Naruto: The Information Broker from the Uchiha Clan.

Chapter 162 They're all just clowns (22) Four thousand

"Those are the hand seals for a Fire Release ninjutsu. They're already capable of using ninjutsu at this level? That's too reckless!"

Shikamaru spoke urgently, but he was completely helpless in the face of the situation.

The secret techniques of the Nara clan are not something he can use in such a short time right now.

Naruto, who was standing nearby, frowned and shouted at Sai, "Get out of the way!!"

However, Sai remained calm and composed despite the oncoming flames, still wearing a smile.

But just as he was about to make a move, a figure appeared in front of him, and a burst of chakra suddenly erupted.

"Bang!!"

With just a casual strike, he slammed the oncoming fireball to the ground, scattering it in all directions.

However, before the sparks could disperse, a current of air gathered them all together and extinguished them in his hand.

The sudden scene stunned all the students around, followed by cheers.

"He just swatted away that huge fireball with a flick of his wrist! Who is he? So cool!"

"So strong, yet he doesn't look much bigger than us. Why does he look so familiar?"

"That's Uchiha Kumo, the one who single-handedly killed the Fourth Raikage, a hero of the village!"

"The chakra he just used rendered me completely immobile. How could someone like that be here at school?"

"Who knows? Maybe they're from the same Uchiha clan and came looking for Sasuke."

"That move was absolutely awesome! Do you think he'd accept you as his apprentice now?"

"Heh... The line of people wanting to become Master Yun's disciples could stretch all the way to Daming Prefecture. What are you thinking? Go wash up and go to sleep. You can have anything in your dreams."

……

Amidst the commotion, Ino, one of the girls, grabbed Sakura: "Did you see that? Did you see that? That's him. His power is no less than Sasuke's looks."

"Only people like that are worth pursuing! That attack just now was absolutely amazing!"

Sakura paused, then looked at Ino and asked, "Are you talking about Lord Yun? But... does he still remember us?"

Ino nodded firmly: "I saw him a few times when I was little. Back then, he would come to my family's flower shop to buy flowers every now and then. My parents always said that his talent was terrifying, that he was a true genius!"

Sakura pouted: "Sasuke is the real genius. He's just older than Sasuke. When Sasuke gets that age..."

Ino scoffed, "Brother Yun is only five years older than us. By the time your Sasuke graduates, will he be able to defeat the Kage of other villages?"

Uh!

These words left Sakura speechless. No matter how much she boasted, it seemed she really couldn't be sure of it, or rather, it was just a pipe dream.

Ignoring Sakura, Ino was staring blankly at Uchiha Yun in the arena, her eyes shining.

……

"Sasuke, isn't it a bit too reckless to use such a ninjutsu on your own classmate?"

As Yun spoke, he looked at the guy behind the voice, and when he saw Sai, he was stunned.

Although her appearance differed somewhat from the anime character she remembered due to her age, her fake smile immediately revealed her identity to Yun.

At this moment, Naruto ran over and immediately explained to his good friend, "Brother Yun, this guy's mouth is really foul, so you can't blame Sasuke."

Yun smiled and replied, "This guy's mouth can indeed make people furious, but sometimes you can't rush to conclusions if you don't know the reason."

From that one glance, Yun had already guessed roughly what was going on with Sai.

With Danzo's death and the destruction of Root, it's likely that the Fourth Hokage won't pursue the matter of Sai, who hasn't committed any crimes yet, given his personality.

However, it was somewhat unexpected that the remnants of the roots would let such a seedling go.

Then Yun looked at Erzhuzi, who was panting heavily, smiled at him, and picked up the bag in her hand: "I brought you some food. Come on over. If you can't handle it, just faint and I'll carry you to the infirmary. Stop pretending to be cool."

Perhaps it was the fainting spell and the act of looking cool that worked, but the trembling Erzhuzi suppressed the emptiness in his body and walked over step by step.

As it approached, Yun caught it.

After Erzhuzi slumped to the ground, Yun spoke again to the still smiling Zuo Jing, saying, "Come on over, you brought a lot, you can eat together."

As soon as he finished speaking, Erzhuzi glared at Yun.

Seeing this, Naruto immediately said, "Brother Yun, if that guy comes over and talks to us, he might choke us to death."

Even the lazy Shikamaru and Choji nodded at this moment.

But Yun ignored him and continued to wave to Sai.

This person, seemingly unaware of the need to refuse, walked over, sat down gracefully, and said with a smile, "Thank you for your hospitality."

Yun put down what she was holding and handed Sasuke a string of three-colored dumplings.

But Erzhuzi didn't seem to appreciate it. He glanced at the classmates around him and didn't reach out to take it.

"I remember you, like Itachi, should like sweets, right? What? Afraid of being laughed at? Sweets are just food, everyone has their own preferences. Back then, Itachi..."

Perhaps it was Itachi's name that had an effect, because Sasuke took the three-colored dumplings and ate them without hesitation.

At this moment, Sai spoke up again, still with a smile on his face: "Actually, whether you eat sweets or not has no effect on someone as weak as you. Not eating them won't make you stronger, and eating them won't make you weaker."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sasuke, who was already weak from the huge depletion of chakra, couldn't hold back any longer and struggled to get up to punch the guy.

"Snapped!"

Yun extended two fingers and flicked them directly onto Erzhuzi's forehead, sending him flying back.

Sasuke, rubbing his forehead, said indignantly, "You heard how foul-mouthed this guy was, why did you stop me? Let me teach him a lesson."

Sai, still smiling, tilted his head and muttered to himself, "My brother said that only sincerity can make new friends, but I seem to have failed today. Does that mean... I should lie?"

Sai then looked at Yun: "Lord Yun, the chakra you just unleashed was really weak..."

Uh!

These words stunned Yun for a moment, then her eyes twitched as she said, "If you anger me, you'll probably be spending a month or two in the hospital."

This situation seemed to amuse the younger ones.

Shikamaru pondered for a moment, then looked at Sai and asked, "So, you were trying to make friends with us by talking like that?"

Sai nodded and smiled, "Because my brother always says my smile is fake. I asked him how to learn to smile genuinely, and he said that I'll be able to smile when I make real friends."

"Then I asked my brother how to make real friends. He said that only by being sincere can you make real friends at school."

"However... it seems my initial attempt today has failed."

This answer surprised Naruto and the others. Naruto then asked, "You... don't smile much?"

Sai shook his head, then took out a book from behind him, opened it, and said, "It says here that a smile is when you raise the corners of your mouth, showing eight upper teeth and six lower teeth. This is the best expression for communicating with people."

Uh!

These words made even a fool realize that the guy in front of him was suspicious.

Choji tapped Shikamaru with his hand behind his back and whispered, "Could there be something wrong with this guy?"

Shikamaru glared at him, then looked at the cover of the book in Sai's hand, where several large characters were written (details of facial expression).

This kind of book, plus what this guy just said.

It seems there must be something else going on behind the other party's frank statement.

Thinking of this, Shikamaru asked, "Where do you live? Didn't your parents teach you these things?"

Sai smiled and shook his head: "I have no surname, no parents. It's always been training and fighting. Winning means I can keep living..."

"Oh, right! It seems I can't tell you this, but since Lord Yun didn't stop me, I suppose the Hokage won't blame me?"

Yun shrugged, then looked at Sai and said, "You're an orphan raised by Root, right? The remnants of Root after its destruction probably wouldn't let a promising talent like you go. By the way, how did you end up studying here?"

Sai shook his head: "I don't know either. That day, my brother dragged me away and we dodged a lot of people. We kept going until we saw the Hokage. Then my brother went to the hospital, and I was assigned here."

Do you believe it?

The older brother in Sai's picture book in that memory seemed to have some kind of illness and died when he was twelve years old.

If we calculate it that way, Sai does indeed have a chance to escape in this timeline.

"Smack."

At that moment, Naruto placed one of his hands on Sai's shoulder.

"From today onwards, I consider you a friend!"

Shikamaru sighed, then stood up and placed his hand on Sai's shoulder: "Although your mouth is really troublesome, since Naruto has accepted you, then from today onwards you are also my friend."

Still somewhat confused, Choji looked at Sasuke, thought for a moment, and then placed his hand on him.

At this moment, Sasuke seemed to be touched by a certain sentence: No parents, only an older brother who helped him escape from the clutches of evil?

So, while those words I said before were indeed a bit blunt, they were all true. Was it for the sake of making friends?

And his brother is still in the hospital...

"Snapped!"

Erzhuzi also placed his hand on Sai, kicking him as he spoke, "I'm not admitting defeat, I just acknowledge you. Let's have another match sometime!"

Seeing that he had gained four friends in a row, Sai smiled and thought, "It seems that what my brother said was indeed true."

If you treat others with sincerity, you will naturally make true friends.

"Even though you guys are really weak, as friends, I'll protect you!"

Uh!

These words left the four little ones speechless once again.

But a moment later, Naruto laughed and said, "I don't know why, but these words don't sound so harsh anymore."

Sasuke snorted coldly, "Even though we're friends, I won't be called a weakling. I'll defeat you fair and square and make you take back those words."

Sai asked with a smile, "Even if you beat me, you're still a weakling, because I'm weak too."

The topic seemed to be getting a bit out of hand, so Shikamaru quickly changed the subject, making the others forget about it for the time being.

At this moment, Sasuke remembered his initial purpose and asked Yun, "Brother Yun, what major event happened yesterday? Why were all the Jonin suddenly summoned?"

Yun looked at Sasuke and asked, "How did you know?"

Shikamaru, who was standing nearby, raised his hand: "I've occasionally heard the summons from the Ninja Hawks, so I guessed that something important must have happened yesterday."

Did you guess it?

It seems Shikamaru's brain is still working perfectly; at least the butterfly effect hasn't diminished his intelligence.

However, telling them this wouldn't seem to make any difference. Besides, given Naruto and Sasuke's personalities, they might just cause trouble.

"You... do not have the authority to know."

A simple sentence left the group stunned, and Yun continued, "For those of you who aren't even ninjas, knowing too much isn't very useful."

"Like Sasuke just now, a mere C-rank Fire Release ninjutsu drained his chakra to the point of exhaustion. So even if I told you, what could you do?"

At this moment, Sasuke lowered his head and clenched his fists tightly.

A deep voice sounded: "But my brother... he went out yesterday..."

Yun looked at Sasuke and asked calmly, "So, if Itachi is facing a powerful enemy right now, and you also know this information, would you rush over to support Itachi?"

"Do you know what the final outcome will be in this situation?"

Without Sasuke's reply, Yun continued, "The result is that the battle that Itachi could have won on his own might have been turned into an opportunity for the opponent to use you as a bargaining chip, forcing Itachi to commit suicide, simply because of your existence."

"How likely do you think... that kind of thing is?"

Erzhuzi raised his head slightly, his eyes somewhat bloodshot: "So, there's nothing I can do?"

Yun on the other side shook his head slightly: "No, what you, the next generation of Konoha, can truly do now is to increase your own power."

"Once you take over the entire Hidden Leaf Village, protecting the healthy growth of the next generation will become your mission. Right now, you are just seedlings that need our protection."

Naruto pouted, "Brother Yun isn't that much older than us, is he? This 'previous generation' argument is ridiculous!"

Yun smiled and replied, "Many things are not just about age. Naruto, when you grow up, that's when you'll be able to take on the responsibility of protecting the entire village."

Then Yun looked at Sasuke and said, "There's one more thing, you guys seem to underestimate us too much. And you, Sasuke, knowing Itachi as you do, with those eyes, who could possibly kill him?"

"With the Hokage and me in the village, who can cause any real trouble? They're just a bunch of clowns, nothing to worry about."

……

Nine thousand nine thousand a day, yesterday at 3 PM, today almost 2 PM. Hahaha! Who can cultivate immortality better than me!

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