Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 474 The Art of Heavenly Delivery

Once Kushina left, another figure appeared in front of Toshiro.

He was dressed in the attire of a member of the secret service and was short and thin.

Without the mask, there was a blank face with nasolabial folds.

"Itachi, don't be so formal. We are, after all, of the same clan!"

When Toshiro saw Itachi Uchiha, he wasn't surprised, but Itachi's expressionless face made Toshiro frown.

This is his home after all, and to put on such a face is really disgusting.

"yes!"

Hearing Toshiro's words, Itachi relaxed his tense nerves a little, and his expression softened slightly.

"This is what the Hokage sent me to retrieve."

As he spoke, Itachi respectfully handed a scroll and a large sheet of paper documents to Toshiro.

"Oh, finally some news!"

Taking the scroll and documents from Itachi, Toshiro didn't hesitate and began to examine the contents right in front of Itachi.

The first thing you see is an address, followed by a document on ninjutsu.

Skipping over the address, Toshiro began to carefully examine the ninjutsu data.

"Hmm! You did a good job on this mission!"

Toshiro was quite satisfied with Itachi's efficiency.

Since returning from the battlefield in the Land of Water, Toshiro has stopped dwelling on the fact that the child killed his own kind.

However, after a period of headache regarding his arrangement, Toshiro reassigned him to Root.

As the Hokage, there are some things that need to be done, and Itachi Uchiha is an excellent candidate.

Of course, as the Hokage, he still needs to make some changes to the methods used to cultivate Root.

Therefore, he specifically asked Itachi to prepare a reform plan for the Root organization, and also asked him to keep an eye on this matter.

"How is the root restructuring going?"

It must be said that although Itachi is young and a little mentally unstable, he is still very efficient in getting things done.

In just one year, the roots were taken care of in a very neat and orderly manner.

Toshiro had already decided to let this guy secretly protect Konoha, which could also be considered as letting him return to his old profession.

"I have another task for you!"

Having received an affirmative answer, Toshiro handed the address he had just obtained to Itachi.

"This is a ninja named Rōshi, who is the Jinchūriki of the Four-Tails."

"The Four-Tails Jinchuriki?"

Upon hearing the term "Jinchūriki," Itachi's usually impassive face finally showed a slight change as he asked a question, his brow furrowing almost imperceptibly.

He never expected that the information he received from the Hokage's secret meeting with someone in the Land of Earth was about the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.

As far as he knew, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki was a ninja from Iwagakure. The Hokage thought that having only one Nine-Tails in the village wasn't enough and wanted to take the Four-Tails as well.

"Your mission this time is to find Rōshi. I need to obtain a portion of the Tailed Beast's chakra from him."

Itachi visibly breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that Toshiro wasn't going to directly seize the Four-Tails.

He was afraid that Toshiro might have some bad intentions, which caused a conflict between the fire and earth elements.

He was relieved to hear that he would only be taking a portion of the Four-Tails' chakra from the other party.

"Take this. Find their location, activate the chakra on it with your own chakra, and I will go there myself."

He had entrusted the Akatsuki organization to find Old Purple's whereabouts several years ago. After all these years, they finally had an accurate address, and he immediately sent Itachi to the Land of Earth to hand over the reward for the mission.

The deal with Xiao has been completed.

"This is for you!"

He casually tossed over a bottle of eye drops that glowed green, and, under Itachi's puzzled gaze, explained calmly:

"This can, to some extent, restore the pupillary light lost in your eyes and delay the onset of kaleidoscope blindness."

Now that the other party is his underling, he is certainly not a hypocrite who only talks a good game but doesn't deliver any real benefits.

"...Can this really be done with this?"

Upon hearing Toshiro's words, Itachi's previously wooden expression could no longer be maintained. He looked at the bottle of green liquid in his hand with some surprise, and his gaze towards Toshiro was filled with doubt.

He is Fugaku's son, and he knows a great deal about the secrets of the Mangekyou Sharingan.

As far as he knew, there was no way to solve the problem of kaleidoscope blindness.

This is a characteristic inherent to the Sharingan itself.

"Why don't you try and see!" With a slight smile, Toshiro didn't elaborate further and said again, "This mission isn't urgent. Go back and take some time to rest and spend time with your family."

There's no rush regarding Rōshi's matter. As the Hokage, he's not the capitalist he was in his previous life. He knows when to stop, allowing Itachi to spend time with his family and relax during breaks from missions.

Otherwise, with the Kaleidoscope's unstable spiritual energy, what kind of trouble might it cause, and then he'd have to clean up its mess again.

Go!

With a wave of his hand, Toshiro dismissed Itachi and turned his gaze to the ninjutsu data that he had entrusted to Akatsuki to steal from Kumogakure.

"I wonder if the Heavenly Delivery Technique, when combined with the Flying Thunder God Technique, could be developed into a ninjutsu that doesn't require marking and can directly initiate spatial jumps."

The ninjutsu he commissioned Akatsuki to collect was the Heavenly Delivery Technique, for which he even used Iwa ninja as cover.

Now that he had the item, he was eager to study the principles behind this ninjutsu.

If he remembers correctly, this ninjutsu does not require a marker, namely the Flying Thunder God kunai, to activate.

All you need to do is determine the distance and other parameters to the destination when the teleportation starts.

It's somewhat like a directional spatial portal.

However… this thing seems to require a fixed magic circle, and I wonder if it's possible to simplify the magic circle.

……

The next evening.

At the home of Uchiha Fugaku.

"Another bowl, please!" x2

The once tidy dining table, laden with delicious food, is now in disarray.

The two seven- or eight-year-old kids, as if in a competition, quickly devoured the food in their bowls and shouted in unison.

They held up two empty rice bowls to Mikoto's side, then the two kids turned their heads and stared intently at their classmate opposite them.

Noisy!

As their eyes met, two invisible bolts of lightning shot out from the eyes of the two imps, colliding in the air and then refusing to give way to each other.

Bang! X2

Such a tense atmosphere couldn't escape the notice of the hostess, and the two brats were punished.

"Ouch! That hurts!" x2

"You two, that's enough!"

"Don't get an upset stomach!"

Mikoto tapped Naruto and Sasuke on the head once each, then stared with her beautiful eyes at the two little devils in front of her, who were holding their heads and had tears in their eyes.

He rubbed his forehead, suppressing his rage, and put on a kind smile. He narrowed his eyes and said to the two of them:

"Bingeating is bad for your health!"

Faced with her son and Naruto's sulking, Mikoto couldn't help but look at her eldest son beside her.

Thinking back to how well-behaved Itachi was when he was a child, and then looking at these two brats, she couldn't control her anger.

"Sasuke, and Naruto, Mom and Kushina are good friends, so you two should get along well and support each other... understand?"

Kushina left the village early this morning because of Toshiro's mission, while Naruto was left in Mikoto's care.

Therefore, after school today, Sasuke and Naruto gathered at Fugaku's residence for dinner together.

However, for some reason, these two brats ignored Mikoto's presence and started competing to see who could eat the most at the dinner table.

Moreover, even though these two kids were already at their limit, their gazes towards each other still showed no sign of giving in.

"Hmph, who wants to be friends with him?" x2

Upon hearing Mikoto's advice, both Sasuke and Naruto, ignoring the throbbing pain in their heads, turned their heads away.

"Hmm~"

Seeing that the two kids wouldn't listen to her, Mikoto's expression stiffened slightly, then her smile widened, and she said in an unusually gentle tone:

"What did you two just say?"

"Uh... there's murderous intent!" x2

Sensing the sudden drop in temperature around them, Sasuke and Naruto, the two kids, shrank their necks and stiffly turned their heads away.

"Aunt Mikoto, don't worry, Sasuke and I are the best match!"

Naruto, naturally cheerful, gave Mikoto a bright but stiff smile, winked at Sasuke, and gave him a meaningful look.

"Right... Sasuke!"

"Hmph~"

Sasuke scoffed dismissively at Naruto's wink and was about to object.

I don't think I'm compatible with this guy at all.

"Sasuke, really?"

Hearing her son's cold snort, Mikoto raised an eyebrow and then looked at her son.

His eyes were full of anticipation, and his face was practically beaming with a smile, which left Sasuke somewhat stunned.

"...Yes...yes!"

Swallowing hard, Sasuke wondered if it was just his imagination, but he felt that if his answer didn't satisfy his mother, his fate would be dire.

He could only nod reluctantly, agreeing with Naruto's statement.

"That's for the best!"

Seeing that Sasuke did not deny it, Mikoto's smile vanished, and she began to shoo him away.

"Alright, Itachi, you've finished eating too. Take the two of them to digest!"

Watching the three children's backs as they walked away, Mikoto's expression suddenly fell, and she became listless.

"Honey... do you think these two kids... are just not compatible?"

He and Kushina had such a good relationship, so why did their child not get along?

"It's okay, it's fine this way!"

Fugaku picked up the hot tea on the table and took a sip, concerned for his wife's worries.

"Don't worry too much. Boys are like that. The fact that they can get together and play around shows that their relationship isn't as bad as it seems on the surface."

(End of this chapter)