The night is as cold as boiled water.
The light rain is sizzling.
The human heart is like a dried chili, it steams when it's put in the pot.
The truth is that I don't know how to reasonably and correctly use — the language — to express my current, moving feeling of wanting to cut someone! Yes, moved.
After all, I'm a super ninjutsu genius, not a useless scholar. No.
Sama. Please don't tell me that since I can understand ninjutsu scrolls and quest scrolls at the age of 3, it's impossible for me not to understand novels and documents!
Novels.
Ninjutsu scrolls and documents in Naruto's office are never the same thing.
So, my beloved head of Four Generations Naruto, I'm sorry.
I've let you down. And.
You're not wrong.
You're looking at me right now.
The first Naruto's office director. You're the captain of the Naruto guard. I don't know what the last place in the Naruto guard is.
Uchiha Itachi's resignation letter.
I'm grateful that I've had the opportunity to be close to you for 20 months in my perhaps short life. During this time, I've learned a lot and understood a lot.
It's also made me truly understand what Konoha is and what this world is. Although all of that seems to be completely different from what I imagined before. However, being able to face reality bravely.
It's also a virtue that I expect. I don't want to see a self-deceiving self. I think.
Sama, you don't want to have a subordinate who delights in self-deceiving.
So.
My resignation is serious.
It's thoughtful. I'm sure I can't love my current job. Of course, obeying orders is also a ninja virtue. So, if you really need a more reasonable reason than "I don't want to do it anymore," does taking care of your sick father count?
My father, your former comrade-in-arms, Uchiha Fugaku, is old.
Perhaps I'm still young and can't really understand what it means to grow old, but it can be seen. It can make a shrewd ninja believe a lie willingly, and it can also make a once determined ninja become weak. Just like my father.
I don't like my father like this, but I don't want him to be unable to find me when he needs me. So, do you feel gratified and understand what I'm saying? Sir Naruto, who has a cute son, will definitely understand. Perhaps you didn't notice it, but when you ate the food sent by Young Master Naruto while working overtime, the glow on your face was really unforgettable.
Of course, I know, even if the reasons above are reasonable in this era of peace. But as Konoha Ninjas, apart from obeying orders, serving Konoha is also my duty in this life. Even if I didn't understand it before, the 20 months of work have made me understand it deeply. For a successful field ninja, what does it mean to have a stable and well-functioning rear? I'm really grateful.
But at the same time, please forgive me once again for not wanting to continue in my current job. No, no, my lord. It's not that I don't want to stay at home, or that I'm tired of being by your side. Home is very good, and to be able to work with Golden Flash is the dream of every young Konoha ninja. But I still want to say, in fact, even if you give me a certain death mission, like a suicide squad, and even if I die in vain, I'll die for you and Konoha without hesitation — of course, that's only limited to combat missions. But, my lord, I really don't want to be crushed by documents. A man, a capable man, should take advantage of his youth to establish a career. This is youth. You can understand, my lord. This period of time is very short for a ninja.
I don't want to waste my youth and years!
My apologies, my lord, I seem to have accidentally said something inappropriate. But I think, in front of you, there's nothing I don't dare to say.
I know, you seem to have a lot of expectations for me. In order to train me, who always messes up things, you even specially called back Huo Xuanmen -senpai, who has been by your side for at least 15 years, to give me special guidance. But, my lord, you also noticed that it didn't have any effect. Because the guidance I need should be in the training field, and the mentor I need is called Golden Flash. Well, Golden Flash doesn't have time … No, Kakashi -senpai is better than nothing. Ah, my lord, I'm not looking down on your only disciple. After all, he's called Konoha's Master and is proficient in all kinds of ninjutsu. No matter how strong he is, there are still a lot of SSS-ranked mission records in the Anbu section waiting for me to refresh! So in comparison, the weak Jonin who always has Senbons in his mouth and makes people want to slap him is really annoying!
Of course, my lord, he seems to be favored by you. After all, he's the Shadow Guard who has been with you for the longest time, and he's really one of your own.
There's even a rumor that the first finance minister of Konoha's Ministry of Finance, who has been preparing for almost a year, is him. Although I feel that he's taken advantage of, I heard that he's really good at addition, subtraction, multiplication, and subtraction. He's even known as Konoha's Human Calculator No. 2. I know that you like people to call him that. And since he's a calculator, he's liberating a lot of ninjas who have potential in other areas … They don't have to suffer the pain of accounting and documents.
So, I've never doubted your ability to make good use of people.
Then, my lord, what about me?
Are you sure? Although I don't like people calling me that, but I'm the genius Itachi, that's a fact. Just like how Golden Flash is Golden Flash, that's a fact that no one can refute. And my ambition has always been to become a famous ninja like the Golden Flash, a super ninja with outstanding strength. And I have the capital to work hard for my ambition. I'm so young, but I've already opened a three tomoe Sharingan! I don't doubt that I'm now the strongest person in the Uchiha family.
You see, even the uncle who sells meat in the Konoha market is the same. Finally, a beautiful butcher's knife, shining with a cold light. And then? It's not going to be hung on the wall as an ornament, right? That's a waste. Waste is a crime. It's like I have a super powerful Sharingan and all kinds of powerful ninjutsu, but I don't have a chance to use them. My lord, you have a sharp weapon like me, but you don't use it! That's a waste! Really, my lord. Konoha has always been short on money and people, and you've always been spending money in half, so how can I be so shamelessly wasteful!
So, my lord, please don't be polite about how you're going to use me, and continue with your original plan. There's really no need to pay attention to the request of my useless father who's starting to become indecisive.
I know that he's asked you.
What he's thinking, I can guess.
But strength, martial arts, and fists are the fairest things in the world. As the future Patriarch of the Uchiha Clan, I don't want my clan to have people who should do this kind of thing, including myself.
This is the most important reason for a leader. Just like your teachings. Huo Xuanmen, who's not that strong, is suitable to use the abacus to settle accounts, and I, the powerful Uchiha Itachi, should return to the Anbu, continue to work hard to break Kakashi senpai's record, and wait for the younger generation to break my record!
Of course, there will definitely be people who will object. Uchiha Itachi's use plan has already been classified as a civilian administrative sequence, and when he first joined the guard, he was already a nepote who tarnished the Fair Code. How can he not want to do it now and leave just like that?
Alright, that's my fault. I shouldn't have impulsively submitted the change of position without doing any research. But who would've thought that the most elite of Konoha's guards, Naruto's secret guard, would have to deal with mountains of documents and various logistics? Of course, logistics is necessary. Because the target of service is you and your family, even cleaning toilets is a normal job for the guards. But what's with dealing with documents? Aren't Naruto's guards responsible for protecting Naruto and his family's safety!
I also admit that my impulsiveness at that time was indeed selfish and lustful. I've never denied it, my lord. Apart from the vanity of being recognized as having the qualifications and ability to protect Naruto, I also want to learn Thor. When I thought of the opportunity to learn Thor, I was so excited that even my little finger trembled. Because what I'm going to learn isn't the improved version used by the Anbu, it's the complete version, it's the powerful Golden Flash Ninjutsu. So far, as far as I know, apart from Kakashi, everyone in Konoha who knows that Ninjutsu is or was a member of Naruto's guards.
But 20 months have passed. Don't think that I didn't notice, my lord. Do you dare say that you didn't have the slightest intention of colluding with my father to use Thor to trick me!
My father is old and weak. Now he wants to keep his son by his side so that he can see him every day. But his son, I, don't want to waste my time like this.
An eagle should be flying in the sky, and its chest should be rippling like the sea and sky.
So, my lord. I quit, I can't do it anymore, I want to resign!
I'm like a knife that hasn't been used in a long time and is rusting in the basement. You don't want your good weapon to break because you don't use it often. So, please let me go back to the lovely field. I love Konoha, and I'm willing to give my life for you, but I don't want to stay in the office. I quit!
And before young master Naruto and Sasuke's children really grow up, Konoha really needs a new, powerful weapon.
I think I can do it.
My lord, what do you think?
As a child who was used by you to practice changing diapers, who was often patted on the head, who called you uncle Naruto countless times, I'm really … sorry, I've grown up.
So, please don't treat me like a child anymore.
Uchiha Weasel
Konoha 61 April 30
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A letter of resignation awaits.
It was already late at night. The cold wind blew, and the flashlights flickered.
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