September 18, 62 Konoha
Konoha, Land of Fire
Uchiha Main Residence
Uchiha Itachi woke up listening to the dripping rain outside the window. It was his bed.
His bedroom was his home. No one could avoid missing their hometown when they were away from home, but they missed it so much that they couldn't wait to make it.
It was Itachi's first time.
His father didn't collapse on the hospital bed without dignity, and drinking caused an old injury didn't sound pitiful or sad, and the calm expression on his face when he was being loaded proved that his father didn't mind how he died. So there was really nothing to be sad about? Ninjas shouldn't be obsessed with life and death.
But standing in front of the tombstone in the gloomy afternoon a year later, Itachi felt a little sad. Thinking about it carefully, his father Uchiha Fugaku didn't have many leisurely days in his life. "Sasuke, don't sleep anymore.
Wake up, I promised to help you with a new training plan for the morning exercise. "
"Five more minutes, let me sleep for five more minutes."
Itachi listened to Sasuke moaning as he hugged the pillow.
He quietly got up and tucked his brother in. Konoha's girls did prefer boys with a distant temperament in recent years.
But who knew what the cool little handsome boys outside were like at home? For example, Sasuke was no different from Naruto, who hugged his father's leg and acted like a spoiled child since he was a child.
No, they weren't children anymore. In the blink of an eye, many years had passed.
Uchiha Sasuke was also a teenager. Itachi poked his brother's sharp chin that had lost all the baby fat and his clean face that didn't even have a pimple scar. Then he touched his own wrinkles that grew deeper and deeper … They were siblings, and only Sasuke inherited all the advantages of his parents' facial features.
"Why do you keep looking at me?" After all, Sasuke was a Sasuke who had undergone strict training. If he said he would sleep for five more minutes, then he would sleep for five more minutes. "Brother?"
"I'm not looking at you." Itachi turned around and walked into the bathroom.
He took out an electric razor and started shaving.
Last year, he could shave for four or five days.
This year, it became every morning.
Sasuke was very envious, "Shikamaru Choji and the others already have stubble, but I'm still a little hairy."
"So be it." Itachi was actually quite satisfied with his hair. "If you're still as slippery as a little girl when you're 20 years old, it's not too late to worry then. Also, it was very troublesome to shave every day. I strongly suspect that Kakashi -senpai never takes off his mask because he's too lazy to shave. After all, he's a white-haired man. It's not a problem for him to have white hair, but it would be strange if he didn't shave his white beard clean. "
"Bro, don't you think you've become more lively recently?" Sasuke jumped off the bed, his underwear swaying.
Itachi nodded. "Sasuke seems to be a lot more lively. You didn't dare to be so casual at home before."
It was probably because he didn't have his father to take care of things all day long. Sasuke thought so but didn't say so. He looked at his sleeping hairstyle in the mirror and unceremoniously pushed his brother away, occupying the washbasin and shampoo. "But Kakashi, maybe it's because he's over 30 years old and still doesn't grow a beard that he won't take it off even if he's beaten to death."
"Hearing you say that, it's not impossible." Itachi obediently leaned on the side and slowly shaved. "After all, Kakashi -senpai was still young when he transplanted his Sharingan. His body was still growing, so it's true that taking Chakra every day would affect his growth. Well, I can seriously discuss this topic with my subordinates when I go back. "
"…" Hey, brother, it's okay for brothers to talk about the fifth generation leader in private at home, but it's too much to discuss it with your subordinates when you go out!
"At worst, I'll just fight with Kakashi -senpai. It's better than not knowing what to talk about with my subordinates every day." Itachi sighed. "Anbu Squad Captain, Anbu Field Captain, Naruto Guard Captain, Anbu Field Captain. Don't care about the Captain, the Captain's duty is to lead the team to success. Whoever affects the mission can be scolded. If it doesn't work, kick them out and replace them. Anyway, the team members have to listen to the Captain. But it's a headache to be stationed. There's no clear action target and schedule. A group of people living in a place collectively, and people from various departments are mixed together. Your subordinates, my subordinates, and his subordinates will inevitably bump into each other. It's fine if it's a serious matter, but most of the time, it's just some trivial things that I have nothing to do. It's not like I can beat them twenty times each time and let them train. "
"It sounds quite difficult."
"It's not difficult. Four Generations taught me how to smooth things over. Talk about gossip and jokes and let everyone focus all their remaining energy on the great business of chatting."
"It sounds quite impressive."
"It's already very impressive."
"But thinking about it carefully, brother, you guys are really boring."
"You should continue to look at your brother with admiration."
"Then the foam fell into my eyes." Sasuke felt for a towel and wiped his eyes.
Itachi pulled out the nozzle and helped Sasuke rinse his hair. He sighed. A five-year-old brother and a ten-year-old brother, a fifteen-year-old brother and a twenty-year-old brother, and in the future, a twenty-year-old brother and a twenty-five-year-old brother … The younger brother would never be older than the older brother, but once the two of them became adults, the difference of five years was not much different from the difference of five months. "Sigh."
"Sigh, you grow old quickly. Brother, you already look old." Sasuke finished rinsing and drying his hair.
Itachi pointed a finger at Sasuke's forehead. "Have you noticed that the older you grow, the less cute you are. Have you finally reached your rebellious period?"
"I don't have a rebellious period." Sasuke remembered that every time he pestered his brother when he was young, his brother would tap his forehead, and then he would quiet down.
"There's nothing wrong with having a rebellious period." Itachi looked at the motionless Sasuke and finally laughed. He still remembered why he liked to poke Sasuke's forehead so much. It was because his younger brother, who had just learned how to run, liked to run around like the ninja cat at home. He was so noisy that he couldn't do his homework properly. So he thought that if the ninja cat could calm down by tapping its forehead and looking at it seriously, then what would happen to his younger brother?
"Brother, you don't look handsome at all when you smile."
"I'm thinking, is father always pulling a long face because he doesn't like how he looks when he smiles?"
"It's a personality problem."
Itachi wanted to tell Sasuke that their father was actually a very funny person, but he swallowed the words back. Since his father tried his best to be serious in front of his two sons when he was alive, he said, "By the way, I was dealing with family affairs yesterday. When I came back at night, you had already occupied half of my bed … I heard that you've been lucky recently?"
Sasuke had a headache. "Come on, brother, it's more like a romantic disaster."
"How many times did Sakura and Miss Eddy Phosphorus fight?"
"Brother, why are you looking forward to seeing me make a fool out of myself like mom?" Sasuke quickly changed the topic. "By the way …"
"Yeah."
"It's okay." Sasuke wanted to ask his brother if he knew if Naruto's father and his mother had any old grudges. The evening before yesterday, Four Generations came to pay respects to their father with a small white flower and quarreled with their mother in front of the grave. Although he was separated by Naruto's guards and the Anbu after only a second, he did see his mother grab Four Generations' collar. Sasuke initially thought that Four Generations and his mother quarreled because of Eddy Phosphorus. Naruto also said that his father was particularly against Aromatic Phosphorus coming to Uchiha's house. But on second thought, even if Naruto and Mrs. Uchiha had a conflict because of such a small matter, the guards didn't have to directly clear the place.
"Hesitant." Itachi frowned. "Something happened at home?"
"No, I just want brother to help me ask. My teammate Naruto is a Jonin, and my girlfriend Sakura was promoted to a Chunin in the hospital." Sasuke gave up. His brother finally came back, and he didn't know how long he would be outside. He shouldn't disturb his brother's vacation with his suspicions … Since there were no consequences, and it would be very embarrassing if he really asked. "Also, my Jonin mentor Kakashi is Fifth Generations, and my mentor Yamato is always with Four Generations. So who should I, a Genin, follow now? A Genin always has to follow someone. "
Itachi cleaned up the razor. He felt that it was a good thing that Sasuke's promotion was slow. "Okay, let's go do some morning exercises. Who knows if my vacation will be announced to be over in the next second."
Sasuke hurried back to his room to wash his face and brush his teeth. He went to the bathroom to change his clothes, and dragged his brother to the training ground in the morning light. Yes, strength was the most important thing for a ninja!
After the brothers left, Mikoto Uchiha walked out of the room with a smile. She walked into the kitchen with a smile and picked up the knife to chop the dumpling filling. She chopped it in half and changed it again … She was very happy that Itachi could make it back in time, but more than 36 hours had passed, and Konoha still hadn't given her the explanation she wanted. Did he really think that women were easy to bully?
Konoha Konoha Hospital in the Land of Fire.
Naruto's private ward, bedroom.
Bo Fung Watergate's original intention was to let Itachi come back to comfort the woman, then investigate the inside story and personally give an explanation, but he couldn't stop investigating. "Kakashi!"
"Don't be angry. Go and sleep before the sun rises." In the end, Kina couldn't change anything by arguing. Her man had many considerate subordinates to help him tidy up the documents on the floor. As a result, Watergate's satisfaction with Kakashi's performance went from being dissatisfied to being angry, to being so angry that he couldn't eat dinner, and to sleeping at night, his heart monitor beeped non-stop. In short, Kina didn't dare to argue with Watergate anymore. Instead, she had to comfort him from time to time. "Strictly speaking, Kakashi didn't do anything wrong."
"He didn't do anything wrong! Because he really didn't do anything! He didn't do anything at all! "
"He did do something. Look, he cooperated well with the Kazekage's Mizukage, Lei Ying. Everything about the reform of several major countries and ninja villages is proceeding in an orderly manner according to the plan. Isn't Konoha stable now? "
"But what about other things?" Minato understood that Kakashi blocked the news of him for his own good. Yesterday, he told Kakashi that "he's doing the same". However, when he came in contact with the news of Obito and Aoba again, he still felt uncomfortable. Even now, he was still a little breathless. But, "Should we kill Konan or let go of the Rain Ninjas? Itachi gave him eight hundred reports, but Kakashi still couldn't make up his mind on what to do with the Rain Village! National Capital, I took the blame for him, and Shikaku was also prepared to let His Majesty die at any time, but His Majesty is still alive after a month! He's really going to give birth to a child! And Belt Soil … Kakashi can kill Belt Soil with his own hands … Yes, I'm old and weak! I can't kill Belt Soil, and I can't kill Aoha Yamashiro! Aoha is the person I trust the most. I trust him enough to let Zhiwei train him, and I trust him enough to give him the outside intelligence that I spent countless efforts on! What's the outside intelligence for? It's for me to monitor Konoha outside of Konoha. To put it bluntly, he's no different from Danzō. He's only responsible to Bo Fung Watergate, not to Naruto, the leader of the Four Generations! If my reform fails and the predecessor dies, Aoha is Naruto's escape route! So why did Kakashi let Aoha Yamashiro, who betrayed us, live! For the sake of research, he should've given him to Kabuto, what's the point of putting him in prison! "
"Calm down, Watergate." Kina sighed, "Aoha is really wronged."
"What's wrong with him!" Watergate sighed, "He doesn't know that Belt Soil is the masked man, but Aoha and Belt Soil didn't just meet this April. They've been together for a long time and didn't report to me. He even helped Belt Soil hide it from Zhiwei. Kina, Youjiwei is still Naruto's subordinate, but Aoha Yamashiro was Bo Fung Watergate's eyes from the beginning. My eyes deceived me. Kina, do you think Aoha Yamashiro knows that he's betraying me? He knows it's a betrayal, but he still did it. Is there a more serious betrayal than this? Since he's a traitor, then you can't trust Aoha Yamashiro's words from the beginning … Kakashi still wants to interrogate him? How many times did that kid get beaten up by me for doing things behind my back? How can he not remember? "
"…" Kina was shrouded in sadness. Years of political struggle and countless betrayals made her husband completely lose the ability to trust others wholeheartedly.
"Even Aoha betrayed me, then the entire external intelligence network should be suspicious! That's the truth. I, Naruto, Bo Fung Watergate, the leader of Four Generations, caused Konoha's entire external intelligence network to be destroyed because I trusted the wrong person. After that, Akatsuki, Payne, and others. Wasn't it all because of the failure of the external intelligence network that was supposed to work? " Watergate would never admit his major failure, nor could he admit that the reason why Naruto, the leader of Four Generations, was so trusted was because he had never failed. "Even the external intelligence network was preserved. Kakashi is stupid. Shikaku shouldn't have not figured it out. Did his old injury really cause his IQ to drop?"
The only reason it didn't drop was because Belt Soil's identity as the masked man was exposed. That shameless bastard was scared out of his wits. Kina Maelstrom hugged Watergate from behind.
"And Orochimaru. I'm not surprised that he's still alive. Belt Soil and Aoha have already swapped bodies. Orochimaru, who has been researching how to occupy a healthy body to continue living, how could he die?" Watergate couldn't feel Kina's weight. "I don't know what Orochimaru wants to do. Kakashi isn't wrong to delay him. But Eddy Phosphorus … Kina, Aromatic Phosphorus came from Orochimaru. You know … "
Kina kissed Watergate directly on the lips. This was the good thing about ghosts. When they kissed humans, they had to go around to the front.
But ghosts couldn't shut people's mouths. Watergate was still silent in annoyance. "The news of Aromatic Phosphorus being adopted by me and chasing after Sasuke has spread all over the world. After that, Orochimaru sent another person over. Orochimaru didn't react. Didn't anyone find it strange? Aromatic Phosphorus is such a precious experimental material … "
"Orochimaru might just be showing goodwill to Konoha. Kina didn't know how to appease the irritable Naruto. If she was still alive, Watergate would have already picked her up, closed the door, and turned off the lights. "Or just like Mikoto Uchiha wants to end your feud before you officially retire, Orochimaru is the same."
Watergate flipped to the bill full of his signature and tore it into pieces. "He even sent the bill back. Even if I used my brain to think, I wouldn't pay for him … So, what is Orochimaru doing?"
"Bargaining?" Kina suddenly felt helpless. "You used to do this a lot. Wasn't it the same when you ordered a three-pronged kunai? The shop owner asked you how much the budget was. You asked the shop owner to quote a price. The shop owner said that if you didn't give me a budget, how could I quote a price? You said that if he didn't quote a price, how could you make a budget? Then you went back and forth for a few days and still couldn't make your special kunai. "
"That's because I don't have the money, and I'm afraid that the shop owner will use the materials I want to make weapons for someone else. If I stall for time, I'll get the mission fee later." Watergate took out his kunai. In fact, it was just ordinary steel. It would rust and need to be ground down after a long time. But compared to other people's iron shurikens, having some steel was already good enough. "But Orochimaru himself is money. He has enough to trade with Konoha. What does he have to stall for … "
"What's the matter, Watergate?"
Bo Fung Watergate suddenly stood up. "You there, Yamato, Shisui, Genma, and Itachi, gather here."
"Watergate, what are you doing?"
"I have to meet with Orochimaru."
Kina finally got angry when she heard this. "Bo Fung Watergate! You're crazy! The hospital said that you won't die as long as you obediently stay at home, eat, sleep, read books, and walk lions! They didn't ask you to do whatever you want! We still don't know if Orochimaru is friend or foe. Wouldn't it be better to leave him for Kakashi to deal with? "
"If Kakashi could deal with him, he wouldn't have delayed it until now." Watergate paced around the room with his hands behind his back. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. "I thought that Orochimaru was the least urgent matter, but you reminded me. Kakashi is delaying Orochimaru, but isn't Orochimaru also delaying Kakashi?"
"Bo Fung Watergate!"
"Orochimaru wants to talk to Konoha. It's best to take advantage of him while he's in the dark and Konoha is in the light. The longer he delays, the higher the risk of Konoha revealing his trump card."
"Bo Fung Watergate, you bastard!"
"If I'm just being paranoid, there's no harm in being more cautious. If … what's the matter that's worth Orochimaru delaying?"
Delaying was a necessity for humans.
…
Tomorrow was September 19, 62 Konoha.
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