Two days passed in a flash, and Itachi was still in a dilemma.
Although he did not want to become Nagasawa's disciple, Nagasawa still planned to teach him the Ninjutsu he showed him back then and told Itachi to wait for him at the Dango shop at seven o'clock in the evening.
Itachi was in a dilemma whether he should go or not.
Although not abiding by the agreement went against Itachi's principle, he really did not know what to do this time.
If he did not know that the person who offered him Dango two days ago was Nagasawa, he wouldn't mind learning the Ninjutsu.
But since he knew that the person was Nagasawa, Itachi did not know how to face this person that he once thought so highly of.
"Itachi, what's wrong? Is there something bothering you?" Mikoto Uchiha asked upon noticing the strange look on Itachi's face.
Itachi thought for a moment, then said, "There was someone I really wanted to see, and that person wants to see me, but I don't know if I should go."
"Since you want to see that person, why not go?" Mikoto Uchiha said. She didn't understand what was so confusing about it.
Hearing her words, Itachi didn't know how to explain himself.
Seeing that Uchiha Itachi was still in a dilemma, Mikoto Uchiha said softly,
"I don't know what's going on, but you should do what you want."
Eventually, Itachi said, "Mother, you are right."
At this time, Itachi also figured it out.
Regardless of what happened, Nagasawa was a person he respected.
He still wanted to get to know Nagasawa properly.
Perhaps everything that happened before was a misunderstanding, and perhaps he'd realize how reliable Nagasawa truly was once he knew more about him.
"Just be careful, don't come home too late." Mikoto Uchiha smiled.
She didn't know what Itachi should do, but Itachi has always been very mature, so Mikoto Uchiha was not that strict with Itachi.
Itachi nodded and walked towards the Dango shop.
In order to give Nagasawa a good impression, Itachi arrived half an hour earlier.
However, much to Itachi's surprise, he still had to wait another 20 minutes after the promised time before Nagasawa showed up.
Even owner Watanabe couldn't stand to see Itachi wait for so long and told Itachi to stop standing there and wait in the shop instead. The spring wind was cold, after all.
"You're late." Itachi said to Nagasawa.
"Haha, I met a black cat at a crossroad. I got lost, so I was a little late." Nagasawa scratched his head embarrasedly.
Itachi:…
Although he was a child, he did not buy this reason.
He was a Hokage Assistant, and many people believed that he was the strongest in Konoha. How could such a Shinobi get lost?
"Cough cough, let's put that aside for now. I'll teach you the Ninjutsu first." With that, Nagasawa grabbed the Itachi's hand and directly brought him to the forest from last time.
"The Ninjutsu I'm about teach you is called..."
"Wait a minute, are you the Hokage Assistant Nagasawa?" Itachi surprisingly interrupted Nagasawa.
"That's right, I am the Hokage Assistant Fujiwara Nagasawa. You can call me Nagasawa-sensei, or call me brother like Kabuto did." Nagasawa said.
At this moment, Nagasawa suddenly remembered something. He seemed to have never told Itachi his name.
However, he certainly didn't want to admit that it was his fault. Nagasawa had always assumed that Itachi knew who he was. After all, they already met once, and Nagasawa thought that he had already introduced himself to Itachi. He was also present during the banquet with Minato.
On top of that, Itachi was close with Kabuto, so Nagasawa subconsciously thought that Itachi knew who he was.
However, when Nagasawa thought about it carefully, he realized that during their first encounter, he left in a hurry to eat the sweets he bought and forgot to say his name.
He attended the banquet later, but Itachi only glanced at him from afar, and the two of them did not communicate.
Although Itachi had already heard it from Kabuto, Itachi still couldn't keep his composure for a while after Nagasawa himself admitted that he was indeed the Hokage Assistant that everyone was talking about.
Looking at Itachi's expression, Nagasawa raised his eyebrows and said, "What's wrong? Don't I look like the part? Besides, I also went to your house with Minato to attend the banquet. You should've seen me, right?"
Itachi nodded and said, "Yes, I still remember."
"Then let's start. This Ninjutsu is not easy to learn. You have to learn seriously."
"This Ninjutsu is called Rasengan. It is an A-rank Ninjutsu that I helped Fourth Hokage developing."
Nagasawa then used Rasengan and explained the principles behind it.
"The essence of Rasengan is to condense Chakra in your hand, and then rotate the Chakra, and then compress it, and finally form a high-speed rotating Chakra ball. ]
As Nagasawa spoke, Nagasawa finished condensing Rasengan, and a ball composed of pure Chakra appeared in his hand.
"Actually, this Ninjutsu can only be said to be a semi-finished product, and you can add Nature Transformation into it, but because this Ninjutsu is very difficult, adding Nature Transformation makes it even more difficult."
Itachi was still thinking about various things about Nagasawa at first, but he was also interested in Rasengan.
After Nagasawa finished speaking, Itachi tried to rotate the Chakra in his hand to all directions and then compressed it.
It went smoothly at the beginning, and the Rasengan began to take shape, but soon, the Chakra rotation began to get erratic, and fell apart when Itachi compressed.
"I fail right away..." Itachi frowned.
So far, he has never encountered any difficulties in learning Ninjutsu. He even could use Uchiha Clan's signature Ninjutsu, the Great Fireball Technique after seeing his father use it once.
It seems that Nagasawa was indeed right, this Ninjutsu was very difficult.
"Haha, that is normal, don't rotate your Chakra in all directions if you just learn this Ninjutsu. I did it just to increase the power. Since you just started, you should focus on maintaining the shape of the Rasengan first. "Nagasawa explained.
Nagasawa then took out a water ball he prepared in advance and taught Itachi how to use it to help him in the training.
Thanks to Nagasawa's explanation and water ball, Itachi progressed rapidly. Nagasawa estimated that he might be able to complete the basic form in a few days, and all that was left was to improve the power.
In other words, rotating the Chakra in all directions.
The training time passed quickly, and it got dark before they realized it. Itachi felt that it was almost time to go home, so he asked Nagasawa.
"Nagasawa-san, can I ask you a question?"
"Of course." Nagasawa nodded.
"Do you think the war may disappear?" Itachi looked at Nagasawa carefully, constantly guessing Nagasawa's answer.