Naruto: The Information Broker from the Uchiha Clan.

Chapter 245 Sasuke's Speculation (22)

Four months later, on the rooftop of the ninja academy.

"What's wrong, Sasuke? Why are you being so mysterious?"

On the rooftop, Sasuke pulled Shikamaru aside and huddled with Naruto in a corner.

As for Choji, Erzhuzi felt that his friend wouldn't be of much use, so he didn't invite him to join.

"Is it about your brother Itachi? Or is he being very strict with you?"

Shikamaru paused for a moment, then said, "Actually, I think it's normal for family members to be strict with us. My mom is very strict, and I always get scolded when I go home."

Naruto nodded in agreement. "I think so too. Shikamaru, is your mom a bit stricter too? It's the same in my family. My dad, the Hokage, is always busy, but he doesn't scold me."

At this moment, Sasuke replied in a low voice, "The key thing is that things are different now. I've discovered... my brother might be under the control of genjutsu."

? ? ? ×2

Shikamaru shrugged and chuckled, "Sasuke, are you kidding me? Controlling the Uchiha clan with genjutsu? And against a powerful figure like Itachi?"

"I've only heard my dad mention it occasionally. Even within the entire Uchiha clan, Itachi's strength is only below that of Yun and the clan leader."

Naruto nodded: "Are you mistaken? Dad said that Itachi is a ninja who is very skilled in genjutsu."

Both of my friends said the same thing.

But Sasuke shook his head: "Two months ago, my brother stopped being so strict; it seems he's gone back to his old self. But..."

"But over the past two months, I've noticed many times... that my brother secretly stares into my eyes!"

At this point, Sasuke looked at Naruto: "For the past month, we've gone to that place every day after school, and from what those people say, we've guessed some things..."

These words silenced Naruto and Shikamaru.

A month ago, research on chakra, led by Kabuto, has yielded new results.

The purpose of this technology is to target Hinata Hyuga's Byakugan.

Under pressure from intelligence reports, Minato, Kumo, and others decided to develop the technology for the Byakugan's ultimate power.

The key here is the reincarnation of Ashura and Indra's chakra within Naruto and Sasuke.

"Is it because of your special status?"

Shikamaru's gaze grew serious: "His personality suddenly changed, then reverted, yet he often stares into Sasuke's eyes. In that case..."

Naruto said in a deep voice, "Sasuke and I are under a special level of secrecy. Even we are prohibited from doing so. If I hadn't told you, Shikamaru, a day earlier... Shikamaru, you would have been prohibited from doing so too, right?"

Shikamaru nodded: "That's true, and you probably only overheard it by chance. It seems we must report this to the Hokage."

These words stunned Erzhuzi.

He immediately said, "But if I'm wrong, my brother will definitely be sad, right? As the younger brother, how could he doubt his older brother?"

For a moment, everyone fell silent.

Both of them were well aware of Sasuke's feelings for his older brother. Before this, if Itachi had completed his mission and returned to the village, Sasuke would never have come out to play with them.

And he must have been pestering his older brother to train with him at home.

"What should we do then?"

Naruto glanced at the two of them, then his eyes lit up and he said, "Why don't we investigate ourselves? I have Boss Fox with me, so he can cover for me if there are any problems."

Shikamaru shook his head: "The Nine-Tails is sealed away and can't help us. Besides, if Itachi can be controlled too, I'm afraid..."

Before he could finish speaking, Naruto said helplessly, "The fox boss just got angry and said you're just a little brat who doesn't understand anything..."

Anticipating this, Shikamaru quickly bowed and apologized, but the three of them were then at a loss for what to do.

After a long while, a voice appeared above the three of them.

"Click."

After biting into the potato chips and eating them, Choji leaned on the water tower and looked down at his three friends: "If that's the case, then let's go ask Brother Yun for help!"

The sudden voice startled Naruto: "Choji, when did you get here?"

Choji nimbly descended the water tower: "I just arrived recently. Today's bento boxes were really delicious. I couldn't find you guys, so I ate them all."

The logic behind his statement was sound, but Naruto felt that he was definitely doing it on purpose.

"Smack."

At this moment, Shikamaru clapped his hands and said, "That's right, we can find Brother Yun. There's no one stronger than Brother Yun in the entire Hidden Leaf Village... no, I should say the entire ninja world. If someone really has Itachi under control and their target is Sasuke, then they definitely won't be a match for Brother Yun."

Shikamaru patted Choji on the shoulder, saying, "Your reminder was a huge help!"

Choji smiled and handed out the potato chips in his hand to everyone: "Want some? It's a new flavor."

Having refused Choji's offer to share, Sasuke was in no mood for it and turned to Shikamaru, asking, "Brother Yun... could you keep this a secret for me?"

Shikamaru hesitated for a moment: "Probably. If nothing unexpected happens, we can ask him to keep this a secret."

In fact, Shikamaru felt that keeping it a secret was definitely not going to be kept secret.

After all, how much weight could a request from a few kids like us carry? Besides, Itachi and Yun have always had a good relationship, and I heard they even enrolled in the same school.

The matter is quite significant, and it's impossible not to tell the adults. Even if it turns out to be a false alarm, it's still a good thing.

"But...where is Brother Yun lately? We can't exactly go to his house to look for him, can we? If Sister Quan is here too, she definitely won't keep it a secret."

Sasuke was getting annoyed.

However, Shikamaru laughed and said, "If you want to know where Brother Yun is, you'll have to ask someone. She definitely knows!"

"Who?" ×2

Choji, standing nearby, then spoke up: "Shikamaru must be talking about Ino, right? I've spotted her so many times already, take this..."

Before Choji could finish speaking, Shikamaru grabbed him and cut him off, whispering, "Do you want Ino to kill you?"

These words reminded Choji of Ino's outburst, and he shuddered, falling silent. He quickly grabbed a handful of potato chips and popped them into his mouth to calm himself down.

Sasuke and Naruto didn't seem to care.

Sasuke stood up and looked around at Tenten: "She's not here. We'll go find her and ask her after class this afternoon."

Naruto waved his hand and said, "No need. Where's Hinata? There aren't many girls there, and they're usually together when they eat lunch. I'll go ask her."

Without waiting for Shikamaru to stop her, she ran over.

Behind him, Shikamaru covered his forehead with one hand: "With a personality like that, if it weren't for Hinata, he probably would have lived a lonely life."

Sasuke nodded and replied, "Naruto has always been very lucky; at least Hinata doesn't bother him every day."

Shikamaru's eye twitched: "I think someone like you is destined to grow old alone."

……

On the other side, Naruto's figure had just appeared in Hinata's line of sight when she became a little nervous.

Naruto-kun... so he's still on the rooftop...

Running over like this... I hope you're not going to say something weird again.

Before Hinata could even process what was happening, Naruto waved and walked over: "Hinata, do you know where Ino is?"

???

Hinata was taken aback by these words: "Naruto-kun... so you're looking for... Ino?"

Naruto nodded: "Yeah. You girls probably all eat lunch together, right?"

Hinata looked somewhat disappointed, but still said, "We were just in an empty classroom on the second floor... I came up... to see..."

"An empty classroom on the second floor? Thank you, Hinata. I have to go now."

Hinata clenched her fists as Naruto turned to leave.

There's more to say... I haven't finished yet...

The next moment, Naruto turned back as he ran and said, "Sasuke needs to talk to her, but as a friend I have to help. Don't worry! We'll walk home together after school, and I'll take you home after I'm done!"

???

Hinata stared blankly at Naruto.

Is it because of Sasuke?

"Don't worry? Naruto-kun tells you to relax?"

Hinata blushed instantly.

……

On the other side, Naruto, who had just returned, waved his hand: "Let's go, to the empty classroom on the second floor."

The four kids left the rooftop, and Shikamaru gave Naruto a thumbs up: "I didn't realize you were so good at talking, but only Hinata would believe you so easily..."

Sasuke added, "That's why I said he got incredibly lucky. Let's go, if we find out, we'll skip class this afternoon."

……

The back mountain of Konoha.

"When the Ninja Academy is on holiday, Yun will train a girl at the Seventh Training Ground. When he's at the Ninja Academy, he usually goes to the Uchiha Naga Shrine in the morning, or goes to the shopping street to grab a bite to eat, and maybe buy some chrysanthemums to visit the memorial..."

Ino looked at the group as she spoke: "So his morning schedule is unpredictable, but in the afternoon, if he has nothing else to do, he will definitely be training his physical skills on the back mountain."

Shikamaru, standing to the side with a bruise on one eye, said, "It's very impolite for Ino not to use honorifics... although..."

Before he could finish speaking, Ino stared back at him: "Don't talk nonsense, or you'll lose your other eye!"

Ino looked at Sasuke and said, "Because of his taijutsu training, he's never always where he is. Without me bringing you here, you definitely wouldn't have been able to find him."

Shikamaru pouted. "Given Brother Yun's perception, he probably knew we'd barely arrived at the back mountain. You just wanted to come and see Brother Yun, right? What excuse are you making?"

"Bang."

Shikamaru, who had just taken another punch, was on the verge of tears. He lowered the hand that had been covering his other eye, making them perfectly symmetrical.

"If you don't speak, no one will think you're stupid!"

Ino puffed out her cheeks.

But she also knew in her heart that perhaps that person had noticed her when she first came here two months ago?

Does ignoring me mean rejection?

"Huff huff..."

A panting sound came from the tree trunk above everyone's heads, while Yun was doing push-ups upside down with his fingers.

Looking down, he said, "You don't have to go all the way to the back mountain to arrange a fight, do you? Let me make this clear, I'm just here to watch the show, don't expect me to mediate."

Sasuke looked up at Yun: "Brother Yun, we need to talk to you about something."

Looking for me?

What do these little guys want from me?

Yun landed with a somersault, looked at the group, and finally her gaze fell on Ino: "Does your mountain clan have any ancestors buried here? It seems like you've been coming here often with flowers lately."

These words made Ino tense for a moment, and she stammered, "So it wasn't a rejection? But... I didn't bring any flowers today!"

A moment of disappointment crossed Ino's face. She looked at Yun hesitantly and said, "Actually... I came here to..."

Just as he was about to say something, Sasuke had already run up to Yun, leaned close and whispered, "I suspect my brother is being controlled by genjutsu."

???

Sasuke's words stunned Yun.

You have to know that Itachi's eyes also have the genjutsu of Tsukuyomi. With such power, what kind of genjutsu could control him?

Bullshit!

This attitude made Erzhuzi a little anxious, and he quickly told him what he had discovered.

……

After listening, Yun understood why there was such a misunderstanding.

To be honest, Itachi probably has his own plans.

The conversation in the Hokage Building a few months ago had clearly made him a little anxious.

Thinking of this, Yun looked at the group of people in front of him. Given their personalities, they would probably cause some more funny problems under Naruto's instigation.

"Alright, since you put it that way, I'll go check it out after training."

Erzhuzi bowed deeply in gratitude.

As for Ino behind him, she almost lost her temper.

Such a great opportunity, and we just missed it!

At this moment, Shikamaru spoke up, "Brother Yun, please be careful. After all, judging from Sasuke's words, it's possible that Brother Itachi is being manipulated."

"If even Itachi was affected, then the enemy must be no nobody, so we need to be careful."

Yun smiled and nodded: "I know, you little guys certainly have a lot to worry about. Hurry back to class, or Iruka will come looking for you again soon."

Seeing that Yun still didn't seem to care, Shikamaru didn't say anything more.

He was a nobody, and his words carried little weight. Besides, when Sasuke first mentioned it, he didn't believe it himself.

If he hadn't known about Sasuke's special nature, he would have considered such speculation as nonsense.

"call……"

With a sigh, Shikamaru said nothing more.

Naruto, standing nearby, said anxiously, "Brother Yun, you need to be a little more serious! Sasuke's guess makes sense, and the reason we sought out Brother Yun is to help us keep this a secret."

"If Sasuke's guess is wrong, that's fine, but if it's right, then this situation would be terrible!"

Seeing that the little ones all looked serious, Yun had no choice but to put on a stern face as well.

"I understand. You can go back to class now. I should be able to give you the answer tomorrow."

Afterwards, they were chased back by Yun. When they left, Ino seemed to want to say something but hesitated, but still left with them.

……

Night falls at the barbecue restaurant.

Yun arranged the pieces of roasted meat on the baking tray: "It's been almost half a year, and you still can't put them away?"

Itachi kept his head down and didn't reply.

Yun then said, "Sasuke came to see me today."

……

(End of this chapter)