Naruto: Immortal Spirit

If each type of capital develops only for its own best interests, without taking into account others, the total value of free market development will always exceed that of a market developed according to established plans.

In economic theory, this is just a basic concept. Of course, without fully considering that humans are creatures that need to be alive, this theory also has a prominent name - the invisible hand.

It seems as if there is an invisible hand pushing the entire market towards maximizing benefits.

Kato Ou is not a historian. He doesn't quite understand why the heroic view of history is wrong. In his eyes, history is created by heroes.

But now, I don't know why, he always has an inexplicable illusion, as if there is a pair of invisible hands controlling everything behind the scenes, maybe it's a human, maybe it's a god, maybe it's caused by his long-lost sense of security. Paranoia of persecution.

These so-called heroes are just playthings in their hands...

"Woodun..."

"It can't be Danzo..."

Kato Ou, who had personally conducted wood escape experiments, also suspected that it was Danzo's handiwork when he saw the scroll sent by Namikaze Minato.

But he knew that it was almost impossible for anyone to survive in that experiment, and even if there were, it would not be possible to reach such a level in a short period of time.

"This is the second time..."

Kato Ou gently closed the scroll and thought carefully about whether he had missed any details. For a thinker, even an accident would have a special reason behind it. There is never any accident, everything Chance is inevitable.

If he were from the perspective of the person behind the scenes, Kato Oo would never expose himself so blatantly.

The only possible situation, excluding some bad intentions, can only have one result - the person behind the scenes is so powerful that there is no need to cover up any of his actions.

However, if this is the case, there is no need to be the person behind the scenes. In this world, absolute power represents absolute right to speak.

Kato Ou's brain was running very fast, thinking about all the possibilities. It was getting late, and the night enveloped the entire Konoha Village. The bright silver starlight spread across the earth, but it could not illuminate the secrets under the night.

He walked slowly and stared, as if through the bamboo tower, to the hidden corner of a certain person behind the scenes in the ninja world.

"There are only two possibilities..."

"The person behind the scenes is very strong, but not so strong that he is not afraid of everything. He doesn't care about revealing some clues, but he won't be completely exposed to the world."

"Another possibility is that he is waiting for something, some kind of opportunity that may only occur in the near future..."

Frowning deeply, Kato Oo always felt that he seemed to have missed something. These scattered events seemed to be missing a key piece of information to connect them together.

"Mudun...does it contain some secrets that haven't been discovered yet?"

It has been several years since he obtained the Wooden Release Cells. Kato Oo's understanding of Wooden Release may be second only to Orochimaru in the entire Konoha Village.

"Is it magic..."

Except for the parts that require magic, which he doesn't know yet, he knows every detail. If there is something he doesn't understand, it can only be the natural energy known as magic.

"It seems that there is one more important thing to do this time when I go to Kirigakure..."

For this trip to Kirigakure, Kato Oo was looking forward to it like never before and clenched his fist slightly. Now he should be somewhat qualified for Orochimaru to take him seriously.

With a flash of expectation in his eyes, Kato Oo said nothing, just sat cross-legged on the ground and continued his practice.

In the mental space, various complicated sealing spell characters that were constantly outlined flickered out, and they began to form a series of faint blue chains, entangled vertically and horizontally. Countless rune chains seemed to be collapsing and reorganizing every second. , every rune seems to have some kind of mystery.

The technique recorded in Namikaze Minato's sealing technique scroll made him fully feel the horror of sealing technique for the first time.

Compared with basic sealing techniques, high-level sealing techniques are like thousands of knots of chaos, if it is not a sealing master who studies the single rune at the bottom of the sealing technique.

Even an elite Jonin can only use the sealing technique proven by previous generations like a cat and a tiger. Any slight change will cause the entire sealing technique to completely collapse.

Even the most powerful sealing technique in the scroll, the Four Elephants Seal, is only 32 intertwined rune chains, and Kato Ou can clearly feel that the potential of the sealing technique is not limited to this.

The night was getting darker, and Kato Ou, who was immersed in practice, didn't know that Iruka and Uzuki Yugan were on pins and needles because of the 'trouble' he caused.

Although the Uchiha clan's territory is divided into remote areas of Konoha City, as the largest clan in Konoha, the Uchiha clan's territory occupies a large and complex area.

If this is the case, it is nothing to ordinary Konoha residents. The Sarutobi, Hinata, and Ino Shikacho families also occupy a very large area. But unlike them, the Uchiha clan's clan territory has almost never been No outsiders will enter, and even visitors are extremely rare.

The moment Iruka walked into the Uchiha clan, he could clearly feel some special atmosphere in the air, which made him feel awkward and even had the urge to escape from here, but the Uchiha on his back Bo Itachi was still unconscious, so he had to bite the bullet and go deeper step by step.

He was even a little lucky to have Maoyue Xiyan by his side...

"Xi Yan... have you felt..."

"Please call me by my full name, thank you..."

Uzuki Xiyan glanced at Iruka, but walked forward as if there was no one else around, and seemed not to feel any discomfort at all. Iruka swallowed the words that came to his lips.

"Well..., okay..."

"Maoyue Xiyan..., wait for me..."

Uchiha Fugaku's home was not difficult to find, but before they entered the Uchiha clan's territory, they had already noticed Uchiha Itachi on Iruka's back.

The two of them followed the person who led the way to Fugaku's home. It seemed that someone had already informed Uchiha Mikoto, and she was already waiting at the door. A bit of worry and anxiety could be seen in her eyebrows, but she remained calm and generous, not looking too much. Overly excited expression.

"You must be Itachi's teammates..."

"Thank you very much for sending Itachi home..."

Uchiha Mikoto smiled at Iruka and Uzuki Xiyan, and then hugged Itachi. After a brief inspection, she slowly took up chakra in her hand and tapped Uchiha Itachi's eyebrows.

"Please……"

The maid at the door bowed slightly and welcomed them into the door, which made Iruka a little flattered.

"No, no, no...we..."

"Follow up..."

Before Iruka could finish his words, Uzuki Xiyan frowned slightly and snorted, interrupting him. Iruka felt a little embarrassed and followed Uzuki Xiyan into the Uchiha clan leader's home. .

The wooden pavilion is filled with a touch of sandalwood, and the hollow carved floating windows let in the golden and red sunset.

Beautiful green plants are spread on the entrance shelf, with vine-like vines hanging down and winding along the bookshelf. The green leaves and blue and white ancient porcelain set off each other, making it elegant and unique.

"Um……"

Uchiha Itachi, who was half lying on the sofa beside him, slowly opened his eyes. He remembered that he had been hit by Kato O's genjutsu, but he frowned slightly. He did not feel any headache after being hit by the genjutsu, and even just It seemed so comfortable that I had a good night's sleep.

"Itachi, it seems that your teacher gave you a hard time..."

Uchiha Mikoto could sense that the illusion was harmless, and she breathed a sigh of relief and ordered her servants to serve some snacks.

Iruka sat blankly on the carved red-patterned chair nearby, as if he didn't even dare to sit down. Seeing Uchiha Itachi wake up, he seemed to want to say something. He opened his mouth, but slowly closed it again.

"he's good……"

"It's also very strong..."

Uchiha Itachi looked at Uzuki Yugao, who was looking at him with some curiosity, and Iruka, who was quite restless, and nodded towards them, as if to express his gratitude.

"Itachi, get along well with your teammates..."

"Then I won't disturb you anymore..."

Seemingly seeing Itachi finally making friends, Uchiha Mikoto couldn't help but feel a little better. She smiled slightly at the two of them and walked out of the room, leaving the three of them sitting opposite each other in silence.

"that……"

Iruka scratched his head and spoke softly to break the silence, but he didn't know what to say for a moment, so he just giggled awkwardly.

"It's getting late. Since you're fine, we'll leave first..."

Uzuki Xiyan suddenly spoke to relieve Iruka's embarrassment a bit. It seemed that he was about to leave, and Iruka felt inexplicably relieved.

"Um……"

"dessert……"

"I'm sorry to trouble you today..."

Maybe he was silent, maybe he was thinking about other things, but Uchiha Itachi had no lack of etiquette. As the eldest son of the Uchiha clan leader, he knew what to do.

"No, no... we didn't do anything..."

Iruka waved his hands in embarrassment and quickly stood up from his seat.

"Well..., thanks..."

"Let's go, Iruka..."

Before Iruka finished speaking, Uzuki Xiyan picked up the snacks as souvenirs, not only his own, but also Iruka's. He glanced at Iruka lightly, turned around and walked out. Room.

"That... Itachi, no, Uchiha Itachi..., I'll see you tomorrow..."

The alleyway of the Uchiha family is very long, but there are not many people there. It is getting late, the sky is getting darker and darker, and the street lights of Konoha are gradually brightening, but it seems to be a little darker today.

Iruka, who was following Uzuki Xiyan, just remained silent and lowered his head.Looking at Uchiha Itachi's home and Uzuki Xiyan who was calm and composed in front of him, he pursed his lips slightly. He didn't know why he felt a little lonely in his heart...

"Na..., your..."

"It's dinner that I didn't take care of..."

Uzuki Xiyan handed one of the snacks in her hand to Iruka. Iruka was startled by the sudden noise. He seemed a little embarrassed. Iruka murmured and didn't know what to say.

"I……"

"If you don't want it, I'll eat it all. It looks pretty good..."

Uozuki Xiyan snorted and was about to take everything back into her hands, but Iruka couldn't help but grab the gift box.

"Hey, I haven't had dinner either..."

A smile slowly appeared on the corner of Uoyuki Xiyan's mouth. It seemed that the sky was a little dark and Iruka couldn't see her face clearly.

"Forget it, I'll give it all to you, but you have to treat me to ramen... This kind of snack is not as delicious as ramen..."

"Yes..., really..., I think so too..."

Thinking of ramen, Iruka's stomach growled. Just looking at these exquisite-looking high-end snacks in his hands, he hesitated. Is it really not as delicious as ramen?

"Let's go... I want the biggest tonkotsu ramen plus a special barbecued pork..."

"Hey! This is the most expensive package!"

The biggest shortcoming brought to a person by being in the humble lower class is the deep-seated cowardice in his character.

They are always careful to observe their surroundings, sensitive enough to detect everyone's emotions, and dare not take any extraordinary actions. They may even feel that they are not worthy of being in any elegant hall because of their lack of self-confidence.

The biggest regret is that such character flaws often last a lifetime for people at the bottom...