Uchiha's Blade

Mana can't help Saiki's troubles at all. To be honest, if she goes to Saiki's house in person for this kind of thing again, the situation will be worse, right?

So after explaining the situation clearly to Saiki, Mana decided to ignore the matter.

Compared to Saiki, Mana is waiting at home for the children to finish school.

Although Wisteria Apartments had only been attacked before, children such as Emma and Norman still lived in Wisteria Apartments, and the previous battle did not seem to have much impact on them.

Emma didn't look scared at all. She smiled brightly and said, "Because your barrier technique is very effective. Everyone and I hid behind the barrier. In fact, I didn't feel very scary. Even the sound was very quiet."

If I hadn't come out later and seen so much damage to the house, it would be hard to imagine that such a fierce battle had gone on.

Zhenna asked: "But aren't you afraid when you see those things that were broken?"

She never knew that she didn't need to treat Emma as an ordinary little girl. Emma was an 'adult' just like the children who became ninjas in her hometown, and considering how the group of brats in the ninja school behaved, she said Maybe Emma is more mature and reliable.

Emma shook her head: "Don't be afraid, Mr. Itachi is very powerful and hardworking, and Miss Shinobu will not ignore everyone, she will definitely protect us."

Mana is not often in the clan. Although the children are independent, they still have to be looked after by someone. During this period of time, the butterfly ninja became their 'big sister', like a real sister.

Now it sounds like Emma really trusts her.

and……

Lei said: "How can I be frightened after just such a scene? Do you want to go back in the future?"

Norman also nodded: "In fact, everyone even felt very happy after seeing the damage caused by the battle, because this shows that we can really hire ninjas and other forces in the future, as we said at the beginning, to go back to save those like us in our hometown. Child."

For them, those destroyed traces of battle are not a terrifying existence, but even a hope.

Mana was very satisfied with their mentality and asked: "The manpower here in the clan is still limited, and there are few kings in the clan who will accept employment from others. Although I don't care about this myself, I have to give it to the Blue King and the Silver King." Don’t worry, if I accept the employment, they will probably be so worried that they can’t sleep. It doesn’t have to be that way, but the ninjas in my hometown are different. Do you want to go there and have a look?”

Emma and the others exchanged glances, and they all said in their hearts, 'It's finally here'!

They had analyzed in private before that Zhenna would not just ask them to study and study. She must have some place where they need to use them. If it is not a clan, it must be her hometown.

And from the previous Nagato Konan, to Uchiha Shisui, and now Uchiha Itachi, Mana has made his intentions very obvious.

Lei had previously judged that Mana would probably talk to everyone about this matter soon, and that was indeed the case now.

They had been prepared for this for a long time. They had asked a lot about Mana's hometown from Nagato and Shisui, and had analyzed and discussed it themselves. Of course they knew that the world was different from this one, and it was a very dangerous place. place.

But no one backed down.

Emma nodded almost as soon as Mana finished speaking: "Okay, I'm going to help Miss Mana!"

Mana has seen the results of the three of them before. They are indeed smart and hard-working. The junior high school curriculum has long been unable to satisfy them. They have been studying high school content some time ago.

Butterfly Ninja said that they were at least as good as sophomores in high school.

and……

"They also bought some books privately and learned other things." When Butterfly Ninja talked about this, there was still a touch of pride in his eyes: "I once saw Norman reading books on education."

Of course Mana was very happy.

Oh my god, these children who can proactively analyze the situation and make preparations are much better than the group of ninjas in the village who don't think about anything except the frontal attack!

Mana felt helpless just thinking about the complaints she heard after she first changed the curriculum of the ninja school, added many subjects, and increased the difficulty.

In comparison, the three Emmas who can take the initiative to learn are simply treasures!

But Emma then asked: "Miss Mana, do all of us want to go?"

This was an issue they had discussed for a long time without coming to a conclusion.

Do you want to go together?

Everyone who has had the same experience on the farm doesn't want to be separated again, but Mana's hometown is indeed very dangerous. Children who are too young may not be suitable to go there. This is a rational and emotional decision.

Mana then helped them make the decision.

"Only you three are going, no one else is needed. I don't have that many manpower to assign to protect you."

When she said this, the others had no choice but to accept it.

Now that she knows that Mana's hometown is dangerous, and that the safety of others may not be guaranteed if they go there, even the most emotional Emma will not ask everyone to be together.

After leaving some time for the children to bid farewell, Mana went to give Uchiha Itachi some instructions. She did not expect Uchiha Itachi to learn all kinds of subjects well in the short time he was here. She only hoped that Uchiha Itachi This time it was an eye-opener for Bo Itachi to see how much he could see and think about problems, so that he could think about problems from the perspective of a ninja and a small village in the future.

Obviously Uchiha Itachi fully understood her expectations, or at least in Konoha Village, Uchiha Itachi was considered to be one of the people who could understand Mana's thoughts.

For the first time in Konoha, Mana filled most of his mirror world.

This caused her to look at her space and sigh deeply: "I still have to find a place to put things. It's not good to keep them here all the time."

Although this does not affect her fighting.

It stands to reason that Mana's mirror world, as a reflection of the real world, should not only have such a small amount of space. Even if she does bring back a lot of things this time, it is still far from filling most of the space.

Unfortunately, most of the items brought back this time are various delicate instruments and equipment, as well as many reagents and medicines. All of them have requirements for storage conditions, such as temperature and humidity, and some also need to pay attention to lighting. Nothing is wrong.

This resulted in Mana having to exercise very fine control over the space in the mirror world, resulting in a greatly reduced available space.

I have to say that the sealing technique is really a good thing.

After finding the warehouse, Mana separated a group of shadows. They worked nonstop all night and were able to take out everything early the next morning.

It is sealed directly, so there is no need to worry about any storage conditions.

After a busy night, she was still in good spirits and showed no signs of staying up late.

In the morning, she calculated her time and went to the Konoha Inn. She had just brought the people back the afternoon before, so she didn't want to make random arrangements, so she let everyone stay in the Inn first.

Even for Hokage, it is not a small matter to bring a group of strangers to the village, especially except for those who have little fighting ability such as Teriya and Emma, ​​the others, whether it is Uku Tengen or Infernal Anjurou, are all very powerful. generation.

Mana has said before that in terms of swordsmanship alone, their strength is comparable to that of Jonin.

Therefore, special treatment must be given to Yuzhuan Tianyuan and Purgatory Xingjulang.

Mana dealt with this simply and directly: "Don't we have the Konoha Council? Let them issue a temporary identity certificate. Although they are not from the village, I trust them very much."

With Itachi Uchiha away, the person running errands for her became Kakashi Hatake. This jounin, who had always been a bit lazy, agreed and left immediately.

As for Mana, Hatake Kakashi really didn't dare to be 'lazy', and the time he was criticized when he was working as a guard for her in Suna Ninja Village was enough.

Hatake Kakashi is also a famous genius ninja. Although he suffered two blows due to the incident between his father White Fang and his teammate Uchiha Obito and was very decadent for a period of time, even though he was decadent, his strength was among his peers. He is still top notch. When he really wants to do something well, he will never fail to do it.

It's just that Mana always feels that she is not as smooth as Uchiha Itachi.

Hatake Kakashi really does whatever she is asked to do. She does things properly and beautifully, and does not think about unnecessary things. Unlike Uchiha Itachi, many things are prepared in advance, even things she has not mentioned. It will also be done well.

Mana is not saying that Hatake Kakashi's abilities are not good. One of the reasons may be the time he wasted before, and even if he doesn't have any obvious negative performance about White Fang, he is still concerned about many things. He has little motivation, and when he has been accustomed to living in this state of life for many years, it may be difficult for him to change all of a sudden.

...As for the Third Hokage, Mana didn't want to complain.

Originally, there was no problem in absorbing a young genius like Hatake Kakashi into the Hokage Anbu team. The Anbu were not only the Hokage's trusted troops, they were responsible for secretly guarding the Hokage on weekdays. There were also many others in the village. Confidential and important matters will be handled by ANBU.

Mana also joined the ANBU back then, but the problem is that when she joined the ANBU, she was clearly trained to be the top force in the future village. Kakashi Hatake didn't seem to have such treatment.

Mana once looked through the records of Hatake Kakashi's missions during his time in ANBU. The missions were done beautifully, but Mana really didn't see much of the training and teaching involved.

Isn’t this nonsense!

It's not difficult to find good ANBU, but it's a waste to treat someone like Kakashi as an ordinary ANBU.

But the third generation had retired early, and it was not easy to complain about him now, so Mana could only think that he would have to support himself in the future.

Hatake Kakashi is not very old now, so he will just be trained slowly in the future.

Although the composition of the Konoha Council is complicated, in addition to the civilian representatives of the village, there are also representatives of major ninja families and minor ninja clans, but for things like Mana that do not involve the fundamental interests of the village, everyone has always passed it unanimously.

Hinata and Uchiha have been good children, who else can't think of going against Naruto?

This generation of Hokage is not as merciful as the third generation of Hokage. Look at how well-behaved the Hyuga clan is now.

...not to mention that the well-known Uchiha from the thorn-headed family is as well-behaved as a kitten.

But in their hearts, everyone inevitably had to wonder what the Hokage wanted to do by suddenly bringing these people back.

No one thought Uchiha Mana was joking, she had never been such a person.

On the other side, Teriya expressed disapproval of Mana's decision: "Mr. Purgatory, I won't talk about it for now, but as I said, wouldn't it be more convenient to join the village directly?"

Zhenna was a little surprised: "Join directly?"

Teriya nodded: "If I don't count as a member of the village and only get temporary permission, what I can do is very limited, right? Mana, I said, I'm here to help you, but it's not enough now."

If he wants to do more, he must have a more reasonable identity.

Mana hesitated and said: "But I didn't officially join the Demon Slayer Corps at the beginning, at least not as a 'subordinate'. If you are willing to become a member of Konoha, of course I will be happy, but what will you do in the future?"

She had no intention of letting Teriya stay here forever.

But Terizai said: "I am very willing to stay here."

He is not old, and his face still has a bit of immaturity, but there is no common impulse among teenagers in his eyes. His eyes are calm, his voice is not loud, and his tone is gentle, but it is enough for people to understand his determination.

"Mana, I want to help you more when you need it."

At this point, Teriya pursed his lips and smiled, and said: "Besides, I am considered yours, so naturally I can also be a Konoha person."

Zhenna said: "But what makes my place very dangerous is not only the danger you may encounter, but also the fact that this world is not peaceful. As a ninja, killing is the most common thing. Even I... What's more, I want more. If you really want to stay and help me, you will also face such a choice in the future. This is different from before. It is just a matter of the clan, and there is no need to make a decision to kill the other party. Yes, but it’s different here.”

She has never doubted Teriya's ability, but she also understands that Teriya's growth environment is different from hers.

For Mana, if necessary, it is also necessary to make decisions that plunge tens of millions of people into war or even death. Kairi... He respects life very much. The members of the Demon Slayer Corps, even if they are as powerful as pillars, He will never sacrifice other people's lives easily.

"Mana," Teriya said. "If you say that, you are looking down on me. I'm not that kind of person."

"I know very well that as the leader of the Demon Slayer Squad, one of my orders will affect the lives and deaths of many team members. I often accompany my father to visit those team members who are already sleeping underground. I know that feeling very well. , but also understand that what is important is not only that they gave their lives, but also what we are going to do.”

He smiled at Zhenna: "If you were a person like Mu Kuai, or a person like Bi Shui Shui, I would never help you, but you are not. I believe that what you want to do, even if it also involves To the survival and death of countless lives, but you must be for a better purpose. If we only look at life and death, how many heroes in history can only be called 'devil'? I am not that ignorant and noble."

The smile on Teriya's face was still shallow and gentle, with a bit of shyness of a young boy, like the warm breeze blowing on the blossoming branches in early spring. It all seemed like the past, but Mana seemed to have met someone. Brand new Huili.

Then the next day, Mana replaced Kakashi Hatake.

...He can just worry about the ANBU affairs.

Besides Teriya, there is one more person in Mana's office.

Sarubi Asma.

Speaking of which, this is the son of the Third Hokage, Mana should have paid more attention to him.

Because after she became Hokage, she changed many policies towards the third generation and was merciless in terms of personnel, so some people in the village couldn't help but feel that changing the Hokage meant that the world had changed, and the third generation's influence on the village was probably gone. Besides, the new The new Hokage is so young, how can he hold his own if he doesn't take action against the people left behind by the previous Hokage?

The third generation himself felt very guilty towards Mana. He felt that the Second Hokage had handed over the village to him, but he managed the village like this. If it was Mana, maybe it wouldn't be like this...

The First Hokage and the Second Hokage gave him a powerful Konoha, but what kind of Konoha did he give Mana?

Therefore, the Third Hokage did not defend himself against other people's rumors. He really looked like an old man who had lost his power. He smoked cigarettes with his grandson at home every day and wrote articles for Shinai's newspaper. He never cared about anything else.

After Mana's series of changes came out, everyone compared the past, and there were even more criticisms of the Third Hokage. The Third Hokage also didn't say much, even if at least half of them were people who didn't know the truth and made him take the blame for Danzo.

But the third generation also believed that what Mana said was right. As long as he was more successful, Danzo would not be able to do so many bad things. As Hokage, he failed to handle Danzo's affairs well. This is his responsibility, not just saying " It was Danzo who did it, not me, so it really has nothing to do with him.

The third generation's silence became acquiescence in the eyes of many people, so the reputation of the former Hokage in the village suddenly deteriorated a lot.

No one dared to go to the door of the third generation's house and say anything. Konoha's security forces were very strict, and those who made trouble would be arrested and criticized.

But for Asuma Sarutobi, who is still an active ninja, the situation is completely different.

The third generation can close the door and live the life of a retired old man at home, but Asuma cannot do this, not to mention that there are people who deliberately talk loudly in front of him, and their attitude towards him is completely different from before. Many people feel that without the third generation Hokage , Sarutobi Asuma will be just an ordinary jounin from now on, and his strength is not particularly outstanding. How promising can he be in the future?So his attitude towards Asma was naturally different.

It was as if they could please the current Hokage by treating Asuma like this.

Mana couldn't pretend she didn't see something like this.

She is indeed dissatisfied with many things done by the third generation, but this does not mean that she is willing to be treated like this by the third generation Hokage, not to mention that Sarutobi Asuma is only the son of the Hokage, not the Hokage himself. On weekdays, as Konoha's superior Shinobu, Sarutobi Asuma is very conscientious and completes his tasks very well. Why should he be treated like this?

But there is no way to make sense in this matter.

What's more, there are some things that the third generation as the previous Hokage cannot say, and it is also difficult for Mana, as the current Hokage, to say.

When she actually said it, it was as if she was targeting someone.

The change in Asuma's attitude was not an obvious thing. Apart from his attitude and words, no one hurt him. If Manaru said it specifically, Asuma would probably have a harder time getting along with everyone in the future.

So after much deliberation, Manai simply transferred people to her side.

It just so happened that Konoha was short of people right now, and she also needed to train new people. As the third generation's son, Asuma was not said to be very talented, but at least he was well-educated by the third generation in terms of character.

As the youngest son of the Hokage, not only does he not have any arrogance, he is even very approachable, as if he is no different from other ninjas born from civilians.

Not to mention that because of the convenience of his birth, he learned many forbidden techniques from the third generation. The third generation really treated him like an ordinary Konoha ninja.

Regardless of whether the third generation did well or not in other aspects, at least when it came to Asuma, the third generation could definitely be said to have a clear conscience.

Looking at it, Mana also felt that compared to talented young men like Uchiha Itachi, Asuma really belonged to the category of 'mediocre qualifications', but he had a stable personality, and in some things he had an advantage over those talented people.

In this world, geniuses are only a minority after all, and those who truly support the village are countless ordinary ninjas and villagers.

The news that Mana transferred Asuma to her office was like a special signal. All of a sudden, people who had been gossiping about Sandai and Asuma all shut up and watched, wondering, could it be that they had guessed wrong before?In fact, the relationship between the current Hokage and his predecessor is not bad?

Mana didn't care about other people's speculations. She said she wanted to teach Asuma, but as Hokage, she even relied on shadow clones to teach her disciples. Of course, she would not take care of Asuma personally at this time.

...She left Asuma to Teriya.

The tall, mature-looking Sarutobi Asuma looked at the slender, delicate-faced young man in front of him and scratched his hair: "Do I want to learn from him? Oh my... I'm a little embarrassed."

Mana said: "Don't underestimate Teriya. He is very powerful, but he doesn't know much about ninjas. You should tell him more about it on weekdays."

Although Sarutobi Asuma didn't acquire a bunch of secret techniques for himself through the third generation, his vision and knowledge are indeed incomparable to those of Teriya. When Teriya just came, he still had a dark eye on the world, even if Mana showed him some information. , it’s just basic science, and there’s still a long way to go before it’s easy to use.

Asuma said: "Of course there is no problem with this, but... Hokage-sama, I'm really not the kind of person who is suitable for working in the office. I think it's good to go out and do tasks."

Mana raised his eyes and looked at him: "At this point, you are as slow to react as a monkey."

Asuma was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that 'Monkey' refers to his father, the Third Hokage, but it is said that few people call him that after the Second Hokage. Mana's childish face called him this name, and for a moment It’s really hard to react.

But when he thought about it, he roughly guessed what Zhenna meant: "Are you talking about...the rumors in the village recently? Please don't worry about this. Neither my father nor I pay much attention to it."

In fact, how can you really not care.

Asma is just a young man in his 20s now. Hearing those words must have made him feel uncomfortable.

But there is no reason to specifically complain to Mana about this kind of thing.

Zhenna shook his head: "I have some responsibility for this matter. If my methods were gentler, your situation might be better. It's just that I don't want to take it slow. That's why I said those words now. In this case, of course I You can't pretend you haven't seen it, not to mention... this is not just for you. The village is really in need of talents now. The monkey also said that your temperament needs to be tempered. I want you to be a jounin. Now you are like this But no."

Asuma smiled and said: "You think too highly of me. I was not a good student in the ninja school back then. Taking care of children is not suitable for me."

Mana said: "Being a good student and being able to teach good students are two different things. I haven't gone to a ninja school yet, so why don't I become a Hokage disciple now? Don't refuse. I don't have enough manpower here, so there is no room for you to refuse." "

She even said these words, of course Asuma couldn't refuse anymore and had no choice but to nod.

After dealing with Asuma's matter, Mana met Jiraiya without stopping.

Jiraiya is currently in charge of Konoha Elementary School, and Mana assigned Emma and the three of them to him as teachers at the school, with the same salary as other teachers.

Jiraiya was shocked when he saw the three children: "Mana, even if there are always geniuses among ninjas who become jounin in their teens, this... this is different from being a teacher."

These three children are not necessarily older than the children in school. They look strange to the teacher.

Zhenna didn't think so: "This has nothing to do with age. They have enough knowledge, and that's enough. If you are worried, you can also give them a test, not to mention that they have specially studied education knowledge on their own. The current teachers in our school are even better, let alone teaching children. In the future, I plan to let them provide educational training for school teachers. Okay, you can take them away."

Emma also said quickly: "Yes, uncle, we have read the school textbooks, we can teach them."

They all only had 'pocket money' before, but now they can finally earn 'salary'. If they save enough money, they can hire ninjas and return to their hometown to deal with those 'ghosts'. Emma has never been so motivated as at this moment.

She will never miss this opportunity!

"This……"

Jiraiya hesitated for a moment, remembering that Mana always had a better eye for people than him and the old man, so he gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay, you guys come with me."

Mana sent ANBU protection to the three of Emma. Although there should be no danger in the school, she couldn't think that no one was secretly trying to cause trouble for her.

Danzo has never been at ease.

...Otherwise, where did all the rumors against Sandai and Asuma come from?

Mana has discovered that if there is any disharmony in Konoha and he goes to beat up Danzo, then at least eight out of ten times he will beat the wrong person.

Yes, that's what Danzo did.

Not only Emma and the three of them, Mana also provided Teriya with the most important guarantee.

In addition to the dispatched ANBU, Purgatory Anjurou and Uzuki Tengen came in handy. They took turns guarding Teriya. They did this without any complaints and were even very satisfied...except for Uzune. Tianyuan looked at the ninjas breathing fire and water from time to time, shutting himself up for a moment, but everything else was very harmonious.

After the first few hectic days, things finally got back on track for Mana.

In another world, Uchiha Itachi's life in school gradually got on track and he began to become proficient.

As a ninja, Uchiha Itachi's qualities are quite excellent. This is not just about his excellent strength. In other aspects, Uchiha Itachi's performance is also very good. This means that the mana he plays is able to cope with the classmates in the school. It was enough. Although everyone felt that he was slightly different from before, it was not enough to make them suspicious.

Except for Saiki, no one felt that the 'Uchiha Mana' in front of them had been replaced.

This led to the students who were friendly and enthusiastic towards Mana to be equally friendly and enthusiastic towards Uchiha Itachi.

Even though Uchiha Itachi wasn't used to being close to others, he had never fallen out of favor in school.

Yes, he is such an excellent ninja, with excellent professionalism.

Saiki looked at Uchiha Itachi with such professionalism, and then thought of Nagato and Uchiha Shisui before, and even Uchiha Mana, he had to admit that the ninjas were quite dedicated to their 'missions'.

...Except for the high price, I really can’t find anything wrong with it.

However, no matter how dedicated a ninja is, sometimes he encounters an accident.

When Yumehara Chiyu took Akira Fujisaki and Itachi Uchiha straight to the dessert shop next to the school after school, found a seat and sat down with a mysterious expression on her face, things began to move in an uncontrollable direction. Ran away wildly.

Yumehara Chiyu mysteriously said to Itachi Uchiha and Akira Fujisaki: "Mana, I have some great news for you, Qiang Qiang, how are you doing? Are you handsome?"

She took her phone and showed Uchiha Itachi a picture of a purple-haired boy.

"This is my aunt's child, so he should be my cousin. We took this photo when he was discharged from the hospital last week and we went to Kanagawa to visit him!"

The young man in the photo has a very handsome and delicate face, and a gentle temperament with a bit of reserved nobility. He looks like a well-educated nobleman. Probably because he has just been discharged from the hospital, he looks a little pale and thin, but he Looking at the camera with a smile and a look of helplessness in his eyes, it makes the whole world feel gentle and beautiful.

Meng Yuan Zhiyu lamented: "Look at this face, if it were not my cousin, I would never give it to anyone else!"

Uchiha Itachi didn't understand what happened at this time, so he imitated the little girl's tone and said, "Wow, it's really beautiful."

But I was thinking, how should I solve today’s equation?

Meng Yuan Zhiyu was even more excited to receive recognition. She patted Itachi on the shoulder: "As I said last time, the kind of arranged marriage in your family is not advisable. Love is free. What do you think of my cousin? I Let me tell you, there is no one better than him in the entire PK Academy... no, in the entire Japan! I only showed it to you because we are good friends."

Uchiha Itachi: "...meaning?"

"Hey," Meng Yuan Zhiyu looked at him like a fool: "Of course I mean to ask you if you want to fall in love with him!"

Uchiha Itachi: "——!!!"

"No !!!!"

Without thinking about it at all, he subconsciously retorted: "This person is not worthy of Mana-sama at all!"