Against Itachi who had just opened his Sharingan, even if Zhang Miao didn't use the Eight Inner Gates, he could still easily defeat him. He only needed to pay a bit more time than usual.
But what Zhang Miao was unwilling to pay was precisely this bit of time!
In Zhang Miao's view, what he needed was a crushing victory. If he didn't have this kind of strength, it would be fine. But as long as he had this strength, he would absolutely crush Itachi!
Because now that Itachi had already opened his Sharingan, this was the time when his confidence reached its peak. Only in this kind of situation, if he defeated him in a convincing fashion, then he would be able to trigger the reward of obtaining Itachi's Ninja Fragment!
It was precisely because of this that Zhang Miao opened the first three of the Eight Inner Gates at once, intending to give Itachi a "surprise"!
"In order to open these three gates, I spent a total of 200 ordinary ninja fragments. Itachi, don't disappoint me!"
Thinking of this, Zhang Miao waved his fist even faster!
"Bang!"
This punch landed solidly on Itachi's hand. The powerful force immediately pushed him a several steps back before he stopped. His eyes immediately revealed a shocked expression.
"His power is much stronger than before!"
Seeing Itachi's shocked appearance, Zhang Miao immediately grinned.
"Hehe, in order to protect the body, a person's brain would often restrict a part of the body's functions. The first of the Eight Inner Gates removes the limitations of the brain to achieve the goal of displaying 100% of the body's ability. The current me is different from before. If I'm not careful, I will be injured, yo!"
When Zhang Miao said the word "yo", his figure disappeared again and then quickly appeared in front of Fugaku.
Unlike last time, this time Itachi saw the trajectory of Zhang Miao's movements. He clearly saw that Zhang Miao approached him with an "S" shaped route.
At this time, he really wanted to dodge, but his body could not keep up with his eyes. So when Zhang Miao used his best kick, Itachi only had time to protect his lower jaw with his arms.
"Bang!"
Zhang Miao kicked Itachi's lower jaw, and the powerful force immediately sent him flying.
However, Zhang Miao also knew that this attack would not bring any harm to Itachi, so he immediately squatted down, then fiercely kicked the ground with both feet, and his whole body suddenly rose into the air!
"Whoosh!"
Because his speed was too fast, he actually made a sound when launching himself. Seeing Zhang Miao's movement, Itachi's Sharingan suddenly rotated even faster!
"Is he going to use that move?"
The "Double Lion Barrage" that Zhang Miao used in the Academy was still fresh in Itachi's memory. Now that he saw Zhang Miao's move, he quickly concentrated all his energy and prepared to meet Zhang Miao's next attack.
What he did not expect was that Zhang Miao did not use an elbow or kick at him like in the Academy. Instead, he locked his arms from behind and then spun quickly.
"Reverse Lotus!"
The Reverse Lottus was a kind of taijutsu that can be used in midair. The main step was to first launch the opponent into the air, then, the user tied their opponent with their training bandages, and then use a high-speed rotation to "plant" the opponent from the air into the ground.
Zhang Miao did not have a training bandage in his hand, so he naturally could not tie Itachi up. Moreover, he did not intend to do this, because there was no need for it!
"It's over!"
When Zhang Miao and Itachi fell from the air, looking at the ground close to them, Itachi who had lost the ability to resist quickly closed his eyes, and at the same time, he used his hands to protect his head, ready to receive the "hug of the earth".
"Bang!"
The sound of impact was heard.
Itachi found that the pain he imagined did not come. He opened his eyes and found that he was lying on Fugaku.
"Father?"
Looking at his surprised appearance, Fugaku suddenly smiled and nodded, then patted him on the shoulder.
"Itachi, you have to remember that the strongest thing in our clan is this pair of Sharingan. The only thing we can rely on is this pair of Sharingan. Therefore, no matter what the situation is, do not close your eyes!"
"I understand, father!"
Hearing his words, Itachi quickly nodded, then turned around and walked to Zhang Miao, bowing to him.
"Ryunosuke, thank you for your guidance for such a long time. I now understand the gap between you and me, but I will try my best to catch up with you. When I feel that I can fight you, I hope you won't refuse. Please!"
Hearing Itachi's words, Zhang Miao understood that the other party was obviously not ready to fight him within a short time. This was definitely not possible for him, who was eager to collect the ninja fragments of Itachi, so he was ready to refuse without thinking.
"This must be..."
However, before he could finish speaking, the system prompt sounded in his mind.
["Ding! "Congratulations to the host for becoming the target of Itachi's pursuit. From now on, as long as the host appears in front of Itachi, he will receive full amount of his Ninja Fragments until the host is defeated by him!"
Hearing this prompt, Zhang Miao suddenly felt happy and quickly changed his words.
"This is definitely not a problem. Speaking of which, I should go back. I will come to play with you again next time. Come on, I think highly of you!"
At this point, Zhang Miao suddenly patted Itachi on the shoulder with a smile on his face and then waved to Fugaku beside him.
"Bye bye, Uncle Fugaku!"
"Okay!" Looking at Zhang Miao, who was waving at him, Fugaku immediately nodded and turned to look at Itachi. "Itachi, send Ryunosuke off!"
"Yes, father!"
Hearing Fugaku's words, Itachi quickly nodded and walked out of the house with Zhang Miao.
As soon as he left the door, he could not help but ask.
"Ryunosuke, what do you want so much money for?"
Hearing Itachi's question, Zhang Miao could not help but shake his head helplessly.
"Sigh, I say, Itachi, you really don't know how expensive being me is. Let me tell you, I have to pay 20,000 ryos a day to eat at Yakiniku Q. This amount of money is only enough for more than a week's worth of food!"
"Uh..." Just as Zhang Miao finished speaking, Itachi immediately looked at him with a shocked face, "But my mother only needs to buy vegetables for one or two thousands a day!"
"Duh, don't mind these details!"
At this point, Zhang Miao suddenly put his arm around Itachi's shoulder and quickly changed the topic.
"Speaking of which, when I went to the Academy to pick up my two wives today, I didn't seem to see you. Did you skip class? You have also become a bad kid, haven't you? Hehe!"
"No!" Hearing Zhang Miao's words, Itachi immediately shook his head, "I didn't skip class. My shadow clone was discovered by the teacher, so I graduated immediately."
"Uh..."
Hearing Itachi's words, Zhang Miao remembered that in the original work also mentioned that Itachi graduated in a year.
When he thought of this, he suddenly laughed again.
"Hehe, it's good that you had graduated. Anyway, there's nothing to learn for you. Since you don't have to go to class, how about setting up a stall with me to sell things sounds?"
"Uh... This..."
Itachi really wanted to refuse, but before he could say the words of rejection, he was dragged away by Zhang Miao.
More than ten minutes later, a burst of tender and loud voice rang out on the street at south of Konoha.
"Clearance sale, clearance sale! Everything costs only 100 ryos! The dumbbells, jumpsuits, shoes and bandages, everything is 100 ryos. Everything you can't buy with 100 ryos, you can buy here for 100 ryos! Come, it's worth it! Everything is 100 ryos! It can be used for three or five more years! It can also be passed to the next generation... Hey, Itachi! Help me out will ya? Hurry up!
At this time, the one who was shouting was none other than Zhang Miao. After hearing his words, the originally stunned Itachi could only grit his teeth and shout with his eyes closed.
"These... are only 100 ryos... These... are not bad!"