Itachi returned home and met his father Uchiha Fugaku.
"You should know the arrangements for the Chunin Exam, right?" Fugaku asked.
"Yes. I am in charge of the Death Forest." Itachi said.
The Death Forest is located at Training Ground No. 44. It is a circular forest with a diameter of 20 kilometers. If Orochimaru may appear, this is the most likely place.
"I heard that Lord Hokage transferred you out mainly because you are the first chuunin to pass the exam, and you are worthy of being my son." Fugaku stared at Itachi with a smile on his face.
"No, it has nothing to do with this matter..."
"Why doesn't it matter? You are only twelve or thirteen years old, and you have already opened the Mangekyō Sharingan... This is extremely rare in the history of the Uchiha clan." Fugaku said.
"The last one was Shisui." Itachi reminded.
As a father, he always hopes that his son will be more promising. Itachi can understand Fugaku's mood, but he doesn't want this.
In an instant, Fugaku's expression turned cold, as if he had remembered something unpleasant.
Uchiha Shisui is also a genius of the Uchiha clan.
If he were still alive, the Uchiha clan would definitely be stronger than now, and they would have more confidence in speaking.
During the daytime meeting, although no one caused trouble for the Uchiha clan, the core of the entire meeting was the "missing ninja incident", as if the police department was a bunch of trash.
In the first week or two, the police department may not have paid much attention to it, but the whole incident lasted too long, especially Shizune's disappearance, which once again raised the vigilance of Konoha Village, and the ANBU's dispatch was like a slap in the face.
The ground hit him in the face.
Being underestimated and ignored again, he will never be able to enter the power level of Konoha Village. Even if the ninjas of the Uchiha clan die on the battlefield one after another like other prominent clans, this fate cannot be changed.
This is the terrible situation the Uchiha clan is currently in.
And now, after the "Kyuubi Rebellion", the Uchiha clan has been even more jealous, which makes the clan members even more dissatisfied.
Although he is the clan leader, sometimes the clan leader cannot change the attitude of the clan members.
"Father, I have something to ask you." Itachi said.
"If it's something related to the tribe, you don't need to say anything. I understand your attitude, but you are not sitting in this position and don't understand my situation." Fugaku waved his hand.
"No, it has nothing to do with the clan." Itachi shook his head.
"Say it."
"Do you know that there are other Uchiha tribesmen outside the village?"
"Of course there are. They are those who go out on missions." Fugaku replied.
"No, they are the Uchiha people who are independent of Konoha Village." Itachi said.
"No."
"sure?"
"Definitely. If so, when the Uchiha clan joined the Leaf Village, some people might have chosen to leave. But as far as I know, this should not be the case. What's wrong?"
"Someone is pretending to be 'Uchiha Madara' and causing trouble outside the village." Itachi Uchiha's eyes were fixed on Fugaku's expression. For a moment, Fugaku hesitated, but he quickly shook his head.
"Impossible. Someone from nowhere pretends to be the Uchiha clan!" Fugaku gritted his teeth.
"That's true." Itachi nodded.
As expected, my father knew about this man's existence.
At this moment, a child hurried into the room, knelt down on the floor, first greeted Fugaku, then quickly stood up and lay in Itachi's arms, "Brother, will you practice with me?"
"Your brother still has something to do." Fugaku looked at his younger son with a gloomy face.
The smile on the child's face immediately disappeared and he looked at his father nervously.
"I've already told you, I happen to have time today." Itachi narrowed his eyes, touched the child's head with his hand, and said with a smile, "However, I may not have time to practice with you in the future. You have to learn to practice with your classmates.
practice."
"They can't do it, they're too weak -" the child said in a loud voice, with a hint of coquettishness.
"When will pride and arrogance grow up?" Fugaku said coldly.
The child's face turned pale.
"Let's go to the sparring field." Itachi quickly stood up, patted the child's shoulder, and after bidding farewell to Fugaku, took the child and left the living room.
Fugaku looked at his two sons leaving and shook his head helplessly.
"Sasuke, what did you study in school?"
"The teacher's teachings are too simple. You have to teach every transformation technique several times, but there are still people who don't know how to use it."
"No way?"
"It's true, that person is so stupid. He is the weakest person in the class." Speaking of that classmate, Sasuke's mood improved a lot, "By the way, brother, the school will be on holiday in two days, can you practice with me again?"
?"
"Those two days are the busiest time for me. By the way, little Sasuke, you promise me one thing. No matter what happens during the holidays, you will not go out. If you promise me, I will teach you a powerful ninjutsu."
"I want to open my eyes." Sasuke said.
The reason why his father didn't pay attention to him had a lot to do with him not opening his eyes.
"Open your eyes? That... depends on you." Itachi broke out in a cold sweat. He had never heard of anyone opening their eyes.
Moreover, the conditions for opening the Sharingan are really too cruel...
Sasuke looked depressed and a little lost.
"However, you are my brother, so your talent must be no problem." Itachi quickly comforted, "It's only a matter of time before you open your eyes, don't be in a hurry."
"Yeah." Sasuke nodded heavily and his mood improved.
…
It was extremely difficult for Yusuke to stay in the basement, and the more he passed the Chunin Exam, the more he became so.
Likewise, he could see that Orochimaru felt the same way.
From beginning to end, his goal has never changed - Itachi Uchiha.
But Yusuke has a doubt. With Uchiha Itachi's strength, it shouldn't be difficult to use Susanoo, not to mention the existence of Amaterasu.
Not to mention whether Orochimaru can defeat Itachi, but simply to attract other ninjas, he will have no way to escape.
Orochimaru, what are you thinking about?
Sometimes Yusuke really wanted to open Orochimaru's head to see what he was thinking.
However, his goal is relatively simple. First, escape from Orochimaru's control, and second, obtain the Sharingan. As for whether to rescue Shizune, it depends on whether she cooperates.
The night before the Chunin Examination, Danzo went to the basement and took back the Sharingan.
At that moment, Yusuke felt somewhat heartbroken.
"We have to leave too." Orochimaru reminded Yusuke.
"Now?"
"The competition will start tomorrow, and the security will be tighter." Orochimaru pointed to the dungeon on the second floor underground, "Go and bring her with you."
Yusuke shrugged, put on his mask, returned to the second floor, opened the prison door, and pulled Shizune up from the ground.
"How is your energy?" Yusuke asked.
"good."
After Yusuke's repeated reminders, Shizune gradually adapted to the life in the dungeon, and even gained some weight. However, she did not exercise for a long time and her physical strength declined.
"If you can escape, it's tomorrow. No matter what I ask you to do, don't refuse."