Living in a high-risk world

In the outdoor gymnastics class of the second grade.

"What are you doing?"

Not long after the official class started, Zaoyue quickly repeated the gymnastics movements that the teacher had demonstrated just now to achieve the learning goal of this class, and can go to the amusement facilities on the other side of the playground for free activities.

The gymnastics teacher continued to instruct the rest of the students. When the students were asked to practice on their own later, the teacher paid attention to the movement on Zaoyue's side and found that she was drawing something on the playground with a branch.

After watching for a while, I found that I didn't understand what she was drawing, so the teacher couldn't help but leaned over and asked.

"Game board!" Zaoyue replied while drawing, "Let's play together when everyone is free."

"Oh? What game? Jumping grid?" Seeing that she drew squares one by one, the teacher guessed, but felt that it was not quite like jumping grid, because the grids were arranged in a circle.

"No." Zaoyue thought for a while, then said, "A mouse-to-cat race? Just call a mouse-to-cat race!"

"..."

So it was just an impromptu idea?

"The prop is a cat." Said Zaoyue, and used the wooden escape to conjure a cat puppet. "The others act as mice in groups of three or four. Each group takes turns rolling dice, and arranges one member to advance according to the number of points. On the side where the cat is cast, the cat can move forward one square, and the group of mice can move forward two squares, and the group of mice loses the right to move in this round, and the mice caught up by the cat will be eliminated. Then there will be bread on the periphery, the closer The bigger the bread at the end, the mouse that gets the bread can leave the board safely. Simply put, the mouse wants to get the bread before being caught by the cat, and the group that gets the most bread at the end is the winner.”

The rules of the game sound simple, but if you think about it a little deeper, you will find that it is not so easy.

First of all, a group of three to four people can only advance one at a time. If you are unfortunate enough to cast a cat, you will not be able to advance this round.Although the probability of hitting a cat is only one-sixth, it takes at least three to four rounds to advance all the mice, and each group takes turns to cast once, and it is impossible for the cat to not move every time.

There is a choice here, whether to abandon the other mice and let only one mouse rush to the finish line to get the largest bread, or keep all the mice to win by taking the bread that is nearby?

If it is substituted into the actual task... At first, it was just a game that children came up with temporarily, but now the teacher doesn't think so.

Is this the mind of a genius?Sure enough, even if he escapes from time to time, even if it is for entertainment, the games he comes up with are different from what ordinary children can think of.

Sighing, the teacher looked at the students who were still practicing over there, blew his whistle, and announced after they all paused to look over: "Don't be lazy, if you practice hard, I will let you do it for the last 10 minutes." Relax, come and play a game."

Many students jumped up when they heard that they could play games.

Not long after, all the second-year students who finished their practice came to the amusement facility.

Sure enough, after listening to the teacher explain the rules clearly.

Although many impulsive boys clamored to get the biggest bread, some students with good minds quickly realized that the bigger the bread, the better.

Afterwards, as the students grouped themselves and discussed, everyone soon realized the selection and allocation issues.

Seeing the annoyed and entangled expressions of the little ghosts who shouted to get the biggest bread just now, the gymnast teacher became happy.

Soon, a game of mouse and cat races around how to get the most bread is taking place on the playground.

And on the roof of the teaching building, Itachi, who had already put on the Anbu mask, was watching the second graders playing games on the playground below.

Itachi joined Anbe shortly after being promoted to Chunin.

In Anbu, he has seen many darkness that ordinary ninjas cannot touch, and he also deeply understands how many people are silently sacrificing behind the scenes in order to maintain the harmony on the surface of the village.

Because of this, he was even more reluctant to see the village in turmoil.But what the Uchiha clan wants to do now is to push the village into a bad situation.

Thinking of the words of the third generation in Hokage's office this morning: "Itachi, I remember that when school started last year, you played with that child Zaoyue. Your clan has heard about the awakening of her sharing eyes recently. Take a moment Take Zaoyue back to the Uchiha tribe. She is a Senshou and a Uchiha. Konoha is not trying to win the Uchiha Blood Successor. Although it is difficult for the elders of the Uchiha to believe it, if you can If so, I still hope they can understand to some extent, and don’t make wrong choices.”

The third generation did not let the Senju family bring Zaoyue to visit, just hoping to be more casual and comfort those who lived in Uchiha to the greatest extent, so he hoped that Itachi would bring Zaoyue into Uchiha as if he brought friends home to play wave tribe.If it is brought by an adult to visit, the sense of formality is too strong and too deliberate. Telling the other party that Konoha already knows that you want to rebel, I am afraid it will have the opposite effect.

Itachi quickly agreed, but when he saw Zaoyue's figure, he hesitated.

They had a short exchange on the first day of school last year, but there was no intersection after that. They probably just met and remembered their names.So now he proposes to ask the other party to go to the Uchiha clan, can the other party agree?

Thinking of this, Itachi felt a little envious of Zaoyue's familiar personality, she seemed to take it for granted and not be embarrassed no matter what she proposed.

I kept struggling with how to say this until school was over.Itachi thought about it, and after taking off Anbu's mask, he appeared on the way home from school in Satsuki, and he soon realized that he was worrying too much.

"Weasel boy!"

In fact, before he could think about opening his mouth, the other party greeted him as soon as he saw him.

For some reason, Itachi felt relieved.

Zaoyue stared at his forehead with some strangeness, and said, "I heard that you graduated last year, so itachi is now an official ninja? It always feels so strange, we are all still children, but itachi has come out Already working."

Itachi didn't know how to answer. Was she simply envious of him becoming an official ninja?Or express disapproval of exposing young children to danger?If it's the latter, is it related to recent events, or has she already guessed her purpose?

In just a short moment, Itachi's mind has turned several times quickly, and finally thought about it, and said: "Actually, your current level can graduate early."

Unexpectedly, after hearing his words, Zaoyue flattened her mouth and quickly said: "No, I still want to stay in school for a few more years, but I won't be so carefree when I come out, and..."

Zaoyue paused slightly, and then muttered in a very light tone: "Some people probably don't want me to graduate so soon."

Seeing Zaoyue's quick veto, Itachi, who thought he had said something wrong, was stunned when he heard what she said later.Although they are both children, his delicate mind and Uchiha's precocious wisdom allow Itachi to have a depth of thought much higher than that of his peers.

So when Itachi heard it at this time, he felt that Zaoyue's words seemed to have another layer of meaning in what he said casually.

Why would anyone not want her to graduate as soon as possible?Itachi couldn't help but analyze it.

After the fourth Hokage died for some reason, the candidate for the fifth generation has been undecided, and now the third generation who had retired has re-emerged to lead Konoha.

Although Konoha's high-level executives have not yet clearly stated who they want to become the fifth generation, it is not difficult to infer that as long as they observe carefully, the high-level executives are more inclined to choose from the descendants of the first generation.

Now that the ninja world is in a period of peace, without major military achievements, if you want to push a young man to the top without causing objection, in addition to strength, you need him to have a background identity that is easy for everyone in the village to recognize.In fact, Tsunade-sama was originally the best candidate. She has enough qualifications, background, and strength. Unfortunately, due to some personal reasons, she rejected the high-level request for her to be Hokage.

Then the remaining candidates are obvious, and the candidate status of the Fifth Hokage will most likely fall on Zaoyue.

Itachi has already guessed that someone in the high-level staff is peeping at Hokage's position, so it's not hard to understand why he doesn't want to see Satsuki graduate as soon as possible, because after graduation, he can participate in the affairs of the village as an official ninja. It is obviously not a good thing for those who seek the position of Hokage.

"Weasel boy?"

Zaoyue's slightly doubtful voice brought Uchiha Itachi back to his senses, put aside his speculation for the time being, and instead considered how to mention inviting the other party to the clan.

But he was still preparing to speak, Zaoyue said excitedly: "That's right! I opened my eyes a while ago, look, your eyes can turn red in a second!"

"..." Seeing Zaoyue like a kid showing off a new toy, she flashed Sharingan in front of him, Itachi swallowed back the words that he had finally prepared, and finally turned into two words, "Congratulations."

Immediately afterwards, Zaoyue seemed to think of something suddenly, and asked, "Have you opened your eyes, Itachi?"

As soon as Itachi nodded, he heard the other party curiously say: "Really! Let me see, let me see!"

"..." I don't know why I feel a little speechless, but Itachi still follows Zaoyue's meaning and shows her his Sharingan.Then the eyes just changed, and the other person's appearance in his eyes suddenly enlarged, only to realize that this girl who was often a bit careless was almost so close to the tip of his nose, which made him take half a step back in fright.

It's a pity that Zaoyue still didn't notice his uneasiness, and was as surprised as he found Xindalu: "Itachi has one more comma!"

"...Well, it evolved before, and it will become a three-pointed jade in the next stage." Itachi explained, after thinking about it, he added encouragement, "Your words will definitely evolve, don't worry."

Zaoyue looked at an orange cat passing by, and nodded absently.

Seeing that her attention had begun to shift to other things, and she felt that she was going to find fun elsewhere, Itachi finally got up and asked, "Would you like to come to the Uchiha clan to see?"

"Okay."

I thought the other party would be hesitant, but Zaoyue agreed without thinking, and said a series of words: "Speaking of which, I passed by several times before and never went in to play. You always don't go out and stay in the clan land. It won't be boring. Is it? Is there everything in it? Ah, forget it, I will know when I go in."

First, he was asked several questions, and was thinking about how to answer, but the other party had already asked and answered himself, and Itachi was at a loss for words.

In the end, I didn't know what happened, and I seemed to be confused. Anyway, I had already made an appointment to meet on the weekend.