Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 195 Want me to play with you?

"well……"

Upon hearing this, Aokiji's expression first showed disbelief, then became uncontrollably excited: "What a joke! I saw him lively and energetic just last month!"

The Uchiha clansmen sighed, "It seems they were ambushed by enemies while out and about."

"like?"

Aokiji frowned, his expression stern: "Don't pretend, I want to be sure. Tell me everything clearly."

"When we found them, Elder Itachi was already seriously injured and dead."

"Who did it?"

In stark contrast to his expressionless face, Aokiji was radiating a powerful killing intent.

Some of the clansmen were intimidated by Aokiji's imposing presence: "I'm not entirely sure about the specifics; you can ask the clan chief."

Aokiji's face was ashen. If the matter was true, he would find the culprit and kill him, no matter who he was.

He rushed to the Konoha Police Department, found the Uchiha clan leader, and asked about the results.

Seeing Aokiji's murderous expression, the Uchiha clan leader, who clearly already knew a little bit about the situation after making inquiries, said, "Aokiji, calm down."

"I need to be calmer now than ever before."

After Aokiji said those words, the Uchiha clan leader could clearly feel the surrounding temperature drop by a few degrees.

This real chill was caused by the opponent activating the ice-attribute chakra within their body.

A hint of surprise flashed across the Uchiha clan leader's eyes; he hadn't expected such a performance without even forming hand seals.

The man's silence provoked Aokiji's strong dissatisfaction, and he pressed him relentlessly: "I need an explanation."

The Uchiha clan head spoke up: "The result is exactly what you found out."

"I'm not a three-year-old child." Aokiji's face was as cold as ice as he demanded, "Explain to me why he, at his advanced age, would specifically leave the village?"

Under Aokiji's relentless questioning, the Uchiha clan head turned his head away, as if to avoid Aokiji's gaze, and instead fixed his eyes on the Uchiha clan's proud crest: "After Elder Itachi died, I didn't touch anything in his room. Perhaps you can find the answer you're looking for there."

Aokiji remained silent for a moment, then formed a hand seal in front of his chest. His body transformed into swirling snowflakes as he used the Body Flicker Technique to leave the Konoha Police Force and arrive at Elder Itachi's residence.

With a creak, the door was pushed open.

Aokiji stepped into the room and looked around. The room was clean and tidy, but the furniture and decorations had a vintage feel, probably because the owner was quite old.

This was the first time Aokiji had entered Elder Itachi's room.

What I didn't expect was that this first time would be the last.

Without much time for reflection, he quickly searched the room, found a scroll,

Aokiji, by the time you see this scroll, I think I should already be dead.

Don't think about avenging me; these are sins I committed in the past.

When I was young, I killed a lot of people. In order to complete my mission, I even killed unrelated women and children who were powerless to fight.

I am not nearly as strong as you seem; in fact, I am more fragile than you imagine.

Whenever I close my eyes, I can't help but recall their horrific deaths, which caused me great pain and made me contemplate suicide.

This is an incurable condition called post-traumatic stress disorder.

For so many years I have suppressed this pain until recently, when I met someone, the offspring of someone I killed in the past.

I killed his great-grandfather, his grandfather, and his father...

The hatred contained in those eyes was like a raging fire constantly scorching my body.

I've reached my limit...

I'm sorry, please forgive this old man's willful choice, but I can't see the day you become Hokage.

Leaving aside the subsequent explanations, the main content has been explained here. Aokiji felt a sense of sorrow, as if he were burying someone: "I understand the principle of revenge only going to repeat itself, but you make me face all of this and remain indifferent..."

After closing his eyes for a while, Aokiji took a step toward a chair, but the closer he got to the chair, the heavier his legs felt, as if they were filled with lead.

After a long while, he sat down in the chair, staring blankly into the void, lost in thought. Memories of the past began to surface in his mind, and he remained like this until nightfall. His emotions, which had initially been difficult to accept, gradually shifted to acceptance in less than a day...

Aokiji stood up from his chair, went to the mirror, and opened and closed his eyes, causing the dim light to flash with a scarlet glow.

"I really am a cold-blooded person."

After the hoarse laughter, a different kind of color seeped into Aokiji's three-tomoe Sharingan.

"Even so, I haven't awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, hmph..."

Aokiji laughed again, his voice high-pitched, as if mocking his own cold laughter.

However, this is normal; the real Mangekyou Sharingan is not so easy to awaken.

Otherwise, these eyes would be far too cheap, and they wouldn't be called the supreme pupil technique.

Aokiji didn't know, nor did he want to know, what kind of emotions were needed to truly awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan.

All he knew was that he needed power; without power, he couldn't protect anything...

Aokiji's blood-red eyes seemed to be saying something like that.

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and when he opened them again, they were normal. Following Elder Itachi's last instructions, he went to the place where the relics were kept and opened it.

There are two things inside: a stone and a scroll.

As for the stone, Aokiji recognized it. It was a stone that Aokiji brought from Wano Country. It seemed to be left behind by Madara Uchiha. The contents on it could only be read by the Sharingan. The higher the Sharingan's power, the higher one could see.

Given Madara Uchiha's character, Aokiji estimated that the contents above were probably not good, such as Infinite Tsukuyomi, so he wasn't very interested in deciphering this stuff after awakening his Mangekyou Sharingan.

What really interested him was the spool. Holding the spool in his hand, judging from the feel of it, he knew that something extraordinary must be recorded inside.

With anticipation, Aokiji opened it and quickly read through it. The contents were even more powerful than he had imagined; it was actually an S-rank ice-style ninjutsu.

Each S-rank ninjutsu is a supreme treasure in the ninja world. Aokiji has been training in Ice Release for so long, but he still hasn't acquired an S-rank Ice Release ninjutsu.

The only drawback is that this ninjutsu seems to be an unfinished product, but even so, it is still very valuable for research.

Thinking of all this, a bitter smile appeared on Aokiji's lips. He never expected that Elder Itachi would still provide him with so much help after his death.

………………

The sun was high in the sky, and the calm lake surface shimmered under the sunlight.

On the lake, every step the blue pheasant takes creates gentle ripples on the water.

He walked to the center of the lake, bent over, put his hands into the icy water, closed his eyes, focused his mind, and tried to freeze the lake surface without forming hand seals.

At this moment, Aokiji, who was training in chakra nature, sensed someone approaching from behind. He opened his eyes, glanced back, and saw a beautiful girl whose presence made the air seem thin. Her hair shone brightly in the sunlight.

Tsunade walked towards him, her cherry lips parting slightly: "What are you doing?"

Aokiji, supporting himself on his knees, slowly straightened up and answered, "Perform chakra-based training."

Tsunade, without revealing her true feelings, observed Aokiji's expression and said casually, "You really are getting more and more diligent. You're completely different from how you used to be."

Elder Itachi's death was a huge blow to Aokiji. He hasn't recovered from the trauma yet. He shrugged, trying to sound relaxed, and said with a self-deprecating tone, "After all, I'm usually quite bored by myself, and I don't have much to do."

"Would you like me to play with my breasts?"

Aokiji: "???"

(End of this chapter)