Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 29: Even their underwear has been exposed.

Upon hearing this, Aokiji's pupils contracted, and he weakly said, "I don't understand what the elder is talking about?"

Elder Itachi said calmly, "Although you usually hide it very well, you have overlooked one thing."

Aokiji asked instinctively, "What is it?"

As if he had received a satisfactory answer, Elder Itachi slightly curled his lips: "As expected..."

Aokiji: ? ? ?

Damn, this old man tricked me.

That old geezer is wicked.

He tried to explain, but he figured it would be useless.

Since they have already confirmed it, they must already have sufficient evidence.

Aokiji couldn't understand how the other man had discovered his deception when he had hidden it so well.

Seemingly reading Aokiji's thoughts, Elder Itachi slowly spoke: "Chakra..."

"W-what?"

Elder Itachi said calmly, "That day when you were fighting Fugaku, I used my Sharingan to observe you. You possess chakra far exceeding that of your peers..."

Aokiji dropped the pretense and laid his cards on the table: "Did the elder conclude that I might have awakened a bloodline limit based on this alone?"

Damn it, after pretending for so long, the clown turned out to be myself.

Elder Itachi nodded slightly.

Aokiji was silent for a moment: "If I had answered better just now, could I have gotten away with it?"

Itachi gave him a meaningful look: "Then I might use the power of my Sharingan to make you tell me yourself."

Aokiji: ...

Sure enough, once he was suspected, he had no power to resist.

With just one look from them, I confessed everything.

And there is absolutely no cost to doing this.

"Which bloodline limit have you awakened?"

Elder Itachi's voice contained a hint of expectation.

Aokiji held his breath, "Let me think about it before I answer you..."

Elder Itachi raised his voice slightly and pressed, "Now that things have come to this, what are you still hiding?"

Urged on, Aokiji gritted his teeth and made a decision: "Ice Release."

To put it bluntly, Konoha's attitude towards the Sharingan is on par with fire prevention, theft prevention, and even the protection of one's best friend.

He didn't want to reveal his Sharingan rather than his Ice Release abilities.

The family members are all straightforward, and there are also traitors in the family. The news that he has the Sharingan will soon spread like wildfire to the ears of the higher-ups, especially Hiruzen Sarutobi.

The reason he can get so close to his three precious disciples is because he doesn't have the Sharingan and he's been slacking off, so they don't take him seriously. But once they find out he has the Sharingan, they'll probably see him as a hidden "terrorist."

"Ice Release..."

Elder Itachi's muttered voice couldn't hide his disappointment.

Ice Release is good, but it pales in comparison to the Sharingan of their clan. Not to mention that the Sharingan has the potential for even higher levels of evolution, which is the true power of a god. With Aokiji's talent, there is hope for the future.

Compared to that, Ice Release is really nothing special, unless he can integrate a chakra nature into Ice Release in the future, evolving from a bloodline limit to a bloodline elimination technique, then it would be more like that.

However, this is no less than evolving into the Mangekyou Sharingan, and may even surpass it.

After all, the evolution of the Mangekyou Sharingan at least has some patterns to follow, but the bloodline elimination method really has no patterns to follow.

In the history of the ninja world, there are only a handful of ninjas who can develop bloodline limits, even fewer than those who possess the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Aokiji asked hesitantly, "Um, Elder Itachi, do I really have to become a ninja?"

Elder Itachi grinned and retorted, "What do you think?"

Aokiji sighed heavily. "Heaven has forsaken me. The thought of going to war makes me very sad, and I even feel like crying..."

"Oh my god, why do I have a bloodline limit? Does this mean my dream of not wanting to be a ninja will never come true?"

Seeing Aokiji's grief-stricken expression, Elder Itachi was speechless. Having a bloodline limit was something most people would kill for, but this guy seemed to be avoiding it like the plague.

"When did you awaken your Ice Release?"

Aokiji said helplessly, "It's only been in the last two years, I guess."

Elder Itachi nodded in understanding.

Aokiji tried to struggle a bit: "Um, Elder Itachi, could I become a medical ninja...?"

"Medical ninja?"

Itachi looked at Aokiji with a strange expression, as if to say, "What are you doing as a medical ninja when you're an ice-style ninja?"

He had never heard of Ice Release having an effect on medical ninjutsu. Wouldn't it be a complete waste of talent for an Ice Release ninja to become a medical ninja?

Aokiji touched his conscience and revealed a sincere look in his eyes: "To be honest, whenever I hear that my clansmen on the front lines lose their lives because they don't receive timely treatment, I feel heartbroken. That's why I want to become a medical ninja to save lives and heal the wounded in the Uchiha clan."

"Studying medicine won't save the Uchiha clan..."

Elder Itachi sighed softly.

The biggest problem for the Uchiha clan right now isn't outside the village, but inside. The establishment of the Konoha Police Force, while bringing the Uchiha clan to the peak of prestige, has also sown the seeds of huge hidden dangers. It will be extremely difficult for them to take any further steps forward in the future.

Unless a peerless genius emerges in the Uchiha clan, it's a pipe dream for the Uchiha to try and seize the Hokage throne.

Moreover...

Itachi's long face changed, and he said solemnly, "Don't think I don't know what you're up to. I think you're just afraid of dying. I've heard plenty about your glorious deeds at school."

Aokiji gave an awkward smile; his reputation for misdeeds was already well-known.

Elder Itachi sighed speechlessly, not understanding how such an oddball could appear in the clan. He didn't resemble the Uchiha clan at all. If it weren't for the fact that he looked so much like his father when he was young, he would have doubted that he was even an Uchiha child.

But this guy has the talent of a ninja, so leaving him alone is not an option.

Aokiji: ...

"Now that you possess such talent, it's time for you to wash away the family's shame."

Elder Itachi suddenly asked, "Aren't you graduating from school in a few months?"

Aokiji was taken aback: "Um, what's wrong?"

Elder Itachi acted swiftly and decisively: "You don't need to go tomorrow. I will send someone to the school to apply for your immediate graduation. I think the school will be happy to get rid of you, this guy who sleeps in class all day and ruins the school's reputation."

"Isn't this a bit too hasty?"

Elder Itachi's attitude was cold and unyielding, adopting an attitude that was not easy to question: "Do you know how much time you have wasted in your training? How dare you still have the nerve to say such things?"

Aokiji: ...

I think I work really hard at night too.

"I've finished speaking. You can leave now. Go back and get a good night's sleep. Tomorrow, you and Fugaku will come here to train together. I will provide you with special training."

Aokiji stood rooted to the spot. This old geezer really wasn't giving him a chance to speak. It seemed he was going to put him through the wringer.

"What are you standing there for? Do you want to stay and train right now?"

Aokiji was woken up by the scolding and kept saying "oh, oh," eager to leave as soon as possible.

"etc……"

Before Aokiji could take a step, a voice behind him stopped him. He turned around listlessly, his face drooping, and asked if there was anything else.

He was met with a pair of fiery red eyes.

Small circles appeared in the round pupils, with three magatama patterns nearby.

The Sharingan, the strongest eye technique inherited by the Uchiha clan...

Gan.

Aokiji was completely unprepared at this moment, not to mention that even if he had been prepared, his eye power would not have been able to withstand it.

That shameless old thief actually tricked and ambushed a mere 10-year-old brat like himself.

Aokiji was furious inside.

In the blink of an eye, he was completely caught in the trap.

Although he had already received an answer from the previous inquiry, Elder Itachi still felt it was necessary to use his Sharingan to question the kid thoroughly, just in case. Aokiji was too cunning; in order not to become a ninja, this kid had been hiding his strength and bloodline limit. Who knows what else he was hiding?

At the same time, he also harbored a certain expectation: what if this kid was actually hiding something?

(End of this chapter)