Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 392 What do you think of the other party?!

The next day, on his way home from school, Itachi Uchiha found a girl.

"Um, your name is Uchiha Izumi, right?"

Standing in front of Itachi Uchiha was a girl about the same age as him.

In fact, many people in Konoha Village do not go to the Ninja Academy when they are ten years old.

Take, for example, the little girl Uchiha Izumi.

Although she was about the same age as Itachi, her parents did not send her to the ninja academy.

The reason...

This is because there was originally a school within the Uchiha clan's territory.

In Konoha Village, the Ninja Academy naturally admits students who possess ninja skills.

This would essentially isolate most ordinary people from the outside world.

Some members of the clans also felt that there was no need to actually go to the ninja academy.

This has led to an ever-increasing population. Theoretically, the number of new students at the Ninja Academy each year should be at least 800, if not over a thousand.

You should know that the total number of people inside and outside Konoha Village now exceeds eight million!

With such a large base, isn't it normal for this ninja academy to have a thousand new students?

However, for various reasons, five hundred new students are considered a lot each year at the Ninja Academy.

However, none of this mattered much to Itachi Uchiha, and he didn't need to care about it.

For Itachi, he wouldn't care about most things unless his younger brother was involved.

However, since he had already made a promise to Sasuke, he naturally wanted to fulfill it.

Uchiha Itachi then found Uchiha Izumi today.

Uchiha Izumi herself is not important.

Or rather, her family is unimportant.

However, the person behind her parents, or rather, the superior of Uchiha Izumi's parents, was very important to Uchiha Itachi.

Uchiha Izumi's parents were subordinates of an elder of the Uchiha clan.

The Uchiha clan's territory is already sparsely populated. Since Izumi Uchiha's parents have sought refuge with a clan elder, and considering that there are no more than three hundred clan members remaining in the Uchiha clan's territory, Izumi Uchiha's parents are highly regarded by that elder.

It's not because they're particularly strong, it's simply because there's absolutely no one left.

Although Izumi Uchiha's parents weren't particularly strong, they were certainly loyal enough.

That's what Itachi Uchiha valued.

Well, if Itachi Uchiha was asked by his father to come and contact Izumi Uchiha, then Itachi probably wouldn't have put in much effort.

However, now Itachi Uchiha is doing this for Sasuke, which has aroused Itachi's initiative.

Like Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Izumi lived in the clan's territory from childhood to adulthood.

Moreover, because of her parents, she didn't even go to the ninja academy.

Of course, since Izumi Uchiha had received family education from childhood, she didn't feel that anything was wrong.

This time, Itachi Uchiha's goal in finding Izumi Uchiha was very clear.

He wanted to make contact with the clan elder behind Uchiha Izumi's parents.

Itachi Uchiha didn't care about his father's arrangements. He just believed that if he wanted to help Sasuke and give him a fulfilling childhood, he had to contact the clan elders one by one and get them to agree to the conditions for the Uchiha clan to be integrated into the inner city of Konoha.

This news quickly reached the ears of Uchiha Fugaku.

As the head of the Uchiha clan, Fugaku Uchiha still had many spies within the clan.

Upon learning that Itachi Uchiha had approached the daughter of one of the clan elders' subordinates, Fugaku Uchiha's first reaction was anger.

After all, Itachi Uchiha didn't listen to his orders at all.

This made Fugaku Uchiha somewhat dissatisfied.

However, Fugaku Uchiha was, after all, the head of the Uchiha clan, and he quickly calmed down.

After calming down, Fugaku Uchiha suddenly realized: This is an opportunity!

An opportunity to make your stance clear and try to achieve your goals!

That very night, Fugaku summoned Itachi to his room, where Fugaku asked Itachi in a deep voice, "Why did you go to see that girl?!"

Uchiha Itachi looked at his father in front of him. In fact, Uchiha Itachi had not felt much fatherly love from childhood to adulthood.

However, this does not mean that Itachi Uchiha liked to go against his father; that's impossible, and Itachi Uchiha was not that kind of person.

"I just wanted...to give Sasuke 9 a different childhood."

Itachi Uchiha began to explain to Fugaku Uchiha, outlining his plan.

He also knew that if Fugaku Uchiha wanted to investigate, he would definitely not be able to keep it a secret.

Rather than hiding it, it's better to confront your father.

Itachi Uchiha's plan was simple: he would first infiltrate the clan elder's ranks, and given his status as the son of Fugaku Uchiha, the elder would surely agree to let him join his ranks.

Next, within a year, Itachi Uchiha will grow to the point where even the clan elder has to take him seriously. After that, Itachi Uchiha will offer his allegiance in exchange for the other party's agreement to Fugaku Uchiha's decision to integrate into the inner city.

Of course, how far it can ultimately go depends on how much Itachi can grow this year.

After listening, Fugaku Uchiha shook his head. Of course, he knew what his son was thinking.

He used his status as the son of the Uchiha clan leader to get the clan elder to pay attention to him.

Whether the other party valued Itachi Uchiha because of it—that depends on Itachi's talent. And as everyone knows, regardless of whether Itachi was mentally unstable, his strength and talent were absolutely top-tier in the entire Naruto series.

—It's just that my brain isn't very good...

Whether it's valuing Itachi Uchiha personally or Fugaku Uchiha, it's all about gaining more leverage for oneself.

From both perspectives, Itachi Uchiha was capable of achieving his goal no matter what, and the clan elder couldn't possibly refuse.

Then, as Itachi Uchiha said, it took a year for the other party to take him seriously.

Then Itachi Uchiha spoke, stating his goal.

To be honest, the plan is very much in line with what a ten-year-old child would come up with.

Fugaku scoffed at this.

While theoretically speaking, it wouldn't be bad to follow Itachi's line of thinking and have him act as a double agent, but...

Is it really necessary to go to this point just so her youngest son can attend an outside kindergarten?!

Fugaku Uchiha was speechless.

It's not a very important matter. Has my eldest son sacrificed too much?

Fugaku Uchiha had some strange thoughts in his mind, but he remained outwardly calm.

He even countered Itachi's question with, "Itachi, putting everything else aside, what do you think of Uchiha Izumi?"

(End of this chapter)