Chapter 225: Discussing Heroes over Tea x First Encounter with Konoha's White Fang
A breakfast ended quickly in a somewhat awkward and strange atmosphere...
Obito was about to leave. The boy stood up to say goodbye. Itachi stood up to see him off. Mikoto opened the door, letting a ray of sunlight shine into the entryway. Roy was still sitting by the tatami, his back to everyone, drinking his post-meal tea. At some point, he said, "Brother Obito,"
Obito had just put on his shoes and suddenly turned his head. Roy looked over sideways: "Please use those eyes to properly protect what you want to protect."
Obito's body trembled. Recalling everything he had just experienced in the Genjutsu, he pulled his right fist down and said with utmost solemnity, "I will!"
Yes, definitely!
"Creak~" The door opened. "Goodbye, Jin,"
"Goodbye, Itachi,"
The boy bowed slightly to Mikoto, smiled brightly, and said, "I'll come visit again."
Turning to leave, Mikoto Uchiha leaned against the door, waving at the boy's back. "Next time you come, remember to take off your jacket. Auntie will wash it for you."
Obito felt warm in his heart. He nodded and stepped forward, running towards a training ground in the Northern Border Forest. Today, as usual, he was undergoing special training with his sensei, but... today was different. Obito's face was solemn. His right hand touched the corner of his eye, where a trace of blood-red faintly flowed. Unconsciously, his pace quickened, and he disappeared from the Uchiha clan compound in the blink of an eye.
"He is a pitiful child,"
"And also a strong child."
"Creak~" The door closed.
From the inner bedroom, Fugaku, wearing a black tight-fitting combat suit and a green Jonin flak jacket, paced out. He sat on the cushion Obito had just occupied, took a couple of quick bites of the breakfast Mikoto brought, and said in a deep voice, "If his sensei wasn't Minato Namikaze, the clan would allocate more resources to train him."
Minato Namikaze, the Yellow Flash, disciple of the Sannin, grand-disciple of the Hokage, lover of the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki... and a person highly regarded by Hiruzen Sarutobi. With debuffs stacked full, having such a person as a teacher... it was perfectly normal for the clan to treat him differently based on their stance.
"Father thinks I shouldn't have helped him awaken his eyes?" Roy drank his tea slowly, pretending to form hand seals and summoning a Shadow Clone, heading to the Ninja Academy as usual.
Fugaku finished breakfast, pulled Itachi into his arms, gently rubbed his head, and said, "You don't need to send a clone to school anymore. Hokage-sama has already approved your early graduation."
"He approved his part, but I didn't agree."
"You blew up the school," Fugaku glared at him.
Roy righteously corrected, "That wasn't blowing up... it was Hokage-sama wanting to test me."
"So, if there's anyone to blame, it can only be... Hokage-sama."
Fugaku: "..."
For a moment, he couldn't find any words to refute. After all, Roy stated a fact, except his "Fireball Jutsu" was too powerful to look like a D-rank Ninjutsu.
"Forget it," after a moment, the man sighed silently and said faintly to Roy, "I have no objection to you helping Obito awaken his eyes. He is also a child Sakumo has his eye on."
Sakumo?
That...
"Konoha's White Fang, Sakumo Hatake-sama?"
Itachi, snuggled in Fugaku's arms, poked his little head out and said, "Sakumo Hatake-sama also said last time that he wanted to be Nii-san's Jonin sensei."
"Yes, it's him." Fugaku gently helped Itachi tidy his hair, then looked at Roy and said, "He said that among the younger generation, he values three children the most,"
"Obito is one,"
"Might Duy's son, Might Guy, is one, and the other one is..."
"You."
Might Duy, Eight Inner Gates... Roy didn't care that he was favored by Sakumo Hatake. After all, the man was born with a pair of discerning eyes, and his strength was above the Sannin, nothing much to say. However... the secret technique of the Eight Inner Gates, at its upper limit, almost kicked Madara Uchiha to death, and could even snap a staff made of Truth-Seeking Balls. Its intensity was self-evident.
At least... Roy felt that the [Eight Inner Gates] was much more powerful than the "Demon Slayer Mark" or even the defense of an activated Susanoo!
"White Fang-sama praises me too much," Roy recovered his thoughts and replied indifferently. Calculating the time, there were only a few days left before the man's death. Perhaps it would be during his next... mission!
Fugaku hummed noncommittally, stood up, and went to work. Before leaving, the man suddenly said, "Jin, I don't ask for you to be exceptionally strong. I only hope you can be safe. Can you understand?"
Roy was slightly startled. He tilted his head to look at Fugaku again. For an instant, it was like seeing Silva. The figures of the two men faintly overlapped and intertwined at this moment... warming his eyes slightly. He lowered his eyelids and said softly, "Mm."
"Alright, let's go. Jin is older, isn't he more sensible than you?" Mikoto was at the entryway, pushing Fugaku out the door.
Beside Roy, Itachi quietly watched this scene. His gaze shifted from Mikoto to Fugaku from time to time, and finally lingered on Roy continuously, as if... he couldn't get enough.
After a while, the little one slipped out of Fugaku's embrace, stood up holding the table, grabbed Roy's arm with one hand, shook it, and said, "Nii-san, let's go practice swordsmanship too."
"Brother Shisui is probably already waiting at the training ground."
Roy reached out and pinched Itachi's slightly chubby face, drank the tea in his cup in one gulp, and smiled mischievously at the boy. "Then you'd better hurry up."
The person turned into a puff of white smoke with a "Poof~", disappearing instantly.
"This one is the Shadow Clone, so the one who just went out the door... was... Nii-san?" Itachi stood stunned for a long while, suddenly reacting, and sprinted after him. Before leaving the door, he took off his sword and gripped it tightly in his hand. This time... the boy secretly swore, he absolutely wouldn't be worse than Brother Shisui.
But, a difference of one year in age means a difference in strength... a difference of one year means a difference in experience... It was still the Ten Thousand Swings. Shisui was, after all, older than Itachi, by more than a year. With a basket full of stones hanging from the front of the sword, swinging it was still easier and steadier for him than for Itachi.
"One thousand... one thousand one... one thousand two..."
Southern Border Forest, a secluded training ground. The two little ones were swinging strenuously. Roy conjured the cane sword, holding [Solar Eclipse] while silently pondering nearby. Since achieving Bankai, he hadn't earnestly swung his sword for a while. Watching Shisui and Itachi, he couldn't help but recall the days he learned swordsmanship with Sakonji Urokodaki. Only then, he was accompanied by senior disciples like Sabito and Makomo, and now... they were replaced by his younger brothers.
It truly echoed the saying... time flies, but things change and people differ...
At that moment, a ray of sunlight hit him. The boy looked up at the sky; the bright sun seemed to be looking at him too. With much emotion, he assumed a stance, steadied his steps, gripped [Solar Eclipse] with both hands, raised the sword, and then closed his eyes to rest his mind...
Holding onto his original intention, it was like returning to Mt. Sagiri, covered in thick fog where the sun was never seen all day, practicing sword swings for the first time with his teacher Sakonji Urokodaki. At a certain moment...
He opened his eyes, and the sword slashed out. A snow-white streak of light carried unparalleled momentum, crossing a distance of nearly several hundred meters, forming a beautiful crescent moon slash, hitting a large tree!
The large tree snapped with a "Crack~"
Cut cleanly in two from the middle...
Revealing a man with swaying white hair behind it, looking exactly like Kakashi, but much larger than him!
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