"You didn't say yes, did you?"

Uchiha Itachi stared at Itachi nervously.

"Of course not, I'm not stupid."

Uchiha Itachi looked at him with a smile and stood up from the ground,

"Let's go back, it's late."

"Hmm...

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Passing through the dark Konoha forest is the village where the Uchiha clan is located.

Even at night, there is an oppressive atmosphere in the village.

From a distance, it looks like a giant cage.

The Uchiha clan living in the village is like a trapped beast in a cage, trying to escape but unable to find a way.

The faces of everyone I met on the road were very ugly, and anger and reluctance were all written on those familiar faces.

Everyone's expression is cold, not only to others, but also to themselves.

Uchiha Itachi sighed softly,

"See you tomorrow, then."

"Hmm."

The Uchiha stopped the water and waved at Itachi, which was regarded as a farewell.

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Konoha Forest.

In the silence of the woods, except for the rustle of the leaves of the breeze, only the beating of the heart could be heard.

Uchiha Itachi looked at his younger brother with a serious face through the gap between the leaves with some helplessness.

Hide-and-seek...

Of course, this is no ordinary hide-and-seek, but a game between ninjas.

Sasuke Uchiha is already six years old, and he will enter a ninja school the day after tomorrow.

Early in the morning, he dragged the Uchiha Itachi, who didn't have to perform a mission, to see the power of the ninja.

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The age of five or six years old should be the age when children are still clinging to their parents.

But for the reborn Weasel, there is already a clear goal.

So he practiced penance day after day, and unswervingly moved forward towards his goal.

Sasuke Uchiha is different.

Like an ordinary child, he was busy enjoying a happy childhood.

Nothing is known about the upcoming tragedy.

"Brother, where are you hiding?"

Sasuke Uchiha cautiously searched for his brother in the woods.

The Uchiha Itachi hid the aura and chakra as much as possible.

Not to mention Sasuke, even a true ninja would not be able to find him in this dense woods.

"Brother, where are you hiding?"

Uchiha Sasuke was a little impatient, and he was a little angry that he couldn't find his brother all the time.

Uchiha Itachi looked at his younger brother's immature face from afar, thinking about the disaster of the Uchiha clan two years later.

The smile faded from his face, and his heart was filled with fear.

In the last life, although he destroyed the Uchiha clan with his own hands.

But the younger brother at least survived and eventually grew up to be a real man.

In this life, he will not make the same mistake again, and he will not give Tuan Zang the opportunity to use "illusion, other gods" on himself.

But if the situation continues to deteriorate, the Uchiha clan and Konoha will inevitably go to war.

By that time, will the younger brother be able to survive the war?

His heart suddenly cramped, and there was a slight confusion in his control over his breath and chakra.

Uchiha Sasuke's body suddenly stiffened, and a smile instantly appeared on his face.

Got it...

He walked cautiously on the dead leaves on the ground, trying not to make a sound.

"Found you, brother."

Excitedly, he used his hands to tear open a half-man-tall bush.

Itachi Uchiha was crouching in the grass, smiling at him.

"All you found was a doppelganger."

As the Uchiha Itachi's voice sounded, the Uchiha Itachi who was squatting on the ground turned into a puff of green smoke and disappeared into the air.

Sasuke Uchiha looked up, looking for the source of the sound.

High on the branches, the Uchiha Itachi was rising and falling in the air along with the branches.

"Hide and seek shadow clones are despicable!"

Sasuke Uchiha angrily yelled at his brother who was high up in the air.

"Itachi."

At some point, Uchiha Shisui appeared on top of another branch, with a somewhat solemn expression on his face.

"Got it."

Uchiha Itachi nodded at the Uchiha and fell lightly from the tree.

"So, Sasuke, my brother is going on a mission. You've done well today, and you're going to go home by yourself... ”

His index finger tapped lightly on Sasuke's forehead.

"Ouch, it hurts."

Uchiha Sasuke frowned and pouted dissatisfiedly,

"But brother, we've only been playing for a little while...

"See you in the evening, Sasuke...

The Uchiha Itachi quickly disappeared into the woods, leaving only his younger brother with a tall back.

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"Have you checked all the information?"

Uchiha Itachi jumped on the branches of the tree while asking the Uchiha next to him to stop the water.

"After finding out, Hinata lived in the eastern corner of the village. I saw him out from afar and came to inform you... ”

Uchiha stopped the water with a puzzled face,

"Your mission is just to kill Hinata Hiti, why do you want to know about his family, do you want to...

"It's just curiosity, don't think too much about it. Even if he is a traitor, it is normal for his family not to know what is going on. I'm not going to do anything superfluous ... ”

Itachi Uchiha guessed his friend's thoughts in an instant.

"That's good...

Uchiha Shisui breathed a sigh of relief.

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Passing through the bustling and noisy center of Konoha, the buildings on both sides of the road become low.

Further east, there is the suburb of Konoha.

If the high-rise and palatial Konoha Center is as beautiful as heaven, then when you arrive here, you are back on earth.

Low, dilapidated houses were huddled together in a haphazard manner, many of them haphazardly patched together from discarded wooden planks, and the smell of mold and stench permeated the air.

Occasionally, you can hear the shouts of women and the cries of children.

Uchiha Itachi and Shizumi walked slowly on the muddy path, neither of them in the mood to speak.

Although he had heard that this was the slum of Konoha for a long time, it was the first time that Uchiha Itachi had come here.

Although the living conditions of the Uchiha clan are difficult, they are much better than those of the people who live here.

"Hinata Mukai is a shinobi, and he is a dark person who is deeply valued by Hokage-sama, how can he live in such a place?"

Uchiha Itachi couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart and asked.

"When you get to Hinata's home, you'll know...

The Uchiha replied in a low voice, the expression on his face a little serious.

A passer-by hurriedly walked past the two of them, looking at their brand-new ninja uniforms, with a puzzled expression in their eyes, as if wondering why they had come here.