I don’t know how long it has been since that tragic night.
Sasuke has no interest in paying attention to the concept of time. The only thing that keeps him alive now is one belief - revenge.
To take revenge on the hateful man who slashed the butcher knife at his own people and his parents.
How much respect and admiration I had for that man in the past, but now how deeply I hate that man in my heart.
Since the genocide incident, Sasuke has lived under the shadow of nightmares every day. Every night when he closes his eyes in bed, he can't help but recall that night full of blood and killing.
The butcher’s brother…
Seeing the dead tribesmen...
Seeing the bodies of his parents lying at his brother's feet...
Then I woke up from my sleep in a cold sweat.
This happened over and over again, until his mental state gradually lost control.
Fortunately, it's not like no one cares about him in this village.
The Third Hokage, who was dealing with many things every day, would come over to comfort him every once in a while, which made Sasuke feel guilty.
Because every time the Third Hokage came over, he always had a cold face, as if he could no longer smile.
Seeing the kind-faced Third Hokage, he behaved so rudely...
There must be no one in the village who doesn't respect Naruto, and Sasuke is no exception.
Such a big shot must be very busy every day, but he still has to find time to visit a poor Uchiha clan member like him. This makes Sasuke extremely embarrassed... Maybe he should be more polite next time the kind old man comes over.
"Sasuke, we have an appointment to play a ninja game together. Do you want to go?"
When school was over in the afternoon, a classmate from the same class came over to invite me.
The opponent's name is Nara Shikamaru, and he is a guy who often sleeps in class.
Because of this, he was nicknamed one of the 'Idiot Trio' by his classmates, and Sasuke was deeply impressed by him.
Sasuke looked at him deeply, shook his head and said, "No, you can find someone else."
Maybe in the past, I would have agreed after thinking about it.
But now... the power is not enough.
Compared with that man, I was as weak as an ant. In front of him, I was not even qualified to stand.
With such a fragile self, there is no time to play ninja games.
The only thing he insists on surviving is revenge.
Moreover, it was too unexpected that a person who talked about "trouble" all day long, with whom he was not familiar with at ordinary times, came to invite me to play ninja games.
Behind this, someone might be hinting him to do this.
However, there should be no malicious intent.
There is no way that I would waste my precious cultivation time on such things.
Without hesitation, Sasuke left the classroom.
"so troublesome……"
Shikamaru scratched his head and looked listlessly at the white clouds in the sky.
If you send out the invitation so suddenly, you will probably be suspected.
He didn't dare to look down on the top student in the class.
In this class, except for a certain idiot, everyone in the same grade has a certain skill.
Sasuke's ability to become the top student in this class is enough to prove his strength and brains.
There is no way to hide such a little cleverness like mine.
After leaving school, Sasuke bought rice balls and treated them as dinner.
Come to the open woods around the Uchiha clan and start practicing here.
Fire escape, shuriken, and taijutsu all remained intact.
Because the Sharingan is not activated, Sasuke is not very proficient in the use of illusions, and he only knows a little bit about it.
Sasuke has already planned the practice of genjutsu, and will study it after he opens his Sharingan.
As a ninja of the Uchiha clan, there is no need to deliberately practice illusions. As long as the Sharingan is turned on, genjutsu is something that can be learned naturally.
Just thinking about the Sharingan, Sasuke's eyes immediately showed a hint of gloom.
He remembered his father saying that Itachi opened his Sharingan at the age of eight, and it took a short time to be able to use it freely. However, he was now the same age as Itachi, but there was no sign of opening his eyes.
The most important thing is that Itachi graduated from the ninja school at the age of six and was able to go out to perform missions and fight various powerful enemies to improve his strength.
But I am still a student in the ninja school, so I can only play ninja games later in the school.
Jealousy and hatred filled his chest together, so that there was a hint of cruelty and coldness in his eyes.
Jealousy, the emotion that comes with hatred, is something Sasuke can't even think about.
In the past, no matter how powerful Itachi's talent and strength were, I had always only respected and admired him, and would never be jealous of Itachi's talent and strength.
But now that he had such dark emotions, Sasuke was subconsciously shocked.
He quickly suppressed his inner restlessness and regained his composure.
"Huh...huh..."
Panting heavily, Sasuke's face was covered with cold sweat and struggle.
Now I need to calm down, need to practice to become stronger, gain more power than Itachi, and then kill him.
Avenge his clan and parents, and then restore the prestige of the Uchiha clan.
He would never forget the strange looks some students in the class were looking at him.
Maybe there was no malice, but in Sasuke's eyes, it was ridicule and pity.
After the sun went down, the woods were shrouded in dark shadows, with only the dim moonlight shining down.
Sasuke looked at the time and knew it was time to go back and rest.
However, before going back to rest, he needed to go somewhere.
——Nanga Shrine.
In the past, it was an important place for clan gatherings of the Uchiha clan.
The people who can enter here and participate in the clan meeting are all the most powerful ninjas in the family.
But now the shrine has become extremely depressed. A gloomy atmosphere has enveloped the shrine. When walking on the stone steps, there is only the sound of wind filled with cold air. Apart from this, no other sounds can be heard.
Entering the main hall of the shrine, according to the information Itachi left behind, counting from the right, there is a major family secret hidden under the seventh tatami.
Sasuke entered it without any hindrance and walked straight to the innermost part.
There stands a long-standing stone tablet. There are many unrecognizable fonts engraved on the stone tablet, or it may not look like a certain kind of known writing, and it requires some kind of 'power' to open it.
This is what Itachi mentioned, the biggest secret of the Uchiha clan.
But these days, Sasuke comes here almost every few days, but every time he returns without success.
The code on the stone tablet was too profound, and I could only decipher a very small part of it, and it was an insignificant part.
Sasuke estimated that he would need a Sharingan or even a higher-level Mangekyo Sharingan to figure out the secrets.
Itachi must know all the secrets on this.
Because he has the Mangekyō Sharingan.
How far behind are you? Thinking of this kind of thing, Sasuke was immediately filled with unwillingness and gritted his teeth.
One day, I will personally kill the traitor who betrayed the clan and the village!
The honor of the clan must be defended by oneself!
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The weather in August is much warmer than expected.
Under such a scorching sun, on the sea near the southern part of the Country of Fire, a huge steel ship came riding the wind and waves.
The appearance is somewhat incompatible with various ships of the modern era.
This is a ship collectively referred to as an 'aircraft carrier'. The shape of the hull has not changed much, but the chassis is larger, and the building materials are mostly made of steel or alloy instead of wood.
On this kind of ship, there are also various multi-faceted towers with complex shapes.
The gun barrel, flight track, and more areas of unknown use all indicate that such a ship is not for civilian or commercial use, but for military use.
The largest cruise ship anchored in the port of the southern city of the Kingdom of Fire is nothing compared to such a giant steel ship. The deterrence and hardness of the two are not at the same level.
The giant steel ship docked at the city's port. Since the crowd had already been evacuated, there were not many people waiting to gather here.
However, there were still many people pointing at the giant steel ship from a long distance away.
In today's ninja world, such a giant steel ship has never appeared.
But ninjas who have experienced the Second Ninja War should know something.
In the past, when the Kingdom of Kong declared war with the five major countries, the Kingdom of Sky had developed a similar huge ship. Although it had sufficient firepower, it was too bulky and the core was damaged by the ninjutsu of the ninjas and sank. seabed.
Shikaku, who is responsible for the task of welcoming the envoys from the Kingdom of Demons, naturally knows this.
The Kingdom of Ghosts now produces flying ninja tools, kunai guns, and giant steel ships that are more troublesome than the Kingdom of Sky. The prototypes of these technologies are all similar to those of the Kingdom of Sky in the past.
Not surprisingly, the remnants of the Kingdom of Sky were found and eliminated by the Kingdom of Ghosts, and their technologies were collected for secondary creation and research.
Looking at the behemoth docked at the port, Shikaku also took a deep breath.
Although he knew that such a giant steel ship would definitely be a bit cumbersome in action, he understood that if the Kingdom of Demons dared to take it out, it must have overcome many of the weaknesses of the ships of the Kingdom of Sky in the past, and wanted to destroy it with the power of ninjas , it is estimated to be difficult.
Moreover, just facing such a huge 'monster' will make you feel extremely shocked.
The military power of the Kingdom of Ghosts is probably much stronger than the estimated maximum.
After getting off the ship, Ruri first saw Shikaku waiting there. Beside him, there were Yamanaka Haiichi, Akimichi Choza and other Konoha ninjas.
There were about a dozen people who greeted him.
There are jounin and there are chuunin.
Behind Liuli, her daughter Ichiki followed closely, and even further behind were several Jonin from the Kingdom of Demons, inspecting the surrounding environment while approaching the Konoha ninja.
Shikaku welcomed the arrival of Liuli and others, and then said: "Hokage-sama is waiting for you in the village, please come with me."
Liuli looked at Shikaku, his old friend, and just nodded without any objection. He left the port with Shikaku and set off towards Konoha.
Everyone moved very quickly, and arrived at Konoha Village in about half a day.
Liuli looked at the familiar gate of Konoha. It was the same as in the past. He didn't expect that it had been more than ten years since he left here, and there was still no change at all.
Entering the village through the Konoha gate, the first thing you see is still the huge Hokage Rock carved on the cliff in the distance.
"Why, do you miss seeing Shadow Rock?"
Shikaku asked with a smile.
Liuli did not refute, nodded and said: "Yes, I feel a little nostalgic. I have been away for more than ten years, but this scene seems to be the same as yesterday. But there are still differences. At that time, there were only three statues on Shadow Rock. "
"The extra one is the statue of the fourth generation Minato-sama."
"I know, but it's a pity that he is dead."
Liuli nodded.
After hearing this, Lu Jiu's mouth twitched slightly, and the smile froze directly on his face.
He knew that Liuli was just being truthful and didn't mean to be malicious, but he still felt a little uncomfortable when he heard such words.
And if he remembered correctly, the reason why the Nine-Tails rioted in the first place was inseparable from the behind-the-scenes operation of the Kingdom of Ghosts.
"I have always wanted to compete head-on with him, but unfortunately I don't have this opportunity now."
Lujiu heard Liuli continue to sigh without saying anything.
I felt the same regret in my heart. It would have been better if Minato had not died in the Nine-Tails Rebellion. With Minato's tough attitude and his strength, he could definitely have a huge deterrent effect on the Kingdom of Demons, making the Kingdom of Demons not dare to act rashly.
Konoha will not become a laughing stock at the Five Kage Conference.
He compromised and gave in to the traitorous ninja, which dealt a heavy blow to Konoha's face.
"Speaking of which, is it enough to bring such a small number of people? That is the collection of an entire family."
Shikaku looked at the several Demon Country ninjas behind Ruri, and a cold girl who looked very similar to Ruri.
It is unrealistic for several people to move a family's collection.
"No problem. The several branches opened by Shionhua Pharmaceutical Company in Konoha should be able to squeeze out some manpower."
Liuli said.
During the Wind Kingdom War, several branches of Shionhua Pharmaceutical Company in Konoha were banned and monitored.
But with the end of the war and the defeat of Sunagakure and Konoha, Konoha lifted the ban and surveillance on these branches, as if nothing had happened.
Once that line is touched, it will give the Kingdom of Demons an excuse to attack Konoha.
This is a completely unfavorable situation for Konoha.
Konoha now cannot withstand too much hardship, with such heavy losses.
"Mom, I'll leave the negotiation to you. I'll go take a look around."
At this time, Yiji suddenly spoke.
Liuli glanced at her and nodded in agreement.
Ichihime had studied in Konoha in the past and was no stranger to the situation here, so she didn't need a guide.
"Don't cause trouble."
Yiji waved her hand to indicate that she understood.
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"Uncle, a big bowl of miso barbecued pork ramen!"
The curtain was opened first, and a boy with six beards on his face ran in and shouted happily to the boss behind the counter.
"Oh, it's Naruto, I'm a little late today."
The forty-year-old hand glanced at Naruto and smiled kindly.
"Because practicing is a waste of time."
The kid named Naruto answered.
"Naruto is really a hard-working boy. His grades in school must be very good."
Shou Da said.
"Where there."
Naruto scratched his head and smiled shyly.
It’s really hard to say that I am the last in the practical class and the last in the theoretical class.
He was also teased as the leader of a trio of idiots in his class. One day, he wanted to become Hokage and shut up those guys!
"Acorus, a large bowl of miso barbecued pork ramen. Remember to put more barbecued pork. It belongs to Naruto."
Shouda shouted to the people in the kitchen.
"I got it, Dad."
A girl's clear voice came from the kitchen.
Naruto sat there waiting expectantly for his ramen to be ready.
At this moment, the curtain was opened again.
"Welcome, guest, what kind of ramen would you like to eat?"
Shandai said to the guests who came in.
"Two large bowls of tonkotsu char siu ramen, take away."
The girl who came in was none other than Kazuki, she said to her hands.
"Okay, pack two large bowls of tonkotsu and barbecued pork ramen."
He wrote it down with his hand and asked the girl in the kitchen to work.
"Speaking of which, the little girl's face and temperament are a bit familiar. I feel like I've seen the same girl somewhere."
He was looking at Yiji's face as if he was recalling something.
"I lived in Konoha for a while a few years ago."
Ichiji replied.
"It seems that there is such a thing... However, I feel that this sense of familiarity is more like what happened a long time ago. In the past, a man and two women often came over to eat the ramen I made, and occasionally they would bring their team When the jounin came over, one of the girls was particularly good at eating, and she would eat dozens of bowls every time, which made their leading jounin always look bitter."
Because at that time, it was not me who stood up, but my father. I was always busy in the kitchen and had very little time to interact with customers.
"Yeah?"
Yi Ji nodded, she knew who the hand was talking about.
Aunt Ayane, who has also heard of her in the past, is a regular customer of this Ichiraku Ramen.
As for the leader of the Jonin, it should be the dead Konoha White Fang Hatake Sakumo.
When I was looking through the past photos of my elders, I came across such a person.
Immediately afterwards, Yiji sat bored, waiting for the ramen to be ready.
While waiting like this, it is inevitable to look elsewhere.
So, she looked at Naruto, who was sitting next to her, looking at her secretly with some restraint and curiosity.
After being discovered that he was peeping, Naruto quickly looked away, as if he was a little restless, and his body trembled slightly.
After realizing that he had been stared at by the other party, Naruto became so angry that he did not dare to breathe.
Although the other person is not much older than him, he feels that the other person is very scary.
This kind of fear, how should I put it, is not the difference in strength, but the cowardice and daring not to talk back to the elders who have a stern expression on their face.
"Want some candy?"
In such a tense and uneasy atmosphere, Kazuki broke the awkward atmosphere and said to Naruto.
"Eh?"
Naruto raised his head blankly and looked at Kazuki.
"Want some candy?"
Ichiji asked again.
"Um...you, are you talking to me?"
Naruto was a little excited.
He has always been afraid and worried about strangers.
I don't know why, but many adults in the village hate him. Even many children in the school are influenced by those adults. They often secretly throw stones at him and laugh at him as a 'fox monster'.
Really, he is obviously a human being, how could he be a fox monster?
So much so that there were very few friends to hang out with, not only in the village but also in school.
Therefore, when strangers talk to him and express kindness, he will be so excited and happy.
Seeing the other party like this, Yiji didn't know what to say for a moment, so she could only look at him with pity.
This jinchuriki could easily be abducted from Konoha with a little kindness.
"Choose one. This is a very delicious Baiwei candy. I specially asked the old man to help me make it."
Yi Ji took out a palm-sized bag from somewhere and untied the knot. There were a lot of candies in it.
Each candy is wrapped in exquisite wrapping paper and looks great.
Put it in front of Naruto and let him choose one of them.
"Thank you, big sister. Then I will choose one."
Naruto happily reached into the bag and selected one.
After peeling off the wrapping paper and looking at the candies that were as clear and beautiful as crystal, Naruto swallowed.
This kind of candy is so beautiful. He has never seen such a beautiful candy, and it looks delicious.
Put the candy in your mouth without hesitation.
Suddenly, a large amount of sour taste filled his entire mouth, causing Naruto's smile to twist into a ball, and his tears were unknowingly sour from the sour taste of the candy.
Naruto's heart was filled with all kinds of resentment towards Ichiki.
very sour!
Does this eldest sister want to murder him?
Why are there such sour candies? The old man who made such candies must be a bad guy.
"It seems that you got sour candy. What a pity, you are not very lucky."
Ichiki looked at Naruto's pained face with a look of satisfaction.
As a child, you just need to understand the dangers of society.
This way, you won't be deceived by adults.
It is so kind to educate children in this way.
"Sister, you're lying, this doesn't taste good at all."
Naruto looked at Kazuo without tears.
The sour taste stayed in his mouth for a minute and did not dissipate. Naruto had never tasted such unpleasant candy.
"That's because you were unlucky and picked a sour candy. Do you want to try it again? There is a super delicious candy hidden inside. Only smart children can eat it."
Ichiki looked at Naruto with a smile.
Super delicious...candy? Naruto looked at Kazuki suspiciously.
Moreover, is there any connection between being smart and eating the best candy?
However, a ninja will not be defeated twice in the same place.
After thinking about it, he took out another candy from the bag, opened the candy wrapper, hesitated for a moment, put it in his mouth and held it.
"Naruto, the miso barbecued pork ramen you asked for is ready..."
At this time, Teida came over with a large bowl of ramen.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Naruto suddenly let out a hoarse shout.
"Hot, so hot! So hot! I'm so hot!"
The tear ducts seemed to be broken, and the tears kept pouring down.
The mouth was red and seemed to be swollen.
Naruto jumped up from his seat, climbed onto the counter, and quickly called for help:
"Hand, hand, uncle, water, give me water quickly!"
"Naruto, don't act recklessly, the ramen is going to spill!"
Hands was also startled by Naruto's actions.
"Give me water! I want water! It's too spicy!"
Naruto was still howling, not caring whether his ramen was spilled or not. He just wanted to drink water to wash away all the spicy taste in his mouth.
Soon, Yiji walked out with two large bowls of packaged ramen with no expression on her face, completely ignoring the commotion in the ramen shop.
"How can you believe the words of an adult so easily? You are such a stupid kid."
The Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki was completely defeated.
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