Naruto: The Iceman of the Senju Family

"I am back."

"You're back, brother!"

Along with a friendly voice, a pair of small hands ran over and hugged Itachi who was slipping on his shoes.

"Brother, are you finished with your mission today?"

"Hmm~"

Itachi stood up and stood in the corridor, smiling and touching his lovely brother's head, feeling that this could deeply relax his soul.

"Brother, are you tired?"

Sasuke is now over 4 years old and has begun to understand many things.

And as he grows older, he becomes more and more fond of clinging to his brother who is always praised by his father~

When Itachi walked towards the room, he could only keep up with Itachi by walking quickly with his short legs. He seemed to really want to talk to his brother.

"Ever since you left the house, Sasuke has been waiting for you to come back~"

Hearing what his mother said, Itachi couldn't help but feel a warm feeling in his heart, feeling happy that he could be so liked by his younger brother.

Beside him, after hearing his mother's words, Sasuke immediately said seriously like a little adult:

"I also want to go on a mission like my brother!"

"It's still a little too early for you now~"

Itachi walked down the corridor, smiling again and patting the stupid Oudou's head.

"Sand~~"

At this moment, the paper sliding door in front of me was suddenly opened from the inside.

"You're back."

Uchiha Fugaku's expression was serious, and he walked out of the room and stood in front of Itachi.

When at home, his father always seems to have such a majestic look, but fortunately Itachi has long been accustomed to this,

"Yes."

"The Hokage suddenly came to me today and talked about you."

"my business?"

Itachi's expression was a little surprised;

Although he was always called a genius, he never felt that he was someone who could be talked about at the level of Hokage.

"Ah."

Uchiha Fugaku nodded,

Although he tried his best to maintain his dignity, Itachi, who was very observant, still saw a trace of satisfaction and relief in his eyes.

"Hokage-sama said that he saw your performance in the mission and felt that your teammates in the second team were far behind in keeping up with you, so he wanted to recommend you to participate in next year's Chuunin Exam~"

"!"

Hearing his father's words, Itachi couldn't believe his ears for a moment.

"But there is one thing. Because it is not recommended by the leading Jonin, Master Hokage said that you can only take the exam next year alone. But the other candidates are still in a complete team of three... This means that you will be in the exam during the exam. Being in a very unfavorable situation..."

Having said this, Uchiha Fugaku couldn't help lowering his head and closing his eyes. After being silent for a few seconds, he raised his head again and looked directly at Itachi.

"But I still promised you, Hokage-sama, that you will participate no matter what!"

"...Thank you, father!"

Efforts, expectations, disappointments, efforts again, expectations again, disappointments again...

These days are finally over!

It's like the heart that was originally covered by heavy dark clouds finally sees the sunshine!

I was originally thinking about how long I would play "playing house" with those team members, but I didn't expect to hear such good news today!

"Um……"

Seeing his son, who had always been calm and calm, showing excitement because of these words, Uchiha Fugaku's eyes couldn't help but soften a little~

In fact, he has also seen Itachi's performance in the past two years. Of course, he knows that his son has indeed been depressed a lot in the past two years after graduation.

But in the final analysis, it's because of Uchiha's special nature, and he is still the clan leader, so he can't say anything more. He can only believe and wait.

Fortunately, all this finally got a response today!

"This time, Lord Hokage found me personally and recommended you to me by the village's senior officials. You must do a good job."

"Yes!"

Sasuke, who had just escaped from his mother's hand and ran over, also wanted to participate in their conversation, so he walked directly between the two of them and looked up at his father eagerly.

"Brother, what's going on?"

"You should grow up quickly and become a great ninja like my brother~"

As he said this, Uchiha Fugaku put his arm around Sasuke and picked him up.

"Ok!"

Sasuke smiled happily in front of his father, and looked at Itachi with strong yearning and confidence.

"I will definitely become as powerful a ninja as my brother!"

"Good boy~"

As if affected by Sasuke's innocent smile, a rare smile appeared on Uchiha Fugaku's face.

But soon, he continued to stare at Sasuke's face and said to Itachi:

"The people who strongly recommend you to take the Chunin Exam this time seem to be Shimura Danzo... and that boy from the Senju clan."

Shimura Danzo...

Itachi's brows frowned slightly subconsciously, and the gloomy face he saw on graduation day immediately flashed through his mind.

Then there was the person he mentioned after talking to Senju Mayuki that day who "has been targeting Uchiha"...

In fact, Itachi has been consciously paying attention to this matter since he returned that day.

But unfortunately, because the genin's identity and authority were too low, and the team's tasks were always irregular and irregular, the progress of his investigation was unimaginably slow~

It can even be said that there is no progress at all.

So after thinking deeply, he could only choose to tell his best friend about it, hoping to get some clues from him.

Or, as he hoped most, it would be great to investigate this matter secretly with Shisui.

However, although he was already working in the police force, Shisui's authority was only limited to the police agency's system.

Wanting to check information from other departments will inevitably attract others' attention, so he can only collect clues as much as possible after his daily work~

As for asking Senju Mayuki, who has clearly stated that he knows the answer?

Sorry, as proud Uchiha, such an option has never appeared in the minds of these two young people!

In the end, after many analyzes and arguments between the two, combined with the statement that "the police force is more like a yoke to Uchiha", they finally focused on Shimura Danzo...

In addition to being ugly, the most important thing is that in the entire Konoha Village, there are only a few people who can single-handedly target the Uchiha clan.

And because of the existence of Team [-], whether from an emotional or other perspective, both of them felt that it was unlikely that the Third Hokage would do such a thing.

As for the two senior consultants, they are in charge of education and logistics matters. They have nothing to do with the Uchiha clan. Naturally, they are not as suspicious as Shimura Danzo, who is always making faces!

However, this is just a general direction that the two people came up with using the only clues and information. There is no substantive evidence. It can only be said that it gives them a key direction to focus on in the future~

'Shimura Danzo recommended me... for what purpose? '

And what surprised him the most was that his former contemporary actually went to see the Hokage because of this matter...

For Itachi, who had been able to accomplish everything on his own since he was a child, it was really awkward for him to owe favors on such things~

"Get ready to eat~"

The mother's voice suddenly came from the other side of the corridor, attracting the attention of the three men, one, one, one, and one small.

"Anyway, let's prepare for the Chunin Exams first."

While carrying Sasuke towards the restaurant, Uchiha Fugaku's voice returned to calmness again:

"I believe in your strength, as long as you perform normally, you will be able to pass smoothly. The rest... we will talk about it later."

"Yes."

Itachi lowered his head in agreement, and then fell behind a little before catching up with his father's footsteps.

Looking at his younger brother waving to him from above his father's shoulder,

Look at my mother who is standing in front of the dining table with a smile, waiting for everyone.

Suddenly I felt like I could let go of those things that were always on my mind for a while~

'Tomorrow~ I'd better go and say thank you to him if I have a chance...'

Although the other party claimed that it was just to prevent Quan from worrying anymore, it was an indisputable fact that he was helping him and providing him with clues and direction.

The "proud Uchiha" does not allow Itachi to be a person who does not understand gratitude and repayment.