Chapter 73 Itachi Uchiha's Experiences
Itachi Uchiha walked dejectedly back to the clan's territory. Just moments ago, he had asked several villagers, and received largely the same answers.
It was hard to imagine that his clan had become like this after he had only been away from the village for a short time.
While the security force had clashed with villagers in the past, there had never been such a blatant attack on villagers by the entire security force.
"Did Shisui just stand by and watch this happen?" With this question in mind, Itachi returned to the clan's territory. Passing by the security force, a scene in the training ground caught his attention again.
In the training ground, Uchiha Zaito was throwing shuriken at a boy wearing a security force uniform. The boy was desperately trying to escape, with fireballs exploding behind him.
Unable to dodge in time, the boy was thrown over by the aftershock of a fireball explosion, crashing heavily to the ground. He rolled several times before stopping, and when he looked up, his cheek, scraped by pebbles, was oozing blood from his bloodline limit.
At this moment, Uchiha Zaito, the instigator of all this, roared at the boy with a stern expression, "What kind of expression is that? What kind of eyes are those? And what are those tears? Can your tears protect the village? Can they protect the Will of Fire?"
"Get up! Don't hide! Charge at my shuriken and ninjutsu!" Uchiha Zaito shouted angrily, pointing a kunai at the boy.
After a while, Fujiwara Yoki finally mustered his courage, stood up, roared to bolster his courage, and charged at Uchiha Zaito.
Seeing this, Uchiha Zaito fired several shuriken at the boy in succession and used the Great Fireball Technique several times.
Fujiwara Yoki shouted as he deftly dodged the shuriken and ninjutsu, using the substitution jutsu to withstand the attacks when he couldn't. After several twists and turns, he finally reached Uchiha Zaito and thrust a kunai at him. However, Uchiha Zaito simply reached out and grabbed Fujiwara Yoki's wrist, causing the kunai to fall to the ground.
Exhausted, Fujiwara Yoki could no longer hold on and collapsed to his knees, gasping for breath.
At this moment, Uchiha Zaito glanced down at him and coldly said, "Is that all? How useless."
Seeing this, Uchiha Itachi frowned, shook his head, and walked towards his home.
[Is this how they treat their comrades? The clan is truly beyond saving.] However, after he left, Fujiwara Yoki shakily stood up again. Seeing this, Uchiha Zaito's eyes revealed a barely perceptible smile, but when he spoke, his voice remained utterly cold: "You've finally gotten something out of it, but it's not enough. Go back and rest well, and continue with extra training tomorrow."
"Yes!" Fujiwara Yoki replied with difficulty, raising his head.
The next second, a token was tossed into his arms, and Fujiwara Yoki looked puzzled.
"I haven't collected my allowance for this month yet. Go collect it for me when you leave, then go to the Nara family's pharmacy and buy five doses of medicinal bath ingredients. Use them yourself when you get home, and bring the rest of the money to my office tomorrow morning."
"Captain, that's not necessary, I have more money," Fujiwara Yoki said.
"Just take it!" Uchiha Zaito said coldly. "Keep that little bit of money for yourself and buy some nutritious food to help you recover. If you drag us down on the next mission, I won't let you off easily."
"Yes!" Fujiwara Yoki nodded, a hint of shame appearing on his face. During this security unit's collective operation, only a few were injured, and he was one of them. This made Uchiha Zaito lose face. Fujiwara Yoki had barely recovered from his injuries when he was dragged to the security unit for extra training.
However, Fujiwara Yoki wasn't dissatisfied. He knew that Uchiha Zaito was considered one of the top ninjas of his age in the village; even some of the village's Jonin might not be able to get the better of him. Such a one-on-one mentorship opportunity from a strong ninja wasn't something easily obtained.
After finishing training, Fujiwara Yoki cheerfully went home, and Uchiha Itachi had already arrived home as well.
"I'm home!" Itachi opened the door.
"Itachi? You're back." Mikoto poked her head out from the kitchen, smiling broadly at her eldest son.
"Mom, are you alone?" Itachi asked.
"Yes, your father is working overtime at the security headquarters, and Sasuke went to his teacher to learn a new ninjutsu."
"Teacher? When did Sasuke get a teacher? I didn't know that?" Itachi was taken aback.
"It's Uchiha Touhuan," Mikoto said with a smile. "Sasuke's Fire Release talent isn't as good as Lightning Release, so your father specifically asked Touhuan to teach him."
"What?" Itachi Uchiha was shocked. "How can Sasuke become Touhuan's student?"
"Itachi, Touhuan is the head of the clan. How can you call him by his name?" Mikoto's eyes turned stern. "Didn't your father and I teach you all these etiquette rules?"
"I'm sorry, Mom, but…" Itachi Uchiha quickly apologized.
"There's no 'but.' Sasuke likes his teacher very much too," Mikoto said.
"Alright." Itachi Uchiha had no intention of arguing with Mikoto. He put down the things he had bought and hurriedly left. In his eyes, Uchiha Touhuan would only corrupt his adorable little brother, and he couldn't stand idly by.
"Sigh, this child." Watching Itachi Uchiha rush out of the house, Mikoto could only sigh helplessly.
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In the backyard of Uchiha Touhuan's house, Sasuke swiftly formed hand seals, summoning a lightning ball. Compared to when he first learned it, Sasuke had made significant progress in this technique. The lightning ball he summoned was much more solid than before, and its color had changed from a hazy pale yellow to a light blue. Although it was still quite different from Uchiha Touhuan's almost ghostly blue solid lightning, achieving this level at his age was enough to be considered genius.
Then, as Sasuke moved his fingers, the lightning ball circled the two of them a few times before shooting into the sky and exploding in mid-air.
"Teacher, I did it!" Sasuke looked up at Uchiha Touhuan after finishing, his face showing an expression of anticipation for praise.
"Hmm, not bad." Uchiha Touhuan patted Sasuke's head and said.
"So, teacher, what are we going to learn next?" Sasuke asked curiously.
Sasuke's question genuinely stumped Uchiha Touhuan. The amount of offensive ninjutsu Sasuke currently possessed, whether learned or developed, was simply too much for him to master with his limited chakra reserves.
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