Evening.
"It's strange that Naruto didn't come to the ninja school today, and I don't know where my brother went....."
Sasuke, who was going home from school alone, was a bit puzzled.
He found that there were few people in the Uchiha clan's residence.
Most of them are not ninjas.
When he got home, Sasuke found that both his father and mother were not there.
"Did they go to a clan meeting again?"
Sasuke sighed.
He didn't know what was going on recently, his father and mother would have a clan meeting every two or three days, and once they started, they wouldn't come back until late at night.
And every time they came back, the faces of his father and mother looked very tired.
He didn't know what they were discussing.
Sasuke was not curious to ask, but his father always refused to answer his questions with the excuse "Instead of being curious about this kind of thing, you should concentrate on practicing, otherwise you can't even beat Uzumaki Naruto".
But he always felt that the Uchiha clan was very strange recently.
Many people in the clan have a lot of opinions about his brother, and he can't argue with them even if he wants to.
Sasuke couldn't understand why his clan was like this?
His brother, who is an Anbu ninja, didn't do anything wrong!
Why is the clan less and less welcoming to his brother?
Even feel like they are ostracizing his brother?
Sasuke pouted: "And... my brother is really! Every time I ask him, he doesn't answer me, he becomes like my father, and says I'm too young to know so much."
Just then, Sasuke suddenly noticed something was wrong.
"Huh?" He looked down in surprise.
He found that there was a pair of shoes next to the shoe cabinet, which he didn't know when they were put there.
Sasuke was sure they were not his!
Not his brother's either!
Not his parents' either!
"Who is it?" Sasuke quickly took out a Kunai from his Ninja Tools bag, and a drop of cold sweat involuntarily overflowed from his forehead.
The adults in the clan seemed to have gone to a clan meeting, if there was any bad guy sneaking into the house, Sasuke found that the only person who could protect him was himself.
Also at this moment, Sasuke noticed that a hand was quietly resting on his shoulder, which made his pupils suddenly contract.
Sasuke, holding the Kunai, turned around without hesitation.
He, holding the Kunai tightly, stabbed the sharp Kunai behind him.
He hoped that one strike could repel the "bad guy".
However, Sasuke found that the Kunai in his hand had not stabbed into anything, and his wrist was tightly gripped by someone.
No matter how hard Sasuke struggled, he couldn't struggle out of the other's control.
"You.....:
Sasuke quickly looked up.
He was stunned.
"Naruto?!!!"
"Shh...." Naruto, who was holding Sasuke's wrist, quickly made a "shushing" gesture. He had sneaked into the Uchiha clan's residence and into Uchiha Sasuke's house.
As for how Naruto knew it was Sasuke's house?
This mansion is the largest in the entire Uchiha clan.
Considering that Sasuke's father is the head of the Uchiha clan.
Naruto knew it was Sasuke's house just by thinking about it.
"Keep it down!" Naruto lowered his voice: "I came to find you, but there is a big thing I want to tell you secretly! Shikamaru and I are preparing to do a big thing, you are my good friend, are you interested in doing it together?!"
Sasuke didn't listen to Naruto's words at all.
He was shocked that he couldn't break free from Naruto's one-handed grip no matter how hard he tried.
It's hard to imagine how strong Naruto is.
"You sneaked into my house just to say such a small thing?"
Sasuke's little face was a bit red, he was actually scared by Naruto.
He had lost all face of the Uchiha.
At this time, Naruto's hand also loosened a bit, Sasuke quickly pulled his hand back, only to find that his right wrist had been pinched out a very obvious red mark.
He was pinched so hard that it hurt so much that he almost cried.
But in order to save some face.
Sasuke quietly bit his tongue.
Forcing himself to bear the pain.
"Small matter?" Naruto put his hands in his pockets, looked at Sasuke's unhappy face, and smiled brilliantly: "It seems you don't know... what Shikamaru and I want to do."
After Sasuke put away the Kunai, he asked with a puzzled frown: "You guys... aren't you playing ninja house?"
In Sasuke's impression, people of the same age as him, when they say they want to do something big, they are actually playing ninja house.
Sasuke has long stopped playing this kind of house, he is already seven years old!
But if his brother wants to play with him...
Then Sasuke might reluctantly play.
At this time, Naruto's smile became even brighter.
"This is not a ninja house!" Naruto was very casual, he reached out and hooked Sasuke's neck.
The heads of the two people were very close, they were already close together, and they could feel each other's body temperature.
Naruto whispered: "Sasuke, do you want to do what a ninja should do, instead of playing ninja house?"
Sasuke frowned slightly, he felt that Naruto was too close.
He could even smell what brand of shampoo Naruto used.
Sasuke instinctively twisted his body, trying to break free from Naruto's arm, but found that he couldn't break free.
He had no choice but to be hugged by Naruto.
"Aren't the classes in the ninja school what a ninja should do?" He was a bit puzzled by Naruto's words.
Naruto laughed: "What I mean is... real combat!"
"Real ninja combat!"
Naruto said something shocking: "The kind that can kill people!"
Sasuke: "!!!"
"Kill people?" Sasuke's eyes widened, he turned his head to look at Naruto who was close at hand, their eyes were less than twenty centimeters apart. Sasuke could see that Naruto was not lying.
Sasuke took a deep breath and couldn't help but ask: "What are you guys up to? Why do you want to kill people?"
Hearing this question, Naruto told Sasuke all about what happened today.
Sasuke's eyes got bigger and bigger as he listened.
His face was full of incredulity.
"So...." Sasuke obviously picked the key point: "You guys are going to team up today to fight a very powerful foreign village ninja? Even Akimichi Chouji and Hyuga Hinata, those two timid guys, are in?"
"And, you even delayed the arrival of the support?" Sasuke was shocked and a bit sour.
It's not true to say that he's not envious, because this is a real battle.
It's not like the sparring between ninjas from the same village, which is like playing around.
That's a life-and-death fight!
While he was still in ninja school, Naruto and his group had already experienced such a fight.
How can Sasuke balance this?
While being envious and sour, Sasuke stubbornly interjected: "If I was there at the time, that masked man would definitely not be able to escape, at least he could be delayed for a few more minutes.
"Could it be..." Sasuke suddenly reacted, he was astonished: "You guys want to chase and kill that foreign village ninja who attacked you?"
Naruto shook his head: "Not exactly."
Although Naruto really wanted to deal with that mysterious masked man, but that guy was hiding his head and tail, he couldn't find him at all.
In comparison, it's easier to find Hyuga Taisou of the Hyuga clan, after all, that old man is in the Hyuga clan's residence.
Naruto also told all about Hinata and Neji's situation.
Naruto talked one-sidedly for more than ten minutes.
Sasuke finally understood what was going on.
....Hyuga Taisou arranged for Hyuga Neji to engrave a seal called the Caged Bird on Hyuga Hinata, but a foreign village ninja suddenly appeared at the critical moment, which made Hyuga Neji come to his senses, and finally under Naruto's guidance... a group of people prepared to assassinate Hyuga Taisou who wanted to harm Hinata.
After Sasuke sorted out the context in his heart.
He looked at Naruto incredulously: "You guys want to assassinate an elder of the Hyuga clan? If this is known by the village, won't you guys be expelled from Konohagakure Village?"
"Being expelled from Konohagakure Village might still be a better outcome, you guys might even be locked up in Konohagakure's prison!"
Sasuke thinks these guys of Naruto are all crazy.
Their Uchiha clan is still a relatively radical group of people.
But compared with Naruto's group...
It seems that Naruto's group is more radical.
"My Pops is Whitebeard! I'm also very familiar with the Grandpa Hokage! Shikamaru and Chouji's dads are all clan chiefs of the Konohagakure Ninja Clan, Hinata's dad is the clan chief of the Hyuga Clan! Uncle Kisame is even one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of Kirigakure Village!"
Naruto patted his chest: "Even if we are discovered, so what? Besides... we won't be discovered, Shikamaru will come up with a perfect assassination plan!"
At this point, Naruto weirdly looked up and down at Sasuke.
Naruto gently touched his chin: "Could it be that you're scared? You Uchiha clan, are you afraid of the Hyuga clan?"
"How could it be!!"
Naruto's short sentence almost broke Sasuke's defense.
He puffed up his cheeks and said stubbornly: "I am Uchiha Sasuke, I am the second son of the Uchiha clan's Patriarch! My brother once told me that the future of the Uchiha lies with me!"
"How could I possibly be afraid?" Sasuke emphasized that he was not afraid, he gritted his teeth: "I just think that you guys might drag me down, but since you invited me so sincerely..."
"Hmph!" Sasuke snorted lightly: "Then I'll reluctantly help you! Add me to your plan!"
A cunning smile appeared on Naruto's face.
But Sasuke didn't catch Naruto's smile.
Poor Sasuke, Naruto tricked him.
"Then it's settled!" Naruto said quietly: "Tomorrow, we'll skip class together and meet at Shikamaru's house! You know where Shikamaru's house is, right?"
"I know!" Sasuke rolled his eyes.
He usually passes by the Nara clan's residence on his way to school.
He still knows about this place.
"But..." Sasuke muttered: "Do we have to skip class?"
Sasuke subconsciously felt that if he skipped class, the teacher would definitely notify his parents, and his brother would definitely know about it, would his brother scold him then?
"Don't worry!" Naruto laughed: "If you don't want to skip class, you can also directly ask Iruka-sensei for leave!"
".....Alright then!"
Naruto didn't stay long in the Uchiha clan's residence.
He left quickly.
Sasuke watched Naruto's figure disappear from his sight, he still felt a little dazed, as if it was a dream: "I... actually agreed to him just like that?"
"Gulp..."
Sasuke couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.
Honestly, how could he not be nervous about participating in an assassination? This is his first time in his life!
"Should I tell my brother or my father?"
As soon as Sasuke murmured this sentence, he remembered his father's disappointed eyes and one after another discouraging words in his mind.
"No! I have to keep it a secret!"
Since my father always says that my talent and achievements are not even one percent of my brother's, but what if I participated in the assassination of a Hyuga clan elder when I was only seven years old?
My brother, when he was only seven years old, definitely didn't have the chance to do such a shocking thing!
The elder of the Hyuga clan was once a Jonin of Konohagakure, right?
If it succeeds...
"Does that mean... I'm actually not worse than my brother?"
At this point in his thoughts.
Sasuke has made a decision.
....
Meanwhile.
Hyuga clan residence.
"Hyuga Neji!" Back in the Hyuga clan, Neji heard the familiar voice again: "The elder Taisou wants to see you again, if you have time, go and see the elder!"
Although Neji did not respond to the person who passed the message.
But he still went to the mansion of Hyuga Taisou.
Then, he saw the elder with a full face of wrinkles again. The other party was still kneeling on the cushion as before, the whole person was like an immovable old pine, exuding a sense of twilight
"Neji, I heard about what happened today." Hyuga Taisou slowly opened his cloudy eyes: "I didn't expect that there would be villains causing trouble in Konohagakure, you were able to survive from his hands... it shows that you are indeed very excellent!"
Hyuga Taisou coughed heavily, and said with emotion: "Perhaps, I shouldn't have engraved the Caged Bird Seal on you back then, compared to Hinata, you are much better."
"Neji, you haven't engraved the Caged Bird Seal on Hinata yet?" Hyuga Taisou stared intently at Neji's eyes.
"Elder, I'm very sorry." Neji looked at him: "I couldn't find the opportunity, and I couldn't bring myself to do it."
On the way back, Neji had already been making some mental preparations, letting his thoughts calm down in advance.
Mental preparation is useful, he can look directly into Hyuga Dazong's eyes, without any intention of dodging.
Although Neji lied a little in his mouth.
But he didn't show any guilt.
He was like telling the truth.
This is also what Shikamaru told him... The elder of your clan must think that you can't bear to hurt Hinata, after all, in his eyes, you are an eight-year-old child. As long as you follow his inherent thinking, no matter what outrageous lies you tell, he will believe you.
"Hehe... It's quite normal. Although you are from the branch family, you and Hinata share the same Hyuga clan bloodline, even adults may not be able to make such a decision."
Hyuga Taisou laughed: "Neji, there is still plenty of time, I believe you will not let the Hyuga clan down."
Neji was a bit surprised in his heart, and he looked at Shikamaru a few points higher.
In his impression, Shikamaru is a person who always has a world-weary face and is very afraid of trouble.
But unexpectedly, this person has such a precise grasp of human nature.
You know, Shikamaru is a year younger than him!
Is this the super high IQ of the Nara clan?!
"Elder, then can I go back first?"
Neji asked after gathering his thoughts.
"Hmm."
Hyuga Taisou smiled and nodded, looking like a very kind old man, but Neji felt that his smile was disgusting.
Because that kind smile easily decided a person's fate within the bondage of the Caged Bird.
Let a person struggle forever in the circle of the main family and the branch family.
Neji, who walked out of the mansion, suppressed the killing intent in his heart.
Neji clenched his fist.
And soon loosened it again.
'You guys who stick to the decayed tradition of the Hyuga clan and insist on putting the Caged Bird curse seal on Hinata... Do you know that the people of the Whitebeard Pirates have already decided your death.'
This sentence flashed through Neji's mind.
His face returned to calm.
No more waves.
...
"My nose... it hurts! My head is dizzy... I have no strength." Uchiha Izumi's consciousness gradually woke up in a daze.
Her first reaction was that she was weak all over.
And her nose was sending waves of pain.
"I... remember..." Memories flooded her mind: "I was scared by Whitebeard and opened my Sharingan, then I forgot to close my Sharingan, until I drained all my chakra."
"Hmm? Right! Whitebeard!!!"
Uchiha Izumi suddenly became alert, her dazed consciousness became extremely clear, and she opened her eyes wide.
What came into view was not Whitebeard.
Nor the blue sky.
Not even the cold ground.
"What is this?"
"Where?"
Just as she murmured this sentence, suddenly a head peeked out from the side and appeared in front of Uchiha Izumi.
Uchiha Izumi was startled, she was scared and wanted to get up quickly, but she bumped her head into the other person's forehead.
"Ah!"
"Ouch!"
Two exclamations sounded at the same time.
"Ouch, it hurts....." Now not only did her nose feel very painful, but her forehead also felt like it had hit a wall. Uchiha Izumi covered her forehead with one hand and her nose with the other, and suddenly found that her nose seemed to be covered with a band-aid.
Karin also rubbed her forehead, she was not angry, but asked Uchiha Izumi: "Are you awake? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?!"
Uchiha Izumi finally saw that this was a little girl.
Probably several years younger than herself.
"Ah? Sorry, sorry! Sorry!" She didn't know how many times she had said sorry today, Uchiha Izumi asked Karin with concern: "Didn't it hurt you? Little sister?"
"No!" Karin shook her head: "You haven't answered my question yet, you have been unconscious for several hours."
"Me?" Uchiha Izumi felt her tired body.
She just wanted to show a smile, but when she pulled her nose injury, it hurt so much that she almost cried.
"I... I'm fine too! It's just that my chakra was depleted, and I'll recover after a little rest."
"Little sister, where is this?!"
Uchiha Izumi couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Here?" Karin adjusted her glasses and smiled: "This is the temporary residence of the Whitebeard Pirates in Konohagakure."
Uchiha Izumi: "!!!"
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