The Uchiha Old Mansion, originally located in a huge area in the corner of Konoha and belonging to the Uchiha's sphere of influence, has been demolished to separate the former Uchiha family from the village. Except for the Patriarch's Mansion and the Nanga Shrine, which belonged to Uchiha Fugaku, who had been returned to Uchiha Sasuke, all other assets were recovered by the village as ownerless.

Even so, in this seemingly forgotten corner, even on the day of the New Year's celebrations, it is as deserted as a ghost. The village hierarchy also tried to make use of the place, but almost no one wanted to come to this place, and no one bought the exquisite and patchwork homes. Not only because the Uchiha family offended too many people when they were in charge of the Konoha garrison, but also because of the bloodshed of the night of extermination, which made everyone feel that this place was very ominous, and they would unconsciously avoid it.

At a time when everyone else's home was happy, Sasuke Uchiha spent the New Year alone in a lonely New Year, and it had been several years since his entire clan was killed, and Sasuke had gradually become accustomed to living alone. The desire for hatred has not been curtailed, but has been hidden deeper, the weakness of complaining has been abandoned, and the pursuit of power has become more inspiring. Even on this day, Sasuke did not stop his routine training sessions.

The training ground, with its occasional electric sparks and crackling sounds, is particularly clear in this open area covered with snow. After a long time, Sasuke, who was a little tired, found a place that was still dry and refreshing, took out the dry food in his backpack that was a little hard frozen, and slowly replenished his physical strength with the warm water in the thermos.

At this moment, the sound of feet squeezing on the snow came from far and near, and after a while, it stopped not far in front of Sasuke.

"What are you doing here?" said the person who came was none other than Stroke Yamanaka, a temporary teammate of the seventh class.

Sasuke didn't have a good impression of this kind-looking senior, and of course he didn't have much bad feelings. It's just an acquaintance who doesn't have much friendship, and only some communication during the mission. The strange thing is that when I came here at this time, there was no one around, obviously I was coming for myself!

"It's really hard not to give up practicing even on rest days!" said Yamanaka Kaze in a kind tone.

Sasuke looked at the smiling blonde boy with some vigilance, Yamanaka, who had always had a weak sense of existence, rarely attracted his attention, and rarely spoke in front of himself and Sakura most of the time, and of course he didn't seem withdrawn and unapproachable. It seems to be the first time that I came to the door alone.

Seeing that Sasuke didn't respond, Yamanaka's stroke was also expected.

"Looks like Sasuke, you're in need of strength, maybe I can help!"

"Help?" Sasuke said with a sneer, "It seems that you are also the spokesperson of a certain big person, but unfortunately, just look at your appearance, you and the people behind you are not worth my extra effort." ”

"It's not right to judge people by their appearance, Sasuke. Squinting his crooked eyes, Yamanaka Wind did not show the slightest dissatisfaction with being despised, "My strength is not as simple as it seems, the big man behind me is not inferior to the existence of the Hokage?"

"Not inferior to the Hokage, the tone is really ......" Sasuke slowly put away the water cup and food, patted the snow on his body, and then stood up and walked in front of Yamanakakaze, "Since you are so confident, let's have a fight and see if you are as powerful as you boasted!"

Yamanaka Feng waved his hand and said: "Don't be so anxious, there will be opportunities in the future, and it won't be long before you will understand what level your strength is." I'm here this time just to prepare you for it, and if you have the heart, you can tell me at any time. ”

Yamanaka understands that there is less than a month to go before the Shinobi exam, and there is no need to clash with Sasuke Uchiha now, whether he wins or loses, it will not outweigh the losses.

"Yes!" Seeing that the fight couldn't start, Sasuke stopped dwelling and turned away without saying a word.

Yamanaka Wind, who just wanted to find an opportunity to plant a seed in Sasuke's heart, didn't care about Uchiha Sasuke's rudeness, and then said loudly behind him: "Behind me is the real big man, Orochimaru, who used to be one of the three ninjas, and your teacher Kakashi Hagi is a subordinate who obeys orders, and there is another character you absolutely care about!"

Sasuke, who was far ahead, stopped.

Seeing that Sasuke finally cared a little, Yamanaka continued, "Uchiha Itachi was also one of us. ”

What Yamanaka Stroke didn't say was that whether it was Kakashi Hachiki or Uchiha Itachi, although they were under the orders of Shimura Danzo, they were all members of the shadow department that directly belonged to the three generations of Hokage Ape Tobi Slash, not members of the "root" cultivation.

"There is such a powerful person in the village, why didn't he become the Hokage?"

"After you join us, you will understand!" Whether it is persuasion or misleading, at least the purpose of the mountain stroke today has been achieved, and the next step is to prepare to wait for the middle ninja exam and make a decision according to the situation.

"Pretending to be a ghost, it seems that you are not as harmless as you seem! whatever your purpose, don't bother me again!"

After Sasuke Uchiha finished speaking, he left without looking back.

It wasn't until the figure disappeared that the mountain stroke breathed a sigh of relief. Ever since the failure of the Psychic Technique to influence Sasuke Uchiha, Yamanaka Stroke has known that he is in trouble, and some things cannot be done one after another, so it will be too obvious, and it will only arouse suspicion and bad feelings. In this case, it is better to be straightforward and clarify the purpose. As long as Sasuke is dissatisfied with his strength one day, he will always think of today's words, then he will not be a complete failure.

……

There are no family affairs to worry about, and there are not many relatives to go back and forth with Mizuki and Xiaochun's small family, although it is a little lonely, but it is also quite easy.

It's a pity that the holidays always pass quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it's time to be busy again. Since the turn of the year after a heavy snowfall, the weather has gradually begun to warm up, the snow melts quickly, and the warm south wind has begun to blow, and it seems that the pace of spring is coming quite quickly.

On the first day of reworking during the long holiday, everyone seemed to have no energy. As a ninja who fights for a living, it's natural that he won't follow the same path as some non-combat types.

Tsunade is actually a relatively lazy Hokage, not as virtuous as the three generations, and he doesn't buy people's hearts very much, and his work so far can be regarded as so-so.

It's just that I'm too stingy, not to mention the bonus at the end of the year, and now there are no red envelopes, which is really a bit disappointing. 18310