Sixteen Years Old, The Fourth Generation of Mizukage

"Is this okay, Rei-kun?"

In the main village of Kirigakure, Orochimaru, who was observing the Byakugan clone that had been formed in the petri dish, turned his head and looked at Rei Kaguya, who had just sent a bone clone to Konoha using the technique of reverse channeling, and asked with squinted eyes. road:

"Although there is indeed something wrong with your body, according to my research, as long as the white eyes that fit your body are transplanted, the backlash intensity of the Ash Bones can be suppressed to a great extent. If On this basis, if some chakra from different tailed beasts can be added as a catalyst, the intensity of the backlash can even be suppressed to a level that will not occur for more than ten years..."

"You have to put some pressure on the young people," Kaguya Rei shrugged, casually shaking a bottle of strong alkali obtained from the six-tailed rhinoceros, and said unhurriedly: "I can indeed solve all the problems myself. Problems and troubles, but what’s the point? What do the people who follow me get out of it except some experience for myself?”

"There will be nothing but worship and dependence, and worship and dependence will only take away their determination and will to forge ahead."

"I don't want to be the only one in the entire ninja world who can stand up and fight them on an equal footing when the enemies of the Otsutsuki clan come to visit me in the future."

"Hehehe, your ideas are as different as ever, Rei-kun," Orochimaru's gloomy face showed a rare cheerful smile, "Although I have always believed that your body is the most valuable thing in this era. One of the research materials, but perhaps, compared to your body, your ideas and will are equally valuable."

"You are saying this against your will because I have provided you with all the cells of the Kirigakure Bloodstained Family as research materials, right?" Kaguya Reixu looked at Orochimaru with a look on his face. A look of disgust.

"That's just a small part of the reason. Aren't I already making preparations to transfer the few children I've collected with special physiques to Kirigakure?" Orochimaru spread his hands and grinned. Said: "I sincerely feel that if you, Rei-kun, rule the ninja world, this world will become more interesting than the world I once imagined..."

"Be more sincere?"

"In this secret operation, Rei-kun, you will not let go of the documents and materials accumulated by the Hyuga clan over the years, right? If you find a way to go to the moon, please be sure to take me with you when you set foot on that land. …”

Orochimaru stuck out his long tongue and licked his cheek with excitement, "Their bloodline is probably purer and closer than the current Senju, Uzumaki, Uchiha, Hinata and Kaguya. Is it the legendary Otsutsuki? If we can get some of their bloodline and cultivation methods, we might really be able to start preparations for the artificial Otsutsuki project."

"Then we have to wait until the people from the 'Root' organization take action," Kaguya Rei shook her head and sighed: "Otherwise, I really don't dare to leave when there is such a difficult enemy. Kirigakure, go find the whereabouts of Hamura’s ancestors and their descendants... huh?"

Hearing Kaguya Rei suddenly make a confused sound, Orochimaru picked up the topic at the right time and asked:

"What happened, Rei-kun?"

"Well, how should I put it..." Kaguya touched her chin with a thoughtful expression, "Just, the bone clone I just sent to Konoha discovered Uchiha while acting alone. There is another relatively talented child in this era, and with the idea of ​​​​testing the other party, he released a shadow clone and slightly exposed his whereabouts in front of him..."

"The result?" Orochimaru narrowed his eyes, and the corners of his mouth naturally began to form a gloating smile, "What did that brat do?"

"The kid named Uchiha Itachi chased my shadow clone alone, and then he had the bad luck to bump into a member of the 'Root' organization." Kaguya Rei spread her hands and said helplessly. : "Conscience of heaven and earth, I really didn't mean to hook up with the genius of the Uchiha clan this time."

"Lianjun, as long as you are happy."

Orochimaru rolled his eyes, and with a teasing expression of "guess I believe it or not", he returned to his experimental table and started working again.

…

For Itachi Uchiha, today is a day that must be remembered firmly.

But it wasn't because of anything happy that happened, but because of an impressive lesson.

Because his father took the senior members of the clan to negotiate with the Fourth Hokage early in the morning, Uchiha Itachi did not see his father during breakfast, and waited until he went out with his mother who had finished her housework to go shopping. When it came time to buy ingredients for home today, the news that the Uchiha clan had compromised with the Fourth Hokage was already being discussed by many people who also came to buy food.

As a precocious child, while others of the same age were still playing and fooling around carefree, he had already begun to learn to think about things that made his father and mother shake their heads and sigh from time to time.

So when he discovered that his mother, Uchiha Mikoto, had subconsciously increased the strength on her hands because of what people around her were discussing, causing pain in her little hands, he did not scream out in surprise at the first time, but forced After enduring the uncomfortable pain and listening carefully to what people around me were talking about, I asked my mother with a trembling voice:

"Mother, they are talking about our Uchiha clan... Has Brother Shisui's matter become that serious?"

"No, no," being cared for by her eldest son in a childish voice, Uchiha Mikoto suddenly woke up from her worries and complicated thoughts. She quickly relaxed her hand holding Uchiha Itachi, feeling half distressed and half He said comfortingly to him who looked confused: "Those are all meaningless trivial matters. You don't need to take them to heart."

"Yeah?"

"Dad will take care of things. Itachi just needs to carry on with his life as usual."

But unfortunately, Uchiha Mikoto's comfort did not make Uchiha Itachi feel relieved.

Because his father, Uchiha Fugaku, who has been taking time out to accompany him for basic training basically every afternoon, did not appear on time in the grove today that only the father and son knew.

Although it is not impossible for a serious and self-conscious child like Uchiha Itachi to practice alone, his father's absence without any advance notice or reason made him more deeply aware of the absolute impact of what was discussed this morning. It's not as simple as my mother said.

And just when Uchiha Itachi was doing shuriken training in the woods in front of him in a melancholy manner, a movement that was not obvious but very unusual came from the woods not far away and penetrated into Uchiha Itachi's original body. There was a very rhythmic sound of throwing shurikens.

Clang!

The two shurikens that were supposed to hit the tree trunk parallelly in tandem collided with each other inappropriately, and fell to the ground with a crisp sound. The sudden movement also subsided, as if It's just like Uchiha Itachi's auditory hallucinations due to his restlessness——

But when Uchiha Itachi carefully touched the place where the sound came from according to the direction of the abnormal sound in his impression, he found several branches that looked like they had been violently broken in panic, and three or two very shallow and faint branches. Shoe prints appeared in Uchiha Itachi's field of vision.

Someone was moving in the forest occupied by the Uchiha clan, sneaking around and not knowing what they were doing.

This was Uchiha Itachi's judgment based on the situation at the scene.

So, for a five-year-old kid, what choice should he make at this moment?

Of course, I should go home and inform the adults in the clan so that they can deal with this suspicious family——

"I won't let you run away so easily."

Itachi Uchiha discerned the direction of the footsteps and pursued them without hesitation.

The increasingly difficult full-time protection