Naruto: I get stronger by drawing lots

The evergreen leaves turned into withered leaves one by one, and the vitality of the trees was constantly being lost.

"What a pity, it was such a beautiful view."

A withered leaf drifted down, and Mu Yue gently caught it, placed it in her hand, and then gently crushed it.

"You will be happy because you have fulfilled our wish."

The force increased dramatically, and the withered leaves in his hand turned to ash and were swept away by the wind.

Turning away, Kizuki began to speak to the blade beside him.

"It's almost time. We should get ready. You're the last line of defense."

"General Blade, we have quite a few guests coming soon, so I'll leave this short time to you."

Mu Yue smiled, then stepped back into the shadows.

"Finally, I can stretch my legs a bit?"

Blade Style began to twist its limbs, the sound of bones colliding echoing.

Blade stood there, clad in full armor, exuding an aura of power, while the surrounding environment steadily lost its vitality.

The grass beneath our feet was slowly withering away.

Blade's expression turned serious, his eyes like those of an eagle, yet in an instant, countless emotions flashed within them.

"Is this what the Otsutsuki wanted?"

Withered leaves fluttered down, passing right before Blade's eyes.

"If this is what the Otsutsuki wants, then what do you want, Princess?"

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Tsukiki kept coming this way, and not only him, Onoshi and the others were also rushing over.

Chapter 390: Darkness

"Sasuke, get up and eat! How long are you going to sleep?"

The soft sound traveled from the kitchen all the way to Sasuke's room.

Sasuke, who was hiding under the covers, woke up when he heard Mikoto's gentle call.

Sasuke threw back the covers, sat up, and then looked around.

Without lingering for long, Sasuke immediately got up and ran out of the room in his pajamas.

"Mom, where's Itachi?"

Sasuke ran into the living room and saw Mikoto in the kitchen. She was wearing an apron and turned around gently, revealing a kind and gentle smile.

"Itachi? Itachi just finished eating, he should be heading out now."

"Huh? Itachi-nii is out working so early again."

Sasuke called out and immediately ran out of the living room toward the entrance.

"Brother Itachi!"

Sasuke shouted, and to his surprise, he was actually quite lucky. Itachi had just finished tying his shoelaces and was ready to go out.

"What's wrong, Sasuke?"

Itachi stood up, turned around to look at the tiny Sasuke, and asked.

"Brother Itachi, do you have a mission today too?"

"Yeah, right, I have a lot of things to do today, so I'm sorry Sasuke, I can't play with you today either."

Itachi crouched down, looking directly at Sasuke.

"Ugh, it's like this again. It's been so long since we trained and played together."

"I'm sorry, please forgive me, Sasuke."

Itachi gently tapped Sasuke's forehead.

Snapped--

The door closed, and Sasuke stood there blankly, with only the tightly shut door in front of him.

"Really, Itachi-nii again—"

As Sasuke spoke, his lips puffed out, giving him a wronged look.

With that expression on his face, Sasuke went back to the living room.

Footsteps echoed in his ears. Itachi leaned against the gate and sighed softly.

Using the Body Flicker Technique, Itachi vanished from the doorway.

Inside the house, Sasuke returned to the living room.

"Mom, Itachi left again. It's always like this, it's been like this for so long."

"Haha, there's no way around it, because Itachi is already a capable ninja, and there are still many things to do for the village that await Itachi."

Mikoto walked over, squatted down, and touched Sasuke's hair, making it all messy.

"but--"

Sasuke looked aggrieved, but he had no choice.

"Alright, alright, how about Mom plays with you today? How about we have breakfast first?"

Mikoto smiled and began to serve Sasuke's breakfast.

"Okay, Mom, my shuriken are pretty good now."

"Really? Then I'll have to see for myself."

Mikoto sat down as well, looked at Sasuke, and the two ate breakfast together.

"I'll definitely show you something. I've learned from Itachi-nii."

"That's great! Good! Let's finish breakfast quickly and go to training together."

Mikoto smiled; she thoroughly enjoyed this moment with her sons.

"Mikoto, thank you for your help. I'll cook breakfast tomorrow."

At the entrance to the living room, Kushina appeared, scratching her red hair with her delicate hand, looking as if she had just woken up.

"It's nothing. You must be tired. How's the shop lately? Do you need me to help out?"

Mikoto also looked at Kushina. Kushina didn't die during the Nine-Tails' rampage; Tsukijuku extended her life. Kushina even lost her soul for this, but thanks to Mikoto's efforts, she recovered and began raising Naruto.

But it was only a short time before Kushina started doing something on her own after Naruto began to have self-awareness.

That was something Tsukiki had always wanted to do: open a restaurant and watch the happy smiles of the people eating there.

"It's alright, it's all taken care of. We've had a lot of customers lately, so we needed to order more ingredients, which is why we were a little late."

"It's good that you're alright. I'll come over and help."

"No need, no need. You should go and have fun with Sasuke today. I heard what you were saying."

Kushina goes to work at the restaurant to fulfill what Tsukiki wanted to do, while Mikoto takes care of the family and also helps out at Kushina's shop from time to time.

"There won't be too many people today, don't worry."

"Speaking of which, where's Naruto?"

"I haven't seen Naruto yet, he probably hasn't gotten up yet."

"That brat! Sleeping in again. He has no ambition at all. Someone came to the store yesterday and told me that Naruto was playing pranks again."

Kushina's red hair floated up, and Chili Pepper reappeared.

The living room door slammed shut, followed by the sound of Kushina's hurried footsteps.

"Hehehe."

Mikoto chuckled softly, while Sasuke trembled slightly beside her.

Kushina's power was so great that only Mikoto could ignore it; no one else in the household could. Even the Fourth Hokage, who was hailed as a hero of Konoha, could not withstand it.

"Kushina's godmother is truly terrifying."

Sasuke let out a breath, and Mikoto chuckled softly beside him.

"Kushina is actually very gentle, but it seems like Naruto is going to be in trouble."

"How about it? Would you like another bowl?"

"No, that's enough. Let's go, let's go to training."

Sasuke stood up, his bowl empty.

Mikoto smiled, and Sasuke reached out and pulled her along as they started walking outside.

"Alright, alright, let's go."

Mikoto smiled as Sasuke led her away.

The gate opened, and Sasuke and Mikoto walked into the grove near their home.

Two targets are standing here, one for Itachi and one for Sasuke.

"I really miss it."

Mikoto smiled and said that Itachi also trained in this place when he was a child. Tsukiki was also there at that time. Mikoto would spread out a picnic blanket next to him and watch quietly. She would never get tired of watching him for a whole day.

"Mom, let me show you my shuriken throwing technique."

Sasuke jumped up excitedly, already holding six shuriken in his hand. It seemed that Sasuke was very keen on showing his mother his strength.

"Okay, Mom will watch over things here."

Mikoto stood to one side, smiling gently. It was as if time had suddenly turned back ten years, just like that time, only now there was one more person beside her.

Sasuke imbued the six shuriken with chakra and flung them out. Six chakra threads were attached to the six shuriken and continued to extend.

Mikoto appeared slightly shocked. This was a shuriken throwing technique developed by Itachi. Mikoto was present at the time and it was developed under Tsuki's tutelage.

"Hey!"