings you here at this hour?"

Banma sat on the bed in his cell, rubbing his eyes. He had just been shaken awake by Yan Yi and was looking completely bewildered.

Yan Yi usually comes to see me during the day, the latest being the last time. But now it's almost three or four in the morning. What happened outside?

"I'll... take you out!" Yan Yi's expression was extremely serious, her big eyes filled with determination.

Itama was a little confused. Why was he suddenly being asked to...break out of prison?

"I have received a message from my elder brother that they have arrived at the clan's territory. Now we just need to wait for their arrival."

Yan Yi gripped the shoulders of the wooden plank, her voice trembling slightly despite her attempts to remain calm...

His decision, his plan, was practically a betrayal of his family. But even so... he couldn't just stand by and watch Itama walk down a dead end.

He absolutely did not want Itama to suffer from that curse mark.

"Him...them?"

Itama caught the key words and asked, somewhat puzzled, "Yan Yi! Won't something happen if you just take me out like this? You..."

Yan Yi shook her head and held up a finger to cover the speaker's mouth: "Don't worry, it's chaotic outside... Anyway, I can't explain it clearly in a short time, since... there's a war going on again..."

"what..."

Upon hearing the word "war," Itama's expression clearly showed a hint of fear. Of course he was afraid... The thought of war reminded him of the boy he had killed, and the boy's resentful and desperate expression before his death.

Yan Yi knew what he was thinking... She felt a little sad, but didn't know how to comfort him. It was the same old dilemma... Yan Yi still didn't know how to deal with this matter.

Yan Yi reached out and hugged the boy in front of her. She could feel his heart beating so fast... He must be so nervous...

"Don't think about those things anymore. I don't blame you, but I can't forgive you on their behalf either. So... after you get out of here this time, you must work hard to become stronger! In the future... I'll be waiting for you to come find me again!"

Yan Yi's words, which sounded like he was making his final arrangements, worsened Itama's already somewhat saddened mood...

Does he crave freedom? To be honest, after being locked up for so long, he went from initially wanting to go home and escape, to gradually adapting and even somewhat not wanting to leave...

Yan Yi is here. Yan Yi can come and keep him company, tell him stories from the outside world, bring him smiles, and brighten the shadows in his heart.

Yan Yi simply hugged the other person quietly, without saying a word... He was trying to tell Ban Jian that this kind of life was not worth his time.

If you really want to be alone with yourself, you have to work hard!

Yan Yi herself... had the same thought, but... as long as they hadn't reconciled, she couldn't truly become good friends with him...

Just as the two were exchanging heartbeats, a commotion came from outside the cell door.

Bang!

"Ugh..."

The scream was cut short before it could fully escape.

The unfortunate jailer was the same guy as always, dozing off... Working the night shift must be really tiring.

Even though it was a special time, he still got sleepy! Then he was knocked unconscious by Hashirama and Madara and fell into a deep sleep.

"Hiss...we seem to have gone a bit too far?"

Hashirama clicked his tongue, glanced apologetically at the unfortunate fellow lying unconscious on the ground, and then began groping him...

"Is this it?" Hashirama searched the other person and found a strangely shaped key, which he then showed to Madara.

Ban frowned and observed it repeatedly for a long time before confirming, "This should be it. Although I've never seen it before, it seems to match the lock."

"Hurry up and go in!" Tobirama said calmly.

He remained vigilant about his surroundings, even though it seemed relatively safe... but it was precisely in situations like this that he couldn't let his guard down.

The cell was dark, and the dimly lit corridor seemed endless... The further Hashirama walked, the heavier his steps became...

Will my younger brother blame me? Will he reprimand me for letting him suffer in jail for so long? He's so young...

Just as Hashirama was lost in thought, they arrived at the prison cell door.

The door wasn't locked; it remained open. Hashirama subconsciously looked up and saw a boy sitting on the bed, his face looking somewhat haggard—wasn't that his fourth younger brother, Senju Itama?

Although Itama was still being held, he immediately saw that most unexpected figure...

"Big...Big brother? And second brother? You guys..."

Itama's eyes widened in disbelief. Could it be that the "they" Yan Yi was referring to were his own brother?

"plate..."

Hashirama looked distressed and was about to apologize when he noticed Itama turning his face away and refusing to look at him... and the prominent tear on his profile said it all.

Tobirama sighed. Although he wanted to apologize a hundred times to his brother, now was clearly not the time to talk.

"Sorry, Itama, we're late... We can talk about this later, let's take you out first!"

Tobirama walked straight over and reached out to pat Itama's still trembling head.

Yan Yi released her embrace, turned around, and even looked somewhat annoyed...

"You've finally arrived. If you hadn't come this time, Itama would have been in big trouble..."

"I'm sorry..." It was Hashirama who spoke this time; he even felt guilty about getting close to his younger brother.

Yan Yi ignored Hashirama and turned to Madara, asking somewhat anxiously, "Madara-nii, do you have the key?"

Spot nodded, took out the key that Hashirama had just taken from that person from his pocket, and handed it to Yan Yi.

Yan looked at the keys in her hand, and a pang of sadness welled up in her heart...

"Itama, give me your hand..."

Banma looked somewhat bewildered, then stretched out his hands and placed them in front of Yan Yi.

Yan Yi took the key, infused it with a little chakra, and the key lit up the next second.

Holding Itama's hand, in just a few seconds, Yan Yi unlocked the restraint handcuffs that had been with Itama for so long, and then, similarly, removed the iron ring around Itama's neck.

Finally, there were the feet. This thing restricts blood flow, and when Yan Yi grasped the soles of the feet between the boards, a shiver ran through him...

"So cold..."

Yan Yi then realized that... there weren't even shoes to wear in the cubicle. Even though the weather had gotten cold, he was still barefoot.

After all the iron rings were removed, Itama suddenly felt a little lightheaded, which made him feel somewhat uneasy. His chakra had been suppressed for a long time, and the sudden impact made him a little dizzy.

Itama gripped his wrist, but he wasn't particularly happy, because he knew he might really have to say goodbye to Yan Yi soon...