Chapter 20: [I'm optimistic about you]

"Thank you, Auntie, your cooking is so delicious."

Itachi's home,

In the dining hall,

The Uchiha Teru was struggling to squeeze out a smile with that grim face.

"If it's delicious, eat more, and I've already sent them to the study from your father's side."

Uchiha Mikoto replied very gently, "You were Itachi's first friend to come to the door, and I was very ...... to hear that you have been helping his father take care of him during the mission."

"Ahem......"

Before he finished speaking, the smile on Uchiha Hui's face froze, coughed dryly, and replied embarrassedly:

"Auntie, don't laugh at me."

"On the battlefield, I took care of the ferret, it was clearly him who took care of me."

"I was taken prisoner, and it was the Itachi that carried me back to the camp."

Uchiha Mikoto, who was still full of gratitude, was slightly stunned, she hadn't heard of it.

According to the way of a normal ninja, it should not be a shinobi being taken care of by a four or five-year-old child.

But soon, Mai Trin spoke unconcernedly, "Anyway, I should thank you for accompanying Itachi so that he wouldn't be so lonely in that environment." ”

But she didn't stay long, and after putting down the plate in her hand, she stood up, "I won't disturb you, I'll go to the study to have a look." ”

Mai Sakato still saw Hui's embarrassment, and staying in it might make the family even more embarrassed.

"Hoo ......"

After Mai Koto left the dining room, Hui breathed a sigh of relief, "Your mother is really a gentle woman, but it just so happens that the one I am not good at dealing with is gentle people. ”

On the side, Artoria nodded in agreement, "Indeed, Itachi's mother is a very good person. ”

Unfortunately, her approval was not reciprocated by Hui, as only Itachi could hear it.

And the weasel did not speak.

He was trying to hold the knife and fork, cut a piece of meat chop on the plate into equal portions, and elegantly put it in his mouth, chewing slowly.

"Are you used to eating like this? It feels a little pretentious. ”

Hui looked at his movements and eating methods strangely, and kindly reminded, "Eating slowly is a big taboo in the process of performing tasks, you don't develop such a habit." ”

As he spoke, he picked up the whole steak directly with his fork and put it to his mouth to nibble.

"I'm still trying to learn, and I'll make trade-offs depending on the situation."

Itachi replied calmly and continued to eat as Artoria had taught.

In the last half a month of teaching, the morning is generally a physical tempering course, and the afternoon is a cultural class.

The content of the culture class contains a lot of things, and in the process, Itachi can learn a lot about the profession of being a ninja that he has basically never read in books.

For example, Artoria often sorts Konoha's areas, architectural design, upper, middle, and lower ninja job systems, and commissions...... These aspects are evaluated.

In this process, Konoha is compared to Great Britain and the differences in policies are objectively evaluated from various angles.

Another example is table manners, dress manners, music, wine, ...... in all aspects.

As Hui said, these are indeed not suitable for the living habits of ninjas.

But what if you don't think about it from the position of ninja?

Itachi doesn't like to limit his thoughts.

Anyway, my learning speed is very fast, so I can try anything.

"How? My father. ”

Uchiha Karu was as talkative as ever, and after a few seconds of stopping, he brought up another topic, "Since I returned to the village from the front, I haven't stepped out of my house until now, and I am tormented by this devil every day. ”

"All kinds of physical training, all kinds of ninjutsu training, and even before going to bed at night, you have to undergo illusion resistance training, and you can only rest if you successfully get out of the illusion!"

"I'm telling you, I've been sleeping no more than four hours a day lately!"

His face was full of grief and indignation.

However, listening to this terrifying amount of training, Itachi's hand holding the knife and fork did not pause for a moment, and it was very natural to cut on the meat chop, "It does sound very strict. ”

Uchiha emphasized, "It's not just very strict, it's very strict! ”

But soon, he replied proudly:

"But the good thing is that I've done his training perfectly, and from tomorrow I should be able to go out again."

"But at this time, there seems to be no difference between being able to go out and not being able to go out."

"The basic entrusted tasks have basically stopped, and the situation of the war has been frozen for the time being, and I don't seem to have any place to go."

As he spoke, he looked at Itachi distressedly, "Otherwise, from tomorrow onwards, I will train with you, right?" ”

When he said this, Itachi could clearly perceive that his gaze was very ill-intentioned.

He wanted to hit me.

For some reason, Itachi found that he actually read his heart.

Is it because this person is too easy to guess?

"Promise him, although you can perfectly reproduce my movements in basic swordsmanship, how to apply them to actual combat is another requirement."

Before Itachi could refuse, Artoria reminded her.

Is it actually fighting?

After thinking about it for a moment, Itachi felt that it made sense, looked at the Uchiha Karu opposite, nodded and agreed to the proposal.

"Great! I've been beaten for nothing for days, and finally it's ......"

Seeing Itachi nodding, Hui blurted out, who had been looking forward to it.

But soon he coughed dryly, "I mean...... It's great to be able to get the task of cultivating new blood in the family. ”

Hui's tone became serious, "Itachi, in fact, I have always been very optimistic about you, and if you can set foot on the battlefield at the age of four, your future is limitless. ”

"I would be honored if I had a chance to be a faint street light on your life during the time you were growing up."

"Itachi, I'm ...... you"

"Hui!"

He wasn't done yet.

A hoarse, annoyed voice interrupted his gushing words, "It's time to go back." ”

With this voice, Itachi could see that the face of the lively young man opposite was visibly well-behaved, and his body stood up very stiffly.

And when Itachi turned his head to look at the doorway, he happened to meet the cold eyes of Uchiha Aomon.

It must have collapsed, right? About the election of his father to be the fourth Hokage.

Itachi's mind quickly came to mind the reason, but he stood up calmly on his face.

He walked in the direction of the door with the Uchiha Teru, standing beside his parents, and nodded politely towards the Uchiha Aomon.

And his reaction made Uchiha Aoto's face fluctuate slightly.

"Then I'll take my leave."

Uchiha Aoto said goodbye coldly.

Then, he left the mansion with a stiff Uchiha and without looking back.

"What a bunch of restless guys......"

Faintly, Itachi could still hear his father's muttering as he turned back to his study.