Chapter 209: The Naturally Sunny Uchiha x Test on the School Field
A slow spring day, the sun warm and bright.
In the small courtyard belonging to Fugaku Uchiha, adjacent to the Konoha commercial district, within the Uchiha clan compound.
At that time, the Uchiha had not yet been suspected by the higher-ups led by Danzo due to the Nine-Tails incident and forced to move to the outskirts of Konoha.
As usual, Roy created a clone to go to the Ninja Academy, while he himself lay flat on the wooden corridor of the small courtyard. A velvet rug underneath him, his head resting on Itachi's lap, letting the boy gently massage his temples. Listening to the water trickling from the bamboo fountain into the basin, watering the flower bed beside it... Roy pinched a wisp of spring breeze with his right hand. With a flick of his fingers, specks of fluorescent light appeared. Consuming a trace of Nen, he used "De-Conjuration" to summon the crumpled Structure of Divine Script given by Ging and continued studying...
Itachi knelt quietly, acting as his big brother's pillow. His clear, precocious eyes rippled slightly. It was his first time seeing Nii-san use the [Summoning Jutsu].
[Summoning Jutsu]: A type of Space-Time Ninjutsu, similar to a contract summoning. The user can sign a blood contract with a summoning beast in advance, determine specific hand seals (Boar, Dog, Bird, Monkey, Ram), and consume Chakra to summon it to the battlefield, such as the "Sannin" and their "Toad," "Snake," "Slug"... Non-blood contracts can also be used to seal items or ninja tools into scrolls in advance and summon them via hand seals during use, like Tenten's various ninja tools or Sai's [Super Beast Scroll]...
Ever since Itachi gained consciousness, he would watch various Ninjutsu Roy collected openly or secretly, just like today. Naturally, he had an impression of the [Summoning Jutsu].
Unfortunately, limited by age and this world's cognition of "power," Itachi didn't know... this was actually not [Summoning Jutsu] but [De-Conjuration]... "Nothing cannot be Conjured, nothing cannot be De-Conjured." The scope of "Summoning" was far deeper and broader than [Summoning Jutsu]...
"Nii-san, what is [Divine Script]?"
The crumpled paper was densely covered with scribbled words. These words, like Ging, were sloppy, fitting his identity as a Ruins Hunter... Itachi started learning to read at just over one year old and could follow Roy watching Ninjutsu at two. He barely recognized the words "Divine Script" from the scribble and leaned in to watch with Roy...
Roy smiled warmly. "You can think of it as a scroll, a scroll that can seal any 'Ninjutsu' inside, usable just by injecting Chakra."
"A scroll?"
"Yes... It can make a paralyzed person stand up and walk... make the blind see light... make dogs speak human language... make thunder rise from flat ground... snow in midsummer... As long as you want, you can help others achieve it through it..."
Itachi was stunned. "Can it also help those uncles who lost arms and legs recover?"
Referring to the wounded clan members who just returned from the battlefield... Roy's eyes moved. Recalling that after the war ended, his father Fugaku took Itachi's small hand to visit the wounded, Roy understood and smiled. "Why not?"
"Father said it." Itachi's voice was low. "Father told me to remember the names and faces of those uncles. When I go to the battlefield in the future, I must protect myself well. If I lose my hands, I can no longer form seals and be a ninja."
Seals... Roy's thoughts churned, Indra's face reflecting in his mind. The eldest son of the Sage of Six Paths, the ancestor of the Uchiha clan, who developed "Hand Seals" to allow ordinary people to use Chakra... He is gone, but Chakra continues to be passed down in generation after generation of Uchiha...
Seemingly unwilling, or perhaps unwilling because he failed to compete with his brother Asura to inherit Ninshu from his father...
A sighing spring breeze blew, swaying the bangs on the brothers' foreheads...
Roy put away Structure of Divine Script, letting it dissipate into fluorescent light at his fingertips. Sitting up, he smiled and rubbed Itachi's obedient little head. "Itachi, the world is vast and full of wonders. Normal people might grow two extra arms; why can't severed limbs be regenerated?"
Saying this, Roy grew two arms from his ribs using [Limb Regeneration] learned from the Hand Demon. Spreading four arms like a god or demon, with the brilliant sun behind his head casting a "four-armed shadow" enveloping little Itachi.
Itachi's small body knelt on the wooden corridor, listening to the trickling water... his mouth opened slightly...
Then his chubby face was pinched gently by Roy. "So, my foolish brother, don't assume something doesn't exist just because you haven't seen it..."
A figure was vaguely reflected on the sliding door leading to the room.
Fugaku Uchiha, having pulled an all-nighter at the Police Force, returned from duty, the corner of his mouth twitching... Who is this brat hinting at?
Creeak~ Fugaku slid the door open and walked out, sitting next to his sons. He took out a still-warm paper bag from his clothes and opened it... It was "Three-Color Dango," Roy and Itachi's favorite.
Brightly colored dango made of glutinous rice or potato flour, soft skin, filled with matcha or syrup, moderately sweet and salty. One bite, if filled enough, could even burst... Fugaku took a skewer and handed it to Itachi, then glared at Roy. "You have many arms, take it yourself."
Roy smiled, retracted the extra arms, took a skewer, popped one in his mouth, and chewed with squinted eyes.
Then he heard Fugaku sigh. "It's a pity for those uncles of yours. The village will give some pension for appearances sake, but if relations worsen in the future..."
"I'll write it down." Roy chewed the dango, taste buds opening, savoring the explosion of "sweet" and "salty" in his mouth. He said casually, "Whether it's called [Limb Regeneration Technique]... or [Severed Limb Regrowth Technique], Father can take it..."
Fugaku's Adam's apple bobbed. He opened his mouth to say something but finally nodded gently. He ate dango with Roy and Itachi, watching the blue sky, rolling clouds, and bright spring day. A moment later, he said, "Roy, once this Jutsu comes out, the clan won't be able to hide it..."
A Jutsu capable of regenerating severed limbs... Needless to say for the Medical Corps, any ninja, whether they've been to the battlefield or not, knows clearly... how valuable this Jutsu is!
After all, ninjas ultimately rely on hand seals to connect with Chakra and release Ninjutsu... Even someone as strong as Orochimaru couldn't avoid this process.
In the original story, after invading Konoha and having his arms taken by Hiruzen Sarutobi via [Dead Demon Consuming Seal], not a day passed that he didn't want to restore his arms. But once the soul is gone, it's gone. Even reincarnating into a new body is useless...
Roy understood this principle well and knew that if any Uchiha with missing limbs appeared fully recovered, it would be impossible to hide from Konoha. He finished his dango and smiled at Fugaku. "Uchiha lives are lives, Konoha lives are lives too. If it can help those disabled people resume the path of a ninja, even if they are outsiders, I have no objection."
The boy was open and magnanimous. His words fell like the blazing sun, radiating warm light, reflected in Itachi's eyes... Itachi's small mouth was stuffed full of dango, looking like a squirrel with nuts, whispering, "Nii-san..."
Fugaku, sandwiched in the middle, was slightly stunned... Really dazzling... He reached out and patted Roy's shoulder. "Don't worry, we won't give it for free. At least... with this Jutsu, anyone who learns it... will owe us a favor in the future."
One more thing... Fugaku didn't say. If the clan and the village really fall out in the future, with this favor, the higher-ups might have some scruples, perhaps weighing more carefully when suppressing the Uchiha...
"Mm." Roy finished the dango, clasped his hands behind his head, lay back on the rug, and enjoyed the sun comfortably. Beside him, the light bent... Fugaku lay down too, pulling Itachi into his arms, saying leisurely, "I received news that the Hokage went to the school this morning."
Roy closed his eyes, silent. After a long while, he said faintly, "I saw."
Ninja Academy. An old man and a young boy exchanged a glance through the clean glass window...
The moment Hiruzen Sarutobi appeared outside the classroom with his hands behind his back, wearing the Haori and Hokage hat... it immediately triggered a wave of noise and commotion.
The substitute teacher for "Ninjutsu" was Yuu Yoshioka, an old Chunin of civilian origin, quite accomplished in "Fire Style Ninjutsu." Tired of battlefield slaughter, he retired behind the scenes, choosing to cultivate talents for Konoha... Hearing the noise, he hurried out and greeted Hiruzen excitedly, "Yuu Yoshioka greets Hokage-sama."
"It's the Hokage!"
"It's Hokage-sama!"
"Hey... am I seeing things... he really looks like the face on the Hokage Rock!"
"Nonsense! That was carved based on Hokage-sama's appearance!"
As Yuu Yoshioka bowed to greet Hiruzen... the little ninjas disregarded classroom discipline, pushing tables and chairs, surrounding Hiruzen in a circle.
In an instant...
The empty classroom left only Roy sitting alone in the last row, chin in hand, boredly staring at Hiruzen across the heads of the crowd.
"I'm here."
"You're here."
"You don't seem to welcome me."
"Should I?"
Silent communication passed through their gazes, sparking slightly...
Hiruzen moved. In his early fifties, he was in his prime, far from appearing old later. Wearing a kind smile, like treating his own nephew, he withdrew his gaze and looked at the little ninjas surrounding him, patting this one, pinching that one. Then he turned to ask Yuu Yoshioka, "What are you teaching today?"
Yoshioka hurriedly said, "Fire Style,"
The old Chunin, about forty years old, looked older than Hiruzen due to daily toil. He added, "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu."
This was his best Ninjutsu, the most presentable one.
Although it's a basic D-rank Ninjutsu, inferior to the C-rank "Grand Fireball." But for... a group of Academy students who aren't even Genin, getting a glimpse of "Fire attribute" Chakra and releasing it, even a small flame, is not easy.
Hiruzen gave a "Hmm" and nodded gently. "Fire Style is good. This old man is also good at Fire Style. Go to the training field, let me see... if our little ninjas have improved."
"Yes," Yoshioka, with a nervous heart, raised his voice, "Everyone, accept Hokage-sama's inspection!"
"Osu!" No need for Yoshioka's specific instruction, some little ninjas were already gearing up, eager to show off in front of Hiruzen. After all... this is the Hokage, the ultimate goal every ninja pursues, and... the dream they yearn for!
Tap... tap... Footsteps sounded. Several little ninjas who believed they mastered the "Fireball Jutsu" ran out of the crowd towards the training field first.
Yoshioka followed the flow, turning to shout at Roy, "Jin Uchiha, what are you standing there for?"
Clone Roy, although not as powerful as "Taichi" modified by [Flesh Clone], mastered one-tenth of Roy's power... He stood up unhurriedly, the last to leave the classroom...
Beside him, Hiruzen slowed down deliberately, walking with him. Scrutinizing him for a while, he said warmly in a volume only the two could hear, "Child, this old man never thought the day would come when I'd be caught. You..."
"Are the first!"
Whether the [Telescope Technique] is powerful enough can be seen from the Great Toad Sage Gamamaru of Mount Myoboku, who grew up with the Sage of Six Paths. Using a crystal as a medium, he could view the world without leaving home... even finding people in the void with a trace of their Chakra.
Even if... Hiruzen's mastery of this Jutsu is inferior to Gamamaru who mastered "Senjutsu," and the monitoring range is limited to Konoha... just developing the [Telescope Technique] independently without Gamamaru's guidance proves the name "Professor of Ninjutsu" isn't undeserved.
"Hokage-sama worries too much, just a coincidence." With shoulder-length black hair, Roy walked slowly... showing calmness in every word. His face was cold like Fugaku's, but with less worry between his brows, adding a bit of indifference and... confidence. Looking... out of place with his peers...
"Heh heh..." Hiruzen smiled, surprisingly not continuing on this topic. Like an elder looking at his nephew, he teased Roy, "It seems you don't get along well with your classmates..."
Roy narrowed his eyes, smiling back. "You're wrong about that. I receive a pile of love letters every day."
"Oh?" The old man stopped, looking at the boy seriously, nodding in agreement. "Indeed, if I were your classmate, I'd be jealous of you too."
"So..." Roy spread his hands. "This is the trouble of being handsome..."
"Hahaha..." Hiruzen laughed heartily, his volume rising uncontrollably, causing Yuu Yoshioka leading the way to look back frequently.
The old Chunin looked at Roy in surprise, then stole a glance at Hiruzen... Unexpectedly... the Uchiha kid could chat so well with Hokage-sama. He deeply imprinted this scene in his heart.
10:00 AM. The sun in the sky climbed slowly but firmly towards the zenith...
After laughing, Hiruzen patted Roy's back, moving as the boy moved, sighing with emotion. "Usually, I tell your father not to be so uptight. You, on the other hand, are not like an Uchiha at all..."
The naturally evil Uchiha is far less sunny than the boy... This was something Hiruzen hadn't expected...
The two walked arm in arm. Soon... the training field came into view...
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