In the steaming bathroom, the brothers are crouching in the two corners of the triangular bathtub.

In order to prevent what is being said here from being heard by the parents, the faucet keeps pouring hot water into the bathtub, making a gurgling sound.

"I haven't seen you use Shui Dun for three years, but I didn't expect it to reach such a level."

Itachi couldn't help but admire as the water vapor naturally continued to spread out to both sides under the manipulation of Yiyong without a trace.

"It's like Water Escape is a unique blood inheritance limit for you."

Yiyong had taught him the breath of water, and in the past three years, Itachi had also cultivated the breath of water to the level of Changzhong.

Although Itachi couldn't extract chakra at the same time using the breathing method, he could feel that his mastery of water escape was steadily improving every day, and it would naturally be much easier to carry out tasks in a place like the Water Country.

"Don't interrupt."

As soon as Yi Yong spoke, the hot bath water dropped two or three degrees, and the speed at which the water vapor escaped was also a little faster.

"How did the doctor named Tsunade explain this disease to you?"

He had heard Kyojuro say that it was this Tsunade's disciple who operated on the group of children who were called "test subjects" by the Land of Rain. Purgatory Kyojuro's settlement in Konoha is also her family's ancestral home.

The other party is not only the granddaughter of the original Hokage, but also the most powerful medical ninja in the entire ninja world.

Yiyong wanted to hear her explanation first, maybe there were other ways to treat Itachi's disease.

Itachi had no choice but to begin to repeat what Tsunade had told him at the beginning: "You know, human chakra is a mixture of mental energy and physical energy, which are two things that every human being is born with. ”

Yiyong's eyes did not change: "And then?" ”

"For the average ninja, the cultivation of the body and the spirit are carried out at the same time, so their mental energy and physical energy are always in a state of balance.

"But ninjas who have a blood inheritance limit are different, especially those who are born with spiritual energy, or those who are overly energetic in their bodies, their two energies are not very balanced from birth, but they will be extremely obvious in some individuals.

"For example, the Thousand Hands are known for their physical strength. There have been such extreme individuals who, at the same time as they were wounded, had already begun to heal, so that they could hardly be truly injured or killed, and were regarded as the genius of geniuses. But because this kind of person's body energy is too abundant and loses the control of spiritual energy, it will cause him to use up the number of cell divisions for decades in just a few years and die quickly.

"Another example is the Kurama clan, all the clansmen who have awakened the blood inheritance are basically in a state of weakness and sickness all their lives, because the excess spiritual energy interferes with the normal operation of the body."

"The First Evolution"

Itachi paused at this point, "Now it seems that I am in this latter situation. Tsunade said that my mental energy is inherently stronger than my physical energy, and since I was a child, I have been in this imbalance for a long time, which is why I get sick. Over the next few years, my body would continue to weaken until I died. ”

He said the word "death" very calmly, and didn't seem to take it too seriously.

"Although the breathing method you taught me can strengthen my body extremely quickly, my body has been damaged, and the upper limit is there, and no matter how much I exercise, I can't make up for this imbalance."

"A few years? How long exactly? ”

Yi Yong asked, "Is there a way to delay the illness?" ”

"Tsunade-sama said, at least five years. If I don't have to write about the wheel eye all the time and exacerbate the imbalance between the two energies, there is hope for ten years. ”

Hearing such a figure of ten years, Yi Yong's expression was a little gloomy.

As long as there is time for him to cope.

"That's not right...... Mom said that your face is better than the last time you came back. ”

Suddenly, a thought broke into Yi Yong's mind, and the expression on the ferret immediately became very alert.

"Could it be that you actually wish you had died sooner?"

[What happened before, was it such a big blow to him? 】

"Why do you think that?"

Itachi suddenly cried and laughed.

But seeing the righteous and serious Kageiwa who looked like the second-generation Hokage, he had to explain the change in his mental state.

"Living to die means that the closer a person is to death, the more likely he is to think about what he should do. Half a year ago, after knowing what I was facing, I finally figured out some things and stopped worrying about those situations in the past. ”

As he spoke, Itachi solemnly cleared his throat, "Yiyong, I don't plan to continue to be a ninja. ”

"Huh?"

With Yi Yong's question, the water surface, which was still a little rippling, calmed down completely, as if the crumpled sheets had been gently smoothed by a hand.

Considering that the faucet is still pouring water into the bathtub, this scene is particularly unusual.

"As long as I'm a ninja, facing dead lives and mutilated bodies all day long, living in a stressful state of tension, the world is always dangerous, and anyone in my eyes can be a potential enemy. With such hostile thoughts, you can't really understand the world and what life means. ”

Itachi seems to have walked into a plain that suddenly opens up, and its eyes shine brightly.

"So I plan to use the rest of my time to go to those places of interest, to those legendary places, to find out what the mythical world was like a thousand years ago, before the Six Dao Immortals. If there was no chakra for human beings at that time, what did they rely on to survive?

"I used to ask these questions all the time, but now that I know my life is short, and there is no one else to answer me, I plan to find out for myself."

"And what about your illness?"

Yoshiyong was not affected by Itachi's yearning, nor was he surprised by his idea of "not being a ninja".

Although he was a man who had seen countless corpses, he now only wanted to know what to do to keep the ferrets alive.

"Is it okay to leave it alone? Then when are you going to tell your father and mother about this, and Zuo Zhu to help them? ”

In the face of Yiyong's questioning, Itachi was prepared.

"Since Tsunade-sama has no choice, what's the point of telling the rest of the family other than to make them worry in vain?"

Itachi looked at Yiyong with a consultative gaze, "You're much more mature than Zuosuke, you should understand what I mean, Yiyong?" If they silently count down to my death every day, this family will be completely ruined. ”

Yi Yong fell silent.

Although he does not take the initiative to lie, concealing it is not another lie.

To this day, Uchiha Gan and Choi think that the murderers of Yanhuo and Wen are dead, and the clan has accepted this fact.

But for three years, Yi Yong suffered from this every day, day after day searching for all the suspicious evidence and connections.

Now that he has to hide such a big secret for Itachi, how can he do it with peace of mind.

"I'll find a way to cure you."

Yiyong made a promise to himself, and he also gave Itachi a promise.

"Three years, if I still find a cure for you within three years, I will tell my family about your illness.

"If you have to die, I can't leave them unprepared."

“……”

Itachi looked at Yiyong's serious expression, and although he knew that there was little hope of curing the blood disease, he still felt a warmth in his heart.

"Thank you, Yiyong."

He not only thanked Yiyong for his willingness to work hard to keep him alive, but also thanked Yiyong for being willing to hide this matter for him.

But no matter how he looked at it, the secret would only be kept for three years at most.

Just when Itachi wanted to change the subject and make the "stagnant water" in the bathtub ripple again, the bathroom door was suddenly opened!

"You didn't even wait for me!"

I saw a tender white pig, running from the door to the bathtub without an inch, and then like a jumping seal, it smashed between the two with a thud, splashing a huge splash of water that went straight to the ceiling, and then there was a scolding sound from outside the door.

"Left Suke! You have to rinse it before you can enter the bathtub. ”

Sasuke poked his head out of the water and stuck out his tongue playfully, "It's too late." ”

"It's not too late."

Yoshiyong's face was serious, and he reached out and tapped on Zuosuke's shoulder, activating ninjutsu.

"Water Escape, Water Prison Technique."

In the next second, Sasuke was wrapped in a bubble made of a water curtain and floated, and exclaimed in surprise to move out of the bathtub, like a guinea pig locked in a glass cover.

Then, the bubble shrank, allowing him to poke his head out.

"What are you doing?! Hurry up and let me down, Yiyong! ”

Sasuke hurriedly shouted, feeling like an exhibit floating in the air, very ashamed.

Yi Yong raised his hand, and the bubble was actually filled with water out of thin air.

"Wash up!"

At the command of Yi Yong, the water in the bubbles surrounded Zuosuke's body, spinning at high speed like a drum washing machine, making a buzzing sound, constantly washing and cleaning Zuosuke's skin repeatedly.

"Ahh

Zuosuke's head, which was outside the water prison technique, also swirled together, and after a while, he was dizzy.

Itachi was amazed, amazed at what Yi Yong could do with water.

As we all know, the Water Prison is a very powerful torture ninjutsu. However, it has one of its greatest weaknesses, which is that the caster must make physical contact to cast it, but the water dungeon in front of it is completely unaffected.

Although his chakra volume has not yet reached its peak, I am afraid that no one else can do it with this kind of meticulous manipulation of water.

But soon, he dissuaded with some concern: "It's almost right, Zuosuke's skin is starting to red......"

This water is too hard to brush people.

"Oh."

Yi Yong nodded, untied the water prison, and stretched out a water whip to grab the star-eyed Left Suke into the bathtub.

After the latter finally recovered from the vertigo, he immediately stretched out his hands in anger and grabbed Yiyong's neck: "Yiyong! I'm fighting with you! Brother, come and help me! I'm no match for him! ”

"Okay, I'll help you"

Itachi also pounced on Yiyong with him.

Outside and in the room, Mikoto Fugaku and his wife heard the movement in the bathroom, glanced at each other with relief, and slowly drank the tea in their hands.

"If only every day was like today."

Mai Koto exclaimed.

In the past, Fugaku would have refuted it with the pride of a clan or the responsibility of a ninja.

But today he just replied: "That's right." ”

Then he pressed his somewhat fat stomach, "Well, let them come out quickly, what's the matter with being a little hungry......"

……

Two hours later, after the family had dinner, Yiyong brought a plate of snacks to Fu Yue as usual, and the family got down to business.

"Did you figure it out? Why did Orochimaru attack you? Is it to write the wheel eye? ”

What Fuyue asked was also what the whole family wanted to know.

Yi Yong is particularly interested in the name "Orochimaru", because the eucalyptus that disappeared three years ago is also very likely to be related to this person. After all, the writing wheel eye is not something that outsiders can use when they get it and say they can use it.

There is also the monster that Kyojuro discovered, the monster who sped on the Hokage, I heard that it was also the handiwork of this person. The monster lurked silently underground, barely detectable, and fit the description of the water in the Land of Rain, feeling watched.

"According to his own words, it was staring at my body, and writing wheels is only part of it."

Itachi's answer made Sasuke sweat for a while, but Itachi immediately added, "I didn't figure this out at first, but when I came back, I went to see Hokage-sama first." According to him, Orochimaru has been researching a secret technique that can occupy other people's bodies since a long time ago. I think that's what he meant when he said 'crave' my body. ”

"Can you even do such a thing? Then all the clansmen. I'm afraid they are all at risk of being attacked. ”

A cold light flashed in Fu Yue's eyes, "Orochimaru is almost fifty years old this year, how is his strength?" ”

"It's strong, but the weaknesses are obvious."

Itachi thought about it carefully and said, "I used illusion on him, and I thought that as one of the three ninjas, he should be able to unlock the illusion at the same speed as Yi Yong, but in fact, he was only at the level of ordinary ninja. When he arrived at my location, he just glanced at him and stopped him in place. But according to the speculation of the third generation, it may be that his soul and the previous body have begun to fight...... The next time I see him, if I want to use illusion to deal with him, I'm afraid it won't be so simple. ”

"Since the water has gone, how did he run?" Fuyue asked again.

"It's his unique stand-in technique, like a snake shedding its skin...... It's hard to describe, because we were seeing for the first time and weren't prepared for it, so we let him escape. ”

"Speaking ......"

Mikoto asked suspiciously, "Orochimaru went to the Land of Water, did he know where Itachi was, or did he meet him by chance?" ”

"It should have been a coincidence."

Itachi shook his head, "During this time, the Mist Ninja is hunting down those in the Water Nation who possess the Blood Inheritance Limit. Since he was looking for a body that could parasitize, it was normal for him to go to the Land of Water. ”

"Hunting?"

Yi Yong found the key word, and his brows furrowed slightly.

"Yes. Not to mention that we can't figure out the purpose of doing this, even the Mist Hidden Ninja himself can't figure it out, just say that it is the order of the fourth generation of Mizukage, so it must be completed. ”

Itachi looked at Yiyong.

"Wu Yin first asked the people of the Water Country to prove to each other, and if they found out which village had the Blood Inheritance Limit, they would classify the entire village as hostile and clear it out. When we entered the Land of Water this time, it was actually a request from the Daimyo of the Land of Water. It can be seen that even the high-level leaders of the Water Country can't figure out what Wu Yin wants to do now. ”

Yi Yong fell silent.

He had a hunch that what was happening in the Land of Water now seemed to be his business.