Chapter 273 The Seven Sound Swordsmen?
Sasuke was completely confused now. He never expected to see his brother here.
He should have been surprised to see his brother, but he was confused by his brother's words.
What did his brother say just now? He told him to be more respectful to the teacher?
Who is the teacher? Is he referring to this ugly guy named Orochimaru?
Why? Isn't his brother here to save him?
Not only Sasuke, but even Naruto, who knew the inside story of his kidnapping, was a little confused. He thought to himself, isn't Sasuke's brother an enemy? He had fought so fiercely with Brother Lu before, and knocked down Orochimaru with illusion.
What is the situation now? Why did Sasuke's brother also ask Sasuke to become Orochimaru's apprentice?
Just when Naruto and Sasuke were confused, Lu Li walked out of the forest and arrived late.
"Itachi, you've seen the man, be careful when you go back, don't reveal your whereabouts."
Lu Li reminded that the Uchiha clan is in a critical stage of transformation. If Itachi is found to run to Orochimaru to see Sasuke from time to time, it will be a lot of fun.
"Don't worry, senior, no one in Konoha can follow me quietly now."
Itachi nodded and looked at Sasuke, "Sasuke, you may not understand the situation, but you have to believe that we are doing this for your own good. With Orochimaru, you can get the best education and quickly become a powerful ninja..."
After thinking about it, he was afraid that Sasuke was not motivated enough, so he added, "...Become a stronger ninja than me."
Sasuke is a smart child. Seeing the three-way talks between Tianzai, Orochimaru and his brother, how could he not understand that there was something fishy about the battle in Konoha. His brother and father were in the same group with Tianzai!
He felt awkward and didn't want to listen to Itachi's advice. The young boy just wanted to go home and enjoy his brother's warm smile and his mother's gentle embrace.
"Brother... father, mother and others..."
Sasuke wanted his brother to take back this horrible decision. He would die if he was allowed to practice with Orochimaru, who looked suspicious, right?
"Father has agreed to this. I will talk to mother."
However, before Sasuke finished speaking, Itachi interrupted him, "You can practice here with peace of mind. Believe me, it will be safer here than the current Konoha. I will come to check your homework once a month. If you don't make progress, I will let teacher Orochimaru be stricter with you."
Sasuke was suffocated by Itachi's words. He felt wronged, but as a proud Uchiha, he couldn't show his weakness. Hearing that his brother would come to check his homework, he felt a little relieved.
"Haha, Sasuke, we will be classmates from now on, don't let me leave you behind."
Naruto was full of energy on the side. He was very happy to hear that Sasuke was going to practice with him. He said that he hated Sasuke, but it was rare that a peer was willing to communicate with him, so he was still very happy.
Besides, he had also seen the strength of Uchiha, and felt that if he could suppress Sasuke, he would definitely become a great ninja.
"Hmph, stop bragging, how could you possibly have better grades than me? In a class with only two of us, you can only be the last one."
Sasuke said proudly. After being stimulated by Naruto, he became competitive and no longer thought about returning to the village.
If he just left like this, wouldn't he be looked down upon by Naruto, the idiot? No, he must let Naruto know the gap between himself and the genius!
Lu Li looked at Sasuke and Naruto, thinking that children are easy to fool. Even the future second pillar of the king of force didn't have much thought. Itachi's few words and Naruto's mouth cannon directly left Sasuke here.
"Then on the other hand, if you are not as strong as me, you are the last one!"
Naruto's brain circuit is simple, and he directly counterattacked Sasuke's words.
Sasuke and Naruto put their heads together, looking like they were about to fight. Looking at this distance, if someone helped, the two of them would kiss each other directly.
At this time, Orochimaru, as a teacher, said, "Don't get me wrong, there are other children here. As ninjas, you are the two weakest at present."
As a teacher, Orochimaru never indulges students, and bluntly said that Naruto and Sasuke are the last ones here.
For a while, let alone Sasuke, even Naruto was not convinced.
Because Brother Lu said before that he was the child of the fourth generation Hokage, and he was also the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, he believed that he must be a person with excellent ninja qualifications.
It can be said that, because of knowing his life experience, Naruto is not inferior at all now, except for his resentment towards the village. Instead, he feels that he should have the mentality of a young genius to face the practice positively.
"What Senior Orochimaru said is true. You two little guys, don't think that the teaching level of Konoha is so good. In the peaceful era, the children who come out of the ninja school are worse than the previous generation. Let's not talk about anything else. Sasuke, do you know how old your brother graduated from the ninja school?"
Lu Li looked at Naruto and Sasuke, wanting to hit these two confident children.
"Seven years old..."
Of course Sasuke knew the record of his brother whom he admired, but he realized something was wrong after he said this. He is now 5 years old, not much younger than his brother was, but he hasn't entered the ninja school yet...
"And your teacher, Orochimaru-senpai, graduated at the age of six. Although you are an Uchiha, you are just a child who is not a ninja at the moment. If you enter Konoha's school for training according to the original plan, you How old do you think you will be when you graduate? Twelve?"
Lu Li said with a smile, "Please, your brother has already turned on the kaleidoscope at the age of thirteen and has become a shadow-level powerhouse."
Sasuke was speechless for a moment. He roughly calculated in his mind that if he followed normal arrangements, he might really have to be a teenager to graduate from the ninja school.
At that time, he will be just a genin. A twelve-year-old genin doesn't sound cool at all, and he is completely incomparable to his brother.
"Then...will I become very strong if I follow Orochimaru-sensei?"
Sasuke asked hesitantly, looking at Lu Li with a bit of fear, mainly because Lu Li left such a deep impression on him as the God of Death during the battle in Konoha.
In addition, his brother seemed to be very respectful to Lu Li, which made him feel a sense of oppression from Lu Li.
"Just talking seems useless, Orochimaru-senpai, why don't you show them your teaching results?"
Lu Li looked at Orochimaru with a smile.
Orochimaru said in a hoarse voice: "Kimimaro, take them out."
I don't know if he contacted the children in Oto Ninja Village in advance. Kimimaro was waiting in the house outside the forest. Hearing this, he walked out with the people behind him.
All the future combat forces of the Oto Ninja Village came out with Kimimaro. Jugo, Kōrin, Kito Suigetsu, and Haku, who was sent to cram school by Zabuza, can be called a luxury seed team.
Naruto and Sasuke looked at these five children who were probably the same age. Although they had not officially become ninjas, they could feel the power of these five people.
Lu Li looked at this scene and raised his hand to touch his chin, thinking about what this group should be called in the future, Seven Sound Swordsmen?
No, it seems a bit inelegant.
"Lord Orochimaru, is this the disciple you want to accept? He looks very weak."
Kimimaro expressed his thoughts expressionlessly, looking at Naruto and Sasuke with a hint of jealousy and vigilance.
He had already decided to dedicate his life to Lord Orochimaru, but even though he was so loyal and talented, he was not accepted as a disciple by Lord Orochimaru. He did not dare to ask for such a status. He only hoped to be under Lord Orochimaru. My subordinates are just doing their best.
But these two new kids, who looked like soft-footed shrimps at first glance, could be accepted as disciples by Lord Orochimaru. In his opinion, it was an incredible honor.
"It seems easy to die. If I punch them, they will die."
Jugo followed closely behind Kimimaro and said with a worried look on his face.
"Is this the ninja of Konoha? He looks so weak."
Gui Deng Shuiyue complained, and looked at Bai, who was older than him, "Sister Bai, do you think so?"
Bai's cute little face turned cold, "How many times have I told you, I'm a boy, don't call me sister, Shuiyue, do you want to be frozen by me again?"
When Suigetsu shrank his head, Shiro's eyes shifted back to Sasuke and Naruto, "But you're right, they do look a bit weak."
"Oops...isn't he a little handsome?"
Xianglin yawned, pretending to be casual, and peeked at Sasuke.
Naruto was okay, but Sasuke, who had always been arrogant and thought of himself as a genius, could not bear this insult, and his little face showed an unhappy expression in an instant.
"Hmph, that sounds nice, why don't we fight and see."
Sasuke said that although he did not enter a ninja school, he did some ninja training every day and practiced shuriken well.
"Hey, don't be so arrogant, I will become stronger soon and surpass you!"
Naruto also yelled from the side, feeling dissatisfied.
"It seems that the new students are not convinced, so let me show you the teaching results of Orochimaru-senpai."
Lu Li said with a smile, then looked at Shui Yue, "Shui Yue, educate them."
Suigetsu glanced at Orochimaru first, and then walked out of the queue when he saw Orochimaru nodded.
He grinned, revealing shark-like teeth, "You two come together."
Sasuke knew how to show off at a young age. He put one hand in his pocket and raised the other hand to stop Naruto, "Naruto, don't make a move, let me educate him."
Suigetsu didn't interrupt when he saw this, he just looked at Sasuke like a clown.
Ten seconds later...
Well, Sasuke looked very embarrassed when he fell to the ground, but the way he acted just now was really handsome.
"Sasuke!"
Upon seeing this, Naruto rushed forward, but the result was not as good as Sasuke, who was knocked down in one confrontation.
Itachi, who was watching the fight on the sidelines, was also a little surprised. From an ordinary person's perspective, this was just a fight between a few five or six-year-old children, but Itachi could see Suigetsu's ninja skills.
It can be said that in terms of basic ninja skills, Suigetsu is already among the elite among genin, and he is only a five or six-year-old child.
Not only that, he believed that Orochimaru would not raise a child at will. This child would probably have some secret skills that could only be used by those with limited blood inheritance or special blood.
It can only be said that the education Sasuke received was too gentle. Of course, it was also because Uchiha was in a bad situation in the past few years and neither he nor his father taught Sasuke properly.
"Kimimaro, we still have some things to do. You should take the junior brothers down to stay and teach them some basic ninja skills."
Orochimaru ordered, and the content of his words made Kimimaro perk up.
Junior brother?
Doesn't that mean that Lord Orochimaru also regards me as his disciple?
Thinking of this, Kimimaro was in a good mood, and he liked Naruto and Sasuke a lot. He stepped forward to help Sasuke and Naruto up, and dragged them away one by one, "Let's go, let's go to yourselves first." Room."
Lu Li saw Itachi's eyes full of expectation and worry, and comforted him: "Itachi, don't worry. Sasuke is tougher than you think. He will become stronger. I will contact you if there is any situation."
Hearing this, Itachi felt much more at ease, thinking to himself, the senior is still here with Orochimaru, so nothing will happen to him.
You must know that Konoha of the Land of Fire, which is recognized as the strongest in the ninja world, was penetrated by senior. In the world, I am afraid that only the leader of the Akatsuki organization who has the Rinnegan Eye as mentioned by senior can defeat senior, right?
Thinking of this, he no longer worried about Sasuke's safety if he stayed here. As for Orochimaru, he believed that after the deal with Uchiha, he would not do anything to Sasuke, a child who had not opened his eyes.
"Senior, I will go back to Konoha first. Regarding the reconstruction of the village and the election of the new Hokage, we will communicate with you if there is any follow-up matter."
After Itachi finished speaking, he stopped delaying and directly used the teleportation technique to disappear.