Naruto: The Information Broker from the Uchiha Clan

Naruto was eating the apple Hinata handed him, bite by bite. His special constitution meant he didn't actually need to go to the hospital.

After all, they weren't completely exhausted this time; they were sent back just when they were about to collapse, so recovery wasn't too difficult.

However, Sasuke on the other side wasn't so lucky; the depletion of his Mangekyou Sharingan had blurred his vision.

After Susanoo was destroyed, his repeated escapes from death were all life-threatening.

At this moment, he couldn't even move. Although his blurred vision made it hard to see clearly, his ears were constantly being bombarded with displays of affection.

"what……"

"Hinata, one more!"

"Naruto-kun..."

"With Hinata taking care of me, getting hurt is nothing..."

Sasuke, lying on the hospital bed beside him, had his eyes tightly closed, but he couldn't move his hands or cover his ears.

Boruto, who saw this scene as soon as he entered, sighed, then peeled an apple and brought it to Sasuke's mouth.

Sasuke opened his eyes and looked over.

"what?"

"I feel sorry for you."

"What do you know? Get out of here!"

Boruto gestured towards his parents, who were currently showing off their affection, and said, "There are three people on one team. Don't you feel uncomfortable watching them show off like this every day?"

Sasuke scoffed, "If I wanted to, do you think no one would peel an apple for me?"

Boruto shook his head: "That's not love, right? And you must be feeling really bad right now, right? After all, it seems like the gap between you and your brothers is widening."

These words silenced Erzhuzi, who simply closed his eyes, refusing to speak.

Clearly, the widening gap and increasingly powerful enemies have changed his original idea of ​​giving up.

Although the kid in front of him said something unpleasant, it did speak to the depths of his heart.

The door to the ward was opened again.

Boruto glanced back and said, "Alright, the person who's peeling your apple is here. I can leave now."

Upon hearing this, Sakura, who had just entered, blushed immediately, and Boruto gave her a thumbs-up as he left.

"Sasuke... Sasuke-kun..."

What are you doing here?

"I... Kakashi-sensei made me learn medical ninjutsu at the hospital because of my..."

"Peel an apple for me."

"what?"

"I said, 'Peel an apple for me, I want to eat it.'"

"Good... good!"

Deep down, Sakura's second personality had already clenched its fist and charged forward.

Erzhuzi glanced at Naruto:

I get apples fed to me too, huh! →_→

……

Night falls.

The three former ninjas sat together again in the izakaya.

"boom."

He raised his glass, gesturing for the two people in front of him to clink glasses.

After downing a cup of wine, Jiraiya sighed, "There are more and more incomprehensible enemies... appearing one after another."

Tsunade also downed a drink: "Sasuke has overused his Mangekyou Sharingan this time. His declining eyesight has reached the point of affecting his combat power."

"Also... Itachi has gone blind."

Jiraiya paused for a moment, then sighed.

"Itachi's Mangekyou Sharingan was awakened during the war between Konoha and Kumogakure, so it's not surprising that it took so long."

Orochimaru across from him licked his lips: "The village has records about the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. Given the Uchiha's current status, that person knows about it."

Tsunade nodded: "Itachi volunteered to give up his eyes, but Sasuke, as his younger brother, was unwilling to accept them."

Orochimaru chuckled: "It seems Konoha has really changed a lot... The old man's methods now seem to have failed miserably."

These words made Jiraiya's gaze sharpen slightly: "You don't still want revenge, do you?"

Orochimaru glanced at him disdainfully.

“Revenge? My departure was never about revenge…”

"And now it seems that the Uchiha had already helped me kill those idiots. The old man was forced into a real retirement, and those guys are almost all dead."

"Boom boom boom!"

Tsunade tapped the table: "If you're going to drink and reminisce, then let's stop talking about those annoying things. Can't we talk about something meaningful?"

Orochimaru paused for a moment, then laughed and said, "Let's talk about something meaningful. This guy who suddenly appeared should have been killed by Uchiha Yun. I wonder if he can leave me something to study."

"impossible!"

Jiraiya refused outright: "You have a criminal record, Minato won't agree to this."

Orochimaru shook his head slightly: "This shouldn't be up to the Hokage to decide. If Uchiha Yun doesn't care and can keep it under control, then there shouldn't be any problems."

Jiraiya paused for a moment, then frowned deeply.

If Uchiha Yun agrees, Minato won't say anything more.

But regarding this bond with him.

In fact, Jiraiya was always wary, and it was precisely because of the bond that he understood it so well.

"After being enemies for so many years, we finally get to sit down and have a drink together, so why do you two have to start arguing?"

Tsunade rubbed her temples, then looked at Jiraiya and said, "After this, can't you see how outdated you've become? Against an enemy like that, neither the Sannin nor the Hokage are of much use anymore."

These words left Jiraiya speechless.

Then Tsunade looked at Orochimaru: "No matter how much you study it, even if you replicate an enemy like that, it's still a power that brat doesn't care about."

"Just like that guy in the Anbu who can use Wood Release, his power is worlds apart from my grandfather's."

Orochimaru also fell silent.

Three minutes later, the three of them raised their glasses again and drank them down in one gulp.

The legendary Sannin, whose names once resounded throughout the ninja world, have had to admit they've fallen behind.

……

The next day, at Konoha Hospital.

"Has it been decided yet?"

Zhi Shui asked.

The weasel, lying motionless on the hospital bed, opened his eyes, which were now unfocused due to his blindness.

"Shikaku's guess is correct, and it seems that Yun has also placed his hopes on them. He attaches great importance to Class 7, and even went so far as to construct a large-scale illusion for their graduation exam."

“In this situation, Sasuke needs these eyes to take another step forward. The fact that he possesses Indra’s chakra means that he is destined to shoulder the responsibility for the future.”

Shisui nodded: "Rather than continuing to use a pair of blind kaleidoscopes, it would be better for you to get a pair of three-tomoe eyes."

Itachi replied, "Just give the eyes to Sasuke. That will explain everything, and he will make the right choice."

Zhi Shui smiled and said, "It seems you've started to trust him, trusting that he can handle everything."

Trust...

Itachi remembered some things that Yun had said before.

They're not children anymore... they're even capable of being the village's support now.

"Dong dong dong."

After knocking on the door, Dou entered, looked at the two of them, adjusted his glasses, and said, "Are you ready? Although connecting the optic nerves isn't difficult for me, I do have a lot of things to do next."

Itachi replied directly, "We can start anytime."

Shisui, who was standing to the side, took out a glass tube and handed it to Kabuto: "Then I'll leave the rest to you."

Kabuto nodded and explained, "I've been busy with a lot of experiments lately, and the Hokage has been pushing me hard, otherwise I would have been quite free."

After receiving the test tube, the eye transplant surgery began.

……

Chapter 371: The Fifteenth Transaction

October 10th, Konoha, Uchiha clan territory.

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