Naruto: I wrote in my diary that I exposed the Otsutsuki's arrival.

Chapter 18 The Akatsuki organization, with all members at the Kage level? Terrifying!

After the video ended, Kakashi Hatake fell into deep thought. At this moment, a piece of paper in his hand was covered with writing, all of which he had written down as he watched. A bad pen is worse than a good memory.

Adults can look much the same for many years, but children can't. Judging from Uchiha Sasuke's condition in the video, the incident must have happened less than a year ago.

In other words, he will soon be facing Itachi Uchiha head-on.

The difference in eye power between himself and Itachi Uchiha was obvious. Even with his Sharingan open, it didn't stop him from being instantly pulled into the Tsukuyomi space and tortured for three whole days, or rather, it might have been much longer than three days.

What a hassle!

In the past, others had to be careful of their Sharingan, but now it's my turn to be careful of others' Sharingan. I guess I just don't have enough experience.

Ultimately, even after obtaining the Sharingan, he never truly fought against a powerful Sharingan user.

Or rather, based on the information he could find, his application of the Sharingan was already among the best even within the Uchiha clan, but Itachi Uchiha was an exceptional existence.

After all, he was someone who could single-handedly wipe out an entire clan.

Is the Mangekyou Sharingan really that powerful?

Is it really that much stronger than a regular Sharingan?

After making his decision, Kakashi Hatake tried to find some information about the Mangekyou Sharingan in the archives. With his limited access, he couldn't see many things, but he could see many things, though he had never thought to look them up before.

After all, there are very few Sharingan left on the market, so checking would be pointless.

Furthermore, Itachi Uchiha's attitude was also very strange. He had many opportunities to kill himself, but he let them all go. In particular, he didn't let Kisame kill him in the end, but instead let him take him away.

What does this mean?

This further confirmed his suspicions: Itachi Uchiha had shown him mercy and even seemed to have passed on information.

He drew two horizontal lines under the suspected image because he also felt that the idea was somewhat bold.

Would an S-rank rogue ninja who killed his entire clan pass on information to the Konoha ninja?

That's somewhat impossible.

But he still had this feeling.

On the other hand, this also confirmed another conjecture in Kakashi Hatake's mind: judging from this fleeting glimpse, Itachi Uchiha's combat power was clearly far superior to that of Kakashi, an elite Jonin, and he should have already firmly entered the Kage level.

His partner, Kisame Hoshigaki, who seemed to obey him completely, was probably not just an ordinary elite Jonin in terms of combat strength. Otherwise, Itachi Uchiha wouldn't have let him take him away to eliminate Asuma and Kurenai at the same time.

Even if these two aren't as strong as me, they're still definitely at the level of elite Jonin.

That means Kisame Hoshigaki is very likely to possess Kage-level strength.

But if that's the case, then it leads to the most terrifying speculation.

If the three known members of Akatsuki—Orochimaru, Itachi Uchiha, and Kisame Hoshigaki—are all Kage-level beings, then the organization's potential is far more terrifying than one might imagine.

Does this mean the bottom line isn't elite Jonin, but rather everyone being Kage-level?

Thinking of this, Kakashi Hatake gasped. If that were really the case, it would be a huge problem.

Such a lineup is enough to suppress any ninja village in the current ninja world.

It was probably only during Konoha's most powerful period, excluding the time of the First Hokage, that it could rival them.

At that time, Konoha still had a high-ranking group of Kage-level ninjas, led by the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, as well as his father, the White Fang of Konoha, Sakumo Hatake, his teacher, the Yellow Flash Minato Namikaze, the Legendary Sannin of Konoha, and a series of other Kage-level masters.

At that time, Konoha was so powerful that it could still win even when facing multiple battles at the same time.

The current Konoha is much weaker than before, and even Orochimaru dares to openly prepare for the Konoha Collapse Plan.

What's even more terrifying is that if all the members of this organization are at least Kage-level, then who would be their leader?

It's not something an ordinary person can do to make so many Kage-level masters submit.

Kakashi Hatake had a vague feeling that he was beginning to grasp the truth of this world.

At the same time, his last remaining doubts about Kitahara Kaede's diary vanished without a trace.

Neither of the events depicted in these two videos actually occurred, but they align well with his self-perception.

It seems it's time to learn from Kai how to judge someone's movements by observing only their feet, or, if you can't look into their eyes, can you judge by their shoulder movements?

After all, one characteristic of Sharingan genjutsu is that it must be performed through the eyes as a medium.

Thinking of this, Kakashi Hatake immediately burned the piece of paper to ashes with a lamp. Nothing recorded on this paper could be leaked to the outside world, not even a little bit.

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Meanwhile, Sasuke Uchiha stared intently at the diary, only giving up after confirming there were no further entries.

The diary that suddenly appeared today gave him access to a series of information that he would never have known before.

For example, after passing the Ninja Academy's exams soon, his team leader, Jonin, will be Kakashi Hatake, Konoha's top technician.

For example, Itachi Uchiha will soon return to Konoha.

In the past, he would have definitely tried every means to kill Itachi Uchiha, but now his desire has diminished a lot because he has witnessed Itachi Uchiha's strength.

He is not afraid of death; if he could kill Itachi Uchiha, he would die immediately.

However, his strength is now far inferior to Itachi Uchiha's. Kakashi Hatake's strength is already far above his, but he was still instantly killed by Itachi Uchiha in one move. If it were him, Itachi Uchiha might not even need to use Tsukuyomi to easily kill him.

He wouldn't rashly throw his life away; he needed to find a way to actually kill Itachi Uchiha.

It seems that simply training with Kakashi Hatake won't get us to this point, so should we consider joining Orochimaru's side?

This was a choice made out of necessity, because Orochimaru was undoubtedly up to no good.

However, Kakashi Hatake, who was capable, willing, and had no ill intentions, did not have the ability to defeat Itachi Uchiha.

Where does the real difference lie?

Was it those two Mangekyou Sharingan?

Is it really necessary to have those eyes to defeat him?

He knew the price to pay for those eyes; he wasn't completely unaware.

Is it necessary to kill your best friend?