Uchiha Sasuke is usually very cold, he hardly takes the initiative to find anyone, most of the time he is on tasks and cultivating, his daily life is also very simple, and he rarely socializes.

The only person he can actively find is Kakashi Hachiki as a teacher, and Sasuke is mostly looking for him because of cultivation matters.

Aside from Kakashi, the person he most often looks for is Ethan, for a similar purpose to Kakashi, wanting to know how he can become stronger faster.

Especially after practicing together for more than half a month, Sasuke found that Ethan didn't mind sharing his cultivation experience, and Ethan's occasional advice was indeed useful, so he was more willing to come to Ethan.

Today, too, in the war caused by the Chunin Exam, or Orochimaru's Konoha Collapse Plan, Sasuke saw the amazing strength of Naruto Uzumaki.

Everyone is cultivating together, plus they are also classmates in a group, and they are also classmates in school, no one knows better than Sasuke what Naruto was originally strength.

As the crane tail of the whole grade, Naruto Uzumaki's strength has improved rapidly after becoming a ninja, which has made Sasuke feel threatened.

The biggest thrill is the battle between Naruto Uzumaki and Iara.

That...... Even if he is called a genius and has the excellent bloodline of the Uchiha family, Sasuke has a deep sense of powerlessness in the face of that terrifying strength.

As soon as he thought that he was actually overtaken by Naruto Uzumaki and thrown away so much, Sasuke felt that the whole person was not good, and in his depression, he couldn't even continue his cultivation calmly, so he had no choice but to wander around the street, and unconsciously came to the door of Ethan's house.

"Perhaps...... Can he give me some useful advice?"

At this time, Asma came back with Ethan on his back, and Sasuke looked at Ethan in surprise: "Are you injured?"

Naruto Uzumaki wasn't the only one who irritated Sasuke, Ethan's performance was equally shocking: a shinobi who had just graduated from school actually forced back Orochimaru, one of the three ninjas......

For the three shinobi, the current young people don't have much concept, only Orochimaru is different, Sasuke has personally felt the horror of Orochimaru in the Forest of Death.

Such a powerful existence was actually repelled by Ethan?

It's just that Ethan was originally very strong in Sasuke's impression, so the impact on Sasuke was far less than that of Naruto, the front crane.

And because Ethan has a record that can force back Orochimaru, when Sasuke wanted to know how to get stronger quickly, he unconsciously walked to Ethan, and he subconsciously felt that Ethan knew how to become stronger quickly and could help him fulfill his desire to become stronger.

What I didn't expect was that Ethan was actually injured.

"Who hurt you?"

Asma carried Ethan into the house, where Ethan's dwelling was very simple, and he didn't have to worry about finding a room or something: it was just a room, and when he entered, he could see where the resting place was.

Simply settling Ethan into place, Asma looked left and right.

This residence is really dilapidated enough, although many places have been repaired so that it does not leak from wind and rain, but this is the poorest residential area in Konoha Village, and only people who have a very difficult life live in such a place.

Ethan...... There shouldn't be a shortage of money, right?

"Haven't you thought about moving?"

"I'm already looking for it, because of recent events, Konoha is going to rebuild this neighborhood as well, so I'm also looking for a new place to live during this time. ”

Asma nodded, that war caused a lot of damage to Konoha, and when the village leaders were carrying out reconstruction work, it was not surprising that they would rebuild these dilapidated neighborhoods by the way, anyway, they had to carry out related work, so it was better to do it all at once.

"In that case...... You haven't been able to go out and find a place to stay lately, have you?"

"Ah......h

The house was recently demolished, but Ethan was in a state of recuperation, and it was inconvenient to go out to find a house.

Asma seems to be a rough man, but in fact he is a very attentive and enthusiastic person, and immediately offered to help Ethan find a suitable house.

"I have enough empty houses there to stay with me until you find a suitable place to live. ”

Sasuke, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke, which surprised Asma a little, and he didn't expect that Sasuke, who was always cold, would invite Ethan to live with him, although the Uchiha family did have a large number of empty houses.

"Is there anything you want me to help with?"

Ethan doesn't think that his relationship with Sasuke is so good, Sasuke is not that kind of warm-hearted character, he is willing to invite himself to live there, there must be something he wants to ask himself, and he is embarrassed to speak directly, and when he finds such an opportunity, he decides to 'sell some benefits' to himself first.

"I want to know, how can I get stronger...... Grow stronger quickly. ”

Ethan nodded, this is similar to what he guessed, Uchiha Sasuke is now thinking about how to become stronger, in the case that he has shown good strength and has a good relationship with him, Sasuke wants to ask himself for help, which is also a very normal choice.

In other words, Sasuke didn't have many options in the first place, nothing more than himself or Kakashi.

"How strong do you want to become?"

Sasuke didn't expect Ethan to suddenly ask like this, he was stunned for a moment and then showed that cold and murderous expression again: "Be very strong......"

"Strong enough to kill Uchiha Itachi?"

“......”

Uchiha Sasuke was stunned for a moment, then he nodded, there was nothing bad to admit about this, he really thought so.

Asma on the side watched the conversation between the two young people, and suddenly felt that many things were really speechless: there must be an inside story about Uchiha Itachi killing the whole clan, although he didn't know the details, but since Uchiha Itachi was still Konoha's spy, then the extermination incident was probably not so simple.

The only survivor of the Uchiha family happens to be the younger brother of Uchiha Itachi, which is not a coincidence, but this younger brother is bent on killing his own brother.

He suddenly thought of some rumors that only a few people had heard of, and if he wasn't the son of Sarutobi, he probably wouldn't have heard of that statement: Uchiha, a cursed clan!

"Perhaps...... That's not just rumors......"

Just as he sighed, Ethan suddenly sat up and looked Uchiha Sasuke in the eye.

"Do you know how I got hurt?"

Uchiha Sasuke was stunned, he didn't understand why Ethan suddenly turned the topic to this? Just now he was very curious about how Ethan was injured, after all, Ethan's strength was very strong, and he really couldn't think of anyone who could make him injured.

"Not long ago, there was an encounter with two suspicious people, including Asma-sensei, Sunset Red-sensei, and Kakashi-sensei. ”

Uchiha Sasuke's expression suddenly became grim, these are all Konoha elites, when these three shot together, Ethan was also injured, which shows that the strength of the other party is not bad...... But why did Ethan suddenly say this?

Don't......?

He suddenly thought of a possibility, and looked at Ethan in disbelief, and Ethan still stared at him firmly, as if to confirm his guess.

"One of them is Itachi Uchiha!"

Sasuke Uchiha suddenly stood up and turned his head to rush out, but as soon as he got up, he found a long emerald green whip entangled around him and made him unable to move.

"Let go of me!"

Itachi Uchiha is back in Konoha! He's going to have to go find that guy!

"Let you go to Uchiha Itachi, don't say he's gone, even if you find him?" Ethan held the rose whip in one hand, just to avoid hurting Sasuke, and the long whip didn't have those sharp spikes on it.

However, there were still a few bright red rose petals hanging on this long whip, so Sasuke felt that the strength in his body was gradually disappearing, and it was slowly difficult to even stand, and he had no strength to continue struggling, so he could only stare at Ethan dissatisfied.

"You can't even deal with me in my current state, and you think you have what it takes to defeat Uchiha Itachi?"

Although Uchiha Sasuke was stimulated once, he has actually grown up smoothly so far, and the Uchiha bloodline gives him a strong sense of superiority, which causes him to be mentally unbalanced when he is slightly stimulated.

For this situation, Ethan usually stomps on a few more hard, makes him face the cruel reality, beats his pride to pieces, and starts to reason only when he is not making a fuss.

"If you want me to help you become stronger, you can know that you have a clear understanding of your own strength: you are not strong enough! Now that you are still very weak, take the initiative to run in front of the enemy, do you actually want to die?"

Sasuke didn't speak, he couldn't listen to any persuasion at all now, but Ethan's whip made him have no strength, he couldn't leave if he wanted to, so he could only sit there with anger on his face - he couldn't stand anymore.

"I'm so strange, why did Uchiha Itachi leave you ......"

“！？”

Uchiha Sasuke was suddenly stunned, although he had never thought about this question in detail, subconsciously he might have asked himself this question more than once, maybe he wanted to confront Uchiha Itachi face to face, just wanted an answer?

As for the eyes, Sasuke doesn't think about it that way yet.

After realizing what he had subconsciously ignored, Sasuke's face became even more ugly, and he didn't notice that Asma on the side was frantically glaring at Ethan: I can't say it anymore, I'm going to leak it!

Ethan rolled his eyes, it didn't matter if Uchiha Itachi's identity was exposed, anyway, he had already passed Akatsuki's information back, and he had completed his mission, and there was no point in staying outside.

He even considered waiting for two years before going to Uchiha Itachi after his strength was 'strong enough': just tie Uchiha Itachi back!