Naruto: The Iceman of the Senju Family

"spring?"

In order to go through the procedures for promotion to Chuunin, Itachi went to the Hokage's office, but when he came out, he happened to meet Izumi who was separated from Team [-].

"Itachi? What are you doing?"

"I'll go through the procedures for upgrading to Chuunin."

Itachi lifted the document bag in his hand, then looked around Izumi.

"Go back now?"

"Hmm~"

Quan nodded with a smile and immediately extended an invitation to him.

"Want to be together?"

"..."

On the way, the two chatted about their respective recent situations, but it was difficult for Itachi, who had always been silent, to ask him to take the initiative to talk about any topic, so Quan was basically talking along the way:

It was said that Class [-] had not been on a mission for a long time. They were either training or on duty in the prison every day. However, the prisoners inside were very honest, so most of them were doing extra training when they were on duty;

He also said that Zhenyue would disappear inexplicably for a few days every month, and every time he would be mysterious, as if he didn't tell anyone who would care about him;

She also said that Metkai looked stupid, but she didn't expect that he was so strong. She thought that Zhenyue was strong enough now, but she was often beaten badly when fighting with Metkai;

He also said that the girl named Kurama Yakumo is really disgusting. She has reached the age to go to school, but her family didn't know what they thought, and they handed her over to Mayu to manage her. As a result, she often takes up Mayu's rest. time;

also said...

As if he had been holding it in for a long time, Izumi's mouth hasn't stopped since he left the Hokage Building.

It wasn't until she saw a few tables and chairs covered with red cloth on the roadside in front of her, and then she saw the tea restaurant next to it, that she suddenly realized that she was so thirsty~

"Oh, I'm always talking, let's take a rest here~"

With that said, Quan walked to the table and chair and sat down on his own initiative, and then said to the inside of the store:

"Hello, we two~"

"Ah! Isn't this Itachi!"

A high-pitched voice with some surprise suddenly came from the store.

"?"

Hearing this voice, Itachi and Izumi immediately looked up and looked inside the store, just in time to see a girl in work clothes walking out carrying a tray.

"Heart?"

Looking at Inari Kokoro walking towards him with a happy face, Itachi, who had always had no expression, couldn't help but be surprised.

This was the first time I saw her since Izumo Tenma's death.

"Dangdang~ As you can see, I am now an employee of this tea restaurant~"

"That's it."

Looking at Itachi's former teammate, Izumi couldn't help but have some curiosity in his eyes——

I heard that this girl voluntarily gave up her identity as a ninja because of the death of her teammates.

For Quan, she has never and never wanted to think about how she would react if one day her teammates were killed.

"Hey~ Long time no see, these two cups of tea can be considered as my apology for leaving without saying goodbye. Don't be polite~"

Inari Kokoro skillfully placed two cups of tea in front of the two of them, then looked at Itachi with sparkling eyes,

"This is the first time I see you alone with a girl. Could it be that she is your girlfriend?"

"is a friend."

"what?"

Inari Kokoro, who failed in gossiping, showed a funny disappointed expression.

Quan couldn't help laughing when he saw this,

"Hehe~"

Inari Kokoro also smiled at her, then turned to look at Itachi and said:

"By the way, I heard that you were promoted to Chunin, congratulations~"

"Thank you."

"I was right to give up being a ninja."

As she spoke, she hugged the tea tray to her chest.

"Although a large part of it is related to Tenma's death, half of the reason why I gave up being a ninja is because of you."

"?"

"Yes~"

Now that so much time has passed, she has become more open-minded when talking about this matter:

"Being in a team with a genius like you reminds me every moment of where my limits are. As time goes by, I can't help but feel, 'This is it even if I continue to be a ninja.'" And then add the Tianma thing..."

"Xinzi? Xinzi!"

"Come on~"

He responded towards the store, and then greeted the two of them:

"Then you just rest first. If you want anything, just call me~"

"Itachi is indeed very powerful~"

Seeing Inari Kokoro walking back to the store with relaxed steps, Izumi couldn't help but sigh,

Although she became a chuunin two years earlier than Itachi, she actually knew very well that her talent was far inferior to Itachi's.

"?"

Itachi looked at her doubtfully, wondering why she suddenly said that?

"That's right~"

Quan gestured to the inside of the tea restaurant.

"Even if my ninth class became a chuunin two years earlier, there is no way anyone can be made to give up the path of becoming a ninja~"

"!"

Itachi looked at her stunned for a moment, as if he had just realized this problem, and then a slight joy gradually filled his heart:

That's right, half of the reason why Kokoro is not a ninja is his own fault...

This means that my own power has caused another ninja to disappear from this world.

As long as there is one less ninja, there will be one less dispute in the world.

In this way, Xinzi's words somewhat proved that the path he was taking was correct!

After taking a brief rest and saying goodbye to Inari Kokoro, the two of them speeded back to the Uchiha Clan's headquarters.

"spring."

When he was about to enter the gate of the station, Itachi's steps suddenly slowed down.

"Tonight you..."

"Ah, yes!"

Quan seemed to have just reacted,

"Today seems to be the day of clan meeting again~"

Because of the special nature of prison work, Uchiha Fugaku specially approved that Izumi does not need to participate every time.

However, she herself feels that it is better not to be too far away from everyone when she is not on duty, so when she can participate, she will mostly not be absent~

Although I never saw her say anything~

After looking around and seeing that no clan members were passing by, Quan couldn't help but murmured in a low voice:

"To be honest, I really don't want to go~ Those adults are always talking and laughing, and they look normal, but when they come to the clan meeting, they all become so scary~"

"..."

Itachi was silent for a moment,

Shimura Danzo, Uchiha Yashiro,

These are the two things that he and Shisui are focusing on the most right now.

It's just that Danzo is the leader of the Roots, and cleaning up his own traces and information is really no joke. So far, he and Shisui have not found any strong evidence to accuse Danzo.

But despite this, the two of them were not discouraged.

Isn’t that what a ninja does~

More than patience, more than details...

If you can't even overcome this setback, how can you talk about changing Uchiha and the entire world?

What's more, during the investigation, they didn't gain anything at all. Although they would lose clues in the end, they could feel that it was becoming more and more obvious that many things were pointing to Danzo!

Fortunately, Uchiha Yashiro has gained something:

Listening to Shisui, he has confirmed that Yashiro Uchiha is indeed in contact with a mysterious person!

In fact, when he heard "mysterious man", the first thing that flashed in Itachi's mind was the masked man who killed Izumo Tenma. The scarlet Sharingan under that mask had made him sleepy in the middle of the night many times. sleep.

Afterwards, Itachi also told Shisui about the masked man.

It's just that the other party is too vigilant. Until now, Shisui has not been able to see that person with his own eyes, and it seems that he has already alerted the other party.

This is really not good news for them who want to investigate secretly...