Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 340 Girls only disturb my cultivation

Sasuke put on a serious face and quickly asked, "Brother, do you like to eat this kind of thing?"

Itachi nodded slightly: "I guess so."

Sasuke clutched his head in his hands, feeling as if the sky had fallen: "Fine, so you said you weren't on a date? I didn't even know you liked sweets, Nii-san."

Itachi denied it, saying, "I'm really not on a date."

"I don't believe it..." Sasuke's eyes darted around. "Unless you agree to train with me today."

Itachi said helplessly, "Alright."

Zuo Zhun raised his arm high: "Yay..."

As his younger brother smiled happily, Itachi felt as if all the thoughts that had been weighing on his mind had been washed away, and a light smile unconsciously appeared on his lips.

"Splash..."

Itachi felt a chill run down his spine and glanced in the direction of the sound.

It turned out that the fish in the lake were rolling around, causing the waves to appear on the surface of the water.

The weasel squinted, and its reflection in the lake became unrecognizable as ripples spread across the surface...

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Uchiha clan territory, training grounds.

Surrounded by forests, targets were placed on the treetops.

"Why did you follow me?"

Having a rare opportunity to train with his brother, Sasuke was quite disgusted with this woman named Izumi who had followed him without permission.

Izumi, who had followed, smiled kindly: "I haven't seen Itachi-kun train before, so please let me observe since this is a rare opportunity..."

After saying that, he glanced at Itachi: "Itachi-kun, you don't mind, do you?"

"It's okay..."

Itachi calmly pointed to a target: "Sasuke, try hitting that spot with your shuriken."

Sasuke looked in the direction the finger was pointing, and his face immediately fell. The angle was extremely tricky, and there was something blocking the way in front of it, so how could he possibly hit it? "No way, how could this possibly hit?"

With a smile, Itachi took out a shuriken from his pocket, held it between his fingers, and then tossed it. The shuriken spun rapidly in the air, and with a snap, the two shuriken collided and bounced back. One of the shuriken even produced a beautiful arc, bypassing the tree and hitting the target behind it.

Sasuke's eyes lit up at this: "Wow, that's amazing! How can you do that? Brother, please teach me!"

This might be the last time Pegasus practices shuriken, and Itachi explains it with extra care.

Sasuke scratched his head, a little confused about Itachi's train of thought.

Itachi smiled and said, "In short, you should give it a try first. Practice is the best teacher."

Sasuke couldn't wait to try it out. He copied the technique, holding the two shuriken between his fingers and throwing them out with a practiced air.

With a snap, the two shuriken collided in mid-air.

Itachi cast a glance at him, his eyes filled with expectation.

Unfortunately, the two shuriken have disappeared without a trace.

Itachi encouraged him, "Don't be discouraged, just try again."

Sasuke nodded and tried several more times, but he still couldn't achieve the same level of precision as his brother.

Sasuke dodged the small foot.

Izumi, who had been watching quietly, felt that her chance to win Sasuke's favor had come, so she stepped forward at the right moment: "Sasuke, would you like me to teach you how to knock on a door?"

"You..."

Sasuke's eyes practically screamed contempt.

Izumi pouted and said, "What's with that look?!"

No amount of explanation could change anything. Izumi picked up her shuriken, tossed it casually, and produced the same effect as Itachi, leaving Sasuke speechless with surprise.

"Now you know how good I am, right?" Izumi said smugly. "Don't let my being a girl fool you, I'm actually good at physical combat."

Sasuke, looking defiant, said, "Hmph, I'll catch up soon."

Izumi asked again, "Do you want me to teach you?"

"don't want."

Sasuke didn't believe that no one could teach him better than his brother.

Itachi advised, "Sasuke, you can give it a try. Everyone is different, and the methods that work for them will also be different."

Sasuke followed Itachi's advice, pouting, "Alright..."

Izumi patted Sasuke's head: "That's a good boy..."

Sasuke slapped Izumi's hand away: "Don't get too cocky. I only agreed to this because of you, Nii-san."

Izumi didn't take Sasuke's rude remarks to heart and patiently explained things to him.

Sasuke was initially indifferent, but after Izumi taught him step by step, his attitude towards her changed, and his progress was incredibly fast. Although he couldn't reach the same level of shuriken accuracy as the two of them right away, he had already begun to take shape.

"You're really amazing..."

Izumi said sincerely.

It took her a long time to learn this.

Admittedly, this is related to her excellent speaking skills, but it is probably more due to Sasuke's own exceptional talent.

Sasuke pouted his little face: "I told you I'd catch up soon, didn't I..."

Izumi glanced at Itachi, thinking to herself, "He truly is his younger brother..."

While their talent may not reach Itachi's level, it is still far beyond that of their peers.

She noticed something was off when she watched Itachi instructing Sasuke.

Itachi spoke too quickly and too briefly.

Especially when dealing with children as young as Sasuke.

Fortunately, Sasuke was exceptionally intelligent; any other child would have been completely bewildered.

This is normal, after all, the thinking logic of geniuses is different from that of ordinary people.

Sasuke had received a favor from Izumi, and as the saying goes, "He who takes a bribe is bound to be obliged": "I'll just accept it for now..."

After saying that, he silently added in his mind, "But I will never admit to what happened between you and Nissan..."

"Sasuke, never underestimate anyone, no matter what..."

To make his earnest teachings even more effective, Itachi specifically gave an example:

"In terms of when Izumi awakened her Sharingan, she was earlier than me."

While one's innate talent cannot be simply summarized as "it will happen sooner or later," it does have some resemblance to it.

As a member of a family with a bloodline limit, Sasuke naturally knew very well what the Sharingan was. He looked at the girl who had awakened her Sharingan earlier than his brother with disbelief.

Izumi smiled and deliberately showed off her Sharingan.

Sasuke asked, "When did you awaken your Sharingan...?"

Mikoto held up a finger to her chin, smiling broadly: "About five or six years old."

Sasuke was surprised, and his eyes changed when he looked at Izumi. He didn't expect this girl to be so powerful. He thought to himself that he was the same age and didn't even have a trace of Sharingan.

"I really wish I could awaken the Sharingan too..."

Upon hearing this, both Izumi and Itachi felt a chill in their hearts. Awakening the Sharingan too early was not a good thing.

Those members of the Uchiha clan who had experienced awakening their Sharingan generally understood this without tacit agreement.

"I believe you'll open your eyes soon..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Itachi realized something and immediately regretted it.

Sasuke said innocently, "Yes, I will catch up with my brother."

Itachi sighed inwardly.

His gaze fell upon Mikoto and Sasuke, and the more beautiful the scene before him, the more pain he felt.

Itachi wasn't particularly interested in matters of the heart, but that didn't mean he knew nothing about them.

He noticed Quanmei's affection for him.

If I were to find a partner in the future, Izumi might be a good one.

However, tragically, he is now about to set everything in front of him ablaze.

The thought of living with endless pain and guilt made him feel compassionate at that moment.

At that moment, Sasuke and Izumi were talking and did not notice Itachi's unusual behavior.

Sasuke asked, "You and your brother are about the same age. Were you classmates?"

Mikoto laughed and said, "Yes, your brother is a genius. He's very popular with the girls at school."

Sasuke cut to the chase: "Including you?"

Izumi was nearly knocked to death by Sasuke's direct question. She coughed a few times and changed the subject: "Sasuke, you must be popular with girls at school, right?"

"I don't know." Sasuke wasn't very interested in this kind of topic. "If the standard for judgment is that they always see me yelling and shouting for no reason, then I guess it is."

"Judging from your tone, you don't like this?"

Quanmei was a little puzzled, thinking that most boys probably liked this kind of thing.

"It's annoying, and girls only disturb my cultivation..."

Mizuki: "..."

Sasuke, finding the topic uninteresting, changed the subject and asked about his brother: "Were there any people stronger than you at school?"

Mizuki shook her head: "Itachi-kun is amazing, unlike me. He's a true genius."

"I knew my brother was the best."

Sasuke felt a strong sense of pride in his older brother and wanted to follow in his footsteps, striving to graduate from the Ninja Academy as soon as possible. If possible, he hoped to team up with his brother and carry out missions together.

Itachi shook his head: "Don't say that, Sasuke. I taught you, didn't I? There are always people more talented than me, and there's always something beyond my reach. There are plenty of ninjas more talented than me."

Sasuke pouted, indicating he couldn't believe there could be a more talented ninja than his brother: "Then tell me, who has more talent as a ninja than my brother...?"

Itachi wanted to use Shisui as an example, but the name was too heavy, so he paused for a moment.

When Sasuke saw that Itachi couldn't answer, he laughed, thinking that his brother was just being modest.

Itachi shook his head, dispelling the heaviness in his heart, and thought of someone: "Uchiha Aokiji..."

(End of this chapter)