Chapter 27: Uchiha's Tragedy (Part 1) (5000)

Forty days later, ten days before the start of the ninja school, Giyu finally managed to maintain the breath of fire, Changzhong, in the water for 24 hours without error.

However, in this case, the violent natural energy that washed and passed through his body was only half of that on dry land.

Giyu was like a person who gradually adapted to taking a hot shower. Next, he just had to increase the temperature and the water output of the faucet.

However, no matter what kind of terrain, Changzhong is Changzhong, and Giyu received a reminder after a long time-

[The breath of fire has reached the level of Changzhong. The Flame Pillar, Purgatory Shin Kyojuro, can be resurrected by gene carriers. ]

[When the Pillar is resurrected, his age is equivalent to your age, and the strength of all aspects of the body is equivalent to practicing the corresponding breathing method, Changzhong for one year. But the extraction of chakra, etc. needs to be taught separately. ]

Giyu came out of the waterfall and sat on the stone that he cut when he was testing the knife, silently thinking about the meaning contained in the voice.

First of all, the age of the resurrected Pillar is equal to his age.

In other words, the older Giyuu is, the older the resurrected pillar will be.

This makes him feel a little relieved, he can grow up and resurrect others. If it is the bean-sized Gyoumei of Sadness Island, he doesn't know how to face it.

Second, the resurrected pillars have mastered the breathing method for one year and have basic martial arts.

Judging from his performance of being able to match Shisui, an ordinary jonin, in physical skills after maintaining a normal middle school for one year, the other pillars will not be much worse than him (right).

This makes Giyuu feel a little relieved.

In this way, even if Rengoku is unwilling to live in Konoha after resurrection or cannot live in Konoha due to suspicion and other factors, he still has the power to protect himself from being hurt by ordinary people.

Giyuu only needs to teach him to practice chakra in combination with breathing method, and he can be a little relieved and let him live in the Land of Fire.

As for letting Rengoku live in Konoha, there may be some difficulties, but it is not completely impossible.

According to what Giyuu has learned about the Konoha Orphanage through various channels over the past forty days, their director, Yakushi Nono, who likes to pick up children, has not appeared for a long time, and no one knows where she has gone.

Nowadays, the frequency of the orphanage nanny going outside the village to search for orphans is once every six months, and they must make sure that the orphan is a submissive and obedient child before they are willing to take him in. The younger the age, the greater the possibility of taking him in.

If Rengoku is willing to live in Konoha, Giyuu will first give him the 50,000 taels of compensation he received before, and let him stay somewhere on the border of the Land of Fire, and wait until the time for the orphanage to search, and then let him be "discovered".

However, even Giyuu, who lacks common sense, knows that it takes considerable luck to achieve this plan.

After all, the resurrected Rengoku is already 6 years old and speaks loudly (regardless of whether his ears are injured or not), and the possibility of being accepted by the orphanage is very small.

The most important thing is that the orphanage is outside the large fence (city wall?) of Konoha, and those children usually have to be raised and become useful medical ninjas before they can enter Konoha.

In this case, how to ensure the realization of "helping Naruto find a brother" is even more unknown...

When he thought that he might not be able to fulfill his promise to the child, Giyuu felt a rare irritation in his heart.

But at least, the two most important and difficult steps of the plan to revive Purgatory -

Getting healthy Uzumaki Naruto's hair and achieving the breath of fire, Changzhong, have been completed.

Next, all that remains is to practice the summoning technique and find a suitable time to go to a place far away from the village to revive Purgatory.

When he thought of this, in this mountain stream where no one else could see, Giyuu's mouth seemed to have an unrecognizable upward curve. The two sunset-colored Sharingans opened unconsciously and slowly turned...

The next moment, the crow warning sound given to him by Shisui sounded.

Someone came here.

"Giyuu, are you in a daze?"

Itachi, carrying a ninja sword, appeared in Giyuu's sight, perfectly interrupting the rare smile that was accumulating power.

For more than a month, Uchiha Itachi was either on a mission or on the way to a mission. I don't know how many people died under his ninja sword.

These people include but are not limited to: the Fire Country dignitaries who claim to cut Konoha's military spending; the fence-sitters in Kusagakure who lean towards Iwagakure; the single-transmitted ninjas with secret ninjutsu; the wandering ninjas gathered around Konoha; the caravans suspected of espionage, and a series of actual and potential enemies.

Some of them he thinks should be killed, and some he thinks should not be killed; some are already in their 80s, and some are not even as old as him.

But in order to fulfill his promise to his father, "I will join the Anbu and become a spy planted by the clan next to the Hokage", he still abandoned all personal feelings and perfectly carried out these extremely cruel tasks. In theory, this is what the Anbu should do.

But as long as he returned home and saw Sasuke who was still working hard to prepare for the exam, his mother who returned intact, and Giyuu who was practicing under the waterfall, his heavy mood was relieved, and all the weight of his father on his shoulders seemed to be temporarily removed.

"You're back, Itachi."

Giyong blinked, then as if remembering something, he immediately replied, "I've read all the contents of the Water Prison Technique."

"I'm not here to rush you to make progress..."

Itachi was a little amused, "I'm here to tell you that mom is home today, too."

Giyong understood that this was a rare moment for their family to be together recently, so he stood up immediately.

"I'll go change my clothes."

He said simply, and immediately appeared at the water's edge ten meters away, and then went into the hut.

[Perfect Water Instant Body Technique. ]

Itachi's eyes flashed with admiration.

This time, Giyuu still didn't make a seal.

In the past forty days, he had seen Giyuu no more than ten times.

But every time he came, he would teach Giyuu a water escape ninjutsu that he had already learned, which was generally practical.

For example, the Water Instant Body Technique, which is different from the high-speed mobile version of the Instant Body Technique that a jonin must know, is a displacement between the position of a person and a body of water. It sounds very ordinary, but it involves a little bit of basic time and space principles. It is very difficult to learn, but Giyuu still managed to learn it at a glance.

Although Itachi had never seen the second generation Hokage, he thought that Senju Tobirama's water escape talent would probably not be much stronger than him.

"Let's go."

Soon after, Giyuu changed into the same black high-collar long-sleeved shirt as the three brothers.

The moment he stepped on the water, he appeared next to Itachi again like a flash. In the same water area, he can appear anywhere within 15 meters in 0.5 seconds, and this range will be further in the future.

Itachi, who has been fighting with ninjas recently, subconsciously dodged a step, and his right hand instinctively moved behind his back, but immediately and smoothly changed into a gesture of stroking his neck, with a slightly stiff expression on his face.

This sudden water body without any signs means that as long as Yiyong wants, he can kill him in that instant.

The three-magatama Sharingan may be able to see some clues, but his body has no time to react.

His subtle movements were seen by Yiyong, and the surprise brought by achieving the breath of fire suddenly disappeared.

Yiyong remembered the appearance of Itachi's teammates when they died three years ago, and the tears he shed when no one was around.

However, Giyuu said nothing, just grabbed Itachi's hand like Sasuke usually did, "Going back directly?"

"Let's go to the Minagagawa Shrine first."

Itachi smiled with a hint of gratitude, he knew that Giyuu didn't like to get too close to people, "There is a new illusion that may be useful."

"Yeah."

In addition to being a place for Uchiha to hold meetings and commemorate the dead, Minagagawa Shrine also has illusions that require different levels of Sharingan to use, which are engraved on different stone tablets. Only when the pupil power reaches a certain "standard" can it be read and learned.

When the two brothers reached the edge of Konoha's barrier, Itachi and Giyuu performed the Anbu seal sequence taught to them by Shisui until a layer of special chakra formed on their body surface and merged with the transparent edge of the barrier.

That set of special seals is the key to enter Konoha's barrier. Only through it can you enter Konoha without alerting the barrier class, otherwise it will be detected immediately, attracting patrols and Anbu.

So far, only the Kumogakure ninjas who possess the barrier sensing shielding technology can sneak into Konoha silently, and they have done so many times (Uchiha Obito's Kamui can be detected)...

The Minamigagawa Shrine is right next to the edge of the barrier. It is the most precious private land of the Uchiha clan, and outsiders are not allowed to enter.

The two of them walked through the ancient torii gate and stepped on the mossy stairs that had been around for who knows how many years, sensing the solemn and cold atmosphere around them. Some of these stone steps collapsed, some were broken, and some were damaged, telling the differences, anger, and unity within the Uchiha clan from generation to generation.

Most of the disputes between the clans started here, and most of them ended here.

After arriving at the courtyard of the shrine, Itachi looked around and found that there was no one else here today except the old man who was responsible for cleaning.

"Yiyong, wait for me here for a while."

Yiyong nodded gently, avoiding the old man's cleaning route, examining the layout of the trees, stones and canals in the yard, and recalled his own water column mansion, which might have been completely abandoned.

At this time, the snow on the eaves that had not yet melted was lifted up by the wind and swirled past him. Yiyong's sight followed it, and a pine tree surrounded by bluestone slabs - more precisely, it was the gap in the bluestone slabs under the pine tree that caught his attention.

In the gap, there were four small stones with magatama painted on them. They were unique to the Uchiha clan and were tributes to the dead. I don't know why they were lying here quietly.

After all, the inner hall of the shrine, which enshrined all the dead clan members, was just a dozen meters away. Why would someone go to the trouble of building a small, unknown altar?

"You find it strange, too?"

Yiyong raised his head and looked in the direction of the voice. He saw the old man who was sweeping the floor before leaning on the broom.

"It's only a few steps away from the inner hall, but someone insisted on putting the offerings here... I don't know whether I should clean it up."

[Are you talking to me? ]

Yiyong looked at him uncertainly, but he envied his character of being able to talk to strangers.

But the old man didn't care whether he responded or not, and kept muttering to himself, "But whoever put this thing here didn't choose the sacrificial festival at all. It's been less than a year since July last year, and four pieces have been put here. I haven't seen who it is once. What a strange person..."

Then, he shook his neck and continued his cleaning work, sweeping the dust and fallen pine needles farther and farther away, leaving Yiyong alone in confusion.

[Did he leave because I ignored him? ]

[Also, since last July, it was my and Sasuke’s birthday...]

[Did anyone in the clan die at that time? 】

He passed the time slowly thinking and remembering, but did not touch the somewhat unique tribute. Maybe the tree has unique meaning to that person.

Fortunately, Itachi didn't keep him waiting too long, and even brought a pack of tea leaves grown and cultivated by the shrine's priest himself, which he said he wanted to give to his mother.

After the two returned home, Uchiha Fugaku had also returned, and Sasuke was practicing throwing shurikens by himself in the backyard.

"Sasuke and I have already met mom, so consider this tea as a gift you prepared for her."

Itachi gently pushed Giyuu's shoulder, "I'll go over there and talk to Sasuke, and I'll go in later."

Obviously, he wanted Yiyong to have some alone time with his mother.

"good."

Yiyong agreed.

When he opened the entrance door and quietly walked to the door of the Japanese room, Uchiha Mikoto was talking to Uchiha Fugaku about his experiences during this period.

"...We waited outside the Country of Rain for more than ten days with no results. Finally, we received a message from Iwagakure hired by the client. Then we continued walking north, and finally saw a man on the border between the Country of Grass and the Country of Taki. Tsunade-sama. She is no different than she was in person.

Yiyong saw his parents talking and didn't want to disturb them.

He bowed slightly to Uchiha Fugaku who was facing him, and then sat beside Mikoto like a statue, motionless and breathless, as if he had not come in at all, or in other words, did not exist at all.

"After the client met with Tsunade-sama, they discussed the cost of medical treatment in private, and finally settled on a sky-high price of three million taels. But I heard from Kato Shizune that this amount of money is far from repaying their gambling debt. There is still a big gap between the debt and she doesn’t know what to do, so she can only hide all the way south..."

"Ahem."

Uchiha Fugaku clasped his hands empty and coughed twice.

"What's wrong?"

Mikoto was stunned for a moment, "Is it because the weather has been too cold recently, did you catch a cold?"

As she said that, she knelt down and stood up, and was about to cross the table to test the temperature of Fugaku's forehead just like when she first fell in love. After all, the child is not here.

Seeing this, Fugaku quickly looked at Giyuu and said loudly with a somewhat stern tone: "How long are you still sitting there? Why don't you say hello to anyone when you come back?"

Mikoto then turned around, and the faint worry in her eyes due to her husband's body immediately turned into strong joy.

"Yoyong?!"

"Mother."

After Yiyong saluted, he turned to Fugaku: "Father..."

"Um?"

Fugaku made a thick nasal sound.

"……dad."

Yiyong reacted quickly this time.

【That’s pretty much it! 】

Fugaku's expression changed from serious to relaxed. Of the three sons in the family, only Sasuke wanted to be close to him. This was unfair.

However, before he could express his words of praise, he saw Uchiha Mikoto grabbing Giyuu and inspecting it carefully.

"It's only been a month since we last met, and Yiyong seems to have grown taller."

When she pressed Yiyong's shoulders, she found that the thickness was different from before, "It's stronger than before."

Then, her eyes narrowed like two pairs of crescent moons, "It seems that Yiyong has been training well during this period. You must be training yourself so hard to make dad happy, right, Yiyong?"

Uchiha Fugaku brought the tea, not wanting his mother to see the proud expression he might have later, but he was extremely satisfied. In addition to parents' approval, how many other things can make children work so hard.

However--

"Not entirely."

Giyuu's answer made Fugaku almost choke.

"You kid!"

Mikoto poked Giyuu's forehead with a smile, and then looked at her husband with an expression that was not apologetic, but rather joking.

"Giyuu doesn't know how to lie, but it hasn't changed at all. I hope I can keep it in the future, and at least always tell the truth to my parents."

"By the way," she changed the subject, "Mom is back today. Have you thought of anything delicious?"

"Yeah, I've thought about it all."

Yiyong nodded seriously.

In his understanding of interpersonal relationships, knowing what a person likes to eat is more important than what the person's name is.

"Then can mom come into the kitchen and cook with you?"

"..."

Yiyong pinched his fingers, not knowing how to answer.

"Okay, okay, I'm just teasing you."

Uchiha Mikoto looked at her husband, "Looks like you're going to have a good meal tonight."

"I won't eat at home."

Fugaku snorted lightly.

"Why is this?" Mikoto looked at him with a half-smile, "You must not be angry because of what happened just now, right? You are such an old person..."

"Don't talk nonsense. Just before I came back, the Third Generation sent someone to deliver a notice to me, saying that Uchiha Enhuo passed the Jonin examination."

"real?"

Mikoto sounded a little surprised.

She always thought that with the child's temper, he would have to wait at least another three to five years before he could become a jounin. After all, jounin is the face of the village. You can't become a jounin just because you have enough strength. At least you can't offend the client.

"I didn't expect that either."

Uchiha Fugaku was vaguely happy, "However, I still need to discuss with several elders in the clan what to do with him next, so I won't be back until very late tonight."

He stood up and said, "Giyuu, you and Sasuke have to work hard after you go to school, understand?"

"Okay, okay, since you don't want to eat, let's go. When you're not around, the children can relax a little."

"Hmph!"

After throwing a standard Uchiha special interjection, Fugaku left home, intending to give guidance to this talented person in the clan who will soon be able to stand on his own.

But what he didn't know was that Uchiha Enhuo, the 16-year-old jonin, had only been a jonin for three days.