"Naruto... how did you come back?" Nara Shikamaru suddenly thought of something, he quickly looked around, and when he found that there were no adults from his clan nearby, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Shikamaru suppressed the shock in his heart and lowered his voice to remind, "Did you forget that your Pops is wanted? Won't you cause trouble for him by appearing so openly?"
Naruto scratched the back of his head, he grinned, "Don't worry! Pops isn't afraid of any bounty!"
"We've always returned to Konohagakure openly!" Naruto added, "The village ninjas didn't stop us."
Returned to Konohagakure openly?
The village ninjas didn't stop them?
Shikamaru was taken aback.
"Naruto! Naruto!" Chouji had already recovered from his ghostly expression, and he even forgot about the pain on his forehead.
Chouji, with a face full of excitement and anticipation, waved at Naruto: "I... I'm not dreaming, am I? You're really back?"
"That's right!" Naruto smiled brilliantly and nodded heavily: "I am Uzumaki Naruto, I want to become the Hokage of Konohagakure and even surpass the previous Hokage, I am back today!"
"Surpass the Hokage?" Shikamaru was surprised: "Wasn't your goal to become the Hokage?"
Naruto explained: "It's to surpass the Third Hokage!"
Shikamaru suddenly realized.
Surpassing the Third... Naruto's goal is getting bigger and bigger.
"Great! Our trio can be together again!"
Chouji was so excited that he almost cried.
He was so moved that he ate a few more chips, and then said to Naruto: "You don't know how hard it was for us two without you this past year! I've missed you every single day, and so has Shikamaru!"
"Hey, hey, hey! Don't drag me into this!" Shikamaru quickly defended himself: "I'm not as exaggerated as you are!"
"But didn't you mention Naruto to me just yesterday?" Chouji turned his head in surprise.
Shikamaru immediately coughed.
"You must have remembered wrong!"
He corrected Chouji.
"Thank... thank you!" Naruto was genuinely moved.
So there were still people in Konohagakure who cared about him besides the Third Hokage. Although he hadn't known Shikamaru and Chouji for long, they treated him as a real friend.
For Naruto, who had been lacking in friendship and isolated by the entire village since he was a child, this was a friendship more precious than gold.
Naruto also sincerely considered Shikamaru and Chouji as good friends.
"What's there to thank?"
Shikamaru's bored and world-weary face showed a hint of a smile.
Actually, he also recognized Naruto.
Although Shikamaru didn't like trouble, his brief encounter with Naruto made him realize that Naruto was not the "Demon Fox" that everyone imagined would bring disaster to everyone.
"You came back this time for the the Ninja Academy, right?" Shikamaru voiced his guess.
Naruto nodded: "That's right!"
He squinted his eyes confidently and gave a thumbs up: "To become the Hokage, to surpass the Hokage... the first step is to become the top of the same class in the Ninja Academy!"
Chouji munched on his chips, his chubby face full of astonishment: "That should be very difficult, right?"
"More than just very difficult?" Shikamaru said: "At least seventy percent of the new students are children of various ninja clans, including the Ino-Shika-Cho, Uchiha, Hyuga, Shimura, Inuzuka, Aburame, Sarutobi, Utatane, Mitokado..."
Shikamaru listed a dozen or twenty Konohagakure ninja clans in one breath, and these ninja clans he mentioned were all considered large ninja clans in Konohagakure.
There must be at least thirty or forty less famous ninja clans.
"These children of the ninja clans have actually started learning how to extract chakra, how to practice transformation jutsu, clone jutsu, substitution jutsu before they even enter the Ninja School."
"Even started practicing secret family techniques."
Shikamaru sighed: "Even I can't guarantee that I can be in the top fifty of the same class. After all, there must be hundreds of students in each class!"
"I think Shikamaru should be at least in the top five!"
Chouji raised his hand and stated: "Naruto should also be at least in the top five!"
But the next second, he looked a little lost: "I won't be dragging you guys down, right?"
"Stupid Chouji!" Shikamaru said helplessly, "Can't you be a little less negative?"
Then, Shikamaru looked at Naruto, "If you want to be the top of your class, you have a lot of competitors. I heard that Uchiha Sasuke, the second son of the Uchiha clan leader, is also enrolling in the ninja school this year, he is in the same class as us."
"He has a very powerful older brother named 'Uchiha Itachi', and as Itachi's younger brother, he probably won't be far behind." Shikamaru analyzed, "If you want to compete for first place, your biggest opponent should be him."
Naruto's smile became serious.
He also thought of Sasuke's face.
He even remembered what Sasuke had said.
"I know him, he's also my friend." Naruto said confidently, "I won't let him surpass me, I'm... very powerful now!"
After a full year of training.
Naruto had already walked out of his inferiority complex.
"Shikamaru!" Naruto said, "I want to start on the path to becoming Hokage from the ninja school, I need your and Chouji's assistance, are you and Chouji willing to support me to become Hokage?"
Shikamaru's eyebrows instinctively furrowed, "You're only a little over six years old, right? Even if you're looking at your real age, you're only seven this year, right? Is this the age to think about these things?"
"Moreover, being Hokage is too much of a hassle..."
Before Shikamaru could finish his sentence.
Chouji didn't hesitate, he raised both hands to show his agreement, "I'm willing! I'm willing! Shikamaru must be willing too!"
Shikamaru: "..."
"Good! Let's settle it then!" Naruto immediately fist-bumped, "The three of us will work together to advance towards the position of Hokage!"
"Great!" Chouji exclaimed excitedly, "Hokage! Hokage!"
Shikamaru: "....."
Hey hey hey! Damn Chouji!
Don't make decisions for me!
And Naruto, you're thinking about becoming the Hokage of Konohagakure before you've even officially enrolled in the ninja school?
Although, having a goal to become Hokage...
There's nothing wrong with that.
But for some reason, Shikamaru always felt that the tone of Naruto's words was like trying to forcibly recruit people and then start a rebellion in Konohagakure village.
Thinking of this, Shikamaru shivered.
It must be an illusion, right?
Looking at the two big fools in front of him, one fat and one thin, who were holding hands as if the position of Hokage was within reach, as if they were playing house... Shikamaru had a headache.
"Sigh... I really can't do anything with you two fools!"
He put his hands on his hips and bowed his head.
He sighed.
...
At the same time.
Konohagakure Prison.
The Konohagakure village prison is generally used to imprison criminal ninjas. Danzo, who was once the head of the Root, is now imprisoned in the prison, but his treatment is different from other prisoners.
The cell where Danzo is staying is several circles larger than other cells, and the living facilities in the cell are all available.
Even the iron door of the cell is not locked.
Rather than letting Danzo come in for introspection, it's more like letting Danzo come in for a vacation to recover from his injuries.
"It's been almost half a year, and you still haven't contacted Orochimaru?"
Danzo, who was left with half a body, sat in a wheelchair.
He coldly looked at a Root ninja kneeling in front of him, his words were a bit gloomy, "What are you guys doing? Half a year has passed, and you can't even find Orochimaru?"
Although he was no longer the leader of the Root, many ninjas in the Root had been branded with a curse mark and brainwashed by him early on.
This allowed Danzo to still command the Root.
However...
In the past, Danzo could command the Root without any hindrance.
But now there was an additional Mitokado Homura.
This made it very inconvenient for Danzo to work.
And it made Danzo very upset.
"Danzo-sama, Mitokado-sama has been constantly pulling people to carry out various tasks. This makes it difficult for us to spare more people to look for Orochimaru," the Root ninja responded.
"Damn Mitokado!" Danzo was immediately gritting his teeth in anger: "Doesn't he know that my two legs are more important?"
Ever since he had a narrow escape from Whitebeard...
Danzo had been brooding over his own legs.
Nowadays, he could only sit in a wheelchair. When he was undergoing some "material reincarnation", Danzo could only use a catheter, and the process still required a Root ninja to help him insert it.
He never thought that he would be so embarrassed one day.
This made him even more eager to find Orochimaru.
This way, it will be possible to transplant two new legs, as well as transplant... something important.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
Suddenly.
The thick iron door made of steel was knocked.
Danzo frowned.
"Come in!"
The one who entered was also a Root ninja. As soon as the masked Root ninja came in, he knelt down on one knee directly to Danzo and reported in a shocking manner: "Lord Danzo, we have received new information, Whitebeard is back!"
"What?!!!" The familiar name made Danzo suddenly startled, even startled to the point that his body trembled a bit, and he almost lost his balance and almost fell off the wheelchair.
Danzo's head was wrapped in bandages, one of his eyes was hidden under the bandages, and the exposed eye was wide open.
"Whitebeard is back? Isn't he in the Land of Water?"
Danzo stared at the Root ninja who reported the information.
He couldn't help but grit his teeth and asked: "When did he come back?"
The Root ninja immediately lowered his head and answered: "At noon today!"
"...Today?"
Danzo found that his forehead was actually sweating cold sweat.
Just hearing the word "Whitebeard" aroused the fear of his body instinctively.
This made Danzo's face very ugly.
"The village just let him in like this? He is a wanted criminal, and he almost killed me! Didn't that Sarutobi send someone to stop Whitebeard?"
"Why Sarutobi didn't even send someone over to notify me in advance! What does he mean by this?"
Danzo said more and more gritted his teeth.
And even began to lack a sense of security.
"Danzo-sama..." At this time, the Root ninja who came to report continued to say: "There is another unexpected person who came back, it's Uchiha Shisui, he's still alive! According to the information we have, he came back with Whitebeard, which means Whitebeard saved him."
Danzo: "..."
There was no good thing at all, but bad things came one after another, listening to this make Danzo's forehead veins trembling.
Danzo and Shisui have a deep hatred between them.
After all, it was him who led the Root to kill Shisui.
...
Evening.
Uchiha Itachi, who was absent-minded, returned to the Uchiha residence.
In recent days, Itachi has clearly noticed the increasing restlessness of the Uchiha clan, especially the "death of Shisui", which has added fuel to the fire.
Now, just a spark will ignite this bomb. Once this bomb explodes, it will affect the entire Konohagakure village.
Not only will it affect many innocent civilians.
It will also affect his younger brother Sasuke.
The words Danzo had said to him once again surfaced in his mind. In fact, Itachi had met with Danzo several times recently.
Because he desperately wanted to know how to give the Uchiha clan a "good end" instead of ending up with a failed coup and the extermination of the clan?
After returning to the Uchiha clan with heavy thoughts, Itachi naturally received countless prejudice from the Uchiha clan.
As long as it's a more radical Uchiha.
They won't give Itachi a good look.
Everyone knows that the son of the clan leader, Uchiha Itachi, is a dog of the village, this person is not loyal to the Uchiha clan. As the son of the clan leader, he is loyal to a group of outsiders instead.
In the eyes of the more radical Uchiha, Itachi's behavior is no different from a clan traitor.
If they weren't afraid of losing.
They would have done it a long time ago.
"Shisui, what should I do?" Uchiha Itachi, ignoring all the gazes, went to the outskirts of the back mountain of the Uchiha clan residence. This was where he first met Shisui, and it was also the cemetery where the Uchiha clan buried their clan members.
In front of Itachi was a tombstone, it was a cenotaph, on the tombstone was written... Konohagakure Jonin, Uchiha Shisui, died at the age of sixteen, died in Konohagakure in the fifty-sixth year.
Itachi, who had taken off his Anbu mask.
Remained silent for a long time.
Itachi took a deep breath, he was staring at this tombstone, his eyes seemed to want to see through the barrier between the world and the underworld.
He wanted to see Uchiha Shisui, who was in the underworld.
"I want to kill Danzo to avenge you, but there are too many Root ninjas protecting him, I can't guarantee that I can kill him. And he has a way to prevent the Uchiha clan from being exterminated, he has a way to protect Sasuke..."
"Although he hasn't revealed his method to me, I vaguely feel that it's not a good method. But the problem is that I can only use each other for now. I want to fulfill your last wish, I want peace and stability for the village."
"Uchiha, Konohagakure village... Shisui, I find it hard to choose. If I support the Uchiha clan, the Uchiha who launch the coup will definitely cause a lot of bloody killings in Konohagakure."
"If I support the village, can any Uchiha survive? How can a ninja clan fight against a ninja village?"
"Many clan members are unaware of the strength of the village."
"They are arrogant, proud, self-centered..."
Itachi held a white chrysanthemum in his hand.
He bent down gently to put it down.
Just as he sighed, straightened up and was about to turn around and leave, his forehead suddenly hurt. In his line of sight, he saw an arm stretching towards his head, two fingers pointing at his forehead.
Itachi's heart tightened, and a chill ran up his spine.
If this person who suddenly appeared wanted to kill him.
Wouldn't he have died on the spot just now?
"What are you..."
Before he could finish his sentence.
Itachi was stunned.
What first came into his sight was a familiar garlic dumpling nose, followed by a very familiar hairstyle and Konohagakure forehead protector, the face that was unforgettable in his memory was so familiar.
Plop...
The Konohagakure Anbu mask that Itachi was holding in his other hand fell to the ground.
The mud splashed from the ground even dripped onto his feet.
But all of this was ignored by Itachi.
Itachi's expression was a bit stunned.
He stared blankly at Shisui.
"If you keep being so confused, then I don't know how to give this eye to you! Itachi!" Shisui didn't blame Itachi, he showed a smile, "I've always believed that you can inherit my will, a confused Uchiha Itachi, is not the Uchiha Itachi I know!"
"Shisui!!"
Since learning of Uchiha Shisui's "death", and personally built a memorial tomb for Shisui, Itachi believed that there was nothing in the world that could stir up his heart.
But when Uchiha Shisui appeared in front of him.
Itachi still couldn't hold back his closed heart.
He also couldn't maintain the coldness on his face.
The incredulous exclamation slipped out.
"You.....you are....." Itachi immediately looked Shisui up and down, he gradually began to calm down, the three-hooked Sharingan opened, but he couldn't see any trace of "transformation technique".
This is not someone transformed into Shisui.
This seems to be the real Shisui.
"Shisui.....you, you came back from the underworld?" Itachi muttered in a daze, "Did you hear my call?"
"Underworld?" Shisui's eyes flashed with a complex color, "Well, you can say that."
He was lucky he can still alive till now
It is indeed considered to be returning from the underworld.
But it wasn't that he came back voluntarily, but that he was forcibly pulled back by Whitebeard and others, allowing him to pick up a small life.
"Itachi, I didn't die." Shisui spoke, "Half a year ago, Shimura Danzo and his 'Root', didn't kill me. But it's not that they spared me, it's that I was saved."
Shisui laughed, "Itachi, you don't have to stare at me so much, I'm not in a ghost state, if you don't believe me, you can touch me."
Shisui didn't expect Itachi to really reach out and touch him.
And Itachi's action was very forceful.
"Really.....there's body heat.....I can also feel the bones..." Itachi stared blankly at Shisui, "You, really didn't die. But...why haven't you returned to Konohagakure village for so long? You.....why do you only have one eye left?"
"That's a long story."
Shisui gave a bitter smile, "I've been through a lot and figured out a lot. I'm not short of time, I can tell you all about it."
"But..."
Shisui's words turned.
"But what?"
Itachi was puzzled.
"Before I explain to you, I want to give you a gift." Shisui said, "It might hurt a little."
"What?" Itachi didn't have time to react.
He saw the pattern in Shisui's remaining eye change, and in that instant, Itachi's consciousness began to blur.
Until his eyes suddenly felt a sharp pain.
Like something was being dug out.
"aaa!!!!"
Before he had time to cover his eyes, he felt a spherical object being forcibly stuffed into his eye socket.
The familiar yet strange chakra connected to his optic nerve.
The indescribable pain made Uchiha Itachi sweat profusely.
A healing sensation came from his eyes again.
This made Uchiha Itachi's eyes itch.
It was very uncomfortable!
"This... is the gift I give you." Shisui's fingertips pinched a three-tomoe Sharingan. But the two eye sockets on his face were all hollow.
Blood was flowing from one side of the eye socket.
Blind in both eyes.
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