How truly inexplicable.
My son is still in the womb... Where did a daughter-in-law come from?
The reward for the land that has already fallen asleep, except for the gentle breeze blowing, the desolate streets are filled with the noise of drunkards, the fighting of stray dogs, and the mating calls of stray cats from who knows where.
Whoosh! Uchiha Asuka moved quickly across the rooftops, bathed in moonlight.
Looking back at the Nara Clan Grounds behind him, he picked his nose, then jumped off the house and strolled slowly down the street.
Allies, huh? The two most uncertain factors in the Ninja World: one is how far Black Zetsu will go to save his Mother, and the other is when the allies will turn against you.
Sunagakure has been an ally of Konoha since the very first day the Ninja Village was established. Later, during the Second Shinobi World War, it stabbed Konoha in the back, kicked Konoha twice during the Third Shinobi World War, and even fought all the way to Kikyo Mountain, which is like going to someone's doorstep and smashing their windows.
It is said that this time Sunagakure is coming again to sign a treaty of friendship and alliance.
Uchiha Asuka thought of the event in a few years when Sunagakure and Orochimaru would join forces and defeat the Third Hokage, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
Sunagakure is too ruthless as an ally; they turn against you whenever they want.
Scanning the drunkards on the street, he recalled Nara Yoshino using her finger to write three words on the table with tea when she spoke with him, and his expression couldn't help but become a little awkward.
"Wait a little longer?"
If the Fourth Hokage didn't die, he would actually be willing to wait, but the Fourth Hokage's life was too short.
However, she told me to 'wait a little longer,' but I'm going to 'change Shikamaru's wife.'
If Lady Yoshino knew that I planned to marry her son into the Uchiha Clan, I wonder if she would jump for joy.
After Uchiha Asuka returned home, he directly opened the System, looked at the large word "Completed" on it, pondered for a moment, and then silently said.
"System!"
[Sometimes, whether or not to make friends doesn't actually require the person's consent. In childhood, the family is a one-woman show with the Mother deciding who the child makes friends with.
If she thinks the other person is good, she agrees to you being friends with them. If she thinks the other person is no good, you can't be friends with them.]
(ps: This is my personal experience. When I was a child, my mom directly named names and didn't let me play with XX, and XX's mom didn't let her son play with me either. Then, before high school, we didn't even talk when we met.)
[Congratulations to the host for using wisdom and sweat to make friends with Nara Shikamaru when he was ignorant and unknowing. The great road of cultivation in the Ninja World has instantly opened up a lot.
In the future, Nara Shikamaru will help you formulate the general strategies. You only need to have the minimum knowledge and literacy to learn how to become a Leader.]
[Reward for this Mission: Deepen the Sharingan's awakening progress once, a mysterious exchange ticket, and a letter from a stranger.]
[Because the host obtained the other party's friendship in a special way, a hidden side Mission will be opened]
[Settle rewards?]
Uchiha Asuka looked at the text displayed on the System and stood there in silence for a long time.
He estimated that Shikamaru's birth date was probably in September, then that guy should be able to recognize people in October, should be able to recognize words in November, and should be able to recognize Lollipops in December... then he could trick the child... The person hasn't even been born yet, and a friend suddenly +1.
Thinking of this, Uchiha Asuka closed his eyes and said.
"Settle!"
Another surge of heat suddenly entered Uchiha Asuka's eyes, and as the Sharingan automatically opened, the heat wandered back and forth in his eyes until it disappeared.
The increase in the awakening progress this time was extremely terrifying, nearly 20 times more than the last time.
If the Sharingan was data-driven, before he obtained the System, the awakening progress to the Mangekyo was [3000/10000].
After completing the Mission for the first time, the awakening progress to the Mangekyo was [3000.5/10000].
After completing the mission for the second time, the progress towards awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan is [3120.5/10000].
Among them, [100] is the result of daily practice in the last two months.
Huff! After taking a deep breath, Uchiha Asuka's gaze landed on the table. He picked up the exchange ticket-like thing, looked at it for a while, and muttered to himself.
"A Mysterious Exchange Ticket: Can exchange for any style, and a weapon of immense power."
A weapon of immense power?
Seeing these words, Uchiha Asuka instantly thought of nuclear warfare, one of the 108 ways to destroy the world.
Although that thing can't destroy the world, it can destroy humanity.
On the day I'm done for... everyone in the Ninja World will see that mushroom cloud rising in the sky.
However, in this world with Chakra, the mushroom cloud seems a bit underwhelming. After all, a single Tailed Beast Bomb from the Nine-Tailed Beast seems to have about the same power as a mushroom cloud.
Since there's already something as unreasonable as the System, there should be even more unreasonable things, right?
After thinking for a long time in his mind, Uchiha Asuka crushed the exchange ticket in his hand. Then, he saw a Blue Screen suddenly appear in front of him, with several large characters written on it.
[Please select the weapon style, Host]
"Six-barreled depleted uranium bullet!"
[No matching weapon found, please reselect]
"Six-barreled Barrett intercontinental nuclear explosion gun!"
[No matching weapon found, please reselect]
"Give me a hydrogen bomb, the kind that can create a pit in Konoha even if it just falls!"
[No matching weapon found, please reselect]
"No hot weapons? Then give me Black Blade Night, the one Hawkeye has."
[No matching weapon found, please reselect]
"."
This directly silenced Uchiha Asuka. He looked at the Blue Screen in front of him, a thoughtful expression on his face.
Am I asking for too much? Or am I overestimating you? Or is it because of some reason, like the System still thinks this year is Konoha Year 57, but in reality, it's Konoha Year 51? In the System's timeline, Sasuke should be 6 years old now. Could it be that in the eyes of a 6-year-old child, a weapon of immense power is...?
Recalling the weapons of immense power he imagined when he was 6 years old, Uchiha Asuka pinched his chin with one hand and hesitated.
"Give me a sword that won't dull when cutting bones?"
[Matching weapon found, Kusanagi Sword]
As soon as he finished speaking, a long sword with a cold gleam appeared on the table.
Looking down at this somewhat familiar long sword, Uchiha Asuka frowned and muttered.
"Why does this thing look so much like the one Orochimaru has in his hand?"
At the same time.
Somewhere in Grass Country.
Mitarashi Anko subconsciously touched around with her right hand, and after realizing there was nothing there, she instantly jumped up from the bed.
Throwing aside the pillow and blanket, she looked at the empty bed, blinking her eyes in a daze. Then, without bothering to put on shoes, she jumped off the bed and began searching the room with her head down.
"Where's the sword??
I was just sleeping with it, how did it suddenly disappear??"
"Crap, I lost Orochimaru-sama's sword."
After searching the entire room, she directly pushed open the door and ran towards the laboratory where Orochimaru was.
Bang! Hearing the door being pushed open violently from the outside, Orochimaru put down the bottle in his hand and looked up at the entrance.
"Orochimaru-sama!"
Seeing Anko running over with a look of anxiety, Orochimaru's lips curved into a slight smile, and he said in a hoarse voice.
"Anko, what's wrong?"
"It's terrible!"
Mitarashi Anko supported her knees with both hands, panting.
"Orochimaru-sama, I lost the Kusanagi Sword you lent me."
Saying this, seeing that Orochimaru didn't respond, and thinking that the other party didn't believe her, she then gestured as she spoke.
"I-I was just sleeping with it on the bed, and then the sword disappeared."
"With a swoosh, it was gone."
"Really, it just disappeared with a swoosh. By the time I hugged the empty space and wanted to find it again, I couldn't find it."
Hmm! After reorganizing Anko's chaotic words in his mind, Orochimaru nodded lightly, without showing any anger on his face.
He rubbed Anko's hair, not caring.
"I have more of those kinds of weapons here. Moreover, I didn't sense any Chakra fluctuations or any Ninja presence here just now. Presumably, the other party should be a Ninja proficient in concealment.
Don't waste time on inanimate objects. When that sword appears again, go and retrieve it.
Also, this place should have been discovered. Go pack your things."
"Okay!"
Mitarashi Anko lowered her head, kicking stones in disappointment.
Damn it. How could that thing disappear out of thin air? Could it really be that an unknown Ninja snatched it from me? Specially ran to Orochimaru-sama's base, just to snatch a sword from me? Although it is a good sword
When! Dong! Dong! The midnight bell rang, Asuka crossed his arms and continued to examine the long sword in his hand.
Just now, he didn't know if he was having some kind of illusion. The moment this sword appeared, when he reached out and grasped the hilt, he could actually feel a trace of warmth from it. This system is quite advanced.
This sword, is it fresh out of the oven? Amazing.
After admiring it for a while, he turned his attention to the unknown letter.
A letter from a stranger: Sender Uchiha Izuna.
Uchiha Izuna??
As an Uchiha, he certainly knew who Uchiha Izuna was, the second strongest in the clan, Uchiha Madara's younger brother, who died at the hands of Senju Tobirama.
It's been so many years since he died... Thinking of this, Asuka then opened the envelope, took out the letter paper inside, and unfolded it to read.
[The speed of eyesight decline is far beyond the original calculation. My brother also frequently uses the Sharingan to fight against the Senju Clan, so his eyesight will only decline faster than mine.
My strength is not enough to support the Uchiha Clan, nor can I compete with the Senju Clan.
From today onwards, I will reduce the frequency of using my eyes. The Mangekyo will not be activated until the moment of life-and-death crisis. The Three-Tomoe is enough to deal with ordinary Senju clansmen.
I have made arrangements for some things in advance. If I unfortunately die in battle, these eyes will be given to my brother.
I hope my brother will inherit this power and continue to protect the Uchiha.
The Uchiha Clan is our pride, but it is precisely this pride that prevents us from truly living with other ninja clans.
Rich emotions easily lead us into darkness, and we are destined to be ostracized by them. ]
After reading this letter, Asuka tilted his head and looked at the wall, his face full of doubt.
This thing... doesn't seem to be of much use to me?
Could it be just telling me that using the Mangekyo too much will make me go blind?? Perhaps thinking of Mikoto's Sasuke in her belly, Asuka looked down at the letter in his hand and began to recall Uchiha Madara.
He shouldn't be dead yet, but he's probably close to it.
Could it be that this letter is for me to give to Madara, and exchange something from him? But that's not right either. This letter should be for Sasuke six years later. By then, Madara's bones will have turned to dust. What can he exchange from bones? Could it be related to Uchiha Obito? As soon as he thought of Obito flaunting around in Madara's name, he subconsciously nodded. This letter is probably very likely related to Obito.
Casually throwing the letter on the table, Asuka continued to look at the system.
[New mission released: Due to the host's special way of obtaining the other party's friendship, a hidden side mission will be opened (each to their own).
Although "You call me Dad, I call you brother" is a joke, jokes often come from reality. Friendship can sometimes become unmanageable due to some small conflicts, but kinship will not. Kinship has great tolerance.
Becoming Nara Shikamaru's father and becoming his friend are not contradictory things.
Having a wise and diplomatic wife will allow you to be like a fish in water when you interact with various families in the future.
Defeat Nara Yoshino in any sense and make her your staunch supporter.]
[This mission can be abandoned]
[Mission reward: An S-rank ninjutsu, a box of top-quality Soldier Pills, a book on women's skin care tips for age 30]
Not bad!
Asuka discovered that the rewards for this mission were quite generous. There weren't many people in all of Konoha who possessed an S-rank ninjutsu, and he only had one, which he created himself.
The superb stamina pills could instantly restore most of one's stamina and even briefly increase one's chakra limit. They were also good stuff, and he only dared to eat one during wartime.
As for the last skin care technique book... it should be good for women. But... Nara Yoshino is married. "Abandon mission!"
[Do you want to abandon this mission?]
"Yes!"
[This mission has been successfully abandoned. A new mission is being replaced.]
As the text prompt ended, Asuka sat in the chair and waited for a moment before seeing the system light up again.
[New mission issued: Your brother has joined the Anbu and is serving as a gatekeeper for the Third Hokage along with Kakashi. Uchiha Itachi has gained the recognition of everyone in the Anbu through his talent and hard work and has become a squad leader in Konoha's Anbu. One day, Kakashi inadvertently saw you and Itachi competing in the forest. Even though Itachi suppressed his strength to a very low level, you couldn't make a single drop of sweat flow from his forehead.
Although Kakashi didn't laugh at you, he secretly praised your brother, calling him the number one genius of the Uchiha.
The underlying meaning is that your talent is like your birth order, the second is always the second, never as good as the eldest brother.
Next, please gain Kakashi's approval.]
[This mission can be abandoned]
[Mission rewards: Increase Sharingan awakening progress by one, a mysterious key, and the addictively delicious [Extra Stinky and Spicy Luosifen] (unlimited, pre-soaked version)]
Asuka smiled slightly when he saw this mission, but when he saw the mission rewards, he burst out laughing.
This mission was too easy.
The first mission he received was to bully children, the second mission was also related to children, and this third mission was finally normal. This was the style of a transmigrator, the style of a normal system.
Gain Kakashi's approval? Asuka moved his fist, and he smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed when he thought of Kakashi, who was also a Jonin.
I wonder if Kakashi is home?
I'll just block his door tomorrow.
The next morning, Asuka opened his eyes and didn't even brush his teeth before running towards the location of the Hatake House.
"Asuka-kun, good morning!"
"Morning!"
After greeting Uchiha Mikoto, he stopped and gave Uchiha Itachi, who was helping to carry the grocery basket, a thumbs up, looking at Mikoto with an affirmative expression.
"Itachi is such a filial child. It's truly gratifying that Madam has raised such an excellent child."
Heh~ Uchiha Mikoto's lips twitched. Although there was nothing wrong with these words, she felt a little strange whenever they came out of this guy's mouth, as if every word contained sarcasm.
Looking at the faint smile on Asuka's face, she placed one hand on her stomach and gently stroked Itachi's hair with the other, saying with a doting expression.
"Itachi is very disciplined. He gets up early every day to train, and after training, he washes up and accompanies me to the market."
As she spoke, she looked up at Asuka, her eyes sweeping over his messy hair, and smiled.
"Asuka-kun is paying less and less attention to his appearance."
Asuka ruffled his messy hair, nodded towards the clan leader's house, and said,
"It doesn't matter if someone like me, who doesn't have a girlfriend, is a bit sloppy.
But some men still have to put effort into their appearance after marriage, so they need to be careful."
"Yeah, you're right!"
Mikoto nodded noncommittally, she looked at Asuka, and said, gently gritting her teeth.
"Actually, some men may not have other thoughts after marriage, but they can't stand some crazy people constantly nagging in their ears every day.
Asuka-kun, do you think I'm right?"
After speaking, she didn't give Asuka a chance to speak at all, and directly pulled Itachi back home, closing the door heavily.
Leaning her back against the closed door, Mikoto patted Itachi's head and said with a pout.
"Itachi, you can't spend too much time with some people, understand?"
"Mother, are you talking about..."
"Uchiha Asuka."
Hearing his mother's gnashing voice, Uchiha Itachi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
He thought his mother didn't want him to play with Shisui anymore.
Huh?!
Not long after Asuka left the room in the morning, a white oddity with green hair, several scars across its face, and spikes growing near its shoulders slowly emerged from the floor.
Uchiha Madara used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as a catalyst to cultivate Hashirama Cells and create White Zetsu, which were produced when the Infinite Tsukuyomi was activated last time. Since then, he has used White Zetsu to gather information and understand the changes in the ninja world.
The White Zetsu's ability to lurk is beyond doubt. For so many years, the entire Konoha and the entire ninja world have not discovered their shadows. Some White Zetsu who were accidentally exposed were also regarded as substitutes for some ninjas, and would not associate them with Uchiha Madara.
It first looked at Asuka's closed door, and then its gaze fell on the envelope placed on the table.
"Lord Madara said, do not collect information about Uchiha Asuka, he doesn't want to hear that name."
"Lord Madara also said that if there is anything about him in the ninja world, report it back as it is."
"Then Uchiha Asuka is related to this information... What should I do?"
This White Zetsu, which suddenly appeared in Asuka's room, wandered around for a long time. Its arms drooped down, and its eyes stared straight at the letter. The two orders Uchiha Madara issued in its mind instantly fought each other.
Bang! After a burst of white smoke, because the two orders fought too fiercely, a small sapling suddenly emerged from the top of its head, and then its body shivered, muttering.
"Don't mention the name Uchiha Asuka, just say this letter was picked up in the Uchiha Clan Grounds."
Thinking of this, it threw the letter on the ground, then bent down to pick it up. The whole person seemed to be trapped in quicksand, and its body slowly sank into the depths of the earth, and then moved at high speed towards the Grass Country.
"Lord Madara!"
"Lord Madara!"
Floating in the darkness, Uchiha Madara once again heard a familiar call. He looked at those deceased old friends, like a revolving lantern flashing before his eyes, and instantly let out a disdainful sound.
"So I'm not dead yet!"
Uchiha slowly opened his eyes, and the dim light in the cave came into view. A white, blurry figure stood not far from the light.
After cultivating Uchiha Obito, he also secretly issued some orders to those White Zetsu. If it wasn't a particularly big deal or information about him, don't bother him.
It really is disturbing my sleep lately.
Thinking of this, his blurry vision finally gradually became clear. Then he looked up at White Zetsu and said in a hoarse voice.
"What's the matter?"
"Lord Madara, I picked up a letter in the ninja world with Lord Izuna's name on it."
After thinking on the way here, this White Zetsu felt that it couldn't mention the words Uchiha and Konoha, so it simply threw the letter on the ground halfway and picked it up again.
Huh? Hearing Izuna's name again, Uchiha Madara's eyes flickered violently.
He took the envelope from White Zetsu, took out the letter inside, and unfolded it to read.
"."
"Izuna's autograph?"
"When did this happen?"
As the sealed memories gradually opened, Uchiha Madara closed his eyes, leaned slowly against the stone chair, and began to recall his memories of his youth.
The dim cave became unusually quiet at this moment, with only the crackling of the flames and no other sound.
White Zetsu watched the expressionless face of Madara suddenly bloom with a hint of a smile, then turn to sadness, anger, and finally a trace of powerlessness and dejection. Lord Madara can actually make so many expressions at the same time.
Is this the feeling of convenience that Tobi mentioned? Just as White Zetsu was sighing, Uchiha Madara opened his eyes again, his gaze seeming to penetrate through layers of obstacles, looking towards the direction of the Uchiha Clan Grounds, and remained silent for a long time.
He and Izuna were once proud of the Uchiha, but the final result... After a silent laugh, he silently sensed his broken, aging body, and couldn't help but think.
"I wonder if I'll have a chance to see him again after I'm buried next to Izuna."
"Sigh!"
Land of Fire, Konoha Village, outside the Hatake House gate.
Asuka leaned against the closed gate of the Hatake House and sighed heavily.
Kakashi hasn't been home for two days, and the table is covered in dust.
No wonder Might Guy gets so excited every time he sees Kakashi's shadow on the street and challenges him to a match.
It's really not easy to see him.
"Lord Asuka!"
At this moment, a ninja also discovered the trace of Uchiha Asuka. He looked at Asuka, who was like an old grandfather, leisurely sunbathing against someone else's gate, and said in a low voice.
"The Clan Head wants you to come over!"
The familiar voice in his ear also pulled Asuka out of his fantasy. He frowned as he looked at the dumpling-nosed clansman who suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Shisui, why do I feel like the Clan Head is using you like a fool, making you run errands all day long? Don't you need to train?"
Uh~ Shisui's mouth twitched, and he didn't respond to Asuka's words.
Who told him to go to Itachi's house every time he had free time? As a result, Uchiha Fugaku naturally asked him to do things more frequently.
"I have a set of Eight Gates Release Formation here, do you want to learn it?"
Hearing Asuka's tempting voice, he pondered for a moment, then said.
"I'm learning it."
Asuka stood up and walked to Shisui, then patted him on the shoulder and began to describe the bright prospects of learning the Eight Gates Release Formation.
"Since you're learning it, then learn more. The Eight Gates Release Formation is very powerful.
Do you know the One-Tail?
If you open the Fifth Gate, you can unilaterally beat the One-Tail.
If you open the Seventh Gate, you are a tailless tailed beast.
If you open the Eighth Gate, you are God, and the predicament of our Uchiha will naturally disappear."
Anyway, what he said was true.
Li, who opened the Fifth Gate, was suppressing Gaara.
Might Guy, having opened the Seventh Gate, defeated Kisame Hoshigaki, the "Tailless Tailed Beast."
And after opening the Eight Gates, he couldn't kick a few Konoha elders to death??? At this moment.
Shisui was not misled by the "bright prospects" depicted by Asuka; he knew his limits, so he shook his head soberly.
However, since the other party mentioned the Uchiha's predicament, he thought of how he had been going to Itachi's house frequently these days, and often saw Itachi's mother sitting on the sofa, occasionally blurting out some swear words. Combining this with the news within the clan over the past two months, Uchiha Shisui looked at Asuka walking in front and asked.
"Lord Asuka, are those rumors in the clan true?"
"What rumors?"
"That you used ninjutsu to sway the clan elders with your own strength, ruined the clan head's marriage, made Mikoto-sama weep every night, and caused Itachi to lose his original family..."
Asuka looked at the little bean sprout very seriously, then interrupted what he wanted to say next, and said sternly.
"That's slander. Mikoto-sama even smiled and greeted me when she saw me the other day."
Uchiha Shisui shook his head. He looked at Asuka, who was much older than him, and hesitated.
"Isn't Lord Asuka's idea... isn't it a bit too extreme?"
Extreme?? Asuka sized up Shisui and secretly curled his lips.
Since the Uchiha joined Konoha, how many Mangekyo Sharingan have there been in total? As a result, two came out at the same time and both defected. If the Uchiha don't perish, who will?
And you say my idea is extreme? You want to launch mind control on the clansmen, deprive them of their independent thinking ability, and turn them into zombies. You actually use such a fierce and vicious trick on your own people instead of the enemy.
And Uchiha Itachi's idea is even simpler: exterminate the clan.
I just want the clan head to get a divorce.
Who is more extreme? Thinking of this, Asuka waved his hand at the other party and said casually.
"This is a peaceful solution. Only three or four people are hurt, but it can protect the interests of most people.
When you become a Jonin in two years, go to the clan meeting yourself. If your idea is better than mine, I will move a table and sit behind you, becoming your supporter."
"But..."
Uchiha Shisui sniffed. He naturally knew the conflict between the village and the clan, but wasn't there a better way? Advising the clan head to marry another family was right, but the clan head's son was already four years old.
"There's no 'buts'.
Every member of the Uchiha has their own ideas and their own will. No one will easily change anyone.
Unless your idea is better than mine."
After speaking, Asuka turned around and walked towards the Uchiha Clan Grounds.
The Uchiha Clan is just not a clan that listens to advice. Back then, Uchiha Itachi even left Kotoamatsukami to Sasuke, which shows that he also knew that the Uchiha clansmen's ideas could not be easily changed in the general sense.
Even if Uchiha Madara stood in front of him, he couldn't change his idea.
Entering Anbu Walking into the house, Asuka looked around. The bright sunlight streamed in through the windows, warming the pastries on the table, giving them a strange, sunny smell.
After tasting a piece of pastry, Asuka closed his eyes and chewed.
Hmm... it actually has a strange taste, but it's not the taste of spoiled food.
Opening his eyes and looking at Mikoto sitting opposite him, Asuka picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said, "Thank you for your hospitality, Mikoto-sama. Where is Captain Fugaku?"
Hearing this, Uchiha Mikoto watched him swallow the entire pastry, a smile appearing on her face. She chuckled, "How is it?"
"Not bad!"
Although the food was a little unpalatable, Asuka still praised her as usual, after all, he couldn't say the food was bad to her face.
Then, he picked up another piece of pastry from the table and chewed it elegantly.
Hmm... it really is hard to eat. "Fugaku was called away just now. Asuka-kun, please wait here for a moment."
"Alright!"
Asuka nodded, then picked up another piece of pastry to taste. He had to admit, apart from the taste not being very good, it was still edible.
As the Uchiha Clan leader's wife, she also had to save face and definitely wouldn't give him expired food. This must be the intended taste.
Thinking of this, he picked up another piece of pastry and tasted it.
Hmm... it really is hard to eat. I still haven't gotten used to it after four pieces.
"Is it that delicious?"
"Very good!"
Looking at Asuka giving a thumbs up, Uchiha Mikoto glanced at the pastries on the plate, her eyes filled with doubt.
She had been researching a batch of pastries this morning, but didn't know which step went wrong, resulting in the freshly baked pastries being exceptionally unpalatable. After tasting one, she planned to throw them away.
Just as she walked to the front yard, she saw Shisui bringing Asuka in. As the host, she naturally couldn't ignore them, so she simply brought the pastries over to entertain them.
After she put the pastries on the table and poured a cup of water, she had just asked about their intentions when she saw Asuka reach for the plate of failed pastries.
The thought of stopping him was immediately suppressed in her heart.
"Asuka-kun, do you really think they're delicious?"
Seeing him putting the pastries into his mouth one after another, Uchiha Mikoto frowned slightly and asked cautiously.
"Delicious, can't you tell?"
"I can tell..."
Looking at Asuka's expression of enjoyment, Uchiha Mikoto hesitated as she looked at the pastries. Then, she reached out, picked up a piece, and looked at it for a while.
Could it be that only the piece I tasted was a failure, and the rest were successful?
If that's the case, Itachi can have some when he comes back hungry.
Thinking of this, Uchiha Mikoto took a light bite, chewed it in her mouth for a while, and the smile on her face slightly solidified.
As expected, this is a failed product.
Tasting it once could be said to be ignorance, but she actually tasted a plate of failed products twice.
I'm so stupid! She felt a pair of donkey ears instantly grow on her head, and the smile on Asuka's face, although it hadn't changed from before, she could vaguely feel that he was mocking her.
?? Seeing Uchiha Mikoto staring at him intently, Asuka looked at the pastry in her hand with a bite missing and said.
"Mikoto-sama, this pastry has a very unique flavor."
"Yes, it's indeed very unique."
She raised her head and looked at the Uchiha teenager who had a respectful expression and was enjoying the food, her heart was a little complicated.
To have such thoughts at such a young age, he actually ate most of the plate just to convince her that the pastry was good.
Good! Seeing her actually eating it in small bites, Asuka glanced at the pastry in her hand in surprise, stroked his chin with one hand, and looked at her with scrutiny, saying.
"Delicious?"
"Yes, very delicious."
Is that so? Seeing Uchiha Mikoto nod at him, a gentle smile on her face, Asuka's face showed a solemn expression, and he thought to himself.
Could this guy have lost his sense of taste due to some terminal illness?
"Madam, stick out your tongue, I suspect you might be sick."
Huh??
Looking at Uchiha Asuka's brows furrowed into the Chinese character for "river," Uchiha Mikoto's heart skipped a beat, she knew his medical skills.
Could there really be something wrong with her? Thinking of this, she subconsciously closed her eyes and stuck out her tongue.
After Asuka clamped her tongue and flipped it back and forth for a while, he blinked his eyes, his face filled with the words [doubting life].
Not sick!!
But the pastry is really unpalatable. A normal person's taste buds would definitely reject this thing. How could she eat it while smiling?
A moment later.
Watching Uchiha Mikoto's hurried departure to the hospital, he sat back in his chair somewhat blankly.
Even now, Asuka even doubted his own medical skills, and never suspected that she, like him, was forcing herself to eat it.
It wasn't until Fugaku returned from handling matters outside that he looked at Asuka sitting in the chair with a look of doubting life and asked.
"What happened?"
"A little doubt about medical skills..."
???
A row of question marks instantly appeared above Fugaku's head, but he had no research in the field of medical skills, and only thought that he had encountered some difficult and complicated disease.
Thinking of this, he sat in the main seat and said in a low voice.
"This morning, Hokage-sama sent someone to inform me that you will report to Anbu tomorrow."
At this moment, Fugaku raised two fingers and continued.
"After joining Anbu, you must be diligent and hardworking, and always remember the glory of the Uchiha Clan."
"There is one more thing you must keep in mind. Although the Fourth Hokage has no malice towards our clan, the Konoha Elders still hold considerable power. It is not difficult to imagine that they may secretly influence some of the Fourth Hokage's decisions in the future.
But that's precisely why we need our own eyes and ears.
Overall, the Uchiha Clan supports any decision made by the Fourth Hokage, but when it comes to the interests of the clan, we must have our own opinions."
"Understood!"
Asuka-kun nodded. Isn't this just being a spy? And I won't be a spy for long, only about seven months.
Once the Third Hokage takes office, there's a high chance I'll be dismissed from Anbu.
At the same time.
In the Fourth Hokage's home, Kushina picked up the file on the table, watching the information Minato Namikaze brought home while being fed by Minato.
Uchiha Asuka-kun found a disciple? It seems a lot of interesting things have happened during this time.
"Minato, is his mental state okay?"
Thinking that due to the Third Shinobi World War, many ninjas in the village had lost their companions one after another, and their bodies and minds were tormented by continuous nightmares, filling them with darkness, especially the emotionally rich Uchiha.
And Uchiha Asuka-kun was one of those who lost their companions.
"No problem!"
Minato Namikaze peeled an apple and said with a smile.
"His mental state has been tested, and it's quite good.
And he also took in a disciple, so the emptiness in his heart should gradually be filled, and he won't turn to the darkness."
"Is that so?"
After looking at the information with some suspicion, Kushina opened her mouth to take a slice of apple and muttered.
"I just remembered something when I saw that fat Summoning Beast of his.
I accidentally stepped on that fat cat's tail before, and when he looked at me with his Sharingan, I could feel his powerful dōjutsu. His skills are higher than most Anbu members.
Since his mental state is fine, what position do you plan to assign him to?"
Looking at the pregnant Kushina, Minato Namikaze scratched his head and smiled.
"How about the same as Kakashi? I heard his Medical Ninjutsu is very good."
Guarding me? Kushina thought of those old men in Konoha's high-level and shook her head directly.
How could those people let an Uchiha come into contact with the Nine-Tailed Beast.
Chapter 34 Third Hokage-sama's Right-Hand Men The next morning.
Asuka borrowed two large bowls from Teuchi and brought the freshly cooked ramen directly to Kakashi's house.
Knock! Knock! With a series of sounds, the door was quickly opened from the inside.
Looking at the sleepy-eyed Kakashi, who had no energy, Asuka handed over the ramen he was holding in his right hand, then pointed to the morning glow on the eastern horizon and said with emotion.
"It's really not easy to catch you once."
Catch me?? The aroma of ramen drilled directly into his stomach through his nostrils. Kakashi looked at the steaming bowl of ramen, looked up at Asuka, and asked in confusion.
"Why catch me?"
"Eat first, we'll talk after you eat."
Seeing the other party forcibly stuffing the ramen into his hand, Kakashi yawned and looked back at the time on the wall, his expression stiffening.
It's only five o'clock... Did I only sleep for an hour?
Afterwards, they each held a bowl of ramen, jumped onto the roof of the Hatake House, and faced the morning glow, starting to eat.
"Kakashi, I didn't expect you to be on such high-level missions, it's impossible to get any information at all."
Slurp!
Kakashi took a sip of ramen and barely regained some energy. He looked at the distant morning glow and said vaguely.
"Anbu missions are like this, the level of confidentiality is very high."
"Wanna spar after we eat?"
Pfft! A mouthful of hot soup spurted out of his mouth. He turned his head to look at Asuka, who had an excited expression, then looked down at the steaming ramen soup in his hand, feeling speechless.
Sure enough, his bad premonition came true. He knew that the other party wouldn't treat him to ramen for no reason.
Then, with dead fish eyes, he slurped the ramen while saying.
"The sparring can wait, I have a long-term mission, and the chakra consumption is too high, which will affect the mission."
He didn't mind sparring with Asuka.
When his father was still around, he often saw him come to his house to ask about swordsmanship issues for a while. Later, during the time when his father left, he took care of him a lot.
Later, after he obtained the Sharingan, he was also one of the only two members of the Uchiha clan who supported not temporarily recovering it.
"The best time is now!"
Asuka took a sip of the hot soup, then put the empty bowl on the roof, feeling comfortable.
"I'm about to enter Anbu soon, maybe you'll have time then, but I won't, or you won't have time, but I will."
Looking at the expectant look in the other party's eyes, Kakashi's mouth twitched, then he finished the bowl of soup and refused.
"Hey, I've been too busy lately..."
Pa! Asuka then took out a magazine from his arms and threw it into Kakashi's arms.
"Next time then."
Pa! Before he could finish speaking, Kakashi saw another magazine appear in his arms.
"Next."
Seeing that he hadn't moved Kakashi yet, that he hadn't broken through his bottom line, Asuka pa took out another magazine from his arms and slapped it into his hand.
Now, he could feel Kakashi panicking, panicking very much, his face turning red instantly.
"Ahem..."
"I'll give you these three enlightenment magazines. Tonight, I'll wait for you in the grove."
After saying that, Asuka picked up two empty bowls and ran straight to Teuchi's ramen shop.
Those magazines of his couldn't even be found on the market.
After all, he drew them himself.
As for the Three Prohibitions of Ninjas... the reason why enlightenment reading is called enlightenment reading is because it is a book, a book that is enough to open the door to a new world.
And women, one of the Three Prohibitions, are a new world.
The Three Prohibitions of Ninjas and enlightenment reading cannot be confused.
As time passed, the moment the sun rose from the horizon, Konoha, shrouded in mist, gradually woke up from its slumber, and the number of pedestrians on the street gradually increased.
By the time Asuka returned the empty bowls and slowly walked to the Hokage Building, it had already begun a new day of busyness.
"Excuse me, where do I report for Anbu?"
Casually grabbing someone, Asuka pointed to Minato Namikaze's house and said.
"Hokage-sama told me to report today, but when I passed by his house just now, I vaguely heard the Fourth Hokage's Wife roaring. I guess the Fourth Hokage-sama will be late today."
"Tsk!"
The ninja looked at the Fourth Hokage-sama's house with some sympathy, then he pointed to the next room and smiled.
"Register there, and then take the information to Hokage-sama to sign."
"Thanks!"
Watching Asuka's departing back, and the clan emblem on his back, the ninja raised his eyebrows and muttered.
This Uchiha is really approachable.
Dong! Dong! He knocked on the door twice with his finger, and then Asuka heard a somewhat old male voice from the room.
"Enter!"
Pushing the door open and entering the room, looking at the bright room, the simple decoration, and the old man sitting in the chair, Asuka said with a serious face.
"Hello, I'm here to report to Anbu."
"Name."
"Uchiha Asuka."
Uchiha, huh!
The pen in the old man's hand paused, and he looked at Asuka with some surprise.
Although there were Uchiha clan members who entered the Anbu, they preferred to stay in the Military Police Force. He didn't expect to receive three Uchiha today, which was really rare.
Thinking of this, he lowered his head and continued to ask.
"Proficient ninjutsu direction."
"Fire."
"Strength."
"Jonin."
"Your dream."
???
Asuka looked at the old man with a question mark on his face.
Do you have to have a dream to join the Anbu?
Saying to live a safe life was a bit inappropriate.
After thinking for a moment, Asuka took a deep breath and shouted at the old man.
"I am the man who will become the Fifth Hokage!"
This roar directly spread from the room to the street outside. Pedestrians on the street stopped and looked at the Hokage Building, and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.
Listen.
Through this roar, you can judge the person's momentum, determination, and will... another ninja aiming for Hokage.
Well done.
At this time.
The old man in the room was covering his ears with both hands, looking at Asuka speechlessly.
Just be the Hokage, why roar... Then, he picked his ears, scribbled a few notes, and continued to ask.
"After you become an Anbu, do you have any goals? For example, how many tasks do you plan to complete? What level do you plan to reach before retiring from the Anbu?"
"No, I'll do it if there are tasks."
Hmm... This is a task maniac who does tasks when they come. After recording it again, the old man put the pen on the table and looked at Asuka with a kind face, saying.
"Welcome to the Anbu. Next, we just wait for the Hokage-sama to approve it, and then you can be assigned to a group.
With your strength, you can probably be assigned to Group Three.
There are actually many hidden masters in the Anbu. Those ranked in the top fifteen are basically all Jonin.
Although they don't have Sharingan, their own strength is extremely strong.
And those squad leaders, not only are they strong, but the number of missions they have carried out and the success rate of their missions are even more terrifying. Even if you do missions desperately, it will be difficult for you to catch up with them in a short time.
After entering, you Uchiha's arrogant temper needs to be restrained, and don't cause unpleasantness between teammates."
"Hiss!"
Asuka sucked in a breath of cold air. He took two steps forward, propped his hands on the table, and asked curiously.
"So, the Anbu squad leader, the strength of the captain???"
"That's right, the Anbu captain's strength is very strong, and all abilities are very balanced.
Although there is only one 'sub' difference between the captain and the squad leader, there is a huge difference in tasks and strength.
Just like the gap between you and the squad leader."
"May I ask, are there any Anbu executives whose identities can be made public?"
"Third Hokage-sama's Right-Hand Men hold important positions in Anbu and are very powerful, but I can't tell you the specific information for the time being."
"That's it?"
Asuka blinked blankly. Of course, he knew who Sarutobi Hiruzen's right-hand men were.
Aren't they the Third Hokage-sama's son and daughter-in-law?
The strength of the Anbu captain is probably at the elite Jonin level, and it is unlikely to be Kage level.
Then the squad leader is probably Special Jonin, Jonin... The gap between chunin and Jonin is even greater than the gap between humans and dogs.
Black Red.
Sharingan is both black and red.
[A tall, voluptuous beauty with fair skin and an impressive figure, holding a pointer, standing at the blackboard with a serious expression.
She has a pair of blue-green eyes, straight, shoulder-length silver short hair, and slightly dark skin, wearing a cat-shaped mask. If she takes off the mask, she should be a very beautiful and sexy mature female ninja.]
Asuka was very impressed with his drawing skills, he looked down at the character on the paper and secretly gave a thumbs up in his heart.
It looks so real.
Bang! Bang! Bang! "Black Red!"
A sound of tapping on the blackboard pulled Asuka out of his fantasy, he looked up at the squad leader standing next to the blackboard, who said with a serious face.
"Captain, you are right!"
Hmph! After a cold snort, the Anbu squad leader holding the pointer continued to point at the blackboard, her eyes swept over the newcomers who had just joined, and she slowly said.
"What I am talking about now is what you will use in the future, these are the experiences that the Anbu seniors exchanged with their lives.
Don't let today's distraction lead you down the old path of those seniors tomorrow."
Yeah! Yeah! Asuka nodded repeatedly, he looked at the newly assigned Anbu captain, and sighed in his heart.
I wonder if her shoulders will ache if she stands for too long.
She should be bigger than Tsunade.
Speaking of which, when did Konoha have such a person? Thinking of this, Asuka tore a small piece of paper from the paper, then wrote a few words on it and handed it to the person next to him.
There should be quite a few people joining Anbu this time, there are five in the room he is in alone.
Now he knows that his captain's code name is [Night], his code name in Anbu is [Black Red], and the one next to him is called [Late Red].
This captain is really a naming genius.
Obsessed with Black.
Then, he turned his head to look at the person next to him, and seeing that the other person had a serious listening expression on their face, Asuka lowered his voice and said.
"Red, did you see the note I wrote?"
"Threw it away!"
???
Looking at the other person's red eyes, and the faint response, the corner of Asuka's mouth twitched.
Is Yuhi Kurenai's temper so bad? We are future teammates who will support each other.
When the time comes to go out on a mission, you will have to entrust your back to me.
"Alright."
At this moment, the squad leader on the podium tapped the blackboard again with her pointer, took out a scroll of mission assignments from her bosom, and said coldly.
"As negotiations between Sunagakure and Konoha gradually come to an end, Sunagakure will once again become our ally.
This morning, we received a notice from higher-ups.
Konoha will send people to Sunagakure for friendly exchanges.
However, friendly exchange is not the goal; our goal is to prevent Sunagakure from betraying us again and launching a surprise attack on the village.
Therefore, the exchange personnel sent to Sunagakure will be stationed there and, through long-term stationing, understand the subtle changes in the other village, reporting the situation to the village in a timely manner at specific times.
The stationing time for the exchange personnel will be approximately three months. To prevent accidents or genjutsu, the village will send people to rotate after three months."
Hearing this, Asuka raised an eyebrow.
Isn't this just a spy? An overt spy.
Presumably, if the "exchange personnel" were to suddenly die violently, then Konoha would naturally have to prepare for war.
Thinking of this, Asuka raised his arm and asked.
"So, this mission is for us to protect the exchange personnel?"
"No!"
Shaking her head, she looked at Asuka and continued.
"Our mission is to select one person to be Konoha's exchange representative to go to Sunagakure. Because the ninja world is not yet completely peaceful, there is always a risk of war. And after the war starts, the situation of that exchange personnel will be very dangerous. They must possess strong strength and be able to transmit enough intelligence in a short period of time.
Therefore, the village has decided to dispatch a Jonin who also has a Summoning Beast capable of transmitting intelligence to Sunagakure to deliver messages to the village in a timely manner."
"Black Red, your Summoning Beast, the ninja cat, should have two contractors. One of them should be Cat Granny. You are the most suitable candidate to go to Sunagakure this time.
This time, you will be stationed in Sunagakure for a short period under the guise of medical exchange."
Oh~ Asuka understood instantly.
This time, going to Sunagakure, he himself would be an overt spy, sending intelligence to the village through the ninja cat on a regular basis. If he disappeared, it would mean that Sunagakure had betrayed them again.
This mission is a bit difficult.
"Is it an S-rank mission?"
"Yes!"
The squad leader nodded, rubbed her sore shoulders, then crossed her arms in front of her chest, and said in a clear voice.
"After you go to Sunagakure, remember not to take action easily.
Taking action will cause bloodshed, bloodshed will lead to enmity, and enmity will lead to death.
If people die, the ninja world will be in turmoil again.
The ninja world has just become peaceful, and peace is hard-won. Every ninja should cherish it, so don't take action."
"Because those Sunagakure ninjas lost their loved ones in the war, they may slight you, despise you, deceive you, and beat you."
"Oh."
Asuka gave a long 'oh' and said slowly.
"So, I can act at this time."
"No! If you retaliate, there will be bloodshed, bloodshed will lead to feuds, feuds will lead to deaths, and deaths may restart the war.
We can't give Sunagakure an excuse to restart the war."
Hearing this, Asuka blinked. He pinched his chin with one hand, looked at the captain standing next to the blackboard, and said in surprise.
"Captain, you wouldn't happen to be a Sarutobi, would you?"
"I am indeed a Sarutobi."
After looking at Asuka with some doubt, the female ninja from the Sarutobi family couldn't help but frown.
"Do these things we're talking about have anything to do with surnames?"
"No, the Sarutobi family is a peace-loving family, you continue!"
Asuka had roughly guessed the identity of this person at this time, probably Sarutobi Hiruzen's daughter-in-law.
There were only a few important positions in the Anbu, but the Sarutobi family occupied at least two of them.
The person in front of him was a squad leader in the Anbu, with a total of 16 people under him, including himself.
It seemed that there were four squad leaders in the Anbu.
In other words, this S-class mission was actually assigned to four squads, with each squad sending one person to the major ninja villages of Wind, Lightning, Earth, and Mist.
[ps: I saw in the Formation Book that the scale of the Konoha Anbu seems to be around 70 people.]
"Let him be ruthless, let him be evil."
The female ninja from the Sarutobi family stared closely at Asuka and instructed.
"As long as you don't take it to heart and continue as usual, it will be fine."
"Am I not allowed to fight back even if I'm beaten to death?"
"Is anyone hitting you now?"
"No!"
"Then consider this question when someone hits you."
"But..."
"Come and hit me."
Seeing Asuka looking at her with a dumbfounded expression, the ninja took a deep breath, then beckoned to the other party, and said in a very casual tone.
"Come, come, come and hit me, you'll know once you hit me."
Oh?
Asuka jumped from the chair to in front of his captain in an instant. He looked at this captain with an explosive figure and said with some hesitation.
"You're the one who told me to hit you?"
"Stop being so long-winded."
The squad leader nodded, then stood with her feet naturally apart, shoulder-width apart, toes pointing towards Asuka, knees straight, chest puffed out high, signaling with her eyes that Asuka could begin.
It was rare to hear such a request to be beaten voluntarily in this lifetime.
Reaching out to squeeze his captain's tense muscles, Asuka, after realizing that the other party seemed genuinely prepared, clenched his right fist and swung it twice in the air.
Then, his right foot stomped hard on the ground, and spiderweb-like cracks spread from the center of his foot to the surroundings.
But that wasn't the main point. The squad leader, hearing the sound of the fist cutting through the air, her pupils contracted, and her body subconsciously wanted to dodge the punch.
However, because the two were too close, her brain issued the command, but just as her body reacted, she felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen.
As a muffled sound rang out, the group of newbies who had just entered Anbu saw their squad leader's feet leave the ground, her body bent into the shape of a shrimp, flying backward rapidly.
Boom! A wall collapsed, and dust instantly filled the room, causing everyone to cough.
They stared blankly at Asuka, looking at his fist still suspended in mid-air, and swallowed their saliva.
"Cough cough~ Where's the captain?"
"I don't know, I think I saw her fly out."
"Why did he use so much force..."
"..."
"Silence!"
At this moment, the squad leader's calm voice came from outside. She patted the dust off her body and walked slowly to Asuka, her voice calm.
"Just like this, when you get to Sunagakure, even if they hit you, don't fight back."
Saying this, she waved her hand at the crowd and instructed, "Dismissed, I'm a little sleepy, going back to the lounge to sleep for a while."
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Asuka looked at the departing figure of the captain, and couldn't help but mutter in his heart.
As expected of Anbu, this squad leader, each one's ability to withstand beatings far exceeds ordinary people.
Moreover, he finally understood why the captain was older than Tsunade; this broad-mindedness was not something ordinary people could have.
Such a captain deserves to be older.
After the squad leader walked back to the lounge, she casually picked up a sanitary napkin from the table and walked calmly towards the toilet.
Closing the door and turning on the faucet were done in one go.
As the sound of water flowed, a burst of wailing instantly came from inside.
Mixed in were even a few curses about her period suddenly arriving.