Naruto: I get stronger by drawing lots

"Don't be too hasty. Getting stronger takes time. Although there are shortcuts sometimes, time is essential for becoming stronger."

Itachi sat down directly on the ground, leaning against the wall, and spoke softly.

The light here is very weak, just a little bit, like the hazy time when the sun has just risen in the early morning.

But now the time is already—

"Yes, you have to trust others. Dad, Uncle Shuimen, and Mom, so many people. You have to learn to trust them."

As Itachi said this, Sasuke's tense mood relaxed. With this sudden relaxation, his entire body collapsed, and he couldn't even stand up.

"Look, take a good rest."

Itachi chuckled softly, and Sasuke sighed helplessly. Once he relaxed, it wouldn't be easy to get back up. It was like suddenly stopping in a long-distance race and then having to start running again while maintaining his pace. That kind of difficulty was no joke.

The training that Itachi and Sasuke underwent here was quite simple. The Uchiha clan had a natural advantage: their bloodline limit could instantly boost their strength significantly. In particular, when their Sharingan with tomoe transformed into the Mangekyou Sharingan, even a simple ninja could instantly advance to the level of a Kage.

Itachi has personally experienced just how much the Mangekyou Sharingan can enhance a person's abilities.

This is the only way to rapidly increase strength in a short period of time. Sasuke and Naruto are basically following the same path, both using their unique advantages to achieve a rapid increase in combat power.

Naruto went to deal with the Nine-Tails, while Sasuke went to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan.

The Nine-Tails' trial requires overcoming its negative emotions, while the Mangekyou Sharingan requires extreme emotions, which can be simply put as extreme bliss and extreme sorrow.

Itachi's goal was to imprint the extreme joy and extreme sorrow on Sasuke's body.

And the simplest way to do this is with Itachi.

Tsukuyomi was Itachi's training method for Sasuke. Apart from Izanami, Tsukuyomi is the most powerful genjutsu among the Sharingan's eye techniques.

Using Tsukuyomi would be enough to make Sasuke personally experience despair and hatred.

It's easy to make someone a saint, but it's incredibly easy to make someone fall into demonic ways. So Itachi's main goal was to make Sasuke experience extreme sorrow.

After a while, Sasuke's strength gradually returned.

"Let's continue, Itachi-kun."

Sasuke propped himself up and looked at Itachi, his eyes filled with unwavering determination.

"Then let's go."

Itachi also stood up, and in the blink of an eye, his eyes transformed into the Mangekyou Sharingan.

"Tsukuyomi".

Sasuke's resolute gaze met Itachi's Mangekyou Sharingan. The next moment, Sasuke's world shifted.

The blood-red moon hung upside down in the night sky—

Chapter 383: Wind and Fire Shuriken

Click, the sound of the door opening came from outside. Sasuke's ears were very sharp, and he quickly ran out.

"Sasuke, have you been behaving yourself at home?"

"Yes, I listened to Mom and Godmother Kushina very well."

Sasuke looked at Itachi expectantly. Itachi looked very cute right now, like an adorable little boy. If a boy-lover saw this, it would be quite a sight.

Itachi chuckled as he looked at Sasuke's adorable appearance, and the fatigue on his face immediately disappeared.

"Okay, well done. Where's Naruto?"

"Brother Itachi, you're back! No wonder Sasuke ran so fast when he went out."

Itachi looked in the direction of the sound and saw Naruto, with his red hair, slowly walking over.

"Itachi, you're back just in time. Dinner is almost ready."

At that moment, Kushina also came out from the doorway, looked at Itachi, and smiled.

Inside the door, the aroma of food slowly filled the air; it was Sasuke's mother, Uchiha Mikoto, cooking.

"Thank you, Aunt Kushina."

Itachi responded by flicking Sasuke's forehead, as was his custom.

"I am back."

“Itachi-nii is always like this. I’m not a child anymore.”

Sasuke rubbed his forehead and complained. Itachi looked at the five-year-old Sasuke and Naruto in front of him and shook his head with a smile.

"Indeed, he's not a little kid anymore, he's five years old now."

Itachi smiled, and without continuing his conversation with Sasuke, he took off his shoes and went inside.

After a long day of work, Itachi was hungry.

"What's wrong? You look a little pale."

Kushina's senses were still very sharp, and she quickly noticed that Itachi was acting strangely.

"It's nothing, Aunt Kushina. I'm just a little tired and really want to eat soon."

Itachi answered calmly and walked into the living room with Kushina.

"It'll be ready soon. You should sit down and rest for a while, Itachi. You must be tired."

Mikoto's voice came from the kitchen; it seemed she had heard Itachi's voice.

"Okay, Mom, thank you."

"Seriously, no matter what, your own health is the most important thing, you know?"

Mikoto's tone carried a hint of admonition, which made Itachi feel nostalgic, as it had been a long time since he had heard his mother speak like that.

Itachi was a sensible child, always had been. Not only was he sensible, but he was also incredibly talented. He only received a few words of advice from Mikoto when he was young, and that stopped as he grew up, because Itachi had already excelled in everything he did. Whether it was strength, interpersonal skills, or reputation, with the Fourth Hokage on his side, Itachi's chances of becoming Hokage were extremely high.

"Don't worry, Mom, I'll be careful. It's just that I've been a bit busy lately."

"Even when you have a lot to do, remember to get plenty of rest, understand?"

Mikoto came out of the kitchen carrying dishes, still with the gentle look that Itachi knew so well.

"Alright, dinner's ready. Everyone, come on over."

"Naruto and Sasuke, you two don't forget to wash your hands."

As soon as Mikoto finished speaking, Naruto's eyes lit up, but Kushina followed up with another sentence that made Naruto and Sasuke shudder and then obediently run to wash their hands.

Itachi obediently went to wash his hands. It's true that Kushina has the highest status in this family. Mikoto is a typical virtuous wife and loving mother who dotes on her children, while Kushina is much stricter.

Looking at it this way, you can't help but feel a strange feeling, a feeling of "strict father and kind mother".

"Alright, alright, let's eat, or it'll get cold."

As Mikoto spoke, everyone washed their hands and took their seats. By this time, Mikoto had already served everyone their meals.

"I'm starting!"

Everyone was making a cross in front of their chest and saying the same thing.

As soon as the words were spoken, the chopsticks began to move.

Tonight, the Uchiha family is having another warm and cozy night. The lights illuminate everyone's shadows, and all the shadows blend together once again.

"Sasuke—"

Itachi did not enter Tsukuyomi, but instead allowed Tsukuyomi to give Sasuke the most real and despairing things.

He leaned against the wall, tears of blood streaming down his face once more. Itachi didn't wipe them away, just stared at Sasuke like that.

All I could see was a blood-red blur, a mass of pixelated images.

This is a very typical symptom; Itachi overused his Mangekyou Sharingan.

These are all irreversible consequences. They had already overused the Kaleidoscope to the point of exhaustion in order to rescue Tsukiki Itachi, and now they've added another layer.

You can do it.

Itachi murmured to himself, he always believed in Sasuke, not just at this moment, but at all times.

Sasuke, Naruto, Tsuki, Itachi all believed in them.

They could do it, they could do what they wanted to do. In the dark space, Sasuke continued to have his nightmares.

"Itachi-nii, you're back!"

"Oh, I didn't have much to do today, so I came back early."

Sasuke and Naruto were not yet of school age and had nowhere to go. Sasuke basically spent all his time at home, unlike Naruto, who was very active and liked to run around everywhere. Despite being only a few years old, Naruto was very brave.

"Did Naruto run away again?"

"That guy ran out early this morning. It seems like Uncle Tsukiki's shop is very busy today, so Mom and Aunt Kushina said they won't be back for lunch, but lunch is already prepared."

As Sasuke spoke, Itachi paused for a moment when he heard "Uncle Tsukiki," but quickly recovered.

"Is that so? Since I have some free time, would you like me to teach you how to throw shuriken?"

Itachi flicked Sasuke's forehead; it had become a habit of his.

"Great! I've gotten pretty good at using kunai lately."

"Is that so? Then let me see for myself."

Itachi smiled and immediately reached out to rub Itachi's little head.

"Let's have lunch first before we go."

Itachi went into the house, and Sasuke followed behind him. It had been like this since they were little; Sasuke always liked to follow behind Itachi.

After lunch, Itachi took Sasuke to a small grove near his home. Itachi was very familiar with this place; he used to practice here when he was a child, and now, Sasuke was the one practicing there.

Itachi looked at the targets in front of him. These targets were a new batch, made by Itachi himself for Sasuke. But the targets he had made back then hadn't been dismantled. Instead, they stood beside him, and the marks on them made it feel like time had flowed back to that time.

Shifting our attention back to Sasuke's target, there were quite a few marks on it, but compared to Itachi's, they were nothing.

"Okay, let me see your skill level first."

Itachi crossed his arms and looked at Sasuke.

Sasuke's expression changed at that moment, revealing a smug and arrogant look.

"Watch closely, I've already thrown it very accurately."